- In the hospital, there is a doctor named "Dr. No" listed on the wall chart. His duties are, according to the chart, "Kill Bond."
- The doctor who tries to resuscitate Kenny is named "Dr. Gouache".
- On the Emergency Room's Doctor-Schedule Sign, Dr. Churnsky's duty is to "disembowel Kenny."
- In The Guinness Book Of World Records 2001 this film was said to have the most profanity used in an animated film. It contained a total of 399 swear words (the word "fuck" was used 146 times). 199 offensive gestures and also contained 221 acts of violence.
- When the boys first enter Cartman's house in the opening sequence, there is a picture on the end table of animation director Eric Stough s sister, Diana.
- There is a poster at the cinema advertising the movie "Mecha Streisand Takes New York".
- Stan's family (parents Randy and Sharon, sister Shelley) are named after Trey Parker's family. Kyle's parents, Gerald and Sheila, are named after Matt Stone's parents.
- The piano that accompanies Big Gay Al's "I'm Super" song is a "Felcher and Sons".
- According to a pie chart, the entire Canadian economy is based on Terrance and Philip, the snow ball machine, the tourist industry, the log industry, the porn industry, the "Dion Fish" industry, and filming "The X Files" (1993).
- It's a widely reported myth that the original title of the film was "South Park: All Hell Breaks Loose" and the MPAA forced Trey Parker and Matt Stone to change the title, stating that all movie titles must be G-rated (despite the fact that there are many movies with the word "hell" in them - Hellraiser (1987), Hellfighters (1968), From Hell (2001), etc.). The story comes directly from Parker and Stone who claim that they submitted the film with the original title and were forced to change it. Richard Taylor, a spokesman for the MPAA, denies that any film was ever submitted with that title and that the MPAA did not reject the use of the word "hell" in the title.
- When Sheila Broflofski holds up the newspaper article about Terrance and Phillip being on the Conan O'Brien show, there are other headlines, including "It's Raining Frogs!", "Christians Agree: Guns Are Nifty", and "Poop Ruled Edible".
- Despite a popular urban legend this film was NEVER banned in Iraq. Due to its controversial content the distributors never attempted to distribute it in Iraq.
- The song "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" is a reference to the original Christmas Card "The Spirit of Christmas" which was the inspiration for the "South Park" (1997) series. In the short, Stan asks Cartman, "What would Brian Boitano do?" when Jesus is fighting Santa.
- The ending of the song "Uncle F*cka" (sung by Terrence and Philip in the movie-within-a-movie) makes reference to the famous title song from "Oklahoma!" in which they spell out Oklahoma in the same way that T and P spell out "Uncle F*cka!"
- When the boys are watching the video of Cartman's mom on the Internet, the button that would normally say "stop" on the Netscape toolbar has been replaced with an obscene drawing and labeled "Sphincter".
- The censored version of "Asses Of Fire" is only 1 minute long.
- During the "La Resistance" scene, the map of the camp that's holding Terrance and Phillip is the same used for the hospital in the episode "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut (2)"
- When the children are in rehab, a poster in the back of Mr. Mackey's room reads: "Get High!!! On Pottery", a quote from a high school teacher of Matt Stone's. Original quote: "Son, you need to know not to use pot as a natural high. Instead of getting high with pot, get high with pottery."
- Paramount originally asked Trey Parker and Matt Stone if they could make a PG-13 rated film. They said no and would not agree to make a movie until the studio agreed that the final product would be rated R.
- The portrait in Mr. Garrison's classroom is of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
- The picture hanging above Satan's bed is of actor Skeet Ulrich.
- The pianist in the song "Super" is modeled after Marc Shaiman the composer of the film.
- As Stan passes through a TV shop singing "Mountain Town", TV screens show two scenes and the title of the second season episode "Not Without My Anus", which was entirely about Terrence and Phillip.
- During the scene where South Park residents are burning everything Canadian, the soldiers in the background are named 'Wright' 'Floyd' and 'Mason', referencing drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright, both of the band Pink Floyd.
- In the shot of the UN embassy the flags waving in front of the embassy have a gay pride flag and a pirate flag
- In 2006, it was voted 5 in the 50th greatest comedy films on Channel 4.
- James Hetfield of Metallica did the vocals for the "Hell Is Not Good" song
- Satan's boat is called the S.S. Manhandler.
- In the short segment of soldiers marching to the U.S.O. show while singing a cadence song, Jesus Christ appears in the ranks for a moment before the scene transition to Kyle hiding Ike away in the attic.
- Cartman calls "The Mole"(the French boy) British. On the TV show, he called Pip (the English boy) French.
- This film marked the first time in the entire series that Kenny is seen without his hood on.
- In the credits, both Saddam Hussein and Satan are listed as being played by "Himself".
- When Snacky S'mores is showing its "March of War", it was modeled after a mix of German and American WWII promotional shorts.
- When Bill Clinton is signing the declaration of war, the other piece of paper describes various types of cigars.
- In the German dub of the film, Mrs. Cartman's German partner in the dubious video that the boys watch on the Internet is actually British.
- According to the film This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006), Matt Stone said that the original idea for Cartman's mom's Internet video was of her having sex with a horse (but the act wouldn't be seen on screen). The MPAA would not allow this because of bestiality, despite the fact the at one point in the movie, a picture of a man having sex with a horse is seen. (When Dr. Vosknocker is trying to get Cartman attempt to swear and one of his flash cards is "horse fucker") So Matt Stone and Trey Parker decided to make the Internet video a German guy defecating on Cartman's mom, and the MPAA approved it.
- Parker and Stone did not need to get 'Brian Boitono''s permission to use his name and likeness for the song "What Would Brian Boitono Do?". Ironicly though, Boitono DID need to get (and received) Parker and Stone's permission a few years later to use the phrase on t-shirts that he sold for charity.
- When the mole looks at his watch, above the numbers it reads "Third Act: The Ticking Clock".
- To date, this film is the highest grossing animated film with an R rating.
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- SPOILER: The body count for this movie is 312 but due to everyone coming back it drops to 5: Kenny, Saddam, The Mole, Conan O' Brian, and Bill Gates. It can furthermore be assumed that the only casualties are Kenny and Saddam, because he wishes for everything to go back to the way things were before the war - Conan O' Brian, Bill Gates, and The Mole die after the war is declared.
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