History Fridge / SouthPark

* In "Board Girls" absolutely nobody is willing to bring up the fact that Heather Swanson is faking transgenderism. Remember how in "Ginger Kids" a minority group were treated like outcasts before finding themselves allied with the very person who put that stigma on them. Whose to say the same won't happen for the trans community?

* Also in the first episode of the Imaginationland trilogy, Butters asks the mayor if he was going to rape them. Think about it, the boys have had to deal with sexual deviants in two other episodes: one was about another grown man who rode around in a whimsical vehicle and ended up being into beastiality (''Chicken Lover''), and the other had a whole group of men who were into little boys (''Cartman Joins NAMBLA"). It's possible that his being wary of a strange grown man telling him to get on a hot air balloon was a result of these past experiences.

** The various athiest factions, despite rejecting religion, behave like a fanatical cult in many ways.

*** At one point, Cartman uses the time-traveling phone to call Garrison, the person who created the new world, to ask him what they should call an athiest society. Surely enough, this resembles a religious society asking their prophet about how to live life.

** What if Imaginary Jesus isn't actually based on the Jesus who once existed, but the Jesus people believe will [[SecondComing return?]] Now consider the fact that the scientists have been creating a portal that opens up a doorway into Imaginationland, [[FluffyCloudHeaven a world of wonder and joy gated off]] from [[{{Hell}} a world of intense evil]]. How they [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 opened that portal]] and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt caused the nightmare world to flood into ours,]] and how about the fact that Imaginationland's entrance song is '''[[HallelujahChorus ONE WORD REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH VARYING EMPHASIS!!]]'''

* [[spoiler: The Fact that Kyle knows that his father is Skankhunt42 and that the gender war still continues in season 21 proves that Kyle is willing to allow the gender war to continue just to protect his father's ass. This will cause problems between Kyle and Stan or to a extent the other boys if word ever got out.]]
** Worse, if one take into consideration what may happen to him (and Ike) if he [[spoiler: reveals that his dad is Skankhunt42]] if his ''mother'' finds out. Remember how Sheila has been acting (read: [[spoiler: being more aggressive and hateful]]) towards him and Ike ...?

* In "Help, My Teenager Hates Me!", Cartman remarks "I wish I had a father ... or that I wouldn't live in a hot dog." Both things are his fault; he killed his biological father during "Scott Tenorman Must Die", and he made Leanne quit her job in "City People", resulting in them losing their house.

* In "Help, My Teenager Hates Me!", Cartman remarks "I wish I had a father ... or that I wouldn't live in a hot dog." Both things are his fault; he killed his biological father during "Scott Tenorman Must Die", and he made Leanne quit her job in "City People", resulting in them losing their house.

** Also consider how many times through the seasons that Cartman wishes or threatens [=AIDS=]on Kyle... Stan even lampshades that Kyle finds it funny because of the irony.

*** Cartman has been possessed by a demonic spirit a la Film/AlteredStates... maybe that's how he remembers...

* Although it showed it in the most MindScrew-y way possible, the episode "1%" was actually a ''huge'' moment of CharacterDevelopment for Cartman. After everyone spends the entire episode trying to find out who is murdering Cartman's stuffed animals one by one, it turns out to be... [[spoiler: Polly Prissypants]]. But wait, it gets better. The doll ''isn't'' sentient. The true killer? [[spoiler: Cartman. His friends had told him to grow up and stop using his dolls for emotional support, and he did just that. And, Cartman being Cartman, he ended up turning his very last play-session with his beloved dolls into an (extremely disturbing) reenactment of a murder mystery.]] Notice how Cartman made himself the "victim" of the story, just like he does at his tea parties. The whole thing is brilliant, really.

** Adding onto the FridgeHorror, [[spoiler: Kyle points out that Cartman murdered his stuffed animals after teased him and told him to grow up. ''How much of Cartman's actions have been sparked by the other kid's constant teasing?'']]

*** Butters was stated to be a ChosenOne by Aslan; Craig was 'just' part of an ancient Peruvian prophecy. Cartman was not said by anybody to be a ChosenOne but both prophecies and Chosen Ones clearly exist in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and if shooting lightning from all over your body and driving back the hordes of Hell doesn't make you a ChosenOne in some way...

** Cartman is still very much a sociopathic JerkAss in season 16 and onward, just much more calculating and subtle than previous seasons. He's also much more paranoid; a callback to his SanitySlippage from 1%. In fact, Cartman may be even more unhinged than previous seasons. Cartman may be growing up, but not for the better...

* Butters' "creamy goo" is a hit with all of South Park's "Sarcastaball" players... until Randy samples it, and recognizes it as cum. Now, how would he know that, if not for [[AmbiguouslyGay personal experience...]] He did watch another man masturbate before. He's also been in a pile of naked men to stop people from the future from coming back in time, so maybe he learned the taste there. (Remember him briefly wiping his mouth before speaking to the news reporter..) Or he could simply have tasted his own. Sometimes you spill it and lack paper towels...

* In the episode "Goobacks", a bunch of Rednecks, tired of Future Immigrants coming to their time and taking their jobs, decide that the only way to defeat them was to "Get Gay" and have a massive gay orgy in front of the Time machine until the entire future ceases to exist. At first, it seems like a completely stupid (and completely hilarious) idea, but this idea could actually work... If it turned one guy gay, who ends up having the great great grand kid of the guy who made the original time machine! If the guy who will eventually have grand child who invents the time machine turns gay, then he cannot pass his genes down, and the person who invented the Time Machine wouldn't exist, thus, no one could go back in time! So it actually worked after all!

* In "The Biggest Douche in the Universe," Stan mocks John Edwards by saying that he nominates him as...well the biggest douche in the universe. And sure enough, aliens abduct Edwards and bring him to the Biggest Douche in the Universe award ceremony as a nominee. At first, this just seems like RuleOfFunny is in play. That is, until you realize that, according to "Cancelled," Earth is part of an immense RealityShow that aliens all over the universe watch. So it makes sense that they would catch onto Stan's insult and [[ThrowItIn roll with it]] for the next pageant.

** Jesus would've fit in Imagination land one way or another because Imaginary Jesus is based on a modern highly-fictionalized stereotype of how people think of Jesus rather than a real human being Jesus would've been...which also explains why Imaginary Jesus doesn't recognize the boys who he's met several other times through the series, if only in passing.

