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Trivia
- Bradley's appearance and mannerisms are modeled after Brad Dourif's portrayal of the character Billy Bibbit in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
- Stephen Stotch says he is bi-curious, as shown in "Butters' Very Own Episode".
- This is the first appearance of Priest Maxi since "Red Hot Catholic Love".
- Also a parody of the movie "But I'm A Cheerleader"
- Kenny McCormick only has one line in this episode; when Cartman shows him the penis photo, he can be clearly heard saying "(chuckle) That makes you totally fucking gay!" Bebe Stevens has a brief line upon seeing it as well (Ew!).
- Cartman has sucked a penis before. It's how he got semen from a "hose" in "Simpsons Already Did It"
- This is the ninth episode where Cartman's name is in the title
- Pastor Phillips, the counselor who was "cured" of his confusion, may be an allusion to Ted Haggard, who went to counseling to make him heterosexual after a man outed him
- When Cartman comes to find the picture, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny are all seen playing Living which is an allusion to the popular board game, Life.
- This is the second time Cartman has overreacted to getting hit by Kyle. The first was in "It's Christmas in Canada"
- Butters' blood type is revealed to be "O"
The photo in question and the only possible way of seeing it.
- Cyborg Bill makes a reappearance in this episode both as an action figure and in a poster that reads "Gi Bill Won't Run."
- When Cartman takes a picture of himself with Butters' penis in his mouth he gives a thumbs-up sign and smiles as he says that the picture is against the Iraq war. This is a reference to the controversy of Army Private Lynndie England, who took pictures of herself torturing the prisoners of a Abu Ghraib prison while smiling and giving a thumbs-up sign.
- A total of 3 people kill themselves at Camp New Grace during the course of the episode.
References to Popular Culture
- Stan, Kyle and Kenny were playing a board game called "Living" which is a parody of [Wikipedia:The Game of Life|The Game of Life]]. This has been seen before in the episode "All About the Mormons?"