Insheeption/Trivia

Trivia

 * This episode shows Mr. Mackey when he was a child along with South Park Elementary in roughly 1973 or 1974, judging from the poster in the school hallway.
 * Ironically while Freddy rescues Mackey from molestation, in his films he was originally envisioned to be a pedophile, though this wasn't explicitly stated until the remake.
 * The entire episode was a reference to how confusing the plot of Inception was.
 * The dream experts are based on the cast of the 2010 movie Inception

Cultural References

 * The episode opens with Cartman saying, "So then, the guy hits the ping-pong ball with his dick, and it goes right in the other guy's mouth. " He is talking about a scene in Jackass 3D, a movie that premiered in theaters the weekend before this episode aired.
 * The name of this episode as many of the reality scenes of the episode parody the 2010 film Inception.
 * The scene where Freddy Krueger is recruited is a reference to Star Trek: Generations, down to the line "the greatest dream infiltrator of all time." (originally "starship Captain")
 * Freddy's line about "killing those teenagers to stop the Russians" was a reference to the A Nightmare on Elm Street films he spawns from.
 * Doctor Chinstrap's musical accompaniment whenever the complicated dream rules are explained may be a reference to a youtube video where the Inception trailer is re-dubbed A Capella.
 * When one of the experts with firearms asked "What's the sitch?", it is a reference to the Disney Channel's original series, Kim Possible.