Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes/Trivia

Trivia

 * In 2006, rival series Family Guy aired a very similar episode to this one called "Hell Comes to Quahog", where a new Superstore USA drains all the power from the town﻿ during a heatwave, and eventually Brian and Stewie use a tank to destroy the store.
 * Cartman says that the last thing before you die is that you crap your pants; however, it never happened to Kenny who died more than once and only crapped his pants in "World Wide Recorder Concert", where he crapped himself to death, not crapping after death.

Cultural References

 * The title (and some of the plot) comes from the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the title of which, in turn, comes from a line in Macbeth.
 * The bar, in which the boys find the creator of Wall-Mart, is very similar to the one in Family Guy.
 * The "Heart of Wall-Mart" scene is lifted from the Architect scene in The Matrix Reloaded.
 * The plot is a parody of the Stephen King novel "Needful Things".
 * At the end of the episode, the Wall-Mart vanishes the same way that the house did in the movie Poltergeist. However, it also "craps its pants" when it vanishes.
 * The greeter welcomes Randy to the Wall-Mart with the phrase "All are welcome, all are welcome" which is also used in the movie Poltergeist.
 * When Randy first enters Wall-Mart he says "It's beautiful." A sound clip first used by Steven Spielberg during the screening of the modified version of Raiders of the Lost Ark in the episode "Free Hat".
 * Near the end, when the people find out Wall-Mart's weak point lies in the "heart", Chef says, "Spread the word to other towns" to a military telegraph operator in a parody of the end of Independence Day. A similar scene was in the season three episode Chinpokomon".
 * The sound used to display time passing (such as when Jim's drugstore increases in size during the last minute) is the sound used in Heroes of Might and Magic III when a new week starts.
 * The pants-crapping gag is later used in the Season 10 episode "The Return of Chef".
 * When assaulting the Wall-Mart, Kenny, Kyle, and Stan are dressed similarly to the amateur vampire hunters' (Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, and Jamison Newlander) outfits at the end of The Lost Boys.
 * One of the grown ups in the Wall-Mart has a ChinpokoMon, from season 3, in her cart.
 * This is one of the many bets that Cartman wins where it was unlikely that he would win. e.g. The Leprechaun. Getting a Platinum Album (He would have won if it wasn't for that damned Myrrh). Crapping out your mouth.
 * When Stan, Kyle, and Randy are going through the Wall-Mart with the changing bargains, the MP3s on sale are called iPee3, referencing the iPod. Also the company that makes the MP3 is Okama, which made the Okama Gamesphere seen in the season 5 episode Towelie".' 
 * Some of this episode is a refernce to the movie Monster House.In both the protaginsts have to destroy the "heart" of the house (or in this case Wal-mart).

Goofs

 * When Randy stares at the Wall Mart from his bedroom, Sharon Marsh is seen with and without her blindfold when she is in the bed.
 * When they see Marvin Marsh as a Wall-Mart greeter, Sheila Broflovski asks Sharon is that's her father, to which Sharon says yes. Marvin, however, is Sharon's father-in-law, and Randy's biological father. Sharon may have answered yes as Marvin is her Step - Father.
 * After Stan and Kyle destroy Wall-Mart's heart, Kyle says, "We have to get out of here!" but says it in Stan's voice.
 * When Randy Marsh goes to the Wall-Mart at night, to the left of the old lady someone further behind somehow walks closer. A man in the back was walking to the left, while a woman closer to the door was walking to the right; when the two crossed, the man was over the woman, with only her legs being shown.
 * When the boys walk up to the rebuilt Wall-mart, the 'W' in wall-mart is lowered twice between the scenes where they're walking in and walking out.
 * As the townsfolk sing "Kum Ba Yah", they are shown swaying and holding hands. However, in the next shot facing the Wall-Mart they are standing still and not holding hands.