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== Weight-Gain 4000 ==

* Kathie Lee's song is the one she sang for Carnival Cruise lines. The song is originally from '''Sweet Charity.'''

* Garrison and Mr. Hat arguing is a likely parody of the film '''Magic''', where a ventriloquist has multiple personality disorder, and argues with his puppet.

* As Mr. Garrison walks down the street with his new purchase, everyone calls out "Nice gun". This is similar to a scene in '''Doc Hollywood,''' in which the title character walks down the street with a new pig given to him as payment for a doctor's visit. Everyone comments, "(that sure is a) Nice pig, Doc" etc.

* "It is…too late for me, young Wendy." was paraphrased from Darth Vader in '''[[Return of the Jedi]]'''.

* Cartman appears on '''Geraldo.'''

== Volcano ==

* Cartman's mention of Danforth could easily be a shout-out to '''Rambo: First Blood.''' John [[Rambo]] serves with a soldier named Danforth.

* The ''Lava and You'' film is a clear parody of 1950s nuclear safety films, which suggested "duck and cover" as an effective tactic when under nuclear attack.

== Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride ==

* Big Gay Al's departure is a spoof of Dr. Lao's disappearance at the end of '''[[Seven Faces of Dr. Lao]].'''

== An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig ==

* Mephisto and his assistant Kevin are homages to Dr. Moreau and his assistant Majal from the film '''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'''.

* Pip, who's full name is Philip Pirrup, is from the novel '''[[Great Expectations]]'''. He quotes the novel and will later star in an episode based on it.

* The end line, "That'll do, pig." is a reference to '''[[Babe]]'''.

== Death ==

* The music played by Grandpa Marsh to show Stan his pain is a clear (or actually, kinda muffled) parody of [[Enya]]'s ''Orinoco Flow''.

== Pinkeye ==

* The whole episode is very '''[[Return of the Living Dead]]''', especially doctors describing the symptoms.

* The doctor's intonation is very like [[Jimmy Stewart]].

* Puffy the Bear, who looks exactly like '''Smokey Bear'''.

* Chef trying to explain to the doctor that everyone is turning to zombies could be a reference to the novel, '''[[I Am Legend]]'''.

* The last shot, with the little bunch of flowers and the arm coming out of the grave was a likely homage to the end of '''[[Carrie]]'''.

* The canned food drive based on '''The Cash Grab.'''

* The end battle spoofs '''[[Braveheart]]'''.

== Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo ==

* With his stylized eyes, white gloves, and high voice, Mr. Hanky is reminiscent of [[Mickey Mouse]].

* Kyle carrying Mr. Hanky in a box and his initial inactivity in the presence of others causing Kyle to be put in an asylum is similar to plot devices around Michigan J. Frog from '''[[One Froggy Evening]]'''.

== Damien ==

* The Megaman toys are based on '''[[Power Rangers]].'''

== Tom's Rhinoplasty ==

* Wendy does herself up like Olivia Newton-John at the end of '''[[Grease]]'''.

== Mecha-Streisand ==

* The Japanese princesses in the shell are the ones whom Mothra has to rescue in Tokyo in his first film.

* Barbra Streisand becomes Mecha Barbura Sturaisanda, a reference to Mecha '''[[Godzilla]]'''

** Robert Smith becomes Robartu Smitu, his design based on '''Mothra.'''

*** And they all have their own song, just as the Japanese monsters do.

== Cartman's Mom Is A Dirty Slut ==

* Cartman's afro is based on Kid from '''Kid 'n Play'''. The clock is borrowed from Flavor Flav.

== Not Without My Anus ==

* Title is a reference to the film (and book) '''Not Without My Daughter'''. In the episode, Terrence needs to rescue his daughter.

* Saddam Hussein and Scott paraphrase Darth Vader and Lando in '''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'''.(Hussein says, "I changed my mind. Pray that I do not change it any more," to which Scott mutters, "This deal's getting worse all the time." In '''Empire''', Vader says, "I am altering the deal, pray I do not alter it any further." to which Lando mutters the same phrase as Scott, "This deal is getting worse all the time.")

* Chef states he used to watch '''[[Quincy]]'''.

* Kenny's journey to the 'backup generator' and the mention of 'velociraptors' reference '''[[Jurassic Park]]'''. A shadow of a dinosaur can be seen on the generator, later.

* Cannibalism under extreme conditions was the subject of the movie '''[[Alive]]''', which also featured the song ''Ave Maria''.

== Ike's Wee Wee ==

* Garrison is watching '''[[The Teletubbies]]'''.

* Dr. Schwartz paraphrases Luke from '''[[Return of the Jedi]]''' when speaking about circumcision in the family.

== Conjoined Fetus Lady ==

* When Pip throws his final throw against the Chinese team, the way he spins, throws the ball, then slowly stops spinning, is reminiscent of the Death Blossom scene in '''[[The Last Starfighter]]'''.

== City On The Edge Of Forever ==

* The video made by the parents echoes ''[[We Are the World]].''

== Summer Sucks ==

* [[Song of the South|Uncle Remus]] is mentioned in place of Uncle Sam.

== Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls ==

* Cartman makes mention of '''[[The Goonies]]'''.

* The flashback segment where Kyle remembers all he and Mr. Hanky did together is similar to the one in '''[[Frosty the Snowman]]''' where the kids remember all that Frosty did with them after Frosty melts away.

== Chickenpox ==

== Roger Ebert Should Lay Off The Fatty Foods ==

* The Latin phrase in the planetarium "Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!" roughly translates as "Bring me up, Scotsman," an allusion to the phrase "Beam me up, Scotty".

* The Cheesy Poofs talent search is much like those of Oscar Mayer.

