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What?

The article says 'A minion show up can be seen near the wood cart when Professor Chaos is describing his plan to block out the sun.' What is 'a minion show up'?--Jcvamp 03:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's a visitor reference?Thedarxide 12:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think they're talking about his gerbils. In the previous episode, Butters dressed them like himself and called them his "minions".

Trivia

I have removed the trivia entry "In the part where Cartman hides inside Ms. Chocksondick’s body in the morgue, is a parody of Bad Boys II, where Martin Lawrence hides by lying in the bed next to a woman." because this is untrue. Bad Boys II was not released until July 18th 2003, which is a year after the release of this South Park episode. Therefor this cannot be a parody of Bad Boys II.

Other References

The end of the episode is a reference to the Futurama episode, Godfellas, which first aired March 17, 2002. In this episode, civilizations on Bender's front and back launch nuclear weapons, destroying themselves. Since Futurama is a Simpson's spin off, this is likely a joke within a joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.143.85.154 (talk) 17:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Or it could just be coincidence. Lots42 (talk) 17:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You don't seriously believe that two episodes in such proximity could be coincidence, could they? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.141.180 (talk) 07:09, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And you have proof that they are related? Alastairward (talk) 08:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Futurama? I always thought it was based on the Simpsons episode where Lisa creates life in the petri dish ("The Genesis Tub", part of "Treehouse of Horror VII"). 86.157.156.103 (talk) 17:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Simpsons reference is a treehouse of horror homage to a twilight zone episode http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/The_Little_People, The Futurama episode also could be considered an homage, (although not exactly as it is missing the "war between the gods" plot element). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aen13 (talk • contribs) 06:13, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sandkings

Does this episode really reference Sandkings? Or is it just another case of similarity? Lots42 (talk) 17:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Two lines are completely removed from the syndicated version

The article says "Two lines are completely removed from the syndicated version...". What is the "syndicated version"? The ones they show here in Australia includes those lines... 59.167.201.65 (talk) 23:37, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Uncited material

Cites?

In the beginning of the episode, Stan, Kyle, and Tweek make a snow man, up until Tweek refuses to put on the snowman's nose because he fears it might come to life and kill all of them, Stan comforts him by saying, "C'mon, when has that ever happened, except for that one time?" This is a reference to the very first South Park animated short, "The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs Frosty."
In the morgue is a fetus labelled 'Hitler'.
Tweek sings MC Hammer's famous song to remember the code word, Hammertime, when they are breaking into the morgue.
Cartman's exclamation of "Oh, the humanity" when the sea people destroy their tank following the suicide bombings, is a direct quotation from Herbert Morrison, in his commentary at the Hindenburg disaster.
Cartman's 'Sea People' shows striking resemblance to the short story "Sandkings" by George R.R.Martin (Omni August,1979) about a race of insect like creatures in a terrarium who fight wars and "worship" their owners by carving faces in the sides of their castles. Both this episode and the Simpsons episode it refers to are also based on the earlier classic Theodore Sturgeon science fiction story "Microcosmic God."

Butters’ schemes and The Simpsons episodes they reflect:

Block out the sun — “Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)”
Cut off the head of the town statue — “The Telltale Head”
Offer to build the town an unsafe monorail and skip town with the money — “Marge vs. the Monorail”
Start a website that spreads rumors about the townspeople — “The Computer Wore Menace Shoes”
Plant a fake angel skeleton as an artifact — “Lisa the Skeptic”
Bring the World Cup to South Park so the fans riot — “The Cartridge Family”
Shake up all the beer cans as to cause a massive explosion — “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”

According to the TV Project, the last thing you ask for citations does not need citations as it is part of the episode itself. I suggest you brush up on the rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.232.166.37 (talk) 02:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This time, you seem to be right! Alastairward (talk) 10:56, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And it's not the first time you've been told, you and I had this very same argument last month. Your talk page also lists several other instances of complaint for your over zealous editing, so please stop removing material from articles now. Thedarxide (talk) 12:48, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Um, so what? People can leave whatever they want on my talk page, it doesn't make them right. Beside, what's the difference between being "over zealous" and being bold? Check out the policy on the burden of proof for help. Alastairward (talk) 17:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions

The article is (soft-)locked, so here is a suggestion from an anonymous contributor. Instead of 'stating that "[they] already did it[...t]wice".' I suggest 'stating that they "Already Did It. Twice".'[1] Because 'it[...t]wice' is ugly. --82.171.70.54 (talk) 13:06, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]