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=== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ===
* "Tsst" was really very clever. Take into account that by that point the writers admitted Cartman had become a kind of sub-human monster. They couldn't top him any more, so they took him back down. The Super-Nannies treated him as a normal child, but of course Cartman had become like a hybrid of Hitler and Skeletor. Treating him as a child didn't work as he saw it as insulting to his intelligence. Cartman knows that a lot of people don't like him and he doesn't particuarly care most of the time. Being friendly is a sign of weakness, punishments are just another way of saying he's done something that bothers you. The answer? Bring in a ''dog trainer'' who gives him a taste of what it's like to be treated as less than human. If you refuse to act like a human being, you can't expect to be treated like one.
** The ''[[Altered States]]'' part at the end jokes that for a while it's been some sort of sick demonic force controlling Cartman, rather than him. Oh, he's still spoiled and selfish and a [[Jerkass]] afterwards because [[Status Quo Is God]], but most of his episodes after that have used his leadership abilities slightly more humanely - patrolling the halls like a mercenary cop, manipulating kids into giving him blood samples to test for nits, saving the World of Warcraft from a jerk, helping Mexican kids get into college by teaching them that cheating isn't so bad. Good deeds are now an option for his character, as well as selfish ones.
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** Actually, they all had said that Mysterion ran away before they were sent to Cthulu's universe. Even though he killed himself when he was there, they don't remember him getting sent there with everyone else.
*** That means that everyone else thought he ran away, but Cartman says he sent Kenny to the AU when Kenny goes to confront him.
*** If we also take into consideration that Cartman is aware of Kenny's canonical deaths, that would add a whole new layer of extra depth to their rivalry as The Coon & Mysterion, which must say something about Cartman himself. If you think about it, this dynamic makes a lot of sense. Cartman and Kenny heavily reflect the basic traits of the Hero/Villain relationship, especially the concept that each of them is the exact opposite of the other but are still friends.
** At the end of Ep03S03 "Succubus" Cartman uses Kenny's eyes for a transplant in order to fix his deteriorating eyesight. It could be that this is what later enabled Cartman to remember Kenny's deaths. Also, what's even more strange is that [
*** What about the time when Cartman drank Kenny's ashes?
* Cartman wasn't around for any of Kenny's immortal angst. It is possible that Cartman is the only one of the boys that is aware of Kenny's deaths, but is just too selfish to care.
** Fridge Brilliance layered upon more Fridge Brilliance if you take into account the season 4 episode, "Best Friends Forever." After eight years, the South Park creators finally gave us a solid reason WHY Cartman was Kenny's BFF: because he remembers the most important thing about him!!!
* There is an episode where Stan is worried Kyle is going to die and mentions aloud that he can't handle this. Kenny then makes angry eyes at Stan, further proving that Kenny remembers his own deaths (can't remember which episode this was but it is NOT Cartmanland). Also- the first Christmas special, Kenny knowing he's supposed to die and the celebration at the end when he doesn't. Finally it makes sense!
* The parody of Inception was based on a College Humor parody, so that it means it's a parody of a parody, which really fits.
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=== [[Fridge Horror]]: ===
* The ending of Red Sleigh Down, where Santa brings Christmas to Iraq, a predominantly Muslim country. Because nothing says happiness like forcing your religious holidays on other cultures. By bombing them with it, no less.
* After Chef was reconstructed into Darth Chef, everyone expected his return. But he never came back. What does that mean? The rebuilt remains of Chef, our beloved Chef, is still with the Super Adventure Club raping little boys.
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** Think ''that's'' bad? It gets worse. Kenny is reborn through a {{spoiler|spontaneous childbirth through his mother whenever he dies, and his parents take the soon-to-be-completely-sentient Kenny to his bed, with a new parka.}} Alright. That's fine. But what happens after {{spoiler|she}} ''dies?'' Will Kenny still be reborn when she's buried six-feet-under? [[Nightmare Fuel|And if that happens forever-]][[And I Must Scream|Oh god.]]
