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** As the ''[[Recap/SouthParkImaginationland Imaginationland]]'' episodes show, in the South Park universe it is possible for something people imagine to become real. The South Park universe in general might work on ClapYourHandsAIfYouBelieve down to an individual level. In short, the kids LARPing believe their powers work, so their powers work.
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** As the ''[[Recap/SouthParkImaginationland Imaginationland]]'' trilogy/movie revealed, in the world of ''South Park'' being made up doesn't mean you don't exist. The Woodland Critters appear among the bad guys in Imaginationland, very much real and very much a genuine threat (even freaking out some of their fellow bad guys).

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** As the ''[[Recap/SouthParkImaginationland Imaginationland]]'' trilogy/movie revealed, in the world of ''South Park'' being made up doesn't mean you don't exist. The Woodland Critters appear among must simply have come over from Imaginationland when the bad guys in Imaginationland, very much real and very much a genuine threat (even freaking out some of their fellow bad guys).
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** As the ''[[Recap/SouthParkImaginationland Imaginationland]]'' trilogy/movie revealed, in the world of ''South Park'' being made up doesn't mean you don't exist. The Woodland Critters appear among the bad guys in Imaginationland, very much real and very much a genuine threat (even freaking out some of their fellow bad guys).
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* So how are the Woodland Critters real? They were characters in a story Cartman wrote, yet they all appear in the BadFuture segment, proving that they somehow do exist.
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** It's minorly implied that somehow, the kids really ''do'' have powers. All enemies take damage from their attacks, namely drunks, hobos, the raisins girls, city ninjas, demon critters, and Cartman. None of those people have a reason to play along and hate the children.
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* If Timmy doesn't really have telepathy, then how can other characters hear and respond to what he says telepathically? This stands out because while other powers could be explained by everyone simply pretending that it works (ex. battle attacks) or the New Kid's farts having fantastical power (buddy commands), telepathy cannot because there is no "pretending" that it works. It either really works or it doesn't.

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* If Timmy doesn't really have telepathy, then how can other characters hear and respond to what he says telepathically? This stands out because while other powers could be explained by everyone simply pretending that it works (ex. battle attacks) or the New Kid's farts having fantastical power (buddy commands), telepathy cannot because there is no "pretending" cannot. The other characters could just be making up what they "receive" from him in some cases, but what about when he telepathically says "No, Mysterion, we won't fight them, they will" and the Freedom Pals stay still, while Coon and Friends are hypnotized? How would they know to do that it works. It either if they didn't really works or hear those words? (Not to mention, how can anyone tell the difference between telepathy and hypnosis when he points at his head for both?) And if his telepathy is indeed legitimate, then, why would he only use it doesn't.as Doctor Timothy?
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* If Timmy doesn't really have telepathy, then how can other characters hear and respond to what he says telepathically? This stands out because while other powers could be explained by everyone simply pretending that it works (ex. battle attacks) or the New Kid's farts having fantastical power (buddy commands), telepathy cannot because there is no "pretending" that it works. It either really works or it doesn't.
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* If Kyle's Mitch Conner wasn't real, then how did he do such a believable impression of Mitch's voice and do so without moving his mouth?
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* So when exactly does the New Kid backstory take place? The narrative makes it seem like it was years ago when the New Kid was a little kid, but then when [[spoiler:you use a timefart to summon Backstory You as a combat ally]], the New Kid and the backstory New Kid have the same hair and face and are the same height, suggesting they're the same or very similar ages.
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** Cartman probably had it on hand from selling drugs cut with cat urine. It sounded like he tampered with several different kinds of substances, including alcohol, which means bigger profit margins because he could appeal to addicts across the board and get them hooked on a really powerful high without spending extra money. Cat piss is free, after all.
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* So Professor Chaos was given 20,000 dollars by Mitch Connor to destroy the town, but where did Connor even get that money from? He's nothing but a hand puppet on the hand of the second poorest child in town. Sure he becomes mayor, but that's not until more than a week after Chaos states Connor gave him the money.
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** It's implied, but it's never actually stated in-game that [=FBW=] takes place the day after [=SoT=]. The kids seem to recycle games often, since they say at one point "we were playing superheroes 5 days ago!" So it's entirely possible it does happen months after the previous game, and it just so happened that the day before this game wasn't [=SoT=] but just another time the kids were playing medieval.
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* How is it that FBW takes place just 1 day after SOT? Everything's changed so much ever since the events of SOT, such as the Canadian Wall, PC Principal is there instead of Principal Victoria, Mr. Garrison is nowhere to be found, etc. Shouldn't it have taken place, like, 2 or 3 months after SOT?

