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* "Would you like some toasted cheese sandwiches?" is an homage to one of the '''[[Psycho]]''' movies; Norman Bates tells Mary Loomis that she smells like the toasted cheese sandwiches his mother used to bring him.
* When Stan and Sparky are leaving Big Gay Al's, Al says "When you get back to town, tell them about us, will you? Tell them there are gay animals here who need homes, desperately." This is the same thing the Winged Lion says about the Misfit Toys to Rudolph and the Dentist Elf, in the '''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]''' stop-motion Christmas special, before they leave the Island and return to Santa.
* Big Gay Al's departure is a spoof of Dr. Lao's disappearance at the end of '''[[
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== Chickenlover ==
* The rainbow motif on the Booktastic Bus is likely a reference to '''[[Reading Rainbow]].'''
* Barbrady and Cartman are both seen filming episodes of '''[[
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== Spookyfish ==
* Clear reference to the '''[[Star Trek]]''' episode ''[[Star Trek/Recap/S2/E04 Mirror, Mirror|Mirror, Mirror]]'', which featured bearded warlike counterparts of the crew. The portal references the episode ''Assignment: Earth'' and the fight between the two Cartmans references ''Whom Gods Destroy'', where a shapeshifter takes on Kirk's appearance and Kirk tells Spock he must kill them both. Throughout the episode, the crappy 'split screen' effect can be seen.
* 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.
* Evil Cartman refers to his mom as Mother, as Norman Bates referred to his mom in '''[[Psycho]]'''.
* The way Stan deals with his spooky goldfish comes from '''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]''', when a boy is afraid of a clown doll.
* The spinning [[Barbra Streisand]] transitions are a reference to old 1960s hero shows like Batman and Robin.
* The [[Indian Burial Ground]] pet store references '''[[Pet Sematary]]''', in which pets buried there come back evil.
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== Starvin Marvin In Space ==
* The wormhole is right out of '''[[Star Trek:
* Sally Struthers appears here as [[Star Wars|Jabba the Hutt]] with her very own Tiberian Junker, and Kenny is frozen in carbonate.
* The bridge of the Christian Ship resembles that of the [[Star Trek|Enterprise]], but the exterior is more Klingon and '''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]''' influenced.
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* When Cartman refuses to donate a kidney to Kyle, he sings "no" to the tune of ''Comedy Tonight'' from '''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]].'''
* The Native American/Mexicans are [[Cheech and Chong]].
* Garrison's book In The Valley Of Penises spoofs '''[[Beyond the Valley of
* When Cartman wakes up to find his kidney missing, his bed is covered in blood and the Kidney Blocker 2000 ripped off his body. This scene is much like the death of Khartoum in '''[[The Godfather]]'''.
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* The plot of this episode contains elements of Shakespeare's '''[[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]'''. This episode also echoes the story of Thyestes in Greek mythology, whose sons are killed and fed to him by his brother Atreus.
* As in "Cat Orgy" and "4th Grade", Cartman quotes Pink Floyd's song ''Pigs (Three Different Ones'') by taunting "Ha ha, charade you are!"
* Cartman's gathering the other kids in his basement and telling them about his plan to get rid of Scott Tenorman is based on Pee Wee's speech to an uninterested crowd about the theft of his bike in '''[[Pee
* "You may take our pride, but you'll never take my Goddamned sixteen dollars and twelve cents" is a '''[[Braveheart]]''' paraphrase.
* Kenny dying in this episode is similar to the way the Weasels die in '''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'''; laughing so hard they die and then their ghosts rising up laughing as well.
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* "Who Farted?" is a spoof of the [[Abbott and Costello]] sketch "[[Who's on First?]]"
* The '''[[Hamlet]]''' scene is more or less line-for-line.
* The Terrance & Phillip Saturday morning cartoon is a parody of '''[[Star Trek: The
* Kenny being chopped up piece by piece references the decimation of the Black Knight in '''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'''.
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* 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.
* The scene where a man tells Maury that "the ratings have just started to plummet" is a play on '''[[Star Trek: The
== Fun With Veal ==
* Stan's break-in to the veal ranch echoes the '''[[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]]''' film, using the appropriate playset.
* 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.
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* The death camp of tolerance itself parodies '''[[Schindler's List]]'''.
* 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.
* After Mr. Garrison's angry outburst, a character responds "But the museum tells us to be tolerant." This character and event is a reference to '''[[Star Trek: The
* 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 ==
* After Chef's mother exorcises Kenny's soul from Cartman's body, she says "this child is clean." This is a reference to '''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]''', in which the house is declared clean after exorcism.
* The Intergalactic BDIU Committee's ship bears a passing resemblance to the Vulcan ship from '''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'''.
* The ship where The Biggest Douche in the Universe awards show is held looks strikingly similar to Boddole Zer's command station ship from '''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'''.
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== '''Season Seven:''' ==
== Cancelled ==
* In the '''[[Star Trek: The
* 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.
* The opening of the decrypted alien reality-TV show resembles the initial opening of '''[[Star Trek: The
* "Reversing the polarity" is a phrase from '''[[Doctor Who]]''', said more than once by the Third Doctor. The sound of the power shutting down when Jeff tries to reverse the polarity is the sound of opening and closing doors from '''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'''.
* 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.
