In terms of production, this is the 100th episode, though "I'm a Little Bit Country" was actually aired as such. The episode is a satire of the 100 episodes concept, a commonly accepted idea that a show needs to have produced at least 100 episodes in order to qualify for syndication. Its production as the 100th episode was also alluded to in a joke in the episode.
Plot
This episode begins almost identically to the first episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", with Cartman arriving and talking about a dream where he was abducted by aliens. When the children realize they're stuck in a "repeat," they and Chef decide to do something about the anal probe Cartman has; they first see a proctologist, then a scientist. They discover the satellite dish in Cartman's ass is sending off pictures of Earth into space; then a group of Visitors show up, and the children and Chef flee. However, the children are ultimately abducted.
The kids wake up on the ship, and meet Najix, an alien who looks like Stan's dad, explaining to them that he chose an appearance that would be most pleasing to them. The disappointed children say it's like the movie Contact which "sucked." He shows his true form, a terrifying monster, so the children have him go through a series of transformations, mostly of celebrities, until Cartman suggests "a giant taco that craps ice cream". Najix then explains he and the other aliens make a reality show called Earth, and everyone around the world is unknowningly being filmed and watched, which Chef and the scientists discover at the same time on Earth; they proceed to tell everyone, which leads the alien network heads to cancel the show and prepare to destroy the Earth.
The boys go to Planet Fognl to meet the alien heads, who are "Joozians", a species that control all media in the Universe. The aliens don't listen to the boys, but insist on taking them to lunch, a "hekma" (topless) bar, then get a prostitute's hotel room. The two Joozians then, very drunk and high on "blach", begin sucking on each others' "jagons" and sticking their fingers in each others "thrushers", actions depicted as being highly erotic and, as it seems, inappropriate. Kenny takes a picture of it, and the boys then blackmail the aliens with it. The Joozians agree to erase everyone's memory of the truth about Earth, then send the oblivious boys back to their own planet. Kenny still has the picture, and though no one can remember what it is, Chef tells Kenny to keep it, as he feels sure that it's something very important.
References to popular culture
Sounds from the game Doom are used in this episode (the door open and close sound).
The opening of the decrypted alien reality-TV show resembles the initial opening of Star Trek: The Next Generation, that was only used during the first and second season.
The alien chase scene in the first act parodies the archetypal chase scene in The Dukes of Hazzard. A caricature of Boss Hogg can be seen on a billboard during the chase scene, with the words "Eat Big Pig's BBQ." The alien giving chase also impersonates the cackling laugh of Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane.
The children wake up aboard the alien ship, sealed into cubicles with a slimy substance. This is a reference to Fire in the Sky and the Alien movies. However, Cartman initially believes that he is stuck inside Helen Hunt's ass.File:Mock lesabre.jpg
The aliens' car is a Buick LeSabre, complete with a mock Buick emblem. (right)
According to the shapeshifting alien, each planet has only one species living on it. This is a reference to popular science fiction works such as Star Trek in which each alien species seems to exist on a world without (or at least extremely limited) additional animal life.
The Saddam Hussein form the shapeshifting alien takes on and the song he sings is a parody of the classic 1955 Warner bros. cartoon One Froggy Evening.
The scientist, named Jeff, trying to help the boys and Chef looks like a South Park version of Jeff Goldblum. In a reference to Independence Day, when puzzling out alien technology and action, Jeff Goldblum's character follows unlikely chains of thought to come to conclusions that, curiously, turn out to be exactly correct.
Another Independence Day reference is Chef's yelling at the visitors, much like Will Smith's character does after the aliens in Independence Day crash their ship.
The clip where people are running scared across a bridge is from the Danish monster horror movie Reptilicus.
The plot where aliens are using earth as a reality TV show and decide to destroy it in the season finale was previously done in Robert Rankin's Armageddon Trilogy.
The "Joozians" who run the universe's media are parodies of Jews and the charge that Jews secretly run the media; they are shown with stereotypically Jewish appearance (such as their very large noses), use words that sound like Hebrew and when Kyle (who is Jewish) samples some of their food and likes it the aliens claim that he seems to have "Joozian ancestry" to which Cartman replies "Tell us about it." Their symbol is a seven-pointed star reminiscent of the Star of David.
The Joozians state that a show should never go past 100 episodes, because it then goes into weird stories and settings. This is followed by a pause, then a joozian waitress walks up, saying something along the lines of "here's your kaflaghaha!" and places a humourously odd-looking alien food dish on the table. This is a joke because the show was 3 episodes from its 100th (and in terms of production, it is the 100th episode), and features a generally absurd plot.
Censorship
The syndicated version of this episode cuts the part where the Joozians get inebriated and suck on the phallic extensions on their shoulders because of the obvious resemblance to fellatio.
This episode originally aired on the night the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began. It is referenced at the very end of the episode. In fact, it began almost the same hour as the bombs started falling on Baghdad. [citation needed]
The planet Marklar from Starvin' Marvin in Space is mentioned by the Joozians as a source of subjects for their next show, along with the Horsehead Nebula, which is mentioned in The Biggest Douche in the Universe as one of the biggest douche nominees is from there.
