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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 [[wikipedia:Eye transplantation|the surgery itself]] is not only possible, but also quite common as the cornea, the only transplantable part of the eyeball, is also the part responsible for most cases of bad eyesight.
*** 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 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 as We Know It|caused the nightmare world to flood into ours,]] and while I'm on a roll, how about the fact that Imaginationland's entrance song is '''[[Hallelujah Chorus|ONE WORD REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH VARYING EMPHASIS!!]]''' Unbelievably well done!
*** 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...]]}} -[[Tropers/Rocky Samson|Rocky Samson]]
*** This is probably a coincidence, but in [[Stargate (film)|the movie that they're parodying]], the name of the portal was originally mistranslated (in-universe) as a "Doorway to Heaven."
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=== 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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