* In "Funnybot", Cartman is able to speak fluent German and have a conversation with German scientists. This may seem like HiddenDepths, but when you remember [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler a certain idol of his]]...

* As we've discussed, Cartman seemed to go through a sociopathic phase, to the point where he's (in)famous for it. And, also mentioned previously, "Tsst" implies he was controlled by a demonic force. May seem a bit out-of-nowhere... But look back earlier into the series history. Like '''''way''''' back. One may recall the episode "Damien", where the titular new kid is the son of Satan, thus making him a demon. "Damien" is the only time Damien actually makes an appearance... So where did he go? It's mostly just a personal theory, but what if Damien got bored one day and ''possessed Cartman without his awareness?'' Basically, he just remained dormant in Cartman's mind before deciding to make him do things Cartman hadn't considered before.

*** Also despite the Danish in "Canada on Strike" having floppy heads but no beady eyes, this might have been retconned for spoiler reasons in the 20th season... Lennart Bedrager is one of those "Danes" however... the horrible truth is this had to be retconned because... [[spoiler: he's not even Danish! Even his ''last name'' is Danish for "Imposter"]]!

* A lot of people find it bizarre that Cartman doesn't care about [[spoiler: getting his own father killed... but it's not like his father was there for him or supported him. He just left his kid with a single mother; why would he care about somebody who wasn't giving him what he wants? As far as he's concerned, having the ginger gene is more important to him because he never cared about somebody who ditched him in the first place! The other boys, who had much closer attachments to their fathers at the time, could never understand not caring about them.]]

* Kenny's defining feature (beyond his immortality power) is the fact that he [[InTheHood never takes his hood off]]. While he never explains why he's constantly wearing his parka, it's possible that there's a very simple reason: he's always cold. Now, it's definitely cold in South Park (hence why everyone wears winter clothing all the time), but Kenny is the only one who covers his whole body. So why does he feel the temperature more than other kids? Well, one of the classic signs of malnutrition and not eating enough is poor blood circulation, because the body has to focus its energy on digesting what little food it has; hence, malnourished people tend to have cold limbs and heads...which are covered by Kenny's parka. And why is Kenny malnourished? ''He's the poorest kid in South Park!'' His parents can't afford proper meals for their children, so Kenny never gets enough to eat--and is thus always chilly.

*** On that subject, who's to say the first version of "Future Cartman" is really all that "stable"? He could still be the same manipulative, sociopathic megalomaniac he was as a child, but as he matured he learned to hide it better (ala Hannibal Lecter), and slimmed down for good measure...

*** And just like that, the context of the story suddenly is no longer about Kenny not wanting any siblings, but Kenny becoming aware of his upcoming imminent death AND attempting to commit suicide. What if Kenny succeeded? Is it possible that by killing his yet-to-be born self he may have stopped the cycle? Who knows...

* 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 [[ParentalIncest 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.

* In the end of "Ass Burgers", it appears that everything is back to normal; Stan's parents are back together, Kyle and Cartman aren't friends, and Stan has gotten over being a cynical ass-hole... by becoming an alcoholic. This has not been mentioned since, but given the show's nature, it is fair to say that Stan is probably still an alcoholic, still unable to deal with his cynicism. Think about it, every episode we've seen since "Ass Burger", Stan has been drunk. A little boy, to deal with the pressures of adulthood, is drunk almost every day of the week.
** Also, take these things into account: Alcoholism is Genetic, and it is something that affects a child's genes... Randy likes beer... Stan has been doing things you could see his dad do (A film/book to make him famous, or some kind of statement to make him a big deal)... [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Could it Be?]]

* In "Canada on Strike", various Internet celebrities violently kill each other in a huge melee. Even though we don't see all of them die, the boys are free to take the next spot in line when it's over. So... ''what happened to the laughing baby?''

* "Butters' Bottom Bitch" has Butters become a pimp who sells girl's kisses to his male classmates. Then he expands and starts recruiting actual sex workers. It's mentioned that some of his clients are grown men who want ''a lot more'' than just a kiss. Now remember that he's still got 9-year-old girls working for him...

* As of the Season 20 finale, The Member Berries are still out there... that is all.

** [[spoiler: She's lucky enough to have escaped from the situation before becoming a complete victim and reverted back to her old self by Season 22. The others... weren't.]]

** Worse, if one take into consideration what may happen to him (and Ike) if he [[spoiler: reveals that his dad is Skankhunt42]] if his ''mother'' finds out. Remember how Sheila has been acting (read: [[spoiler: being more aggressive and hateful]]) towards him and Ike...?
* Back in season 19, PC Principal once appeared alongside Leslie in an ad, and even though he is extremely confused about it and is their biggest enemy before the end of the season, it is never actually stated if the ad was a fake made to demoralize him or if he really was an ad who managed to defect to humanity’s side and forget about this. Now that he [[spoiler:has reproduced]] as of Season 22, one had better hope that the first of those interpretations is true...

* The end of "The Ring" indicates that Tammy [[spoiler:gave Kenny syphilis, and caused his death.]] It's PlayedForLaughs, but consider that Tammy [[spoiler:at the very least carries the disease,]] and doesn't have Kenny's powers of regeneration, and a [[BusCrash dark theory]] forms as to why we haven't seen Tammy since her debut episode...

* The 300th episode established that Cartman had never had a vaccine in his life, which proved troublesome as he was less-than-cautious when it came to spreading germs (sneezing into his hands and such). Upsetting enough on its own, the herd immunity logic presented in the episode at least lessens the possibility of any outbreak spurning because of him...but then you remember a couple episodes earlier, Cartman was in a tight cold detention camp, interacting with many vulnerable children, who would likely not be vaccinated. Note that RealLife children in these camps [[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/20/the-us-wont-vaccinate-migrant-children-against-the-flu-at-border-camps.html have died as a result of diseases from the flu,]] and who knows what Cartman could have picked up from the children trapped there, or vice versa?

* Satan is portrayed as CampGay because homosexuality is considered a sin to religious bigoted assholes.

* The name of the Canadian streaming service in the Season 23 episode "Basic Cable" is called Canada Ploos. "Ploos" is the French-Canadian pronunciation of "plus."