*** Umm... the same episode being discussed shows Kenny waking up in his bed after he dies. So that bit of Fridge has been [[Retcon|retconned]] away. I mean, yes, there was the one episode that ends with Kenny getting born, but.
*** Not necessarily true, all we know is that he woke up in his bed. Doesn't say how he [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|got into bed fully dressed in his parka.
*** Another episode showed him just appearing out of nowhere. All Stan says about this is [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|"Oh, hey Kenny."]]
*** It's a good thing that ''[[South Park]]'''s inhabitants [[
*** As brilliant as that episode was, now this troper will never be able to hear the words "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!" "You bastards!" the same way again, as the beloved running gag has been twisted into something much darker...
** With the revelation that Kenny is an immortal, "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" becomes disturbing when you realize that Kenny was trying to murder his mom's unborn son (which turns out to be him).
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*** Kenny mentions that he remembers going to Heaven and Hell. But if Kenny remembers going to Heaven and Hell, then he knows that nearly everyone who dies goes to Hell. If so, by not telling anyone else this, isn't he technically guilty of treason?
** In "The HUMANCENTiPAD", Cartman goes on Dr. Phil and accuses his mom of "fucking" him by not buying an iPad or whatever else Cartman wants. While Cartman means it ''figuratively'', everyone else interprets it [[Parental Incest|differently]]. Cartman's mom is then confronted about not even kissing her son before she "fucks" him by a man in the audience...who goes on to kiss his son twice.
*** You think ''that's'' the only [[Fridge Horror]] to be found in ''Human Cent-iPad''? As we all know, this episode is a parody of [[The Human Centipede]]. In it, [[Steve Jobs]] believes that by creating a Human Centipede with an Asian man in front, [[Chew Toy|Kyle]] in the middle, and a young woman in the bottom, they can power an iPad so that it has the capacity for apps that allow it to walk and read on its own. The [[Fridge Horror]] kicks in when the Human Cent-iPad is unveiled. No-one is appalled or disgusted at the fact that three people's lives are uprooted (one of which is a [[Would Hurt a Child|little boy]]) just to give the iPad a completely unnecessary upgrade, they all just "ooh" and "aah" at it as if it were a normal "next big thing", so to speak. Even Kyle's dad, who subscribed to [[Apple Computer|Apple]] in hopes of freeing Kyle, believes that the Human Cent-iPad truly is the device of the future <ref>which leads to some ''more'' [[Fridge Horror]] when you consider how subscribing to [[Apple Computer|Apple]] was depicted and how Gerald emerged for it a staunch [[Apple Computer|Apple]] supporter</ref>. The only reason Kyle [[Status Quo Is God|was saved]] was because Gerald delivered [[An Aesop]] about taking a break from creating the future to enjoy the present. What this means is that sometime in the future (possibly ignoring the [[Floating Timeline]]), [[Apple Computer|Apple]] will begin tricking people with an unreadably long product agreement into legally allowing them to uproot their lives in the manufacturing of Human Cent-iPads, and no-one (except possibly [[Only Sane Man|Stan and Kyle]]) will bat an eyelash that their shiny new gadget was once [[Powered
** What about the Human Centipede sequels where more people are added? As technology becomes more advanced, ''[[Squick|that could happen too]]''.
* At the end of the "Imaginationland" trilogy, Imaginationland is finally nuked and Butters, the only survivor, imagines everything back. This can only mean that the Stan, Kyle, and Cartman we know today are just products of Butters' imagination, while the originals are dead! I know they decided that imaginary beings are real, but that was more of a unanimous opinion than proven fact.
