I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining/Trivia

Trivia

 * Images of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion are seen during Kyle's flashbacks about "how lame shuttles can be".
 * The live action scene was filmed was at Marina Del Rey harbor in Los Angeles.
 * The actors portraying the boys during the live-action re-enactments are: Michael Zazarino as Stan, Brandon Hardesty as Cartman, Eli Bildner as Kyle, and Josh Beren as Kenny.
 * Both this episode and "Faith Hilling" featured live action scenes this season.
 * The boys are the only recurring characters that have speaking roles.
 * This is the second episode with a documentary theme. The first episode was "Crippled Summer."`
 * This episode is the second to reference programs on Animal Planet, the first being "Jewpacabra".

References to Pop Culture

 * The entire episode and its title parodies "I Shouldn’t Be Alive".
 * Eric Meyers is credited as the narrator of "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining"; he is the narrator of the real show "I Shouldn’t Be Alive".
 * The zip-line premise may have been inspired by a zip-line team holding demonstrations at this years Super Bowl XLVI.

Continuity

 * During the closing montage it was mentioned that Stan made an awareness campaign so successful that he ended up "Jackin' it in San Diego" for a second time. The first incident occurred in "Butterballs".
 * Kenny's death in this episode marks the first of the season.
 * This episode marks the first appearance of Mr. Hankey since the "200" and "201" arc. However, he doesn't speak with his real voice in this episode and is only shown in pictures and as real-life feces.
 * Cartman is likely back to being Christian now, since he ripped on Kyle for being a Jew in the reenactment scene. He said he converted to Judaism in "Jewpacabra".