** Or, if ''The Stick of Truth'' is canon, [[spoiler:ressurected as a Nazi Zombie by Clyde.]]

*** You think ''that's'' the only FridgeHorror to be found in ''Human Cent-iPad''? As we all know, this episode is a parody of ''Film/TheHumanCentipede''. In it, Creator/SteveJobs believes that by creating a Human Centipede with an Asian man in front, [[ChewToy 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 FridgeHorror 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 [[WouldHurtAChild 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 [[AppleComputer Apple]] in hopes of freeing Kyle, believes that the Human Cent-iPad truly is the device of the future [[note]]which leads to some ''more'' FridgeHorror when you consider how subscribing to [[AppleComputer Apple]] was depicted and how Gerald emerged for it a staunch [[AppleComputer Apple]] supporter[[/note]]. The only reason Kyle [[StatusQuoIsGod was saved]] was because Gerald delivered AnAesop about taking a break from creating the future to enjoy the present. What this means is that sometime in the future (possibly ignoring the FloatingTimeline), [[AppleComputer 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 [[OnlySaneMan Stan and Kyle]]) will bat an eyelash that their shiny new gadget was once [[PoweredByAForsakenChild THREE PEOPLE with lives of their own]] [[AndIMustScream who now exist to convenience someone else in the most disgusting way possible]].

** He didn't kill them, just sting them with a dart so they sat down. He did however blow up the Italian government building, which likely caused a lot of injuries and fatalities. [[spoiler: Add to that complicating the matter of just telling the police by holding a terrified Stan hostage, he was definitely taking the facade to extremes.]]

* In "A History Channel Thanksgiving" Miles Standish shows Kyle a map of the planets featuring Franchise/GreenLantern homeworld which according to Miles nobody really cares about. This may have been a throwaway joke but think about it Green Lantern rings are powered by the wearers will power and [[SelfDemonstrating/EricCartman who]] in the ''South Park'' universe has [[{{Determinator}} the most will power.]]

* Kenny's defining feature (beyond his immortality power) is the fact that he [[InTheHood never takes his hood off]]. While he never explains why he's constantly wearing his parka, it's possible that there's a very simple reason: he's always cold. Now, it's definitely cold in South Park (hence why everyone wears winter clothing all the time), but Kenny is the only one who covers his whole body. So why does he feel the temperature more than other kids? Well, one of the classic signs of malnutrition and not eating enough is poor blood circulation, because the body has to focus its energy on digesting what little food it has; hence, malnourished people tend to have cold limbs and heads...which are covered by Kenny's parka. And why is Kenny malnourished? ''He's the poorest kid in South Park!'' His family can't afford proper meals for their kids, so Kenny never gets enough to eat--and is thus always chilly.

* In "Go God Go XII", the otters insist that the atheists should call themselves the Allied Atheist Alliance because "it has three As", suggesting they place a great deal of importance on AddedAlliterativeAppeal. What animals do the otters use as steeds? Ostriches!

* In "Smug Alert", when all Southparkian fathers drove a Hybrid car and thought this would save the earth: Two brilliancies for the price of one! The greek root has two main meanings, a) hybris, which translates as, well, hubris. b) The other being "mix", "union" (a hybrid car has both electric and gasoline motors), or the term mainly used in biology: bastard. "Oh my god! They're killing the earth!"

* Creator/JayLeno appears in a couple episodes looking like how he does in real life, but in "City on the Edge Forever" his chin is comically large to the point where it touches the floor. Since that episode was AllJustADream, it makes more sense why it's different in that one episode.

* On the Chinpokomon episode, it's been pointed out that when the kids are speaking Japanese, they call their teacher "Garrison-San" instead of "Garrison-Sensei." This is usually considered a mistake on the creators part, but considering how little respect the kids have for Mr. Garrison, they may very well have been doing it intentionally.

** 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...which also explains why Imaginary Jesus doesn't recognize the boys who he's met several other times through the series, if only in passing.

* In a biblical context, "Jubilee" is a term which goes back to biblical times and refers to release from things like land ownership agreements. When Kenny saved the Jews from Haman during the season 3 episode "Jewbilee", that became their year of release from him, explaining why Moses decrees that the New Scouts will return to the campsite every year and commemorate his heroic act by making macaroni pictures in his honor.

* In the "Coon Trilogy" we saw Cartman use Cthulhu to fulfill his KnightTemplar like ideas of making the world a beter place was including destroying all Whole-Foods Markets, Cartman was presented as the villain of this episode but [[TheExtremistWasRight he was right]] as revealed at the end of season 19 Whole Foods is a sentient being that [[GreaterScopeVillain was responsible for everything that happened that season]] Cartman may have saved countless people from evil ads like Leslie.

* Season 20's anti-trolling plot is a reboot of TheMovie. e.g. One of Kyle's parents is TheHeavy, a war breaks out because some crude humour leads to somebody's death, Stan and Wendy's relationship faces a setback, the boys form a protest group and a gay villain is revealed to be under the influence of a much more sinister force.

** There's another layer to this 'Member in "Canada on Strike" when the danish appeared looking like hybrid of the Americans and Canadians (floppy heads but no beady eyes) they said they were gonna replace the Canadians because they were the Canada of Europe, it seems like Matt and Trey didn't 'member this but in the movie they said that the American-Canadian war was turning into WorldWarIII, but [[InformedAttribute we never saw anyone other than those two countries fighting]], this time were seeing how the war is affecting other countries meaning that Denmark isn't jut a PoorMansSubstitute for Canada they achieved what they couldn't.
*** Also despite the Danish in "Canada on Strike" having floppy heads but no beady eyes, this might have been retconned for spoiler reasons in the 20th season... Lennart Bedreger is one of those "Danes" however... the horrible truth is this had to be retconned because... [[spoiler: he's not even Danish! Even his ''last name'' is Danish for "Imposter"]]!

* Pip reveals in "Damien" that his actual name is Phillip, which his classmates refuse to call him. Given that the children -in particular the boys- adore the the Terrance and Phillip show and idolize the two of them, of "course" they wouldn’t want to insult one of their heroes by referring to such a “Melvin” like Pip as the same name.

* How did Heidi lose all that fat she had gained by Season 21? She could have gone back to her vegan diet after finally realizing that Cartman had tricked her into eating meat. She could have also committed herself to daily exercises, making an effort to loose that weight.

