The sequence where tiny spaceships attack Bart in "The Genesis Tub" marks one of the first uses of computers in the show's animation. The computer was used to build models for reference and the animators later retraced it.
This episode establishes Kang and Kodos as sisters.
According to David X. Cohen, the "Citizen Kang" short violated every rule of the show as it locked the episode in one time and named specific candidates.
The 1996 Presidential election occurred a few days after the airing of this episode.
This is the second Treehouse segment to feature Kang and Kodos in a main role since Hungry are the Damned in Treehouse of Horror (1990).