Establishes for the first time that Felipe is deaf as well as mute. (bernardo in the original Disney series pretended to be deaf but was only mute.)
The establishing shot of Diego's school in Madrid comes from Zorro: The Legend Continues, the unused pilot for the series. Patrick James, the Zorro actor from that pilot, can be seen, but only from a good distance away, walking down the stairs with his swordsmanship instructor. James, however, did not play Don Diego in the pilot, instead playing an original character, Don Antonio de la Cruz, who takes up the mantel of Zorro after Diego's death. Diego was played by an uncredited actor, and voiced by another uncredited actor.