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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1776 lead to a bruise on his head. {{Subverted|Trope}} later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works.
** When the kids here can either stay in school and do work or leave school for the day in protest, they choose to leave school treating it like a day off. However they weren't let out to go goof off, they were let out to protest. When the kids leave school, they are drafted into protesting.
** Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1776 lead to a bruise on his head. {{Subverted|Trope}} later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works.
** When the kids here can either stay in school and do work or leave school for the day in protest, they choose to leave school treating it like a day off. However they weren't let out to go goof off, they were let out to protest. When the kids leave school, they are drafted into protesting.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1776 lead to a bruise on his head. {{Subverted|Trope}} later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works.
**SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When the kids here can either stay in school and do work or leave school for the day in protest, they choose to leave school treating it like a day off. However they weren't let out to go goof off, they were let out to protest. When the kids leave school, they are drafted into protesting.
** Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1776 lead to a bruise on his head. {{Subverted|Trope}} later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works.
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* NeverMyFault: After the boys' interview at the beginning, Mr. Garrison harshly reprimand the entire class for knowing nothing about the Founding Fathers, punishing them with a report on the Founding Fathers in the process, but this is rich coming from a man who is more interested in teaching the class celebrity facts and other pointless subjects instead of actual education.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The entire cast (minus Stan, Kyle, and Kenny) thank the audience for celebrating the show's 100th episode.
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/NormanLear as UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin.
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/NormanLear as UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin.Creator/BenjaminFranklin.
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/NormanLear as UsefulNotes/BenjaminFrankin.
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'''Airdate:''' April 9, 2003
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* RealityEnsues: Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1776 lead to a bruise on his head.
** It becomes an AvertedTrope later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works.
** It becomes an AvertedTrope later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works.
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* RealityEnsues: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1776 lead to a bruise on hishead.
** It becomes an AvertedTropehead. {{Subverted|Trope}} later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works.
** Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1776 lead to a bruise on his
** It becomes an AvertedTrope
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** It becomes an AvertedTrope later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works. It's almost FridgeBrilliance, because obviously you can't remember something you never knew but in this case, he had watched most of the content while recording it - DontTryThisAtHome though.
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** It becomes an AvertedTrope later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works. It's almost FridgeBrilliance, because obviously you can't remember something you never knew but in this case, he had watched most of the content while recording it - DontTryThisAtHome though.
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The boys get caught in the middle of a conflict between pro-Iraq War and anti-Iraq War advocates and have to write a report about what the Founding Fathers would think about the war. Cartman has his own idea on how to find the answer.
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The boys get caught in the middle of a conflict between pro-Iraq War and anti-Iraq War advocates and have to write a report about what the Founding Fathers would think about the war. Cartman has his own idea on how to find the answer.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The people of 1776 in Cartman's dream are drawn ''way'' more realistic than how everyone on the show is drawn.
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** When the kids here they can either stay in school and do work or leave school for the day in protest, they choose to leave school treating it like a day off. However they weren't let out to go goof off, they were let out to protest. When the kids leave school they are drafted into protesting.
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** When the kids here they can either stay in school and do work or leave school for the day in protest, they choose to leave school treating it like a day off. However they weren't let out to go goof off, they were let out to protest. When the kids leave school school, they are drafted into protesting.
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* RealityEnsues: Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1775, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1775 lead to a bruise on his head.
** It becomes an AvertedTrope later, when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works. It's almost FridgeBrilliance, because obviously you can't remember something you never knew but in this case he had watched most of the content while recording it - DontTryThisAtHome though.
** It becomes an AvertedTrope later, when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works. It's almost FridgeBrilliance, because obviously you can't remember something you never knew but in this case he had watched most of the content while recording it - DontTryThisAtHome though.
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* RealityEnsues: Cartman's first few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1775, 1776, and then dropping a big rock on his head while talking about 1775 1776 lead to a bruise on his head.
