A new dynamic between Cartman and Kyle: Cartman is the boy of possibilites, Kyle is the cynic.
Wow, you'd think anyone who crapped out his mouth would have a toothbrush and mouthwash to clear away the awful smell of feces, but no one seemed to have thought of that...
"Go on smart ass, and do it!" - Said when Flick is about to stick his tongue to the pole in A Christmas Story.
"Adoramus te, Christe" - These words aren't part of the Mass, but they are used in special occasions. It should be Adoremus, not Adoramus. "Adoremus te, Christe" = "Let us adore you, Christ."
"Holy Document of Vatican Law" - The Code of Canon Law, which regulates how the Church operates, from annulment tribunals to the proper dress priests should have depending on the Church season.
interorectogestion? Reverse peristalsis (regurgitation) to the extreme.
The Gelgamek cardinal sounds like the army General.
It's incredibly ironic that the priest who was caught in relations with a woman called Mrs. Donovan would be found so pure of heart in retrieving the Holy Document of Vatican Law.
Gelgamek Catholics - oblique reference to the catholicity of the Church. One of the Church's four defining marks is its universality - it's everywhere. It's in heaven, earth, and purgatory, and all over the universe. One could then imagine alien Catholics, as Matt and Trey did in this episode. :) That teaching is derived from the notion that God created everything, so that all creatures, alien or Terran, would know him in one way or another.
Part of Priest Maxi's adventures in the Catacombs below St. Peter's Basilica involves a trip through the early '80s video game, Pitfall. The gators nipped at him good.
When Father Maxi arrives at the room containing the document, the walls around him are lined with Russian and Roman letters.
Six sets of parents are at the Marsh house in the new atheist club: Richard Tweek and wife, parents to Tweek; Randy and Sharon Marsh (Stan), Chris and Linda Stotch (Butters), Thomas and wife (Craig), Bob and Linda Williams (Token), and Martha and husband. This last couple is new, so the question is, who are they parents to? Could be Clyde, Bill, Fosse, or another boy. Clyde seems the most likely candidate, though, and so we might have a new fourth boy soon.
Things said when crap came out of the speaker's mouth (these statements are crap):
Richard Tweek - "Under God" should be taken out of the Pledge of Allegiance. (Doesn't really matter to national security whether those words are in there or not, but who rules here? The Christian majority or the atheist minority?)
Randy Marsh - The religious right in this country is trying to force our children to believe what they bel(ieve). (the beliefs of the religious right are not uniform, so no church could assert itself there. The religious right is trying to keep God from disappearing altogether, for they fear that the loss of faith leads to a civilization's downfall.)
Fr. Maxi is present next to the cardinal as the cardinal announces his return, but is not shown in close-up. Moments later a battered Fr. Maxi arrives with the Holy Document of Vatican Law.
The queen spider - maybe a jab at the Virgin Mary, one of whose titles is the Queen of Heaven. Also, many people hold that Catholics worship the Virgin Mary and not God, which may explain why it was the Queen Spider that showed up instead of God.
You can see the Roman Coliseum behind the ruins of the Vatican.
Dr. Who has two episodes people could be reminded of. The first has to do with the Daleks (Gelgameks), the second with the planet of spiders (the Queen Spider).
Last season we got "How To Eat With Your Butt" and an ass-faced couple who ate rather sloppily. This year we learn how eating with your butt actually looks. And a nice zinger about crapping out of your mouth.
Things tackled in this ep: pedophile priests (with nods to "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" and "The Wacky Molestation Adventure"), Martha Stewart's insider-trading scandal and her recent TV appearances, the presence of "under God" in the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
One thing missed: the option to become some other type of Christian or other religion altogether.
One major gaffe: How could the people of South Park turn atheist when they met Jesus and then God in "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus."
The show echoes one of the oldest of Catholic teachings: "The Bible isn't there to show how the heavens go, it's there to show how to get to heaven." Which is to say that the Bible isn't a history book or a science book, it's a book that shows how God wants you to live.
One change that can never be accepted in the Catholic priesthood - Priest Maxi: "Uh well then, perhaps we could change the Holy Document of Vatican Law to say that... it's okay for a priest or bishop or cardinal to have sex... with women." You see, that kind of sex is fornication, which is a sin, and certainly not permissible for a man who's supposed to be celibate. The thing about being a priest in the Roman rite is that you're supposed to give up sex voluntarily before entering seminary (married candidates in other rites don't have this setback). If you must have sex, you should consider being a deacon instead. Celibacy isn't forced upon candidates - they know they can always leave seminary if celibacy is not for them. It seems to me, though, that the priest shortage we have in the U.S. today just begs for a married priesthood to return (not that celibacy should be abolished).