Milkin' It/Trivia

Trivia

 * The cow in this episode is later seen with a similar appearance (when it becomes scrawny) in Dunce Upon a Time.
 * One of the items Lifty and Shifty throw out of the balloon is The Cursed Idol.
 * The reindeer from The Reindeer Kringle is visible in the background while Lifty is impaled on a tree.
 * This episode contains the first instance in the internet series and one of only four instances in the entire series that Lifty dies before Shifty.
 * When Lifty is impaled on the tree, the way his organs wrap around the tree resemble Christmas decorations.
 * Shifty is responsible for every death in this episode. (Though Lifty helped Shifty kill Lumpy)
 * Lifty appears to scream Shifty's name when was thrown out of the hot air balloon.
 * This is one of the few episodes where Lumpy's antlers don't change directions.
 * This is the first time that Shifty has intentionally killed Lifty.

Cultural References

 * The meaning of the phrase "milking it" means to spoil something (like a spoiler alert).
 * The meaning of the moral of this episode means to not get upset over small problems.

Superlatives

 * Lifty's death is similar to Cuddles' death from Who's to Flame?.
 * Lumpy's injury before death is similar to Nutty's injury before death in A Sucker for Love and his death is similar to Handy's death in No Time Like the Present only in reverse.

Production Notes

 * A deleted scene for this episode was featured on the Third Strike DVD. In it, when the cow became thin and scrawny, Lifty was seen jumping up and down while holding onto the udder to make more milk come out. The creators changed it because they thought the scene was too harsh.