Mysterion Rises/Trivia

Trivia

 * This episode is preceded by "Coon 2: Hindsight"
 * In this episode, after 1 year and 8 months of waiting, it was finally revealed that Mysterion is none other than Kenny McCormick.
 * This episode also gives a reason behind Kenny's death going unnoticed.
 * This is the 7th time that Cartman opens his mouth very widely so that his tongue and teeth are shown. The other times were "It's Christmas in Canada", "Good Times with Weapons", Quest for Ratings", "The Death of Eric Cartman ", "Cartman Sucks", and "Le Petit Tourette".
 * This is the first time Mysterion is shown laughing and smiling; this is because he thought it would be funny to piss Cartman off if he chose to keeping calling the group "Coon and Friends".
 * Cartman admits that he'd very much rather be a complete dick while continuing hurting others and plotting revenge than redeeming himself to the Friends.
 * Because Kenny is Mysterion and thus speaks unmuffled, this is one of the few episodes where he gets censored.
 * This episode gives hints towards a third part.
 * At one point in the episode you can hear Kenny's real voice without the scratchy Batman like voice of Mysterion.
 * Kenny's Mom works at the Olive Garden.

Continuity

 * A few minor characters from older episodes reappear as members of the Cthulhu cult:
 * The two Star Trek nerds from "4th Grade"
 * Mr. Adler from "Tweek vs. Craig"
 * The four Goth Kids
 * Randy Marshes' workmate Nelson

References to Pop Culture

 * The name of this episode is a reference to the upcoming Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises".
 * Cartman interacting with Cthulhu while on his belly, as well as the song playing while flying with Cthulhu, is a reference to the Hayao Miyazaki film My Neighbor Totoro.
 * The scene at the beginning with the small question marks flying around the large question mark is a reference to the introduction to Batman Begins.
 * The "What Should I Do?" segment during the episode is a reference to the LeBron James commercials that aired on U.S. television around the time of this episode's release.
 * In Clyde's room, there is a headlight shaped like the Millennium falcon from the Star Wars films.
 * In Clyde's room, there is a poster with the title "Gunslave Wing", an obvious reference to the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Wing with the robot on the poster resembling Wing Zero.