"Monster", a musical number specifically created for the episode, is a parody of Gaga's relationship with her devout "Little Monsters"—a phrase Gaga uses to refer to her fans.
The song is a cartoonized version of Gaga's single "Born This Way".
Gaga's Grammy Award winning single, "Poker Face", is played when Gaga's train first appears.
During the end credits, Homer parodies the song and entitles it "Homer Face".
Bart comments that if it weren't for awards shows no one would know that Glee is a comedy.
Milhouse sleeps under his bed at night because he's afraid of the cars from the movie Cars.
Gaga asks her stylist for the dress she wore for the Pope. When the stylist tells her he saw Jennifer Lopez wearing it the week before, Gaga orders him to burn it.
Lady Gaga says, "So long, Springfield. You are my Waterloo." which means to encounter one's ultimate obstacle and to be defeated by it and comes from Napoleon finally being defeated and surrendering at the Battle of Waterloo.
When Lady Gaga flies over the crowd with sparks shooting from the points of her cone-cupped bra, Professor Frink holds up a calculator displaying "80085", which is "BOOBS" in calculator spelling.
Moe states he is half Armenian. Another mention of Armenia by Moe appears in the episode "Judge Me Tender", Moe mistakes American Idol for Armenian Idol. This implies Moe may have originated from Armenia, as in "Much Apu About Nothing" he was revealed to be an illegal immigrant. Also, in "Bart-Mangled Banner" Moe states that he's Dutch.
In the assembly, the boy sitting behind Bart has yellow hair. When Bart goes up to the stage to receive his award, the boy's hair is white.
When Lady Gaga is looking for the person who's upset, the camera pans over the crowd. When the camera pans over to an area of the crowd in which Lisa is in, she is standing up looking at Lady Gaga. When the camera zooms in on her, Lisa has her head hanging.
When Lady Gaga looks for the person upset, many people appear more than once.