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=== [[Fridge Logic]]: ===
* The ''[[South Park]]'' episode ''Butt Out'' appears at first to be a strange [[Aesop]]: cigarette companies aren't that bad, while the anti-smoking lobby is full of arrogant, [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] [[Jerkass|jerks]] who are ready to go to any lengths to make people believe in the evils of smoking. It wasn't until recently that this Troper realized that the makers of the show were just reversing the classic cartoon cliché of "Evil Cigarette Companies trying to hide the truth about Tobacco and brainwash people into buying cigarettes". It's this kind of clever metahumor that makes Matt Stone and Trey Parker the comedic geniuses they are, in this Troper's opinion. - lonewolf23k
** What's more, it's parodying ''[[South Park]]'' itself. Kyle constantly points out the show's format, and the [[Strawman Political]] gets taken to its logical extreme on both sides. For a show whose main message is that people should stop taking everything so darn seriously, it's utterly fitting.
*** "If you ask me, your show has become so preachy and full of morals that you have forgotten how to be funny!". This and another similar quote appear in Cartoon Wars Part II, yet a lot of people still complain about how Stone and Parker can't make fun of themselves while making fun of Family Guy.
*** Everybody does "Evil Cigarette Companies". There's nowhere to really go with it. On the other hand, we all know smoking is bad for us but Matt and Trey are pointing out that despite this, people still smoke. They also point out that politicians are as usual a bunch of hypocrites; they put taxes on cigarettes under the ruse of discouraging people from smoking, when they could just flat out ban them like Marijuana or LSD.
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** For me, the fridge brilliance kicked in the moment I realized that Jesus would've fit in Imagination land one way or another, because Imaginary Jesus is based on a modern highly-fictionalised stereotype of how people think of Jesus rather than a real human being Jesus would've been. 'Just because it's imaginary doesn't mean it's not real' indeed, Trey & Matt.
*** ...which also explains why Imaginary Jesus doesn't recognise the boys who he's met several other times through the series, if only in passing.
** What if Imaginary Jesus isn't actually based on the Jesus who once existed, but the Jesus people believe will [[Second Coming|return?]] Now consider the fact that the scientists have been creating a portal that opens up a doorway into Imaginationland, [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven|a world of wonder and joy gated off]] from [[Hell|a world of intense evil]]. How they [[Half Life|opened that portal]] and [[The End of the World
*** And I'll do you one more, after the whole thing is over and {{spoiler|Imaginationland is effectively gone, who recreates the entire world and everyone in it? [[God|Butters...]]}}
*** This is probably a coincidence, but in [[Stargate (
* Speaking of imaginary characters, Freddy Krueger is an evil imaginary character in the ''Imaginationland'' trilogy, but he is shown as a real person, complete with wife and kids, in "Insheeption".
* If Kenny hates dying and being reborn so much, why the hell does he ''shoot himself in the head'' at the end of the Mysterion saga instead of just going home and going to sleep?
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Because he's also rather apathetic and lazy in some episodes so he does it just to not have to walk all the way home. Or, more logically, he could be upset/angry that not only did his friends forget his super power but remember and continue to talk about Bradley's, so he does it just to scare them.
** Well, and he says WHY he hates his immortality. Dying "''fucking '''hurts'''''". Shooting himself in the head is one of the quickest and more painless ways to go.
* The disclaimer for the "Alabama Man" [[Show Within a Show|ad]] in the Season 3 episode "Chinpokomon" has a disclaimer saying <sub>"Not all people from Alabama are [[Domestic Abuser|wife-beaters]]."</sub> Notice that they said "not all ''people''." Thus, you could say that '''49%''' of '''people''' from Alabama are wife-beaters and still play the [[Stereotype]] completely straight.<ref>In case you didn't get it, it means all ''men'' from Alabama are wife-beaters, since the term "people" includes both genders and 49% of all people are male.</ref>
=== The Movies ===
== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ==
* The ''[[South Park]]'' movie's subtitle: Bigger, Longer and Uncut. At first, people think that [series creators] Matt Stone and Trey Parker added that tagline to give the movie its uncensored/unrated status. But take an extra minute to look at the subtitle again, and you'll realize it infers ''something else''. Give up? {{spoiler|It's a dick pun}}.
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