Butters is freaked out when he thinks he can communicate with the dead. Although his parents have made it clear to him there are no such things as ghosts, Butters is sure one is haunting him. Butters knows he has to give up his ghost pal or be put into a mental institution. Originally Aired 13th April 2005 How Kenny Dies - Guest Starring - Mini Commentary Download Get Flash to see this player. Trivia This episode freqently references the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, in which a child psychologist helps a boy who sees dead people. Butters' father telling him that there's nothing to be afraid of, except Super AIDS, refers to medical cases in New York City and California [reference], in February 2005. During the montage, Scott Tenorman is shown at his parents' graves crying. Both their tombstones say they died in 2003, but Scott Tenorman Must Die aired in 2001. On the other hand, the boys entered fourth grade in 2000 and are still there, so even 2004 could have been used as the year of his parents' death. Cartman's sins from the list made by Butters: Breaking Mr. Anderson's fence. Crapping in the principal's purse (seven times). Convincing a woman to have an abortion so Cartman can build his own Shakey's Pizza (from Kenny Dies). Pretending to be retarded to compete in the Special Olympics (from Up the Down Steroid). Trying to have all the Jews exterminated (from The Passion of the Jew). Feeding parents to their son (from Scott Tenorman Must Die). The Sally Struthers incedent (from Starvin Marvin after he exposes her hoarding of all the food for herself. She's later found tied up and ready to be roasted over a fire). While this episode contains references to The Sixth Sense, it may, in fact, be based on the 1977 film Once Upon A Scoundrel. In the film, a cruel great land owner gets fed a sleeping potion and is then ignored by the villagers as revenge for his cruelty. He then thinks that he is a ghost and that he has to fullfill good deeds in order to go to heaven. The opening of the episode has a strong resemblance to the beginning of The Twilight Zone episode "The Hunt". The scene where Cartman walks into the fields to "Rest in peace" is a reference from Field of Dreams. Cartman believes that Butters is the only one who can see or hear him while he is dead. However, he is seen in a recording studio singing his "Make it Right" song with Butters and a producer.

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