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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* One of the knives on display looks like a "Klingon" knife (called "D'k tahg") from ''Star Trek''. A "Bat'leth" (Klingon Sword) is also for sale.
* This was voted [[List of Episodes#Top 27 episodes (October 2004)|the seventh best ''South Park'' episode of all time]] by fans.
 
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* At the beginning of the episode, the two [[Star Trek Nerds]] from "[[Fourth Grade]]" are looking at the knives.
* One of the knives on display looks like a "Klingon" knife (called "[[wikipedia:D'k tahg|D'k tahg]]") from "Star Trek". Also a "[[wikipedia:Bat'leth|bat'leth]]" (Klingon Sword) is for sale.
 
* At the beginning of the episode, the two men who are looking for the knives are actually the two nerds from "[[Fourth Grade]]".
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* This episode was the first episode to be released in High Definition, however, the High Definition version was only available on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live|Xbox Live]].
 
* The style is based on the anime ''[[wikipedia:Ninja Scroll|Ninja Scroll]]'' and similar styles of Japanese animation.
* This episode was the first episode to be released in HD, however, the HD version was only available on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live|Xbox Live]].
 
 
*This episode aired almost a month after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the thirty-eighth Super Bowl. At the end of the episode, the townspeople are enraged that their children saw [[Eric Cartman]] naked, rather than the gory scene of Butters with a ninja star lodged in his eye; [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]]'s intention was to satirize the American public's ludicrous concern towards nudity and sexuality in entertainment rather than gratuitous violence and gore. [[Sheila Broflovski]]'s comment ''"This is what happens when the moral fabric of society breaks down"'' could be self-reflective of the meeting itself.
* This is one of two episodes where [[Eric Cartman]]'s penis is shown, the other being "[[Imaginationland, Episode II]]".
 
 
** Sheila's comment "This is what happens when the moral fabric of society breaks down" is a reference to Trey and Matt's vision behind the show: "People are born bastards and society barely keeps them inline."
* The style is based on the anime [[Wikipedia:Ninja Scroll|Ninja Scroll]] and similar styles of Japanese animation.
 
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* The song Let's Fighting Love was later used in both ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth|The Stick of Truth]]'' and ''[[South Park: The Fractured But Whole|The Fractured But Whole]]'' video games.
*This episode aired almost a month after [[Wikipedia:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson]]'s "[[wikipedia:wardrobe malfunction|wardrobe malfunction]]" at [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl XXXVIII|Super Bowl XXXVIII]]. At the end of the episode, the townspeople are enraged that their children saw [[Eric Cartman|Cartman]] naked, rather than being angry at the vulgar gore of Butters with a [[Wikipedia:shuriken|shuriken]] lodged in his eye; [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]]'s intention was to satirize the American public's ludicrous concern towards nudity and sexuality in entertainment rather than gratuitous violence and gore. [[Sheila Broflovski|Sheila's]] comment ''"This is what happens when the moral fabric of society breaks down"'' could be self-reflective of the meeting itself.
 
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* This is the second time Kenny's irises have been shown. The first being in “[[Starvin' Marvin]]”.
* Sheila's comment "This is what happens when the moral fabric of society breaks down" is a reference to Trey and Matt's vision behind the show "People are born bastards and society barely keeps them inline."
 
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*It is never revealed what Cartman's punishment was for walking across the stage naked.
 
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*This was the first episode of Season 8, which [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] have referred to the year in which it was made as "The Year From Hell". This was due to the fact that their film ''[[Wikipedia:Team America: World Police|Team America: World Police]]'' was filmed, finished and premiered while they worked on this season, which caused a huge amount of [[Wikipedia:writers block|writer's block]] among the staff.
==References to Popular Culture==
 