== Clubhouses ==

* Fat Abbott's line "You Punk Ass Blasphemous Dope Fiend Bitch!" is taken from the film '''[[New Jack City]]'''.

== Chef Aid ==

== Spookyfish ==

* Sharon's reactions to Stan's supposed murder spree references '''[[The Bad Seed]]''', in which an eight-year-old girl is a killer. Carol McCormick also has reactions from the film when her son dies.

* The [[Indian Burial Ground]] pet store references '''[[Pet Sematary]]''', in which pets buried there come back evil.

== Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson ==

== Gnomes ==

* The film '''Lean On Me''' had a poster in it that said 'Eastside pride can never be denied.' A similar poster appears in the classroom at South Park Elementary.

* The Harbucks Rep dresses up like Joe Camel and passes out coffee giving a speech that would be reminiscent of a cigarette ad.

* Cartman's imprecise recap of a movie where a caveman is frozen and these people thaw him out and make him their caveman friend may be referring to the plot of '''[[Encino Man]]'''.

* Steve Irwin, the [[Crocodile Hunter]], is caricatured here.

== Spontaneous Combustion ==

* Randy's statue is Michelangelo's ''David.''

* The sequence in which Chef appears to Cartman and tells him the rescue was a dream comes from a scene in '''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]''' by Nikos Kazantzakis, in which Jesus is given a chance on the cross to live the rest of his life. Later, he finds out that it was all a dream and he is still dying on the cross.

== The Succubus ==

== Tweek Vs. Craig ==

== Jakovasaurs ==

== Sexual Harassment Panda ==

* Gerald's commercials come straight from the Larry H. Parker commercials seen in Southern California: Bebe's spot comes from the commercial in which this man sits proudly on his motorcycle as he says "Larry H. Parker got me 2.1 million." (These sorts of lawyer commercials can actually be seen all over the country)

== Cat Orgy ==

* The Wild Animal World segment Kitty watches on TV is the same one used in '''[[Natural Born Killers]]''', when Harrelson watches TV in a hotel room. (Note: this may or may not be a stock footage coincidence.)

== Two Guys Naked In A Hot Tub ==

== Jewbilee ==

== Starvin Marvin In Space ==

== Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery ==

== Hooked On Monkey Fonics ==

* Rebecca Cotswolds is based on Rebecca A. Sealfon, a Brooklyn girl who won the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Championship. Her major quirk was whispering the letters of a word into her hands before saying them aloud.

== Mr. Hanky's Christmas Classics ==

* The "fight the frizzies" anchorman is a reference to one of the tapes of '''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]],''' which has newscaster Rolland Smith saying that very thing after every commercial break.

== Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus ==

* Stan dropping the bottle and thunder crashing seems very [[Jekyll and Hyde]].

== Worldwide Recorder Concert ==

* Garrison's directions of "Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning." reference the directions to Never Never Land from '''[[Peter Pan]]'''.

== '''[[The Movie]]''' ==

== Bigger, Longer, and Uncut ==

* Cartman's battle with Saddam Hussein parodies '''[[Dragonball Z]]'''.

* Satan throwing Saddam into the pit of hell mirrors Darth Vader throwing the Emperor into the maintenance shaft in '''[[Return of the Jedi]]'''.

== '''Season Four:''' ==

== Tooth Fairy Tats 2000 ==

* The line, "I want those South Park kids dead, I want their families dead, I want their houses burnt to the ground!" is an Al Capone quote from '''[[The Untouchables]]'''.

* "Just off Arapahoe road on Emporia street" is the location given in radio commercials for The Shane Company, a diamond store in Denver.

* They use music from '''[[Oz]]''' for the juvenile hall scenes.

* Gruffy Bear is likely another reference to Smokey.

* The name of Cartman's cell mate, Romper Stomper, is a likely reference to the Australian film '''[[Romper Stomper]]''', about hate crime.

* The televised attempt by Cartman to evade the police in Kenny's Go Go Action Bronco is a parody when O.J. Simpson did the same in a white Bronco.

== Timmy 2000 ==

* The song that [[Phil Collins]] sings at the opening to the Lalapalalapaza festival is a parody of his 1985 single ''Sussudio.''

== Quintuplets 2000 ==

* The Cirque du Cheville references [[Cirque Du Soleil]].

* The storyline references the events surrounding Elián Gonzáles, and the Dionne Quintuplets of Canada.

== Cartman Joins NAMBLA ==

* The members of the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes are (unsurprisingly) nearly all dressed as characters played by [[Marlon Brando]].

* The Native American/Mexicans are [[Cheech and Chong]].

* Garrison's book In The Valley Of Penises spoofs '''[[Beyond the Valley of The Dolls]]''', the X-rated 1969 movie for which [[Roger Ebert]] wrote the screenplay. (Trey didn't much care for Ebert's review of '''South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut''', citing Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls as a reason Ebert should have been more positive in his review.)

== Chef Goes Nanners ==

* When Wendy kisses Cartman, his reaction is similar to that of Luke Skywalker in '''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''' after being kissed by Leia. Stan's might be similar to Han Solo's, though his shock goes on a bit longer.

== Something You Can Do With Your Finger ==

* During Randy's flashback, the manager of his band closely resembles J. Jonah Jameson from '''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'''.

== Do The Handicapped Go To Hell? ==

* The 'Hukilau' song is a real Hawaiian song about the traditional event of net-casting.

== Probably ==

* The repeated line throughout this episode, "Yeah, well, where was I going to go? Detroit?" was from the cult film '''[[The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'''.

