Black Friday/Trivia

Trivia

 * When Cartman is complaining about pre-orders giving money to people who haven't even finished their game, he is commenting on how South Park: The Stick of Truth has been delayed repeatedly, most recently until March 4, 2014.
 * The two sides are:
 * Xbox Army
 * Cartman, Kyle, Token, Timmy
 * "The Federation"
 * Kids who play Harry Potter
 * Jocks
 * Swim team
 * Kindergartners
 * 6th Graders
 * PS4 Army
 * Stan, Jimmy, Clyde, Butters, Kenny (after betrayal), Tweek
 * Book Club
 * Janice Pinkerton
 * Ugly Kids
 * Goth Kids
 * Vamp Kids
 * Nathan and Mimsy.
 * The costumes the children wear are the same ones from the upcoming South Park video game, South Park: The Stick of Truth, aside from Kyle.
 * The stores that are inside the South Park Mall include:
 * A La Mode
 * Horizons (parody of Verizon Wireless)
 * Penn & Son
 * ampersand
 * Maddy's Delight
 * Body World
 * Sole Fir Shoe Repair and Care
 * Robin's Nest
 * Electronics World
 * Radio Hut (parody of Radio Shack)
 * Child's Play
 * Marcy's (parody of Macy's)
 * Celine's
 * Mon Cherie

Goofs

 * During the "Stop Touching Me Elmo" commercial, the Elmo's nose was green when it was supposed to be orange.

References to Popular Culture

 * This episode is based on the Black Friday shopping craze and reports of violence, assaults and deaths for people trying to get the best bargains.
 * Much of the fantasy segment references Game of Thrones.
 * The nerdy kids play Star Trek: one kid has Vulcan ears and another wears a Geordi La Forge-type visor.
 * Stop Touching Me Elmo is a reference to Tickle Me Elmo, which was considered the big must-have holiday toy in 1996. His implied pedophilia is a reference to puppeteer Steve Clash, who quit after allegations of underage sex. (Although the boys he is accused of having relationships with were aged 15+, not small children.)
 * It is also references the injury of Robert Waller, a clerk at a store in New Brunswick, Canada, was among those injured by "Elmo-mania". During a Midnight Madness sale, a crowd of 300 stampeded down the aisle on December 14, 1996 after spotting him being handed a box of the toys by another employee, he "was pulled under, trampled—the crotch was yanked out of [his] brand-new jeans." According to People, the clerk "suffered a pulled hamstring, injuries to his back, jaw and knee, a broken rib and a concussion.
 * In the "Stop Touching Me Elmo" commercial scene, an ersatz instrumental version of "Elmo's Song" from Sesame Street plays throughout.
 * Stan compares the PS4/Xbox One conflict to the Videotape Format War.
 * The way the old man is turned around and stabbed in the abdomen is a reference to Pay It Forward where Trevor McKinney is stabbed in the abdomen while trying to save a boy from bullies.
 * The phrase "Winter Is Coming" can be seen and heard throughout the episode. This is a reference to the motto used by the Stark family in Game of Thrones, who must always be vigilant and prepared for the harshness of winter when it hits their land in the north. Though, according to George R.R. Martin, the creator of Game of Thrones, it can also be a metaphor to always be prepared for dark events that may happen in our lives, even if things are going well now.

Continuity

 * This is the second episode to revolve around new console releases, after "Go God Go" (the Wii).
 * This is the second time Randy Marsh has worked in a store, after "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes".
 * Cartman wears the same wizard costume he wore in "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers".
 * One of the security guards is the angry teenager from "T.M.I.".
 * Most of the boys outfits are either the outfits they wear in "South Park: The Stick of Truth" or "The Return of the Fellowship of the Rings to the Two Towers."
 * This is the first apperance of The Ugly kids since "The List".