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* How is it that FBW takes place just 1 day after SOT? Everything's changed so much ever since the events of SOT, such as the Canadian Wall, PC Principal is there instead of Principal Victoria, Mr. Garrison is nowhere to be found, etc. Shouldn't it have taken place, like, 2 or 3 months after SOT?SOT?
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* How is it that FBW takes place just 1 day after SOT? Everything's changed so much ever since the events of SOT, such as the Canadian Wall, PC Principal is there instead of Principal Victoria, Mr. Garrison is nowhere to be found, etc. Shouldn't it taken place, like, a couple months after SOT?

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* How is it that FBW takes place just 1 day after SOT? Everything's changed so much ever since the events of SOT, such as the Canadian Wall, PC Principal is there instead of Principal Victoria, Mr. Garrison is nowhere to be found, etc. Shouldn't it have taken place, like, a couple 2 or 3 months after SOT?

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* Wait... how are your parents alive and well? Weren't they in Dr. Mephisto's lab being harvested?
** Travelling back in time created an alternate timeline, as indicated by your Coonstagram feed.
*** Yeah, but why aren't your parents being harvested in the alternate timeline?

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* Wait... how How are your the New Kid's parents alive and well? Weren't they in Dr. Mephisto's Mephesto's lab being harvested?
** Travelling Traveling back in time created an alternate timeline, as indicated by your the New Kid's Coonstagram feed.
*** Yeah, but why aren't your the New Kid's parents being harvested in the alternate timeline?



** Alternatively, maybe [[spoiler:Dr. Mephisto did bring him back a few times and what we see were his clones,]] but he eventually gave up and decided to just let his son rest in peace.
* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game? Come to think of it, how did the Canadian Border Wall get built in a day? And how is there a 'cissy' bathroom in the playground now? All this in a day between SOT and FBW?
** It seems that the kids play "Fighters of Zaron" occasionally, with Stick of Truth being an example of one session. This is supported by one of the kids saying they "quit playing superheroes five days ago" which implies that there's a number of different games they play from time to time.

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** Alternatively, maybe [[spoiler:Dr. Mephisto Mephesto did bring him back a few times and what we see were his clones,]] but he eventually gave up and decided to just let his son rest in peace.
* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'', the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game? Come to think of it, how did the Canadian Border Wall get built in a day? And how is there a 'cissy' "cissy" bathroom in the playground now? All this in a day between SOT and FBW?
** It seems that the kids play "Fighters of Zaron" occasionally, with Stick of Truth being an example of one session. This is supported by one of the kids [[spoiler:Past-Kyle]] saying that they "quit "stopped playing superheroes five days ago" which implies that there's a number of different games they play from time to time.



** In an episode called "Unfulfilled", the mall is practically a wasteland. Even if we ignore the events of that episode, it isn't like South Park or anybody in reality goes to a mall anyway.

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** In an episode called "Unfulfilled", the mall is practically a wasteland. Even if we ignore the events of that episode, it isn't like South Park or anybody in reality goes to a mall anyway.anyway.
* How is it that FBW takes place just 1 day after SOT? Everything's changed so much ever since the events of SOT, such as the Canadian Wall, PC Principal is there instead of Principal Victoria, Mr. Garrison is nowhere to be found, etc. Shouldn't it taken place, like, a couple months after SOT?
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** True, but it's implied that the game that starts the... well... game is actually Stick of Truth. [[spoiler: such as when you go back in time at the end of the game and Wendy remarks that she finally gets to play Stick of Truth.]] So, wouldn't that imply that FBW happens not long after SOT? At any rate, how basically everyone treats you in this game suggests that you're still relatively new to South Park, but the mall that was completely intact in SOT was half-demolished in a (seemingly) short period of time.

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** True, but it's implied that the game that starts the... well... game is actually Stick of Truth. [[spoiler: such as when you go back in time at the end of the game and Wendy remarks that she finally gets to play Stick of Truth.]] So, wouldn't that imply that FBW happens not long after SOT? At any rate, how basically everyone treats you in this game suggests that you're still relatively new to South Park, but the mall that was completely intact in SOT was half-demolished in a (seemingly) short period of time.time.
**In an episode called "Unfulfilled", the mall is practically a wasteland. Even if we ignore the events of that episode, it isn't like South Park or anybody in reality goes to a mall anyway.
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** Alternatively, maybe [[spoiler:Dr. Mephisto did bring him back a few times and what we see were his clones,]] but he eventually gave up and decided to just let his son rest in peace.
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** DeathIsCheap in the series, not just for Kenny, who had it more obvious.
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** It seems that the kids play "Fighters of Zaron" occasionally, with Stick of Truth being an example of one session. This is supported by one of the kids saying they "quit playing superheroes five days ago" which implies that there's a number of different games they play from time to time.

