South Park

Casa Bonita - S7-E11

Continuity mistake: When Cartman is about to jump from the cliff near the end, the cop comes in front of him and you see his hand as a pointing gun, but then in the next shot his hand is fist.

Merry Christmas Charlie Manson! - S2-E16

Continuity mistake: In the scene where the Cartman family and boys are seated at table, Kenny sits between Kyle and Great-Grandma. But a few shots later Kyle has to hold Great-Grandma's catheter bag, as he is now sitting next to her, and Kenny is no longer between them. However he's back between them again when the camera shows the whole table. (00:04:30)

Worldwide Recorder Concert - S3-E17

Continuity mistake: In the episode with the recorder concert. When Cartman and Kenny come into the hotel room, saying that they've found the "brown noise", Cartman is wearing headphones and holding another pair in his hand. Then he suddenly has two extra pairs - he gives one to Kyle and one to Stan (and is still wearing one himself).

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Continuity mistake: When ever you see Mr. Mackee he has nothing connecting his glasses in the shots showing the front of his face. But in the side of his face shots you can see he does have a connector.

Quintuplets 2000 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: When the boys are heading to see the quintuplets they approach a souvenir stand. In the wide shot all we can see are some CDs on the stand. In the close-up shot there are suddenly prize signs next to the CDs.

Mortug

Quintuplets 2000 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: In the beginning when the boys come in to the living room, Kenny's brother and Stan's sister Shelley is standing next to him. When it cuts, as Stan's grandpa enters, they're gone.

Mortug

Cat Orgy (1) - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: Just before Cartman sends his kitty out of the window with the photo, there's a photo frame on his desk and a "Cartman" cutout tacked above the desk, and on his bed is his frog toy and his hat. When Cartman walks over to the window with the kitty, all these items have vanished.

Hamster

Death - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: Just before Warsog emerges from the network building for the first time, Mrs. Marsh is shown to be stood next to a couple of random townspeople. In the very next shot Mrs. Cartman, Mrs. Broflovski and a third nondescript have appeared.

DaveJB

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Terrance: Wow, Scott really hates us Phillip.
Phillip: Yes, perhaps he's homophobic.
Terrance: But we're not gay, Phillip.
Phillip: We're not?

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Trivia: The creators of the show, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, based the Stan Marsh and Kyle Brosfloski characters after themselves (Stan being Parker and Kyle being Stone.) The Eric Cartman character was partly based on Archie Bunker.

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Margaritaville - S13-E3

Question: Can someone explain the subplot with the Margaritaville and Stan going to a bunch of places trying to return it? It's really confusing. And this sounds stupid, but in a recession, wouldn't spending money be bad?

Answer: Essentially Stan was trying to return the blender that his dad, Randy, had bought because he knew his parents couldn't afford the extra debt. The blender, which represented mortgage-backed securities, had been bought on payment plan, meaning Randy had to make monthly payments, with interest, on something that wasn't essential. The episode represented the recession that was occurring at the time, including the housing bubble and mortgage crisis going on, so there's a lot going on. However, the payment plan (which is to say the debt) had been sold to another company by the store that sold Randy the blender. (To explain why, because of the recession, the store needed cash on hand, and they would only be getting a little money each month, if Randy paid his bill. So the store sells the debt to a company who gives the store the money upfront. Think of the J.G. Wentworth commercials, "I have a structured settlement, but I need cash now".) Because the store sold the debt, in ridiculous fashion, Stan had to return the blender to the company that bought the debt, although they too sold the debt to another company. Finally he gets to the U.S. treasury who tells him his blender is worth $90 trillion (again a ridiculous exaggeration) meaning that the debt owed is greater than the product is worth and to deride the way government agencies set up their budgets (which requires much more complex economic lessons). Kyle's whole point was people shouldn't fear the economy or see it as a vengeful being, but continue to spend and live as they normally do. Economically speaking, not spending money during a recession creates a longer lasting recession, and to solve a recession, people should spend money, although people and businesses shouldn't acquire debt during a recession because interest rates are higher. But on a personal level, individuals are fearful of losing their jobs during a recession, so they save money in case that should happen. But again, this is complex economics lesson.

Bishop73

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