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Stan and Kyle break off their friendship in this episode, but unlike other times, they don't makeup at the end. However, they did makeup in the next episode.
Kenny is unhooded at Stan's party and his face is not obscured. He can be seen during the shot of all of the boys who attended Stan's party right after they finished singing "Happy Birthday." He is sitting on the left side of the table, third from the front. This is the only time since The Losing Edge that Kenny's face has appeared entirely unaltered and unobscured.
When a news report speaks about the Tween Wave, the network is CNN and not altered as South Park usually does with every network name.
Stan's mobile operator is called "Singular". "Singular" is a parody of a defunct mobile operator called Cingular (now part of AT&T).
All of the boys have an iPod Touch/iPhone, except Kenny who has an iPod Shuffle.

References to Popular Culture

Various bands and their music are parodied:
- "Landslide": released by the Fleetwood Mac featuring Stevie Nicks in 1975. From the album Rumours.
- "Every Breath You Take": released by The Police in 1983. From the album Synchronicity.
- Randy Marsh's Tween Wave name, Steamy Ray Vaughn, is a parody of blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn.
- Randy performs with a woman calling herself "Steamy Nicks". This is a parody of singer Stevie Nicks.
There are a few references to modern-day pop and R&B artists in Randy's room at the time he tried to get into Tween Wave.
- The cover for Gersploosh is a take on the album Scream album by pop-rock band Tokio Hotel.
- There is a visible poster in Randy's room that says "Bruno Saturn". The name and logo text parodies real pop musician Bruno Mars.
The boys comment on L.A. Noire's gameplay. It is looked on with a positive perspective in all but Stan's case.
When Randy performs on stage, there's an arcade machine with Custer's Revenge the background, which is an early video game infamous for its offensive content and was widely regarded as one of the worst video games ever made at the time. A cabinet was also seen in "Guitar Queer-O"
At the Bijou Cinema, the posters and marquee advertise the film X-Men: First Class, which was released five days before this episode originally aired.
Various real movies are satirized. All of the following fake trailer's can also be heard in the South Park: The Stick of Truth while exploring the Bijou Cinema.:
- Mr. Popper's Penguins: released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 2011. Starring Jim Carrey.
- Jack and Jill: released by Columbia Pictures on November 11, 2011. Starring Adam Sandler.
- Zookeeper: released by Columbia Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures on July 8, 2011. The Doctor that examines Stan mentions the film Zookeeper
The following are fake movies seen in the episode:
- An untitled movie about a Duck President. Becomes a recurring gag in this episode and "Ass Burgers". Returns in a cameo in "Obama Wins!".
- An untitled movie with Adam Sandler.

Controversy

This episode caused a large uproar amongst fans. There were thousands of tweets about whether this would be the last episode of South Park as many felt the ending seemed like the show was being written into its conclusion. However, the air dates for the next seven episodes were announced on South Park Studios, and creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker stated their intentions to continue the show.^[1]

Continuity

Randy and Sharon reveal that they aren't happy together and divorce. This is the second time this has happened, the first being in the episode "Clubhouses". As permanent as it initially seems in this episode, they work it out in the next episode.
After the first episode in the season, "HUMANCENTiPAD", it seemed that Liane Cartman had started behaving strictly towards her son, not falling for Cartman's faking of being a good kid, however, this changed again in the next episode, in which Cartman seems to gain control over his mother's life as it was before "HUMANCENTiPAD".
When Sharon talks about Randy getting into baseball fights, obsessing over World of Warcraft and becoming a chef, these are references to the events that occurred in "The Losing Edge", "Make Love, Not Warcraft", and "Crème Fraiche", respectively.
This is the second episode to feature a cliffhanger that would be revealed months later. The first was the "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", the Season One finale.
This is the only episode where Cartman and Kyle have seemed to have gotten along throughout the entire episode despite the many years of constant conflict and hostility between each other.
The game Thirst for Blood can be seen in arcade form at the pizza party. Thirst for Blood was a game for the Okama GameSphere in the episode "Towelie".
This is the second time the credits have rolled in silence, the first time being in the episode "Free Willzyx".
This is Sheila's only speaking appearance in Season Fifteen.

Goofs

When Sharon is washing the dishes, the thumb on her right-hand switches sides.
At the birthday party, Kyle is sitting next to Liane. However, when the shot moves back to her for the line "every time somebody gets a present...", Kyle (who was present in the shot the last time the angle was used) disappears. He reappears later.
When Cartman, Kenny, and Kyle are playing L.A. Noire, Cartman says that one of the people in-game is lying and tells Kyle to hit X although the player actually has to hit Y for the "Lie" option. The X button is for the "Doubt" option.