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• This is the first episode since "Sexual Harassment Panda" to feature all four main characters.
• In this episode, Cartman's mother receives an Antonio Banderas Blowup Doll. This doll can be seen in many future episodes.
• The members of Korn provide their own voices for this episode. They also used the episode for the world premiere of their single "Falling Away from Me".
• The method Priest Maxi uses to kill people remains unexplained.
• This episode marks the first speaking appearance of The 6th Graders which was aired, although The Unaired Pilot previously gave them speaking roles. They are called 5th Graders here, but after the grade change in "Fourth Grade," they are renamed, 6th Graders.
• This is the last Halloween special until "Hell on Earth 2006". This is the only Halloween special with guest stars. Also, the Halloween version of the show's intro is used for the last time here.
• The disclaimer is redesigned from this episode onwards.
• Alabama Man makes an appearance in the toy magazine. The toy would later be seen in a commercial in "Chinpokomon".
  • The Mr. Hankey Construction Set from "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" also makes an appearance.
  • On top of that, the item labelled "Plush Toy" is the actual Fun 4 All Plush of Phillip.
• In the graveyard is an open grave with a headstone that reads Kenny - 2000.
  • In another shot, there is another grave that reads Kenny - 1999.
• Kenny's lines in the intro are the same as in Seasons 1 and 2 because the Halloween intro was completely reused. Similarly, the original recordings of The Boys' lines in the intro (which are less close to their current voices than the Season 3 recording) are used again.
• The argument over whether or not the ghosts are Pirate Ghosts or Ghost Pirates was an actual debate between Korn, Matt Stone, and Trey Parker.
• In an interview, Jonathan Davis said that while they were recording, Trey Parker would keep telling them to stop acting like gay surfers. Trey told them, "This is Scooby Doo, not Gay Surfers."

References to Popular Culture

• This episode is a parody of the classic cartoon series Scooby-Doo, and has Korn portrayed with the same personalities of the Mystery Inc. group (even using 60's phrases such as "Groovy"), and even riding in a van designed similarly to the Mystery Machine.
  • When the The 6th Graders tell the boys about the ghost pirates an underscore from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! plays.
  • The trap is sprung in a similar way as in Scooby-Doo, with the cast splitting up into two teams. Each team has its own adventure to chase the 'ghost' into being captured.
  • Korn's trap consists of everyday objects, similar to Fred's traps from Scooby-Doo.
• Nibblet is a parody of assorted Hannah-Barbara animal sidekicks such as Gleek of the Super-Friends and Jabber-Jaw.
• Kenny's death at the end is a reference to how the AT-AT walkers were taken down in The Empire Strikes Back. This does not appear in abridged versions.
• Cartman's celebrating of Christmas even though it is Halloween may be a reference to how many stores begin putting out Christmas season items almost right after Halloween.
• Korn is animated in a similar style to the Scooby-Doo episodes. Their van also does the same 'bouncing' animation the Mystery Machine does. Some of the BGM used when Korn is around is the same music often used in Scooby-Doo episodes too.
• The cemetery managers' description of the defiling of Kyle's dead grandma is taken from the movie Necromatik.
• Kenny's costume is a replica of ED-209 from Robocop (as it happens, an ED-209 model happened to malfunction in Robocop, causing the death of someone called Kinney).
• Kyle's Grandma's tombstone is a tribute to the late Stanley Kubrick. The tombstone has 1928-1999 written on it, which is Kubrick's birth and death years.
• The Captain of the Ghost Pirates is named "Captain Blind", as a track on Korn's debut album is titled "Blind." Similarly, when Kyle cries about his lost grandmother, Fieldy says "Aw, I hate to see little clowns cry." "Clown" is another track on Korn's debut album.
• The song Korn performs at the conclusion of the episode is "Falling Away from Me" from their 1999 album Issues. This episode was the first time the song appeared.

Continuity

• In one scene, Korn can briefly be heard playing a piece from Skyler Morse's song "Shelly, Shelly" from "Cat Orgy".
• Wendy Testaburger wins the costume contest with a Chewbacca costume, just like in "Pinkeye".

Goofs

• When Cartman is choosing everything he wants for Christmas, he tells his mom she has 72 more shopping days; there are only 55 days from Halloween to Christmas. Cartman's error could be due to his lack of knowledge; indeed, in "Cow Days" he outright acknowledged that he is terrible at math.
• When Korn and the boys are discussing the plans, Kenny with his Halloween costume walks on the other side of the lake. When they split up in teams, Kenny suddenly stands at the group again. Kenny may have simply caught up.
• Kyle's grandmother's tombstone read "Cleo Broflovski" even though it is said that she is Sheila's mother. Broflovski is Gerald's surname.
• When Stan said "BOO!" while scaring the 5th graders, his mouth did not move.
• David, who insisted that they are Ghost Pirates, said Pirate Ghosts while explaining his trap.
• Munky is in Jonathan's group at first, but later he appears to be in David's group.

Kenny's Death

• During the credits, Kenny is destroyed by a snow speeder while wearing an ED-209 costume.

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International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Korní záhada pirátských duchů	Korn's mystery of pirate spirits
Finnish	Merirosvoaaveitten arvoitus	The mystery of pirate ghosts
French	Korn et le mystère mystérieux des pirates fantômes	Korn and the mysterious mystery of ghost pirates
German	Korns echt abgefahrene Geisterstory	Korn's really wacky ghost story
Hungarian	A kalóz-kísértet rejtélye	The mystery of the pirate ghost
Italian	Non toccate il cadavere delle vecchiette	Don't touch the corpse of old ladies
Japanese	世にも奇妙な海賊お化け (Yonimokimyōna kaizoku obake)	The strangest pirate ghost in the world
Polish	Korn: Wypas zagadka pirackich duchów	Korn: Grazing puzzle pirate ghosts
Russian	Отличная загадка группы Korn о пиратском призраке (Otlichnaya zagadka gruppy Korn o piratskom prizrake)	Korn's great pirate ghost mystery
Spanish (Latin America)	El misterio del fantasma pirata de Korn	Korn's mystery of pirate ghosts
Spanish (Spain)	El misterio de los piratas fantasmas	The mystery of the ghost pirates
Ukrainian	Чудова Загадка групи Korn Про Піратського Привида (Chudova Zahadka hrupy Korn Pro Pirat·sʹkoho Pryvyda)	Korn's great mystery of the pirate ghost

Mandarin Chinese

• Korn is dubbed as "冬京小子", parodying Japanese rock band Tokio. Each of the member's names are a reference to various Chinese words that begin with "冬" (dōng), such as "冬天" (Dōng tiān, Winter), "冬瓜" (dōng guā, Winter melon), "冬至" (dōng zhì, Winter solstice), "冬眠" (Dōng mián, Hibernate) and "冬蟲" (Dōng chóng, Ophiocordyceps sinensis).
• Captain Bly of the Pirate Ghosts is dubbed as Captain Hook, the antagonist of the 1953 Disney animated film Peter Pan.