Trivia / South Park S 1 E 5 An Elephant Makes Love To A Pig

• Creator Backlash: The DVD commentary implies that both Matt and Trey weren't happy with the Kenny death in this episode, feeling it was "too cheap". When they reached that scene for the commentary, they both groaned.
• Executive Meddling: After the episode's initial airing, Comedy Central would cut a scene involving Shelley repeatedly setting Stan on fire and dousing him from future airings out of fear of another Beavis and Butt-Head-style controversy involving dangerous behavior being copied by impressionable, younger viewers. While deleted and other removed scenes from episodes prior to Season 10 tended to be destroyed afterwards or lost in some other way, this scene was able to be recovered thanks to a recording that someone had made back when the episode first aired.
• First Appearance: Of Shelley, Sharon, and Dr. Mephesto.
• Orphaned Reference: While Shelley is beating up Stan, he is seen lying down in a puddle of water at one point. This is a leftover from a deleted scene where Shelley repeatedly set him on fire with matches and doused him with a bucket of water, repeating this process twice. Newer versions of this episode (such as the HD remaster and the HBO Max version) remove the puddle.
• What Could Have Been: The episode’s original title was "An Elephant Fucks a Pig", but Comedy Central objected to the vulgarity and ordered the title to be toned down. They would use the title in the first DVD compilation.
• Write What You Know: Shelley bullying Stan is based on Trey Parker's real-life experiences with a Big Sister Bully of his own.

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