Talk:Preschool (South Park)

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What would happen if a 4-yr-old started a fire in preschool in real life? I don't think they'd even go to Juvie, but what would happen instead?

--Shultz 04:35, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Nothing, most likely, a 4 year old is hardly responsible for such a thing. IF there was a serious belief that ill will was involved, probably counselling, rather than imprisonment.

Minor Correction

Corrected a minor mistake which stated that Miss Claridge's chair was set on fire by the taser. Not exactly true. The taser only overcharged Miss Claridge's chair, which spun out of control, then crashed into a propane shop, causing an explosion which set Miss Claridge on fire. PatrickLMT 16:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Butters ?

Didn't Butters come from another town ? How the hell could he be able to attend the same preschool than SKKC ?--K ) (talk)

Dumb Trivia

"This is one of very few episodes where someone demands something in return." What the heck is that supposed to mean? 17:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

That's what I was just about to ask 207.108.214.249 01:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

When Cartman offers the sixth graders items in exchange for protecting the boys against Trent, one of the items is a "coupon for a free side of fries with the purchase of any deluxe hamburger at Red Robin." In fact, any side of fries given at Red Robin is free of purchase and can be refilled, so the coupon Cartman offers is irrelevant.

Episode Number

The episode number is clearly wrong, being listed as 121 even though the episode took place sometime closer to season 8

Not really. It is overall episode #121, and #10 of season 8. -92.226.195.216 (talk) 14:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Uncited material

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• Trent Boyett's character and his quest for revenge are both references to the 1962 film Cape Fear and the 1991 remake of the same name.
• Miss Claridge's wheelchair and condition are based on that of the fictional Christopher Pike from the Star Trek episode, "The Menagerie."
• The police's misunderstanding of two beeps meaning "yes, yes" was previously parodied in an episode of Futurama ("Where No Fan Has Gone Before"): Zapp Brannigan tells Fry that one beep means "yes", two beeps means "no", and then when asking Fry if he's guilty, pronounces "a double yes" after Fry's two beeps. In DVD commentary for this episode, Parker and Stone indicated they were not aware anyone else had done such a joke at the time, but were disappointed when they learned someone else had done it. Humorously, neither one of them could remember which show had used the joke, thinking it might have been The Simpsons. Both Futurama and The Simpsons were created by Matt Groening. This may also be a reference to the South Park episode "The Simpsons Already Did It"
• The "Little Gas Shack" into which Miss Claridge's out-of-control wheelchair crashes sells "Propane and Propane Accessories", a reference to Hank Hill's job at Strickland Propane in the animated series King of the Hill. Mike Judge, creator of King of the Hill, is a close personal friend of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and previously provided the undistorted voice of Kenny in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Judge's previous animation, Beavis and Butt-head, was part of the inspiration for South Park, and the characters - and the controversy that surrounded them - is spoofed by Terrance and Philip in South Park.
• Trent's release from prison mimics Joliet Jake Blues' release from prison in The Blues Brothers, specifically the mentioning of items on his person.
• In order to make the photograph of the breasts, the boys consult Madonna's Sex.
• The theme of an escaped prisoner taking his revenge on the people who falsely accused him, as well as a paralyzed person using a "once for yes, two for no" system was pioneered by Alexandre Dumas in his classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

Alastairward (talk) 14:20, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

• • Typically, a “reference needed” tag would be more appropriate than just deleting all of this, especially considering how well known most the cultural references are. Otherwise, you’re going to be busy deleting a lot of relevant material from episode summaries from a number of shows. Trey Parker is a big Star Trek fan to and the reference to Captain Christopher Pike's chair is obvious and deliberate. Consider something a little less drastic before you resort to censorship.216.181.47.130 (talk) 17:29, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

• • Couldn't agree with you more. And given the number of hyper active fan boys that monitor their favorite shows on Wikipedia, adopting a slash and burn approach would become counter productive fairly quickly. For Example, Star Trek Episode entries are full of uncited references. The Next Generation Episode Entry for Descent, Parts 1 and 2, give background on what motivated Steven Hawking to do a guest appearance. There isn't a citation though, so technically you could delete that entry also. I wonder how solid the entries are for 24, or Star Gate SG-1. But if you want to start Edit Wars all over the place then knock yourself out.151.121.5.203 (talk) 02:56, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Disagree with both of you (unregistered) users. I've seen the Star Trek articles for the original series. They used to be ok a while back but someone's done a job on them too, they're next for scrubbing. As for an edit war, such things only exist when there's good reason to put this sort of stuff back in the article, none exists. Where there is a likelihood of the material being cited or correct, I've left it in with a fact tag added. Otherwise, I've seen this sort of "trivia" sit for months without citing, best leave it here if someone really believes it to be true. The "hyper active fan boys" are fortunately not that prevalent on wikipedia, but they do make their presence felt by arguing over which version of the trivia (i.e. which bit of original research they trust more) is correct, another reason for doing away with it, why keep it if they can't agree which version is more factually correct. And in reference to 216.181.47.130's comment about censorship, get down off your high horse, it's no such thing. You can't censor anything on wikipedia, it'll show up in the edit history and I've included it here on the talk page for all to see. Alastairward (talk) 07:47, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Well that didn't take long. You can always tell how self righteous someone is by how quickly the resort to personal attacks. I like the view from my "high horse" thank you very much. It doesn't change the fact that your prescription was to take the easy way out rather than research the citations yourself. I know, why should the burden fall on you? It just strikes me as ridiculous that your first reaction was to hit the delete key when you could actually be adding something to the article. Well, gotta go, Ole Trigger is getting hungry (That's a reference to Roy Rogers horse in case you need a citation).216.181.47.130 (talk) 14:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Seriously? This was an issue? At least for now it looks as if the censors have back down. Admittedly a new user and not familiar with all of the nuances of wikipedia. However, I fail to see how burrying cultural references in a discussion session or in previous versions of an article isn't censorship.DamondGetier (talk) 06:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I find it interesting that former user Alastairward had to go off the grid with wikipedia. It seems the very edit wars and censorship he disparaged ultimately got him in trouble with other users and even the wiki admins. Probably has a new sockpuppet ID set up somewhere else by now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.207.250.61 (talk) 13:25, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Error

I think it should be noted that this episode seems to forget the age of criminal responsibility, making this86.135.134.236 (talk) 21:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC) episode even more unlikely than most.