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*Below is a table with each of the boys compared with their ninja name and weapon wielded:
* There is some resemblance to the ''[[Wikipedia:Street Fighter (series)|Street Fighter series]]''. Stan's ninja costume is exactly like [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Ryu Ryu's] just with different colors. [[Jimmy Valmer|Jimmy's]] ninja costume is exactly like [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Sodom Sodom's] just with a yellow shirt and no mask. [[Token Black|Token's]] entire ninja look can be compared to [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Dee_Jay Dee Jay]; his attack looks like the animation from Dee Jay's [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Air_Slasher Air Slasher] attack. [[Clyde Donovan|Clyde's]] ninja costume is similar to [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Adon Adon]. And [[Kyle Broflovski|Kyle's]] looks similar to [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Fei_Long Fei Long]. [[Craig Tucker|Craig's]] outfit appears similar to [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Geki Geki] from the original ''Street Fighter'', or [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Guy Guy]. Cartman's appearance is similar to [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/E_Honda E. Honda] with Chun-Li's bracelets. Kenny's costume looks similar to ''[http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/ Mortal Kombat's]'' [http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Raiden Raiden] but his head is based on [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Ken Ken's]. [[Butters Stotch|Butters']] ninja look resembles [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/M._Bison M. Bison]. Chef's ninja look resembles [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Akuma Akuma], and the auctioneer is seen dressed like Gen. Additionally, Cartman's "ninja" name (Bulrog) may be a reference to Street Fighter character [http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Balrog Balrog].
 
* In the original airing of this episode, an unidentified individual talked about anime (and mentioned his favorite director) in the closed captions during the commercial break.
 
* With the exception of Kenny's attack on Butters, the boys don't actually fight with the very dangerous weapons they've purchased. They're content to pretend to fire energy bursts from them, mimicking the ''[http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Hadoken Hadouken]'' from the ''Street Fighter'' series.
 
* The tattoo on Cartman's left arm 味 means "taste", and the subtitle 珍棒 means "rare stick", possibly a reference to a penis.
 
* The fight scene between the eight boys mimics clips from various anime movies, mostly the ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' and some from the ''Street Fighter Alpha'' movie. Some proof of this is when Clyde charges up his power, he looks exactly how Ryu did charging up his power in the ''Street Fighter Alpha'' movie.
 
* It is also worth noting that the anime scenes look and move in a manner extremely similar to Toei studio's godfather of fighting anime, ''[[wikipedia:Fist of the North Star|Fist of the North Star]]'' (''Hokuto no Ken''). Professor Chaos in particular looks and behaves especially like Raoh the Conqueror and indeed just about every big anime baddie ever. Though his name and outfit pay particular homage to [[w:c:marvel:Doctor Doom|Doctor Doom]], who isn't an anime character.
 
* The song may be based on the 2nd Opening of Dragon Ball Z, WE GOTTA POWER.
 
 
=="Anime" Names/Weapons==
 
 
{|class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
 
{|class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
 
!Character
 
!Character
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|-
 
|-
 
!Ninja Name
 
!Ninja Name
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|Bunraku
|Bunroku
 
 
|Bulrog
 
|Bulrog
 
|Kensuke/Kenny (unintelligible)
 
|Kensuke/Kenny (unintelligible)
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|Shadow Hachi
|Shadowhachi
 
 
|Professor Chaos
 
|Professor Chaos
 
|Ginza
 
|Ginza
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!Weapon
 
!Weapon
 
|[[Wikipedia:Nunchaku|Nunchaku]]
 
|[[Wikipedia:Nunchaku|Nunchaku]]
|[[Wikipedia:Sai (weapon)|Sai ]]
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|[[Wikipedia:Sai (weapon)|Sai]]
 
|[[Wikipedia:Shuriken|Shuriken]]
 
|[[Wikipedia:Shuriken|Shuriken]]
 
|[[Wikipedia:Tonfa|Tonfa]]
 
|[[Wikipedia:Tonfa|Tonfa]]
 
|Energy Blasts
 
|Energy Blasts
 
|[[Wikipedia:Katana|Katana]]
 
|[[Wikipedia:Katana|Katana]]
|[[wikipedia:Kama_(weapon)|Kama]], or [[wikipedia:Sickle|sickles]]
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|[[wikipedia:Kama (weapon)|Kama]], or [[wikipedia:Sickle|sickles]]
 
|[[wikipedia:Eskrima|Eskrima]], (also known as Kali Sticks)
 
|[[wikipedia:Eskrima|Eskrima]], (also known as Kali Sticks)
 
|[[wikipedia:Nunchaku|Nunchaku]]
 
|[[wikipedia:Nunchaku|Nunchaku]]
 
|}
 
|}
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==References to Popular Culture==
 
* With the exception of Kenny's attack on Butters, the boys don't actually fight with the very dangerous weapons they've purchased. They're content to pretend to fire energy bursts from them, mimicking the ''[[w:c:streetfighter:Hadoken|Hadoken]]'' from the ''Street Fighter'' series.
 