* Why is Stan usually the leader of the group? We are going to look at WatsonianVersusDoylist. InUniverse, Stan is the oldest from the boys. Granted, not by much, but the other boys might still feel subconsciously or not like this gives him some authority and maturity. After all, the fifth graders are a threat to fourth graders. It's also possible that Stan himself believes subconsiously or not that him being the oldest makes him the most responsible of the group. Of course, it's not just the age, Stan is WiseBeyondHisYears. So is Kyle, but while Kyle is more book smart and quite impulsive, Stan is rather StreetSmart and better at controlling his temper. Also, good leaders don't just give orders, they treat their followers with respect and are willing to listen to suggestions. He's kind (for the most part) towards Kyle and Kenny, and while he doesn't like Cartman, he goes along better with him than Kyle or even Kenny. When the boys have a plan, they usually work as a team to make the plan, it's just that Stan has a good understanding at his friends capabilities, thus he (usually) knows which tasks fit them best. He also knows how to motivate them to do certain things. Trey Parker, on which Stan is mostly based, is the leader of the production team (excluding the influence that thee executives from Comedy Central have), so it makes sense that he would also make Stan the leader.

* You know that usually when the main boys are riding a vehicle, Stan is at the wheel? That's because he's usually the leader, so he leads where they are going to.

* In "Raisins", Stan tries to win Wendy back by playing Music/PeterGabriel outside her window a la ''Film/SayAnything''. However, instead of playing "In Your Eyes", Stan plays "Shock the Monkey" to Wendy and by extension [[OnTheRebound Token]]. While the humor comes from the [[InnocentlyInsensitive accidental racism and unromantic nature]] of the choice, "Monkey" is also about how jealousy can release one's basic instincts, such as Stan's last ditch effort to salvage his relationship with Wendy and his PassiveAggressiveKombat towards them by the end of the episode.
* In The Post Covid Special Kenny dies and stays dead despite the plot carrying over a number of days. While this can be attributed to the same continuity shrug as the season where Kenny died 'permanently', it could also be because his mother has also passed away or is too old to continue giving birth to him.

* Tweek is shown to have the next-smallest penis of all the boys after Cartman in "T. M. I.", even after the scale is adjusted, but doesn't appear in anger management nor does he seem particularly angry. Of course, [[ConverseError everybody in anger management has a small penis, but that doesn't mean everyone with a small penis has anger issues.]]

* Why is Stan usually the leader of the group? We are going to look at WatsonianVersusDoylist. InUniverse, Stan is the oldest from the boys. Granted, not by much, but the other boys might still feel subconsciously or not like this gives him some authority and maturity. After all, the fifth graders are a threat to fourth graders. It's also possible that Stan himself believes subconsiously or not that him being the oldest makes him the most responsible of the group. Of course, it's not just the age, Stan is WiseBeyondHisYears. So is Kyle, but while Kyle is more book smart and quite impulsive, Stan is rather StreetSmart and better at controlling his temper. Also, good leaders don't just give orders, they treat their followers with respect and are willing to listen to suggestions. He's kind (for the most part) towards Kyle and Kenny, and while he doesn't like Cartman, he goes along better with him than Kyle or even Kenny. When the boys have a plan, they usually work as a team to make the plan, it's just that Stan has a good understanding at his friends capabilities, thus he (usually) knows which tasks fit them best. He also knows how to motivate them to do certain things. Trey Parker, on which Stan is mostly based on, is the leader of the production team (excluding the influence that thee executives from Comedy Central have), so it makes sense that he would also make Stan the leader.

* "Tonsil Trouble" (the [=AIDS=] episode) makes a lot more sense if you view it in the context of other WesternAnimation/SouthPark episodes (particularly ''Ginger Kids''). In many of those episodes, Cartman acts insensitively and so Kyle (and sometimes Stan) try to force him to "walk a mile in someone else's shoes", and it always backfires horribly. In this episode, it's reversed: Kyle acts insensitively towards Cartman for having [=AIDS=], so Cartman gives him [=AIDS=]to give him some perspective. Cartman not just giving Kyle perspective on [=AIDS=], he's also giving Kyle perspective on trying to teach him lessons! - Unknown Troper
** He acts insensitively most likely because of Cartman's OWN lack of recognition of his own lack of sensitivity. Cartman infecting Kyle isn't just his usual PayEvilUntoEvil mentality, but also another in a series of MoralEventHorizon crossing acts. - azul120

* Watching "Super Fun Time", I realized something. Why we still find Kenny pretty cool even though he's not dying all the time. It's because he's still getting into these situations. In "Super Fun Time" he's dragged out in front of everybody and has a gun put to his head, and his life threatened. And he's terrified. The old Kenny would have been killed for sure. It's funny because he's not shot, even though we know he's just the person to be shot. But we watch closely to see if this time it does happen. Because it does still happen.
** Which is even more hilarious, because everyone is terrified for him, and afraid of his death, except ''us!'' We know that Kenny is immortal, and that he's the ''worst'' person to take hostage, which made the entire scene utterly ''hilarious'' for me.
** Also he's still a little pervert so thanks to help we get episodes like "Major Boobage".

*** In real life WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy has been ScrewedByTheNetwork just to be UnCancelled. This could've been the case.

* This one didn't occur to me until I watched the end of "The Ring". Noticing how extravagant Kenny's funeral looked reminded me of other funerals in his past ("Kenny Dies", "Spontaneous Combustion", etc.) you might think, "How could his family possibly pay for all of these services and burials when his deaths keep happening over and over again?" Well, the [=McCormick=] family is broke, aren't they? Couldn't (at least ''one'' of) the reasons they remain so poor is ''because'' they have to continue to pay for all of these funeral expenses?

* In the episode "Gnomes" Tweak's parents give him coffee but say that isn't the cause of his hyperactivity because Tweak has ADHD then I understood what they were doing when this troper's brother was diagnosed with ADHD and the doctor said stimulants can actually relieve the effects of ADHD. Tweaks parents are medicating him without meds.
** So why is Tweak still shaky and jittery if he's drinking coffee to cure his ADHD? Maybe he's drinking too much?
** The game revealed that Tweek's father puts [[spoiler: Crystal Meth]] in Tweek's coffee to 'calm him down'. A worse, FridgeHorror interpretation is that Tweek's father is actually checking the quality on Tweek.
* South Park in general for me. It seemed like it was just trying to be as offensive as possible for no reason at all... then I got old enough to understand and appreciate the satire and social commentary. Today it's one of my favorite shows. -Zanreo
** It WAS trying to be like that in the first few seasons.
* As mentioned in "T.M.I.", the smaller a person's penis is, the angrier they are. Cartman proved to have the smallest one.
** [[DontExplainTheJoke That was the point.]]
** Yeah, but even when average penis lengths were shortened, he still has a short penis.
*** Again, that's the joke.

