Parker and Stone later carried over many themes from the episode for their musical The Book of Mormon, which opened on Broadway in 2011.
Randy (his father) concludes that they must be religious fanatics attempting to brainwash Stan, and he heads over to confront Mr. Harrison and beat him up.
When the Harrisons and Gary show up, the three children walk off lying about going to "put in some volunteer work at the homeless shelter".
Throughout the episode, characters ask questions about Mormonism, and the story then breaks off to a sub-story about Joseph Smith and the founding of the religion.
He further lashes out at them for acting unusually nice all the time, claiming it blindsides stupid people like his father into believing in Mormonism (to which Randy Marsh responds with a determined "Yeah!").
[1][3] Through these experiences, Parker learned a number of things about the religion, and he did more research for his film Orgazmo, in which he played the Mormon main character.
[1] Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun, a tabloid Australian newspaper, highlighted the episode among "Top Choice" picks in television.
[7] KUER's Radio West host Doug Fabrizio used the episode as a case study in a discussion about "Mormonism and Popular Culture".