Writer:	Trey Parker
Director:	Trey Parker
Star:	Isaac Hayes (Voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy),  Matt Stone (Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others),  Trey Parker (Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma)
Recurring Role:	April Stewart (Voice of Unknown)

This is the first episode in which the Pope is not John Paul II. The Pope is now Benedict XVI. (edit) This episode aired again on August 2, 2006, after being shelved eight months ago after its first airing, due to it being offensive to some Roman Catholics. (edit) This is the first season to air all it's episodes in production order. (edit) Kenny does not appear in this episode. (edit) The Catholic League (for Religious and Civil Rights) has petitioned for Comedy Central, MTV, and Viacom to formally apologize to the Roman Catholic community and to "permanently retire" this episode and not release it on DVD. Sort of ironic because they seem to want to deny freedom of speech. (edit)

Man: I was diagnosed with brain cancer two months ago. I feel like this is my only hope.
Randy: I know exactly how you feel. I've got alcoholism. (edit) Stan: Dad, you can't drive, your license is suspended, remember? If you get pulled over again, you're gonna go to jail for ten years!
Randy: Alright.....Then you drive.
Stan: I'm eight!
Randy: This is my only hope Stan! Either you drive this car or I will! (edit) Michael: Young man, do you know anything about the 12 Step Program?
Stan: Yea! And I also know a thing or two about cults. I was the leader of one for a while.
(Stan is kicked out of the building) (edit) (Stan walks into A.A. meeting)
Stan: Excuse me, who's in charge here?
Michael: None of us are in charge. We're all powerless.
(Group murmurs in agreement)
Stan: Look, my dad was here yesterday, and you all kinda messed him up by telling him he had a disease.
Man: Alcoholism is a disease.
Stan: No its not, and you can't just go around saying stuff like that to people like my dad. He's kinda a hypochondriac. (edit) Reporter: The statue of the Virgin Mary has started to bleed.......Out its ass. (edit)

We learn that Stan Kyle and Cartman take a Karate class. (edit) When Stan says he's led a cult once, he's refering to the episode Trapped In The Closet when he breifly led the Scientologists. (edit) When Randy asks Stan to drive him to the statue, Stan says he's 8; however, in season 4 and beyond he said he was 9. How can that be? (edit) When Randy gets in his car to go see the bleeding statue and starts talking to Stan. After Stan shouts "What!?" if you look in the rear driver side window of Randy's car you can see a faint image of a visitor from "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe." (edit)

Lost:

Kyle and Stan talk about watching the final episode of the hit ABC show, Lost. (edit) Current Event/Statue of Bleeding Mary:

About a week ago, a church in California had a statue of Virgin Mary. People saw from the statue that the statue was crying, and the tears she was crying were blood. (edit) Bloody Mary:

This title of this episode is also the name of the drink of made made from vodka, tomato juice and a few other minor ingredients.

Also, since the episode is using it for a belief, it could also be related to the urban legend of "Bloody Mary" where, when said 3 times in front of a mirror, a vengeful spirit appears and kills the summoner. (edit)