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explains that "The show captures that mix of innocence and viciousness that can co-exist in kids that age", that "the boys are fascinated by bodily functions", and that they "mimic adult behavior and language". For example, Kyle instructs Stan and Wendy to "make sweet love down by the fire", a phrase
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Central. In order to shorten the episode to 22 minutes, the creators cut out
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town of South Park and revolving around the child characters Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and
Cartman as main protagonists, and included a talking stool character named Mr. Hankey as one of the minor supporting characters. The inclusion of Mr. Hankey led to disputes between Fox and Parker and Stone, and
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and every word we can get away with." In contrast, they allowed subsequent episodes to "be more natural", saying that those episodes are "more about bizarre happenings and making fun of things that are taboo without just throwing a bunch of dirty words in there."
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thought poorly of the writing and characters, stating that "If only the kids' jokes were as fresh as their mouths" and "It might help if the South Park kids had personalities, but they're as one-dimensional as the show's cut-and-paste animation". Tim
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universe and the "distinct, interesting characters" within it. He singled out
Cartman, calling him "the most vibrant of the bunch", and describing him as "a bitter old man living in an 8-year-old's body".
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flatulates fire as the anal probe emerges. The episode garnered some controversy for being "self-conscious and self-congratulatory in its vulgarity", with flatulence jokes like the one pictured here made
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he learns from Chef. In a light-hearted study of the humor of flatulence, Jim Dawson explains how the rise of adult animation in the 1990s allowed television to indulge in such humor with
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