The Ring (But Not Scary)/Trivia

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• Table read date: September 21, 2018. First episode to be table-read for the 9ASA production season and eventually the first one to air.
• The title and script cover refers to the 2002 horror film, The Ring.
• First episode directed by Mario D'Anna.
• Loren Bouchard alluded to this episode when answering a fan's question on Twitter about it being mentioned that Bob isn't wearing any jewelry in "Family Fracas" but what about he and Linda having wedding rings from being married.
• A scene from this episode featuring the subplot of Linda trying to put in Gayle's eyedrops was screened at the show's panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con.
• This episode was screened on September 26, 2019, at a Fox Animation Domination drive-in screening in the parking lot at The Grove, Los Angeles ahead of its broadcast premiere on September 29, 2019.
• This was the first episode to air on the revived Animation Domination block.
• Tina makes a reference to the 2003 movie Finding Nemo when she says "Look out, Nemo, looks like there's another thing lost in the sea."
• Tony Gennaro's supervising director credit now appears on the opening titles starting with this episode.
• This episode's post-production audio services were handled by the Formosa Group.
• Demitri's Nice to Meat You truck appears on the highway while Linda is driving the kids to Wetty, Set, Go. Its appearance on the road implies that Demitri was probably only an employee of the company and as revealed in "Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street" now has his own company.
• This episode contains several references to the series premiere "Human Flesh" where Bob forgets his and Linda's anniversary. This time Linda almost forgets before Bob reminds her and Teddy references the date being September 3 (9/3).
• This episode also has similarities with the Season 2 premiere, "The Belchies," where Linda also read Tina's diary and found out where they had sneaked out to and a reveal at the end revealing what happened to something they were trying to find.
• Nat's last name is revealed to be Kinkle which sounds similar to singer Nat King Cole. The song she sings during the End Credits Sequence is a lyrical parody of King's song "Mona Lisa" called "Mona Linda."
• The "Art Museum in France" that Nat mentioned in her song was the Louvre, located in Paris, France in which the Mona Lisa is held.
• The birds in the final scene were, according to director Mario D'Anna, meant to be pigeons as part of a backstory that the pigeon from "House of 1000 Bounces" had grown fond of Bob and had decided to nest in the tree outside the restaurant. When it was decided to change them to a smaller variety D'Anna designed them as a tribute to a departing staff member who was leaving for Titmouse Animation and based their design on the bird seen on the company's logo.
  • D'Anna also added his family in the episode. They appear in the background at the water park.
• Nat appears to be on her phone with her pet Komodo Dragon. She hints at her love of lizards in a throw-away line in "V for Valentine-detta," and it's expanded upon in "Just the Trip."
• Bob mentions Linda's inability to whistle, which comes up as a subplot in "Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School."

Goofs

• When Nat is shown eating with her pet komodo dragon the piece of snack she picks out for her pet disappears from the bowl just before she reaches in to pick it out.
• When Bob decides to go underwater his tattoo (which is usually visible at the seen angle) is missing.

Behind the scenes

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