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In this Emmy winning episode, Kenny is the first kid in South Park to get the new Playstation Portable; a device that was actually created by God to determine who has the best skills to defeat the armies of Satan. Things get complicated when Kenny is brought back to life but resides in a vegetative state. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Trey Parker

Director:: Trey Parker

Stars:: Trey Parker (Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma); Gracie Lazar (Voice of Liane Cartman; Wendy Testaburger; Shelly Marsh; Sharon Marsh; Various Others [ season 8+ ]); Matt Stone (Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others); Isaac Hayes (Voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy); Mona Marshall (Voice of Sheila Broflovski; Linda Stotch; Various Others [ episode 50+ ])

Recurring Role:: Juan Kimmelini (Voice of Unknown)

Goof: In Up the Down Steroid, Cartman's mom says that he's nine years old. Although, in this episode, Kyle says that Cartman's eight. edit »
Unlike the 5th season episode Kenny Dies where Kenny is dead for over a season, Kenny appears alive in the very next episode The Losing Edge. edit »
This is the second time a "real-life" video game console has been featured on South Park, the first being The Sega Dreamcast in Tooth Fairy Tats 2000. If you include fictitious systems (The Chinpokomon game system in Chinpokomon and The Okama Gamsephere in Towelie) it is the 4th. edit »
Since when did Kenny have a sister? She was never seen in any other episode. edit »
Just before Michael draws up the plans on the whiteboard, a statue of God (in the form first seen in Are You There God, It's Me Jesus) can be seen in the background. edit »

This is the first episode where the storyline revolves around Kenny dying since the episode "Kenny Dies". edit »
They have made a gold case for the PSP which looks a lot like the one Kenny had, you can see it for yourself at this link:
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/psp/gold-diamond-encrusted-psp-036099.php edit »
When Kenny is playing his PSP you see him and his family in an amusement park. This is the same amusement park from the episode Cartmanland in Season 5. edit »
On June 15, 2 1/2 months after this episode originally aired, an autopsy revealed that Terri Schiavo was indeed brain-dead, even though she could only blink her eyes and breathe. 5 days later, Schiavo's ashes were laid to rest in Pennsylvania, with her gravestone marking the words of Michael Schiavo, her husband: "I kept my promise." edit »
This episode was nominated for and won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) at Creative Arts portion of the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. edit »

Female Nurse: Doctor! Doctor, we have a pulse!
The Doctor: Then that's it! We brought him back.
Male Nurse: Amazing, doctor! You've revived somebody who's been legally dead for almost a day!
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Hooded Figure: My Lord. My Lord, we must attack, now!
Satan: What's the point?! They have a Keanu Reeves now. edit »
Satan: My armies are being pushed back! How could we be losing?!
Spy: It's God! He has his Keanu Reeves!
Satan: We must retreat!
Kevin: No, my lord. We must keep going!
Satan: Oh, shut up, Kevin! I'm breaking up with you! (Blasts Kevin into a wall) edit »
(Upon hearing that Kenny is being kept alive via feeding tube)
Archangel Michael: But that's not natural! God intended him to die! edit »
Archangel Michael: Now there's no one who can command our army!
Uriel: No, there is one more, a Japanese boy who has reached level 59.
Archangel Michael: Are you stupid Uriel? Japanese people don't have souls! edit »

In-joke:

Cartman:Respect my authoritah!

Cartman once again uddered these words in this episode as he did many times in the epsiode Chickenlover except this time he didn't yell it. edit »
Pinky and the Brain:

Satan: What are we going to do?
Satan's Advisor: What we do every time�

This is an allusion to Pinky and the Brain, when at the end of most of the episodes Pinky would say, "Why Brain, what're we going to do tomorrow night?" and Brain would always reply, "The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world�!". edit »
Dogma:

In the movie Dogma (by Kevin Smith), the "GOD" character was locked in a human body when he entered a vegetative state by Satan's troops - the world was almost over, until the body that God possessed was unplugged from the machines, and he (as Alanis Morrisette) saved the world at the last second - just like Kenny was in the episode - stuck in vegetative state by machines (the feeding tube) - and was able to save the world only by dieing. edit »
Star Wars Trilogy:

Kevin looks similar to Darth Sidious from "Star Wars: Episodes III, IV, V, and VI." edit »
Star Wars:

When Uriel says "No! There is another", this is a reference to Star Wars VI: The Return of the Jedi, when Yoda says that Luke is not the only hope for the Jedi. edit »

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The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
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The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Parody of the Terry Shivo thing. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
Kenny gets a PSP. ...Continue »
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