* In "Cartmanland" Cartman makes an offhand mention to the fact that "[Kenny] dies all the time." thereby making it seem like Cartman is aware of Kenny's deaths. But then the Mysterion saga states that nobody remembers his deaths, going as far back as to blank their memories of him telling them that he dies all the time. NegativeContinuity maybe? At the end of the saga his parents seem to have an awareness of this happening so it could be that a select few people ''are'' aware and Kenny doesn't know about this. Later, after Kenny kills himself in the alternate dimension to stop Cthulhu, none of the other heroes even wonders how Kenny got out of the universe they were all trapped in. My conclusion was that his resurrection blanked their memories all the way back to the point where he was sent there with them, but it didn't affect Cartman because he was completely aware of the fact that he had sent them there.
** In the first Spirit of Christmas Cartman dies too but comes back. Maybe Cartman have the same power as Kenny? That will probably explain why he is aware of Kenny coming back from the deaths.
** Actually, they all had said that Mysterion ran away before they were sent to Cthulhu'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. -Tropers/RockySamson
** 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 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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?
** Another theory is that the boys only acknowledge Kenny's recurring deaths while he's dead.
* Kenny's possible connection to Cthulhu not only explains his immortality, but also ''why'' he dies so dang often--the universe doesn't want the spawn of Cthulhu to continue existing, so it's constantly trying to get rid of him to no avail.

** Fridge Brilliance layered upon more Fridge Brilliance if you take into account the season 9 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!!! -Calchexas

* On the subject of the other three boys awareness of Kenny's deaths, it may be possible that because they spend so much time with him, whatever dark magic was used to make Kenny immortal loses its influence on them from time to time. It would explain why sometimes the boys are horrified, but other times are very nonchalant about it.

* A meta example for Stan Marsh. Several episodes such as Chef Aid, Guitar Queer-O, and Butterballs displays HiddenDepths of him being musically talented. This makes sense because Stan is based on Trey Parker, who earned a music major in college!
* 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!
** "Cherokee Hair Tampons" and "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" (in that order).
* 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.
* Just a bit of HilariousInHindsight, for those keeping track: In ''Christian Rock Hard'', a off-hand comment Token makes about Cartman's weight, provokes Cartman to quietly whisper under his breath: "I'm going to kill you one day, Token." Ten seasons later, in ''World War Zimmerman'', his motives are different, but Cartman finally (and nearly) makes good on just that promise.
* When Kenny dies, Stan, Kyle and Eric replace him first with Butters, then with Tweek. But why? It's simple: hair colors. Stan is black-haired, Kyle is redhead and Cartman is brunette. Kenny, Butters and Tweek are all blondes.

* In "Pandemic", Craig's Prophecy is FridgeBrilliance - Craig is special because he does not blindly go along with other people's stupid ideas, but decides to take control of his life, unlike everybody else allowing themselves to be a plaything of the universe. The prophecy of him defeating a giant guinea-pig is also a stupid idea, but a prophecy is something that ''must'' happen. Still, if he had actively stood there and ''tried'' to fulfil that prophecy he would have been allowing himself to be the universe's plaything - just like everybody else. But he decided to take control of his life even when faced with what should be fate, and resolved to walk away. And that was ''exactly'' what led to him accidentally [[spoiler: shooting fucking ''lasers'' out of his eyes and destroying a giant guinea-pirate.]]
** The whole two episodes was about pointing out you don't have to be pushed around by the world, and that you should think for yourself - the reason everything went wrong was because everybody just did what the head of Homeland Security told them. They didn't even question ''why'' he was in charge, or try to question all the strange orders that just seemed stupid.
** This is a recurring theme in WesternAnimation/SouthPark - there are other 'Chosen Ones' and they have saved the world by taking control in some way. In ''South Park The Movie'' Cartman saves the world when he finally takes control of that bullying V-Chip. In ''Imaginationland'' Butters saves Imaginationland (and by extension the world) by understanding he can take full control of everything in Imaginationland because it's in his imagination.
*** Butters was stated to be a ChosenOne by Aslan; Craig was 'just' part of an ancient Peruvian prophecy. Cartman was not said by anybody to be a ChosenOne but both prophecies and Chosen Ones clearly exist in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and if shooting lightning from all over your body and driving back the hordes of Hell doesn't make you a ChosenOne in some way, I don't know what does.

* Also in the first episode of the Imaginationland trilogy, Butters asking the mayor if he was going to rape them could be an example of Fridge Brilliance, even though it's hilarious on its own. Think about it, the boys have had to deal with sexual deviants in two other episodes: one was about another grown man who rode around in a whimsical vehicle and ended up being into beastiality (''Chicken Lover''), and the other had a whole group of men who were into little boys (''Cartman Joins NAMBLA"). It's possible that his being wary of a strange grown man telling him to get on a hot air balloon was a result of these past experiences.
* In T.M.I. Butters has the best penis size in his age group (of the Known boys; there are lots of boys on that list we don't know in the series). That proves the formula is right, and bigger penises make a guy happier! It's a genuine ThrowTheDogABone moment for him. Thanks for finally giving Butters a break, Matt and Trey!

* Cartman's "killing" his dolls because he was told to grow up explains why he's becoming less of sociopathic JerkAss in Season 16, he's finally growing up, even if it's only a little bit.

* Butters' "creamy goo" is a hit with all of South Park's "Sarcastaball" players... until Randy samples it, and recognizes it as cum. Now, how would he know that, if not for [[AmbiguouslyGay personal experience...]]
** He did watch another man masturbate before. He's also been in a pile of naked men to stop people from the future from coming back in time, so maybe he learned the taste there. (Remember him briefly wiping his mouth before speaking to the news reporter..)
*** Or he could simply have tasted his own. Sometimes you spill it and lack paper towels..

