Bump Bumperman does not appear for the very first time without any dialogue.
This is highly likely due to the fact that there are no races or events in this episode.
Also for the first time, no one introduces themself to the viewer at the start of the episode.
This is the very first episode where there is no race nor even the Monster Dome mentioned/itself.
Gabby's garage is shown for the first time.
This is the very first time a character other than Blaze and AJ speaks to the viewer; in this case it's Gabby. She speaks to Crusher for the first time.
This is the first time Crusher immediately steals an item.
As for each order, the problems the Monster Machines suffered from:
Blaze got a rubber ducky stuck in his transmission.
Stripes' bumper is broken.
Zeg's wipers are malfunctioning.
Darington stuck in reverse.
Starla has bubbles emitting from the tailpipes.
Crusher's exhaust pipe is broken.
Also, each of them are congruent to each of their personalities:
The rubber ducky stuck in Blaze to his enthusiasm.
Stripes' broken bumper to his rowdiness.
Zeg's malfunctioning wipers to his brashness.
Darington's reverse problem to his fearlessness, yet clumsiness.
The bubbles in Starla's tailpipes to her bubbly personality.
Crusher's broken exhaust pipe to his pessimism.
Pickle is the only monster machine that don't have any problems.
This is the first time Zeg cries.
This is the second time Blaze doesn't spin around upon transforming after The Driving Force.
When Blaze enters the garage at the start, his horn is slow, and the last note sounds off-key. This also occurred in Blaze of Glory when he crashes through a billboard and lands in Axle City for the first time.
Gabby is seen outside the Monster Dome for the first time.
Blaze and AJ’s attempts to stop the chomping shark-bot were:
A rope (failed)
A stick (failed)
A metal pipe (succeeded)
A game related to the series on Nick Jr.com is based on this episode.
The books Catch Crusher! and Pop the Hood! are based on this episode.
There's also a personalized version of the former online.
The Monster Machines suffering from their problems.
Allusions[]
While Crusher and Pickle are riding their boat, Pickle imitates a famous pose from the movie Titanic, where Jack Dawson stands on the bow of the ship with his arms spread wide. Pickle also shouts, “I’m the king of the world!”, the same exact line said by Dawson when doing that said pose.
When the chomping shark-bot is revealed, a musical "sting" is heard that is reminiscent of the theme from the movie Psycho, heard predominantly during its iconic shower attack scene.
Goofs[]
When Blaze uses the squished banana to make a slide and says "Get ready...", his mouth doesn’t move.
Gabby takes a number 4 wrench to work on Blaze, but when she pulls the rubber ducky out the wrench is nowhere to be seen.
During the transformation sequence, no drumbeats were heard; this is the only episode that has such.
Stripes’ taillights were still on his bumper when it broke, meaning that they would be broken too. There also weren’t any bulb holes where the taillights were when the bumper fell.
When Blaze asks the viewer where the toolbox is, the glass in the window behind him is gone. It reappears in the next shot.
When Blaze and AJ wince at Stripes’ broken bumper, the catchlights on AJ’s eyes are positioned independently from each other.
During the Hit the Road song, when Blaze speeds out of sight and is about to jump over two trucks, his tire spinning effects are very darker than usual, but changes back to normal when he drives further into the park.
Crusher doesn't need Gabby's toolbox since he can build cheats only with his chassis bag.
As the invention explodes, look at the shattered remains of the Slippery Banana Launcher. In the next shot, it's broken body rotated 180° as Blaze drove past it.
During the scene where Blaze got a rubber ducky stuck in his transmission, he does some weird emotions that people don't even do in real life.
