Damien/Trivia

Trivia

 * Damien is seen again in South Park: Bigger,Longer & Uncut. You can see him in the front row of the movie theater the second time the boys see the movie.
 * The creepy chorus that is heard when Damien uses his powers can also be heard (with slight differentiation) in the episode Britney's New Look sung by the towns people.
 * Maxi, despite being a priest, refers to Jesus as "that guy on the public access show".
 * Whenever Damien appears onscreen, a choir of voices chants in what sounds like Latin. The voices say "Rectus… Dominus… Cheesy Poofs…" ("Rectus Dominus" is dog Latin for "Ass Master" which is an often used insult on the show, and Cheesy Poofs is Cartman's favorite snack)
 * Throughout the episode, whenever a shot of the 3rd grade class is shown the numbers "666" appear in red with the rest of the numbers on the wall. The black board reads some calculations and mathematical formulas, amongst them 2x + 3y + 1 = 666
 * Damien was originally going to be voiced by Beavis and Butt-Head/King of the Hill creator and voice actor Mike Judge. Due to the fast production on South Park, however, Judge was unable to record new lines.
 * According to the DVD commentary, Pip was originally supposed to die in this episode but they decided not to kill him off because they needed him for crowd scenes, until 201 where Pip really dies
 * First appearance of Craig Tucker and Brad Dixon.
 * When Damien sets the jungle gym on fire, Butters (at the time referred to as "Puff Puff" in storyboards) screams in an obviously female voice, somewhat similar to Bebe's.
 * This is the second episode since Cartman Gets an Anal Probe, to be rated TV14.
 * During the fight between Jesus and Satan, if you look at the members in the crowd you can see Sharon Marsh, Liane Cartman and Mayor McDaniels. However Liane should have been at home for Cartman birthday. However since Cartman said the party was off and kicked everyone out, she may have gone to watch the fight.
 * When Damien makes things fly around the cafeteria and Chef says "we have to do something children, he's tearing my cafeteria apart!" if you freeze it for a frame you can see Mr. Hankey fly across the screen.
 * First appearance of Satan.
 * When Damien knocks Butters off the jungle gym he screams like Bebe.
 * Cartman tells Jesus to not mind Kyle because he is Jewish, but Jesus himself is Jewish.

Pop-Culture/Historical References

 * The character, Damien, and a lot of the plot elements and the spooky music are all parodied from the 1976 horror film The Omen.
 * Cartman's beloved Mega Man toys are a parody of The Power Rangers, a live action children's show which recycles footage from the Japanese Super Sentai series.
 * Megaman is a well-known video game character.
 * Mr. Garrison is teaching the children about musicians of the Baroque era. This is was a period in 17th Century Rome, which spawned the works of various famous musicians including Johann Sebastian Bach.
 * Cartman asks if Damien got his hair cut by blind musician Stevie Wonder. This is also a joke told by the famous British blue comedian Roy Chubby Brown (The joke being "Who dressed you ya scruffy cunt, fucking Stevie Wonder?").
 * The fight between Jesus and Satan is televised on Pay-Per-View, which is a common service provided by cable television services which are usually a one-time showing of a live event for a fixed price.
 * The advertisement promoting the Pay-Per-View match shows Jesus shooting fireballs from his hands much like he did in the The Spirit of Christmas short.
 * The weigh in and announcement for the fight is done by Michael Buffer. Buffer is the iconic boxing announcer who is best known for (and contributed) his trademark phrase, "Let's Get Ready to Rumble."
 * Satan's manager is apparently Don King. King is best known for his representation of boxer Muhammad Ali. The press interview with Satan parodies a lot of Don King's many interviews with the press.
 * A reporter during the press conference asks Satan what his involvement was in the Gulf War. This is a reference to the The Persian Gulf War that went from August 2nd 1990 to February 28, 1991 between the United Nations and Iraq.
 * When being trained by Stan and Kyle for the big fight, Stan tries to get Jesus to drink a glass of raw eggs. This is likely inspired by Sylvester Stallone's character Rocky Balboa doing the same thing in the 1978 film Rocky.
 * The referee in the match is based on famous boxing referee Mills Lane.
 * Instead of buying the Mega Man that Cartman specified, Kyle bought Eric the game Ants In The Pants, which is a real game.
 * When Stan tries to give Jesus a Pep-Talk and encourage him to give the fight his best, he cites figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Kyle sours that motivation speech by mentioning that she won the silver medal. This is a reference to the 1994 Winter Olympics, in which Kerrigan was beat for the gold medal by 0.1 points.
 * Stan inspires Jesus with the quote "Don't try to be a great man, just be a man", and tells Jesus that he said it himself. When Kyle asks if it's true or not, Stan admits that he heard it on Star Trek. More specifically, the line is from the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact, said by the character Zefram Cochrane (played by James Cromwell).
 * When Damien makes demons throw Pip into the air and make a fireworks display out of him it's similar to the scene in the Dragon Ball Z Anime where Vegeta kills Cui with an attack known as Dirty Fireworks.

Goofs

 * Stan gives Cartman a Blue Mega Man at the party, though he was supposed to give him a green one. (Though this might have been part of the rearrangement).
 * Ms. Cartman is seen at the fight, even though she is supervising the party.
 * Token is seen in the background but, when Jimbo sees Kenny he's white.

Kenny's death
Shot by Jimbo Kern when he was a duck-billed platypus, on the usual grounds that "He's coming right for us!"

Hidden Visitors
Four alien visitors can be found in this episode:
 * In the twister as Satan talks to the crowd of people.
 * At the "Match for Spiritual Dominian" cheering along with the crowd.
 * Another visitor is hiding behind Mayor McDaniels at the fight.
 * On the "What We Dream" pegboard on the bottom right corner.