== Fourth Grade ==

* Garrison and Choksondik have an exchange that echoes Luke and Yoda in '''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''', when Choksondik proclaims she isn't afraid, and Garrison says, "You will be. You will be." The parallel continues with the large hollow tree used as part of the training, containing only the demons they take in with them.

* The response to Cartman's taunts of "Suck my balls" with "Present them," references a portion of the book''' Educating Esmé,''' in which a mentor tells a student to drop his pants after he continually exclaims "suck my dick."

== Trapper Keeper ==

* "Bill Cosby," VSM471, is a compilation of movie references:

* When Cartman crashes the police cruiser into Cosby, he says "Book 'em, Barbrady," A reference to the line "Book 'em, Danno," of the show '''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'''

== Hellen Keller! The Musical ==

* The scenes in which Butters runs down the hallway to the auditorium come straight out of '''[[The Right Stuff]]''' whenever the Russians launched a new rocket.

* The way Timmy abandons his beloved pet turkey is very similar to a scene in '''[[Air Bud]]'''. In the movie a young boy takes his golden retriever out away from his house and walks away from the dog with tears in his eyes. (According to the [[Word of God|commentary]], Gobbles was originally a puppy)

* Timmy performs a feat right out of '''[[In the Line of Fire]]''' (and other films) when he dives out of his chair and takes a bullet for Gobbles.

== Pip ==

* '''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]''' is parodied in this episode. The music playing during those segments is from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Spring.

== Fat Camp ==

* James Taylor's ''Your Smiling Face'' is parodied.

* Cartman escaping and being returned to camp until he's done his time seems to come from '''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'''.

* Kenny eating dog crap is a possible reference to the infamous ending of '''[[Pink Flamingos]]'''.

* The town taken over by kids was a reference to '''[[Children of the Corn]]''', which features human sacrifice and a couple getting stuck in a town full of sinister children who have killed their parents. The woman is taken hostage and the man called "Outlander," by those holding his girlfriend captive.

* "We already played with our parents. Now we wanna play with you," is a paraphrase of a child in '''[[Pet Sematary]]'''.

== A Very Crappy Christmas ==

* ''Even a Miracle Needs a Hand'' comes from the Rankin/Bass animated TV film, '''[[Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'''. Mister Hanky's family mirrors the family of mice, with the eldest child questioning the concept of Christmas.

== '''Season Five:''' ==

== It Hits The Fan ==

* Mr. Garrison's song parodies '''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'''.

== Cripple Fight ==

* The Mountain Scouts' branding as a hate group is a reference to the Boy Scouts of America v. Dale case in 2000. [[Steven Spielberg]] said at the time that he was no longer proud to be a Scout.

== Scott Tenorman Must Die ==

* As in "Cat Orgy" and "4th Grade", Cartman quotes Pink Floyd's song ''Pigs (Three Different Ones'') by taunting "Ha ha, charade you are!"

* "You may take our pride, but you'll never take my Goddamned sixteen dollars and twelve cents" is a '''[[Braveheart]]''' paraphrase.

* Cartman's "That's all Folks!" parody of [[Porky Pig]] at the end of the episode is [[Fridge Brilliance|possibly a reference to an earlier event in the episode in which Cartman gets on his knees and sings "I'm a little piggy, here's my snout..." to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot".]]

== Terrance & Phillip: Behind the Blow ==

* The most obvious reference is the parody of [[VH-1]]'s '''Behind The Music.'''

== Cartmanland ==

== Proper Condom Use ==

{{quote| '''Butters:''' ''(in a deep, raspy voice through the mike)'' Just walk away. You can put a stop to all this. Just walk away and we will spare your lives. Just walk away.}}

== Towelie ==

* Cartman says a few lines from the movie '''[[Sling Blade]]''' ("You shouldn't'a done that, he's just a boy," and "poor little feller") with an accent similar to that in the movie, when referring to Stan's mom's tampon he found in the trash. His line about it being "not for usin', it's just for lookin' through" is from '''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]'''.

* The way Towelie says, "Wanna get high?" harkens to the [[Cheech and Chong]] movie '''[[Up in Smoke]]''', in which Chong is teaching a bird to say the same phrase.

== Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants ==

* The majority of the homages in this episode came from old [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoons:

** "What's up doc?" and the various Osama/Elmer Fudd take-offs. Both Bugs and Daffy regularly delighted in crossdressing for and kissing their opponents. Cartman's smart-ass [[Aside Glance]] to the camera while Bin Laden dined with the camel is something Bugs would do quite often under the direction of [[Chuck Jones]]. The signs ("screw-ball", etc) Cartman holds up at one point can be found often in these cartoons, although they never got quite as vulgar. The "Tiny, Isn't It" gag was a standard in director [[Bob Clampett]]'s cartoons. In a series of MGM cartoons directed by [[Tex Avery]], a wolf would lose control over a sexy redhead and go off in a series of wild poses called "takes". The takes of Bin Laden when he sees a dolled-up Cartman are direct parodies of this.

== Here Comes The Neighborhood ==

* The scene at the restaurant, where Simpson, the Ramseys, and Condit start chanting, "One of us, one of us, gooble gobble, gooble gobble", is a homage to a famous scene in the horror film, '''[[Freaks]]'''.

* The old man that tells Butters about the walk back to South Park is based on old man Jud from '''[[Pet Sematary]]''', who explains the history of the path to the Indian burial ground, with notably similar dialogue.

* The events of the episode parallel the well-publicized case of Susan Smith, who drowned her children and claimed they'd been abducted by a black guy.

== '''Season Six:''' ==

== Jared Has Aides ==

* The "hangout in danger of being closed" scene was lifted from '''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.''' The whole plot of the episode took off on several 80s ski movies such as '''[[One Crazy Summer]]''' and '''[[Better Off Dead]]'''.

