Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus/Trivia

Trivia

 * Cartman makes a brief appearance in the recap for the last episode and on TV when Terrance and Phillip decide to watch American TV shows
 * When Terrence & Phillip first get to Tehran if one looks close enough you can see a salesman sell shirts with Stan, Kyle and Cartman on them, but no shirt with Kenny.
 * Many South Park fans were outraged by this episode, having waited four weeks to learn the true identity of Cartman's father, and became furious with the writers; the anger and disappointment of the fans was then satirized in the following episode.
 * Due to the utter outrage from this episode, it has only aired three times in the US on Comedy Central: In other countries however, it continues to air frequently as the series is played in chronological order. It has also been aired in syndication.
 * There are twenty-one farts during the episode, not including the mass fart at the CFL game. Terrance farts add up to 13 while the sum of Phillip's is 8.
 * Trey Parker and Matt Stone stated on the DVD commentary that this was their favorite episode, despite being perhaps the least-popular episode they ever did. They hope to at some point in the future do another, but since viewer response was so incredibly low the first time around, it may be tricky.
 * This episode would later be parodied in Cartoon Wars Part II and Eat, Pray, Queef, particularly the lines after the recap: "...will not be seen tonight, so that we can bring you the following special presentation!"

References to Popular Culture

 * The entire episode is a parody of the film Not Without My Daughter
 * When this episode first aired, Saddam Hussein was accused by the United States and Britain of creating weapons of mass destruction, and Iraq was the subject of various strikes by both countries as well as pressures from the United Nations to allow them to search for weapons See Saddam Hussein Post Gulf War.
 * This episode also pointed fun at Canada, specifically considering at the time that many "family values" organizations in Canada were calling for South Park to be banned in Canada which at the time was aired (albeit with additional content editing and censorship) on the Global Television Network at the time.
 * The episode also lampoons a number of Canadian stereotypes: That Canadians are all extremely nice people and will call you "buddy", end every sentence with "eh" and pronounce the word about so it sounds like "aboot". It also plays on Americans general ignorance of Canadian culture, joking that Canada is just one big place with no distinct provinces.
 * As previously mentioned HBC is a parody of NBC substituting their trademark peacock logo with a turtle.
 * The HBC movie of the week is also a parody of the ABC Movie of the Week.
 * Terrance and Phillip love the product Kroff Dinner, which is a parody of Kraft Dinner, an easy to make macaroni and cheese made by the Kraft company. A common Canadian stereotype is that Canadians all love Kraft Dinner.
 * In this episode we first see Saddam Hussein (1937–2006) who in real life was the Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 until 2003.
 * A running gag in the episode is that nobody (not even Saddam Hussein) can tell the difference between Iran and Iraq. The two countries neighbor each other and were in conflict with one another during most of the 1980s. The two countries resumed diplomatic ties in the early 1990s.
 * Pop musician Celine Dion apparently had a child with Terrance. During the time this episode aired, Celine Dion was very popular following her single My Heart Will Go On which was featured in the 1997 film Titanic.
 * In Celine Dion's home there is a poster of her that resembles the album artwork for Falling into You released in 1996.
 * Terrance and Phillip purchase a ticket to Tehran, which is in Iran not Iraq.
 * Twice in the episode do Terrance, Phillip and the people of Canada sing O Canada, originally written in 1908 it was regarded as the countries national anthem since 1939, becoming Canada's official national anthem in the 1980. The song has gone through a number of changes and revisions (mostly to become more gender and religiously neutral) the version sung in this episode came from revisions made to the anthem in 1926.
 * Saddam's code name while communicating with Scott is "Red Dragon", among all other references is another name for Satan. As Saddam was a individual of infamy, many groups referred to him as "the devil"
 * Places Terrance and Phillip fly over to get to Tehran: Pyrenees, North Africa, Italy, Egypt, The Black Sea and Turkey.
 * When Saddam invades Canada he has pictures of himself all over the country. While Prime Minister of Iraq, Saddam's picture was similarly plastered all over the country. This may be a continuance of the Iran/Iraq confusion jokes in the episode.
 * US soldiers warn Saddam to get out of Canada in the next three years or they will bomb Iraq. This a reference to the Gulf War where the United States battled Iraq to end their occupation of Kuwait. The Gulf War went from August 1990 until February 1991, however US Operation: Desert Storm continued until November 1995.
 * Places that Saddam plans to conquer next are: The US, China and Newfoundland. Newfoundland is not a country, but a province of Canada. Originally a British colony it confederated into Canada in 1949.


 * When Scott confronts Saddam on wringing on their deal Saddam says "I changed my mind! Pray that I don't change it any further!" to which Scott responds "This deal's getting worse all the time." This exchange is taken from Darth Vader and Lando Calrissian's exchange when Vader changes their deal in the film The Empire Strikes Back.


 * When Terrance and Phillip watch American television they happen upon the The Jerry Springer Show known for it's outrageous topics and fighting amongst the guests.


 * A news anchor reports that Saddam has signed an agreement to let US forces inspect his military operations. This is in reference to the continued conflict between the United States and Iraq during the late 1990s, during which time the US accused Saddam of keeping banned weapons of mass destruction and violating other terms following the end of the Gulf War.


 * Phillip calls Saddam a "Turkish Dictator", Saddam was born in Iraq and has no ties to Turkey. Turkey was under the control of the Ottoman Empire until 1923 when it became a democratic republic following the end of World War I.


 * Saddam Hussein tells Celine Dion and Ugly Bob that he is a fan of Polo, a sport involving hitting coquette balls with a mallet while on horseback. This sport was invented in Persia (now modern day Iran) circa the 5th Century.


 * There is a football game happening in Canada pitting the Ottawa Roughriders, and the Vancouver Roughriders. The joke is based on the fact that the Canadian Football League (CFL) used to have two teams named the Roughriders. There was the Ottawa Rough Riders who played in the league from 1876–1996, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders who are still in the league to this day. Vancouver has its own CFL team, however they are called the BC Lions.
 * Saddam plans to replace the Canadian flag with an Iranian one. However, the flag that is raised during his brief coup of Canada is the Iraqi flag.
 * Saddam is surprised that the Canadians are using chemical warfare. This is in reference to the fact that on March 16, 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons in what is referred to as Halabja poison gas attack.

Hidden Visitor(s)
Between a tourist and a local when Terrance and Phillip find Sally.