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** It seems that the kids play "Fighters of Zaron" occasionally, with Stick of Truth being an example of one session. This is supported by one of the kids saying they "quit playing superheroes five days ago" which implies that there's a number of different games they play from time to time.
** True, but it's implied that the game that starts the... well... game is actually Stick of Truth. [[spoiler: such as when you go back in time at the end of the game and Wendy remarks that she finally gets to play Stick of Truth.]] So, wouldn't that imply that FBW happens not long after SOT? At any rate, how basically everyone treats you in this game suggests that you're still relatively new to South Park, but the mall that was completely intact in SOT was half-demolished in a (seemingly) short period of
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** It's incredibly confusing what did or did not actually happen in the final timeline.
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*** One possibility is that, during the events of [[spoiler:the time travel]], the New Kid's parents quit their addictions, which could lead to a butterfly effect of sorts.



* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game? Come to think of it, how did the Canadian Border Wall get built in a day? And how is there a 'cissy' bathroom in the playground now? All this in a day between SOT and FBW?

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* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game? Come to think of it, how did the Canadian Border Wall get built in a day? And how is there a 'cissy' bathroom in the playground now? All this in a day between SOT and FBW?FBW?
** It seems that the kids play "Fighters of Zaron" occasionally, with Stick of Truth being an example of one session. This is supported by one of the kids saying they "quit playing superheroes five days ago" which implies that there's a number of different games they play from time to time.
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* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game? Come to think of it, how did the Canadian Border Wall get built in a day? And how is there a 'cissy' bathroom in the playground now? All this in a day between SoT and FBW?

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* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game? Come to think of it, how did the Canadian Border Wall get built in a day? And how is there a 'cissy' bathroom in the playground now? All this in a day between SoT SOT and FBW?
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* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game?

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* Ok, so in VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game?game? Come to think of it, how did the Canadian Border Wall get built in a day? And how is there a 'cissy' bathroom in the playground now? All this in a day between SoT and FBW?
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* Ok, so in VideoGame/TheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game?

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* Ok, so in VideoGame/TheStickOfTruth, VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game?
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* Putting this in here since the question arises from the game, even though it has implications for the order of continuity, made more confusing because of the show's [[NotAllowedtoGrowUp rolling continuity]]. [[spoiler:Terrance Mephesto died in the Season 1 episode "Mecha-Streisand." How is it he's alive in later episodes in the series? As late as "Oh Jeez" from Season 20? No one worked on any way to resurrect him, not even from Dr. Mephesto, who only wanted to add more asses to his son's corpse.]]

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* Putting this in here since the question arises from the game, even though it has implications for the order of continuity, made more confusing because of the show's [[NotAllowedtoGrowUp rolling continuity]]. [[spoiler:Terrance Mephesto died in the Season 1 episode "Mecha-Streisand." How is it he's alive in later episodes in the series? As late as "Oh Jeez" from Season 20? No one worked on any way to resurrect him, not even from Dr. Mephesto, who only wanted to add more asses to his son's corpse.]]]]
* Ok, so in VideoGame/TheStickOfTruth, the South Park Mall was completely intact. Why is it still being built in this game?
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*** Yeah, but why aren't your parents being harvested in the alternate timeline?
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** Travelling back in time created an alternate timeline, as indicated by your Coonstagram feed.

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** Travelling back in time created an alternate timeline, as indicated by your Coonstagram feed.feed.
* Putting this in here since the question arises from the game, even though it has implications for the order of continuity, made more confusing because of the show's [[NotAllowedtoGrowUp rolling continuity]]. [[spoiler:Terrance Mephesto died in the Season 1 episode "Mecha-Streisand." How is it he's alive in later episodes in the series? As late as "Oh Jeez" from Season 20? No one worked on any way to resurrect him, not even from Dr. Mephesto, who only wanted to add more asses to his son's corpse.]]

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Wait... how are your parents alive and well? Weren't they in Dr. Mephisto's lab being harvested?

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* Wait... how are your parents alive and well? Weren't they in Dr. Mephisto's lab being harvested?harvested?
** Travelling back in time created an alternate timeline, as indicated by your Coonstagram feed.
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Wait... how are your parents alive and well? Weren't they in Dr. Mephisto's lab being harvested?

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