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Trivia

• This episode's working title was known as "The Return of Mr. Hankey", as evidenced from an early draft of the episode's script.
• This episode was the last to feature the town as a backdrop in the closing credits. From "Chickenpox" onwards, the credits are played over a black screen. This stays in the same way until the season ten episode "Smug Alert!".
• Instead of an instrumental version of the theme song at the end they have Chef's song "Chocolate Salty Balls"
• This is the first time Mr. Hankey is seen when it is not Christmas. The second being "201".
• The 1998 adaptation of Godzilla is mentioned. This is a reference to how the titular monster had a different design which led to people disliking the film.
• There are many sexual references concerning Chef and his Chocolate Salty Balls.
• The Comedy Central 2000 Logo use the Transmitter audio since "Ike's Wee Wee".
• This is the first time Kenny dies and his friends were not present with him, thus two movie goers parody Kyle and Stan's catchphrase with, "Oh my god, I found a penny!" and the other replying with, "You bastard!"
• This episode shows Kenny's precocious sexual knowledge, as he was the only character who laughed at double sense of Chef's products names.
• Stephen Stotch is shown to be a movie theater projectionist in this episode.

References to Popular Culture

• This episode is a giant commentary on the Sundance Film Festival and its chairperson Robert Redford which happens every year in Park City, Utah. It claims to be an independent film festival, however over the years it has been transformed into a big Hollywood event. Matt Stone and Trey Parker have some personal history with Sundance: They attempted to get their first film Cannibal! The Musical to screen there and it was rejected. According to Lloyd Kaufman founder of Troma Entertainment (Who releases Cannibal!) Stone and Parker rented out some space and screened their movie in Park City the year they were rejected. This apparently inspired Troma to start Tromadance that also happened every year next to Sundance in Park City until most recently when soaring costs and restrictive advertising campaigns (in place to eek out competition) Tromadance was moved to New Jersey.
• According to Robert Redford, people who come to Sundance go to see Liam Neeson. Academy award nominee Liam Neeson is probably best known for his roles in Schindler's List and Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
• Kyle hopes they would not play that "stupid ass Godzilla movie again" at the South Park Film Festival. Kyle is referring to the 1998 American remake of Godzilla. It came out a few months before this episode aired, and it was panned by critics for everything from its ridiculous amounts of cross promotion, sloppy continuity, etc. Stan also confuses independent films with the 1996 science fiction film Independence Day, which was also panned by critics for focusing too many on special effects and not on the plot. Both these films were directed by Roland Emmerich.
• Celebrity name droppings by producers on their cell phones: One mentions that he wants to work with actress Demi Moore, while the other says that director/producer Steven Spielberg can kiss his ass.
• While taking a crap, Kyle is singing the 1972 Johnny Nash song "I Can See Clearly Now" from the album of the same name.
• People are disappointed by the arrival of Fred Savage. Savage was a child actor best known for his role in the "Wonder Years". When this episode aired, Savage's fame had faded into obscurity.
• The boys think the only format that could possibly capture Cartman's ass is IMAX. The standard IMAX screen is 22 × 16.1 m (72 × 52.8 ft).
• While the boys are searching for Mr. Hankey in the sewers, Cartman is frustrated and asks the others if they look like the The Goonies. The Goonies is a 1985 adventure film following a group of boys who go searching for a lost pirate treasure.
• A director mistakes Kyle for Leonardo DiCaprio. There is no visible resemblance, but Leonardo DiCaprio is an actor who was popular at the time this episode aired due to his role in the 1997 James Cameron film Titanic.
• The assembled producers believe that Mr. Hankey's troubles could be the next Free Willy. Free Willy was a 1993 film about a boy who helps free a whale named Willy from captivity.
• Celebrities brainstormed to be in the Mr. Hankey Story: Harrison Ford, Keanu Reeves and Matt Damon. During the time this episode aired Ford was featured in the film Air Force One, Reeves was in The Devil's Advocate, and Damon was in Saving Private Ryan.
• The Hollywood Planet restaurant that is being installed in South Park is a parody of the Planet Hollywood restaurant franchise. It was first launched in 1991 and was financially backed by Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Demi Moore, and Bruce Willis.
• Kyle and Mr. Hankey's exchange where Kyle decides to bring Mr. Hankey out into the open to prove that he is real is a parody of a similar scene from 1969 Christmas special Frosty the Snowman.
• The film Mr. Hankey and Me supposedly stars academy award-winning actor Tom Hanks, the film is a parody of the 1993 film Philadelphia wherein Hanks plays the role of Andrew Beckett who is dying of AIDS/HIV.
• As Mr. Hankey is "dying" his last words are "There is another Skywalker", this is a reference to the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi. There is a scene where as Yoda is dying, he tells Luke Skywalker that he has another sibling, who turns out to be Princess Leia.
• The Mister Hankey song that plays, albeit in a slower sadder rendition than the episode "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" is done in the theme of many old Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, notably the aforementioned Frosty the Snowman.
• When Robert Redford throws Mr. Hankey against a wall, he says "I have had enough of you!" in a similar way to the way James Kirk said it in Star Trek III, as he kicked the Klingon Kruge off a cliff and into a lava flow. This would later be said again by Satan as he throws Saddam Hussein back into Hell in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Mr. Hankey dons a wizard outfit and conjures a storm of feces, this is a parody of a scene from the 1940 Disney film Fantasia that features the symphonic poem The 'Sorcerer's Apprentice. In the scene Mickey Mouse, a wizards apprentice, attempts to mop the floors of his masters chambers by enchanting a mop to come to life. This leads to a flood which Mickey tries to control with magic, much in the way Mr. Hankey is controlling the torrent of feces.
• After finishing drowning Robert Redford in feces, Mr. Hankey says "Golly, I guess I don't know my own strength". He says it in the same manner as Bullwinkle Moose on the "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" cartoon series (1959–1964). One regular occurring segment would feature Bullwinkle attempting to pull a rabbit out of his hat. The running gag would be he would pull some wild animal (lion, tiger etc.) and quickly shove it back into the hat before it can attack him, to which he would respond "I guess I don't know my own strength."
• In the first film that Stan and Wendy watch, Witness to Denial, one of the two women is wearing a "Lillith Fare" t-shirt, a reference to "Lilith Fair", an all female traveling music festival that operated from 1997 to 1999.
• Some celebrities can be seen among the crowd of background characters at Sundance, including Spike Lee, Fabio Lanzoni, Bruce Willis, and Andy Warhol.

