Child Abduction is Not Funny - S6-E11
Trivia: When the fake Mongolians are attacking the wall with the tape recorder on the ground, the sound effects seem to be taken directly from Microsoft's Age of Empires II.
Trivia: Jared Fogel actually did an interview on the "Bob and Tom" show in which he discussed this episode.
The Passion of the Jew - S8-E3
Trivia: When Kenny and Stan are leaving to travel to Mel Gibson, Stan says "Look, this isn't about the $18 ticket money anymore. This is about being able to hold bad filmmakers responsible. This is just like when we got our money back for 'BASEketball'." BASEketball. is a movie made in 1998 that starred Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
Pilot: The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Santa) - S1-E1
Trivia: This film is a remake of another one called The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Frosty), made in 1992.
Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 - S4-E2
Trivia: This episode and the following episode, "Timmy 2000", both ridicule musician Phil Collins, who won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Original Song, beating out "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
Pre-School - S8-E10
Trivia: Trent Boyett is based on Robert De Niro in Cape Fear (1991).
Trivia: Because of all the AIDS jokes, this episode has never been rerun on Comedy Central.
Bloody Mary - S9-E14
Trivia: In one shot of the episode Bloody Mary, about 14 minutes into the episode, you can see a "Visitor" from previous episodes to the right side of Randy, when he is talking to Stan. The alien is only visible for around seven seconds. (00:14:00)
Trivia: As Stan tries to delete his Facebook profile, the message he gets on the screen and the subsequent parts of him in the episode are a take on the 1982 Disney classic Tron starring Bruce Boxleitner and Jeff Bridges.
Trivia: The fight between Satan and ManBearPig is similar to the fight between Hulk and Abomination at the end of The Incredible Hulk.
Trivia: Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, was given the opportunity to do voicework on the show, but turned it down due to its offensive content.
Hooked on Monkey Fonics - S3-E12
Trivia: Kyle and Rebecca's conversation outside her house about public school is paraphrased almost word for word from Kirk and Shahna's conversation in the classic Star Trek episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion."
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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