The Three Mouseketeers and their mentor, Dumas, are a play of The Three Musketeers and the book's author, Alexander Dumas, respectively. The term "Mouseketeers" originated from the Disney TV Series "The Mickey Mouse Club".
Mouseketeer 2 bears a resemblance to Oliver Hardy.
Two of the original Pound Puppies, Scrounger and Barkerville, make a brief cameo appearance from the 1985 TV Special.
Muffy, a girl dog whom Howler bid goodbye, was inspired by Katharine Hepburn.