* The Jud Crandall homage to '''[[Pet Sematary]]''' makes another appearance.

* The "True Freak Label" video that the freaks make is a shot-by-shot parody of the 'Look for the Union Label' commercial from the 70s, which showed the International Ladies Garment Workers Union singing.

* When Cartman appears on the Maury show and is arguing with the other out of control child about who's badder, he states he "ran for Congress, won, and then had sex with an intern, killed her, and hid her body." This is a reference to the Gary Condit scandal, referenced in the previous season finale.

== Fun With Veal ==

* Butters says good night to the calves the way '''[[The Waltons]]''' did to each other in the show of the same name.

* There are parallels between this episode and '''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''', including the airport sequence at the end, and Cartman's talks on the phone with the negotiator.

== The New Terrance & Phillip Movie Trailer ==

* The theme song for [[Russell Crowe]]'s show is a parody of ''The Lumberjack Song'' by [[Monty Python]].

* The TV robot's laser gun noises (along with the screams that accompany it) are taken from the computer game '''[[Empire Earth]]'''.

* The torrent of blood flowing out of the door references '''[[The Shining]]'''.

* The trailer for Asses of Fire II: Attack of the Cramps itself parallels the trailer for '''Star Wars Episode II: [[Attack of the Clones]]'''.

== Professor Chaos ==

* The competition used to find a fourth friend and the use of roses to show who stays is a parody of '''[[The Bachelor]]'''.

== Simpsons Already Did It ==

** Scheme to block out the sun comes from "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"

** Scheme to cut off the head of the town statue comes from "The Telltale Head"

** Scheme to shake up beer cans as to cause a massive explosion comes from "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"

** Forget world domination and just run away and join the circus - "Homerpalooza" and "Bart Carny."

* The name Priest Maxi is a reversal of [[Reggae|Maxi Priest]], an English reggae singer.

* The great queen spider worshiped by the Catholics is a reference to the 1970s '''Doctor Who''' serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S11 E5 Planet of the Spiders|Planet of the Spiders]].''

== Free Hat ==

* When [[George Lucas]] doesn't give the boys the negative, he says "It is... too late for me, boys." This echoes Darth Vader's words to Luke in '''[[Return of the Jedi]]'''.

* In the fake commercial for the remastered South Park pilot, the Visitor's ship is straight out of the Spielberg film '''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'''.

* The main plot of this episode parallels the movie '''Slums of Beverly Hills''', in which the protagonist grows breasts and gains a new level of popularity among the male crowd, and attempts to get breast reduction surgery.

* Cartman plays a game called "Lambs" that is simply a scene out of '''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'''.

* The scene of Bebe's boobs conspiring while she's asleep is a parody of a similar scene involving hands in '''Quicksilver Highway.'''

== Child Abduction Is Not Funny ==

* The Ghost of Human Kindness is very like the Ghost of Christmas Present in '''[[A Christmas Carol]]'''.

* The ram's horn and the way the children left the town is a bit like the Israelites leaving Egypt in '''[[The Ten Commandments]]'''.

* When the 'Sweet and Sour Pork' falls on top of Mr. Lu Kim from the Trojan Mongolian Horse, he says "I am gonna get you Mongorians, if it's the rast thing I do." This is a reference to Gargamel from '''[[The Smurfs]]''' cartoon.

* When the Mayor commands Mr. Lu Kim to "tear down this wall", it is a reference to Reagan's challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev.

== A Ladder To Heaven ==

* When Cartman sees things through Kenny's eyes, the scenes are similar to scenes in '''[[Being John Malkovich]]'''.

== The Return of The Fellowship Of The Ring to The Two Towers ==

** To start with, the boys cower under a tree's roots in order to hide from the 6th graders, who try to sniff them out, exactly like the Hobbits’ first encounter with the Ringwraiths in '''The Fellowship of the Ring'''.

** In the scene when the 6th graders meet on their bikes, a building in the background can be seen which says “More Doors Doors” (Mordor’s Doors.)

** The Butters knowses where the store is, just as the Smegol knowses how to get to Mordor.

** Butters falling down the chute after the tape mirrors Golumn's fall into the Cracks of Doom after the Ring.

== The Death Camp Of Tolerance ==

* The song Mr. Garrison is humming when he rides in on Mr. Slave is "On The Trail" from the Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé.

* There is an actual Museum of Tolerance at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a museum in Los Angeles which focuses "on the dynamics of racism and prejudice in America" (this quote is used in the episode) and the history of the Holocaust.

== The Biggest Douche In The Universe ==

* The song in the closing credits is a parody of the song played for the winner of the Miss America pageant.

== My Future Self 'N' Me ==

* The montage of young Stan and future Stan doing stuff together spoofs '''[[Silver Spoons]]''', in which a 12 year old moves in with his wealthy, childish father after being brought up by his mother and spending time at a military school. The line in the little song, "One of them's messy, the other one clean!" is from '''[[The Odd Couple]]'''.

== Red Sleigh Down ==

* The title and some of the plot of this episode is from the film, '''[[Black Hawk Down]]'''.

* The two Iraqi children with large eyes are spoofs on the Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. At the end of the episode, the faces of Stan, Kyle, and Cartman also briefly reflect this style.

== '''Season Seven:''' ==

== Cancelled ==

* The scientist, named Jeff, who helps Chef and the boys looks like a South Park version of Jeff Goldblum. In a reference to '''[[Independence Day]]''', when puzzling out alien technology and action, Jeff follows unlikely chains of thought to come to conclusions that, curiously, turn out to be exactly correct. Eventually he gets to a point about uploading a virus to the alien ships, which is pointed out to be ridiculous by Chef.

