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• This is the first appearance of Mr. Slave, Mr. Garrison's boyfriend and classroom assistant, and the last appearance of Mr. Hat until the "200"/"201" story arc.
• Mr. Garrison putting Lemmiwinks the gerbil up Mr. Slave's ass is a reference to the urban legend about Richard Gere sticking a gerbil up his ass for sexual pleasure.
• At the Museum of Tolerance, the female tour guide can be seen wearing a Jewish necklace.
• This episode marks the first uncensored use of the word "nigger", predating "Hell on Earth 2006" and "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson". The slur was previously used incompletely by Mr. Garrison at the end of "Here Comes the Neighborhood".
• Catatafish can be seen holding a .45 cal handgun in his left hand.
• Despite Butters being dumped and replaced in the episode "Professor Chaos" as Kenny's replacement and Tweek disappearing from the gang in "A Ladder to Heaven", they both seem to be with Kyle, Stan and Cartman again in this episode. Tweek however, disappears near the end of this episode for unknown reasons, with Butters replacing Kenny for the first time since "The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer".
• The Lemmiwinks subplot is a parody of the Rankin/Bass animated film The Hobbit. There has also been some comparison to the childrens' book series Redwall.
• When the parents gather in Mr. Mackey's office, they are all very close to each other. When it switches to a close up of Butters, his parents are further away, then when it switches back they back at their original places.
• It is ironic that Cartman, a known Nazi sympathizer, suffered in Tolerance Camp, which has unsubtle allusions to Nazi concentration camps.
• The multiple bent, three-bladed fans inside the tolerance camp are reminiscent of Swastikas.
• The children in class seem to finally get the joke of Diane Choksondik's name as they all laugh when Mr. Mackey mentions her. Before they would rather laugh at pseudonyms they invent, like "Ms. Makesmesick" or "Ms. Chokesonrocks".

Continuity

• Despite being freed by Lemmiwinks at the end of this episode, the Frog King appears again in "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", aiding Paris Hilton in escaping Mr. Slave's ass, and also makes reference to the Sparrow Prince. Lemmiwinks, Catatafish, the Sparrow Prince and the Frog King all reappear in "Bass to Mouth", almost nine years later.

Goofs

• Tweek isn't there when Mr. Mackey says the boys should go to tolerance camp, but he is there when the boys first enter the tolerance camp, but later disappears.
• At the tolerance museum, before the kids get on the moving walkway into the tunnel, the walkway is moving against the children, hence the wrong way, but when they enter the tunnel, the walkway is moving the correct way; forward.
• At the camp, the children in the hall are told to fingerpaint. But the sets of rows at the far left and far right do not actually fingerpaint, and just sit there.
• When the parents leave the award ceremony to collect their kids, Liane does not get up from her seat, despite the fact that her son is at the camp as well. (This may not be a goof; Liane is a notoriously careless parent.)