* In the episode "Goobacks", a bunch of Rednecks, tired of Future Immigrants coming to their time and taking their jobs, decide that the only way to defeat them was to "Get Gay" and have a massive Gay orgy in front of the Time machine until the entire future ceases to exist. At first, it seems like a completely stupid (and completely hilarious) idea, but then I realized; this idea could actually work... If it turned one guy gay, who ends up having the great great grand kid of the guy who made the original time machine! If the guy who will eventually have grand child who invents the time machine turns gay, then he cannot pass his genes down, and the person who invented the Time Machine wouldn't exist, thus, no one could go back in time! So it actually worked after all! - DingoWalley
* Remember "Smug Alert", when all Southparkian fathers drove a Hybrid car and thought this would save the earth? Two brilliancies for the price of one! The greek root has two main meanings, a) hybris, which translates as, well, hubris. b) The other being "mix", "union" (a hybrid car has both electric and gasoline motors), or the term mainly used in biology: bastard. [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat Oh my god! They're killing the earth!]] (I didn't file this under StealthPun as WordOfGod lacks - Shokoshu)

* In "Butterballs" we see that Butter's grandma bullies him. A few seasons earlier in "Freak Strike" she had a stroke when she saw Butters on Maury Povich. Either the stroke changed her personality or she was bullying him as revenge.

** Either that or she became cynical and saw everything as shit once she turned 10. She's only 13, a few years older than Stan and that could be why she refers to everyone as turds.

* On first glance, the entire school/town of South Park accepting that Cartman and Kyle are gay for each other in "Cartman Finds Love" seems like a bit of a stretch, considering how often they try to murder each other... until you look at our very own HoYay page for South Park, and how it calls season 16 "The Kyman Season". It stands to reason that the other students saw everything Tropers saw regarding their developing "feelings", and once the news of Cartman and Kyle dating spread through the grapevine, the students didn't question it because they had all the "evidence" they needed.

* Cartman's hatred of Gingers could stem from the events of "Scott Tennorman Must Die."

* At the end of "Cartmanland" after Cartman sells the amusement park, he loses his money to the IRS and the rest goes to Kenny's family after he's killed on a ride. Kenny's family is still shown to be poor in future episodes, and more than likely spend their money on dope and alcohol, but Kenny is seen to be able to afford things out of his spending range (Jonas Brothers Tickets, the Mysterion costume, a PSP, tickets to the amusement park, etc) Since Kenny comes back to life, he more than likely kept some of the money.
* Mr. Garrison's first name is revealed as Herbert in "The Entity" but his name in "Cherokee Hair Tampons" is shown to be Ethan P. Garrison. This is more likely a pen name than a RetCon.
* ''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}} {{jerk|Ass}}s 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 ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' itself. Kyle constantly points out the show's format, and the [[StrawCharacter 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. - HughMan

*** 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.
* The writers of the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' "Imaginationland" trilogy weren't trying to be offensive by putting Jesus in along with the Council of Nine (nine of the world's most revered imaginary characters), they were subtly pointing religions like Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and the like don't believe in Jesus.

** 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...which also explains why Imaginary Jesus doesn't recognize 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 [[SecondComing return?]] Now consider the fact that the scientists have been creating a portal that opens up a doorway into Imaginationland, [[FluffyCloudHeaven a world of wonder and joy gated off]] from [[{{Hell}} a world of intense evil]]. How they [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 opened that portal]] and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt 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 '''[[HallelujahChorus ONE WORD REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH VARYING EMPHASIS!!]]''' Unbelievably well done! -Tropers/RockySamson
** I forget whether this episode or ''Go, God, Go!'' came out first but it works either way; here we go: In ''Go, God, Go!'' the Otter Tribe Elder is trying to talk his people out of religious genocide by proposing that believing in God makes him real. Cue ''Imaginationland''.

* One complaint about the later seasons (Since Bill Hader joined the writing staff) is that the boys act more like teenagers then children at times. Considering how determined kids are to grow up fast these days, this makes some sense.

* In the beginning of the episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", it's established that Scott Tenorman is a 9th-grader. But later, Kyle says he's an 8th-grader. This seems like a continuity error, but it makes perfect sense: the kids are 4th-graders, so they probably rarely interact with 8th-graders and 9th-graders, so it would make them more likely to not remember what grade Scott's in.
* In "Chinpokomon", the ad executives try to get the boys to like new toys by making commercials that ''directly emulate'' the original Chinpokomon ad. On a second listen, the "Wild Wacky Action Bike" ad has a very similar chorus to the one for Chinpokomon, only it's "You can't ride it, you can't ride it, Wild Wacky Action Bike!" instead of "I gotta buy 'em, I gotta buy 'em, Chinpokomon!". That's being smarter than I'd give them credit for. - {{Tropers/Blatch}}

* Cartman ingesting Butters' semen in "Sarcastaball", along with the end segment from "You're Not Yelping" where he eats a burrito with some "special sour cream", are both LaserGuidedKarma for trying to sell "Ass Burgers" and to a lesser extent, "Mr & Mrs. Tenorman Chili".

* Why is PC Principle's name so meaningful? He lives by his principles!
* In "Truth and Advertising" we see the Ads reward Nathan with what he "wants" when a porn or dating webpage that upon close inspection appears to feature black female escorts, appears on his computer monitor. In the next episode, "PC Principal Final Justice", Nathan has purchased the services of Cl'assi, a "high class" black prostitute. In addition to being an [[EasterEgg subtle]] ContinuityNod, it show us how the ads are directly corrupting people, as opposed to simply manipulating them.

* Back in the day, ''South Park'' was a show that was made only to be offensive, until later shifting to it's more satirical format. Except, in a sense, the earlier episodes ''were'' satirical. They satirized the way adults and the media view and portray children, specifically by subverting ChildrenAreInnocent.

* 'Member the South Park movie? Season 20's anti-trolling plot is a reboot of that. e.g. One of Kyle's parents is TheHeavy, a war breaks out because some crude humour leads to somebody's death, Stan and Wendy's relationship faces a setback, the boys form a protest group and a gay villain is revealed to be under the influence of a much more sinister force.

* Whenever [=DildoSchwaggins=] addresses Gerald in Season 20, he calls him by his screen name, [=skankhunt42=], even immediately after Gerald asks him to stop. He's trolling him!

* As pointless and stupid as he is even in-universe, Towelie's character concept is little less random when you recall the common stoner practice of [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Towel%20the%20Door stuffing towels under the door]] to keep any incriminating smells from escaping the room.

