Talk:Freak Strike

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Does the dialogue between Cartman and his mother sound familiar? I'm sure I've heard it somewhere else, anybody know?

Cartman:	Oh, I have such a pretty mother. Such a wonderful mother. Liane:	       Sweetie, don't. Cartman:	Then it's settled. Oh, I have such a great mother. [turns around and walks out] Such a beautiful mother.

Think it's from "The Bad Seed" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.49.147 (talk) 05:13, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

For the trivia section (double-check this before adding it)
 * The freak song is a rip-off of a commercial for a garment workers' union, which played during the Star Wars Holiday Special.
 * The freak song is a parody of "Look for the Union Label." Professor Chaos 04:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Mark Tatum (Scooped out face man)
Why does he keep getting deleted? He's a real man, and I can give evidence he exists. Leave responses on my talk page. --BLuToRsE 02:05, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Goonies
Hey, in the "Look for the True Freak Label" video, is one of the freaks the giant guy from Goonies? I can't remember the giant's name. Professor Chaos 04:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Sloth? --MasterA113 16:18, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Peter's Chin
Could the balls on chin be a reference to the chin of Peter Griffin?
 * No. Professor Chaos 06:21, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's more likely a reference to Pink Floyd: The Wall, which featured a judge with a scrotum for a chin. Stonemason89 (talk) 15:28, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Trivia
I am removing "'Ball chin boy' came from the movie Men In Black II from a race of aliens called Ballchinians," as the film was released 3 months after this episode and there's no citation to prove it was not coincidental.KomradeDave 05:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * And more;

References to popular culture
Cite and return to the main article. Alastairward (talk) 08:48, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The largest influence for this episode was the movie Freaks.
 * The Geeks who make Butters' fake balls are a parody of The Lone Gunmen originally of The X-Files. They also appeared in the episode "4th Grade".
 * The scene where a man tells Maury that “the ratings have just started to plummet” is a play on the original Star Trek series, where crew members often viewed computer displays in such a way. The man also bears an uncanny resemblance to Leonard Nimoy.
 * When Cartman appears on Maury and is arguing with the other out-of-control child about who’s badder, he states he "ran for Congress, won, and then had sex with an intern, killed her, and hid her body." This is a reference to the Gary Condit scandal.
 * When Cartman is trying to convince his mother to go on the Maury Povich show with him, he says "I have such a pretty mother, such a wonderful mother..." These quotes and this tone were often used by Rhoda, the sadistic little girl in The Bad Seed to win favor from her mother.
 * Vanity's line "You ain't bad! You ain't nothing!" comes from the full-length music video of Michael Jackson's "Bad."
 * The red-haired man with the large deformed face in the back of the "True Freak Label" scene is a visual reference to Rocky Dennis, who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (portrayed by Eric Stoltz) in the film Mask (film).

"New Opening Sequence"
I'm moving the description of the new opening theme from this episode to the beginning of the season, where it actually is new. The placement of this paragraph in this article gives the idea that it is this episode where it was first being used. Dustman15 (talk) 17:02, 13 January 2011 (UTC)