Stealing the Spotlight/Trivia

Trivia

 * For an unknown reason, Nutty was given a starring role on the Winter Break TV special, despite having a featuring appearance in the actual episode.
 * This is the first episode where Jerome Rossen composed the music.
 * From this episode to Wrath of Con, Ellen Connell replaced Dana Belben as the voice of Cub, Petunia, and Giggles.
 * This episode shows that Lumpy is very competitive.
 * Truffles makes two appearances in the Blurb version of this episode, first when Nutty bends over and second behind Pop and Cub's house.
 * This is the second time an episode was animated by the FatKat Animation, the first being Class Act.
 * This is one of many episodes to be remastered for the Blurb version.
 * The ending of this episode is somewhat ironic as The Mole cannot see and yet, he can somehow recognize that Lumpy's lights have out-shined his competitors.
 * This is the only episode where Pop constantly injures Cub, yet doesn't end up being the one responsible for his death at the end of the episode.
 * Lumpy is responsible for every death in the episode.
 * If one looks closely, the Generic Tree Friends that end up being vaporized look like tailless cats. This is due to their animation sprites being reused ones from Lifty, albeit completely purple like the usual Generic Tree Friends and lacking a tail.
 * This is one of the many episodes where a character makes "puppy eyes". The other instances are Lumpy in Class Act, Toothy in Better Off Bread, Nutty in Icy You, Russell and Lumpy in Get Whale Soon, Flaky in Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!, Lumpy in In a Jam, Lifty in Easy For You to Sleigh, Lumpy in Letter Late than Never, Fliqpy in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow, Sniffles in Wrath of Con, and Lumpy in All In Vein and in Aw, Shucks!.
 * Despite Lammy not appearing in this episode, the Blurb mentions her once.
 * The YouTube thumbnail for the original episode spoils Pop's death, and the thumbnail for the Blurb version spoils Lumpy's injury.
 * If Lifty and Shifty didn't die, this would be the only internet episode that they survived so far.

Cultural References

 * The term "stealing the spotlight" means to grab all the attention, which describes Lumpy's behavior in the beginning and end of the episode.
 * Cub's nail injury is similar to Kenny's death in the South Park episode "Tweek vs. Craig".
 * This episode could be a reference to the scene in the 2000 film How The Grinch Stole Christmas, where Martha shows off her Christmas lights to a jealous Betty.

Superlatives

 * Nutty's death is similar to Sniffles' deaths from Tongue in Cheek and In a Jam and Giggles's death in Double Whammy Part I.
 * Cub's death is similar to Sniffles' death in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark.
 * Toothy's death is similar to his death in Easy Comb, Easy Go and Mime to Five.
 * When Cub is giggling because his tooth is back, he makes the same sound in Rink Hijinks.