The original airdate title for this episode was "Cartman Says...", as Cartman was the first person to say "shit" in this episode.
The first episode to be animated with Maya software.
The roaring sounds of the curse dragon that appears at the end are the Spider Mastermind's characteristic noises from the video game Doom.
The word "shit" was uttered 162 times and written 38 times, bringing the total to 200. After the episode, the word "shit" was outlawed. According to Trey Parker, even though they may be able to use the word on TV again but bleeped, the South Park universe has eliminated the word from use although some Hulu airings still use the word uncensored
In the HBC conference room where the rune stone is introduced, there is a familiar eye symbol that seems to represent CBS. CBS is owned by Paramount Pictures, which also owns Comedy Central, the channel on which the show has been played on since 1997.