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• This episode aired shortly after the suicide of Mary Kay Bergman, who voiced most of the female characters. No female characters had any lines in this episode, apart from the S'more Schnapps girl who was voiced by Trey Parker, since a new female voice artist was not cast immediately, out of respect.
• This episode began the change in Cartman's voice, particularly during the bulk of the episode where he speaks using a Southern accent.
• Kyle and Kenny alternate between holding their flutes correctly (to the side) and incorrectly (down, like a recorder).
• The Visitors' home planet is seen, as well as Starvin' Marvin's new home, Marklar, when Kyle rips Cartman's beard off.
• The Visitors' home planet appears to resemble one of Jupiter's Moons, Io.
• When Kenny is killed, Marvin Marsh says, "You bastards!" before Kyle can.
• Al Gore has a totally different appearance later in "ManBearPig".
• Stuart McCormick says he has to go to work, however, he is unemployed in "Chickenpox". It is likely he found employment through a part-time or temporary job.
• Initially, Priest Maxi, Stuart McCormick, Jimbo & Ned, Bartender, Mr. Garrison and Butters reenact the Confederacy, The Boys, Randy, Gerald and Chef reenact the Union.
• This is also the first time Cartman wins in the end, usually most episode ends with him being bullied by Kyle or Stan.

References to Popular Culture

• The alcohol sponsor Jagermins is a spoof of Jägermeister.
• The title is a reference to the book The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, which is set in the American Civil War.
• A picture of actress Courtney Love is shown in the news report as the woman who was "forced to live off her own feces for several days".

Goofs

• When the reenactors are being rallied by Jimbo, they have both gray and blue uniforms - when they run out of the party, all the uniforms are gray.
• At the first reenactment when Ned is shot down, he talks without his voice box.
• During the re-enactment, both sides are actually using Confederate flags. The flag used by the Union reenactors is the Stars and Bars, while the Confederate Battleflag is flown by the Confederates. The actual Union flag in 1862, is the 34-star U.S. flag, in use after Kansas was admitted into the Union.
• When the President's aide first appeared he does not have a nose.
• When Carol McCormick reads the letter about Kenny's death, there is a barrel or an oil drum behind her with fire that is not animated.
• When walking away just before the episode ends, Cartman is still seen to have a beard when looking at him from the side, however the beard was torn off by Kyle a few seconds beforehand.

Kenny's Death

• Burnt to death by the United States National Guard warning flare. However, Marvin Marsh says Kyle usual line which causes Kyle to say "Hey".

Hidden Visitor(s)

• There are no hidden visitors, but they can be seen on their home planet.

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International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Vyznamenaná pitomost	Honored stupidity
Finnish	Punainen kunniamerkki Alternative: The War	Red badge of honor
French	Médaille de connerie avec palmes	Bullshit medals with palms
German	Fackeln im Sturm für Arme	lit. "Torch in the storm for the poor"
Hungarian	Észak és Dél	North and South
Italian	La guerra civile è un'opinione	Civil war is an opinion
Japanese	サウスパーク版南北戦争 (Sausupāku-ban nanbokusensō)	South Park Edition of the Civil War
Polish	Gejowskie godło odwagi	Gay courageous badge
Russian	Алый знак веселья (Alyy znak vesel'ya)	Scarlet sign of fun
Spain (Latin America)	La insignia roja de la homosexualidad Alternative: Guerra	The red badge of gayness Alternative: War
Spain (Spain)	La divisa roja de gayness	The red badge of gayness
Ukrainian	Червоний - Знак Відваги (Chervonyy - Znak Vidvahy)	Red - Sign of courage

Mandarin Chinese

• Locations featured in this episode are renamed to areas and landmarks of Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Topeka as Dadaocheng
  • Fort Sumter as Taipei Bridge
  • The White House as the Presidential Office Building