City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)/Trivia

Trivia

 * In one flashback, where the Fonz jumps several buses with his motorcycle, Cartman recalls Kenny dying, however, Stan and Kyle object stating that Kenny couldn't have died then, because he just got eaten by the monster (a reference possibly by the creators about using Kenny dying as a running gag.)
 * Cartman's poster said "Needs Food Soon."
 * Throughout the episode Mrs. Crabtree ingests a large number of date-rape drugs given to her by the trucker. However, due to her insanity, the drugs don't knock her out but instead make her more calm to where at the end of the episode she appears to have a caring relationship with the trucker. This being a dream could imply that the drugs do not truly have such an affect on her.
 * When the parents get to Mr. Mackey's room if you look at the far back you can see his face. It is a picture of him.
 * After every "flashback" someone or more gets ice cream and in some Stan and Wendy make out. Also after each flashback, someone says "now, that's what I call a 'sticky Situation'", followed by everybody else laughing.
 * The scary monster is voiced by Henry Winkler.
 * While he dies in Stan's dream, Kenny actually survives this episode.

References to Popular Culture

 * This episode is named after an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series episode of the same name. It originally aired April 6, 1967. In that episode Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, and Dr. McCoy are transported through time to New York circa the 1930's where McCoy's subsequent romance with a woman of that era who is destined to die threatens to change history so that the Nazis win World War II, but Kirk and Spock rectify the change in the timeline.
 * Another nod to Star Trek: The Original Series is that one of the children on the bus is dressed up like a "redshirt". In the original Star Trek, the so called "red shirts" were low ranking Starfleet officers. A cliché of the series usually involved a red shirt getting killed while on a mission with Kirk and other members of the Enterprise crew. (Interestingly, while most redshirts who died were Lieutenants or lower rank, the rank stripes show the redshirt on the bus to be a Commander)
 * A guide tells people on tour of the mountain area that "red-bellied" Chickadees are indigenous of the area. Chickadees in reality referred to as (no kidding) Tits. There are four Tit birds native to the state of Colorado, however None of them are red-billed.
 * To cover up for insulting Ms. Crabtree, Kyle states "Larry King won't grant me three wishes." Larry King is best known for his long running television show Larry King Live which ran on CNN from Summer 1985 to Fall 2010.
 * The trucker who picks up Ms. Crabtree resorts to using Roofies to have sex with woman. Flunitrazepam is a psychoactive drug that is commonly referred to as the "date rape drug", as mixing it with alcohol causes a victim to become immobilized and causes lapses in memory.
 * During the flashback of Cartman Gets an Anal Probe: When seeing Cartman farting fire, Wendy says that he's "just like Rudolph!", referring to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the popular Christmas character that had a nose that would shine red light.
 * The name of the comedy club that Ms. Crabtree and the trucker pull up at is called "Pauly Shore's Funny Pit". While no such location exists Pauly Shore does. He was an MTV VJ during the late 80's and early 90's. During the high of his popularity in the 90's he appeared in various comedies including Encino Man and Bio-Dome.
 * The comedian on stage is called Carrot Ass (A reference to Carrot Top aka Scott Thompson) A stand-up comedian who is panned frequently for not being all that funny. He does a bad impression of academy award winning actor Robert De Niro.
 * The talent scout who hires Ms. Crabtree says they haven't seen anyone that funny since Maury Povich. Maury Povich is in reality a day-time-talk show host best known for his television series Maury which began running in 1991. In recent years it has degenerated into episode after episode of paternity tests and sending unruly children off to boot camp.
 * Cartman is upset that he is missing the new Fantasy Island. The original series ran from 1978-1984 was about travelers that would come to Fantasy Island to live out their fantasies. A second series lasted for one season during the 1998-1999 broadcasting year and was subsequently canceled.
 * In the flashback to the episode Volcano, Skuzzlebutt has Brent Musberger for a leg. Musberger is a well known NFL sports commentator.
 * In the flashback to Weight Gain 4000: Kathie Lee Gifford then talk-show host for Live with Regis and Kathy Lee makes an appearance. In this recollection she is driving in a bullet proof dome which is a parody of the Pope Mobile.
 * Ms. Crabtree appears on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The guest who is announced as "washed up sit-com actress" looks remarkably like actress Brooke Shields, who at the time this episode aired was the star of the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan, the series was canceled in 2000.
 * Of all the missing children appearing on posters around South Park, one of them features actor Macaulay Culkin circa 1990. Culkin at the high of his popularity was best known for his role in the Home Alone films. His inclusion among the missing children is likely a reference to the fact that he disappeared from the lime light in 1994. He would resurface and resume his acting career circa 2000 onwards.
 * The boys recollect being present when the Fonz jumped over a number of parked bikes on his motorcycle. This is in reference to the television series Happy Days which ran from 1974-1984. It is a cliché of that series that the character the Fonz would jump over things on his motorcycle. This is likely a reference to the episode "Hollywood Part 2" which featured the Fonz jumping over a shark on water-ski's, this stunt coined the phrase Jumping the shark.
 * Cartman further gets upset for missing the new Barnaby Jones. Barnaby Jones was a detective series that ran from 1973-1980. It never had an attempted revival like Fantasy Island.
 * The song that the parents sing asking their children to come home is notably a parody of the 1985 song We Are the World a charity song that was an attempt to raise money for Africa.
 * In Cartman's recollection of Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut, he believes that John Elway, a former member of the Denver Broncos, was his father.
 * The ending sequence where the entire episode turned out to be a dream is a common television cliché, the most notorious offender of this was the television series Dallas which ended their 8th Season by revealing the entire year was just a dream.

Hidden Visitor(s)

 * Though there aren't any hidden visitors in this episode, they are seen getting ice cream.
 * The Hidden Visitor from the end of "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" is seen again.

Goofs

 * Clips of the exterior of the shaking bus were often reused when the bus shook. So, after Kenny died in the episode, Kenny is mysteriously seen again through the window. He is also seen again when the bus falls into the ice cream bucket at the bottom of the canyon, even though he already died.
 * The scene mysteriously changes from morning to night after the bus shakes before plummeting off of the cliff.

Censorship

 * When this episode airs on syndication networks, when Ms. Crabtree told Marcus to suck her ass, the word: ass was completely censored, due to that it was offensive.