Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus/Trivia

Trivia

 * As a way of saving time and money, frames from Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics are used, for instance the scan of the colon infection is the x-ray scan from the Mr. Hankey intro song. Also Jesus has a picture of himself and Santa performing their duet.
 * This is the first appearance of God.
 * Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny seem to not be aware how male puberty works
 * Despite seeing God in this episode, Garrison turns atheist in the two-parter Go God Go/Go God Go XII. However. Mr. Garrison did not expect God to look like a weird thingy so Mr. Garrison may have been skeptical of God.
 * Jackov can be seen in the news in France.
 * Chinese dodgeballers can be seen in the news in China.
 * Ironically, the turn of the millennium took place a year later, on 1/01/2001.
 * Butters' Father can be seen in the crowd outside of Jesus' house.

References to Popular Culture

 * The title of this episode is a play on the book Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, which is about a sixth-grade girl who tries to find her religion and goes through pre-teen issues, like getting her first period.

Kenny's Death

 * Kenny shoved a tampon up his rectum which plugged him up for several days, and eventually caused him to explode, which was signaled when Kenny was clutching his abdomen, moaning in pain, and eventually, blood bursting from his mouth, nose, and eyes.