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This is the only episode that was animated with construction paper and stop-motion; every single episode (including extra scenes produced for this episode which were not featured in the original pilot) starting from "Weight Gain 4000", with the exception of a brief scene in "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig", used computer animation.
Despite this, however, the technique would be used again in the Season Six to Eleven intros, where animation director Eric Stough is seen designing the boys with construction paper over the background of episode clips played in the intro.
In a pan shot of the cafeteria, a voice identical to Kyle's cousin, Kyle Schwartz, can be heard, talking about his bad gas, coming from a Jewish kid with stringy black hair, which is not what Kyle Schwartz looks like. Cousin Kyle would not be introduced until four seasons later in "The Entity".
Cartman's infamous tone "NyahNyahNyahNyahNyahNyah" is sung in this episode with the line "Stan wants to kiss Wendy Testaburger".
Two Hasidic boys can be seen in the cafeteria, one of whom resembles Jason, who was formally introduced in Season Six.
Bebe Stevens and Red McArthur are shown on the bus, wearing different outfits than what they would wear for the rest of the series. Red takes on her current appearances in the next episode, while Bebe takes on her current appearance in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride".
Stan is the first character to ever fart in the show; he does so on the bus and Kyle replies with "You farted!", to which Cartman replies with "Somebody's baking brownies!".
Wendy's "Ew!" is repeated three times in the episode. It is used when Stan throws up near her.
Officer Barbrady's police car in this episode says "To Patronize and Annoy".
This was the only episode where Mr. Hat has no eyes. His eyes are obscured by his hat.
When it first aired, this episode was originally given the TV-14 rating.[2] This similarly applied to other episodes in this season, such as "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo".
In the new HD remastered airings of this episode, all the scenes are still formatted in construction paper and in a 4:3 aspect ratio, as opposed to 16:9.
The very first swear word used in the series is "damn it".
The music that plays during the "Fireside Chat with Matt and Trey" introductions can be heard when Cartman walks into his house.
According to Mr. Garrison, Christopher Columbus discovered America and was "good friends" with the Indians, that he had helped them win a war against Frederick Douglass, then apparently freed the Hebrews from Napoleon and discovered France, all this before the year 1492.
On the chalkboard, the following sentences are present: "Johnny threw the red ball", "I ate too much cous-cous", "Don't make fun of my grandpa", and "I'm not positive, but I think Cathy Lee Gifford is much older than she claims to be".
This is the only episode produced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone alone. This episode took 3 months to produce.
The classroom scene in the original version, Kevin Stoley (who was sitting next to Tolkien) is seen sitting next to Cartman as well. In the HD version, Kevin is still there but Tolkien takes Kevin's place in Cartman's closeups.
The original pilot was 4 minutes longer than the released pilot.
In the original pilot of this episode, Chef allows the boys to sneak out by giving them super hot tamales. Stan, Kyle and Kenny give their tamales to Cartman, whom the Fifth Graders bully into eating all four. This gives him the power to fart fire as opposed to the anal probe doing that in the aired episode.
In the original pilot, Wendy and Pip are nowhere to be found in the classroom, another red-haired girl that looks very similar to Red (who is in her usual seat) and a blonde girl filling their respective seats. In the aired version, the two girls remain in the classroom until Cartman farts fire, and are replaced by Wendy and Pip after that.
Pip's scenes are also removed.
In the original pilot, Pip is flung off a slide, where he hits his head on a pole, and Kenny laughs the same way he laughed when he told Stan something he could do on his date. When that scene happens when he tells Stan, he laughs differently.
The pilot also had Pip coming to the boys in the lunch room asking what was for lunch, before breaking out into the ancestry of his name. This is also removed, but ends up being used in "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig".
In the original pilot, Cartman had a father and sister. In the aired version, Cartman's father and sister are removed, leaving only Liane.
The little hearts that dance around Stan's head when he sees Wendy originally just rose up and started hovering, however in the aired version, they were just there already, followed by Stan's humongous smile.
All the recurring female characters were voiced by Karri Turner in the pilot, but they are all voiced by Mary Kay Bergman starting from this episode and on.
