Passing a skeleton by the side of the road, Stan asks Jesus, "Anyone you knew?" Jesus answers, "Yeah, he was my father's jester. Really funny dude." This is an oblique reference to the famous graveyard scene in Hamlet (Act 5, Scene 1) "This same skull ... was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. ... Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy ...."
On Jesus' bandoleer can be seen The Holy Hand-grenade of Antioch - a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).
This is the highest rated episode of the series.
Andy Samberg plays two parts in this episode, first as the puppet Ricky the Raptor and then as the voice of The Antichrist.
Was meant to be a three-part nine-act epic saga but was cut down and condensed into one episode.