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* RealAfterAll: At the end of the episode, Cartman announces that he actually learned a lesson from all of this and vows to turn his life around, become nicer, lose weight, etc. He is then approached by a man in a nice suit claiming to be ''his'' future self, who congratulates Cartman on his choice, since he considers it to be the defining moment of his life and what led him to become the rich and successful owner of a time travel business. Cartman assumes that this is just another actor, and spitefully declares that just because this asshole tried to trick him, he's now going to live his life even worse than before. After he walks away, the future Cartman morphs into a fat mechanic, who curses the fact that he just unintentionally screwed himself over.
-->'''Future Cartman:''' [[CatchPhrase AH, GOD DAMMIT!]]
-->'''Future Cartman:''' [[CatchPhrase AH, GOD DAMMIT!]]
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: Cartman's method for getting revenge on parents is to smear poop all over the walls. As Cartman runs out of Butter's house and his AbusiveParents come in, you fully expect them to start on him as they have many times before, grounding him and maybe even beating him. Instead they realise that because they didn't respect their son, he has lost respect for them and apologise to him for lying. They all hug in a room smeared with poop while Stan looks on slack-jawed at Cartman's success.
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* ToiletHumour: How do you get revenge on your parents? There's only one way - smear poop all over the walls. Cartman even has poop swatches.
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Cartman's]] future self really ''is'' his future self. Of course, nobody believes him by the time he shows up and it takes its toll.
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Cartman's]] Cartman's future self really ''is'' his future self. Of course, nobody believes him by the time he shows up and it takes its toll.
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* DoubleEntendre: "Yes, Stan, you should go up and play with yourself."
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* DoubleEntendre: "Yes, "Yeah, Stan, why don't you should go up upstairs and play with yourself."yourself?"
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* RageBreakingPoint: When Randy and Sharon attempt yet again to lie to Stan after they walk in on him with Butters and his future self, Stan finally snaps and tells them that he already knows about Motivation Corp and has been trying to get them to admit they lied to him about the whole "future self" thing.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Mildly discussed. After Stan passes on the first very low key revenge scheme Cartman's next plan is outright killing Stan's parents. Stan understandably passes on this one and notes that it's incredibly overboard.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Stan attempts to get his parents to confess the truth by announcing he's going to cut off his hand--saying his future self's hand would immediately disappear if this was all legit. Stan is, of course, faking it, but when he's looking away, Randy actually cuts off Future!Stan's hand.
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* DoubleEntendre: "Yes, Stan, you should go up and play with yourself."
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* MyFutureSelfAndMe: The TropeNamer zig-zags it. Stan and Butters' future selves are just actors, but Cartman's future self really did travel back in time to meet his younger self.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Just as they're about to reprimand Butters for what was done to their house, Linda and Stephen realize this is their fault and apologize to him.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: A man's hand is cut off and blood sprays everywhere, but Stan and his parents are rather nonchalant about it.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: A man's hand is cut off and blood sprays everywhere, but Stan and his parents are rather nonchalant about it.
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* DrugsAreBad: Deconstructed.
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* DrugsAreBad: Deconstructed.Deconstructed as it shows that the extreme messages and outrageous claims associated with such messages will ultimately make kids distrustful of adults and ''more'' likely to use drugs.
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* TakeThat: At the extreme methods the media and most parents use to get kids not to take drugs, the idea of which came from TreyParkerAndMattStone watching an anti-drug PSA that connected drugs to terrorism.
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* TakeThat: At the extreme methods the media and most parents use to get kids not to take drugs, the idea of which came from TreyParkerAndMattStone Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone watching an anti-drug PSA that connected drugs to terrorism.
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Cartman's]] future self really ''is'' his future self. Of corse, nobody believes him by the time he shows up and it takes it's toll.
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Cartman's]] future self really ''is'' his future self. Of corse, course, nobody believes him by the time he shows up and it takes it's its toll.
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* AnAesop: Teaching kids to be afraid of drugs is not the same as teaching them why they're bad, and trying to ScareEmStraight can have even worse long-term effects.
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* ScareEmStraight: The purpose of the future selves is to frighten children into never doing drugs by showing them then and there how badly they'll turn out if they do.
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* ShoutOut: The method of how the kids' "future selves" arrive in the present parodies ''TheTerminator''.
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* ShoutOut: The method of how the kids' "future selves" arrive in the present parodies ''TheTerminator''.''Film/TheTerminator''.
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Cartman's]] future self really ''is'' his future self. Of corse, nobody believes him by the time he shows up and it takes it's tole.
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Cartman's]] future self really ''is'' his future self. Of corse, nobody believes him by the time he shows up and it takes it's tole.toll.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Sharon changes from ''The Osbournes'' to the news just in time for a report about "a man from the future." Justified because this is part of the scam.
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* NeverMyFault: Randy can think of only one person to blame for all this: Motivation Corp.
* NoodleIncident: Cartman has carried out revenge for Clyde, Craig, and Kyle (which was a freebie).
* NoodleIncident: Cartman has carried out revenge for Clyde, Craig, and Kyle (which was a freebie).
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Cartman's]] future self really ''is'' his future self. Of corse, nobody believes him by the time he shows up and it takes it's tole.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was originally going to be a parody of the aforementioned commercial included in the episode, but the creators couldn't think of something stupider than terrorism.
** Stan's "future self" originally looked more like him and didn't have a slurred voice. Clips from this version of the episode could be seen in trailers for the last half of season 6, as well as the promos for the episode itself. The changes were done to make the "druggie" angle more pronounced.
