Lil' Crime Stoppers/Trivia

Trivia

 * Butters, in this episode, is the first of the boys to masturbate and ejaculate semen. Most boys masturbate when they are as young as nine years old; however, they cannot produce semen until after a couple of years, especially when they have reached puberty.
 * The back of Kenny's head when unhooded looks exactly the same as it did in South Park: Bigger, Longer &amp; Uncut; however, since this episode it has almost always been slightly different every time.
 * When the boys are kicked out of Sarah Petrerson's house by the FBI kids, you can see two of the FBI kids inside; one appears to be going through a desk, then goes on Sarah's bed and jumps on it. The other is closer to the window, possibly making sure the boys are leaving or inspecting the point of entry.
 * Whenever a higher power appears, such the FBI Kids or the real FBI, the person in charge says, "Who's in charge in here?", then says "Not anymore you're not." This is line is also used in "The Snuke" several times, even once by Kyle, and the FBI once again.
 * Part of the inspiration for this episode was a game that Trey Parker used to play where he would use a "crime solving" kit with magnifying glass etc. and pretend to be a detective.
 * When the boys enter The Peppermint Hippo the editor from The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer is getting a lapdance.

Goofs

 * All cops/detective/villains in the bar have pistols that are fully automatic, like machine guns.
 * Cartman asks Kenny for the F.A.G. on a perp in Washington.
 * When the police make the boys "junior detectives," their badges say "junior deputy".
 * In the locker rooms, when Kenny takes his hood down the hood disappears entirely.
 * When the boys are in the showers, Cartman's hat switches on and off between several shots.
 * After the boys receive their first dollar, the camera zooms into the dollar in Stan's hand. The next shot shows the dollar framed on a wall. The dollar on the wall has a different serial number than the one shown in Stan's hand.
 * The calender in the police chiefs office has only four weeks on it; all calenders should have five. The dates are crossed off, so even if it was February, and not April, it would still be wrong.

References to Popular Culture

 * The name of the strip club in this episode is "Peppermint Hippo" which is a play on the actual Las Vegas Club called Spearmint Rhino. The Peppermint Hippo also appears in the episode "The Return of Chef"
 * The flashbacks experienced while the boys describe the crimes are not dissimilar to those in CSI.
 * The scene where Cartman is shouting at Butters, while Kenny comforts him, is a demonstration of the Good cop/Bad cop method of interrogation.
 * Agent Fields is a reference to Agent Fields: a character from the "On The Run" and "Kidnapped" series.
 * When the boys enter the room where the boss of the Peppermint Hippo is you can hear him say: "Okay so now we have to let the McCormicks make our meth again."

Censorship

 * The breasts on the crude police sketch Kenny drew of the girl’s doll were blurred out in syndication.
 * The scene where the old man kills and dismembers his wife was aired in black and white in syndication. Furthermore, it was zoomed in.
 * When the boys are coming into the bar, the stripper poops on the guy's knees.