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2	%% No Complete Monsters in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. ComedicSociopathy played for laughs =/= CM
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4	* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: With massive ExecutiveMeddling from Paramount and the MPAA and interest in the show waning after only the second season, Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone were convinced that the film would be a major flop and made it as a last hurrah for the series and their career. Instead, it was a commercial success and critically acclaimed as a smart and funny satire and greatly raised attention to the show, which has now taken ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' place as the gold standard of modern American satire.
5	* AwardSnub:
6	** "Blame Canada" was widely recognized as the best of the 2000 UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominees for Best Song. Unfortunately, it lost to Music/PhilCollins' "[[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} You'll Be In My Heart]]". Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone admitted that they weren't expecting to win, but they were ''not'' happy with losing to ''Phil Collins'' in particular.
7	** There's also debate on whether "Blame Canada" should have been the nominated song at all, with many fans believing that "Up There", "What Would Brian Boitano Do?", or "La Resistance" were the superior songs and deserved the nomination more. It's been theorized that it was the song that got nominated because it was the only one that wouldn't have to be [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily censored]] when performed during the Academy Awards ceremony.
8	** It also inexplicably missed out on Best Adapted Screenplay.
9	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[AwesomeMusic/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut Now has its own page.]]
10	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Near the end of the "Mountain Town" reprise, an orca whale jumps up a la ''Film/FreeWilly''.
11	* CommonKnowledge: Cartman's song about Sheila is officially called "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch", not "Kyle's Mom Is A Big Fat Bitch".
12	* CrossesTheLineTwice: Does it so many times it [[{{Pun}} does a triple axle and three salchows while wearing a blindfold]] over it.
13	** Kenny being set on fire after a dare to light his fart by Cartman, to prove what Terrence and Phillip did in the movie could happen in reality, and then being put out by a salt truck. After this, his heart is replaced by a baked potato, subsequently causing his death. The way it's portrayed is needlessly cruel, but clearly meant to be laugh-provoking.
14	** The German Scheisse video involving Cartman's mom was really unnecessary and did not affect the plot in addition to being extremely disgusting. It coming up out of nowhere makes it rather humorous.
15	* CryForTheDevil: A literal, Miltonian example -- Satan is one of the most sympathetic characters in the entire film due to his abusive relationship, a far cry from his earlier antagonistic appearance in "Damien" and a step towards his modern SatanIsGood depiction. While he was about to claim Earth as his dominion, his musical number established that he wanted to enjoy the wonders of Earth and that he only follows the conventional definition of "evil" to maintain balance in the universe. He's not a villain because he enjoys it, he's a villain because there ''has'' to be a villain.
16	* EnsembleDarkhorse: This movie is Ze Mole's only appearance in the entire series (aside from an ''extremely'' brief one-second cameo in "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E8TwoGuysNakedInAHotTub Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub]]", where he's seen on ''Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien''). He appears for roughly 15 minutes in the movie. He is by far one of the most popular subjects in ''South Park'' fan-fiction and fan-art.
17	** Ditto for Gregory, who also made his sole appearance in the movie and existed purely to be TheRival to Stan, but fans loved him so much that he frequently appears as a main character in most fan-fictions he appears in, especially in ones where the boys aren't the central focus of the story. [[BeautyEqualsGoodness This might be due to his looks and voice]].
18	* GrowingTheBeard: The movie, as well as the episodes of the show that premiered after it, are generally considered to be a huge improvement over the pre-movie episodes as this is the point when the creators began to compliment the vulgar humor with sharp social satire.
19	* HarsherInHindsight:
20	** In light of the cyber-attacks on Sony Pictures allegedly by North Korea over the film ''Film/TheInterview'', the plot about going to war over a movie doesn't seem too farfetched anymore.
