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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zombie Aladdin" data-source="post: 149204" data-attributes="member: 4242">The South Park machine was made between Seasons 1 and 2, before the show really did much social commentary or exhibit much of the intelligence that pervades the show today. Season 1 really WAS just mostly surrealism and gross-out humor. It wasn't until the Season 3 premiere, "Rainforest Schmainforest," where the show really started hitting its stride, as it was the first one set up in the now-usual South Park fashion with its political themes and tongue-in-cheek moral message (at least in my opinion; there's a small but vocal group of South Park fans who consider the show to have gone downhill for this reason).Data East's The Simpsons, from what I can observe on the machine itself, also references things exclusive to Season 1. If the weird, off-model illustrations aren't a giveaway, the "Triple Chocolate" reference would be, as this is obscure even for The Simpsons, and there are far better things to reference from the show to indicate three of something even as early as Season 2--namely the three-eyed fish that's much better known. The Simpsons Pinball Party could draw upon 14 seasons' worth of the show, in contrast, and by then it was clear who and what are iconic in the series, and plenty of good references could be made.</blockquote>

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