Eric jokes that the only way to get rid of the gloves is to get married, have kids, and pass it on. Cory does pass them on to his son Auggie in the spin-off series Girl Meets World.
A point of view is shot in a pool with a hand on the swimmer's mask. And then, Mr. Feeney tells Cory that swimming without a lifeguard was a "half-baked" idea. Cory says it was "fully baked." Both the point of view pool shot and the joke reference the pool scene from the film "The Graduate," which featured actor William Daniels (Mr. Feeny).