The office worker Paul is designed to resemble director Leonardo Matsuda. The redhead sunglasses vendor he falls in love with is based on Matsuda's girlfriend.
This short is an homage to the Disney shorts: Reason and Emotion and Cranium Command.
This was the last non-franchise Walt Disney Animation Studios short film to be released in theaters worldwide, due to Disney+ launching their own series of shorts simply titled Short Circuit, until 2021's Us Again, released with Raya and the Last Dragon.