Scott Tenorman Must Die/Trivia

Trivia

 * The whole episode reflects Cartman's complete and utter inability to admit defeat.
 * When Mr. Tenorman yells at Jimbo and Ned (as they were watching Mrs. Tenorman undress) and warns that he knows who they are and will call the police, several other men come out of the other bushes and run off. Among the others, Sergeant Yates, Stuart McCormick, Richard Tweak, Gerald Broflovski and Randy Marsh can be seen wearing masks in order to avoid being recognized.
 * In the episode "201" it is revealed that Cartman's biological father is Mr. Tenorman; meaning he fed his father to his half-brother.
 * In a season six episode, "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers", Scott Tenorman can be seen in the group of sixth graders plotting to take the porno, "Back Door Sluts 9".
 * Despite that Cartman seems to think that he and Kenny are best friends in "Kenny Dies" and "Best Friends Forever", Kenny still found the "Pube Boy" video funnier than anyone else, since he died laughing and was still laughing as a ghost.
 * The animation in this episode looks slightly better and smoother than episodes from previous seasons. This is because the animators switched from Power Animator to Maya right before this season. Another change for this season was Adam Berry being replaced by Scott Nickoley of Mad City Productions as the producer of original music on the show.
 * Cartman says "Looks like I'm the first one to reach manhood, after all," possibly referencing "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus" where Cartman thought he got his period and similarly thought he had reached manhood.
 * When Mr. Tenorman looks to see everyone behind the bushes, he sounds exactly like Officer Barbrady however later in the episode he sounds more like Randy.
 * Eric Cartman's truly evil and excessive actions in this episode, not to mention the pie switcheroo at the end, are inspired in part by the equally incomprehensibly violent and evil behavior of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.
 * During the showing of "Pube Boy", a man can be seen wearing a Scuzzlebutt shirt.

References to Popular Culture

 * While posing as an IRS agent, Cartman went under the name "Kris Kristofferson". It is also the name of an American musician and actor with the same name.
 * Cartman's speech to the other students trying to convince them to join his plan is modeled on William Wallace's pre-battle speech to his warriors in the film Braveheart.
 * Cartman's plan to make the "Mr. and Mrs. Tenorman Chili" and feed it to Scott is reminiscent of the revenge taken by Atreus on his brother Thyestes in Greek mythology and the revenge taken by Titus Andronicus in the Shakespeare play.
 * Cartman says to Scott Tenorman, "Haha, charade you are." This is a reference to the Pink Floyd song " from the album Animals.Pigs (Three Different Ones)"
 * The episode ends with Cartman imitating Porky Pig in homage to old Looney Toons cartoons.

Continuity

 * In episodes that were aired shortly after "Scott Tenorman Must Die" (particularly in "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" and "Here Comes the Neighborhood"), Cartman can be heard saying "I will make you eat your parents." Cartman also makes references to this episode in "The Death of Eric Cartman" and "Cartoon Wars Part II".
 * During an early confrontation at Scott's house, Cartman claims that his grandmother is close to death and needs $16.12 for an operation. Two weeks later, his grandmother actually does die.

Goofs

 * In the first scene in the episode, Kyle refers to Scott Tenorman as a "9th grader". Then, in the middle of the episode when Cartman has everyone in his basement, Kyle refers to him as an "8th grader".
 * Scott Tenorman would have had trouble shooting the "Pube Boy" video without a camera.
 * When Cartman notices Scott has left the Radiohead interview, four other kids have also disappeared - a 6th grader and three 4th graders. Two 4th graders - Bill Allen and the Boy with Blue Cap - reappear in time for the "Pube Boy" presentation.
 * Bill can later be seen to the right of Terrance Mephesto, nowhere near Cartman or the kid with the blue cap.
 * Also during the crowd scene during "Pube Boy", a 4th grader can be seen hovering in mid-air to the right of Milly.
 * The Boy with C Cap is shown to not have a "c" on his cap. However the "c" is there during the crowd scene during "Pube Boy".

Kenny's Death

 * While watching a video that Scott recorded of Cartman begging for his money back, and oinking/singing like a piggy, Kenny laughs so hard that he dies, and even his spirit that flies from his body continues to laugh.