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• This episode won an Emmy in 2013 for 'Outstanding Animated Program'.
• When Cartman is trying to access Kyle's bathroom for the first time in his mobility scooter, there is a picture of Kyle without his hat.
• The references to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo are due, in part, to its season finale beating the ratings for South Park's season premiere. This is supported by Eric Cartman being indignant that Here Comes Honey Boo Boo broke the ratings for his show, Fatty Doo Doo.
• Various insurance providers, including Medicare, that provide coverage for motorized convenience chairs have been scammed by those wanting a free one for convenience.
  • Also addressed is how many use them regularly in supermarkets whether they need them or not.
• Kyle breaks the fourth wall when he tells to Stan that "We lowered the bar, a long time ago".
• James Cameron remarks about how he will be filming Avatar 2, which will be partly filmed underwater.
• Randy Newman's "Fatty Doo Doo" theme song has the lyric, "White President, Black President I don't care", referencing his satirical song titled "I'm Dreaming", having the lyric "I'm dreaming of a white president."
• Token says that Here Comes Honey Boo Boo! airs on The Learning Channel. Although that's its original name, it has gone by the initials TLC since 1998 and hasn't aimed to be educational.

References to Popular Culture

• This episode contains several references to the reality TV series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo on TLC.
• On March 26, 2012, James Cameron set the record for the deepest solo dive in a submersible when he explored the Mariana Trench in the Deepsea Challenger.
• Randy Newman has worked for Disney/Pixar for a majority of their movies.
• Michelle Obama is an outspoken advocate on obesity and health issues in the United States with her Let's Move! campaign.
• The film Aliens is referenced when James Cameron says, "We're in the pipe, five by five."
• The introduction to the speech from Michelle Obama refers to her campaign against childhood obesity.
• The episode's title references the 1980 film Raising the Titanic, James Cameron's films noteworthy for "raising the bar" on modern films, and James Cameron's obsession with the Titanic.
• Candy Corn Oreos are a real product made by Nabisco/Kraft.

Continuity

• Wall-Mart has been rebuilt after being destroyed in "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes".
• This episode shows that Kyle can be deceived into doing something immoral by money, also seen in the Season Fifteen episode, "Crack Baby Athletic Association".
• This is the second time we see South Park Elementary's new gym uniform, though it seems that Kenny McCormick still couldn't afford one.
• Despite being Canadian, James Cameron is presented as a normal character lacking the flapping heads or beady eyes that Canadians on South Park typically display. This was the same case for Justin Bieber in "Coon vs. Coon & Friends".
• At the beginning of the episode, the boys are looking for a catcher's mitt for Cartman, even though they established in "The Losing Edge" that they hate playing baseball.
• The Terrance and Phillip episode, "I Fart Huckabees", can be seen during the "Here Comes Fatty Doo Doo" theme song. The last time it was shown during "Canada on Strike".