Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: In the classroom there is a poster of The Laughing Cavalier in the back wall in the class. In the last shot of that scene you can notice that the poster has disappeared and is replaced with an astronaut poster. (00:09:05)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: In the classroom scene where Kyle tries to be excused from class to find Ike, Cartman sets Pip on fire as he was sitting just behind him to the the left. However in the previous shots Pip had not been sitting there, some other kid was and wouldn't have had enough time between shots to move. (00:09:05)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: After Stan vomits from Wendy talking to him at school, the vomit disappears in a few shots. (00:10:55)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When the boys are first seen in the cafeteria, Stan is in front of Cartman. When Kyle says, "Hey look, there's Wendy Testeburger." in the next shot, Stan is now behind Cartman. (00:10:05)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When Cartman finishes talking about his nightmare in the beginning, Chef comes and you can see his hat poking out of the roof of the car. They couldn't really fix this because this episode was done out of construction paper. (00:04:10)
Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: When Osama is video taping his message, Kenny is sitting on the left side chair but when you see the video on the news, Kenny is setting on the far right side next to the goat. The other characters except for the goat change places as well.
Continuity mistake: At several points during the final scene, the microphone stand disappears and reappears on the stage.
Make Love, Not Warcraft - S10-E8
Continuity mistake: When Liane comes down after Eric says "Bathroom", you can see Cartman, and to the left, Stan. However, when the camera instantly changes to a side view, Stan is no longer there.
Continuity mistake: When Sharon gives Shelley, Stan and Marvin a ticket, Shelley's ticket has the number 975, but in the next shot, the ticket now has the number 923. (00:13:45)
Continuity mistake: In many episodes, the word "chef" on Chef's apron goes from lower case to upper case, within the same episode and usually happens instantly between shots with no time for him to change the apron. (00:11:10)
Continuity mistake: When Randy is talking to Gerald at the start, Sheila walks over and is stood in front of Gerald. Camera cuts and now they are side by side, before Randy walks in. (00:02:20)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Visible crew/equipment: When Chef is singing: "I'm gonna make love to you, woman!" A crew member's hand can be seen moving the character's head. This was later fixed in the DVD version, but it was not fixed in the original version.
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)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Cartman accidentally sets Fluffy the Cat on fire, it jumps up into the air and knocks over a picture and it falls onto the floor. When Stan, Kyle, Cartman's mom and Wendy walk into the living room in the next shot, the picture has disappeared. (00:17:45)
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson - S11-E1
Continuity mistake: Driving home from the game show, the road behind Randy's car doesn't have white lines as shown in a previous shot. (00:02:20)
Merry Christmas Charlie Manson! - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Cartman tells Elvin that he finished his fudgesicle, the two are standing right next to each other. The shot then cuts to focus on Elvin crying, where Cartman cannot be seen next to him. A couple seconds later, when Cartman hits Elvin over the head, the two are right next to each other, but in the shot of Elvin, Cartman cannot be seen next to him.
Trivia: The fight between Satan and ManBearPig is similar to the fight between Hulk and Abomination at the end of The Incredible Hulk.
Continuity mistake: When Randy is giving his second speech in public about the economy, he has his one fist raised, then instantly it is by his side as he turns to walk off. (00:07:30)
Continuity mistake: When Stan is at the arcade and stops playing, the score on screen goes back to zero without the game resetting. (00:12:00)
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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