Random Facts You Didn't Know About 'South Park' (20 items)

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  (#1) Cartman's Lines Are Mostly Off-The-Cuff, And Kenny's Are All Scripted

  The majority of the time, co-creator Trey Parker makes up Cartman's lines as he goes along. Even though they're often hard to understand, all of Kenny’s lines are actually in the script.
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  (#2) 'South Park' Holds A Special Place In 'The Guinness Book of World Records'

  Well, this might not come as much of a surprise, but South Park holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Swearing in an Animated Series."
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  (#3) The First Season's Theme Song Had Some (Uncensored) Dirty Words

  If you listen closely, Kenny sings, “I like girls with big vaginas/I like girls with big fat t*tties” in the first season's theme song. Because his voice is so muffled, it wasn't bleeped.
   
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  (#4) The Terrence And Phillip Characters Were Spawned From Criticism

  In response to comments that South Park was all "bad animation and fart jokes," the Canadian duo of Terrence and Phillip were born.
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  (#5) Several Characters Were Based On Real People

  While at the University of Colorado, Trey Parker and Matt Stone knew a dining hall employee that they used as the basis for Chef. The cheerful, naive, optimistic, and gullible character of Butters is based on Eric Stough, South Park's animation director.

  Cartman’s mom, Liane, was named after an unfaithful ex-fiancé of Trey Parker. Trey Parker's relatives were the inspiration behind the names of Stan’s family, while Kyle’s family got their names from Matt Stone’s relatives.
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  (#6) The Pilot Wasn't Computer Animated

  Every episode except the pilot was computer animated. Stop-motion animating using cut paper was used for the very first episode.
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  (#7) Aliens Are Hidden In Background Shots

  Aliens do exist - at least in the South Park universe. Aside from the obvious alien episodes like "Cartman Gets An Anal Probe," there are aliens hidden in the background in a majority of the show's episodes.
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  (#8) It Takes About Five Days To Make A 'South Park' Episode

  Thanks to modern technology, it only takes about five days to make a South Park episode on a computer.
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  (#9) Celebrities Are Offered Terrible Roles On The Show

  Did you know Jerry Seinfeld is (was) a huge South Park fan? When Jerry's agent contacted Matt Stone and Trey Parker in 1997 in hopes of landing a guest spot on the show, the duo replied with an offer - Seinfeld could play one of the background turkeys in the "Starvin' Marvin" episode. He refused the role, but other celebrities have taken up Stone and Parker on their ridiculous offers. Jay Leno once played the voice of Mr. Kitty the cat, and George Clooney played a dog who had no speaking roles other than a few barks in the episode "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride."
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  (#10) Kenny Has Died Many, Many Times

  Kenny has died at least 80 times on South Park, but over 100 total if you factor in the early animated shorts, other authorized TV parodies, video games, and the South Park movie.
  
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  (#11) Trey Parker's Bad Childhood Habit Inspired Christmas Poo

  Inspired by Trey Parker's bad habit of not flushing the toilet when he was a kid, Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo was created.
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  (#12) The KFC Weed Dispenary Is A Real Place

  You might remember the episode "Medicinal Fried Chicken" as the one where Randy purposely gives himself cancer to buy medical marijuana from the KFC turned weed dispensary. But did you know that the KFC dispensary is actually based on a real location in Los Angeles? After a Kentucky Fried Chicken went out of business, the store turned into "Kind For Cures," a retailer of marijuana and weed accessories. The dispensary received a lot of fame after the episode aired, and even has posters of South Park in the store that commemorate their appearance on the show. 
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  (#13) Kenny's Voice Comes From An Unusual Place

  Co-creator Matt Stone has a trick up his sleeve when it comes to how Kenny gets that muffled voice. Stone speaks into his hand or his sleeve when saying Kenny's lines.
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  (#14) Kyle's Hair Was Inspired By Co-Creator Matt Stone

  Kyle's big, red, frizzy signature 'do was inspired by an early look of co-creator Matt Stone.
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  (#15) Trey Parker Plays With Legos When He Has Writer's Block

  In the documentary "6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park," Trey revealed that when he's feeling stuck on an episode, he likes to play with Legos to unlock a different part of his brain.
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  (#16) Combining Kyle And Ike's Names Makes A Racial Slur

  Take the first letter of Kyle's name and put it in front of Ike's. This is obviously an intentional joke, as are the many other Jewish jokes in the show's history.
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  (#17) The Co-Creators Had Interesting Pseudonyms In The Original Pilot

  Matt Stone and Trey Parker used the pseudonyms Tupac Schwartz and M.C. Goldstein in the credits of the original pilot.
  
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  (#18) The Theme Song Is Performed By Primus

  The South Park theme song is performed by Grammy-nominated rock band Primus.
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  (#19) Trey Parker Used Music From His Student Film In The End Credits

  When the production company logo appears at the end of each episode, the music that plays along with it is from the song "Shpadoinkle," which was used in Trey Parker's student film, Cannibal! The Musical.
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  (#20) Butters Originally Had A Different Nickname

  Butters was originally named Poof Poof. His real name is actualy Leopold Stotch.

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