Cat Orgy (1) - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: In the episode "Cat Orgy" when Sheily's boyfriend, Sklar, are playing the song for Sheily while Cartman is hanging on the coat rack you can see of what looks like a picture of Cartman's grandparents hanging on the wall. But when Sheily walks over and flings Cartman up into the ceiling for arguing with her, look at the wall, the picture is completely gone.
Cat Orgy (1) - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: When Shelley chucks Cartman into the wall for arguing with her, the wall cracks. But later on in some shots the cracks have gone.
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.
Cat Orgy (1) - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: When Cartman is playing "Wild Wild West" with his toys, he has a female doll tied to a piece of wood on his bedside table. Then after his mom comes in and leaves again, Cartman starts dancing, and suddenly the doll has appeared behind him, and is also off of the wood.
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.
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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