History Recap / SouthParkS26E5DikinBausHotDogs

** When Stephen thinks Butters has 'lied' he has been working due to an empty pay check, he looks like he will once again ground his son for his 'lies', but instead goes off to work to earn extra money instead.

** Butters anger towards Cartman for taking advantage of him alludes to the eventual contempt he'll have towards Cartman in the future.

** Liane gets her happy ending as well. After loosing her house because of her son's selfishness, she is able to get it back with Butter's help.

* {{Irony}}: Cartman started the hot dog business to return to his old home but ends up turning the hot dog restaurant into the place of his dreams. However, Liane and Butters end it by returning him back to the Cartman's old home, leaving him crying and bawling, wishing to return to the very place he once hated.

** Then there is Cartman's fate in [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovidTheReturnOfCovid the future]] where Cartman's actions here alludes to. Cartman refusing to work hard in his life will result in him becoming homeless and ineffectual as an adult, while his mistreatment towards Butters as shown in this episode will result in him showing Cartman NoSympathy for his terrible fate

* PyrrhicVictory: Cartman does get back his old home like he initially wanted. However it becomes meaningless to Cartman since he had just converted the hot dog stand into his dream home. Even if Cartman gets his old home back, he'll still be very likely to end up homeless and alone in the [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovidTheReturnOfCovid future]], given that he destroyed his relationship with his mother in Season 25, screwed his friends over in both the previous season and this season, and has proven that he's incapable of working for a living in this episode.

* CallBack: Stephen accuses Butters of sneaking off to suck off glory holes when he discovers his son's bank account is empty. Stephen himself was guilty of sneaking to a gay porno theater and bathhouse in "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E14ButtersVeryOwnEpisode Butters' Very Own Episode]]" under the guise of shopping for Linda.

* PyrrhicVictory: Cartman does get back his old home like he initially wanted. However it becomes meaningless to Cartman since he had just converted the hot dog stand into his dream home. Even if Cartman gets his old home back, he'll still end up homeless and alone in the [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovidTheReturnOfCovid future]].

* CallBack: Stephen accuses Butters of sucking off glory holes when he discovers his son's bank account is empty. Stephen himself was guilty of sneaking to a gay porno theater and bathhouse in "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E14ButtersVeryOwnEpisode Butters' Very Own Episode]]" under the guise of shopping for Linda.

* PyrrhicVictory: Cartman does get back his old home like he initially wanted. However it becomes meaningless to Cartman since he had just converted the hot dog stand into his dream home. Even if Cartman gets his old home back, he'll end up homeless and alone in the [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovidTheReturnOfCovid future]].

* AllTakeNoGive: Cartman convinces Butters to invest in Cartman's restaurant on the pretense that he'll give it all back to Butters once the restaurant is a success. Sure enough Cartman spends all of his money for luxuries on himself while barely making any effort on opening his restaurant for business and paying back Butters. Butters learns of this, where he decides to open Cartman's restaurant and earn back all the money himself, while forcing Cartman out his dream house to back to his old house as payback.

** Darryl Weathers also expresses dismay at being fired by his job because they wanted to be more "inclusive", taking shot at businesses who want to hire more minorities at the expense of people who already work there.

* CallForward: Butters being an excellent restaurant worker ties back to the good future shown in ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovidTheReturnOfCovid'' where adult Butters has become the manager of Denny's Applebee's Max.

* LaserGuidedKarma: When Cartman pushes his luck with Butters by spending all of his money for his own benefit, Butters decides to raise enough of it to buy Cartman's old house back, robbing the selfish brat of his dream house.

* LaserGuidedKarma: When Cartman pushes his luck with Butter by spending all of his money for his own benefit, Butters decides to raise enough of it to buy Cartman's old house back, robbing the selfish brat of his dream house.

* ItsAllAboutMe: As usual, Cartman only thinks about himself such as being lazy and taking all the credit for himself.

** Kids will learn to earn money by getting a job.
** Don't bite the hand that feeds you. You never know what they can do.

* AnAesop: Kids will to have learn to earn their money by getting a job.
* ArtisticLicenceLaw: Cartman having Butters' hard earned wages wiped out of his account is illegal and in reality, Cartman would face charges for it.

* BittersweetEnding: At least, on Cartman's end. He succeeds in making the hot dog place profitable but he literally pays the price for it by moving back to his old home with the help of the investors, much to his dismay.

* {{Irony:}} Cartman started the hot dog business to return to his old home but ends up turning the hot dog restaurant into the place of his dreams. However, Liane and Butters end it by returning him back to the Cartman's old home, leaving him crying and bawling, wishing to return to the very place he once hated.

* BittersweetEnding: Cartman actually succeeds in making the hot dog place profitable but he literally pays the price for it by moving back to his old home with the help of the investors, much to his dismay.

* TheDogBitesBack: After everything Cartman put him through, Butters ultimately decides to sell the hot dog stand to new ownership while buying the Cartmans' old house for them to live in.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Butters' competence with working in the restaurant industry foreshadows his future as a restaurant manager.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: All Cartman has ever wanted since he moved into the hot dog stand was his old house back. Here, he finally gets his old house back, but only after he's turned the hot dog stand into his dream home.

* ArtisticLicenceLaw: Cartman having Butters' hard earned wages wiped out of his account is illegal and in reality Cartman would face charges for it.

* ArtisticLicenceLaw: Cartman having Butter's hard earned wages wiped out of his account is illegal and in reality Cartman would face charges for it.

** When Stephen thinks Butters has 'lied' he has been working due to an empty pay check, he looks like he will once again ground his son for his 'lies' but instead goes off to work to earn extra money instead.
** When Butters learns Cartman is the one responsible his paycheck is empty he looks like he is about to say "Son of Bitch" but replaces the last word with "Gun".

* BittersweetEnding: Cartman actually succeeds in making the hot dog place profitable but he literally pays the price for it by moving back to his old home much to his dismay with the help of the investors.

* DemotedToExtra: Stan & Kyle only make a small appearance in the beginning with the rest of the show focused on Butters, Cartman and to an extent Kenny.
* HiddenDepths: Butters of all people is shown to be very good at his job much to Cartman's annoyance.

* ItsAllAboutMe: As usual Cartman only thinks about himself such as being lazy and taking all the credit for himself.

* SmartBall: While Butters's naivete is normally PlayedForLaughs, here he proves to be an extremely competent restaurant worker and surprisingly savvy with financial matters.

* StatusQuoIsGod: After a season and two specials, Cartman and his mom got their house back, much to the former's chagrin.\\

* StatusQuoIsGod: After a season and two specials, [[spoiler:Cartman and his mom got their house back, much to the former's chagrin.]]

** The episode bashes UsefulNotes/JoeBiden for mishandling the economy, resulting in people losing their jobs.