Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the trees in the background keep moving between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Wendy asks the crowd where they all are going, the wide shot shows that Kyle is nowhere near the stage. When it cuts Kyle is standing right next to Wendy.
Continuity mistake: Tom's Rhynoplasty appears between two different sets of buildings in the street shots.
Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut (1) - S1-E14
Continuity mistake: At first the football team is mentioned as "The 1989 Denver Broncos" but throughout this episode and its sequel, they are "The 1991 Denver Broncos."
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: When the town are protesting outside the Mayor's office, the woman at the front of the Nativity protesting group is wearing a purple shirt. A few seconds later, she is with the group against the cutting-down of Christmas trees wearing a completely different shirt (white with a Christmas tree in a red circle with a line through it).
An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: In the end classroom scene, whenever they show Kyle, he is in front of the class, but in the wide shots, he is behind other kids.
Continuity mistake: In the cemetery scene where Kyle calls the emergency hotline and Stan and Cartman hold off the zombies, in the shot where Kyle's hand holding the Worcestershire Sauce is shown in close-up, his gloves are shown as green instead of white, which they are while Kyle is in his vampire costume.
Continuity mistake: During the scene where Chef goes to see the Mayor and Officer Barbrady, there is a shot from outside, where a pumpkin is visible in the window. But when Chef goes inside, there is no pumpkin.
Continuity mistake: The birthday cake disappears in some shots after they give it to Stan's grandfather.
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Garrison asks Officer Barbrady where he can get the best shot or view of Kathy Lee. Barbrady's pants are black. In the next scene when Barbrady takes the next guy's camera his pants are blue.
Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut (1) - S1-E14
Continuity mistake: The video sent in by Stans granddad of Kenny getting hit by the train doesn't match what actually happened.
Continuity mistake: When Kyle cuts Kenny in half, we see a skull behind him, but in the other scenes, the skull is to his right.
An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: Kyle has a black eye, but it has magically disappeared by the time he gets home.
Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the boys are playing football, as the shots change, if you look behind the bleachers, sometimes there are mountains and other times there is nothing but sky.
Continuity mistake: After Warsog gives his "statement" to the townspeople, he removes his glasses when telling them to direct their complaints to a nearby wall. Then, as he walks back inside, his glasses are back on his head. (00:15:05)
Continuity mistake: At the end when the airplane hits Kenny, there is a gravestone with a cross on it behind him, but all the time when the other three boys were talking, none of the gravestones behind them had crosses.
Continuity mistake: While Kyle is asleep in his bedroom the Triangle of Zinthar is on the dresser beside the framed photo, but in the next shot when the cut ceiling falls onto the floor the Triangle has vanished, then it reappears on the dresser where it is supposed to be. (00:07:40)
Continuity mistake: During the rehearsal of the play, Kenny's Indian feather is blue. When the tepee crushes him, his feather is now yellow.
An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: Shelly throws Stan on the carpet, but then in the closeup, something blue appears under him. (Despite a deleted scene, this is still a mistake within the show.)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The "School Food Is Good Food" poster in the cafeteria changes fonts between shots. (00:10:50)
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.
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