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Trivia[]

The theory of possible election fraud ^[1] is referenced throughout the episode.
The Hummer Salesman is having a difficult time selling Hummers, due to their expense and extremely low fuel economy.
General Tso's name is a running gag referencing General Tso's chicken, a dish served in North American Chinese restaurants.
The crowd sitting behind Barack Obama during his election speech were replicated in the episode, including the "Hair Flag Lady", who went viral. ^[2]
When Butters Stotch is hospitalized, his impaired speech is similar to Kenny's muffled speech. However, the boys can understand Kenny, but not Butters.
Out of the three people or groups Cartman claims cannot be trusted, Butters could be counted as the most loyal as he underwent extreme measures to keep Cartman's plan a secret, and only gave up after Kyle threatened to inform his father.

References to Popular Culture[]

This episode references the then-recent acquisition of Lucasfilm ^[3] by Disney for $4.05 billion, which included the Star Wars franchise. The sale generated much controversy over where Disney would take the franchise with its upcoming films.
- Elements from the Star Wars universe are seen, which include the AT-ST vehicle, a lightsaber weapon, Boba Fett's Slave 1 spaceship, multiple TIE fighter spacecraft, a Tauntaun, and Stormtroopers.
Morgan Freeman's frequent utilization as a narrator in films is referenced. The relevance is furthered by his narration of a Barack Obama campaign advertisement. ^[4]

Continuity[]

Duck President from "You're Getting Old" and "Ass Burgers" is seen in this episode.
This is the second time Eric Cartman has gone to Disneyland, the first being in "Raising the Bar".
This is the fourth episode to revolve around a U.S. presidential election, the others being "Trapper Keeper", "Douche and Turd", and "About Last Night...".
Ike Broflovski is disappointed by Obama winning the election; he also supported the Republican party in "About Last Night...".
This episode marks the first appearance of Mickey Mouse since "201".

Goofs[]

Eric Cartman is shown arriving in Ohio at 5:00pm central time (CST), but Ohio is in the eastern standard time (EST) timezone.
Cartman is shown to be in Ohio at 5:00pm CST and in Las Vegas at 3:00pm PST. These both are the same moment in time.

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International Titles[]

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Obama vítězí	Obama Wins
French	Obama a gagné	Obama Wins
German	Wählt Obama!	Vote for Obama!
Hungarian	Obama győzelme	Obama Wins
Italian	Vince Obama!	Obama Wins!
Japanese	オバマ再選！ (Obama saisen!)	Obama re-elected
Polish	Zwyciężył Obama!	Obama Wins!
Ukrainian	Обама Перемагає! (Obama Peremahaye)	Obama Wins!

Common[]

The running gag of "warm nuts" are replaced in the following dubs:
- French: Petit noisettes (lit. "Small hazelnuts")
- Ukrainian: Розігріти сосиску сир (Rozihrity sosysku syr, lit. "Warm cheese sausage")

French[]

General Tsao is renamed to General Tsingtao, referencing the Chinese beer brand of the same name. Similarly, the running gag of "General Tso's chicken" is replaced with "(Général Tsingtao) ç'est de la petite bière" (lit. "General Tsingtao is a small beer"), an expression used to describe someone of little or no importance.