Pilot: The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Santa) - S1-E1
Revealing mistake: Each time Jesus turns his head to speak to the children when he is beating Santa Claus, he has two left arms.
Revealing mistake: When Jimbo asks the children if they want beer, the campfire stays still for two shots.
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)
Revealing mistake: Mr. Mackey's glasses do not have the part that goes over his nose unless he is looking sideways, then it suddenly appears. (00:17:40)
Revealing mistake: Right after Wendy tries to convince the crowd that Cartman's actual paper was 'Walden' with Cartman's name on it, Stan mentions something about Kyle's mom making tuna fish sandwiches. When he does this, you can kind of see him 'lift' off the background.
Revealing mistake: When Cartman walks in on Sally Struthers eating the cake, the cake has holes in it, and part of her hair goes in front, and part of it is visible through the cake. All of the other slices have holes in the same place as well.
You Got F*cked in the Ass - S8-E4
Revealing mistake: When the "Asian Kid" is first introduced on the Dance Dance Revolution machine, the arrows are going up the left side (Player 1 side) of the screen, but he is obviously playing on player 2's side. To make matters even worse, the dance pattern on screen doesn't match the way he's dancing, yet the screen also shows that he's doing pretty well.
Fat Butt and Pancake Head - S7-E5
Revealing mistake: At the start, when Kyle gives his presentation, there are 3 duplicates of Milly in the audience: Next to Stan, on the far right next to Clyde and between Timmy and Jimmy in the middle right.
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When Chef is waiting for the visitors, he lifts his sunglasses. When he does, he blinks. But his eyes appear over the sunglasses. (00:19:25)
Revealing mistake: When Kenny is at Mick's Lanes, his eyes disappear as he pounds his hands on the table and screams through his parka.
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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