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Trivia

• This episode was nominated with an Emmy Award for "Most Outstanding Animated Program".
• Principal Victoria can be seen in the "Put It Down" song.
• Mr. Garrison's name is never actually said during the episode. All of the other characters refer to him as "the President".
  • On a related note, President Garrison does not make a physical appearance in this episode, only appearing as pictures on Twitter.
• A white version of David Rodriguez can be spotted at the auditorium while Tweek is warning the other kids.
• A working title for this episode was "Kill Yourself".
• According to the original storyboards, the kid hit by a car was originally going to be Kenny instead of Gary.
• Despite having a speaking role in this episode, Jimmy Valmer does not appear in the choir of children. The same also goes for Timmy Burch (likely because of his limited vocabulary).
• The exterior of Heidi's house has significantly changed, it is now a purple-ish color instead of the normal red, the tree in the front yard is gone, and there is now a front porch.
  • Part of the front porch is noticeable in the previous episode.

References to Popular Culture

• The episode is a commentary on the North Korean nuclear crisis of 2017, a bizarre period during which President Donald Trump posted increasingly unhinged and inflammatory comments on Twitter, escalating political tensions with the newly nuclear-capable North Korea.
• Clips of North Korean newsreader Ri Chun-hee appear describing Tweek's provocations.
• The Cartopia amusement ride is a reference to Autopia (located at Disneylands in Anaheim, Hong Kong and Paris).
• Cartman's song "Give Life a Try" is a parody of Logic's "1-800-273-8255", which also deals with suicide prevention.
  • Cartman's speech at the end of "Give Life a Try" is also a parody of Logic's speech at the end of his performance of "1-800-273-8255" during the 2017 MTV VMAs.
• The song that plays during the Pyongyang scene is the North Korean pop song "Whistle".
• Inside Craig's room is a poster for Space with NDG, which is a reference to American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and his 2014 documentary series, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.
• Tweek is seen playing with a fidget spinner which is a toy that had become popular among children and teens during the summer of 2017, with claims that it could treat various neurological disorders.
• The song, "Put It Down" is a parody of the Cyndi Lauper’s 1986 song "True Colors" and Sam Smith's 2014 song "Stay With Me".

Continuity

• Tweek and Craig are still dating from "Tweek x Craig".
• Cartman and Heidi are back together after breaking up in the previous episode.
  • Tolkien mentions that Cartman said that Heidi was "mentally abusive", which he had stated in the previous episode as well.
• The Gender War from the previous season seems to have cooled down, as the boys and girls are shown singing "Put It Down" together.
• In the large shot of the town, the South Park Mall is under construction, and the Kupa Keep tower can be seen in Cartman's backyard; both are from the events in South Park: The Stick of Truth.
• Memberberries can be seen in someone's shopping cart when Cartman and Heidi are arguing.
• This episode marks Kenny McCormick's first death in four years. His last one was in "Titties and Dragons".
  • Kenny was originally meant to be the first victim, but was replaced with Gary Borkovec.
• When Tweek turns on the TV, a red dragon and sentient cupcake can be briefly be seen on the television before he changes the channel, both of those characters first appeared as residents of Imaginationland in the Imaginationland trilogy.

Goofs

• After Tweek says “A FIDGET SPINNER?! DID YOU READ WHAT THE PRESIDENT TWEETED?!”, the outline of Craig's arm becomes darker.
• The windows on the bottom floor of Tweek's house are bigger than the ones on the top.
• The song Tweek performs at the piano does not match with the score he carries.
• The Korean text found on the missile, including those on pictures of Tweek laid out for Kim Jong Un, are incomplete and therefore do not make sense.
• There is a typo on the news article that Tweek reads. It says "You cannot hid from radiation" instead of "hide".
• Despite the episode taking place over several days, most of the President's tweets are dated 20 Sep 2017 (the date the episode aired), except the fifth one, which is dated 10 Sep 2017.

Kenny's Death

• Although not shown on-screen, a photograph shows Kenny was among other victims who are killed by distracted drivers, during the memorial service.

Dubbing Changes

International Titles

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Odložte mobily	Put the cellphone down
French	Raccrochez	Hang up
German	Leg es weg	Put It Down
Hungarian	Tegyük le!	Put It Down!
Italian	Metti giù il telefono	Put the phone down
Japanese	スマホを置くべき時 (Sumaho o okubeki toki)	When to put down your smartphone
Polish	Odłóż ją	Put It Down

Japanese

• The voiceover for the North Korean news presenter is re-recorded without the original Korean dialog. It is replaced with Japanese dialogs, with hints of Korean such as the use of "합니다" (hamnida).