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: Mr.Garrison's glasses change throughout shots, from a thin pair to a bold pair.
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The stars keep changing position (especially the sparkly big one) when Cartman is tied to the tree. (00:18:05)
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)
Continuity mistake: When we see Kenny from the front, the hole in his head exposing his brain appears on his left side, but when we see the top of his head when he is biting people, the hole is in the back of his head.
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)
An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When the boys are standing in a group, Kenny disappears after a while, then Stan disappears, but then a second later, they are all back together.
Continuity mistake: After Mr Garrison announces Kathie-Lee will be presenting an award for Cartman, you see the next scene in the Mayors office. There we can see cleary the curtains are red, then she looks out the window and looking in the office from outside, they are pink, but it goes in the office again and now they are back to red.
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E2
Audio problem: After the scene where Mr. Garrison says, "You can say that again, Mr. Hat," Kyle shouts, "Give me back my brother you stupid aliens" in Stan's voice.
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)
Continuity mistake: When Ned, Jimbo and Kenny are out on the fishing boat they have a rocket attached to a rack. After firing the rocket the rack still remains, but in the next shot when they head for shore the rack is gone.
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Hankey is dancing around Kyle's bathroom there are some poo marks where Mr. Hankey never even touched.
Continuity mistake: Just before Warsog emerges from the network building for the first time, Mrs. Marsh is shown to be stood next to a couple of random townspeople. In the very next shot Mrs. Cartman, Mrs. Broflovski and a third nondescript have appeared.
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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