In the movie's beginning, Will is rejected from a job, and blames the reasoning on being a "Community College Dropout." Co-Stars Grant O'Brien and Ally Beardsley work for Dropout TV, formerly CollegeHumor, on various shows.
While awaiting a job interview, Will glances at a TV screen playing the news network "BNN". This acronym and logo are used in "Breaking News", a show on Dropout, which co-stars Grant O'Brien and Ally Beardsley have both been in. Additionally, the newscaster on the screen is played by Sam Reich, who owns Dropout.
A variety of workers from Dropout, a company co-stars Grant O'Brien and Ally Beardsley work for, play numerous side and background characters, including Siobhan Thompson, Sam Reich and Katie Marovitch.