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Trivia
- Butters takes over as the "fourth friend" for this episode. As a result, Kenny's role is a minor one.
- There is a drawing of what appears to be Osama bin Laden on the wall in Funnybot's office. Osama was assassinated two days before this episode aired.
- This is the second time Wendy is seen without her pink beret since "Chef Goes Nanners".
- Obama is shown being darker skinned than his original appearance; he is shown to be dark brown or black, while in past appearances he is light brown.
- Kenny is nearly killed by Jay Leno, Jay Leno kills Kenny by accident with a stone statue in "Jay Leno Short".
Continuity
- This is the first episode in which Boy with Red Scarf has a speaking role.
- This is the third time Timmy is in a band, the first being in "Timmy 2000" and the second time "Crippled Summer".
- Many of the Special Education students from "Crippled Summer" are seen.
- This is the second episode with Butters as the "talker" in a terrorist situation, the first being "Imaginationland, Episode II".
- Cartman speaks the German language for the second time since "The Passion of the Jew".
- The translation Cartman tells the Germans that Kyle is "A handsome soft Jew. He's fresh. And beautiful, beautiful."
- The Catcher in the Rye, the book that was given to the fourth graders in "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", is seen in Kyle Broflovski's locker.
References to Popular Culture
Movies/TV
- In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode,"The Changeling", Nomad was a malicious robot, which had mannerisms similar to FunnyBot. Most noteable, is Nomad's famous phrase "non sequitur", which is repeated often by FunnyBot.
- Kyle's idea of using a paradox to disable Funnybot is based on a tactic famously used in the Star Trek I, Mudd.
- Dr. Who - Funnybot has the body of a Dalek and uses the word "Exterminate!" (Nomad used the word "Sterilize!")
- Star Wars - Funnybot accessing the mainframe to activate the nuclear missiles. (R2-D2)
- Eddie Murphy - Funnybot's role in "Family Funbot" as the entire family cast is similar to Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor where he was the entire Klump family.
- Tyler Perry - The fact that Token and Barack Obama can't help laughing at Tyler Perry movies is a reference that his movies contain too much African American humor. Furthermore, the scenes of Tyler Perry's character impressions while receiving money were a reference to the criticism of the real Tyler Perry making money off of racist stereotypes.
- Charlie Sheen - On the wall outside of Funnybot's room, there is a poster showingTwo and a Half Men with the text "One and a Half Men" since Charlie Sheen was sacked off the series.
- Hawaii 5-0/Reno 911 - Poster of Hawaii 911. One is a police drama in the 1970's the later is a parody of COPS and reality based television.
- Funnybot's head also resembles Comedy Central's old logo.
- The way the boys confused Funnybot references the video game Portal 2, in which at one point the player's character attempts to use a paradox in order to defeat GLaDOS. Unfortunately, due to the AI's idiocy, he fails to realise it is a paradox and is unaffected.
- Barack Obama's speech concerning Tyler Perry is based on his speech regarding the death of Osama bin Laden, both culminating in the sentence "Justice has been done."
- In a recent poll (July 2011) Germany was actually voted the least funny country.
- Murdering or slaying an audience is show business slang for successfully entertaining an audience. To Funnybot, it was literal.
List of Avenging Comedians
- Adam Sandler - His movie, Jack and Jill is mentioned later in"You're Getting Old" and "Ass Burgers".
- Brandon T. Jackson
- Conan O'Brien
- Dane Cook
- David Letterman
- David Spade
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Jay Leno
- Kevin James - His movie, The Zookeeper is mentioned in "Ass Burgers".
- Louis C.K
- Matt Stone
- Rob Schneider
- Russell Brand
- Trey Parker
- Zach Galifianakis
Goofs
- Annie Faulk appears on both the left and right seats during the award show.
- Sally Turner is seen twice at the same time when the crowd is first seen at the award show.
- Russell Brand is a British comedian, not an American comedian.