In the classroom scene, Kyle says "Fuck Mr. Hat" and Mr. Garrison replies by saying "No no no no, fuck you", which shocks the whole class.
Several scenes were added in that were not in the pilot episode. These scenes were animated like the rest of the episodes from Season 1.
References to Popular Culture
When Officer Barbrady investigates the mutilated cattle, the farmer mentions seeing black CIA and army helicopters in the area. Black or unmarked military helicopters are common trademarks of UFO and alien abduction lore, that suggest that the UFO phenomenon is being covered up by the government. This is also where stories of Men in Black come from.
When Stan sees Wendy in the cafeteria, his smile is similar to Charlie Brown's smile when he sees the Little Red Haired Girl in Peanuts.
Cartman says that the crop circle looks like Tom Selleck, the actor best known for playing the character Thomas Magnum in the show Magnum P.I..
When seeing Cartman farting fire, Wendy says that he is "just like Rudolph!", referring to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, the popular Christmas character that had a nose that would shine red light.
When Chef is calling out to the aliens to visit him, he asks them to hurry up because the TV show Sanford and Son is about to come on. This show was produced by Norman Lear who went on to be a future staff writer for South Park.
To goad Ike into jumping out of the alien's UFO, Kyle tells him to do an impersonation of David Caruso's career. At the time this episode was made, David Caruso had just recently ended an successful stint on the TV series NYPD Blue.
At the end of the episode, Cartman claims that actor Scott Baio, who got his claim to fame playing Charles on the TV series Charles in Charge, was aboard the UFO and gave him pinkeye.
The quote "Cows on a people train" is from an obscure Dr. Seuss book entitled In A People House, which he wrote under the pseudonym "Theo LeSeig".
The music that plays during the cafeteria scene where Stan sees Wendy is from "Romeo and Juliet" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, an extremely popular romantic piece of classical music.
The aliens that appear in this episode, the Visitors, most resemble Grays.
Continuity
"I'm sure glad that's over with" - This exact phrase was spoken in the early "The Spirit of Christmas" shorts.
Cartman tells his mom that "Kitty is being a dildo", to which Ms. Cartman replies "I know a certain kitty-kitty who is sleeping with Mommy tonight", which vaguely hints Ms. Cartman's occupation, as is disclosed in later episodes.
In Fireside Chats, Trey and Matt refer to Ms. Cartman's response as a "hoot and a holler".
Goofs
When Cartman finishes talking about his dream in the beginning, Chef drives up and his hat can be seen sticking out of the car. This is intentional, as it can be seen in the opening intro as well.
When the bus pulls up, the braking sound plays earlier before actually stopping.
When Liane says "Don't be difficult, Eric!", her neutral eyebrow can be seen along with her angry eyebrow.
When Cartman is tied up at the tree, Cartman is seen "far away" three times. The first and second time, Cartman says "Really? Uh... I don't think I have to fart anymore tonight" And "I don't wanna", and in the background, it is seen small stars, but in the third, when he says "Ok... that does it", a big star is seen between the small.
When Stan asks, "Cartman, are those the same visitors you saw?" Kenny blinks twice and both times his closed eyes can be seen popping out of his hood.
When Kyle shouts to the visitors "COME DOWN HERE, YOU STINKING ALIENS!" his voice sounds exactly like Stan's. The same mistake was also made in "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society".
Right before Kenny dies, when the space ship is lowering down, for one of the frames it looks as if the Spaceship was falling apart, but only for one frame.
Red can be seen two places at once in the classroom, though the one on the left side has a lighter coat similar to Wendy, with an additional similar girl with blonde hair present. Later on in the scene, Wendy replaces the Red with the lighter coat, and Pip (whom Cartman set fire on) with the blonde. However in the HD version, Pip still replaced the blonde when he was on fire, but Red is still in at two places once in the classroom.
When Officer Barbrady gets hit by the cow's device that was given to them by the visitors, his inner left ear turns pink.
When Cartman sets Pip on fire, the caption says that he is a girl.
When the boys first get on the bus, Bebe and Red are not seen in the window. In addition, they have no mouths in the entirety of the bus scene.
