Cartman's V-chip singing error (MILD SPOILERS)

Jul 1, 1999, 1:26 PM ET3 posts by 3 postersalt.tv.southpark
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Anyway...

So everyone seems to be pointing out that it was an error that Cartman's V-chip didn't shock him when he sang "Brian Boitano doesn't take shit from anybody...". Well, as explained in the demonstration, the V-chip (in South Park World) works like a lie detecter as your brain does something when you lie the same way as when you swear. Well, if you were on a lie detecter and sang a song with a line like "I'm super, thanks for asking" and you weren't, it wouldn't buzz since you are singing and the words come out differently, both audibly and mentally. You wouldn't consider yourself to be lying, they're just the words in the song. As for the swearing part, when the kids swear, there's a little part inside them that says "That's naughty and I like it" and it's that feeling that shocks Cartman. That feeling wouldn't happen while singing since those are the words and his mind is more concerned with keeping the tune, etc. OK, so now that I've proved that I have way too much fucking BZZZ time on my hands...

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Brian Hughes wrote:

Actually, I watched the movie again tonight and if you notice that when they sing lines like, "He'll kick an ass or two" and "Cause he doesn't take shit from anybody" you only see Stan and Kyle singing those parts so perhaps Cartman wasn't singing at those points.

-Toni

Toni said...

Plus that's what prompts Cartman's line of "I want this v-chip out of me / It has stunted my vocabulary" because he *can't* sing about Brian Boitano kicking ass or taking shit.

Tirya

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