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* RealityEnsues: Given how horrible a school South Park is (with the gender war, frequent bullying, occasional appearance by Satan, riots, monster/robot attacks, etc.), is it really a surprise a school shooting occurred there?

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* RealityEnsues: Given how horrible a school in South Park is (with the gender war, frequent bullying, occasional appearance by Satan, riots, monster/robot attacks, etc.), is it really a surprise a school shooting occurred there?
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Too political and might not be true


* RightForTheWrongReasons: The town's indifference towards school shootings is actually a good idea, not because of the commonality, but because studies have shown giving people like this attention encourages more to do the same.
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* SwappedRoles: Sharon is the more unhinged one and Randy is the calmer one this time round. Though it’s justified, because Sharon is upset about school shootings.

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* SwappedRoles: Subverted. While Sharon is the more unhinged one and Randy is the calmer one this time round. Though it’s justified, because Sharon is upset about around, Sharon's extreme reactions come from the multiple school shootings.shootings occurring within a short period of time, while nobody else cares.
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* PlayingTheVictimCard: Randy acts as if he's the victim of Sharon's emotional outbursts, ignoring Sharon's concerns that their children could get shot up in school.
* RealityEnsues: Given how horrible a school South Park Elementary is (with the gender war and frequent bullying among other things), is it really a surprise a school shooting occurred there?

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* PlayingTheVictimCard: Randy acts as if he's the victim of Sharon's emotional outbursts, ignoring Sharon's concerns that their children could get shot up in school.
school. The entire town agrees with him.
* RealityEnsues: Given how horrible a school South Park Elementary is (with the gender war and war, frequent bullying among other things), bullying, occasional appearance by Satan, riots, monster/robot attacks, etc.), is it really a surprise a school shooting occurred there?



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: '''Three''' elementary schoolers shot up the school.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The students of South Park Elementary barely even notice or care when their school gets shot up on ''three separate occasions''. Most of the parents besides Sharon don't think it's a big deal either.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: '''Three''' elementary schoolers shot up There are '''three''' school shootings in South Park in this episode. According to Butters, the school.
'''entire Glee club''' is behind the third one.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The students and faculty of South Park Elementary barely even notice or care when their school gets shot up on ''three separate occasions''. Most of the parents besides Sharon don't think it's a big deal either.
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: School shootings have become so commonplace that everyone except Sharon barely acknowledge them. Even Sharon ends up just as desensitized to the point that Stan getting shot gets little to no reaction from her.
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* SkewedPriorities: Both Stan and Randy care more about Stan failing his math quiz than the shooting, though Randy at least checks to make sure Stan wasn't hurt or was the shooter, since school shootings have become so common that everyone treats it as a minor inconvenience.

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* SkewedPriorities: Both Because of the frequency of school shootings, both Stan and Randy care more about Stan failing his math quiz test than the shooting, though fact that someone shot up the school. To what little credit that can be given, Randy at least checks to make sure Stan wasn't hurt shot, or was the shooter, since school shootings have become so common that everyone treats it as a minor inconvenience.shooter.
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* ATeamFiring: No one gets hit in the hail of bullets when Randy's singing to Sharon.

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* ATeamFiring: No one except for one of the women bringing Sharon to the school gets hit in the hail of bullets when Randy's singing to Sharon.her. Even then, she's only lightly wounded, with a bandaged-up arm, and is nonchalant about it.
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* PlayingTheVictimCard: Randy acts as if he's the victim of Sharon's emotional outbursts, ignoring Sharon's concerns that their children could get shot up in school.
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* ContinuityNod: It is revealed that the Gender War is largely over, and the couples are slowly but surely getting back together.

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* CallBack: The kids having access to guns could be a reference to the episode "PC Principal Final Justice"

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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The kids having access to guns could be a reference to the Season 19 episode "PC Principal Final Justice" Justice".
** Cartman asking Nicole why she broke up with Token could also be reference to the girls school-wide breakup in Season 20's episode "Skank Hunt".

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* DissonantSerenity: With the exception of Sharon, ''everyone'' seems to be indifferent to the common school shootings.



* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Heidi Turner is not seen throughout the episode, with no explanation to about her whereabouts.

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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Heidi Turner is not seen throughout the episode, with no explanation to about of her whereabouts.

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* ATeamFiring: No one gets hit in the hail of bullets when Randy's singing to Sharon
* CallBack: The kids having access to guns could be a reference to the episode "PC Principal"

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* ATeamFiring: No one gets hit in the hail of bullets when Randy's singing to Sharon
Sharon.
* CallBack: The kids having access to guns could be a reference to the episode "PC Principal" Principal Final Justice"



* RealityEnsues: Given how horrible a school South Park Elementary is (with the gender war and frequent bullying among other things), is it really a surprise a school shooting occurred there
* RightForTheWrongReasons: The town's indifference towards school shootings is actually a good idea, not because of the commonality, but because studies have shown giving people like this attention encourages more to do the same

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* RealityEnsues: Given how horrible a school South Park Elementary is (with the gender war and frequent bullying among other things), is it really a surprise a school shooting occurred there
there?
* RightForTheWrongReasons: The town's indifference towards school shootings is actually a good idea, not because of the commonality, but because studies have shown giving people like this attention encourages more to do the samesame.


