According to the creator commentary by Parker and Stone, the episode's plot originally revolves around Stephen attempting to get Butters laid, but was scrapped in favour of the conversion camp.
This episode includes a callback to Butters' dad being sexually interested in men, first established in "Butters' Very Own Episode".
In this episode it is revealed that Butters has blood type O.
Toward the beginning of the episode, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny are playing a board game called "Living." This is meant to be a spoof of the real life board game called "Life."