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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 is seen without her pink beret since "Chef Goes Nanners".
• Barack Obama is shown being darker skinned than his original appearance; he is shown to be dark brown or black, while in past appearances he is light brown.
• Kenny is nearly killed by Jay Leno, Jay Leno kills Kenny by accident with a stone statue in "Jay Leno Short".
• This is the most recent episode to not have a subrating, it was rated TV-MA in its first airing

References to Popular Culture

Movies/TV

• In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode,"The Changeling", Nomad was a malicious robot, which had mannerisms similar to FunnyBot. Most notable, is Nomad's famous phrase "non sequitur", which is repeated often by FunnyBot.
  • Kyle's idea of using a paradox to disable Funnybot is based on a tactic famously used in the Star Trek I, Mudd.
• Doctor Who - Funnybot has the body of a Dalek and uses the word "Exterminate!" (Nomad used the word "Sterilize!")
• Star Wars - Funnybot accessing the mainframe to activate the nuclear missiles. (R2-D2)
• Eddie Murphy - Funnybot's role in "Family Funbot" as the entire family cast is similar to Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor where he was the entire Klump family.
• Tyler Perry - The fact that Token and Barack Obama can't help laughing at Tyler Perry movies is a reference that his movies contain too much African American humor.
• Charlie Sheen - On the wall outside of Funnybot's room, there is a poster showingTwo and a Half Men with the text "One and a Half Men" since Charlie Sheen was sacked off the series.
• Hawaii 5-0/Reno 911 - Poster of Hawaii 911. One is a police drama in the 1970s the later is a parody of COPS and reality based television.
• Funnybot's head also resembles Comedy Central's old logo.
• Funnybot's plot to destroy human is similar to the "Judgment Day" by Skynet from the Terminator franchise.
• Barack Obama's speech concerning Tyler Perry is based on his speech regarding the death of Osama bin Laden, both culminating in the sentence "Justice has been done."
• In a recent poll (July 2011) Germany was actually voted the least funny country.
• Murdering or slaying an audience is show business slang for successfully entertaining an audience. To Funnybot, it was literal.

List of Avenging Comedians

• Adam Sandler - His movie, Jack and Jill is mentioned later in "You're Getting Old" and "Ass Burgers".
• Brandon T. Jackson
• Conan O'Brien
• Dane Cook
• David Letterman
• David Spade
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Jimmy Kimmel
• Jay Leno
• Kevin James - His movie, The Zookeeper, is mentioned in "Ass Burgers".
• Louis C.K.
• Rob Schneider
• Russell Brand
• Zach Galifianakis
• Bill Maher

Continuity

• This is the first episode in which Boy with Red Scarf has a speaking role.
• 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".
  • The translation Cartman tells the Germans that Kyle is "A handsome soft Jew. He's fresh. And beautiful, beautiful."
• 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.

Goofs

• Annie Faulk 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.