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• This is the last episode until "Cupid Ye" to have Matt Stone as director.
• This is the only major appearance of the Jakovasaurs within the series proper, but Jakov appears as a cameo at the end of "I'm a Little Bit Country". They have additionally been featured in the game South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!.
  • They also make a minor appearance on loading screens in South Park: The Stick of Truth.
• This is the only episode where Ned has a different voice-box.
• Clyde Donovan and Tweek Tweak do not appear in Mr. Garrison's classroom in this episode.
  • Currently, this is the only episode in which Clyde does not appear in the classroom.
• This is one of two episodes where Brimmy is seen in the 3rd grade classroom, the other being "Gnomes".
• This is one of the few episodes to feature cartoon sound effects.
• Jakovasaurs' name is a cross between the term "jack-off" and "dinosaur".
• An instrumental version of Chef's song "Stinky Britches" from "Chef Aid" is playing when Mrs. Cartman is smoking crack.
• Although Kenny is taken off by a bear, it may not have killed him, like the bear in "Jewbilee".
• In the commentary for this episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone mention:
  • This was one of the first episodes made while South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was in post production. Trey specifically remembers that they were doing sound mixing for the movie when people started talking about this episode when it aired the night before.
  • The Jakovasaur was a reference to Jar Jar Binks from the film Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace which had came out a month before this episode aired. Both Matt and Trey felt betrayed and angry after seeing how horrible the film and the character were. Their goal for the episode was to making Jakovasaurous even more annoying that Jar Jar, which in turn, made some South Park fans dislike this particular episode.
    • Matt also mentions that they were inspired to make this episode after they had planned to do a short with a Jar Jar Binks inspired character and actor Chris Rock for the MTV Movie Awards that year. It was eventually scrapped by MTV due to advertisers who had issue with them making fun of something involving Star Wars creator George Lucas.
  • The scene with the boys camping was inspired by Matt and Trey's childhood in Colorado of play camping, where they would essentially camp a very short distance from their home and then head back inside by 11 pm.
  • The Jakovasaurs title card adopts the 1992-1997 Comedy Central logo, even during reruns.

References to Popular Culture

• The character of the Jakovasaurus is a reference to fan reactions to the character Jar Jar Binks, a comic relief character inserted into George Lucas' Star Wars prequel Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. The character was widely panned for being annoying, racially stereotyped and out of place in the series. Trey and Matt mentioned that after seeing the character in a trailer for Episode I, they said, "people are going to hate that thing."
• At the beginning of the episode, Cartman is singing a typical form of the blues on a blues harmonica.
• Ned and Jimbo are watching the House Shopping Network, a parody of the Home Shopping Network a 24-hour television network that caters to selling items live on TV which viewers can call in and order.
• The government agents interested in the Jakovasaur is the Department of Interior, which prior to 9/11 was the name of the government agency that dealt with policing, national security and immigration. During the administration of George W. Bush in the early 21st century the department was absorbed into the newly formed Department of Homeland Security.
• The Jakovasaur's name is Joon-Joon, which of course is a parody of Jar-Jar Bink's name.
• According to the House Shopping Network, the samurai sword they are selling was once used by ancient Tokugawa samurai. The Tokugawa shogunate was a feudal regime in Japan that ruled from 1603 to 1868.
• Jakov, Randy, Mr. Mackey, Mr. Garrison Gerald, Stuart and Chef are watching a football game between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers. References to the game include:
  • Bubby Brister is playing for the Broncos. Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III played for the Broncos from 1997 to 1999.
  • Terrell Davis played for the Bronco's from 1995 until he retired in 2002 due to injuries he sustained while playing with the Broncos.
• Randy and Gerald suggest that the Jakov go to Fairplay a town four miles away because they sell better pretzels. Fairplay is an actual town located in Park County, it was established 1859. Fairplay is the town that provided inspiration for South Park.
• According to Mr. Garrison, American rock 'n' roll legend Chubby Checker was a member of the British pop music icons The Beatles who left the group in 1972. In reality, Checker was never a member of The Beatles (obviously) and the group actually broke up in 1970 due to many creative and personal issues.
• The people of South Park want to send the Jakovasaurs to Memphis, Tennessee a place that is populated with people just as annoying as they are.
• Jakov refers to Memphis as the Promised Land. This is a biblical reference.
• The Jakovasaurs get their own sitcom on Comedy Central. Comedy Central is, of course, the network that airs South Park. The Jakovasaurs is a parody of many sit-com spin offs such as The Jeffersons, which was popular means of creating new programs during the 1960s and 70's. Cartman's "role" on the Jakovasaurs is a reference to how occasionally characters from the originating series would make random and brief appearances on the series in order to lure viewers to a new series based on familiarity.
• Jakov makes a joke about MTV having played a music video by someone other than Will Smith.
  • MTV used to play nothing but music videos until the early 2000s, when the network began focusing on more reality based television and less on music videos.
  • Will Smith is an actor and hip-hop artist, who got his start calling himself the Fresh Prince. When this episode first aired, Will Smith was becoming popular due to his roles in such films as Independence Day and Men in Black, leading to a resurgence in popularity for his musical career.
• The Jakovasaurs are sent to Paris, France where the people there find them funny and liken them to Jerry Lewis. Jerry Lewis was an American comedian best known for his slap-stick comedy wherein he acts like an awkward and clumsy individual. His popularity in France completely baffled American comedy critics.
• The line "Fine, just fine" said by the Department of Interior agents is taken from a scene from the short film For Goodness Sake II. The scene, as seen here, features South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who also served as the film's director and 1st assistant director respectively.

