Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus/Trivia

Trivia

 * As a way of saving time and money, frames from "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" are used, for instance the scan of the colon infection is the x-ray scan from the Mr. Hankey intro song. Also Jesus has a picture of himself and Santa performing their duet.
 * This is the first appearance of God.
 * Kenny was seen reading a magazine backwards.
 * Jesus' house number is 80122. This is also the zip code for Littleton, Colorado, where Eric Stough, one of the producers, grew up.
 * Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny seem to not be aware how male puberty works.
 * Despite seeing God in this episode, Garrison became an atheist in the two-parter "Go God Go"-"Go God Go XII". However, Mr. Garrison did not expect God to look so odd, so Mr. Garrison may have remained skeptical.
 * A Jakovasaur can be seen in the news in France.
 * Chinese dodgeballers can be seen in the news in China.
 * Butters' Father can be seen in the crowd outside of Jesus' house.
 * When Kyle arrives at the bus stop and pretends he has had his period, his voice, including the accent, strongly resembles that of Butters when saying "I was just hangin' out in my room and then I perioded all over the place".
 * At the very beginning, the boys walk past a window with a guy in a long robe, holding a scythe which has "1999" written on it. That is ol' Father Time holding a Deathlike scythe, it's a little homage to how everyone thought the world was going to end on Y2K.
 * This is the first time Stan's rear was seen in the nude.
 * This is the only South Park episode to focus on New Year's Eve.
 * There is a mistake, shown briefly, near the end of the episode (16:17). A screen of the stage Jesus is about to perform on in Las Vegas is shown with snow and pine trees in the background.

References to Popular Culture

 * The title of this episode is a play on the book Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, which is about a sixth-grade girl who tries to find her religion and goes through pre-teen issues, like getting her first period.

Kenny's Death

 * Kenny shoved a tampon up his rectum which plugged him up for several days, and eventually caused him to explode, which was signaled when Kenny was clutching his abdomen, moaning in pain, and eventually, blood bursting from his mouth, nose, and eyes.