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This episode aired during Trey Parker's 42nd birthday.
The school faculty actually throwing Eric Cartman under a city bus is derived from the English idiom "throw under the bus", a phrase meaning "to betray someone for selfish reasons".
Though he has a prominent role in this episode, Craig Tucker does not appear in Mr. Garrison's classroom. Esther also does not appear in the classroom, with Jenny filling in her seat.
This episode was in production for several weeks - the brief clip where Principal Victoria promises to Cartman to make it worth his while was seen during Matt and Trey's 60 Minutes interview which aired before the fifteenth season's second half began.
- This may have been due to the animation required for Lemmiwinks and the animal ghosts. One reason "The Return of Lemmiwinks" was scrapped in 2004 in favor of "AWESOM-O" was the complex animation.

References to Popular Culture[]

This episode satirizes the website WikiLeaks and the email hacking scandal.
Eavesdropper is a parody of celebrity tabloid news websites like TMZ.
The subplot that Lemmiwinks has to fight his brother (a fellow rodent) may have been derived from The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue.
The episode continues the "The Death Camp of Tolerance" theme of parodying several scenes and songs from the film The Hobbit made by the animation team Rankin/Bass.
In the library, a poster for Ernest Hemingway's book The Old Man and The Sea is shown next to a poster saying "Read or Die" with a picture of a handgun. Ernest Hemingway committed suicide with a gun in 1961.
Tolkien's gym photos are a reference to those of Anthony Wiener that forced his resignation as a US congressman.
When Catatafish first greets the children in the music room, he calls them "Children of Adam", a term used by the hero Aslan in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series of fantasy books.
The shoe box Lemmiwinks is being carried in is called "Konverse", which is a parody version of the shoe company Converse.
The fight between Lemmiwinks and Wikileaks was inspired by a video of someone filming two squirrels fighting over some seeds.^[1] The movement of the camera (which seems to not be able to follow the two rodents) and the way Lemmiwinks jumps on Wikileaks is identical to the video.

Continuity[]

The school nurse on the phone does not sound like Nurse Gollum or Ms. Bronski. This could mean that there is more than one nurse working at South Park Elementary or it is a new nurse.
This is the first time Lemmiwinks, Sparrow Prince and Catatafish appear together since "The Death Camp of Tolerance", although the Frog King appeared briefly in "Stupid Spoiled W**** Video Playset".
Lemmiwink's spirit animals reveal themselves to the students and adults for the first time.
Although Mr. Adler has made several background appearances, especially in recent seasons, this is his first major appearance since his debut twelve years ago in "Tweek vs. Craig".
Jenny Simons's name is revealed; she was first seen in "The List" and has remained a background character ever since.
Billy Martin's name is revealed in this episode through Eavesdropper.
The first person Butters accidentally shot in the crotch at P.F Chang's in "The China Probrem" is seen on the bus.
Counselor Mackey writes "m'kay" in Cartman's "suicide note", giving himself away as the genuine author by using his catchphrase. He previously did the same thing during a prank phone call to Mr. Garrison in the Season Two episode, "Summer Sucks".

Goofs[]

When Cartman tells everyone about Eavesdropper in the hallways, Emily appears to be flipped.
When the Sparrow Prince asks the Frog King whether he could kill his own brother, he erroneously called him "Frog Prince".
Wikileaks posts "Jen and Tammy: Help our Moms are Vicious Drunks!" on Eavesdropper, right after the first girl's name is revealed to be Emily.
Mr. Mackey says "That's not gonna be on Wikileaks!", despite the site in question being named Eavesdropper.
When Mr. Mackey slides down the hallway floor while pooping his pants, if the viewer looks carefully, some blood can be seen in the puddles of poop.

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International Titles[]

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Odposlech	Wiretapping
French	Le Retour de Lemmiwinks	The Return of Lemmiwinks
German	Barsch-zu-Mund	Bass to Mouth
Hungarian	Süldő süllők
Italian	Wikileaks vs. South Park	Wikileaks vs. South Park
Japanese	暴露サイトをつぶせ (Bakuro saito o tsubuse)	Gossip site crush
Polish	Szybka skrzelówka	A fast gill
Spanish	Lenguado (Indiscretos)	Sole (Indiscreet)