The day after "The F Word" was originally broadcast, T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts based on the episode were made available at South Park Studios, the official South Park website. It featured Butters standing in front of a motorcycle, standing above the word "bike-curious?"
Although LGBT activists acknowledged the noble intentions behind the episode, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation objected to "The F Word", stating the episode still uses the word in a derogatory context, even though it is directed against bikers instead of homosexuals. As a result, GLAAD said "The F Word" still reinforced the usage of the word "fag" as a means of insulting others, and could be unintentionally harmful to the gay community. GLAAD officials called it a "slur-filled episode" and demanded an apology from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Comedy Central declined to respond to the comments.
The biker interview parodies the real life altercation that occurred between Jim Everett and Jim Rome, just moments into their interview.
In the scene where Emmanuel Lewis arrives at South Park, the music played by the orchestra is Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major by Sir Edward Elgar.