21	** It wasn't really anticipated, but Kenny's HeroicSacrifice becomes a lot less poignant after watching the "Coon and Friends" trilogy, where it's explained that [[spoiler:he comes back to life every time he dies]], so it wasn't a very big sacrifice for him to go back to Hell. On the flip side, it also [[spoiler:turns him going to Heaven at the very end from a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}} to a TearJerker. So near, yet so far...]]
22	** During the Oscars, Creator/RobinWilliams sang "Blame Canada" as Creator/MaryKayBergman, the voice actress of nearly all the characters who sing that song, had committed suicide earlier due to serious depression. In 2014, Williams would also take his life for the exact same reason.
23	** The 21st season episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS21E9SuperHardPCness Super Hard PCness]]" repeats the events of this film, except with [[{{Irony}} Kyle in the place of Shelia]] starting a war against Canada over Terrence and Phillip and un-PC culture, and Canada getting ''nuked'' at the end.
24	** The whole premise of the movie when you consider it came out two months after Columbine. In the aftermath, MoralGuardians were blaming everything from violent video games to death metal music, to even ''South Park'' itself, much like how Canada was being blamed for Asses of Fire in this movie.
25	* HilariousInHindsight:
26	** [[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice Gregory's speech about how America polices the world.]] Not only that, but Scott the Dick would later give a similar rant in "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E15ItsChristmasInCanada It's Christmas in Canada]]".
27	** Seeing UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein in Hell with Satan becomes funnier after his eventual execution.
28	** A censored family-friendly version of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire]]'' is replaced with the original and is only one minute long. A couple years later a family-friendly PG version of ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' that was three minutes long was featured as an extra on VHS and DVD.
29	** When Terrance and Phillip are strapped into their electric chairs, Terrance comments that this is worse than the night Phillip sucked on his dick and took a picture. A similar situation would happen between Cartman and Butters in the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS11E2CartmanSucks Cartman Sucks]]".
30	** When Creator/ConanOBrien gets his "MyGodWhatHaveIDone" moment after betraying Terrance and Phillip, he [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself]] by jumping off the window and onto [[CarCushion the hood of a car]] in a talk show disaster. Nearly 14 years later, the real O'Brien would voice talk show host [[Creator/DavidLetterman David Endochrine]], in a scene involving ComicBook/TheJoker that would ultimately result in the talk show disaster that would end up killing David in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.
31	*** And as if to reinforce the connection, ''South Park'''s O'Brien is voiced by Creator/BrentSpiner, who would later voice [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 another version of the Joker]].
32	** "Blame Canada" is Sheila's VillainSong and establishes her and the other moms as enemies of Canada (including Terrance and Philip). Years later, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' plays the song when the player character goes to Canada with the other kids to get ''help'' from Terrance and Philip, among other Canadians.
33	*** Likewise, the popularity of Music/{{Nickelback}} and Music/JustinBieber make the song even more hilarious, ''and'' it's ''Cartman'', one of the heroes of this movie, who gets Biebs killed in a later episode.
34	*** In the song, Carol laments that Kenny could've been a doctor had he not died. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Always coming back]] aside, it turns out [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovid he did]].
35	** Another one from ''The Stick of Truth'': Kenny hardly sings in this movie (he only gets a few lines in the opening number, "Mountain Town"), but his "Furry Friends" attack in the game has him briefly sing a song while summoning his rats.[[note]]The only other party member who sings is Jimmy, who didn't even exist when this movie was made.[[/note]] The real kicker is that Furry Friends is an example of DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce (complete with [[WholesomeCrossdresser Kenny as a princess]]), which is based on [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon the very thing that]] ''[=BL&U=]'' is parodying.
36	** When Cartman angrily demands who wants to touch him after seeing the Terrance and Philip movie, Butters (at that point an unnamed background kid[[note]]Although he was called "Swanson" in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E5ConjoinedFetusLady Conjoined Fetus Lady]]" -- Stan refers to him by this name in the opening scene. But he wasn't called "Butters" until Season 3.[[/note]]) is the only one to do so. Rewatching this scene years later, after seeing their dynamic in later seasons makes it doubly funny.
