![]() Considering the antics Cartman has put Kyle through in the series, it's not hard for him to be suspicious. Precision F-Strike: Kyle starts off the "Fuuuuck you" running gag when Kenny tells him and Stan that Cartman is stuck in virtual reality.Operator from India: "Steve", the customer service rep, works in a call centre in India - which provides customer service not just for the Oculus Rift, but for Korean Air Lines, El Pollo Loco, and Best Buy.And then things get really weird, to the point that many viewers need a diagram to see how the various "realities" fit together. Mind Screw: The episode starts simply enough, with Cartman playing another prank on Butters with a homemade "Oculus Rift headset", but then Cartman gets a phone call telling him he's the one in an Oculus Rift simulation, and a cutaway to his bedroom seems to confirm this.Medium-Shift Gag: As Stan takes off the Oculus Rift at the end of the episode, the scene cuts to a short live action sequence with Kyle, Stan, Cartman, Kenny, and Butters being played by actors.note Even Parker and Stone had trouble keeping track of things as the script for the episode evolved it started as yet another "Cartman torments Butters" story idea. Before long, we're left confused as to which characters are in cyberspace and which ones are in reality. Cyberspace: The episode begins with Butters wearing an obviously fake "Oculus Rift" headset with Cartman speaking to him through a walkie-talkie to make him think that his journey through South Park Elementary is only occurring in virtual reality, while the other students look at him as though he's lost his mind, and thanks to Cartman's fake headset being built around a pair of hearing protectors and Cartman claiming that they haven't fixed the "audio issues" yet, Butters can't hear the other students which could give away the prank to him. ![]() Brig Ball Bouncing: When Butters is mysteriously grounded in Stan's simulation (his grounding having worked its way up from Cartman's simulation), he can be heard bouncing a racquetball against his bedroom wall until Stephen yells at him to stop.Breather Episode: Has no plot relevance to the rest of the season (at least until the final episode). ![]() ![]() Of course, that could be Liane in a simulation, but it is a perfect simulation of how she would act. Cartman finds her son comatose and unresposive and simply thinks he is ignoring her. The boys have bought an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and don't know who is in the real world or stuck in virtual reality. ![]()
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