Tsst/Trivia

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Trivia

 * There is a clip from "The Passion of the Jew" in this episode.
 * Due to the events of "Scott Tenorman Must Die", during which Cartman killed Scott Tenorman's parents and cooked them into chili, Cartman's evil behavior reached a level difficult to top by writers. As such, the events of this episode appears to be a device called Deus ex machina in which to reduce Cartman to a slightly more manageable level of evil, thus making it easier for the writing staff.
 * Cartman is shown as left-handed here.
 * At the start, when Cartman says that he is sorry he chained Billy Turner's Ankle to a flag pole, said he poisoned his lunch milk, gave him a hacksaw and told him that the only way he could reach the antidote in time would be to cut through his ankle, is a reference to the film franchise, "Saw".
 * After Cartman is leaving his mother's room, he stumbles around the hallway and appears to take on different physical appearances. The transformations closely resemble the final scene in Ken Russell's Altered States. The scene involves Dr. Jessup [William Hurt] fighting off an "altered state" of physical being. During this struggle, he repeatedly throws himself back and forth between the walls of a hallway while his physical shape changes. A dead giveaway to this reference is both Cartman and Dr. Jessup appear to have complexions that sporadically change to something that resembles the static from a TV without a signal.
 * Cartman's appearance is slightly altered after his mother begins to disciplining him. Although subtle, his body becomes somewhat more thin than normal, more in-tune with the normal child body type.
 * One of the Nannies shown is a Skeksis from The Dark Crystal.
 * At the end of the episode, the camera slowly zooming into Cartman's smiling face while the song Ave Satani starts playing is a reference to The Omen.
 * Damien (character) and Tommy Turner both appear in the Nanny opening.