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Trivia
- This is the first time Lemmiwinks, Sparrow Prince and Catatafish appears since "The Death Camp of Tolerance", although the Frog King appeared briefly in "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset".
- This is the very first time all the illusionary animals Lemmiwinks met show themselves to the students and the school as well as to the public.
- We learn that Lemmiwinks had an older brother named Wikileaks.
- This is the fifth episode this season Scott Malkinson can be seen in the background.
- Bass to mouth could be a pun on "Big Mouth Bass", as in a fish, and a person who spreads gossip is a "Big Mouth".
- The child who has Lemmiwinks is similar to Cartman; he is fat, calls for his mom when he wants something, and has a similar voice. However he is not really spoiled and is younger than Cartman.
- It is unknown as to how the little kid got Lemmiwinks. He could have just happened upon him and took him.
- Lemmiwinks is missing his crown, which he given to by The Frog King in "The Death Camp of Tolerance". The Child could have taken it from him.
- Lemmiwinks is given nothing in this episode; in "The Death Camp of Tolerance" he was given The Magic Helmet Torch and a Crown.
- When the school faculty throws Eric Cartman under a bus literally they are parodying the reality show term of throwing someone under the bus. It usually means blindsiding someone, lying to someone to get the self even further in a game show, or screwing someone over.
- This second time Cartman is shown being calm the entire time when exacting revenge on someone; the other time was in "T.M.I.", where he quickly and calmly sends a text about his therapist having an affair with a teenager to his wife. All other times, Cartman had been less than calm.
- It is unknown as to whether or not Lemmiwinks cares about killing his brother Wikileaks, as his feelings are only said by The Three Animal Ghosts. Lemmiwinks shows no emotion or intelligence above an ordinary gerbil. However, he did apparently answer a riddle told to him by Kattatta Fish, meaning he could be intelligent.
- Catatafish is shown using a trident in this episode, and calls himself a wizard, whereas in " Death Camp of Tolerance ", he has a gun, and does not say what he is.
Cultural References
- The prime subject of this episode is a reference towards the WikiLeaks scandal.
- The title is also a reference to the term "ass to mouth", a sexual practice involving felatio immediately following anal sex. It is also a reference to the spread of gossip, from mouth to mouth.
- The idea that Lemmiwinks has to fight his brother (a fellow rodent), the song when he finds out he has to kill his brother and the image of Wikileaks are all references to "The Secret of NIMH 2".
- Like the episode "Death Camp of Tolerance", this episode parodies several scenes and songs from the Rankin/Bass special of "The Hobbit" most notably the song "Goblin Town" playing on the city bus.
- In the Library a poster for Ernest Hemingways' 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 commited suicide with a gun.
- There are many references to suicide related cyber bullying in this episode.