* Chef driving the boys away from the aliens and performing stunts with his station wagon while an announcer comments on the action is a '''[[The Dukes of Hazzard|Dukes of Hazzard]]''' reference, complete with the car horn playing 'Dixie.' The alien giving chase impersonates the cackling laugh of Sheriff Coltrane.

* The clip where people are running scared across a bridge is from the Danish monster horror movie '''Reptilicus.'''

* The appearance of Gene Hackman as Reeve's nemesis was a reference to early Superman films in which he played [[Lex Luthor]].

* The film '''The Cross and the Switchblade''', about a preacher who moves to the ghettos of New York to turn the young members of several gangs away from drugs and violence against each other, has an ending quite similar to the one in this episode: the gangs are about to fight but are persuaded not to by the preacher's sermon.

* At the end of the episode, Christopher Reeve is trapped inside the Phantom Zone, a square that is floating in space. This is a reference to the fate of Jor-El's enemies General Zod, Ursa, and Non.

== Toilet Paper ==

* The scene in which the boys toilet paper Mrs. Dreibel's house while ''Adagio for Strings'' by Samuel Barber plays in the background is a reference to the film '''[[Platoon]]'''.

* Josh, locked up for toilet papering houses, talks and behaves like Hannibal Lecter throughout the episode. His dialogue with Barbrady, his restraints, and his escape are all homages to '''[[Silence of the Lambs]]''' or '''[[Red Dragon]]'''.

* Kyle's nightmares reference Nancy Kerrigan when she's being treated by medics after being attacked in 1994. In the second dream sequence is real footage of the skater crying, "Why!? Why!?"

* The character of Ms. Lopez is based on the characters of "Johnny" and "Pedro" in the ventriloquism of Señor Wences.

* The scene at the mall, where Cartman has Ms. Lopez kiss Kyle, is taken directly from the 1979 movie '''The In-Laws.'''

== Lil' Crime Stoppers ==

* The scenes and music which have the boys interact with the lieutenant and his men are a tribute to '''[[The Shield]]'''.

* The scene in which the boys go into the strip club and the accompanying music are taken from '''[[New Jack City]]'''.

* The Peppermint Hippo strip club is a spoof of the Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen's Club, an actual place.

* The term "five-oh" for cops comes from the program '''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'''.

== Red Man's Greed ==

* The first time the Chief is moving into the town and the boys standing in his way is a reference to the famous incident in Tiananmen Square, in which one man stood in front of a line of tanks.

* Shock and Awe was a catchphrase used for the strategies employed during the operation to invade Iraq, which had begun when the episode originally aired.

== Christian Rock Hard ==

* The tour of wealthy musicians is done in a similar style to the tour given Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Present in '''[[A Christmas Carol]]'''. The comment of an island without an owner is a direct paraphrase.

* The Faith Records building matches the Capitol Records building almost exactly; the main change was the cross at the summit.

== Grey Dawn ==

* The music that accompanies the cars in the sequence where the boys and Stan's dad try to escape the elderly is a parody of John Carpenter's theme from the film '''[[Christine]]'''. The episode doubly parodies the film in how the cars are shown slowly approaching head on down a long straight road.

* The topical reference of this show is George Russell Weller's fatal car accident at the Santa Monica farmer's market in July 2003, in which he killed 10 people. The car Weller drove, a Buick LeSabre from 1992, is also featured in the episode, as the car which killed a man who was fishing when the car was driven of a bridge.

== Casa Bonita ==

== All About Mormons ==

== Butt Out ==

* Rob Reiner tells the tobacco company "You've just been Reiner'd!", a reference to '''Punk'd.'''

* Cartman's commercial was a spoof of one starring Yul Brynner, who died from lung cancer. The commercial aired after his death and had this line: "I'm Yul Brynner, and I'm dead now ... 'cause I smoked cigarettes."

== Raisins ==

* Stan's holding up his boombox while he stands under Wendy's window playing a [[Peter Gabriel]] song is from '''[[Say Anything]]''' (but it's "Shock the Monkey" instead of "In Your Eyes," which is what [[John Cusack]] played in the film.) Later, the movie was referenced again when Stan talked to the goths about hanging out with them after losing his girl. John Cusack did much the same with a group of his peers.

* Goth!Stan is seen wearing an [[Edgar Allan Poe]] shirt. His Goth name is 'Raven,' clear reference to the famous poem by Poe.

== It's Christmas In Canada ==

** The initial encounter with the Canadians emerging shyly from hiding is very close to Dorothy's first encounter with the Munchkins, and the arrival of Scott garners a similar reaction to the arrival of the wicked witch.

** After this is a song about following the road, closely aping ''Follow the Yellow Brick Road.''

== '''Season Eight:''' ==

== Good Times With Weapons ==

* The boys crying over their "dead parents" could come from the film '''Millions''', in which characters often use their dead mother to get their way.

* The announcer recapping the episode and introducing the next one is a technique utilized in Japanese anime series, particularly '''[[Dragonball Z]]'''.

* As Kyle struggles to throw away his weapons down a well, Cartman attempts to dissuade him and uses the words, "You know this to be true." This echoes Darth Vader in '''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''' when he reveals he is Luke Skywalker's father.

* The idea to take Butters to a blind Veterinarian parodies a similar idea in the movie '''The Three Fugitives.'''

* The boys hiding Butters in an abandoned stove is reminiscent of the tv-movie '''J.T.''' in which the title character makes a similar home for a stray cat.

* This episode aired a month and a half after [[Janet Jackson]]'s "[[Wardrobe Malfunction]]" at [[Super Bowl]] XXXVIII. At the end of the episode, the townspeople are enraged that their children saw Cartman naked, rather than being angry at Butters having a shuriken lodged in his eye.

