Pandemic 2: The Startling/Trivia

Cultural references

 * At the beginning of the episode the two pilots are on the radio with Conner, which is a reference to John Conner from Terminator 3: Rise of the machines.


 * Craig refers to the Peruvian jungle as "The Land of the Giant's lost world", referring to Land of the Giants, Land of the Lost, and The Lost World.


 * The music played under Craig's narration towards the end is a pan-flute cover of Gary Numan's "Cars", The Beginning one is "Three blind mice".


 * This episode Is a spoof of the 2008 movie, "Cloverfield".

Trivia

 * This is first time Shelly Marsh is frightened in the show.


 * It is believed that Craig actually likes Guinea Pig's. In the season 3 episode "Tweek vs. Craig" it is revealed that he has a pet Guinea pig he seems to adore( Cartman insulted Craigs mother yet Craig did not care until he mentioned his guinea pig)


 * It makes sense that peruvens keep the Guina Pigs from destroying the world considering they eat them

Goofs

 * Randy calls Stephen "Chris". This was very common in the earlier seasons.


 * When the Marsh family is watching the news, Shelly has her pajamas on. When they leave the house, she has her coat on. When they're in the streets, she has her pajamas on again.


 * When the boys reach the homeland security agents, Craig is shown in front of the boys. However, in the next shot, he's behind them.


 * In the Comcast On-Demand version, all of the voices are omitted for a very strange reason.


 * When the Marsh family is running through the streets, Grandpa Marsh is never seen with them.