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• This is the seventh Halloween special and the first since Season Seventeen's "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers".
• This episode features a special Halloween version of the opening sequence.
  • The instrumental has been changed, making it more spooky.
  • It has been darkened and pumpkins lie around the town.
  • Kenny McCormick's tombstone has lit candles on top of it.
  • A black cat appears next to Marvin Marsh at Stark's Pond.
  • A giant spider is on the rooftop of Tweek Bros. Coffeehouse.
  • A couple of plastic bats are tied to the tree in front of South Park Elementary.
  • The ghost of Betsy Donovan is seen following the bus.
  • Randy's GangnamStein costume from "A Nightmare on Face Time" appears coming out of the bus.
  • Garrison is seen wearing a mask similar to Jason from Friday the 13th.
  • Inside Mr. Garrison's classroom, the chalkboard reads "Happy Halloween" and the window has a skull and crossbones.

References to Popular Culture

• This episode is a reference to the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault allegations, which occurred in early October.
  • Specifically, the other witches claiming that only Chip Duncan was a bad witch is a reference to celebrities such as Ben Affleck who called out Harvey Weinstein, despite the fact that he had committed a groping incident in 2003.
• The song that plays in Gerald's car at the beginning of the episode is "I Want Candy" performed by 1980's pop group Bow Wow Wow.
• The song the guys sing when going up the hill is a parody of "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung.
• While the witches are chanting spells, they say "a hex on the Patriots, let's fuck up their lives!" referring to the New England Patriots football team.
  • Ironically, four months later the New England Patriots would go on to lose Super Bowl LII 41-33 to the Philadelphia Eagles.
• The song that plays while the witches start to drink and smoke crack in front of the campfire is "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden.
• The witch may be a parody of Marvel Comic's Green Goblin and his Pumpkin Bombs.
• The evil witch is a homage to Margret Hamilton's Wicked Witch in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
• Cartman mentions ROSS DRESS FOR LESS, a department store chain that specialize in deep discount fashion and home goods.
• Cartman and Heidi encountering the witch in a forest, as well as their German-themed costumes, is a reference to the fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel.
• Sentinel Hill, where the witch's meet, is a reference to a place in the video game World of Warcraft.