* Jimmy's storyline parallels '''A Body to Die For: the Aaron Henry Story''', a tv movie in which a high school kid wants to be popular and play football, but doesn't have strength, size, or stamina. A guy at the gym "hooks him up" with steroids and, in ten weeks he's buff and angry, smacking around his girlfriend and yelling at his mom. He attempted suicide and suffered two heart attacks, bleeding kidneys, and kidney stones.

* When Jimmy beats up his mother and girlfriend, it plays "Adagio for Strings" then goes to a shot where he punches his wall, falls to the ground, and the camera zooms away in a spiral shot. This is taken from the film '''Lorenzo's Oil''' in which Francesco hits his mother, played by Susan Surandon, after taking steroids for a rare neurological disease.

* Note: Cartman's storyline could appear to be an homage to '''The Ringer''', but this episode aired more than a year before the release of that film.

== The Passion Of The Jew ==

** When the boys find Gibson's wallet, he is heard to yell "Freedom!" offscreen while looking for them - a reference to '''[[Braveheart]]'''.

** Gibson is heard saying "Gimme back my money", which is a reference to an often-used quote from the movie '''[[Ransom]]''' where Mel Gibson's character is heard screaming "Gimme back my son!" into a phone.

* Gibson's blocking of doorways in different costumes and jumping around is reminiscent of a classic [[Daffy Duck]] cartoon titled ''Yankee Doodle Daffy.''

== You Got F'ed in the A ==

* This episode lampoons the 2004 movie, '''You Got Served,''' as well as elements of '''Save The Last Dance''' (Butters quitting dancing because of the accident he caused, like [[Julia Stiles]]' character quitting ballet because her mom died in a car crash)

* The 'something in my front pocket' song bears a resemblance to the thermos song [[Steve Martin]] sings in '''[[The Jerk]]'''.

* The song the farmer sings to his duck is a parody of ''The Crawdad Song.''

== AWESOM-O ==

* The 'Robot Pal' song is a play on the theme to '''The Courtship of Eddie's Father.'''

== The Jeffersons ==

* Cartman's reference to not wanting any Austrians in town could well be a reference to '''[[The Sound of Music]]''', in which an Austrian Captain refuses to join Hitler's army.

* The train and other rides in the backyard are taken directly from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. Dangling Blanket out the window is also directly from an incident in which Michael Jackson yelled at reporters out a window with his infant son hanging precariously from his arm.

* Mr. Jefferson is seen at the end of the episode wearing a red jacket, shambling, with plastic surgery falling off his face: a nod to Zombie!Michael Jackson from the ''Thriller'' video.

== Goobacks ==

* A reference is made to the film '''Timerider''', in which a young man goes back in time through no discernible method.

* When the "time border" gets wider and many "time immigrants" come through, it resembles a scene from '''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'''.

== Douche and Turd ==

* The PETA Animal Sanctuary has some resemblance to '''[[Jurassic Park]]'''.

== Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes ==

* When the boys infiltrate the Wall-Mart to get to the heart, Stan's father approaches the boys with an ax to show them the bargain price of it. This shot of Randy is reminiscent of [[Jack Nicholson]] in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s '''[[The Shining]]'''.

* When the people find out Wall-Mart's weak point, Chef says, "Spread the word to other towns" to a telegraph operator in a parody of the end of '''[[Independence Day]]'''.

== Preschool ==

* Trent Boyett's release from prison mimics Joliet Jake Blues' release from prison in '''[[The Blues Brothers]]''', specifically the mentioning of items returned to him.

* Trent's character and quest for revenge are references to the film '''[[Cape Fear]]'''. He may also have a reference to [[The Punisher]] in his skull tattoo.

* The music in Craig's show is a variation of the one used in '''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''', Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph.

* Parts of the boys' trip scene, especially the fish-eye lens and distorted music, are an homage to the film '''[[Easy Rider]]'''.

* The Greek myth of '''Icarus''' is mentioned by Cartman before he attempts to fly, and Butters makes an additional reference to Kyle, telling him not to fly too high or his wings will melt off.

* Cartman having an accident, waking from a coma with psychic powers, walking around in a long coat/robe with a cane, and assisting the police with investigations comes from '''[[The Dead Zone]]'''.

* Cartman and the other psychics mimic the music accompanying the use of powers in the movie '''[[Firestarter]]'''.

* The killer kidnapping Cartman, tying him to a wheelchair, making him watch slideshow, and the line "Do you see!?!?" all come from '''[[Red Dragon]]'''.

* Kyle blowing out the lights with his anger is a likely reference to '''[[Carrie]]'''.

== Woodland Critter Christmas ==

* The premise is said in the [[Word of God|commentary]] to be based on '''John Denver's Critter Christmas.'''

* Mousey Mouse comes directly from '''[[Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'''.

* "Jews can't play basketball!" could be a reference to '''White Men Can't Jump.''' (could also just be Cartman ripping on Kyle again.)

* After becoming a woman, Mrs. Garrison flashes the cameras from the ''Girls Gone Wild'' pornography franchise.

* Dr. Biber's name is a reference to Stanley Biber, a pioneer of sex reassignment surgery, who in 1954 was working at the United Mine Workers clinic in Trinidad, Colorado. His more ridiculous traits may be a reference to Dr. John Ronald Brown, who performed several slapdash sex changes.

== Die Hippie, Die ==

* Cartman barging in on a council meeting to talk about the hippie problem references '''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]''' with the line, "2 hippies are coming here every second" echoing "The temperature drops 10 degrees every second."