* The tattoo on Cartman's left arm 味 (''aji'') means "taste", and the subtitle 珍棒 (''chin bou'') means "rare stick", possibly a reference to a penis. This is a crude translation of the American insult "Suck my dick".
 
* The fight scene between the eight boys mimics clips from various anime movies, mostly the ''Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' and some from ''Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation''. Some proof of this is when Clyde charges up his power, he looks exactly how Ryu did charging up his power in ''Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation''.
 
* It is also worth noting that the anime scenes look and move in a manner extremely similar to Toei studio's godfather of fighting anime, ''[[wikipedia:Fist of the North Star|Fist of the North Star]]'' (''Hokuto no Ken''). Professor Chaos in particular looks and behaves especially like Raoh the Conqueror and indeed just about every big anime baddie ever. Though his name and outfit pay particular homage to [[w:c:marvel:Doctor Doom|Doctor Doom]], who isn't an anime character.
 
* The song, "[[Let's Fighting Love]]", may be based on the second opening of ''Dragon Ball Z''.
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* Each character's "ninja" state bear heavy similarities to characters from the ''Street Fighter'' and ''Mortal Kombat'' series.
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**[[Stan Marsh]]'s costume is similar to the costume worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:Ryu|Ryu]].
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**[[Jimmy Valmer]]'s costume is similar to the costume worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:Sodom|Sodom]].
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**[[Token Black]]'s costume and attacks resemble those of [[w:c:streetfighter:Dee Jay|Dee Jay]].
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**[[Clyde Donovan]]'s costume is similar to the costume worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:Adon|Adon]].
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**[[Kyle Broflovski]]'s costume is similar to the costume worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:Fei Long|Fei Long]].
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**[[Craig Tucker]]'s costume is similar to the costumes worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:Geki|Geki]] and [[w:c:streetfighter:Guy|Guy]].
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**[[Eric Cartman]]'s costume is similar to the costume worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:E. Honda|E. Honda]]. In addition, Cartman's ninja name may be a reference to [[w:c:streetfighter:Balrog|Balrog]].
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**[[Kenny McCormick]]'s costume is similar to the costumes worn by [[w:c:mortalkombat:Raiden|Raiden]] and [[w:c:streetfighter:Ken Masters|Ken]].
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**[[Butters Stotch]]'s costume is similar to the costume worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:M. Bison|M. Bison]].
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**[[Jerome "Chef" McElroy|Chef]]'s costume is similar to the costume worn by [[w:c:streetfighter:Akuma|Akuma]].
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==Continuity==
 
* This is one of two episodes where [[Eric Cartman]]'s penis is shown, the other being "[[Imaginationland, Episode II]]".
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*Cartman briefly references ''[[wikipedia:The Passion of the Christ|The Passion of the Christ]]''. The movie would become plot-central two episodes later in "[[The Passion of the Jew]]".
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* This is a second time Cartman makes a same crying face in "[[It's Christmas in Canada]]".
   
 
==Goofs==
 
==Goofs==
 
* When the boys are looking at the weapons on the counter, the red [[Wikipedia:Nunchaku|nunchakus]] under the yellow ones keep disappearing when the camera angle changes.
 
* When the boys are looking at the weapons on the counter, the red [[Wikipedia:Nunchaku|nunchakus]] under the yellow ones keep disappearing when the camera angle changes.
 
* Kyle's anime counterpart has black hair, whereas he really has auburn hair, as shown in "[[How to Eat with Your Butt]]". However, this may be excusable because the boys are imagining their ideal selves and Kyle doesn't like his hair.
* One person refers to Cartman as "that fat little eight year old boy" at the end after Cartman inadvertently flashes the audience. However, the boys would be nine and in fourth grade ever since the middle of the fourth season.  A possible explanation for this could be the same as the explanation for the episode's resolution: Many of the adults in South Park are relatively unaware of what's going on with their children's private lives or simply aren't concerned.
 
* Kyle's anime counterpart has black hair, whereas he really has auburn hair, as shown in [[How To Eat With Your Butt|How to Eat With Your Butt]]. However, this may be excusable because the boys are imagining their ideal selves and Kyle doesn't like his hair.
 