Goofs

• In the scene where Cartman gets sent to the Principal's office, the poster on Mr. Garrison's desk changes from a poster with various leaves and the word 'Leafs' to a poster with a giraffe.
• When Stan and Wendy go to their first independent film together, Fred Savage can be seen in the audience. Fred Savage does not arrive in South Park until later in the episode.
• When Mr. Hankey plays the organ, he has his bow tie on. But when he turns around, his bow tie is gone. But in a few scenes, the bow tie is back.
• After Cartman mocks Wendy when she meets up with Stan and the rest of the boys at the film festival, she disappears temporarily when the camera pulls back for a few seconds.
• Before Mr. Hankey is heard for the first time, Kyle is seemingly pooping in the toilet, but his pants are still up.
• During the filming of A Bunch Of Gay Cowboys Eating Pudding, the sign outside Bijou cinema instead displays "BOW DOWN TO HOLLYWOOD, SOUTH PARK" A Film by TOM M. POONER".
• When Cartman is seen carrying his money and walking off, for 1 frame before the credits, his left hand with the money is not present.

Kenny's Death

• Kenny is trampled by a crowd leaving a theater. Stan and Kyle are not present; instead, a moviegoer says, "Oh my God, I found a penny!", and his friend replies, "You bastard!"

Hidden Visitor(s)

The hidden alien during the stampede outside the theater.

Three visitors can be found in this episode:

• At the Bijou Cinema on the 2nd row from the back, behind the man with the cowboy hat.
• Rushing out of the theater with the others at the end of Me and Mr. Hankey.
• In the same row mentioned above but behind the person to his left.

