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Parker and Stone have since been critical of the third-act twist of "crab people" and consider the episode one of their worst. Though they brainstormed for hours to improve the episode (after having deleted the initial subplot of Mr. Garrison leading the other gay people in South Park to "compete" with the metrosexuals), they were unable to come up with anything better than crab people. Executive producer Anne Garefino was particularly critical of the idea, deeming it "stupid." Parker later noted that "'Crab people' became this thing [in the writers' room]. It's like, you just know there's something better, but you can't think of it, and now you've just got to go with crab people."<ref name="ew">{{cite news|title='South Park': Matt Stone and Trey Parker Name Their 15 Best Episodes (and 53 Worst)|url=http://www.ew.com/gallery/south-park-matt-stone-and-trey-parker-name-their-15-best-episodes-and-53-worst/502151_worst-51-south-park-gay|date=October 11, 2011|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate=March 21, 2016}}</ref>
In the DVD commentary, Stone called Crab People "the worst idea we've ever had."<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705961/ |people=[[Trey Parker|Parker, Trey]] |date=November 2004 |title=South Park: The Complete Seventh Season: "South Park Is Gay!" |format=Audio commentary |medium= DVD|publisher=[[Paramount Pictures#Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Despite Parker and Stone's distaste for the characters, however, the Crab People have actually become fairly popular villains with fans of the show.
In the episode [[Quest for Ratings]], Eric Cartman suggested Crab People while brainstorming ideas for a news show. They're also mentioned at the end of [[Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow]], where they were blamed for destroying the Beaverton dam. Crab People also appear in the video games ''[[The Stick of Truth]]'' and ''[[The Fractured but Whole]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/05/16/south-park-stick-of-truth-sales/ |title=South Park: The Stick of Truth sold 1.6m copies, slayed Crab People |date=May 16, 2015 |website=technobuffalo |access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref>
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