 
* After Stan tries to pick out the ninja star with a pair of pliers, we see all four of the boys and Kyle tells Stan to "Stop dude! You're gonna scramble his brain!" If you look on the far right on the snowy tree closest to Kyle, we can see a black line in the shape of Butters eyebrow, If you watch closely, it moves exactly like the eyebrow on Butters when he moves his head.
 
* After Stan tries to pick out the ninja star with a pair of pliers, we see all four of the boys and Kyle tells Stan to "Stop dude! You're gonna scramble his brain!" If you look on the far right on the snowy tree closest to Kyle, we can see a black line in the shape of Butters eyebrow, If you watch closely, it moves exactly like the eyebrow on Butters when he moves his head.
* When Craig, Token, Jimmy, Clyde, Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan are fighting in anime, you can clearly see Jimmy jump. He should not be able to do this since he is crippled but could've done this using his hands for support, suggesting he has a level of enableability and intelligence. It could also be a similar circumstance where Kyle imagines his anime counterpart with black hair instead of his natural curly red color-It could just be an imagination of their ideal selves.
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* When Craig, Token, Jimmy, Clyde, Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan are fighting in anime, you can clearly see Jimmy jump. He should not be able to do this since he is crippled but could've done this using his hands for support, suggesting he has a level of enableability and intelligence. It could also be a similar circumstance where Kyle imagines his anime counterpart with black hair instead of his natural curly red color - It could just be an imagination of their ideal selves.
 
* When the boys are walking away from Butters (after they told him he can't be a ninja), the red cloth on Cartman's right arm isn't there.
 
* When the boys are walking away from Butters (after they told him he can't be a ninja), the red cloth on Cartman's right arm isn't there.
 
* Stan already knew who Professor Chaos/Butters is, he learnt that secret on season 6 "[[My Future Self n' Me]]" but still seemed confused on who he is. However, he may have simply forgotten, as he believes that Butters was telling him that he was gay.
 
* Stan already knew who Professor Chaos/Butters is, he learnt that secret on season 6 "[[My Future Self n' Me]]" but still seemed confused on who he is. However, he may have simply forgotten, as he believes that Butters was telling him that he was gay.
* At the end in the community center, you can see Randy and Sharon behind a man to the left. When the man stands up Randy and Sharon have moved to the right, with the man being in between them. When it switches to most of the people again, it goes back to normal.
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* At the end in the community center, you can see Randy and Sharon behind a man to the left. When the man stands up, Randy and Sharon have moved to the right, with the man being in between them. When it switches to most of the people again, it goes back to normal.
* On the third left chair on the first row, you can see [[Wendy]]. After the first person close up, she is replaced by [[Red]], and before [[Mr. Garrison]] speaks, no one is there.
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* On the third left chair on the first row, you can see [[Wendy Testaburger|Wendy]]. After the first person close up, she is replaced by [[Red]], and before [[Herbert Garrison|Mr. Garrison]] speaks, no one is there.
* When Cartman is walking across the stage his hair looks normal but when Cartman is shown from the back some of his hair is sticking up.
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* When Cartman is walking across the stage, his hair looks normal but when Cartman is shown from the back, some of his hair is sticking up.
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*Despite Skeeter mentioning that he doesn't know how to explain sexual matters to his daughter, he never mentions his daughter again. Also, unlike the other parents who are seen sitting next with their children, his daughter is not seen next to him.
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Trivia

