It's a Jersey Thing/Trivia

Trivia

 * When Osama bin Laden was watching the peace video Randy Marsh sent him, it showed the Jersey Shore intro, with Snooki in her monstrous form.
 * The music played in the Jersey Shore intro Osama bin Laden was sent in aired version of this show is different from the music played on South Park Studios' version of the episode.
 * Cartman says that Kyle has the three J's, Jewish, Jersey and Ginger. This is quite clearly erroneous; ginger would have to be spelled phonetically (i.e., "jinjer" or "jinger") for this statement to be true. This emphasizes Cartman's childishness.
 * The working title for this episode was "New Jersey". This was later changed to "It Came From Jersey" and was later finalized as "It's a Jersey Thing".

Continuity

 * This is the second episode to feature Osama bin Laden since "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants".
 * This is the second time that Kyle made Cartman cry, the first being in "It's Christmas in Canada".
 * Bill and Fosse return in this episode.
 * This episode marks Dog Poo's second speaking role, the first being in "Professor Chaos".
 * The weapons that are passed around to the townspeople of South Park to defend themselves from the Jersey invasion are 1860s style bayonet-fitted muskets and Henry repeaters. This is a reference to the episode "The Red Badge of Gayness".
 * According to "Jared Has Aides", it takes 22.3 years for a tragedy to become funny and acceptable to laugh about. Stephen Stotch says that the 9/11 victims' families' feelings still matter for another ten months, a month short of the ten year anniversary.
 * This is the second episode in which Osama bin Laden has been killed, the first being "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants".
 * The bartender from Skeeter's Bar returns from the Season 13 episode, "W.T.F".
 * Sheila Broflovski is revealed to be from New Jersey in this episode.
 * This episode reveals that Kyle Broflovski's conception took place in New Jersey.
 * This marks the second episode so far where Cartman honestly thanked Kyle, the first being "Le Petit Tourette".

References to Popular Culture

 * Just seven months after being shot in the head by a paratrooper in "It's a Jersey Thing", Osama bin Laden was found and killed by US Navy SEALs in Pakistan via a shot to the head on May 1st, 2011.
 * The video Randy gave to Osama bin Laden is labeled "The Shaw Redemp", which is a reference to the film The Shawshank Redemption.
 * When Kyle Broflovski transforms in a "jerseyite", it is reminiscent of the movie Teen Wolf.

New Jersey

 * This episode was inspired by the recent interest in reality TV shows about people from New Jersey.
 * The two shows referenced are Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Jersey Shore

 * Snooki is the nickname of Nicole Polizzi. The character is modeled after the alien in Steven Spielberg's movie E.T.:The Extra-Terrestrial and Snarf from the cartoon Thundercats.
 * "The Situation" is the nickname of Michael Sorentino.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey

 * Joe and Teresa Giudice - Dinner guests of the Marsh family and new neighbors. Teresa is later seen at the SP Salon.
 * Jacqueline Laurita - Customer at the SP Salon
 * Caroline Manzo - Customer at the SP Salon.
 * Danielle Staub - Customer at the SP Salon.

Jeseylicious

 * The salon scene is a parody of a reality show about a salon in New Jersey. The scene includes a salon similarly laid out to the Gatsby Salon in Jerseylicious, along with a similar logo.

Goofs

 * When Cartman was telling Stan how to get rid of his new neighbors in Sizzler, one of Kenny's french fries completely disappears.
 * When the town was shooting the Jersey folk on top of the wall of rubble, one can see Grampa Marsh at the very end of the line shooting, however he isn't confined to his wheel chair.