Dubbing Changes

International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Šéfovy slané čokoládové koule	Chef's salted chocolate balls
Finnish	Suolasuklaapallerot	Salted chocolate balls
French	Boulettes de Chef au chocolat salé	Salted chocolate Chef's balls
German	Mr. Hankey gegen den Mist aus Hollywood	Mr. Hankey against Hollywood crap
Hungarian	Séf bácsi sózott csokigolyói	Uncle Chef's salted chocolate balls
Italian	Il dramma di Mr. Hankey	The drama of Mr. Hankey
Japanese	喰えっ!喰えっ!クソッ!チョコボール (Kue ~tsu! Kue ~tsu! Kuso~tsu! Chokobōru)	Eat! Eat! Shit! Chocolate Balls
Latvian	Pavāra šokolādes olas	Cook the chocolate balls
Polish	Słone, czekoladowe kule Szefa	Chef's salty chocolate balls
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bolas de chocolate salgadas do Chef	Chef's chocolate salty balls
Russian	Солёные шоколадные яйца Шефа (Solonyye shokoladnyye yaytsa Shefa)	Chef's salty chocolate balls
Spanish (Latin America)	Las bolas de chocolate saladas del Chef	Chef's chocolate salty balls
Spanish (Spain)	Las Bolas Saladas de Chocolate del Chef	Chef's chocolate salted balls

Common

• The "Chocolate Salty Balls" song is left untranslated in several European dubbings. Of which, the vocals played during the credits are removed in the Hungarian dub and replaced with a voiceover of the dubbing credits.
  • Though the Ukrainian dub has the song translated, the credits retain the performance from the English version.
• Kenny's cries as he is being killed outside the cinema are removed in the German and Hungarian dubs.

Cantonese

• "I Can See Clearly Now", the song which Kyle sings while in the bathroom, is rewritten to the tune of "London Bridge Is Falling Down".
• The "Chocolate Salty Balls" song is censored in this dubbing. Consequently, the song that is played during the credits is replaced with the English version of the Cheesy Poofs Theme Song.

German

• The Fudge 'Ems are dubbed as braunen batzen (lit. "Brown lumps").

Hungarian

• The Fudge 'Ems are renamed as follows:
  • Szopós ("Sucker")
  • Meg ezt bekaphatod ("You can get it")
  • Előbb-utóbb mindenki megkapja ("Everyone gets it sooner or later")
  • Mamát is most szopott egyet ("Mom sucked it too")

Japanese

• The word play on Fudge 'Ems are not carried over in the dubbing. Instead, the products are renamed as a double entendre for Chef's testicles, similar to the Chocolate Salty Balls. They are named:
  • なめてチョコ (Namete choko, lit. "Lick chocolate")
  • くわいってチョコ (Kuwaitte choko, lit. "Bite chocolate")
  • チョコぶしゃぶって (Choko bu shabutte, lit "Suck chocolate")
  • 深くえてのんでチョコのある (Fukaku ete nonde choko no aru, lit. "Suck Deeply and Drink chocolate")
  • 君のママビッグマンチョコ (Kimi no mama biggumanchoko, lit. "Your Mom's Big Man chocolate").

Mandarin Chinese

• Instead of highlighting problems at the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford simply plans on moving the festival to a "mountain town", on the grounds that the current location no longer needs expanding.
• The film festival is known as "金牛獎影展系列活動" (Pinyin: Jīnniú jiǎng yǐngzhǎn xìliè huódòng, lit. Golden Cow Film Festival), parodying the annual Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.
• Fourth wall break - During the fourth-grade class, instead of asking if the festival would be showing the "stupid-ass Godzilla movie", Kyle hopes to see the "South Park movie", referring to South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
• Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls is renamed to low-fat vegetable balls.
• Fred Savage is dubbed as Taiwanese actor Sam Tseng.
• As Kyle tries to explain Mr. Hankey's situation to the film directors, the directors think that it was a movie idea. Instead of suggesting up with actors for the new film, they suggest prominent directors who can take charge of the film, namely Ang Lee and Wu Nien-jen.
• The error of the cinema displaying the wrong sign for A Bunch Of Gay Cowboys Eating Pudding is corrected in this dubbing.

Russian

• In the MTV voiceover, after the boys had tried on Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls, Mr. Hankey's first call for "Kyle" from the grate is changed to "Howdy-ho!".