Fenton Crackshell's name was changed for the new series to Crackshell-Cabrera to reflect voice actor, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Latino heritage.
Launchpad's driver's license lists his birthday as September 18th, 1987. The exact date the original DuckTales (1987) series was premiered (though in the episode "A DuckTales Valentine" of that series he says his birthday is between March 21st and March 19th) and three years after his voice actor Beck Bennett was born.
During Mark Beaks' press conference, Roxanne from A Goofy Movie (1995) can be seen as a reporter holding a microphone towards the stage.
Jim Cummings and Michael Bell reprise their roles as Darkwing Duck and Quackerjack from Darkwing Duck (1991), while Keith Ferguson stands in for original voice actor Dan Castellaneta as Megavolt.
When ambushing Beaks at the racing site, Gyro is hiding behind a cardboard cutout based on the DuckTales (1987)'s Gyro Gearloose design.