** It becomes an AvertedTropelater, later when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in hospital, but amazingly it works. It's almost FridgeBrilliance, because obviously you can't remember something you never knew but in this case case, he had watched most of the content while recording it - DontTryThisAtHome though.
** It becomes an AvertedTrope
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* LabouriousLaziness: Cartman goes through a lot of effort to avoid actually studying.
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* LabouriousLaziness: LaboriousLaziness: Cartman goes through a lot of effort to avoid actually studying.
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* HoistOnHisOwnPetard: The boys pretend to be against the war so they can get out of school and goof off. They are instantly drafted into actually protesting by Mr. Mackie, asked serious questions on live television by a reporter, only to say they have no idea who the founding fathers even are on air. The boys are humiliated on TV, a furious Mr. Garrison yells at them for lying about being against war just to get out of school, then punishes them for their ignorance by assigning them a report on the founding fathers.
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* HoistOnHisOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: The boys pretend to be against the war so they can get out of school and goof off. They are instantly drafted into actually protesting by Mr. Mackie, asked serious questions on live television by a reporter, only to say they have no idea who the founding fathers even are on air. The boys are humiliated on TV, a furious Mr. Garrison yells at them for lying about being against war just to get out of school, then punishes them for their ignorance by assigning them a report on the founding fathers.
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* LabouriousLaziness: Cartman goes through a lot of effort to avoid actually studying.
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* HoistOnHisOwnPetard: The boys pretend to be against the war so they can get out of school and goof off. They are instantly drafted into actually protesting by Mr. Mackie, asked serious questions on live television by a reporter, only to say they have no idea who the founding fathers even are on air. The boys are humiliated on TV, a furious Mr. Garrison yells at them for lying about being against war just to get out of school, then punishes them for their ignorance by assigning them a report on the founding fathers.
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** When the kids here they can either stay in school and do work or leave school for the day in protest, they choose to leave school treating it like a day off. However they weren't let out to go goof off, they were let out to protest. When the kids leave school they are drafted into protesting.
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** The punchline of the episode is how everyone concludes that America works best when it runs on hypocrisy, protesting the war but going ahead with it anyway.
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** Early in the episode the boys imply that they have no idea who the Founding Fathers are when they're asked about their views about the Iraq War during a walkout, later they are harshly reprimanded by Mr. Garrison for not knowing anything about the Founding Fathers, considering the fact that he's never taught them anything about history.
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* RealityEnsues: Cartman's first attempt (dropping a big rock on his head) while talking about 1775 led to a bruise on his head. His second attempt (electrocuting himself after recording history shows) result in him getting hospitalized. [[SubvertedTrope And he ended up flashing back anyways.]]
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* RealityEnsues: Cartman's first attempt (dropping few attempts at flashbacks, such as basically talking about 1775, and then dropping a big rock on his head) head while talking about 1775 led lead to a bruise on his head. His second attempt (electrocuting head.
** It becomes an AvertedTrope later, when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording historyshows) result shows off the TV. He ends up unconscious in him getting hospitalized. [[SubvertedTrope And hospital, but amazingly it works. It's almost FridgeBrilliance, because obviously you can't remember something you never knew but in this case he ended up flashing back anyways.]]had watched most of the content while recording it - DontTryThisAtHome though.
** It becomes an AvertedTrope later, when he deliberately electrocutes himself after recording history
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'''Airdate:''' April 9, 2003
The boys get caught in the middle of a conflict between pro-Iraq War and anti-Iraq War advocates and have to write a report about what the Founding Fathers would think about the war. Cartman has his own idea on how to find the answer.
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!!"I'm A Little Bit Country" contains examples of:
* CounterpointDuet: Between Randy (anti-war) and Skeeter (pro-war). The song was reprised at the episode to show that they had reconciled.
* FieldTripToThePast: Invoked by Cartman to find out what the Founding Fathers would say.
