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* The brick paintball bulding is named the "[[wikipedia:Hanoi_Hilton|Hanoi Hilton]]", which refers to an infamous Vietnamese prison used to hold American POWs. [[Jim]], the owner of [[Jim's Paintballing Jungle]], later comments on it.

* Daria's scene in the forest and her heavy-handed monologue is a homage to Private Chris Taylor's monologue in the 1986 movie [[wikipedia:Platoon_%28film%29|''Platoon'']]. In the original broadcast, Daria's monologue is put over the song "[[wikipedia:Rooster (song)|Rooster]]" by [[wikipedia:Alice in Chains|Alice in Chains]]. The song is about guitarist [[wikipedia:Jerry Cantrell|Jerry Cantrell]]'s father, who is a Vietnam veteran.

* The last scene, with Sandi being left behind while the other students leave, refers to the scene in ''Platoon'' where Sgt. Elias gets left behind, including the same sound effects (music ''Adagio for Strings'', by Barber, and the sound of helicopter blades).

* The last scene with Sandi being left behind while the other students leave refers to the scene in ''Platoon'' where Sgt. Elias gets left behind, including the same sound effects (music ''Adagio for Strings'', by Barber, and the sound of helicopter blades).

* A POV shot from DeMartino of everyone standing over him is taken from [[wikipedia:Full_Metal_Jacket|''Full Metal Jacket'']].

* Jake crawling through underground tunnels is a nod to [[wikipedia:Casualties_of_War|''Casualties of War'']].