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.
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.
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.
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.
Continuity mistake: Pocket carries Pip's luggage away, but a few shots later the luggage suddenly reappears beside them.
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.
A Very Crappy Christmas - S4-E17
Continuity mistake: Cartman is already on stage, but in a next shot he arrives and Stan and Kyle ask him what he's you doing there. (00:16:58)
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)
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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