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Trivia[]

First appearance of Harrison Yates, but as an FBI agent instead of a Park County Police officer.
MOOP is an acronym for "Matter Out of Place", referring to litter and garbage found in forests and beaches.
The website Kyle, Kenny, and Stan download music off of is Napster, a peer-to-peer file-sharing service with an emphasis on audio file distribution. In 2000, Metallica filed a copyright lawsuit against them.
Cartman's keyboard is seen to be playing itself, suggesting he is using pre-set songs.
Gold, frankincense, and myrrh were the gifts given at Jesus' birth. Frankincense and myrrh are plants in Africa and the Middle East used for soap and perfume. Frankincense and myrrh were considered to be more valuable than gold in the Middle East during the Biblical Era and were used for funeral rituals.
In real life, there is no such thing as a myrrh album, and it was made up specifically for this episode. Christian and inspirational music albums that sell a million copies go platinum, just like secular music.
Bruce Howell's name appears crossed out with Cartman's name in the music sheet for the song "Needing You".
While Faith + 1 is at a booth selling their album, Butters blurts out "We're not really Christian, we're just pretending we are!" However, Butters, Cartman, and Tolkien are all seen in the South Park Church at various times in the show. Butters could mean that he doesn't really believe in Christianity, or alternatively, it could be a reference to the idea that some Catholics will call themselves Catholic rather than Christian.
Kenny has a background in Latin Jazz, Stan is Hip Hop R-and-B oriented, and Kyle has a preference for Fusion music.
This episode was released on DVD before South Park: The Complete Seventh Season was released; the episode was featured as a bonus episode to the 2004 DVD The Passion of the Jew 2 years before the former DVD.

References to Popular Culture[]

Eric Cartman's instructions for the Faith + 1 album cover, are a reference to U2's album The Joshua Tree.
Tolkien's bass is fashioned after the bass Rudy played in the cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
Eric Cartman on the bus writing lyrics onto his palm is taken from the film 8 Mile when Eminem does the same thing on his way to a rap contest.
When Agent Yates shows the boys Master P's mansion, Kyle asks if Master P's son will have an island in French Polynesia as his birthday gift. Yates' response "I see an island without an owner" is a reference to the Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol.
There is a former Christian boy band called Plus One.
Faith + 1's songs are based on real-life songs, with the lyrics changed.
- "Three Times My Savior" is based on "Three Times a Lady" by Lionel Richie.
- "I Wasn't Born Again Yesterday" was based on "I've Never Been To Me" by Charlene.
Musicians and bands on strike with Moop include Metallica, Alanis Morissette, Blink-182, Britney Spears, Meat Loaf, Ozzy Osbourne, Rancid, The Lords of the Underworld, and Missy Elliott.

Continuity[]

This is the second time Capitol Records in Hollywood has been parodied, the first being in "Chef Aid".
Cartman states that he will one day kill Tolkien and in "World War Zimmerman", he actually attempts this.
Skylar and his friends are seen on strike but have no lines. This marks their first appearance since "Timmy 2000".
The homeless guy from "Krazy Kripples" is seen sleeping in the seat behind Cartman on the bus.

Goofs[]

For a fraction of a second before Tolkien swings at Cartman, his fists enlarge in width.
The Faith + 1 album cover in the infomercial and at the myrrh album ceremony is different from the photo that Cartman took, with Tolkien and Butters having swapped places.
- They were shown to have taken multiple photos during the shoot. It's easily possible that they swapped places around during some.
When the band members of Sanctified are speaking, their voices swap with one another.

Dubbing Changes[]

International Titles[]

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Křesťanský rock	Christian rock
French	Rock chrétien	Christian Rock
German	Christen rocken fett!	Christians Rock Hard!
Hungarian	Keresztény rock	Christian rock
Italian	I cristiani pestano duro	Christians Rock Hard!
Japanese	イカす!?バンド成金やりー (Ika su!? Bando narikin yari)	Pretty good!? Nouveau riche band
Polish	Chrześcijański pornorock	Christian Porn Rock
Portuguese (Brazil)	Rock pesado Cristão	Hard Christian Rock
Spanish (Latin America)	Rock Pesado Cristiano	Hard Christian Rock
Spanish (Spain)	Rock Cristiano	Christian Rock
Ukrainian	Християнський рок (Khrystyyansʹkyy rok)	Christian Rock

Common[]

While convincing Tolkien not to walk out of their new band, Cartman quotes the price of one of their album at different values in several dubs. In these dubs, however, the final amount worked out by Butters do not tally.
- Italian: $13, for a total of $2.35 billion. The correct amount is $2.34 billion.
- Mandarin Chinese: $300 for 300 million, for a total of $30 billion. The correct amount is $90 billion.
- Spanish (Latin America): $12, for a total of $2.331 billion. The correct amount is $2.16 billion.
- Ukrainian: $12, for a total of $2.361 billion. The correct amount is $2.16 billion.

French[]

When the boys are attempting to download music at Kyle's house, the mention of Judas Priest is replaced with Pantera.
When Yates takes the boys to Britney Spears' private jet, he explains that she would have to settle with a "Gulfstream VII" instead of a "Gulfstream VIII". Both models did not exist at the time of episode dubbing, and would remain so until 2019 and 2021 when the Gulfstream G700 and G800 were announced respectively.

Mandarin Chinese[]

Besides Christianity, the Faith + 1 band also uses other religions as the base for their songs, referencing gods and deities from Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion. The band is labelled as a "cocktail religious band", derived from the term "drug cocktail".
While convincing Tolkien not to walk out of their new band, Cartman claims that there are 300 million religious people in Taiwan. However, Taiwan only had a population of 22.6 million at time of episode airing.
When attempting to download music at Kyle's house, mentions of Metallica, Stevie Wonder and Judas Priest are replaced with Taiwanese band Mayday and Japanese pornographic idol Ai Iijima.
Several celebrities appearing in this episode are renamed to parody prominent Taiwanese singers:
- Master P as Jay Chou
- Sonya Miller (Master P's wife) as Jolin Tsai
- Britney Spears as A-mei
- Metallica as Mayday
  - Metallica member Lars Ulrich as Jonathan Lee. This is an error as the real-life singer is not related with the band.
- Trinity as Wubai and China Blue
- Mentioned names include Wang Leehom and Hou Hsiao-hsien
The platinum award ceremony is dubbed as the Golden Melody Awards.