Cat Orgy (1) - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: When Cartman gets his kitty the catnip from under the kitchen sink, a yellow plate rack full of plates appears on the worktop next to the sink that wasn't there in previous shots.
Cat Orgy (1) - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: When Shelley and Skyler are in the kitchen, there's a plate on the table with pizza crusts on it. Between closeups and wide shots the crusts continually switch from the left to the right side.
Cat Orgy (1) - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: When Shelly and Skyler are on the couch kissing, Skyler's guitar is on the couch. Then Cartman quickly snaps a picture of them, and then only a second later, the guitar is suddenly on the floor without enough time for it to be moved.
Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub (2) (a.k.a. Melvins (2)) - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: In the scene where the ATF fires at the group of people coming out of Mr. Mackey's party, they drop dead. A few shots later when the ATF aims the big gun at the door, the bodies and bullet holes in the house are gone. (00:18:40)
Chinpokomon - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: At the toy store, Stan shows Cartman the three Chinpokomon he is buying: Lambtron, Roostor, and Shoe. When Stan's mother is at the cash register paying for his toys, though, she has a different Chinpokomon and Pingin. At the bus stop the next day, he has yet another different Chinpokomon.
Hooked on Monkey Fonics - S3-E12
Continuity mistake: When Mark rolls into the class in his bubble, he hits Craig's desk and Craig looks annoyed at him. In the next shot, he isn't looking annoyed. (00:08:05)
Starvin' Marvin in Space! - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: The second time the boys go through the wormhole you can see that Kenny is with them, even though he is still meant to be on earth.
The Red Badge of Gayness (a.k.a. War) - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: In the episode with the new civil war, when Clinton unrolls the scroll, it goes from rolling horizontally to rolling vertically between shots.
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).
Worldwide Recorder Concert - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: When the boys are running to stop the concert a frame is seen where Mr Garrison and Mr Macky are saying "are those our boys" and though the previous frame showed the gang of 4 running to the stage. Stan and Kyle's hat can be seen standing next to the teachers.
Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Cartman is crying for his mother, the tattoo on Romper Stomper's face disappears, then comes back in the next scene.
Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: In Mackey's office, Cartman goes from getting off his chair, then sitting back on the chair, then he appears back off the chair.
Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: At first the sled race is supposed to be on Saturday, but late in the show it is on announced as happening on Thursday.
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.
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.
Continuity mistake: There is a scene where the FBI show up to the North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes meeting by mistake. However, during a close up of the leader's (the geneticist's) face, you can see the bottom of the banner actually says "Man Boy Love", as in the other NAMBLA. (00:16:20)
Continuity mistake: When Kenny approaches his mum with a plunger, she asks, "What are you doing Kenny?" and she is wearing a "I'm with Stupid" t-shirt, but when Kenny tries to plunge her, the phrase "God Bless America" can be seen visible on her T-Shirt.
Continuity mistake: Pocket carries Pip's luggage away, but a few shots later the luggage suddenly reappears beside them.
A Very Crappy Christmas - S4-E17
Continuity mistake: When Kyle tells Mr. Hankey and his family about the $300 he got for the animated Christmas card, the olive stick in the wife's martini glass is facing to the right. When she says to Mr. Hankey "That's not the only thing we've got to get working again if you know what I mean", the olive stick in the martini glass is now facing to the left. The olive stick then returns to facing to the right for the remainder of the scene. (00:07:50)
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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