Junk in the Trunk/Trivia

==Trivia==
*This is one of only five times that Lumpy is seen living somewhere that is not a trailer, the other four times being Dunce Upon a Time (in which he lives in a castle), Aw, Shucks! (a farm), Peas in a Pod (a different farm), and All In Vein (a different castle). 
** This is the only instance of Lumpy having a non-trailer residence without being portrayed as a farmer or as a mythical creature.
*This episode marks the first of two times in the series to date that Lifty and Shifty are not killed simultaneously or one right after the other. The second time this occurs is in Buns of Steal.
*Whistle is among the animals that Lifty and Shifty stole, though his design is a lot different, as he has white leg stocks and does not appear to get aggressive.
*Giggles, Mime, and Cuddles are the first three characters who die in the episode, just as in Home Is Where the Hurt Is.
**Coincidentally, the order of their deaths in the latter episode (Cuddles, Mime, Giggles) is reversed in this episode (Giggles, Mime, Cuddles).
*When Lumpy's elephant ends its "shower", Lumpy puts an air freshener similar to Petunia's onto his elephant.
*This episode marks the second time that Lifty and Shifty steal animals for profit. They first do this in Doggone It, in which they steal an innumerable amount of puppies.
*Shifty has shown not to be as mechanically inclined as Lifty, for he grabbed the axle of the moving van without thinking. (Debatable as he had little to no time to think.)
*This is one of the episodes in which all of the featuring and appearing characters die while the starring character survives.
*Giggles appears on a milk carton at the end of this episode. She would later appear on another milk carton in All In Vein.
**Additionally, the image of her used on the carton in this episode uses her pre-TV series design.
*If one notices, Cuddles' remains can be seen decaying to bone over time as Lifty and Shifty disassemble and reassemble their van to put Lumpy's elephant inside it.
*All of the three main characters that were pulling the rope to lift Lumpy's elephant up are the only three characters in the show who have died in all of their regular starring roles.
*This episode marks the longest time interval between Lifty's and Shifty's deaths in the series (40 seconds).
*Mime's remains after death are the same as in Wingin' It.
**Coincidentally, Mime is smiling before he dies in both episodes.
*This episode marks the second time since Sea What I Found that Lifty and Shifty use actual teamwork. In order to steal Toothy's Tortoise, Shifty distracts Toothy while Lifty swipes the tortoise.
*This is the only episode with no main character deaths or even injuries throughout the first part posted to YouTube.
**In fact, unless one counts the bugs Lumpy hit, there are no deaths or injuries at all. This makes Part 1 relatively child-friendly.
*When Lifty and Shifty's van flies off the cliff, if one looks very closely, Shifty's shredded remains can be seen still wrapped around the drive axle.
*If one looks closely when Lifty and Shifty toss Toothy's tortoise into the back of their van, a monkey can be seen in a cage smoking a cigar.
*Lumpy's Elephant probably broke the Fourth Wall, as it was looking at the viewer while he was crying as he was being caged by Lumpy after being mistakenly blamed for "wetting" the house.
*The YouTube thumbnail for Part 2 spoils Lifty's injury before death.
*It is unknown if Lumpy ever got the cat off of his face or not at the end of the episode.
==Culture References==
*The meaning of the phrase "junk in the trunk" means to have prodigious buttocks.
*The moral means that it is better to be content with what one has than to risk losing everything by seeking more.
*This episode contains a small nod to the Mario Kart games in the scene where Lifty throws a turtle's shell at Lumpy, who was chasing after them. In the Mario Kart games, shells can be hurled at racers ahead of or behind the player in an attempt to slow them down.
**Also, if one is quick to notice: the shell Lifty throws is blue. In the Mario Kart games, a blue shell is considered to be the strongest weapon in the game, as it flies towards the racer in first place and immediately strikes upon reaching its intended target.
*Shifty falling beneath the van and grabbing onto the drive axle may be a reference to the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, where a similar thing happens to Indy. In this case, however, the results of grabbing onto a moving drive axle are portrayed slightly more realistically.
*The elephant bears a similar design to a heffalump in the Winnie-the-Pooh series, who is coincidentally also named Lumpy. The only difference is that Lumpy's elephant is an adult elephant and the heffalump in the Pooh series is young.
==Superlatives==
*Giggles' death is similar to Flaky's death in the Gum option in her Smoochie, Joey's death in 1000 Ways to Die segment, "Grateful Bed", and Mattson's death in Child's Play 2.
*Toothy's death is similar to Flippy's death in Autopsy Turvy, Cub's death in As You Wish, Handy's death in Pet Peeve, and Steve's death in 1000 Ways to Die segment, "Dead Light, Green Light".
*Lifty's injury before death is similar to that of Lumpy's injury before death in Wipe Out!.
*Cuddles' death is similar to Lumpy's death in Milkin' It.
==Continuity==
*The sock on Lumpy's car is the same one that he tried to roast over a fire at the end of Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark.
*This episode marks the first time since Stealing the Spotlight that Lumpy's Brown Lincoln Continental has made an appearance in the series.
==Production Notes==
*This episode was released on TV along with In a Jam and I've Got You Under My Skin. When the conglomeration of these three episodes was posted to YouTube, the alternate title for it was "Twelfth Night". Lumpy appears in all three episodes and dies twice.
*According to the cast commentary on the TV Series DVD Vol. 4, during the development of this episode, the crew considered having Lumpy take his elephant to work, with it sitting under his desk. Another idea was to have Lumpy take the elephant to the vet. In addition, this episode was one of the last, if not he last, to be written for the TV series.
**They also revealed that Cuddle's death was a gag they wanted to do for some time before this episode's airing.
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