In one scene where the kids are trying to figure out how to get out of school, two kids are seen standing in the cafeteria line. When the camera zooms back, they were not there anymore.
The laces on Kenny's parka are not present in the opening scene. However, they appear when the boys get on the bus.
As Kyle runs down the bus shouting, we see that it is quite populated, though these children are not present in the shots immediately before and following this one - only the boys are there.
Jason is seen talking with another boy in the lunch hall, a Jewish child. But when the boys see Wendy, he is shown sitting with a blond-haired boy.
When Chef comes out from behind the cafeteria counter, the flaps on Kyle's hat are in front of the main portion of his hat. This is not the case in any other shot of the back of his head.
Chef's apron goes from upper case to lower case in this episode.
When Ms. Crabtree turns the school bus sharply and the frame rotates, the table the animation is being done on can be seen in the bottom right corner.
Wendy's hair switches in some scenes.
A desk leg is missing on Stan's desk but later appears, along with the desk behind him to the right. This is reversed in the HD version.
In the HD remaster of this episode, there are three moments when one of the animator's hands can be seen:
While Kyle is saying "No, my little brother's been abducted by aliens." in class;
During Chef's song;
Right before the scene transition to the Cartman Residence after Kyle yells "Rats" when Stan leaves.
In the classroom, there is a poster of The Laughing Cavalier in the back wall in the class. In the last shot of that scene, the poster has disappeared and is replaced with an astronaut poster that is later seen in the following episode. This does not apply to the HD version.
During the scene with Farmer Denkins and Officer Barbrady, the latter is seen without his hearing aid.
When Officer Barbrady gets hypnotized, his hearing aid turns pink.
When Stan says "Damn, Cartman!", he has Kyle's voice. This is because the audio is used from the pilot.
The desk next to Stan appears
Bebe and Red's missing mouths. In addition, a new kid is seen on the bus when Kyle runs up.
The two Reds
Kenny's eyelids pop out
One of the animator's hands is seen
The number of children on the bus is constantly changing
One of poster is changed
The rock Kyle throws at the alien ship appears from nowhere
Another scene where one of the animator's hands is seen
Another moment when the animator's hands can be seen
Kenny's Death
The Visitors' UFO blasts Kenny after Kyle throws a rock at it, and Kenny is flung into the road. He survives, but a herd of cows run him over. He survives that, but Officer Barbrady runs him over with his police car and kills him. The boys later mess with Kenny's bloodied corpse, with Stan tapping it with a stick while Kyle removes his head, trying to convince Cartman that he is dead. Rats then come and start eating Kenny.
Hidden Visitor(s)
The visitors appear many times in the episode but the hidden visitor appears on the tray in the cafeteria on the far left.
Dubbing Changes
International Titles
Language
Title
Translation
Czech
Cartman dostává anální sondu
Cartman gets an anal probe
Finnish
Peräpäänkoe
Rectal exam
French
Cartman a une sonde anale
Cartman has an anal probe
German
Cartman und die Analsonde
Cartman and the anal probe
Hungarian
Cartman anális beültetése
Cartman's anal implant
Italian
Cartman si becca una sonda anale
Cartman caught an anal probe
Japanese
カートマン、お尻から火炎フン射 (Kātoman, o shiri kara kaen fun i)
Cartman, from the butt shoots flaming poop
Latvian
Kārtmenam ievieto anālo zondi
An anal probe inserted into Cartman
Mandarin Chinese
阿ㄆ一ㄚˇ的肛門探針 (Ā pǐa de gāngmén tàn zhēn)
Cartman's Anal Probe
Polish
Sonda analna Cartmana
Cartman's anal probe
Portuguese (Brazil)
Cartman ganha uma sonda anal
Cartman gets an anal probe
Russian
Картман и анальный зонд
Cartman and (the) anal probe
Spanish (Latin America)
Cartman consigue una sonda anal
Cartman gets an anal probe
Spanish (Spain)
Cartman tiene una sonda anal
Cartman has an anal probe
Ukrainian
Картмен та анальний зонд
Cartman and (the) anal probe
Common
List of changes to Chef's lunch menu:
French: Steak haché with buttered noodles and a choice of canned pineapples or banana pie.