* The term "little Eichmanns," which the neo-hippies often use in the episode, is a reference to the controversy over University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill's article titled "Some People Push Back" in which Churchill referred to the people who worked at the World Trade Center in New York City as "little Eichmanns."

== Wing ==

== Best Friends Forever ==

* There are also some parallels with [[Kevin Smith]]'s '''[[Dogma]]''', in which a coma keeps a soul (in that case, God) trapped on Earth and unable to save the universe.

* The story parallels a high-profile case of a feeding tube being pulled from a vegetative woman named Terri Schaivo, who was almost entirely braindead. Her parents opposed her husband in taking her off life support, claiming she was aware, and President Bush signed legislation designed to keep her alive, hence Kevin's whispering to him in this episode.

== The Losing Edge ==

* The pitcher on the Denver team (with the mustache) resembles Danny Almonte, the fourteen year old kid who pitched a perfect Little League game (and was found to be too old to play in Little League.)

== The Death Of Eric Cartman ==

* Much of the plot could have been based on the film '''Once Upon A Scoundrel.''' In the film, a cruel land owner gets fed a sleeping potion and is then ignored by the villagers as revenge for his cruelty. He thinks that he is a ghost and that he has to do good deeds in order to go to heaven.

* The scene where Cartman walks into the fields to "Rest in peace" is a reference to '''[[Field of Dreams]]'''.

* When Jimmy imagines everyone laughing at him on stage, the kaleidoscopic views resemble the scene in '''[[Carrie]]''' where she is being laughed at onstage.

* The establishing scene at Colfax Point alludes to ''Hookers at the Point,'' a documentary about prostitutes working the streets of Hunt's Point in the Bronx.

** Stan calling his father on the phone while the water level rises is a reference to a similar scene where Sam calls his father while trying to outlast the fatal coldness.

* The jammed road leading out of the town while people try to evacuate is highly reminiscent of '''[[Independence Day]]'''.

* The final scene where everyone says "I broke the dam" is likely a reference to '''[[Spartacus]]''' where the title character comes forward as Spartacus, and [[I Am Spartacus|the slave-crowd all claim to be Spartacus in an effort to protect him]].

* There are several references to the response to Hurricane Katrina, particularly the various ad hoc explanations for the increased level of suffering from the hurricane and its aftermath and the anger and unwillingness to negotiate between all the parties in the Katrina relief effort, the media coverage that occurred during the hurricane's aftermath, and the Houston mass evacuation during Hurricane Rita.

* The man with the shopping cart full of beer is a parody of the man seen wading through the flood after Hurricane Katrina with a bucket full of beer. He's known as the "Beer Looter Dude" and the "Looter Guy, Hurricane Hero."

* The giant penis Randy Marsh draws on the map of America is most likely based on a real [http://www.snopes.com/photos/risque/weathermap.asp National Weather Service wind distribution map for Hurricane Rita], which bore a resemblance to a giant penis.

== Marjorine ==

* Reference is made to the film '''Juwanna Mann,''' in which an NBA player cut from his team dresses in drag to join the WNBA.

* Much of the storyline involving the Stotches is a reference to '''[[Pet Sematary]]''', with the character of Jud Crandall warning about the Indian Burial Ground bringing things back to life after a man has lost his son.

== Follow That Egg ==

* "Daywalker" is a term used in [[Blade]] to describe Blade himself, who had the powers of a vampire with the ability to walk in the sunlight.

* The entire ginger convention in the Sunset Room at the Airport Hilton was a reference to the [[Roald Dahl]] book '''[[The Witches]]'''. In the book, the witches were working on a plan for exterminating children in a hotel convention room.

== Trapped In The Closet ==

== Bloody Mary ==

* The main point of this episode is to compare twelve step programs to cults and religions, and to state that alcoholism isn't a disease. [[Penn & Teller]] have made a similar point in their show, '''[[Penn and Teller Bullshit|Bullshit!]]''' including the point about cancer being a disease and consuming alcohol being a choice.

== '''Season Ten:''' ==

== The Return Of Chef ==

* The rebirth of Chef into Darth Chef is a parody of Darth Vader's transformation at the end of '''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'''.

* The smug cloud from [[George Clooney|Clooney]]'s [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] speech entering Arizona is much like the clouds rolling into Area 51 in '''[[Independence Day]]'''.

* Stan's song, ''People Now'' is reminiscent of ''Get Together'', an oft-recorded protest song from the sixties. The most well-known version is by The Youngbloods.

* The concept of storms colliding is taken from the movie '''[[The Perfect Storm]]''' (starring [[George Clooney]]) in which a group of fishermen from Maine get caught in a thunderstorm created from the combining of three smaller storm systems.

== Cartoon Wars Part I ==

* Burying one's head in the sand is a behavior commonly attributed to the ostrich while feeding, and is typically used as a metaphor for hiding from reality.

== Cartoon Wars Part II ==

== A Million Little Fibers ==

* Part of this episode addresses a controversy over a book titled '''A Million Little Pieces''', which was found to be part biographical and part fictional exaggeration.

* Geraldo Rivera falsely reporting from Afghanistan is briefly lampooned here.

== manbearpig ==

* Gore frequently exits scenes exclaiming "Excelsior!" in reference to [[Stan Lee]] using it at the end of every "Bullpen Bulletins" column in the [[Marvel Comics]].

== Tsst! ==

* Cartman's line "Yes! Let the anger come! Strike me down while you can!" is a paraphrase of Emperor Palpatine in '''[[Return of the Jedi]]'''.

== Make Love, Not Warcraft ==

* The French phrase Cartman throws at Clyde is directly from the song, ''Lady Marmalade.''

