This is the first episode where a holiday is celebrated, in this case, Halloween.
This is the first episode to take place at night, as well as the first time nighttime occurs.
What Blaze and his friends dressed as:
Blaze - Knight
AJ - Superhero
Gabby - Lion
Stripes - Pirate
Starla - Witch
Darington - Octopus
Zeg - King
This is the second episode to include a countdown. A countdown previously occurred in The Bouncy Tires.
This is also the first episode to include three countdowns in one location.
This is the only episode where the second countdown is longer than the first; beginning with The Polar Derby, countdowns use the highest number for the first, the middle number for the second, and the lowest number for the third.
This marks the last hearing of Hit The Road to date.
The moon is full and is tinted gold indicating a harvest moon. In real-life, it’s a rare phenomenon for a full moon on Halloween, happening every 19-20 years, while a harvest moon occurs normally in August or September.
Starla is seen without her cowgirl hat for the entire episode again, following Truck Rangers.
Some of the Monster Machines’ costumes are references to future episodes:
Blaze dressing as a knight (he becomes one in Knight Riders)
Stripes dressing as a pirate (Blaze goes on a treasure hunt in Treasure Track)
Pickle dressing as a butterfly (Blaze turns into an ant in The Big Ant-venture)
Zeg dressing as a king (Blaze becomes the king of Animal Island in The Great Animal Crown)
This was the only holiday-themed episode until where all the main characters appear and speak until A Blazing Amazing Christmas.
Running Gags[]
Crusher getting scared by a shadow of what he thinks is a monster.
Pickle changing his costume.
Allusions[]
"Truck or treat" and the episode's title of the same name is a pun on the Halloween term, "trick or treat".
When Blaze says, "We came, we sawed, we conquered" after destroying Crusher's Robo-Pumpkin Blaster and carving a real pumpkin, it is a reference to Julius Caesar's famous line "Veni, vidi, vici", which is Latin for "I came, I saw, I conquer".
Goofs[]
When Crusher activates the Halloween candy stealer, it sucks up Darington's candy bucket (the bucket with candy corn on it). After Crusher says, "I want more candy!", it sucks up the same bucket again.
There were six candy buckets (one for Blaze and each of his friends), but the Halloween candy stealer sucks them up more than five times, as if there were much more candy than that.
Therefore, the Halloween candy stealer shouldn't have exploded and sent the candy flying after all six buckets were sucked up.
When Crusher says, "I want that candy!", Blaze's fog lights are not lit.
When Blaze’s friends try out making shadows, the light from Blaze’s fog lights appear to be coming from his eyes, where a truck’s headlights go in real-life. In the next shot, it’s coming from the right position.
The candy wouldn't have been sent flying when the Halloween candy stealer exploded; they would've burnt in the explosion or exploded with it.
When Blaze first appears, his costume doesn't have shadings or reflections on it. In the next shot, now it does.
In several of the "robo-pumpkins" scenes while AJ is sitting in Blaze, he is wearing his regular racing suit and helmet instead of his superhero costume.
When everyone turns to leave after Blaze says, "Our candy's just up ahead", Darington loses the lower area of his body for a split second as he drove out of the scene.
When Gabby gives Blaze and AJ candy, the catchlights on AJ's eyes are positioned independently.
When Blaze comes to a stop at the mud, Darington yells, "Blaze!", but the captions say "Wait!".
Irony: Crusher could've pressed a stop button on the candy stealer to stop it from sucking the candy up.
