Funnybot/Trivia

Trivia

 * Butters takes over as the "fourth friend" for this episode. As a result, Kenny's role is a minor one.
 * There is a drawing of what appears to be Osama bin Laden on the wall in Funnybot's office. Osama was assassinated two days before this episode aired.
 * This is the second time Wendy is seen without her pink beret since "Chef Goes Nanners".
 * Obama is shown being darker skinned than his original appearance; he is shown to be dark brown or black, while in past appearances he is light brown.
 * Kenny is nearly killed by Jay Leno, Jay Leno kills Kenny by accident with a stone statue in "Jay Leno Short".
 * "Funny Bot", is a direct reference to the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Changeling". "Nomad" the robot is influence for FunnyBot's design. Most noteably is Nomad's famous phrase "non sequitur", which is repeated often by FunnyBot.

Continuity

 * This is the first episode in which Boy with Red Scarf has a speaking role.
 * This is the third time Timmy is in a band, the first being in "Timmy 2000" and the second time "Crippled Summer".
 * Many of the Special Education students from "Crippled Summer" are seen.
 * This is the second episode with Butters as the "talker" in a terrorist situation, the first being "Imaginationland, Episode II".
 * Cartman speaks the German language for the second time since "The Passion of the Jew".
 * The translation Cartman tells the Germans that Kyle is "A handsome soft Jew. He's fresh. And beautiful, beautiful."
 * The Catcher in the Rye, the book that was given to the fourth graders in "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", is seen in Kyle Broflovski's locker.

Movies/TV

 * Star Trek (TOS)- Nomad was a malicious robot in "The Changeling" most of the story after Funnybot starts saying "I am Funnybot" ("I am Nomad") and leading to it being hauled off with antigravs - but he was rehabilitated instead of being beamed (buried) into space in order to explode.
 * Kyle's idea of using a paradox to disable Funnybot is based on a tactic famously used in the Star Trek I, Mudd.
 * Dr. Who - Funnybot has the body of a Dalek and uses the word "Exterminate!" (Nomad used the word "Sterilize!")
 * Star Wars - Funnybot accessing the mainframe to activate the nuclear missiles.
 * Eddie Murphy - (R2-D2)Funnybot's role in "Family Funbot" as the entire family cast is similar to Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor where he was the entire Klump family.
 * Tyler Perry - The fact that Token and Barack Obama can't help laughing at Tyler Perry movies is a reference that his movies contain too much African American humor. Furthermore, the scenes of Tyler Perry's character impressions while receiving money were a reference to the criticism of the real Tyler Perry making money off of racist stereotypes.
 * Charlie Sheen - On the wall outside of Funnybot's room, there is a poster showingTwo and a Half Men with the text "One and a Half Men" since Charlie Sheen was sacked off the series.
 * Hawaii 5-0/Reno 911 - Poster of Hawaii 911. One is a police drama in the 1970's the later is a parody of COPS and reality based television.
 * Funnybot's head also resembles Comedy Central's old logo.
 * The way the boys confused Funnybot references the 2011 video game 'Portal 2' in which at one point on character attempts to use a paradox in order to take out the ruling AI. Unfortunately due to the AI's idiocy he fails to realise it is a paradox and is unaffected.
 * Barack Obama's speech concerning Tyler Perry is based on his speech regarding the death of Osama bin Laden, both culminating in the sentence "Justice has been done."
 * In a recent poll (July 2011) Germany was actually voted the least funny country.
 * Murdering or slaying an audience is show business slang for successfully entertaining an audience. To Funnybot, it was literal.

List of Avenging Comedians

 * Adam Sandler - His movie, Jack and Jill is mentioned later in"You're Getting Old" and "Ass Burgers".
 * Brandon T. Jackson
 * Conan O'Brien
 * Dane Cook
 * David Letterman
 * David Spade
 * Ellen DeGeneres
 * Jimmy Kimmel
 * Jay Leno
 * Kevin James - His movie, The Zookeeper is mentioned in "Ass Burgers".
 * Louis C.K
 * Matt Stone
 * Rob Schneider
 * Russell Brand
 * Trey Parker
 * Zach Galifianakis

Goofs

 * Annie Faulk appears on both the left and right seats during the award show
 * Sally Turner is seen twice at the same time when the crowd is first seen at the award show..
 * Russell Brand is a British comedian, not an American comedian.