** Stan's "future self" originally looked more like him and didn't have a slurred voice. Clips from this version of the episode could be seen in trailers for the last half of season 6, as well as the promos for the episode itself. The changes were done to make the "druggie" angle more pronounced.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Cartman hates when parents lie because they should respect their kids and not lie.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Disregarding "Two Guys In A Hot Tub" (which had a SnapBack) this is the first time Stan is teamed with Butters and bonds with him, his role as an apathetic bully towards him downplayed afterwards.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Disregarding "Two Guys In A Hot Tub" (which had a SnapBack) ResetButtonEnding) this is the first time Stan is teamed with Butters and bonds with him, his role as an apathetic bully towards him downplayed afterwards.afterwards.
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs, saying while drugs might not turn you into a terrorist, but they ''will'' mess you up and make you fine with being bored, when that time could be used to do constructive things.
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs, saying while drugs might not turn you into a terrorist, but they ''will'' mess you up and make you fine with being bored, when that time could be used to do constructive things.
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* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives HypocriticalHumor: When Sharon warns Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs, saying while drugs might not turn you into a terrorist, but they ''will'' mess you up and make you fine with ''Series/TheOsbournes'' being bored, when that time could be used to do constructive things.a bad influence on him.
-->'''Stan:''' It's just a show! It doesn't have any fucking effect on me for fuck's sake!
-->'''Stan:''' It's just a show! It doesn't have any fucking effect on me for fuck's sake!
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* YouDidntAsk: Apparently the reason Butters neglected to mention to anyone ''his'' future self had been living with him for four months.
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* YouDidntAsk: Apparently the reason Butters neglected to mention to anyone ''his'' future self had been living with him for four months.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Stan gives one to his parents, telling them that if they keep lying to him to stop him from using drugs, he might never be able to trust them again.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Stan gives one to his parents, telling them that if they keep lying to him to stop him from using drugs, he might never be able to trust them again.again.
* YouDidntAsk: Apparently the reason Butters neglected to mention to anyone ''his'' future self had been living with him for four months.
* YouDidntAsk: Apparently the reason Butters neglected to mention to anyone ''his'' future self had been living with him for four months.
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After finding a baggie of marijuana and some needles in the woods, Stan comes home to find a drugged-out drifter said to be his future self.
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After finding a baggie of marijuana and some needles joint in the woods, Stan comes home to find a drugged-out drifter said to be his future self.
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After finding a baggie of marijuana and some needles in the woods, Stan comes home to find a drugged-out drifter said to be his future self.
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* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs, saying while drugs might not turn you into a terrorist, but they ''will'' mess you up.up and make you fine with being bored, when that time could be used to do constructive things.
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* TakeThat: At the extreme methods the media uses to get kids not to take drugs, the idea of which came from TreyParkerAndMattStone watching an anti-drug PSA that connected drugs to terrorism.
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* TakeThat: At the extreme methods the media uses and most parents use to get kids not to take drugs, the idea of which came from TreyParkerAndMattStone watching an anti-drug PSA that connected drugs to terrorism.
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* ShoutOut: The method of how the kids' "future selves" arrive in the present parodies ''TheTerminator''.]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Disregarding "Two Guys In A Hot Tub" (which had a SnapBack) this is the first time Stan is teamed with Butters and bonds with him, his role as an apathetic bully towards him downplayed afterwards.
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** Stan's "future self" originally looked more like him and didn't have a slurred voice. Clips from this version of the episode could be seen in trailers for the last half of season 6, as well as the promos for the episode itself. The changes were done to make the "druggie" angle more pronounced.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The boys finding a discarded joint in the woods, which leads
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs.
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The boys finding a discarded joint in the woods, which leads
leads to the main plot.
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of usingdrugs.drugs, saying while drugs might not turn you into a terrorist, but they ''will'' mess you up.
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The boys finding a discarded joint in the woods, which leads
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs.
* SameClothesDifferentYear: Invoked with adult actors pretending to he the kids' future selves, right down to the similar clothing.
* ShoutOut: The method of how the kids' "future selves" arrive in the present parodies ''TheTerminator''.]
* TakeThat: At the extreme methods the media uses to get kids not to take drugs, the idea of which came from TreyParkerAndMattStone watching an anti-drug PSA that connected drugs to terrorism.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was originally going to be a parody of the aforementioned commercial included in the episode, but the creators couldn't think of something stupider than terrorism.
* WhatTheHellHero: Stan gives one to his parents, telling them that if they keep lying to him to stop him from using drugs, he might never be able to trust them again.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The boys finding a discarded joint in the woods, which leads
* DeconReconSwitch: The episode parodies the extreme and insane lengths parents will go to stop their kids from using drugs, but at the end, Randy learns his lesson and gives Stan an honest message about the negative consequences of using drugs.
* SameClothesDifferentYear: Invoked with adult actors pretending to he the kids' future selves, right down to the similar clothing.
* ShoutOut: The method of how the kids' "future selves" arrive in the present parodies ''TheTerminator''.]
* TakeThat: At the extreme methods the media uses to get kids not to take drugs, the idea of which came from TreyParkerAndMattStone watching an anti-drug PSA that connected drugs to terrorism.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was originally going to be a parody of the aforementioned commercial included in the episode, but the creators couldn't think of something stupider than terrorism.
* WhatTheHellHero: Stan gives one to his parents, telling them that if they keep lying to him to stop him from using drugs, he might never be able to trust them again.
