Glenn the Janitor, voiced by Neil Flynn, shares the same (supposed) name of Neil Flynn's character "The Janitor" on Scrubs, unbeknownst until the season 8 finale, when he reveals his real name to be Glenn Matthews.
Krabby Cakes from Plane Crazy:Gate Expectations is one of the friends that JFK summons
Goof: A teen sitting behind Abe and Cleo making out appears to be Kurt Cobain. However, Kurt didn't die until the 90's so he couldn't have been cloned.
Ponce's body disappears from the coffin right after JFK runs out of the funeral. While Gengis Kahn sings and Joan complains about all the trash as she talks to Gandhi on her cell phone, the coffin is empty.
After the Funeral, Joan is telling everybody to pick up their trash and somebody throws a piece of garbage at Joan's head. You can tell it was Mr. B. because there is a robotic noise right before the object appears. In the scene right before, Mr. B. is near the exit with a cheerleader.
Goof: During the funeral, Joan is visible in the audience wearing black pants with her black shirt. When she is alone, her pants are her normal green pants.
Goof: Ponce gets ketchup on both Caesar's white shirt and his face. A couple of seconds later, the ketchup is gone.
Ponce's full name is Juan Ponce de León. Ponce's first name is missing from the Notation at the end of the episode.
Glenn, the school janitor, is both dusting off objects and sorting out paperwork in Scudworth's office. These are typically not tasks that a janitor would perform.
Gandhi is being held in Cell Block H.
Goof: Cleo's bedroom is red even though they repainted it pink after Episode 9: Pie of the Storm.
JFK's Gameboy is a very strange model. It has an extra button, and the buttons are located above the control-pad, instead of to the right.
When JFK is washing his face, a graffitti on the back wall reads: JFK & Ponce B.F.F. B.F.F. means Best Friends Forever.
One of the stain-glass windows in the church is of a brown guitar.
During the entire funeral, the large black and white picture is of Ponce. After Gandhi calls Joan and reveals he is on death row, the large picture switches to the one taken earlier, of JFK and Ponce.
Both Joan's cell phone and the pay-phone on death row have only 9 buttons.
Goof: JFK is wearing Ponce's pants at his funeral, which he took off of Ponce. Ponce is wearing the same clothes he died in because his jacket is torn. Why are Ponce's pants in such good condition? His pants were also torn so shouldn't JFK be wearing torn pants?
According to the Notation given at the end of the episode, and the Happy Birthday banner hung up during Ponce's funeral, you can assume that Ponce's funeral takes place on his sixteenth birthday.
Mostly everyone at Ponce's funeral is wearing black, with the following exceptions: Glenn, Ponce's step dad, is wearing a gray janitor uniform. JFK is wearing Ponce's purple pants. Scudworth is wearing his normal lab technician coat. Mr. B is wearing his red sweater. Joan is wearing green pants, and is dressed how she always dresses. Genkis Kahn is wearing blue pants. There is a boy only seen when everybody is exiting and he is wearing a striped shirt.
After Ponce dies, the crumpled picture of JFK and Ponce somehow uncrumples & floats towards the camera, located very high in the sky.
There are a total of 8 chimes after Ponce dies.
Goof: All of JFK's candies disappear from his bag, right before he crumples it up and throws it on the ground. A second later, all of Ponce's candies also disappear from his bag too before he throws it on the ground.
The sign on the bus for the Death Row Prisoners reads: Death Row Trash Pick-Up ; Just our way of saying "sorry"
Joan and Toots must each own their own cars as Joan drives a green car and Toots drives a yellow car. Also, their cars look very different.
This is the only episode where you see JFK's 'Two Peas In a Pod' tattoo, of himself and Ponce. It is located on JFK's right upper arm.
When the janitor is first introduced, a squirrel with a 6-pack-plastic stuck on it's head runs behind Joan.
Goof: In the scene where Abe litters, all the clones move around while Abe is littering. Before Abe throws the garbage on the ground, Cleo, JFK, Ponce and Katherine the great are sort-of away from Abe. After Abe throws the garbage, Cleo is closer to Abe, and now the order of the clones is Catherine the great, JFK, Ponce, and Caesar, who are still sort-of away from Abe.
Notation for Ponce after his death In Loving Memory Ponce de Leon 1471-1521 1987-2003
When JFK summons all the animals of sea, earth and sky to 'help save the environment,' Geshy, the mascot of GESH High School, makes an cameo appearance.
Gandhi apparently sits in a baby chair when he rides in a car. He also doesn't wear his seatbelt. Joan drives a small hatchback.
Scudworth's "Cloney Island" model from the election episode is shown again in this episode, and Scudworth reads the Cloney Island secret file in the bathroom.
Goof: Ponce states he has cranberry juice in his blood stream. Well If you look closely at the juice box, it has a picture of an apple, just an apple. No pictures of cranberries on the box.
Even though this show takes place in the U.S., when the camera pans out from Ponce's death we can see cars driving on the left side of the road.