  • One of the knives on display looks like a "Klingon" knife (called "D'k tahg") from Star Trek. A "Bat'leth" (Klingon Sword) is also for sale.
  • At the beginning of the episode, the two Star Trek Nerds from "Fourth Grade" are looking at the knives.
  • This episode was the first episode to be released in High Definition, however, the High Definition version was only available on Xbox Live.
  • The style is based on the anime Ninja Scroll and similar styles of Japanese animation.
  • This episode aired almost a month after Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the thirty-eighth Super Bowl. At the end of the episode, the townspeople are enraged that their children saw Eric Cartman naked, rather than the gory scene of Butters with a ninja star lodged in his eye; Trey Parker and Matt Stone's intention was to satirize the American public's ludicrous concern towards nudity and sexuality in entertainment rather than gratuitous violence and gore. Sheila Broflovski's comment "This is what happens when the moral fabric of society breaks down" could be self-reflective of the meeting itself.
    • Sheila's comment "This is what happens when the moral fabric of society breaks down" is a reference to Trey and Matt's vision behind the show: "People are born bastards and society barely keeps them inline."
  • The song Let's Fighting Love was later used in both The Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole video games.
  • This is the second time Kenny's irises have been shown. The first being in “Starvin' Marvin”.
  • It is never revealed what Cartman's punishment was for walking across the stage naked.
  • This was the first episode of Season 8, which Trey Parker and Matt Stone have referred to the year in which it was made as "The Year From Hell". This was due to the fact that their film Team America: World Police was filmed, finished and premiered while they worked on this season, which caused a huge amount of writer's block among the staff.
  • Below is a table with each of the boys compared with their ninja name and weapon wielded:
Character Kyle Cartman Kenny Stan Butters Craig Clyde Jimmy Token
Ninja Name Bunraku Bulrog Kensuke/Kenny (unintelligible) Shadow Hachi Professor Chaos Ginza Not Given Not Given Black Chaku
Weapon Nunchaku Sai Shuriken Tonfa Energy Blasts Katana Kama, or sickles Eskrima, (also known as Kali Sticks) Nunchaku

References to Popular Culture

  • With the exception of Kenny's attack on Butters, the boys don't actually fight with the very dangerous weapons they've purchased. They're content to pretend to fire energy bursts from them, mimicking the Hadoken from the Street Fighter series.
  • The tattoo on Cartman's left arm 味 (aji) means "taste", and the subtitle 珍棒 (chin bou) means "rare stick", possibly a reference to a penis. This is a crude translation of the American insult "Suck my dick".
  • The fight scene between the eight boys mimics clips from various anime movies, mostly the Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie and some from Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation. Some proof of this is when Clyde charges up his power, he looks exactly how Ryu did charging up his power in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation.
  • It is also worth noting that the anime scenes look and move in a manner extremely similar to Toei studio's godfather of fighting anime, Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken). Professor Chaos in particular looks and behaves especially like Raoh the Conqueror and indeed just about every big anime baddie ever. Though his name and outfit pay particular homage to Doctor Doom, who isn't an anime character.
  • The song, "Let's Fighting Love", may be based on the second opening of Dragon Ball Z.
  • Each character's "ninja" state bear heavy similarities to characters from the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat series.

Continuity

Goofs

  • When the boys are looking at the weapons on the counter, the red nunchakus under the yellow ones keep disappearing when the camera angle changes.
  • Kyle's anime counterpart has black hair, whereas he really has auburn hair, as shown in "How to Eat with Your Butt". However, this may be excusable because the boys are imagining their ideal selves and Kyle doesn't like his hair.
  • After Stan tries to pick out the ninja star with a pair of pliers, we see all four of the boys and Kyle tells Stan to "Stop dude! You're gonna scramble his brain!" If you look on the far right on the snowy tree closest to Kyle, we can see a black line in the shape of Butters eyebrow, If you watch closely, it moves exactly like the eyebrow on Butters when he moves his head.
  • When Craig, Token, Jimmy, Clyde, Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan are fighting in anime, you can clearly see Jimmy jump. He should not be able to do this since he is crippled but could've done this using his hands for support, suggesting he has a level of enableability and intelligence. It could also be a similar circumstance where Kyle imagines his anime counterpart with black hair instead of his natural curly red color - It could just be an imagination of their ideal selves.
  • When the boys are walking away from Butters (after they told him he can't be a ninja), the red cloth on Cartman's right arm isn't there.
  • Stan already knew who Professor Chaos/Butters is, he learnt that secret on season 6 "My Future Self n' Me" but still seemed confused on who he is. However, he may have simply forgotten, as he believes that Butters was telling him that he was gay.
  • At the end in the community center, you can see Randy and Sharon behind a man to the left. When the man stands up, Randy and Sharon have moved to the right, with the man being in between them. When it switches to most of the people again, it goes back to normal.
  • On the third left chair on the first row, you can see Wendy. After the first person close up, she is replaced by Red, and before Mr. Garrison speaks, no one is there.
  • When Cartman is walking across the stage, his hair looks normal but when Cartman is shown from the back, some of his hair is sticking up.
  • Despite Skeeter mentioning that he doesn't know how to explain sexual matters to his daughter, he never mentions his daughter again. Also, unlike the other parents who are seen sitting next with their children, his daughter is not seen next to him.


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