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This page contains trivia for "The Pandemic Special". Remember, trivia must be factual, provable, and it is always best to cite your source for not-so-obvious trivia. If you would like to dispute a trivia point, please discuss it in the talk page.
Trivia
- The Disclaimer at the beginning of the episode is altered to replace "due to its contents" with "due to COVID-19".
- This episode does not play the South Park Theme, instead having a brief "South Park Pandemic Special" title card about three minutes in.
- This is the first South Park episode that lasts for an hour instead of usual 30 minutes per episode.
- This is the first episode in the series to have aired in the 2020s.
- The Pangolin that becomes the focus of the episode is a real mammal. The appearance references one theory that illegal medicine trade of pangolin scales may have caused the COVID outbreak [1]
References to Popular Culture
- The song that plays when the cops begin pursuing the kids after they escaped from the school is "Kickstart My Heart" by Mötley Crüe.
- The music that plays during the montage of the police watching over the kids at South Park Elementary during quarantine is "Coming to L.A." from the soundtrack of the 1988 film They Live.
Continuity
- This is the second time that Token has been shot since "World War Zimmerman".
- This episode marks the return of the grim reaper Death after having appeared in the epynomous episode. Not counting video games and any minor appearances.
- There are flashbacks of Randy Marsh and Mickey Mouse from the Season 23 episode "Band in China".
- When Cartman is brought into the classroom by the cops, he squeals like a pig just like he did in the Season Twenty-Three episode "Shots!!!"
Kenny's Death
- Kenny's shot to death by the police force during riots. This is Kenny's first death in general since the Season Twenty-Two episode "Bike Parade" and his first on-screen death since the Season Seventeen episode "Titties and Dragons".
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