Swelter Skelter/Trivia

Trivia

 * This is the first internet episode to star Lifty and Shifty since Milkin' It.
 * This is the first episode of the third internet season in which Lumpy does not appear.
 * Both "versions" of the Lifty & Shifty laugh are heard in this episode. The lower pitched version by Mark Giambruno and the current higher pitched laugh by Kenn Navarro.
 * Ellen Connell's voice was sampled for the voices of Giggles and Petunia.
 * The way Giggles screams when her rear end is burnt by the slide is the same way Cub screamed when he died in Sea What I Found.
 * This is the second time Lifty and Shifty have kidnapped or taken hostage another main character (in this case Cro-Marmot). The first ones were Petunia and Giggles in Gems the Breaks, where they tied them up to steal their lemonade stand and their profits.
 * During the explosion, The Cursed Idol briefly appears.
 * This episode features one of only four instances in the entire series that Lifty dies before Shifty.
 * In the credits, the writers added at the end: "not a moderator: MOD".
 * This is the first time that the raccoon duo steal from Nutty.
 * In the featuring card, Giggles is on the slide, and coincidentally that is just where she is in the episode.
 * This is one of the few instances that half of the characters die. The other is Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow.
 * Not counting the HTF Break short Claw, Lifty and Shifty do not appear again until 4 years later in Buns of Steal.
 * If one doesn't count the frozen fish, Shifty is responsible for everyone's death.

Cultural References

 * The title of this episode is a reference to "Helter Skelter", which was originally a poem written by British poet Jonathan Swift. Today, it is most famously known as The Beatles' song of the same name.

Superlatives

 * Nutty's death in this episode is similar to Sniffles' death in the HTF Break short Moppin Up.
 * The animators credited were characters "Daniel Dreiberg" and "Walter Kovacs" from Watchmen.

Continuity

 * The trick Lifty and Shifty use to steal Nutty's snow cone is similar to the one used in Sea What I Found when they stole Russell and Lumpy's treasure.
 * When Shifty's hands are set on fire, he screams the same way he did during his death in Easy For You to Sleigh.
 * The playground in the start of the episode is also seen in other episodes, such as Spin Fun Knowin' Ya, Blast from the Past, I Nub You, and All Work and No Play.