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Holiday Special "Holiday Special/Trivia" "Franchise Prequel/Trivia" "Hummels & Heroin/Trivia" Hummels & Heroin

This page contains trivia for "Franchise Prequel". Remember, trivia must be factual, provable, and it is always best to cite your source for not-so-obvious trivia. If you would like to dispute a trivia point, please discuss it in the talk page.


Trivia

  • Butters being taken to Russian and then yelled at in front of Vladimir Putin by his father regarding the spread of false information on Facebook is a reference to accusations of Russia using fake Facebook accounts to buy political ads and spread false information during the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections.
  • The Coon mentions Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood producer and former studio executive, who was recently accused of sexual harassment and rape by numerous actresses.
  • Professor Chaos' headquarters is located in an abandoned Circuit City, a consumers electronics store that ceased operations in 2009.
  • Mark Zuckerberg's dubbed voice, posing and reference to an "unblockable style" is a parody of classic kung-fu films of the 1970s and early 1980s, noted for their terrible English dubs and acting.


References to Popular Culture

  • Jimmy's superhero persona Fastpass is an obvious reference to The Flash from the DC comic books.
    • The name "Fastpass" is a reference to the Disability Access Service Card which allows disabled visitors to Disney theme parks to skip the queue. (This is separate to the actual Fastpass system, which can be used by all guests).
  • Franchise board is a jab at Marvel's over-expansion, its ambitious and never-ending stream of movies and TV shows.
  • Superhero job interview looks like 90s Ben Stiller movie Mystery Man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmELklBkFQE&t=541s

  • After Stan tells Butters about their plans for a film focusing on the bad guys, Butters tells him, "Suicide Squad sucked!", referring to the 2016 DC Extended Universe film, which received generally negative reviews from both film critics and comic book fans.
  • In the Coon and Friends headquarters, by the Coon Store, a poster for the "The Coon" can be seen that parodies the cover of the graphic novel, "The Dark Knight Returns"

Continuity


  2104: "Franchise Prequel" edit
Story Elements

Professor Chaos (Character)Coon and FriendsFacebookMark ZuckerbergAdam BorqueCircuit City

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Release

South Park: The Complete Twenty-First Season

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