Coon vs. Coon & Friends/Trivia

Trivia

 * The Superhero Arc is the longest in all of the South Park episodes, surpassing the Imaginationland Trilogy.
 * This episode ties "Pinkeye" for the most times Kenny dies in a single episode. However, this marks the most times Kenny has intentionally killed himself in a single episode.
 * Kenny's continuous rebirths are similar to the end of "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", with Kenny being reborn each time he dies. Strangely, Kenny seems to grow from a newborn to a 9-year-old overnight.
 * Bradley is revealed to be Henrietta's younger brother by adoption.
 * In one of the superhero magazines, you can see an ad for "Sea People". Sea People also appeared in "The Simpsons Already Did It".
 * Although Justin Bieber is Canadian he is not animated as the typical Canadian character in this episode. The last time this happened was in "Whale Whores" with Paul Watson.
 * Cartman calls Kyle "The Human Kike", a racial slur towards Jews.

Cultural References

 * The name of the song that Cartman sings while walking to his house is "Faith" by [wikipedia:George Michael].
 * Cartman telling Coon and Friends that there is a double rainbow outside may be a reference to YouTube's video Double Rainbow.
 * Cartman reintroduces the "What Should I Do?" (LeBron James/Nike commercial) to trick his mom and Coon and Friends.
 * The Mint-Berry Crunch comic book is called "The Amazing Mintberry Crunch". This is a reference to "The Amazing Spiderman," the original spiderman comic strip. The format of the letters is very similar, including placement at the top of the cover, the fact that the letters are placed along a slight curve as opposed to a straight line and the fact that the word "the" is lowercase while the other words are uppercase.
 * When Cartman acts like a cat in order to manipulate Cthulhu, it is a reference to an Warner Brothers animated short "Feed The Kitty" from 1952 featuring a dog, Marc Antony, adopting a small kitten, Pussyfoot. Cthulhu's actions mimic the beginning of the short exactly.
 * Some parts of this episode is referencing to Superman, as Superman is called Kal-El and is from the planet Krypton that was blown up and was sent as far away by his parents, similar to how Gogzarah's life was.
 * The scenes where Cartman climbs up on, interacts with and rides Cthulhu are a reference to the movie "My Neighbor Totoro" (where Cartman represents Mei and Cthulu represents Totoro).

Continuity

 * When Cartman states there is nothing to eat in the cell, Stan comments "You got poop, don't you?" This is what Cartman said to Butters in "Coon 2: Hindsight" after he complained there was nothing to eat.
 * It is revealed that Kenny keeps coming back due to his mother giving birth to him after he dies. This was first seen in the episode "Cartman Joins NAMBLA". However, this is inconsistent with "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut", where he just reappeared next to his friends, much to Kyle's surprise.
 * This episode is preceded by "The Coon", "Coon 2: Hindsight" and "Mysterion Rises".
 * This part is the fourth of the Superhero Arc, making it the longest arc to date, both in screen time (88 minutes 43 seconds) and in terms of how drawn-out it is, passing Professor Chaos' appearance (11 weeks) at an incredible 86 weeks between "The Coon" and this episode.
 * This is the third time Bradley is referenced by name. It was first revealed in "Follow That Egg!" and it was used again again in "The List". However, during the arc, his name's spelling did change briefly - "Mysterion Rises" videos at South Park Studios were tagged as 'Bradly', but those for this episode returned to the spelling of 'Bradley Biggle'
 * For all of season 14, Mysterion was seen waving in the opening crowd scene. As of this episode, Mysterion waves, then falls down as a cardboard cutout, since Kenny had been revealed as Mysterion.
 * Kenny seems to be annoyed mostly at the fact that nobody remembers him dying. However, there have been occasions when the others seem to notice.
 * In "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" He didn't die, but everyone noticed there seemed to be something missing, except for Kenny, who jumped for joy.
 * In "4th Grade", Stan remarks, "Well, who didn't see that coming?" after Kenny is dragged along the road to his death.
 * In "Cartmanland", Cartman mentions that Kenny dies all the time.
 * In "Chickenlover", Stan keeps trying to say "Oh my god, they killed Kenny!" when Kenny is seemingly killed, but he keeps getting back up, at one point leaving Stan to say "Goddammit!"
 * In "Prehistoric Ice Man", St,an seems to be aware that Kyle should say something after he says "Oh my god, they killed Kenny!". Kyle is also aware, but since he was not talking to Stan at the time, he did not say "You bastards!"
 * At the end of "It Hits the Fan" Stan mentions that Kenny didn't die. Quite conveniently, Kenny dies immediately afterward by puking up his intestines.
 * In The Coon's comic when the Friends become evil, The Coon tells them to Go with Christ, similar to when Cartman was acting like Dawg the Bounty Hunter in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy".
 * Kenny has suffered all of the deaths he mentioned while shouting at Kyle:
 * He had been stabbed by the cult leader in the previous episode, "Mysterion Rises". He had also been gored by a bull in "Cow Days" and dropped into a box full of nails in "Tweek vs. Craig", among other incidents.
 * He had been accidentally shot by both Ned ("Volcano") and FBI troops ("Quintuplets 2000"), among other incidents.
 * While he has never been cleanly decapitated, Kenny has had his head bitten off by Ozzy Osbourne ("Chef Aid") and had his face sliced in half by a boomerang thrown by Bebe ("Proper Condom Use"). While Kyle ripped his head off to prove a point in "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", he had already been run down by a cop car (whether he was dead is up for debate).
 * He has been torn apart twice; once during a football game ("Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride") and once during a riot ("The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka").
 * He has burned to death through spontaneous combustion caused by holding in flatulence ("Spontaneous Combustion"), in a lava pit ("Towelie") and after being hit by a warning flare ("The Red Badge of Gayness"). He has also been cooked in a microwave oven ("An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig")
 * Among others, he has been hit by Barbrady's cruiser ("Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"), an ambulance ("Cartman Joins NAMBLA") and a motorbike ("How to Eat With Your Butt").
 * Kenny giving up on the fact his power will never been revealed despite all that lead up to it mirrors when Cartman was trying to figure out who his dad was in "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" (although his dad was revealed in "201").