JFK: Now WHO WANTS TO PICK UP SOME LITTER?! Now I don't usually do this, but there's a few more friends that could help us out. (JFK in front of the woods) From Land! (JFK in front of water) From sea! (JFK in front of clouds) From sky! Come all ye animals to help save the environment!
Ponce: Well, I gotta bolt. If I don't see you guys again, good bye and have a wonderful life. Abe: (laughs) Why do you always say that, Ponce?
JFK: (Playing gameboy.) Now Mario's dead. I'm killing everyone! Why couldn't Ponce have three lives like Mario?
JFK: AAHHH! I was in a coffin with a dead guy!!
Glenn: But I just lost my son. This job is all I have left. Scudworth: Yeah, great, now you'll have more time to spend with your family.
JFK: (talking about the subconscious visions of Ponce) I saw him recently. He's a genie now. He lives in my head! (starts rubbing forehead)
JFK:... but Ponce loved littering! Abe: Yeah, but once it killed him, he probably would have stopped.
JFK: I'm a Kennedy! I'm not accustomed to tragedy!
Prisoner: (to Gandhi after the 'initiation') Damn, boy! What'd you think we were going to do? Make LOVE to you?!
Prisoner: (to Gandhi) Your death row name is now...silky butterfly.
Joan: When we cast our love into the sea of emotion, sometimes what we catch is in Fate's hands. Abe: I never wanted to be a fisherman in such a sea as this...
Abe: The only GAME this BOY is playing is acting sad, and first prize is getting into your PANTS!
Gandhi: (to Joan visiting him in prison) I haven't got a single high five since I got here. Could you give me a few under the table? Everyone else is getting some.
JFK: For my first wish, I want my dead friend back...Ponce! You're back!
JFK: Oh, you're a genie!
JFK: You're a g-g-g-g...dead guy!
(As Gandhi walks through the prison) Prisoner: Nice orange warm-ups! Another Prisoner: Do you wear them in the shower? Yet Another Prisoner: I'll see you in the shower boy.
JFK: I just killed my dead friend!
Glenn: Ponce was like a son to me...probably because he was my foster son...my dead foster son...
JFK: If by life you mean "sex" and by thinking you mean "having"...right Ponce?!
Scudworth: (talking about Glenn the janitor) Ooh, what a jackass! He thinks he's the hottest thing since wheels on a bucket! Mr. B: I like him. Scudworth: You would!
Prison Warden: (indicating Gandhi) Guards, grab the petite one.
Joan: (to Gandhi) Out! And I'm keeping your carseat.
Abe: Maybe litter is good...in moderation.
Scudworth: It was that cocky janitor *Glenn*! I have a system, and he comes in and puts everything into neat little piles. Neat little piles of chaos, Mr. B.! Chaos!!
Glenn: Hi, I'm Glenn. I'm the school janitor. Ponce was like a son to me, probably because he was my foster son. My dead foster son.(he sobs) Son, I just want you to know... Scudworth: Oh, janitor, some kid vomited in the hallway. Could you make with the sawdust and clean it up? Glenn: Ah, yeah, but I'm kinda giving my son's eulogy right now. Scudworth: Doo yeah. If you could just do it now...your son will still be dead when you get back.
This episode did not air in the U.S.
Neil Flynn voies Glenn the Janitor, whereas he is known for his popular Janitor character on sister show Scrubs.
This episode contains nudity.
The opening-credits song is sung by a woman's voice and played with a slow tempo in this episode.
The recurring dolphin appears when JFK summons his animal friends.
The Fonz Ponce's character is based on The Fonz from the sitcom Happy Days. Ponce has a leather jacket, he often gives people the thumbs up and he is a role-model for weak-minded peers.
Mahatma Gandhi The original Mahatma Gandhi was unfairly imprisoned several times during his life. The clone Gandhi is also unfarily imprisoned during this episode which alludes to original Gandhi's imprisonment.
Madtv On Madtv, there is a skit involving a couple, and every single line spoken has the word 'literally' in it. Nicole Sullivan portrayed Judith, the woman of the couple. Nicole also lends her voice to Joan, and others, on Clone High. This episode's title, Litter Kills: Literally, is an allusion to Nicole's Madtv skit.
JFK: Why couldn't Ponce have had 3 lives, like Mario? Mario is a Italian plumber, a character created by Nintendo. Mario is used in a majority of Nintendo video games. In most games, Mario starts off with 3 lives. JFK is also playing a Gameboy which is a Nintendo game system.
Ponce: (To JFK) Jackie-boy. Ponce: (To JFK) Jack. Jackie is the name of the original JFK's wife. The original JFK was also sometimes called Jack, instead of John.
Ponce: I mean, there's no fountain of youth. The original Juan Ponce de Leon was a famous Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth. The fountain was a legendary spring that supposedly gave people immortality and good health.
Lady and the Tramp: When Abe and Cleo eat the french fry and begin making out, this alludes to the 2 dogs from Disney's Lady and the Tramp, who are eating spaghetti.
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