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• This was Dr. Mephesto's last speaking role until the Season Fourteen episode, "201". Since this episode, he had only appeared as a background character, with Randy Marsh taking up his former role. Trey Parker later commented that by this point he and Matt Stone simply didn't find the character funny any more, and that, in retrospect, they should have made him a member of the real NAMBLA and written him out permanently in this episode.
• This is the first episode to feature original music by Scott Nickoley and Jamie Dunlap, who would later go on to produce original music for Season Five and onwards.
• A picture of Cartman with Bill Clinton is seen hanging above Cartman's Computer.
• This is the 4th episode with Cartman's name in the title.
• The ride The John Denver Experience, is a reference to the death of John Denver in a tragic plane crash.
• Cartman's username is "BigBoned", a reference to his belief that he is not fat, but big boned.
• The restaurant that appears when Cartman sees Tony316 is the same as the one seen in "Tom's Rhinoplasty", when Stan has dinner with Ms. Ellen.
• This was the first episode in 2000 (Season Four), not to have '2000' in the name.
• The song playing during the chase scene is Page d'écriture by Yves Montand.
• The chase scene is styled after The Benny Hill Show, a risque comedy from the 1970's.
• The music playing during the "North Park Funland" commercial is the same music from the commercials for "Wild Wacky Action Bike" and "Alabama Man" on the season 3 episode, "Chinpokomon". Cartman took over the same theme park in "Cartmanland", a future episode.
• Cartman was a model before, in the episode "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods".
• The web site name that the two NAMBLA's fight over in the episode is nambla.com but the real NAMBLA has nambla.org as their site.

• After Eric begins typing on the man-boy chat site, on the ensuing responses, when slowed, some responses can be read. Some include, "this is gay", "tits", "help me", and "get a life".
• Aside from this episode, pedophilia has been a subject of South Park in other episodes such as "World Wide Recorder Concert", "Red Hot Catholic Love", "The Return of Chef", "The Jeffersons", and "Le Petit Tourette".

Continuity

• This episode explains Kenny's resurrections after his constant deaths; his mother gives birth to a baby identical to Kenny and he rapidly ages and retrieves his former memories and appearance. While this theory is inconsistent with "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut", in which Kenny reappeared out of thin air in a magical fashion, it is likely the one that was adopted by the writers as it was expanded further in Season 14's Superhero Arc.

Censorship

• The British satellite channel Sky One has banned this episode from showing due to the strong pedophilia references in the main plot (and the subplot being centered on Kenny killing his mom's unborn child). The digital channels Paramount Comedy Channel and VIVA, and terrestrial channel "Channel 4", however, have aired this episode and it does appear on the UK DVD release of South Park's fourth season.

Goofs

• In the opening scene where the boys are playing the Bill Kurtis-themed version of Monopoly -- Bill Kurtis' name is spelled correctly on the board, however, it is spelled incorrectly (as 'Curtis') on the box for the game. This game is seen again in "Up the Down Steroid".
• Throughout the episode, Mrs. McCormick's shirt constantly changes from "I'm With Stupid" to "God Bless America".
• In the sequence with The John Denver Experience, the soundtrack makes it sound like everyone was screaming, but the McCormicks were the only ones reacting to the bumpy ride.
• When Kyle and Stan arrive at the NAMBLA party, the man Kyle is with has on a plaid jacket and gray undershirt, yet when he is sitting at the table, his shirt is black.

Kenny's Death

• Kenny is killed by an ambulance that is rushing Stuart McCormick to the hospital after he was molested by the pedophiles.