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* TakeThat: Cartman makes numerous stabs towards the ''Film/BlackPanther'' movie and tries to decide on whether or not Token saw it.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sharon mentions that she’s deep down just anxiously waiting for the day she gets a call that Stan or Shelly has been shot... she gets that call at the end of the episode.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sharon mentions that she’s she's deep down just anxiously waiting for the day she gets a call that Stan or Shelly has been shot... she shot. She gets that call at the end of the episode.
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* ATeamFiring: No one gets hit in the hail of bullets when Randy's singing to Sharon
* CallBack: The kids having access to guns could be a reference to the episode "PC Principal"


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* RealityEnsues: Given how horrible a school South Park Elementary is (with the gender war and frequent bullying among other things), is it really a surprise a school shooting occurred there
* RightForTheWrongReasons: The town's indifference towards school shootings is actually a good idea, not because of the commonality, but because studies have shown giving people like this attention encourages more to do the same


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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: '''Three''' elementary schoolers shot up the school.
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* ShoutOut: Cartman’s leather jacket ensemble and PrivateDetective work is one to ''Series/JessicaJones''.
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* AdultFear: Sharon is terrified of her beloved son Stan getting shot throughout most of the episode and doesn't understand why the other parents don't fear for their children's lives.
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen throughout the episode.

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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never is not seen throughout the episode.episode, with no explanation to about her whereabouts.
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen throughout the episode.
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It’s literally the first episode, and theories shouldn’t be on the recap page.


* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen, given what happened last season, it'd be no surprise if she was the shooter (seeking revenge on the boys for being corrupted by Cartman, and the girls for insulting her and driving her back to Cartman).

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Sharon is overreacting to everything these days and Randy can’t cope. Randy is desperate to help Sharon get her emotions under control and Cartman unexpectedly fails his math test.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sharon mentions that she’s deep down just anxiously waiting for the day she gets a call that Stan or Shelly has been shot...... she gets that call at the end of the episode.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sharon mentions that she’s deep down just anxiously waiting for the day she gets a call that Stan or Shelly has been shot......shot... she gets that call at the end of the episode.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sharon mentions that she’s deep down just anxiously waiting for the day she gets a call that Stan or Shelly has been shot...... she gets that call at the end of the episode.
* {{Gaslighting}}: The entire town ends up successfully (if unknowingly) doing this to Sharon, convincing her that her very reasonable reaction (that is to say, reacting at all) to multiple incidents of gun violence at South Park Elementary School are unhinged and crazy.
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen, given what happened last season, it'd be no surprise if she was the shooter (seeking revenge on the boys for being corrupted by Cartman, and the girls for insulting her and driving her back to Cartman).

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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen, given what happened last season, it'd be no surprise if she was the shooter (seeking revenge on the boys for being corrupted by Cartman, and the girls for insulting her and driving her back to Cartman).Cartman).
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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen, given what happened last season, it'd be no surprise if she was the shooter

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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen, given what happened last season, it'd be no surprise if she was the shootershooter (seeking revenge on the boys for being corrupted by Cartman, and the girls for insulting her and driving her back to Cartman).

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* DownerEnding: The end of the episode sees Sharon apologize to Randy and become just as desensitized to the horror of school shootings as everyone else has. Oh, and Stan has been shot, much to the indifference of Randy and Sharon.



* SwappedRoles: Sharon is the more unhinged one and Randy is the calmer one this time round.

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* SwappedRoles: Sharon is the more unhinged one and Randy is the calmer one this time round. Though it’s justified, because Sharon is upset about school shootings.
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* SwappedRoles: Sharon is the more unhinged one and Randy is the calmer one this time round.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Stan gets shot at the end

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Stan gets shot at the endend.


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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Surprisingly averted. Despite the school having numerous shooters and his notoriously bad luck, Kenny is not a victim at any point. It's ''Stan'' that gets shot.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The students of South Park Elementary barely even notice or care when their school gets shot up on ''three separate occasions''. Most of the parents besides Sharon don't think it's a big deal either.
* WhamLine: "Stan's been shot."

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Stan gets shot at the end



* SkewedPriorities: Both Stan and Randy care more about Stan failing his math quiz than the shooting, though Randy at least checks to make sure Stan wasn't hurt or was the shooter, since school shootings have become so common that everyone treats it as a minor inconvenience.

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* SkewedPriorities: Both Stan and Randy care more about Stan failing his math quiz than the shooting, though Randy at least checks to make sure Stan wasn't hurt or was the shooter, since school shootings have become so common that everyone treats it as a minor inconvenience.inconvenience.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never stated what happened to Heidi Turner as she's never seen, given what happened last season, it'd be no surprise if she was the shooter
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* SkewedPriorities: Both Stan and Randy care more about Stan failing his math quiz than the shooting, though Randy at least checks to make sure Stan wasn't hurt or was the shooter.

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* SkewedPriorities: Both Stan and Randy care more about Stan failing his math quiz than the shooting, though Randy at least checks to make sure Stan wasn't hurt or was the shooter.shooter, since school shootings have become so common that everyone treats it as a minor inconvenience.
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* OnlySaneMan: Sharon is the only one of the parents who has not become desensitized to school shootings and wants to do something to prevent them in the future.
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* SkewedPriorities: Both Stan and Randy care more about Stan failing his math quiz than the shooting, though Randy at least checks to make sure Stan wasn't hurt or was the shooter.

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