37	** The last end credits song, "Through The Eyes of a Child", contains an interlude with these lyrics. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything from ''Film/PansLabyrinth''?
38	---> Got an eye on my hand, I've got an eye on my hand
39	---> I've got an eye on my hand, but still I can't find you
40	---> Eye on my hand, where have you gone girl?
41	---> Eye on my hand, I'm coming up behind you
42	---> Eye on my hand, don't turn around now
43	---> Cos I'm right there, I'm coming up behind you
44	* JerkassWoobie:
45	** Cartman, when he [[DisproportionateRetribution ended up with a V-Chip inside his brain that shocks him every time he swears]], just because he [[TheVillainSucksSong sang a song against Kyle's mom]].
46	** Even Satan, despite being considered evil by default, is sympathetic. His partner Saddam only wants sex with him and shows no effort in helping him take over the world. What's more, he's tired of living in Hell and wants to live a normal life on earth, showcased beautifully through the tear-jerking number "Up There".
47	** The Mole. He clearly didn't have the happiest childhood, considering his mom apparently tried to ''abort'' him on her own with a clothes hanger. It's implied that she's abused him ever since.
48	* HypeBacklash: While the movie is still well-loved and stands out from the rest of ''South Park'' for being an all-out [[BuffySpeak theatrical-ish]] musical, some fans find the more recent TV seasons to be more entertaining and/or relevant because they deal with more recent and familiar topical humor (and also have animation that's had years to mature since ''[=BL&U=]'').
49	%%* MemeticMutation:
50	%%** "Blame Canada! Blame Canada!"
51	%%** "HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY BALLS, MR. GARRISON?"
52	%%** "It's fucking Windows '98!"
53	* MisaimedFandom: Mr. Garrison claiming that he "doesn't trust something that bleeds for five days and doesn't die" was a jab at sexist views on periods. People are now quoting it unironically.
54	* MisattributedSong: "Hell Isn't Good", the song that plays when [[spoiler:Kenny goes to hell]], isn't by Music/{{Metallica}}. It's by the band DVDA, though Metallica's lead singer James Hetfield ''does'' appear uncredited on the song.
55	* NeverLiveItDown: While Sheila is EasilyForgiven for her crimes ( since [[spoiler: Kenny wished for everything to be undone]]), some fans are not forgiving her for nearly ending the world.
56	* SignatureScene:
57	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61G-suLVd8 classroom scene]], which has received all manner of video edits.
58	** Kenny revealing his face and voice for the first time in the series.
59	* {{Squick}}: Plenty to go around. It is a ''South Park'' production, after all. But one that stands out is the German Scheisse video Liane is shown to have starred in. We can only hope the boys whipped out the BrainBleach.
60	* StrawmanHasAPoint: Sheila and the other moms early on, as their kids were indeed being badly influenced by the movie and that Kenny died from imitating a stunt from it. They only become villains (well, Sheila, anyway) when they decide to blame Canada for their troubles.
61	-->We must blame them and cause a fuss\
62	[[NeverMyFault Before somebody thinks of blaming us]]!
63	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
64	** In keeping with the movie's Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon lampooning, "It's Easy, M'kay" is somewhat similar to "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 I Just Can't Wait to be King]]" (especially near the end).
65	** "Mountain Town (Reprise)" is similar to "Rainbow Connection (Reprise)" from ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', which is ''retroactively'' a Creator/{{Disney}} movie.
66	** "Up There" is a beat-for-beat recreation of "Out There" from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}''
67	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
68	** The new characters introduced in this movie (Gregory, The Mole, and Dr. Vosknocker, the V-Chip's inventor) never appeared again in the series proper, save for an extremely brief cameo for The Mole in "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E8TwoGuysNakedInAHotTub Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub]]", where he's seen on ''Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien'' while Stan is channel surfing.