== Mystery Of The Urinal Deuce ==

* The Hardly Boys are a spoof on the '''[[Hardy Boys]]''', a pair of detectives whose exploits were shown in the Hardy Boy/[[Nancy Drew]] mystery novels and TV series.

* "He died like a pig" is a line from '''[[The Untouchables]]'''.

* Cheney's lousy marksmanship is a probable reference to a hunting accident he had, in which he shot someone in the face with buckshot.

== Miss Teacher Bangs A Boy ==

* The premise was based on some high-profile cases of blonde, female teachers sleeping with their teenage students. The most likely candidates are Debra Lafave, Mary Kay LeTourneau, and Cara Dickey.

** Debra Lafave blamed bipolar disorder for her behavior, much as Miss Stephenson claimed alcohol was to blame.

== Hell On Earth 2006 ==

* Satan's behavior was, as stated, based on the girls from '''[[My Super Sweet Sixteen]]'''.

* The interactions and title card 'Three Murderers' was an homage to '''[[The Three Stooges]]''', with Ted Bundy in the role of Moe, Jeffry Dahmer in the role of Larry, and John Wayne Gacy in the role of Curly.

* The opening credits to '''[[Buck Rogers in The 25th Century]]''' are copied to transition Cartman to the future.

* The machine visible screen left when Cartman is revived bears a resemblance to Max from '''[[Flight of the Navigator]]'''.

* The conversation between [[Richard Dawkins]] and Mrs. Garrison about changing the future is almost identical in terms of music and style to the mental-conversations between Baltar and Number Six in the new series of '''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'''.

== Go God Go XII ==

* The opening credits spoof '''Buck Rogers''' once again.

* The New New Hampshire Museum of Technology resembles the ruined Delphi Museum in the '''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''' episode "Kobol's Last Gleaming."

* '''[[Doctor Who]]''' had a robotic dog called K-9 in certain runs of the show. The actual design of Cartman's robot, however, is closer to that of Twiki from '''Buck Rogers'''.

== Stanley's Cup ==

* The outfits that Stan and Adams County Team's coach wear, as well as the hair styles, are reminiscent of the outfits of the "Miracle on Ice" coaches Herb Brooks and Viktor Tikhonov at the time of the 1980 Winter Olympics.

== With Apologies To Jesse Jackson ==

* The way in which Michael Richards scolds Randy about being "just another damn nigger guy" is a reference to a scene from the movie '''[[Glory]]'''.

* The comedy club in this episode, ''The Laugh Factory'', is the same place where Michael Richards made his infamous racial slur.

== Cartman Sucks ==

* A homosexual re-education camp with clearly homosexual camp councilors is the setting of '''[[But I'm a Cheerleader]]'''.

* The suicides at the camp may have been a reference to Stuart Matis, instructed by his church to undergo 'reparative therapy' for his homosexuality. His suicide note said he hoped the Church of Latter Day Saints would learn to accept homosexuals.

* Travis running through the forest of hair may be a reference to '''[[Apocalypto]]''', especially considering the soundtrack.

* Travis' attempts to warn the other lice is similar to Dennis Quaid's character in '''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'''. They both warn a vice president, who ignores their warning until things go wrong.

* The "Forbidden Zone" is a reference to '''[[Planet of the Apes]]''', where a similar desolate area exists beyond a civilization.

* "If we find anything, we'll try to send help for the rest of you." is a line from '''[[The Poseidon Adventure]]'''.

* It is initially implied that Kenny will be punished by a soap and sock beating, an allusion to '''[[Full Metal Jacket]]''', in which an underperforming soldier receives such a beating. In the episode, Kenny is washed instead.

== The Snuke ==

== Fantastic Easter Special ==

* The episode parodies '''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''' throughout.

** The Hare Club for Men is a parody of the secret society Priory of Sion.

* The scene where the ninjas attack Snowball resembles a similar strike against Katsumoto in '''[[The Last Samurai]]'''.

* When the rabbits are captured, the scene in which Randy asks another rabbit how he is comes from part of the opening scene in '''3 Skulls Of The Toltecs'''.

** A microwave is used as a bomb in '''[[Under Siege]]'''.

* Jesus's escape from prison by resurrecting elsewhere after Kyle reluctantly kills him is similar to the episode "Rapture" from '''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''', in which Sharon Agathon, a Cylon capable of being reborn in a new body upon death, convinces her hesitant husband to kill her so she can resurrect on a Cylon ship where their daughter is being held.

* The pseudo-Latin hymn the Hares sing is a loose, faux-Latin translation of ''[[Here Comes Peter Cottontail]].''

== D-Yikes! ==

* The bar's street number is 13280 which is "lezbo" in [[Leet Lingo]].

* The conversation between Garrison and Allison in the bathroom references '''[[The L Word]]'''. The same reference is echoed later between Garrison and Xerxes.

** During the first parley, Mrs. Garrison echoes the lines and actions of King Leonidas. Mrs. Garrison says, "Choose your next words wisely, Persian", to which the persian replies "This is crazy!", which is then followed by "No, this isn't crazy. This! Is! Les Bos!" She then kicks the Persian messenger — though, instead of kicking him in the chest as Leonidas does in the movie, Garrison [[Groin Attack|kicks the messenger in the groin]].

** Many scenes alternate between slow-motion and speed-up action, accompanied with heavy rock music. A narrative voice describes the current action.

== Night Of The Living Homeless ==

== Le Petite Tourette ==

* When Kyle is forced to apologize to Cartman. Cartman cocks his head and blinks his eyes (with accompanying sound effects) in a manner similar to [[Bugs Bunny]].

* The tics of the spokesman for Tourette's might be taken from the internet's Tourettes Guy.