Who's to Flame?/Trivia

==Trivia==
*There are several differences among the versions on TV, DVD, mondomedia.com, and YouTube:
**Cuddles' line when he tells the cat to come to him is different (in the DVD and YouTube versions, it's the same as after he opens his window in "A Hole Lotta Love;" on the Mondo site's version it's closer to "come on, come on").
**His "Huh?" from when he notices the house fire is a little delayed [in which version(s)?].
**When the cat is playing with Cuddles' tail, the background music is different from the original version.
**When Shifty falls on his back, he makes a sound in the original version, but in the DVD version, he does not.
*The Cursed Idol makes an appearance when it is dropped from Handy's helicopter. It may have been the cause of Lifty, Shifty, and Russell's deaths.
*In this episode, Cuddles and Lumpy are the only characters who are firemen and do not kill anyone.
*This is one of the TV episodes that barely focus on the starring character (Mime). Most of the other characters have their own subplots within the episode, some of which surpass the amount of overall screen time Mime has:
**Petunia and Giggles attempting to put out the fire, only to have both of them set ablaze.
**Toothy, Sniffles, and Disco Bear trying to fix the situation.
**Pop and Cub's overall screen time.
**Handy trying to obtain water to put the fires out, and his later attempt at ejecting from his helicopter.
**Lifty and Shifty fighting over Pop's wallet.
**The Mole exploring the sewer.
*Lifty and Shifty somewhat switch roles in this episodes. Shifty, who usually acts more in charge, would likely beat up Lifty and win, seeing as he has often sacrificed his brother in previous episodes for his own gain or to save himself from death. This is the only time so far that Lifty has done something similar to Shifty.
*This episode marks the only instance in the TV series of Lifty dying before Shifty.
**This episode also marks one of the only five instances in the entire series of Lifty dying before Shifty (the other four being Milkin' It, Wrath of Con, Swelter Skelter and Buns of Steal).
*If one looks closely, Lifty’s eyeball can be seen moving when Shifty steals the wallet.
*This is one of the four episodes with a question mark in the title. The other three are Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Boo Do You Think You Are? and Snow What? That's What!.
*This episode makes Mime one of only four characters to star in an episode with a large cast and be the only survivor. The other three are Giggles (Dunce Upon a Time), Splendid (Breaking Wind and Wrath of Con) and Lumpy (Aw, Shucks! and Remains to be Seen).
*This is one of the few episodes in which all of the featuring and appearing characters die or are presumed dead while the starring character survives.
*This is one of the darkest episodes of the TV series and the episode with the third most deaths (behind Wrath of Con and Class Act). Though there were a couple of other episodes with 16 deaths, this one shows almost every death and most of them are separate from one another.
*Aside from Lammy and Mr. Pickels (who would not appear until 2010), Flippy, Cro-Marmot and Splendid are the only three characters who do not appear in this episode.
*This is one of the few TV episodes where a starring character does not kill anyone. The others are A Change of Heart, Home Is Where the Hurt Is (debatable), and Tongue in Cheek.
*This episode is another example of Lumpy's stupidity in that he is a firefighter in this episode, yet he enjoys playing with matches.
*This is the only episode where Mime stars and survives without killing anyone.
*This is one of the few episodes where Lumpy's antlers never change directions.
*This episode marks the first time that Disco Bear kills Pop.
*The way Disco Bear's screams when he uses the fire-spewing hose is the same way he screams in the episodes Doggone It, A Vicious Cycle and Put Your Back Into It.
*Mime and Mittens are the only survivors of this episode.
*Since Petunia started the fire, she is indirectly responsible for all of the deaths in this episode.
**The deaths of Giggles, Sniffles, and Cub mark as her first kills besides herself in the previous episode.
**This is the first and only time she has killed Giggles rather than the other way around.
*This episode marks one of the few instances of Nutty showing concern for another character's death or suffering.
*While on the phone, Mime's triangular eye paint briefly lowers to act as makeshift eyebrows.
*This episodes marks the third lethal explosion, and very likely the first explosion that destroys the whole town.
*Both the YouTube thumbnail for Part 2 and the thumbnail on mondomedia.com spoil Pop's death.
*This is the only episode to use a different surprised mouth asset. This is present on Giggles when she notices Petunia's tail has caught fire.
*This episode as well as Wrath of Con are tied for the lowest survival rate above 0. (Though Wrath of Con only ties if you count its debatable death.)
*If you pay attention when Mime is trying to dial the fire station, Giggles and/or Petunia start screaming "I'm on fire!" And "Help me! Help me!"
*When Mime is hungry after seeing the pancakes, he appears to mouth "yum, yum".
==Cultural References==
*While dialing for help, Mime performs the old gag that he has forgotten the number to 911.
*Handy's death is similar to Thomas Murphy's death in the 1992 film Alien 3, as both deaths involve them being shredded.
*One of the pancakes Petunia makes bears a striking resemblance to the popular character, Shrek.
*Handy's helicopter is equipped with an ejection seat, which he deploys, sending him straight to the rotor blades and killing him. In real life, only one helicopter featured this system: the Kamov Ka-50, which also came with explosive bolts mounted on its rotor disc; before the pilot's ejection, these explosives blew away the rotor blades to avoid the pilot getting shredded by them.
**The Kamov's canopy was also ejected during the process, unlike in Handy's helicopter, where he was forced through the glass during the ejection.
==Superlatives==
*Cuddles' death is similar to Lifty's death in Milkin' It and Chip's death in 1000 Ways to Die segments, "Heim-Licked".
*Petunia's injury before death is similar to her injury in House Warming, as her body is blackened by fire and burnt to the bone.
*Sniffles' death is similar to Russell and Nutty's deaths in Ipso Fatso.
*Petunia's death is similar to Giggles' death in Kringle Tree, Flaky's death in This Is Your Knife, and Mime's death in See You Later, Elevator.
*Cub's death is similar to Toothy and Flaky's deaths in the comic strip Lost Claws.
*Russell's death is similar to Giggles' injury before death in Breaking Wind.
*Handy's death is similar to Cuddles' death from Party Animal, Lumpy's death in No Time Like the Present, Toothy's death from Mime and Mime Again, Pop's death from Havin' A Ball and his own death in A Handy Nanny.
*Giggles' death is similar to Russell's injury in Chew Said a Mouthful, Her own injury in Butter Me Up and Shifty's death in Cheesy Does It. Coincidentally the last two are both HTF Breaks.
==Production Notes==
*The inspiration for this episode came from a traumatic incident from when Ken Pontac was a toddler. He saw his mother catch on fire while making breakfast because she was talking to his grandmother on the phone and did not notice that she was next to the stove.
*When this episode aired on YouTube along with Easy For You to Sleigh and Wishy Washy, the alternate title for the conglomeration of segments was "Four on the Floor".
*According to the commentary on this episode, the writers needed to make a cheat sheet to keep track of the characters that died and how they did. 
*Jeff Biancalana's voice is sampled for Russell, when he screams while falling, and when he is impaled.
==Continuity==
*The kitten that the fire brigade saves from the tree is none other than Mittens, first seen in Tongue Twister Trouble.
**Although it could have been a different cat with a different type of eyes, but this is likely due to the new style of the show.
*Numerous items in the piles of garbage that Russell's boat carries have appeared in other episodes. These include:
**The Cursed Idol.
**A Lumpy doll from The Wrong Side of the Tracks.
**A crushed rollercoaster cart from The Wrong Side of the Tracks.
*The machine that kills Lifty by forcing his brain out would later make another appearance in I've Got You Under My Skin.
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