* That everybody goes to Hell when they die except for Mormons at first seems like just Matt and Trey being irreverent for the sake of comedy. Then one watches episodes like "Night of the Living Homeless" and "Britney's New Look" and realizes that the characters [[HumansAreBastards all deserve it]].

* How did Heidi lose all that fat she had gained in Season 21 by the time "The Problem With A Poo" aired. Well, she could have gone back to her vegan diet after finally realizing that Cartman had tricked her into eating meat. She could have also committed herself to daily exercises, making an effort to loose that weight.
* As a Filipino, I noticed in "Bike Parade" that in the four-way bike, the Philippines' flag has the red above the blue. Normally, I was surprised as this only occurs when the country is at war, but it was stated later that it's Kenny's bike that has the flag. Kenny is in conflict towards joining the parade.

* "Red Hot Catholic Summer" involves Father Maxi going all the way to the Vatican to directly discuss the problem of child molestation by Catholic priests, and is a bit surprised to see that a bunch of aliens called Gelgameks are part of the Church and participating in the debate. He really shouldn't be, though--there's a genuine policy by the Catholic Church that, should aliens actually exist, then they qualify for eternal salvation just like humans.
* It makes sense that Kyle would be cosplaying Thor in A Nightmare on Face Time when you remember how Thor is actually a redhead like Kyle in the original Norse mythology.

* You know that usually when the main boys are riding a vehicle Stan is at the wheel? That's because he's usually the leader, so he leads where they are going to.
* In "Free Willzyx" it seems very stupid from the boys to believe the whale was really talking and coming from the moon, but considering the weirdness happening on a daily basis, like TalkingPoo and having multiple religious figures as superheroes, it's actually understandable they would believe the story about the whale.

* While Cartman almost always proves somewhat immoral and sociopathic behavior, it's somewhat frightening if you think about what he will be like when he grows up and becomes an adult. If he has done one of the most sadistic and cruel acts in a TV series ever done (but played for laughs), as shown in "Scott Tenorman Must Die", as a child, imagine how inhumane he could be as an adult.

** Or, if The Stick of Truth is canon, [[spoiler: ressurected as a Nazi Zombie by Clyde.]]
* Several characters on the show have had some form of sexual experience well before any of them even hit puberty. Kenny got a blowjob from his fifth grade girlfriend (which resulted in his [[TheyKilledKennyAgain death by Syphilis]]), Ike and Jimmy have both had consensual sex (Ike with his teacher and Jimmy with a prostitute). Remember the age of consent in America is 16. Ike was only a toddler.

*** And just like that, the context of the story suddenly is no longer about Kenny not wanting any siblings, but Kenny becoming aware of his upcoming imminent death AND attempting to commit suicide. I mean, what if Kenny succeeded? Is it possible that by killing his yet-to-be born self he may have stopped the cycle? Who knows...

** Technically, the entire ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' universe is imaginary (since it's, you know, a fictional cartoon show), thus adding an extra dose of irony to the situation.

* In "Insecurity," when all the husbands in South Park are concerned because they think the UPS man is sleeping with their wives, the old farmer man tells all the husbands that the milkman used to fuck all the women back then. Seeing their shocked faces made this troper realize the inner meaning behind this: the milkman was probably still around back when they were kids, meaning the milkman must have [[[{{Squick}} slept with their mothers!]].

* Early on in the episode "Whale W..." the Japanese slaughter the Miami Dolphins along with all of the actual dolphins and whales. Later on, they start slaughtering cows and chickens instead. What would happen if they ever find out about the south park school football team, the cows?

** Hopefully nothing, as I think he categorized them to prevent such encounters (i.e he set up the girls at the school and the women on the streets).

** I'm not ashamed to say that the notion of Eric Cartman with a Green Lantern Power Ring made me soil myself in terror.

* This is a more meta example (and would be more Fridge Sadness than horror if there was such a thing), but you know how Trey and Matt hated the first three seasons? I then remembered that the voice actress for the female characters at the time, Mary Kay Bergman, committed suicide before season 3 ended. While it's probably true Trey and Matt cringe due to the writing and/or animation in those seasons, could there also be a possibility that Trey and Matt can't watch any episode with Mary in it because it would be too painful for them, missing an old friend.

* In "Whale Whores" Kenny stated he doesn't care if dolphins and whales get killed by the Japanese. This was always confusing to me, sure Kenny isn't without his faults and I understand him not trying to save them, but to not care at all if they die? He's not a sociopath. But here's the thing, he always dies and comes back to life, this very liekly influenced him to not care about the dolphins and whales. Luckily, as seen in "Cock Magic", Kenny started to care more for animal rights.

* 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 "[[Recap/SouthParkS14E10Insheeption Insheeption]]".
** Well obviously the people remember the stories of Freddy's murders of the children and have imagined him as some horrible monster when he was, in reality, a kind family man who was made to do that by the government. So there's two Freddy Krueger's out there and both can murder you. Sleep tight!
* In "Mysterion Rises", Cartman heads to California with Cthulhu to destroy San Francisco. Wasn't San Fran obliterated back in "Smug Alert"?
** It could've been rebuilt. Considering the town of South Park has been destroyed and rebuilt many times over the course of the series, this is a possibility as well. The two episodes also aired almost five years apart from each other, thus giving them more time.
* If the kids had all their parents arrested in "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" by the South Park police, what happens to the police when the town is overrun by the kids?
** Remember when Cartman said the adults who weren't arrested left town to escape being arrested for molesting children? That's probably what happened to the cops (and besides, these were the early episodes where the only cop in town was Officer Barbrady).

