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Originally, Season Three was planned to end with "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics", the episode before "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus". However, Comedy Central wanted South Park to make an episode regarding the arrival of the new millennium (The Year 2000) because every other show (including those on other Viacom networks) was producing Y2K episodes.
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 Mr. Hankey's intro song. Also, Jesus has a picture of himself and Santa performing their duet.
This is the first appearance of God.
Kenny is seen reading a magazine backward.
Jesus' house number is 80122. This is also the zip code for Littleton, Colorado, where Eric Stough, one of the show's producers, grew up.
Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny seem to be unaware of how male puberty works.
Butters' father can be seen in the crowd outside of Jesus' house.
When Kyle arrives at the bus stop and pretends he has had his period, his voice, including the accent, strongly resembles that of Butters when saying "I was just hangin' out in my room and then I perioded all over the place".
At the very beginning, the boys walk past a window with a guy in a long robe, holding a scythe which has "1999" written on it. That is ol' Father Time holding a Deathlike scythe, which is a little homage to how everyone thought the world was going to end on Y2K.
This is the only South Park episode to focus on New Year's Eve.
The condition whereby Stan grows breasts is known as Gynaecomastia. In real life, gynecomastia cannot occur if the individual also prematurely develops facial hair as it is a side effect from having excess estrogen, which can happen in the presence of too much exogenous testosterone that aromatizes to estrogen, especially in the presence of the enzyme aromatase, rather being converted into the masculinity hormone DHT, or dihydrotestosterone.
In this episode, Kenny's bathroom is very clean and looks the same as Cartman's but later in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", his bathroom is very dirty and unkempt like it should be.
After Dr. Mephesto hands Stan the bottle of hormone pills, the label changes from "PURE HORMONES - one tablet daily" to "HORMONES - one tablet weekly" constantly through shots. Also, when Dr. Mephesto hands Stan the bottle and he takes it outside, there is no cork in it. However, after a close shot of the bottle, a cork appears, but Stan removes it.
Butters, who has no lines, appears with the boys at the end of the episode, replacing Kenny after the latter's death.
This was the first episode to feature Eliza J. Schneider providing the voices for the female characters following Mary Kay Bergman's death.
This is the last South park episode from 1999 and overall the 1990's.

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.
While on the pot, Kenny reads the South Park Enquirer, which is believed to be a parody of The National Enquirer.
Cartman says his mom gave him the book Women Who Run With the Wolves, a best-selling novel by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, which is helping him find out all about his, Kenny's, and Kyle's goddess powers.
At the end of the episode, Stan performs an A cappella version of "Auld Lang Syne" a Scots poem by Robert Burns.

Continuity[]

Despite seeing God in this episode, Garrison became an atheist in the two-parter "Go God Go"-"Go God Go XII". However, Mr. Garrison did not expect God to look so odd, so Mr. Garrison may have remained skeptical.
Cartman, Kenny and Kyle gather for their "period meeting" in Cartman's clubhouse which he and Kenny built-in "Clubhouses".

Goofs[]

In the episode, doctors tell parents that the stomach virus can be treated with antibiotics. However, in reality antibiotics cannot treat viral infections, only bacterial infections.
When Jesus is watching the news about the upcoming concert, all of the colors in the shot are messed up, an example being that everyone's faces are yellow. The next time the TV is shown, the colors are corrected. This happens again when Rod Stewart is performing. These have been corrected in the HD version of the episode.
The stage in Las Vegas is briefly shown with snow, mountains, and pine trees in the background when Jesus approaches the microphone.
God states that only girls can get periods which isn't true and transphobic. Trans men and non binary people who were AFAB at birth can get periods as well.

Kenny's Death[]

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

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International Titles[]

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Jsi tam, Bože? To jsem já, Ježíš	Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus
Finnish	Kuuleeko Jumala, täällä Jeesus	Is God here? It's Jesus
French	Dieu es-tu là ? C'est Jésus à l'appareil	Are You There God? It's Jesus on the phone
German	Hallo Gott hier ist Jesus	Hello God, this is Jesus
Hungarian	Odafent vagy, Uram? Én vagyok az, Jézus	Are you there, sir? It's me, Jesus
Italian	Un Capodanno indimenticabile	An unforgettable New Year's Eve
Japanese	Y2K思春期の悩み (Y2K shishunki no nayami)	Y2K Adolescent's Worries
Mandarin Chinese	你在嗎，上帝 ? 是我，耶穌 (Nǐ zài ma, shàngdì? Shì wǒ, yēsū)	Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus
Polish	Jesteś tam, Boże? To ja, Jezus	Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus
Russian	Господь, ты там? Это я, Иисус (Gospod', ty tam? Eto ya, Iisus)	Lord, are you there? It's Me, Jesus
Spain (Latin America)	¿Estás ahí Dios? Soy yo, Jesús	Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus
Spain (Spain)	¿Es Usted Dios?	Are you God?
Ukrainian	"Господи, ти чуєш? Це Я, Ісус" (Hospody, ty chuyesh? Tse ya, Isus)	Lord, do you hear? It's me, Jesus

Czech[]

The book which Cartman received from his mother is renamed to Women Who Run With Boars.
Stan reads aloud the instructions written on the bottle of pure hormones.

Mandarin Chinese[]

Rod Stewart is dubbed as Taiwanese singer Frankie Kao.
At the Ewok Village 2000, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman talk about Hong Kong male singers instead of the other boys, namely Dave Wang, Edison Chen and Nicholas Tse.
The word which Kyle draws for the boys' club activity is changed to "衰人到尾到" (Soe-lâng kàu-bóe kàu), a Taiwanese Hokkien phrase loosely translating to the "arrival of extremely unlucky individuals".
While explaining Kenny's death, Dr. Doctor believes that many children are imitating "V8" (parodying Japanese boy band V6) into sticking tampons in their anuses.
Following God's appearance, he questions if the public expected him to look like Takeshi Kaneshiro.