Red Man's Greed/Trivia

Trivia

 * When the boys think about all the "good times" they've had in South Park, clips from "Starvin Marvin" (the turkey attack), "Pinkeye" (the Zombie attack), "Mecha-Streisand" (the Mecha-Streisand attack), "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" (Mr. Hankey flooding the town with feces), "The Red Badge of Gayness" (the Confederate players running riot), "Krazy Kripples" (Christopher Reeve throwing a car), "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" (the pirate ship firing its cannon), "I'm a Little Bit Country" (the pro/anti war people fighting each other), "It Hits the Fan" (the dragon Geldon running amok), and "Trapper Keeper" (the blob Cartman attacking) are shown which are memories of their town getting attacked.
 * When Kyle is trying to convince the casino owner to not destroy the town he says "we shop in that Walmart". But the town has not gotten a Walmart yet. They get one in "Something Walmart This Way Comes" a few episodes later.

References to Pop Culture

 * The song the townspeople sing is “Love Is a Battlefield” by Pat Benatar with acapella “Ba-Bum -Bumm” emphasis as in the rock video percussion part for lack of a background soundtrack. This is the second appearance of the song in the series.
 * SARS was a disease which was very prominent in the news when the episode originally aired, largely afflicting people from Asia, hence the Chinese men rubbed on the blankets. Stan's father incorrectly states that there is only a 98% chance of survival; in reality, SARS had a 9.6% fatality rate (instead of the 2% as stated by Stan's father).
 * “Shock and awe” was a catch phrase used for the strategies employed during the operation to invade Iraq, which had begun when the episode originally aired.
 * The using of blankets to give the townspeople SARS is a reference to an infamous incident in Pontiac's Rebellion (1763), when British officers led by the Brutal general Lord De La Warr gave American Indians blankets exposed to smallpox in an attempt to infect them.
 * Mr. Garrison says "You had me at ‘free blanket", a snowclone and a reference to Jerry Maguire.
 * When Chief Runs With Premise offers the people of South Park $5.00 credit at the casino, it is a reference to "Treedy Days" a tradition in Canada when once a month all aboriginal citizens receive $5.00 from the government.