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* The name of the arcade, Flynn's Sinistarcade references '''[[Tron]]''' and a video game called '''[[Sinistar]]'''.
* The 'something in my front pocket' song bears a resemblance to the thermos song [[Steve Martin]] sings in '''[[The Jerk]]'''.
* The deaths in Butters' flashback are similar to the deaths shown in several films: '''[[Ghost Ship (2002 film)||Ghost Ship]]''' (the couple cut in half by a swift-falling cable), '''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''' (the bisected man collecting his organs as he bleeds to death), '''[[Final Destination]]''' (the man getting crushed by the stage light and the woman getting impaled by the rafters), and '''[[Carrie]]''' (the woman getting electrocuted by the stage light that fell on her husband, everyone running and screaming out of the auditorium, a man getting trampled as everyone evacuates, and Butters standing in the center of the stage covered in blood.)
* The song the farmer sings to his duck is a parody of ''The Crawdad Song.''
* The final lines of the episode where Butters is screaming "No, no...!" whilst being praised, is similar to the final scene in '''[[Evil Dead]] II''', complete with the "Raimi-Cam" shot into Butters' mouth.
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* 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]]'''.
* The confrontation with the Wall-Mart mirrors Neo's confrontation with the Architect in the second [[The Matrix|Matrix]] film.
* The way the Wall-Mart collapses in on itself is taken from the movie '''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]'''. As is the way the greeter says "All are welcome, all are welcome."
* 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]]'''.
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== 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.
* The conspiracy theorist has some [[Alice's Restaurant (music)||8x10 color glossy photos with circles and arrows.]] (...and a paragraph on the back of each one?)
* "He died like a pig" is a line from '''[[The Untouchables]]'''.
* The Chicago scene was reminiscent of a scene in the 1989 movie '''[[The Wizard (film)]]'''.
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* Freezing Cartman bears a certain resemblance to [[Jack Nicholson]] at the end of '''[[The Shining]]'''.
* The [[Useful Notes/Flying Spaghetti Monster|Flying Spaghetti Monster]] started as a statement that there was as much validity in "intelligent design" as there was in saying that everything was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster, and that if one was going to be taught in school, the other should be as well.
* The opening credits to '''[[Buck Rogers in
* The machine visible screen left when Cartman is revived bears a resemblance to Max from '''[[Flight of the Navigator]]'''.
* When Cartman is unfrozen, one of the people is hovering upside down. In '''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]], Part 2''', an old man hovers upside-down because of a back problem.
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== 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]]'''.
* Cartman wanting the dwarf to say "Carol Anne, don't go into the light!" is a reference to '''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]'''.
* The comedy club in this episode, ''The Laugh Factory'', is the same place where Michael Richards made his infamous racial slur.
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== Night Of The Living Homeless ==
* A good deal of this episode has been [[Word of God|credited]] to the remake of '''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'''. The homeless closing in on the townspeople who take refuge on a roof is a staple in several zombie movies, one of which is '''Dawn of the Dead'''. The bus as a distraction was a reference to the modified buses in the film.
* The basement lab of the town's homeless expert is reminiscent of Dr. Logan's zombie experiment lab in '''[[Day of the Dead]]'''.
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* A reporter wonders whether the first contact with alien life forms will be like the films '''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''' or '''[[Contact (film)|Contact]]'''.
* Baby Fark McGee-zax talks in a similar way to Edward G. Robinson, an actor known for such 1930s and 1940s gangster films as ''[[Little Caesar]]'' and ''Key Largo.''
* The planet encased in a cube refers to '''[[Star Trek: The
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* Ike's scene in the psychiatrist's office and his whispered confession of seeing dead celebrities is an allusion to '''[[The Sixth Sense]]'''.
* The [[Ghost Hunters]] make an appearance.
* Dr. Tangina Phillips is a direct parody of Tangina Barrons from '''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]'''.
* The description of limbo referenced an incident when a plane sat on the tarmac for more than a day, not taking off and not allowing anyone to leave.
* Michael Jackson!Ike sings a song to the tune of Jackson's ''You Are Not Alone.''
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== Funnybot ==
* Funnybot shares several characteristics with the Daleks, a villain species from the long-running BBC television series '''[[Doctor Who]]''': in addition to a similar body shape, Funnybot also possesses a plunger-like apparatus similar to that of the Daleks, as well as the staccato delivery, harsh tone, and rising inflection of the Dalek voice. At one point in the episode, Funnybot delivers the Dalek catchphrase, "Ex-term-i-nate!" in the same frantic electronic voice.
* Funnybot is also partially based on the space probe called Nomad from '''[[Star Trek: The
* Funnybot's search mode for picking audience members to target resembles that of the [[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]].
* Bits of funnybot also come from '''[[Star Wars]]''', specifically the appendage used to plug in to the computer coming directly from R2-D2, and the shape of the head bearing quite a resemblance to the interrogation droid seen advancing on Princess Leia in ''A New Hope''.
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* The fighting to reveal the illusion of "alien brainwaves" to everyone could come from '''[[They Live!]]'''.
* Stan goes to see [[Adam Sandler]]'s '''Jack and Jill'''.
* The mention of "rock creatures" is a likely reference to '''[[
* The annoying morning DJs talk about the new season of '''[[Two and A Half Men]]'''.
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== The Poor Kid ==
* ''White Trash in Trouble'' parodies programs like '''[[
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