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This page contains trivia for "Funnybot". Remember, trivia must be factual, provable, and it is always best to cite your source for not-so-obvious trivia. If you would like to dispute a trivia point, please discuss it in the talk page.

Trivia[]

  • There is a drawing of what appears to be Osama bin Laden on the wall in Funnybot's office. Osama was killed by the United States Navy SEALS two days before this episode aired.
  • This is the second time Wendy Testaburger is seen without her pink beret since "Chef Goes Nanners".
  • Kenny is nearly killed by Jay Leno. Jay Leno killed Kenny by accident with a stone statue in "Jay Leno Short".
  • During the moment in the award show when everyone groans about having to sit through 50 awards, in the front row on the left there is a clear Bebe clone, simply with her hair colored orange brown. The normal Bebe is located near the lower middle of the bleachers in front of the Annie Knitts clone. The Annie Knitts copy is located merely two kids away on the right section of the bleachers.
  • In the creators' commentary for the episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone mention that the idea of Funnybot had been floated around for about five years prior to the episode. They also mention that the original concept for the episode would have involved Jimmy Valmer being invited to Japan for a stand-up comedy festival before the Japanese reveal a skyscraper sized version of Funnybot that eventually destroys Tokyo. It would have also included a competition similar to the one used in the martial arts film Enter The Dragon.
    • They also mention that the final version of the episode was inspired by the Star Trek: The Original Series episode,"The Changeling". Inspiration also came from Matt and Trey being invited to the "Comedy Central Comedy Awards" show, which they didn't want to attend, and how they spent their time there discussing how much they hated the idea of a comedy award show.

References to Popular Culture[]

Continuity[]

  • This is the third time Timmy is in a band, the first being in "Timmy 2000" and the second time "Crippled Summer".
  • Many of the Special Education students from "Crippled Summer" are seen.
  • This is the second episode with Butters as the "talker" in a terrorist situation, the first being "Imaginationland, Episode II".
  • Cartman speaks the German language for the second time since "The Passion of the Jew".
    • His complete conversation with the German translates as: "What are you doing? Go back with the others." "Listen, this whole thing is a mistake." "How a mistake?" "We don't care about the Comedy Awarding Thing. It was the children of special education. They made us choose." "Will you finally move?" "This child, there, may I... offer him to you? He is a Jew." "Huh?" "A handsome, soft Jew. He's fresh. And beautiful, beautiful." "Go back with the others or you'll die!"
  • The Catcher in the Rye, the book that was given to the fourth graders in "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", is seen in Kyle Broflovski's locker.
  • When the celebrities rush in to the school, Cartman says "Oh wow, it's Adam Sandler." In AWESOM-O, Cartman pitched 800 movie ideas starring Sandler.

Goofs[]

  • Annie Knitts appears on both the left and right seats during the award show.
  • Sally Turner is seen twice at the same time when the crowd is first seen at the award show.
  • Russell Brand is a British comedian, not an American comedian.
  • German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble has been paralyzed and has used a wheelchair ever since the assassination attempt on him in 1990, yet he is seen standing behind President Wulff in several scenes.
  • When Stan says "Yeah, I'm sure glad that's over with." at the end of the episode, his voice sounds unusually pitched, similar to when Trey Parker voiced Dr. David Nelson.

Dubbing Changes[]

International Titles[]

Language Title Translation
French La machine à rigoler The laughing machine
Hungarian Viccrobot Funnybot
Japanese オモロボット
(Omorobotto)
Omorobot[note 1]
Polish Dowcipobot Funnybot

Notes[]

  1. A reference to オモロー (Omorō), a common gag and a former stage name of Japanese comedian Interviewman Yamashita


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Story Elements

XJ-212 FunnybotSandy CervixChristian WulffAngela MerkelTyler Perry1st Annual Comedy AwardsThe Hollywood Minute

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Release

South Park: The Complete Fifteenth Season

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