Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'

Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto Is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation' is the fifth episode from the third season of Squidbillies. It first aired on February 17, 2008 on Adult Swim.

Synopsis[]

Rusty's soul is a pawn in the endgame between good and evil.

Plot[]

Rusty sells his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar skills. To preserve his ego, Early does the same.

Early's Trucker Hats[]

Too Cool For You!!

Characters/Cast[]

Early Cuyler (Unknown Hinson)
Rusty Cuyler (Daniel McDevitt)
Granny Cuyler (Dana Snyder)
Lil Cuyler (Patricia French) (No lines)
Sheriff (Bobby Ellerbee)
Reverend (Scott Hilley)
Glenn's Wife (Dana Swanson) (No lines)
Squid Jesus (Fred Armisen)
Squid Satan (Brendon Small)
Donna's Ex-husband (Jim Fortier)
Shawn Coleman
The Mexicans
Hellish Jay
Roy Clark (skeleton)
Demons
Grubs
Spiders

Music/Songs[]

Early's Gospel (credited as "Heaven's Warning")
Chirst Ranger
Shred Like The Dark Master
Rusty's shreds by Brendon Small
Power Ballad
Hoofprints
How You Like This Old Man?
Early/Rusty Hell jam
Early's guitar

Trivia[]

This episode has the longest title and variety of music/songs in the entire series.
This is the third episode in the series to not feature an Early trucker opening] intro since both the "pilot episode" and "Rebel with a Claus".
Donna, her ex-husband, Shawn Coleman, two Mexicans, and the Reverend attend the gospel.
This is Squid Satan's first and only major role in the series.
Squid Satan is imitating Peter Frampton when playing Rusty's guitar.
The female scream heard in the episode was previously heard in "Wing Nut". The scream is heard over two times in this episode.
Rusty is revealed to have bones despite being a Appalachian Mud Squid.
Rusty is seen pulling the skeleton of Roy Clark from the grounds of Hell when he is performing.
The Sheriff's phone resembles his steak house invitation from "Swayze Crazy".
When Squid Satan pops out of the ground and covers the land of Dougal County in flames, screaming demon-like creatures are seen in flying everywhere.
- The demons heavily resemble the attacking animation of the Baby Vampire Squids from "Butt Trouble".
A reddish Hellish Jay from "The Tiniest Princess" makes a cameo in this episode popping out of the ground from Hell when the Reverend summons Squid Satan.
Despite the Cuyler House being destroyed by Squid Satan, it remains intact in the end of the episode.
At the end of the episode when Early and Rusty are demons, the said demon spiders that pop out of Early's head has the body of the creepy fire ant from the episode "The Tiniest Princess".
The song "Power Ballad" plays in the episode's credits.
When the Reverend is summoned to exercise the demon from Rusty, Rusty's face morphs into a blue-skinned female that resembles the Reverend and the skin from her face is pulled back. This was likely the meant to be the Reverend's mother, implying she is in Hell. This is also most likely a reference to the film The Exorcist, wherein the demon Pazuzu taunts the priest trying to exorcise him by claiming that his mother is in Hell.

Cultural References[]

The title of the episode is another way of saying the name of the Charlie Daniels Band song "The Devil Went Down To Georgia". The episode's plot is also very similar to the aforementioned song.
The code of Hammurabi is mentioned in Early's gospel.
When Rusty is using a demon guitar from Squid Satan, he sings "jingle balls, shotgun shells" before Squid Satan interrupts and claims that is not how he and Rusty learned it from. What he sings is similar to the famous Christmas song "Jingle Bells".
The Ravages of Alzheimer is mentioned by the Reverend.
At the end, when the demonic Early's head splits open and spiders emerge from it, the bodies of the spiders bear the popular "Demon Face" of Pazuzu, or "Captain Howdy" from The Exorcist that appears as subliminial imagery throughout the film.