Lice Capades/Trivia

Trivia

 * In the original run, Clyde's last name was Harris but the in rerun it was changed back to Donovan this is discovered when the Nurse who checks Clyde for head lice calls him Clyde Harris.
 * Cartman's experiment, of course, parodies the film "The Thing".
 * Craig's hair is revealed to be black. It was black in "South Park is Gay" but changed to brown in "The Losing Edge". Here it reverts back.
 * During the scene where the Crab-like lice get Travis, he is seen walking. He couldn't be walking, even with help, because both of his knees were shot by the Vice-President. However, he may have healed from his wounds quickly somehow.
 * The Vice-President louse appears to be wielding a Glock 17 pistol.
 * The lice climb the hairs to avoid the green goo, just as the passengers climb the rails to avoid the sea in the 1997 film, Titanic. Similarly some also fail to hold on and fall in the same manner as Kelly.
 * When one of the lice went to check on the green stuff which melted his hands, he is then standing in it and begins to melt away. This is a reference to Tommy Lee Jones 1997 film, Volcano where a rescue worker is carrying a man through the lava and throws the man to the other rescuers as he melts in the lava.
 * When Travis is first searching for survivors, a melting louse grabs him and begs for help; this is a reference to the 1987 film Robocop, where a thug is covered in toxic waste and grabs another character and screams when he starts to melt.
 * When Travis is saved at the end by the fly, it is similar to the scene in Lord of the rings: Return of the King (2003) when Frodo and Sam are saved by the Eagles from Mount Doom.
 * In the episode, Travis tries to warn his people that their world is doomed, but is rejected, and he had only his wife and new born daughter to turn to. This concept is very reminiscent of Superman's origin, where Superman's father Jor-El, tries to warn Krypton of its imminent destruction, and he has only his wife Lara and his new born child, Kal-El to turn to. Travis's hair style is also reminiscent of Superman's iconic hair.
 * The lice refer to the hair as "trees".
 * Kenny's voice is heard unmuffled in this episode; when he is given the sock-bath, he is stripped to his underwear and he can be heard shouting "Nooo! No, not the socks!" His face is still not seen, though when Butters shifts positions we can see part of his eye.
 * When the boys first attack Kenny with the bars of soap and socks it is a reference to the movie "Full Metal Jacket" where they use similar tools to beat a character.
 * The music playing as Travis is carried away by the fly is Pie Jesu from Gabriel Fauré's "Requiem"
 * At the doctor's office, Clyde's mom is seen reading a magazine with Paris Hilton on it.
 * The title of the episode is a play on the traveling show, "Ice Capades".