* In the episode 'The Losing Edge' where the boys are trying to lose, the team they play in the final are "really good at sucking" and have gotten so good at losing they can bat themselves out and the pitcher can hit the bat. If they are that good at losing: How did they get to the final?
** Without remembering the exact dialogue I would assume one of two things: They practiced really well, or their opponents were ''that much'' better at losing than '''them'''.
* "HumancentiPad" features a bizarre case of FridgeLogic. At the beginning of the episode, several students have their very own iPads. In real life, I haven't seen a 10 year old that has one of their own. Especially strange because South Park has a rather high population of families that need welfare (the iPads are shown in the episode to cost about $1000), and it was mentioned not too long ago that the economy is in poor condition.
* In "The Succubus" when Stan and Kyle learn to sing "There's Going To Be A Morning After" backwards why do they rely on Cartman to play the tape?, he was blind from the laser eye surgery and had fallen asleep and Kenny was right there doing nothing and the whole idea was Kenny's in the first place, why couldn't he have done it?
** Probably a rare case of ThirdActStupidity, on Stan and Kyle's part.
** Or Cartman remembered which button was the stop button and they rehearsed the plan again before going to the church.
* If Canadians have flapping heads and beady eyes, why do celebrities such as TomGreen, Music/JustinBieber, and AlanisMorisette look like regular ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' characters? When they show Music/CelineDion she looks like a Canadian
** Celine Dion was shown living in Canada while the other three were shown living in America. In the "Canada on Strike" song, you can see Canadians with dark skin and slanted eyes, implying they're of Asian, African or Middle-Eastern descent (Saddam Hussein, anyone?). So presumably there's something in the water that makes Canadians look the way they do and when one of them leaves Canada for an extended period of time they begin to look like everyone else.
*** Then why does Ike still look Canadian?
*** He would've turned normal, but when they briefly brought him back to Canada, he drank Canadian water and went back to square one.
*** Maybe Ike just hasn't lived in America long enough. He's still a toddler after all.
*** What about Ugly Bob.
*** I think it had more to do with the fact that Ugly Bob was ''born'' in Canada (i.e, In ''Royal Pudding'', he mentions moving to the [=US=]). Likewise, the same would apply to Ike, as he was adopted from Canada, along with the fact that it wasn't known until about Season 2-3ish that he was Canadian (as the creators couldn't decide if Terrence and Philip were actual people or if their show was an in-universe cartoon).
* All those female fans who think Mysterion is so damn hot and awesome and heroic? That's Kenny. You know, the little pervert who often does drugs, likes sluts, once died of [=AIDS=], and owns all those Playboys. The Logic? Kenny has a self-loathing complex. He hates who he really is, so he pretends he's a superhero as an easy way to get around it.
** Another perspective: "Mysterion" is an obvious parody of Batman. So it follows that Mysterion's alter ego is an expy for Bruce Wayne. The South Park equivalent of feckless, hedonistic playboy fop Wayne would be a foul-mouthed, sex-crazed, drug addict like Kenny [=McCormick=].
** [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Besides, Kenny died of syphilis, never AIDS.]]
* How did Mr Garrison rape the Canadian President to death? His testicles were destroyed and he could only afford to restore his penis. He shouldn't be able to get an erection, much less sodomise someone so hard it kills them.
** Castration doesn't work in humans the same way it does in animals and South Park does have some level NegativeContinuity.
** Maybe Garrison restored his penis completely in the meantime? There have been many years since then.

* In "Butt Out" Cartman considers Rob Reiner a hero because of his tactics to manipulate people. Rob Reiner is Jewish so why didn't this bother Cartman?
** Even Hitler had Jews he admired, mostly entertainers, though he expressed regret that they weren't Aryan.
* In "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?," Kyle asks his parents if they're going to hell because they're Jewish. Sheila responds with "Us Jews don't believe in Hell." In the movie, she herself ''literally unleashed the armies of hell'' when she shot Terrence and Phillip.
** Maybe what Sheila meant is that they don't believe in the ''Christian'' version of Hell.
* Okay, so apparently [[CerebusRetcon nobody can remember Kenny's many deaths]]. But if you check one of the many death montages on Website/YouTube, you'll notice 2 or 3 lampshaded moments where they seem aware that it happens all the time. So...how does that work?
** The mind scrubbing isn't perfect, but the times that it doesn't work, Kenny is too busy being dead to notice?
* In "Two Guys Naked In A Hot Tub" Randy says they brought Stan to the party because they had nowhere else to take him. Why didn't they leave him at Cartman's with Shelley?
** Wasn't Cartman at the party with them?
* In "Towelie", Towelie fiddles with a security keypad until he finally gets ... the riff from "Funky Town". This is so funny, it may be some time before you wonder why (other than RuleOfFunny) a security pad would have different tones for each key.

* In later seasons, especially in episodes like ''A History Channel Thanksgiving'' and ''Jewpacabra'', Kyle is extremely sceptical of anything supposedly paranormal or scientifically inexplicable. This is quite a contrast to Kyle in earlier seasons, being taken in by Blainetologists and John Edward and the like. Clearly his past experiences caused him to adopt a policy of rigorous scepticism and critical thinking. Though it does veer ever-so-slightly towards "Flat Earth Atheist" sometimes, given that he himself possesses concrete, first-hand knowledge of the existence of aliens and cryptozoological animals.

* The writers of the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' "Imaginationland" trilogy weren't trying to be offensive by putting Jesus in along with the Council of Nine (nine of the world's most revered imaginary characters), they were subtly pointing religions like Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jesus is considered a respected teacher and holy man, but he is not their Messiah. As a result, some of his qualities are presumed by them to be not entirely true. This means that they ''imagined'' that was the case, hence, why he was in Imaginationland.
** 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 that Jesus looks. . .which also explains why Imaginary Jesus doesn't recognize the boys who he's met several other times through the series, if only in passing.
** I forget whether this episode or ''Go, God, Go!'' came out first but it works either way; here we go: In ''Go, God, Go!'' the Otter Tribe Elder is trying to talk his people out of irreligious genocide by proposing that believing in God makes him real. Cue in ''Imaginationland'' there is a version of god, which is independent of the real God.

** Although it must also be borne in mind that Gerald supposedly agrees that the human centipad is the future, it is obvious that it is only Gerald playing under the same twisted logic before an audience that seems to be indifferent to what happens to his son to cleverly free him.

* The absence of the UsefulNotes/WiiU in the Black Friday trilogy makes sense from a kid their age's perspective. The system is often considered "babyish" or "nerdy" by gamers in [[PeripheryDemographic their demographic]] because it doesn't have games such as ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. Therefore, they would have no reason to buy it.

* Several characters on the show have had some form of sexual experience well before any of them even hit puberty. Kenny got a blowjob from his fifth grade girlfriend (which resulted in his [[TheyKilledKennyAgain death by Syphilis]]), Ike and Jimmy have both had consensual sex (Ike with his teacher and Jimmy with a prostitute), and according to {{Word of God}}, Stan and Wendy have as well.

* Satan is portrayed as CampGay because homosexuality is considered a sin.