The Secrets of
'Starvin' Marvin'

by Wild Willie Westwood, with sources from all over the Web

Analogy & Comparison

  1. Trees are to bushes
                  as
    Buildings are to houses
  2. David Duchovny is to tampons
                  as
    Nougats are to chocolate
King Jimmy's Buffet - James I was King of England when the Pilgrims first came to the Atlantic coast and settled there. It is believed the Pilgrims and Indians enjoyed a buffet of native foods once they made peace.

Kyle was eating ham, but he's Jewish. His family must not be strict observers of their faith.

The argument between Wendy and Cartman is directly from A Christmas Carol. Mr. Garrison knows this.

What's an Ethiopian doing with a suitcase? The stickers read: GB (Great Britain, or Green Bay?), AJA, Club Med

Canned Food Drive

        Manwich
        Beeforama
        Spam
        Creamed Corn
        Sausages
        ___ity dawg
        Broccoli florets
            In Mango Chutney
        Pork
How is it that this text looks like it was the one present on the board before the turkeys came in and destroyed the classroon?

The food item that ends with DAWG is DEPUTY DAWG! He is a Hanna-Barbera character from the mid-1970's.

The turtle in the Genetic Engineering lab is on its back. The monkey in the cage on the right then stands on his head.

In the 14th part of the Terrance and Phillip Thanksgiving special, the Indians have i's on their shirts.

My God has forsaken me. - a paraphrase from one of Jesus' last seven statements on the Cross:
My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?
But now Jesus is a local access star, isn't He?

4:20 - appears on the Teiko sports watch in the first commercial, then on the cuckoo clock in the Mayor's office, then on the clock tower above the Can Grab as Kenny goes in to get his prize. It seems this number stand for marijuana.

Anyone notice the headless Indian in the Terrance and Phillip Thanksgiving special when Cartman peeks around the corner to find Sally Struthers watching TV?

The 'NO ADMITTANCE' sign is gone when Cartman goes out to alert the Ethiopians of Sally Struthers' gluttony.

When Marvin leaves the plane, a woman at the foot of the steps carries a Canadian-looking Ethiopian baby with blond hair.

There's an undercurrent of E.T.: The Extraterrestrial in this episode, as Marvin and Cartman develop a relatinship similar to E.T. and Elliott's.

The 'Braveheart' Battle Scene

  1. The Johnson guy from "Pink Eye" (he jumped out from behind Chef's bushes) makes a split-second cameo appearance (in living form) in the background as the townsfolk are leaving to prepare for battle.
  2. The obvious Braveheart Battle scene parody, along with "Every turkey dies, but not every turkey truly lives"
  3. Ike beheads a Turkey
  4. The couple that got mauled by turkeys at Stark's Pond in the beginning of the episode are back in the battle scene. I guess those turkeys were merciful…
  5. Mr. Hat has a little butcher knife
  6. Ned was shooting a gun even though he gave them up in "Volcano"
  7. Kenny has blue eyes.
Kenny's Family
  1. Kenny has a new dad - Kenny's dad looks nothing like he did in Death, but there is a man in the battle scene who does. The people in front of him are trying to block him out so that we don't recognize him.
  2. Kenny's mom has the same haircut Wendy has, but has red hair instead of black.
  3. There's a car on blocks on the driveway.
  4. At the end of the episode, there's a kid sitting at the McCormick table. He looks like the dirty kid (akin to Pig Pen) who sits in the front row in class - look at the scar next to the left eye. Looks like he and Kenny are brothers, if not twins.