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• Just like "200" and "201", this episode is no longer viewable on South Park Studios, and is unavailable on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Video, Vudu, the iTunes Store or HBO Max, being replaced by "Scott Tenorman Must Die", due to depictions of Muhammad. This was done following the controversies surrounding "200" and "201" after violent, shocking and despicable death threats from Islamic activist groups (although unlike the other two episodes, there was no controversy over Muhammad's uncensored depiction when initially aired in 2001). It remains available on the Season 5 DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
• Kenny is shown without his hood in this episode, but since his hair is shaved and he is wearing none of his own clothes, he looks identical to the other boys.
• The invitation to the Blaintology convention mentions "free punch and pie", a technique Cartman uses for the La Resistance meeting in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
• Stan used the "Oh my god, they killed Kenny!" line as a way of tracking down Kyle, who kept yelling "You bastards!" in reply.
• Kyle Broflovski and Eric Cartman going door to door is making a portrayal of the Mormon Missionaries.
• After the boys get their hair shaved off and change into their white clothes, the running gag is that they could not tell each other apart. Stan at one time even asks "Who am I again?". The only one they can tell apart without them wearing their hats is Cartman, because he is fatter than them.
• This is the first, and to date, only episode to premiere on July 4th (Independence Day).
• The Super Best Friends are listed below with their abilities:
  • Jesus Christ - Extremely fast construction, carpentry skills, expert hand-to-hand combatant, resurrection, flight
  • Krishna - Shapeshifting, flight
  • Joseph Smith - Ice breath, flight
  • Lao Tse - Psychic powers, expert martial arts combat, flight
  • Muhammad - Pyrokinesis, flight
  • Buddha - Invisibility, flight
  • Seaman and Swallow - Underwater breathing and communication with sea-life, flight
  • Moses - Supercomputer

References to Popular Culture

• David Blaine is an American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic.
• Cartman has a disturbing dream of Paula Poundstone, a stand-up comedian accused of molesting her adopted children.
• Super Best Friends is a parody of "The Superfriends".
• Seaman is the only Super Best Friend who is not a religious figure. Instead he is a parody of Aquaman from DC comics, who was also a member of the "Superfriends" and "Justice League of America".
• The mass suicide of the Blaintologist is a parody of mass suicide of Peoples Temple cultists in Jonestown, Guyana.
• Blaintology is a parody of Scientology.
• Larry from Trey Parker and Matt Stone's other show That's My Bush! makes a cameo during the scene with George W. Bush in the White House.

Controversy

• Although the original airing of the episode in 2001 was not controversial, controversy erupted over the episode in early 2006 following the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, due to the visual depictions of Muhammad it contained. Paramount Comedy in the United Kingdom has banned the episode following the controversy, despite airing adverts for South Park that state Muslims should be very offended. However the episode was aired in the United Kingdom by MTV with no special warning other than the standard South Park disclaimer which appears before every episode.
• A Bosnian TV station aired this episode in July 2006, sparking some outrage from local Muslim leaders. The controversy was referenced in the South Park episodes "Cartoon Wars Part I" and "Cartoon Wars Part II" from Season Ten, which parodied the censorship of Muhammad in the media. The episodes, however, focused on Muhammad's portrayal on Family Guy rather than on South Park itself. The controversy was mentioned again in "200" and "201", which both contain several references to this episode.

Continuity

• This is the only episode where Muhammad was featured uncensored on TV broadcast.
• This episode makes the second appearance of Moses.
• The boys will later struggle to tell each other apart in "Naughty Ninjas" due to them wearing identical clothes.
• Cartman explains he does not want to die because he has not gotten his pubes yet. He will later do so in "Scott Tenorman Must Die".

Goofs

• When announcing the plans for the mass suicide, Kyle has his hat when he says "Mass Suicide?", but is not wearing it when shown in the next shot.
• After Joseph Smith freezes the pool, in the next shot of it, it is not frozen.
• Swallow, Seaman's sidekick, breathes underwater and stays in his shoulder when he goes into the ocean depths.

Kenny's Death

• Drowns in the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial as part of a cult's mass suicide. Stan says his catch phrase 3 times, using it to try and find Kyle in a massive crowd a la the game Marco Polo. Kyle replies twice.

Hidden Visitor(s)

Two visitors appear in this episode:

• Upside down in Jesus' reflection when he lines up with the others.
• Part of one appears at the David Blaine show in Denver in the overhead screen.

Dubbing Changes

International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Super přátelé	Super friends
Finnish	Superkaverit	Super friends
French	Les Super Meilleurs Potes	The Super Best Friends
German	Die Liga der Super Besten Freunde	The League of Super Best Friends
Hungarian	Csúcsszuper barátok – Istenségek	Ultimate Super Friends - Deities
Italian	Super migliori amici	Super Best Friends
Japanese	カルトっQ! 丸刈りータ☆で大脱走 (Karuto ~tsuQ! Marugari ̄ta de dai dassō)	Cult Q! MARU,GARITA Great Escape
Polish	Super Najlepsi Przyjaciele	Super Best Friends
Russian	Суперлучшие друзья (Superluchshiye druz'ya)	Super Best Friends
Spanish (Latin America)	Súper Mejores Amigos	Super Best Friends
Ukrainian	Найкращі супердрузі (Naykrashchi superdruzi)	Super Best Friends

Mandarin Chinese

• David Blaine's origins are established to be in Tainan, Taiwan, who then began to practice magic at the age of 12.
• While visiting the elderly woman, Cartman claims that the sales for David Blaine's new book had surpassed that of Harry Potter.
• Moses is dubbed as Lee Teng-hui, former President of the Republic of China.
• Cartman's dream of Paula Poundstone is changed, where he encounters an unknown person attempting to steal his pie.