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• This is the first episode with Butters' name in the title.
• Although Stephen Stotch demonstrates obvious homosexual tendencies in this episode, having had several sexual encounters, he is horrified by the possibility that Butters might be bi-curious in the later episode, "Cartman Sucks". However at the end of that episode, he admits to being a little bi-curious as well, implying that he has not fully gotten over his time of man-on-man sex.
• While in the bath house, looking behind doors for his father, Butters hears Mr. Garrison, albeit it is unclear that he recognizes him.
• This is one of very few episodes to not start with the South Park Theme Song.
• This is the first appearance of Mr. Slave, although we see only part of his body. After Butters leaves the sauna where Mr. Garrison is, he opens a room with two guys, one of which is Mr. Slave, quite recognizable by his characteristic voice.
• During Mr. Stotch's confession, he goes off on a tangent which involves yelling "murderer" and "liar" while the camera pans over O.J. Simpson, the Ramseys, and Senator Gary Condit. A similar gag was employed during Jimmy's lesson speech at the end of "Up the Down Steroid".
  • Matt Stone and Trey Parker admitted that they actually felt bad and regretted the way they parodied Gary Condit and the Ramseys. It is unknown if they felt bad about parodying O.J. though.
• The gas station that the old man runs is similar to the one Butters and Craig ran in "The Wacky Molestation Adventure".
• Even though the episode blames John and Patricia Ramsey for the murder of their daughter, in 2008, they were cleared as suspects in the case.
• Although this season did not have a Christmas-themed episode, "Jingle Bell Rock" can be heard playing in the Stotch's car as Linda drives Butters to the river.
• None of the boys have major roles in this episode, as they only appear near the end. Kyle also does not speak in this episode.

References to Popular Culture

• After finding out about her husband's activities, Linda is now extremely delusional, painting over the family portrait with green paint. Butters asks her if he should try to find out more about the present, to which she brushes paint on Butters' face. This scene is very similar to the 1999 movie The Rage: Carrie 2 opening scene where Rachel's schizophrenic mother Barbara is painting the living room to protect her and paints her daughter's face in the same manner.
• The scene at the restaurant, where Simpson, the Ramseys, and Condit start chanting, "One of us! One of us! Gooble gobble! Gooble gobble!", is a homage to the famous scene in the 1932 horror film, Freaks.
• The events of the episode parallel the well-publicized 1994 case of Susan Smith, who committed filicide by buckling her sons into their car seats and letting her car roll off a boat ramp and into the lake.
  • Even though it is stated throughout the episode that a "Puerto Rican" man is responsible for the deaths, Susan Smith actually accused a black man of carjacking her vehicle and kidnapping her sons.
• The old man that tells Butters how to walk back to South Park is based on Jud Crandall from Pet Sematary. He appears again in "Asspen" telling the boys about the mountain "K-13", and also in "Marjorine", in which he convinces Mr. Stotch to use an Indian burial ground in an attempt to resurrect Butters who was thought to be dead at the time. His most recent appearance is in "Insecurity", in which he tells the men of South Park that the UPS man is sleeping with their wives just like the milk man used to, and instructs them to get rid of him. 
• When Butters is in the bathroom, the song "It Feels So Good" by Sonique is heard playing.
• Butters' parents meet the Ramseys at a buffet named I Am Siam, a reference to I Am Sam, the famous Dr. Seuss character.
• When Butters stops walking on the creepy road, three laser dots appear on his forehead forming a triangle. This is a reference to Predator, but the creature seen in the woods looked to be Alien.

The Accused Murderers

• John and Patricia Ramsey - Were indicted by a jury in Boulder, Colorado in 1999. In 2013, those files were made public for the first time. They were officially exonerated of their daughter's murder by DNA in July 2008. The real killer has never been identified.
• Gary Condit - Condit was a United States Congressman accused of murdering an intern (with whom he admitted to having an affair with) in 2001. He was exonerated of the murder of Chandra Levy in 2009 after another person was indicted for the death of Condit's intern. The person was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to 60 years in prison.
• O.J. Simpson - The former actor/athlete was tried and found not guilty of the murders of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. He was later sued by the Brown and Goldman families for their wrongful death and was awarded $40 million in damages. Although there are many theories, the case remains unsolved.

Continuity

• One of the articles in the newspaper Mr. Stotch is reading states "Towelie Ban Lifted". This is a reference to the comment Towelie made in the episode "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants".

Goofs

• Shortly after Mr. Stotch walks in to find Linda about to kill herself, the picture of their family had paint over Linda and Butters, but after the camera zooms in a little, there is no paint over Butters' face.
• One of the handful of times, Stephen is called Chris.