69	** Jesus lives in modern day South Park but is bizarrely absent from a movie about the Devil attacking the town. Here he makes one cameo amongst several other townspeople who've joined the army but his role isn't elaborated on in any way.
70	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
71	** Just like the rest of the show, the film is full of topical humor. But also, since ''South Park'' does musical numbers and episodes less frequently than ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', the fact that ''Bigger, Longer and Uncut'' is a musical might seem out of the left field to modern viewers. In fact, Website/TheOtherWiki says that it was intended as a spoof of the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney Renaissance]] animated musicals, which was really big at the time but have long since faded away (although later hits like ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' have given it a revival of sorts).
72	** Since the film was released just two years after the original series premiered, and a lot of the now-developed fourth grade students had been mainly {{Living Prop}}s or not even introduced yet, it may feel a bit weird viewing an adaptation which is roughly supposed to define ''South Park'' and seeing characters like Butters, Randy, Craig, Tweek, Tolkien, Timmy, Jimmy, and Bebe in the background or completely absent. Trey and Matt admitted in a Blu-ray commentary for the film that they themselves were not happy with the lack of focus on several now-important characters and stated they would there on start giving the background characters more development, and made it clear that any ''South Park'' movie made today would have them play a major role.
73	* ValuesDissonance: In 1999, Mr. Garrison calling Clyde a "complete retard" was the equivalent of him calling Clyde an idiot, but in TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties, the word "retard" has become decried as an incredibly offensive slur against people with autism, and is ironically worse than any of the curse words said by the children that Mr. Garrison is so shocked to hear. Then again, Mr. Garrison ''is'' a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain.
74	* ValuesResonance:
75	** The movie's themes of MoralGuardians calling for censorship instead of [[NeverMyFault taking responsibility]] for letting their kids consume age inappropriate media are just as relevant now as it was back during its release. Sheila's attitude of "Horrific, deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don't say any naughty words!" hasn't aged a day with the Moral Guardians who surfaced years later, as an episode in Season 21 bluntly pointed out.
76	** Saddam's emotional abuse of Satan was well ahead of the curve when it came to showing what abuse victims frequently have to live with.
77	** In the 90s, most gay characters were either the butt of jokes or tragic, doomed protagonists, both who commonly acted stereotypical and didn't have a personality outside of being gay. This film has four gay characters [[note]] 6 if you count [[MemeticBadass Brian Boitano]] (who is gay in real life, but probably wasn't known by the creators) and [[StraightGay Craig]] (who wouldn't be confirmed as gay until nearly 20 years later) [[/note]] and only one, [[CampGay Big Gay Al]]'s, main gag is focused on this fact. [[LoveMartyr Satan]] and [[JerkAss Sadaam's]] relationship is a center plot point, but their personalities aren't based on their sexuality and the main joke isn't around them being a same-sex couple but on ''the Devil'' being the sensitive one in the couple and a real-life despot being portrayed as a goofy-talking BastardBoyfriend. Mr. Garrison's sexuality is known to show viewers, but doesn't come up in the plot besides Satan's bit with [[CompanionCube Mr. Hat]] at the end. In a time where complex queer representation is seen as important in media, the movie passes the test surprisingly well by avoiding [[WordOfGay informed gayness]] but letting the characters/relationships be well-rounded.
78	* TheWoobie:
79	** Kyle, who has to save the world from a misguided moral crusade started by ''his own [[MyBelovedSmother mother]]''.
80	** [[{{Manchild}} Terrance and Phillip]], who are [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution arrested, sentenced to death, and ultimately shot dead]]]], just for exercising their 1st Amendment rights (or whatever Canada's equivalent is). Technically, they ''did'' end up killing a child, but considering the kids were watching the movie without permission, and were emulating a scene where a character dies doing the exact same thing thus suggesting it was a bad idea...

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