Talk:Pandemic (South Park)

Pop Culture Reference

The camp that they send the Peruvian's to is, infact, the same camp that Tony and Manny are sent to in Scarface. It is an exact replica of the camp, under the highway, and they even pan the camera the exact same way as they do in the film. Only thing missing is the Giorgio Moroder synth playing in the background. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spettacolare (talk • contribs) 14:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

For a second when the military came and took them all the people into the camps, and the guard refuse to talk to them and then shot the other guy cause he wanted to sell the CD, felt like a spoof of BLINDNESS. They are also all taken to a camp and then one of them gets shot. But might not be it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.150.9 (talk) 14:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Isn't the camcorder-view thingy also a reference to 2007's "REC" horror? It's very similar... 77.254.226.233 (talk) 18:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

What's REC horror? Nightscream (talk) 18:54, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Spanish horror movie. Article on Wikipedia: REC // 77.254.226.233 (talk) 20:23, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I noticed a correlation between wiping out the peruvian pan flute bands and wiping out polio (in the real world) - which is currently a high priority of the Rotary international club. I wasnt sure until I saw the name of the television correspondent in this episode: "Paul Harris" who was the founder of Rotary in 1905. Swiftrate (talk) 20:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the human looking lizard and the whole stuff about an "hybrid" that could save the world really looks like the 80's "V" tv-show.

Homeland security guy (monster) --> David Icke's theory?

Isn't the military guy being a monster a reference to David Icke's theory about reptiles ruling the world in secret? --Thekryz (talk) 15:37, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

In the "Britney's New Look" episode, doesn't one of the reporters make that same face and noise as they're chasing down Kyle and Brittany? -B Murph-

That's a reference to Invasion of the Body Snatcher 209.106.203.252 (talk) 00:41, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Political Reference

When the Department of Homeland Security is discussing the crisis of the Peruvian Pan flute bands sprouting up all over the world, Michael Chertoff informs the members that they need to take out the Peruvian Pan flute bands around the world. One member of the Department stands up and asks: "Shouldn't we worry about the Peruvian Pan flute bands in our own country instead of taking them out in other countries. Shouldn't we worry about our own problems first instead of the problems of other countries?" It might not exactly be that but its along those lines. Then Chertoff walks over to him and says "You little bastard. Don't you realize that we need to take care of other countries so that they can look up to us and establish us as the greatest country in the world?" Again, not exactly what he says but its along those lines. I can get the exact quotes of these lines and submit them because i think that some people are missing the point here: This is a DIRECT REFERENCE to the Forgein Policy of the Bush Administration and why we think we should be in Iraq. Think of the Peruvian Pan flute bands as dictators around the world. The Department of Homeland Security took out Saddam Hussein, and taking out the Peruvian Pan flute bands that SEEM like a threat to the US has to be taken out? Nobody sees the connection here? Its a classic satire on the Forgein Policy of the Bush Administration. It should be included so that readers understand what the satire is all about because South Park is a satire comedy. If i include it, i can also get the reference from where this information came from. --J miester25 (talk) 15:59, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Such a reference is somewhat subjective. Criticism of Bush's policies not that we shouldn't go to other countries, but that we supposedly went to the wrong one. But if you can source it as you say, then yeah, that's fine. Nightscream (talk) 18:57, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

It would make sense that that's what they were saying, I mean, I basically got that it was making a statement about America's foreign policy as of right now, but without a cite it's all original research, so it really can't be included in the artical. 68.60.136.43 (talk) 21:45, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Health Parody

The Peruvian Flute pandemic is incredibly similar to the Avian Bird Flu Pandemic that health officials are concerned will sweep across the world in the near future. The reference in the episode of the boys being "hybrids", a combination of Peruvians and Americans is also relevant to this because the strain of bird flu is a mutated or hybrid type of flu strain which to date has no vaccine. "Peruvian Flute" is also very similar in sound to "Avian Flu", just adding to the cleverness of the episode.

Without a source, that would be Original research. Also, please sign your posts. You can do this by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 00:32, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Reference to previous episode

After attempting to escape, the boys are held in an interrogation room. When Michael Chertoff tells the boys that they must go to Peru, Stan and Kyle lament the rape of a friend in Peru. This lament is a reference to Episode 175 "The China Problem," when Indiana Jones is raped by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Articles on SP episodes do not have to detail references to other episodes. Such little mentions of continuity are not that salient a point when summarizing the episode. Also, please sign your posts. You can do this by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 00:32, 24 October 2008 (UTC)