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South Park (1997) - 82 corrections

starring Isaac Hayes, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, Trey Parker (add more)

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After the episodes "Cartman's mom is a dirty slut" and "Cartman's mom is still a dirty slut," in which we find out that Cartman's mom is actually his father and his mother is yet to be found, Cartman's mom is still always mentioned as Cartman's mom even when the kids say Cartman has no mom, and also they say he has no dad. [They call her "Cartman's mom" out of habit.]
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The American flag in front of the school has an incorrect star formation. [Almost certainly intentional.]
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Chef is never shown from his side. He's either facing the camera or facing directly away from it, even when he's walking across the screen, not turning 90 degrees like other characters. [Chef is shown walking side on in the episode Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (series 1). For what it's worth, I first read this trivia entry yesterday and thought "Hey, that's right." Then last night I just happened to see Cartman Gets an Anal Probe on TV and there it was.]
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In episode 8-14 "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset," Paris Hilton is defeated in the "Whore Off" by Mr. Slave. Soon she meets the Frog King who tells her that she must travel through Mr. Slave's intestine or she will surely die. The problem is that when the hamster Lemmiwinks freed himself in Season Six, episode 14, all of Mr. Slave's "friends" were freed with him, including the Frog King. Why did they come back? [Well, seeing how all of Lemmiwinks' "helpers" inside Mr. Slave were spiritual, it is impossible to say for certain what their exact limitations and powers were. One possible explanation is that the Frog King really did leave mr. Slave, but chose to reappear inside him when needed to help others who would be trapped there. Or it is possible that they had gained the freedom to leave, but never actually did so. It basically boils down to a character decision, which is not a mistake unless you specifically know their motivations.]
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In the school classroom the alphabet above the chalkboard is all screwed up with the alphabet in capitals being normal but the lower case letters are all jumbled up. [Yes, that's true, but it is an ongoing joke. How can the kids learn if even the alphabet is all screwed up? As Stan said himself, "We just fake it to shut him up."]
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In the first episode "Cartman gets an Anal Probe" Stan throws up whenever Wendy tries to talk to him. He also throws up at gore during "South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut". But he rarely pukes at gore or when Wendy speaks to him in the episodes. [This isn't a goof, its just the characters' personalities and behavior changing. Its no different from Cartman's voice being different in the 9th season as compared to the 1st season.]
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Cut-out characters frequently cast shadows on the background where they shouldn't. A good example is during "Weight gain 4000" - when Mr Garrison is talking to officer Barbrady, he casts a shadow on the sky. This is very noticeable on almost every episode. [This isn't a mistake, its part of the gag of the show: the incredibly simplistic animated style isn't intended to be photorealistic. Incidentally, the only episode of the show that is cut-outs is "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe." Every subsequent episode is animated via computer software.]
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For maybe the first four seasons, Stand and Kyle's voices stayed the same, after season four though, they seemed to have gotten deeper. Couldn't have been because of puberty because if that was the case Cartman's voice would have changed also. [Obviously you are not aware of the fact that many guys can experience puberty and deeper voices at a later age than others. Aside from that fact, this mistake is more built on opinion rather than any fact. I have watched South Park for many years and there is no example to prove this observation.]
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In the first four episodes, Stan's house has a purple wall and a yellow carpet. Then in "An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig" it has a purple wall and a brown carpet, which it continues to have for the rest of the seasons. But in "The Return of Chef" it goes back to having a purple wall and a yellow carpet. [Many people, like Stan's parents, have bought a new carpet and changed it again at a later date.]
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Pink Eye (series 1)

When Kyle cuts Kenny in half, there is a skull behind him, how did the zombie head become nothing but a skull so fast, it was only cut off seconds ago. [Considering that it was Halloween night, that skull probably isn't real and was placed in the cemetery as a prop for the holiday.]
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Death (series 1)

When Death is watching Terrance and Phillip, they are wearing astronaut suits with the American Flag on them. But since Terrance and Phillip are Canadian, shouldn't the Canadian Flag be present on their suits instead of the American one? [Not if they are doing a skit show where they play the part of American astronauts. They are comedians, after all.]
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Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride (series 1)

During the football game, the announcer says "And the ball is passed to 23 Kenny McCormick." But Kenny's number is actually 13. [A character mistake on the part of the announcer.]
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Weight Gain 4000 (series 1)

When Mayor McDaniels goes on her rant, her aide says that her microphone is on, even though there is no point to do that as everyone had already left. [That still doesn't make it a good idea. Most of the people are walking away and are still in earshot of the speakers.]
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Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (series 1)

The kid that Cartman sets on fire is Pip. Just something to notice. [This is not trivia, rather an obvious observation.]
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When Cartman gets home from school and tells his mom about his day and about the kids calling him fat, he has gloves. then when he starts to sit on the couch, he has no gloves on. [Cartman would have had plenty of time to take his gloves off between the shots.]
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After the scene where Mr. Garrison says, "You can say that again, Mr. Hat," Kyle shouts, "Give me back my brother you stupid aliens" in Stan's voice. [After the scene where Mr. Garrison says, "You can say that again, Mr. Hat," Kyle shouts, "Come down here you stinking aliens" in Stan's voice.]
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Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods (series 2)

Dr. Adams has a rare bone disorder that prevents his pronouncing the "T" in planetarium. But when he is hypnotising the children, he refers to it as the planetarium with the "T". [That's the whole point, he's hypnotised the entire town so whenever he says "planetarium" with the "T" he has them under his spell. To cover this he can't say "planetarium" normally else they'll slip into a conditioned response and give the game away, hence he fakes the disorder.]
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City on the Edge of Forever (a.k.a. Flashbacks) (series 2)

After Ms. Crabtree gets off the bus, Stan says "We can't get off the bus or that big black scary monster will get us," but Ms. Crabtree never says that the monster is black. [This episode is all a dream, it's all from one persons subconscious who is making it up in their mind as they go along.]
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Conjoined Fetus Lady (series 2)

When the Chinese dodgeball team member throws the ball at Kenny, it sends Kenny into the wall face first- killing him. When everyone but Pip is left, you can see that Kenny's body is still stuck in the wall, but has been turned around with him facing away from the wall. [Kenny is hit in the face with the dodgeball and the impact forces him into the wall, he is facing away from the wall as he was when he was hit with the ball. His body does not change the way it is facing from when Kenny is struck with the ball throughout the remainder of the episode.]
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Chickenlover (series 2)

When Chief Barbrady and the children arrive at the zoo, there's an alien doing...something to an animal. [According to http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/findthealien/ aliens are hidden in most episodes. You are supposed to find all of them and then go on the south park website enter their locations. Since they are hidden in most episodes and this was announced it is not really trivia.]
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