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• South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker initially met while the latter was making a film called Giant Beavers of Southern Sri Lanka.
• This episode introduced Saddam Hussein as Satan's lover in hell.
• This episode is one of the first to hint that Mr. Garrison is gay, as he fantasies about being in the war and getting washed by other soldiers.
• Tolkien Black's name is revealed on a bulletin board in this episode, though it is not officially spoken until "Gnomes".
• In the flashback narrated by Jimbo and Ned, it is revealed what Jimbo looked like when he had hair, and Ned with no deformities or deviations, other than the latter still having an extremely disproportionate head and body; he can speak without a voice box, he has both of his arms, and his eyes are visible.
  • Ned starts smoking in the flashback, and full-haired Jimbo tells him that smoking so much is going to give him cancer, foreshadowing his need of a voice box in the present time.
  • Near the end of the flashback, a premature grenade explosion blows Ned's hand off.
• When the general shows Jimbo the map of the area of Vietnam that they are stationed, it is just a map of Italy.
• When the boys, Ned, and Jimbo leave the studio, Ned appears to be perfectly fine until Stan and Kyle apologize for setting him in a coma and the shot changes to Ned and Jimbo.
• Ned and Jimbo refer to the Viet Cong army as "Charlie". "Charlie" is a slang term for the phrase "Victor Charlie", which was the NATO phonetic alphabet name for the Viet Cong Army.
• When Jimbo learns about the positive ratings for his show Huntin' and Killin', he is convinced that the show could be nominated for an Emmy Award.
• Ned mentions that he and Jimbo were stationed in Da Nang during the Vietnam War. This was the main in-country R&R location for US forces, and since the war, has become a major tourist destination. However, it did not, and still does not, have a log ride.
• The cameraman talking to Ned states he was in "Tet", referring to the Tet Offensive.
• This is the only time up until "South Park is Gay!" where Jimbo is seen without his hat, although it was just a flashback.
• Stephen Stotch is also seen in the crowd in Jesus and Pals during a riot.
• The Mexican Staring Frog can be seen at Stark's Pond in South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
• Frogs that resemble to the Mexican Staring Frog can be seen in "Sexual Harassment Panda" and "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000".

References to Popular Culture

• During Ned and Jimbo's flashback to Vietnam, the song "Time of the Season" by The Zombies is playing in the background. This song is also used during another Vietnam flashback in the episode "201". The song could have been chosen as an homage to Awakenings, which features a plot about patients in a catatonic state much like Ned, and the same song.
• When Jesus and Pals is revamped the first time, it is turned into a late night talk show in the vein of the Late Show with David Letterman. His guest on the show is Bob Denver.
• According to Ned, he won the Purple Heart of Bravery, which is awarded to US soldiers who are either wounded or killed in battle.
• Stan comes up with an idea based on an episode of The Brady Bunch.
• The next revamp of Jesus and Pals turns the show into a talk show in the vein of then popular talk shows such as The Jerry Springer Show, also commonly referred to as "Trash TV", based on their low brow entertainment value.
• One of the guests on the show defends "touching children" as perfectly natural and that it should not impact Michael Jackson's career. This is in reference to the allegations that began in the early 1990s that Michael Jackson was molesting child actors.
  • This man also calls Jesus "Montel", which is a reference to Montel Williams who had his own day-time talk show, called The Montel Williams Show.
• In response to the latest ratings spike from Ned and Jimbo's show, the producers of Jesus and Pals have a Jesus and Pal's: Too Hot for TV video released. This is a parody of the Jerry Springer Show: Too Hot for TV video series that featured uncensored clips of things that happened on his show.
• The book that Jimbo is reading to Ned in the hospital is The Outsiders, a novel written by S. E. Hinton.

Deleted Scene

_{An unused still from the Deleted Scene. Despite this, it was commonly used for promotion and the render was reused for the Season 1 DVD.}

• During the riot, where Kenny is pulled apart by two men, some of the scene is cut; a man hits Kenny in the face with a chair and his face starts bleeding. The three men, Stan, and Kyle gasp in horror at this.

Goofs

• In the HD version of the episode, after Jesus yells "SHUT THE FUCK UP!", he then says "Jesus, what's wrong with you people?", but his mouth does not move when he says it.
• When Kenny, Kyle, and Stan are seated during audience fight, the next scene abruptly changes with Kyle and Stan off their seats, while witnessing Kenny getting killed. This might be a remnant of the deleted scene.
• When it cuts to Jimbo apologizing to the boys outside at the end, Ned appears normal instead of his catatonic state. However when it cuts back after boys, he is (correctly) shown in his catatonic state.

Kenny's Death

• During the riot on Jesus and Pals, two people pull on Kenny until he gets ripped in half. Later, while Stan is telling Jesus the truth about what actually happened, a rat comes and drags Kenny's upper body away.

Hidden Visitor(s)

• During the detention scene in which the boys think up their plan, you can see the "Have you seen me?" poster.