Goofs

• The number of Jakovasaurs changes throughout the classroom scene, with some appearing next to Brimmy (who himself does not appear in the wide shot) and several desks appearing next to Wendy that were not there before.
  • In the scene where the Jakovasaurs jump on their desks, Tolkien disappears.
• At the end, referring to the Jakovasaurs, a French man (when translated) says, "I love its antics!" However, the subtitle is misspelled as "it's".

Kenny's Death

• Mauled by a bear while impersonating a deer, distracting Cartman.

Dubbing Changes

International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Jakovasauři	Jakovasaurs
Finnish	Jakovasaurus	Jakovasaurs
French	Les Jakovasaures	The Jakovasaurs
German	South Park-Saurier	South Park dinosaurs
Hungarian	Beszauruszok	Jakovasaurs
Italian	Chi vive con speranza se ne va in vacanza	Those who live with hope go on vacation
Japanese	ジャコブとホープの繁殖大作戦 (Jakobu to hōpu no hanshoku dai sakusen)	Jakov's and Hope's great breeding operation
Polish	Jakowazaur	Jakovasaurs
Portuguese (Brazil)	Jacovassauro	Jakovasaur
Russian	Яковозавры (Yakovozavry)	Jakovasaurs
Spanish (Latin America)	Jakovasaurios	Jakovasaurs
Spanish (Spain)	Jacovasaurio	Jakovasaur
Ukrainian	Яковозаври (Yakovozavry)	Jakovasaurs

Common

• Randy and Gerald suggest that the Jakov go buy other food items instead of pretzels in the following dubs:
  • Hungarian: Beer, from an unnamed neighboring village 10 km away.
  • Mandarin Chinese: 大饼包小饼 (Dà bǐng bāo xiǎo bǐng, lit. "Large pancake in small pancake"), an exclusive Taiwanese snack item found in the Shilin Night Market in Taipei.
  • Portuguese (Brazil): Popcorn
  • Italian (2nd) and Spanish (Latin America): Potato chips, from 5 km away.

Hungarian

• The French woman ordering coffee includes the phrase "s'il vous plait" ("please").

Italian (2nd)

• The French man's line of "C'est drôle et amusant" is changed to "Oh mon dieu, il vraiment si drôle." ("Oh my God, he is really funny.")

Mandarin Chinese

• During Cartman's acceptance speech, he is heard reciting the lyrics to the National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China.
• JunJun's origin is established to be in the Guangdong province of Mainland China. She can be heard speaking Cantonese or accented Mandarin Chinese.
• The origin of the samurai sword advertised in the House Shopping Network is changed to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
• The football game which Jakov watches with the parents, as well as the game show which Jakov is set to participate, is changed to parody the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
• Mr. Garrison's question to the class on Chubby Checker is replaced as: "If someone claims you are a mainland Chinese, how would you respond?".
• The townsfolk first attempts to send the Jakovasaurs to mainland China instead of Memphis.
• The first question in the game show is changed to "What is your name?".

Spanish (Latin America)

• All French dialogs at the Paris scene are translated into Spanish, with the exception of the accordionist, whose line is removed.

Ukrainian

• Cartman's response of "Sweet" on getting a Sumatomi sword is muted.
• The French woman's line of "Oui" is muted.
• The French man and accordionist's lines are translated to Ukrainian, with the man's line adopting the woman's line of "He's just like Jerry Lewis!". In its place, the woman's line is changed to "Jamais ç'est comme ça" ("It's never like that").