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• Along with the other children, Cartman is shown to be disgusted by the PETA video of cows being slaughtered, this is contrary to his reaction at the slaughterhouse in "Fun with Veal".
• The "Douche and Turd" concept is redone in "Member Berries". In the election, Herbert Garrison is the Giant Douche and Hillary Clinton is the Turd Sandwich.
• The Stevie Nicks goat from "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants" can be seen at PETA headquarters.
• This is the first episode where April Stewart voices Wendy Testaburger, replacing Eliza Schneider as Stewart becomes the permanent voice actress for Wendy.
• Loogie and Damien can be seen in the school hall.
• The kindergartner that cried over the video of the cows being slaughtered is the same one that cried while Mr. Garrison was showing them how to wear a condom in "Proper Condom Use".
• Cartman broke Kenny's cat's leg the week before - he believes this is why Kenny thought the giant douche was funnier.
• PETA had attacked the school 47 times before the mascot was changed.
• Shelly repeats Stan's line from "Grey Dawn": "I hate my family"
• A turd sandwich costume can later be seen in "Hell on Earth 2006".
• Until "World War Zimmerman", Cartman and Kyle are the only few boys that never got shot.
• Color swaps of Annie, Terrance Mephesto (with blond hair, a grayish-purple shirt and no overalls), Red and Heidi are seen in the assembly.
• The Giant Douche voters include Principal Victoria, Kyle, Kenny, Randy Marsh, Francis, Annie, Bill, a 5th grader, a 4th grader, Mr. Mackey, as well as 1,400 others.
• The Turd Sandwich voters are Cartman, Stan, Butters, Sharon Marsh, Stephen Stotch, Linda Stotch, Gerald Broflovski, Sheila Broflovski, Fosse, Wendy, Kevin, Clyde, Pip Pirrip, Bebe, Bradley, Esther, Millie Larsen, Tweek, Richard Tweak, Liane Cartman, five other adults, two graders, five other fourth graders, and four others.
• They repeat this joke every four years in some form, as a parody of the repetitiveness of the election cycle.

References to Popular Culture

• When Stan is cast out of town and tied up on a horse with a bucket on his head is a reference to the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
• The "Vote or Die!" song and video was inspired by Sean "Puffy" Combs political service campaign, Citizen Change, to encourage the youth to vote. He also had a 2004 tour supporting this cause called "Vote or Die" which had the slogans on t-shirts and bumper stickers.
• When Cartman pedals the float, Stars and Stripes Forever can be heard.

Continuity

• This is Turd Sandwich's first appearance. In "Cat Orgy", Shelly told Cartman she would make a "turd sandwich" out of him.
• Stephen Stotch once again pulls out a ram's horn since "Child Abduction is Not Funny".

Goofs

• The girls cheerleading at the assembly are still seen in the crowd:
  • When Bebe is a cheerleader in the assembly, she can be seen saying "Mooo!" in the crowd next to Wendy. In the close up of Cartman yawning, Bebe is replaced with a brown-haired boy.
• PETA says South Park Elementary needs to replace their mascot. in real life, PETA wouldn’t investigate humans wearing costumes styled like animals. unless if it was made from animal fur.
  • Also, PETA runs a shelter which they don’t in real life.
• When the candidates are revealed, Cartman is sitting high up in the hall and Kyle is seated in the center. However, when Kyle is irritated by Cartman he looks downward.
• At the end when Clyde realizes that the school can go back to using a cow for a mascot, he is standing in front of Bradley and Brimmy. On the following wide shot, though, both Bradley and the other kid can be seen, at the back, but Clyde has disappeared.
• When Stan is found by PETA, after he is banished, they pour blood on him. However, in the next shot, the blood disappears.
• When the crowd picks Stan up after it is announced that he is going to vote, the wound on his shoulder disappears, as does his mouth.
• There are duplicate versions of Lizzy, Bradley Biggle, and Heidi in the crowd of the assembly.

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International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Vyplachovač a výkal	Douche and Excrement
French	Poire à lavement et sandwich au caca	Giant douche and turd sandwich
German	Wähl oder stirb	Vote or die
Hungarian	Gennyes tus és redvás szendvics	Giant douche and turd sandwich
Italian	Peretta gigante e panino alla merda	Giant douche and turd sandwich
Japanese	小学校のマスコット論争 (Shōgakkō no masukotto ronsō)	Elementary school mascot controversy
Polish	Szczota i kloc	Douche and turd