Dubbing Changes

International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Mexická uhrančivá žába z jižní Srí Lanky	Mexican charming frog from southern Sri Lanka
Finnish	Meksikolainen tuijotussammakko etelä-Sri Lankasta	Mexican staring frog from southern Sri Lanka
French	La Grenouille mexicaine hypnotique du sud du Sri Lanka	The hypnotic Mexican frog of southern Sri Lanka
German	Jesus verliert Einschaltquoten	Jesus loses ratings
Hungarian	A dél-Srí Lanka-i mexikóma béka	The southern Sri Lankan Mexican frog
Italian	La rana messicana dello Sri Lanka del sud	The Mexican frog of southern Sri Lanka
Japanese	ニラミ・ガエルをニラミ・カエセ (Nirami-gaeru o nirami kaese)
Latvian	Meksikāņu paralizējošā varde	Mexican paralyzing frog
Polish	Meksykańska gapiąca się żaba z południowej Sri Lanki	Mexican staring frog from southern Sri Lanka
Portuguese (Brazil)	Sapo mexicano do sul de Sri Lanka	The Mexican Frog of southern Sri Lanka
Russian	Мексиканская зырящая лягушка с южной Шри-Ланки (Meksikanskaya zyryashchaya lyagushka s yuzhnoy Shri-Lanki)	Mexican staring frog from southern Sri Lanka
Spanish (Latin America)	El sapo Mejicano mirón del sur de Sri Lanka	The Mexican staring Frog of southern Sri Lanka
Spanish (Spain)	La Rana Mexicana de Mirada Fija del Sur de Sri Lanka	The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
Ukrainian	Мексиканська баньката жаба з Південної Шрі-Ланки (Meksykansʹka banʹkata zhaba z Pivdennoyi Shri-Lanky)	The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka

Common

• Instead of a muffin, Ned offers other food items on board the helicopter:
  • Cantonese: Curry rice
  • Hungarian: Cake
  • Spanish (Latin America; 2nd): Rosca
  • Ukrainian: Bulochki
• All mentions of log rides are replaced with other rides in the following dubs:
  • Czech, Japanese and Portuguese (Brazil): Water slides
  • French and Mandarin Chinese: Ferris wheel
  • Italian (2nd): Water park
  • Spanish (Latin America; 2nd): Roller coaster
  • Ukrainian: Pontoon boats

Cantonese

• The crowd's chants of "Jesus! Jesus!" during the Jesus and Pals show are replaced with "顶你" (ding2 nei5).

French

• While making threats towards Clyde on the Vietnam assignment, Mr. Garrison specifies crack cocaine as the supposed "drug habit".
• Brady Bunch is replaced with the Mission: Impossible film series.

Italian (2nd)

• While doing a high-five with the sound man, the Jesus and Pals producer is also heard calling "Si!" ("Yes!") in response to Stan's claim.
• With the exception of the first instance, the crowd's chants of "Jesus, Jesus!" during the Jesus and Pals show are muted.

Japanese

• The text which Jimbo reads to Ned at the hospital is tweaked, where Ponyboy says "stay gold" before dying.
• Jesus attempts to stop the violent spectators during his show using the phrase "黙れ、下界の虫ケラども！" (Damare, kakai no mushi kera-domo!, lit. "Shut up, you filthy insects from hell!"), referencing the viral quote "ぜったいにゆるさんぞ虫ケラども" (Zettaini yurusan zo mushi kera-domo, translation: "You'll pay for this, you filthy insects!") by Frieza from the Dragon Ball Z anime series.

Mandarin Chinese

• The Huntin' and Killin' show is dubbed as "正港暴力團" (chià-káng bàolì tuán, lit. "Authentic Violence Group").
• Ned's military rank during the Vietnam War was established at Private First Class (OR-2 equivalent).
• The origins of the Staring Frog is established to be from "苗疆" (Miáo jiāng, Miaojiang), an ancient settlement situated in southern China. This settlement is also used as a prominent location in several Chinese martial arts novels.
• The South Park Public Access, where the set for Jesus and Pals is located in, is dubbed as "耶穌與你攝影棚" (Yēsū yǔ nǐ shèyǐng péng, lit. "Jesus and You Studios").
• Michelle, the guest speaker in Jesus and Pals is dubbed as "朱雪高" (Zhū xuě gāo), which sounds like "猪血糕" (Pig's blood cake).
• The comments from the Michael Jackson fan are replaced to defend Taiwanese politician Lien Chan, rebutting allegations such as being a spendthrift and involvement in black gold corruption.
• During the boys' first filming of the Mexican staring frog video, there are no mentions of Steven Spielberg.
• The book which Jimbo reads to Ned at the hospital is replaced with a confession, where Jimbo admitted he had watched a performance of Hong Kong singer Gigi Leung without Ned.

Spanish (Latin America; 2nd)

• The price of the Jesus and Pals: Too Hot for TV! video is changed from $19.95 to $19.99.
• Instead of the usual line of "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" (¡Oh Dios Mío, mataron a Kenny!), Stan quotes "Holy God, they killed Kenny!" (¡Santo Dios, mataron a Kenny!).

Ukrainian

• While making threats towards Clyde on the Vietnam assignment, the portion of "to get a job cleaning septic tanks to support your drug habit" is replaced with "work as a hospital cleaner".