Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub/Trivia

Trivia

 * This is the second episode of the meteor shower story arc.
 * Cartman and Kenny do not appear in this episode, and Kyle only has a very minor part.
 * First major role of Butters.
 * First appearance of Dougie.
 * At the beginning of the episode when the Marshes arrive at Mr. Mackey's house, a version of Chef's song "Stinky Britches" from season 2's Chef Aid is playing over the loudspeaker.
 * Liane Cartman is shown on talking on the phone (most likely to Cartman, hence the events of this episode take place at the same time of the events of Jewbilee and Cat Orgy.
 * All the guys at the party want to kick the ass of Randy's "friend" who watched another guy masturbate yet later in the episode they all admit to having done it before.
 * An instrumental of Cartman's Wild Wild West song can be heard in the background music of the party.
 * During the party no one who looks like Butters' parents can be seen. It may just be a coincidence however that they just happened to be out of every shot (considering there was only one or two angles per room shown, they might've been in an angle that wasn't shown). Most likely though is that at the time, Matt and Trey didn't consider that Butters was going to be a major character and as such, they didn't bother to create parents for him.

References to Popular Culture

 * Stan refers to Pip, Butters, and Dougie as "Melvins", which is slang for really lame people.
 * According to Pip, one of the steps of playing Wickershams and Ducklers involves singing the merry tune of Stratford. It's likely a reference to Stratford, England.
 * The boys decide to play Charlie's Angels a crime drama that ran from 1976-1981. It featured a trio of "Angels" that would be assigned to go on various crime fighting missions. Butter's designates each of the kids in the basement after different characters from the series:
 * Butters wants to play Jaclyn Smith, who is the actress who played the role of Kelly Garrett on Charlie's Angels
 * The delegate the role of John Bosley to Stan, the character was played by David Doyle in the Charlie's Angels series.
 * Pip states that he is playing the role of Sabrina Duncan who was portrayed by Kate Jackson on the series (Though originally he asks to be Jaclyn Smith).
 * Dougie is playing the roll of Jill Munroe who was played by Farrah Fawcett.
 * Mr. Mackay's house is surrounded by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, a department of the United States that would regulate the listed controlled substances/weapons in the United States. In 2001 they were renamed The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
 * The ATF is worried that Mackey's party is really a meeting of a religious cult that is plotting to commit suicide during the meteor shower. This is a reference to the Heaven's Gate religious cult. They believed that the Earth was going to be "recycled" by aliens and they committed suicide in order to be joined with the comet Hale-Bop on March 26, 1997.
 * Jimbo is having a conversation about Football with two burley guys. Here's a break down of what they are talking about:
 * Jimbo mentions that they don't have Elway that year: This is referencing the fact that John Elway had left the Denver Bronocs, he played his last game with the team in 1998.
 * He also mentions how Bister won every game he played for with the team. This is in reference to Bubby Brister who joined the Bronco's in 1997.
 * The Blond man who thinks the New York Jets are the team to beat in the American Football Conference of the NFL.
 * The Mole from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut appears on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show while Stan is channel surfing on Mr. Mackey's T.V.
 * The ATF members liken their reaction to how they dealt with things in Waco. This is a reference to the Waco Siege the ATF launched against the Branch Davidian led by David Koresh on February 28, 1993. However, the ATF never used loud music as a means of getting them out of their compound.
 * They play the "latest album" by the musician Cher. The song they play is a parody of Cher's 1998 chart-topper Believe which was released on November 24, 1998. At the time this episode aired it was still ranking high in the charts.
 * One of the party goers mentions that he heard that musician Ricky Martin was gay. The musician was popular during the time this episode first aired following the release of his single Livin' la Vida Loca. At the time this episode came out there was a lot of question as to what Ricky Martin's sexual orientation was, at the time he declined to comment. However, 11 years after this episode originally aired, he officially stated that he was gay on his own website.
 * The news reporter states that ATF screwed up Waco and killed a bunch of innocent people and tried to convince everyone they committed suicide. There are a number of differing and conflicting facts regarding the Waco Siege not to mention quite some controversy. Check it out for yourself.
 * Pip states that he learned archery when he lived in Staffordshire, which is a county in the West Midlands region of England.

Goofs

 * The pocket on Randy's shirt alternates which side it is on when he goes to talk to Sharon halfway through the episode. This is only in two shots, however.
 * Stan mistakenly refers to Butters as "Butter" just before Butters goes to give the tape to the reporter.
 * When Pip's wondering what mission they'll do, his right arm seems to be disconnected from his shoulder; he's holding his "real" right arm down.