Writer:	Trey Parker
Director:	Trey Parker
Star:	Trey Parker (Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma),  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:	April Stewart (Voice of Unknown),  Adrien Beard (Voice of Token Williams)

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is a real animal rights organization. Its website is http://www.animalliberationfront.com/. (edit) Out of respect for the death of a whale, no music was played during the end credit sequence. (edit)

Owner: (reading the note) we're taking Willzyx to the moon. long live the zipods. (edit) Announcer: We hope you enjoyed Jamboo's Orca show. And enjoy the rest of your day at Denver Sea Park... (turns off microphone) you bunch of retards. (edit) Jimmy: The Chinese want 10 million dollars to take someone into space.
Kyle: Ten million dollars?!? That's more than the Germans want!
Jimmy: We told them that and they told us to go f-f*ck ourselves. (edit) Kyle: I swear to Abraham he talked and he likes rocket ships! (edit) Cartman: Okay Kyle, we're gonna go get splashed some more, but if you wanna go make love to the whale, that's fine. (edit)

Both times Kyle taps on the glass to get Jambu's attention, he taps four times instead of three. (edit) When the announcer says "Bunch of retards" at the end of the whale show, the audio doesn't match up with the mouth. (edit) The United States cannot pursue criminals beyond the Mexican border. (edit) There's no way that the announcers, who are up inside a glass broadcasting box, would hear the boys talking to the whale from down below. (edit) The second time Kyle talks to Jamboo, he taps the glass 4 times instead of 3. His hand hits it 3 times, but 4 taps are heard. (edit)

Darkstalkers:

The music that plays over the first scene in which the Russians enter is the intro theme music, with the chants of Jedma Dohma, of Darkstalkers. (edit) NASA:

The Space station the boys went to in Mexico, MASA, is a pun on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It most likely stands for Mexican Aeronautics and Space Administration. (edit) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home:

Capturing a whale and rescuing it via a spaceship has the 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home written all over it. (edit) Space Cowboys:

The final scene of this episode bears a strong resemblance to the final scene of the 2000 film Space Cowboys, where Tommy Lee Jones' character is shown to have finally made it to the moon, only to die there. (edit) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:

The line "We're taking Ike to the new Harry Potter movie..." refers to the current Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, that was in release at the time of this episode’s production and airing. (edit)