* FlashbackEffects: Cartman tries to have a flashback by repeating his words and pantomiming with his hands.
* GoldenMeanFallacy: Half of the town opposes the war in Iraq, while the other half supports it. Cartman believes he has the right answer, that America needs both groups. The pro-war people to support America's wars are needed so America looks like a strong country, but also the anti-war people to oppose these wars so America looks like a compassionate country. Both sides are happy with this answer, because it basically means the war will continue, and the anti-war crowd gets to continue protesting.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Some war protesters break into an electronics store and steal [=TVs=].
** Kenny is berated by his pro-war father for hanging out at Stan's and is pulled away from the study group. Gerald and Randy express disgust over Stuart convincing Kenny to side with him and then push ''their'' kids to participate in the war protest by reading their essay.
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: America is described as "an entire country founded on saying one thing and then doing another."
* OpinionChangingDream: Cartman acts as if he doesn't care about American history so that he can have a flashback. He elaborately stages incidents that would render him unconscious so that he can have the educational dream and thereby avoid the bother of actually studying. He eventually succeeds, but not before...
* RealityEnsues: Cartman's first attempt (dropping a big rock on his head) while talking about 1775 led to a bruise on his head. His second attempt (electrocuting himself after recording history shows) result in him getting hospitalized. [[SubvertedTrope And he ended up flashing back anyways.]]
* ThisIsMySide: When the town attempts to split themselves into pro-war and anti-war halves, they almost immediately find that certain needs of theirs are on the other side of the line they just made, and Skeeter concludes, "What we really should be doing is just beatin' the hell out of each other like we were."
* WhatYearIsThis: After Cartman is told by the official messenger boy that it is 1776, he realizes that his plan worked.
The boys get caught in the middle of a conflict between pro-Iraq War and anti-Iraq War advocates and have to write a report about what the Founding Fathers would think about the war. Cartman has his own idea on how to find the answer.
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!!"I'm A Little Bit Country" contains examples of:
* CounterpointDuet: Between Randy (anti-war) and Skeeter (pro-war). The song was reprised at the episode to show that they had reconciled.
* FieldTripToThePast: Invoked by Cartman to find out what the Founding Fathers would say.
* FlashbackEffects: Cartman tries to have a flashback by repeating his words and pantomiming with his hands.
* GoldenMeanFallacy: Half of the town opposes the war in Iraq, while the other half supports it. Cartman believes he has the right answer, that America needs both groups. The pro-war people to support America's wars are needed so America looks like a strong country, but also the anti-war people to oppose these wars so America looks like a compassionate country. Both sides are happy with this answer, because it basically means the war will continue, and the anti-war crowd gets to continue protesting.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Some war protesters break into an electronics store and steal [=TVs=].
** Kenny is berated by his pro-war father for hanging out at Stan's and is pulled away from the study group. Gerald and Randy express disgust over Stuart convincing Kenny to side with him and then push ''their'' kids to participate in the war protest by reading their essay.
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: America is described as "an entire country founded on saying one thing and then doing another."
* OpinionChangingDream: Cartman acts as if he doesn't care about American history so that he can have a flashback. He elaborately stages incidents that would render him unconscious so that he can have the educational dream and thereby avoid the bother of actually studying. He eventually succeeds, but not before...
* RealityEnsues: Cartman's first attempt (dropping a big rock on his head) while talking about 1775 led to a bruise on his head. His second attempt (electrocuting himself after recording history shows) result in him getting hospitalized. [[SubvertedTrope And he ended up flashing back anyways.]]
* ThisIsMySide: When the town attempts to split themselves into pro-war and anti-war halves, they almost immediately find that certain needs of theirs are on the other side of the line they just made, and Skeeter concludes, "What we really should be doing is just beatin' the hell out of each other like we were."
* WhatYearIsThis: After Cartman is told by the official messenger boy that it is 1776, he realizes that his plan worked.