German: Steak Madagascar with buttered noodles and a choice of baked beans or vegetable medley.
Hungarian: Beef fricassée with buttered spätzle and a choice of green bean ragout or spring salad.
Italian (1st): Hamburger with buttered razor clams and a choice of bean pie or mixed vegetables.
Mandarin Chinese: Viagra-infused steak with aphrodisiac spaghetti and contraceptive salad.
Polish (Wizja Jeden): Lobster in cream sauce, eggs with hollandaise sauce and vegetable salad.
Spanish (Latin America; 2nd): Hamburgers instead of Salisbury steak.
Spanish (Latin America; 1st and Spain): Minced meat noodles with a choice of mushy peas or canned vegetables.
When Cartman returns home, Liane offers to make him other food items in the following dubs:
Cantonese: Chocolate cheesecake
Czech: Chocolate cake and Sýrové krokety (cheese croquettes)
French: Chicken nuggets with chocolate sauce and fried onions
Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (Spain): Tom Cruise
No personalities are mentioned in the Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Ukrainian dubs.
In the European and Latin Spanish (1st) dubs, the unnamed Jewish kid at the cafeteria mentions that he is "the son of a rabbi," while Jason replies he is "the nephew of the Dalai Lama."
In Wendy's note to Stan, no location is specified for their meeting after school in the French and Polish (Wizja Jeden) dubs.
Kyle's rant towards the Visitors is fully uncensored in the Cantonese, Italian (2nd) and Polish (Comedy Central) dubs.
In the Czech and Mandarin Chinese dubs, the translated subtitles for the Visitors' and cows' dialogs are pasted over the original English subtitles.
When examining Stan's vomit, Stan explains that some of it could have been congee with egg crackers instead of a Cheesy Poof.
Czech
When Kyle requests to be excused from class, Mr. Hat replies with "Já jsem klobouk a ty si hovno!" ("I'm a hat, and you're shit!").
German
Except for Kyle's rant towards the Visitors, swear words are not censored nor bleeped out.
Hungarian
When Cartman returns home, Liane explains that she has made for him a chocolate mousse casserole.
Italian (2nd)
Mr. Garrison quotes Abraham Lincoln instead of Fredrick Douglass in his lesson on the founding of America.
When Kyle tries to get Ike jump out of spaceship, Kyle tells Ike if he remembers how to play as a parachutist.
Japanese
Chef's lunch menu is entirely removed. In its place, Chef explains that he would be cooking something "so delicious you'd never guess it was made with rotten ingredients".
When Cartman tells Liane what to do when someone calls in or comes over, he specifically points out Kyle and Stan.
After Cartman falls out from the sky, he estimates the anal probe to be up to 30 metres.
The subject of Christopher Columbus in class is changed to Shih Yen-wen, the main character of the 1970s Taiwanese Hokkien glove puppet show titled The Scholar Swordsman.
When Kyle requests to be excused from class, instead of prostate tumor, Mr. Garrison assumes that Kyle's mother is taking Kyle to catch adulterers.
The lyrics for "I Love to Singa" are rewritten, where it narrates how "one wants to be loved back, no matter what natural disaster befalls on them".
When Cartman calls his mother on Mr. Kitty, Liane mishears him commenting about her vibrator, and replies that she has been looking for it all day.
When examining Stan's vomit, Stan explains that some of it could have been chicken curry instead of a Cheesy Poof.
Portuguese (Brazil)
Kyle gets Ike jump out of spaceship, telling him to pretend he is at Pepino Beach.
Spanish (Spain)
Kyle's comment about David Caruso's failing career was changed to a running of the bulls at the Festival of San Fermín.
Ukrainian
While waiting for the Visitors' arrival, Chef comments that they have 20 minutes before "the girls" arrive instead of Sanford and Son.
References
↑Littlefield, Kinney (February 1, 1998). "South Park is a Far-out Place to Play", AAP Newsfeed, LexisNexis.
