Talk:Canada on Strike

Afro Ninja
Where is reference to the Afro Ninja, who has a key speaking role? In fact, all of Wikipedia seems to have forgotten him while keeping things like the dramatic chipmunk. Cs302b (talk) 06:10, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * We're not remembering or forgetting, just citing. Do you have any that mention him? Alastairward (talk) 08:49, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Huh?
Is it me or did someone(s?) remove a large amount of content from this article? It feels somewhat oversimplified, misses a lot of references and information, and doesn't seem to be very well-written. 71.166.87.215 (talk) 19:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, haven't you heard? References and facts and in depth descriptions, you know interesting stuff? That isn't allowed on Wikipedia. They aren't vital to the page and we want to make sure only vital information is added. That way people won't come to this site, it helps things out a lot. I actually think we should go further. Like 'The Beatles: A band' or how about 'Canada: A country' or even 'Spatulas: objects'... actually we may have to tighten those a bit. I'm sorry Wikipedia rule enforcers, I tried. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.246.77.146 (talk) 23:36, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Bubb Rubb
Bubb Rubb was also featured in this episode. He is seen on the left of the screen at the beginning of the waiting room scene. I would love to add this, and the link to the youtube video, but Wikipedia's red tape is preventing it at the moment. If someone would please add "Bubb Rubb" with the link www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccgXjA2BLEY to the youtube parodies part of this article, that would be great. Also, he doesn't have a speaking part, he is just seen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.128.233.191 (talk) 21:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Kyle's Speech
Kyle's traditional moralizing speech was spoken quickly and was exceedingly technical. Here's a summary and analysis if anyone wants to make use of it on the main article (I'm not going to write the rest of the article, and I figure it doesn't make sense to include this yet).

Kyle indicates that while the internet is cool, new, and exciting, it is an immature distribution source. Because of this, it doesn't make financial sense to disrupt production of traditional media (guaranteed money) for the sake of potential money when the internet becomes a more viable alternative. This matches the episode's theme of mocking the WGA strike as a pointless exercise. This speech is also ironic because South Park Studios (a joint venture between Comedy Central and Matt Stone/Trey Parker) was recently expanded to provide full episodes, which depends on the internet being a mature distribution source to make money. Baron von HoopleDoople (talk) 04:55, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone just added the entire text of the speech. I guess that works. Baron von HoopleDoople (talk) 06:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Showing stuff on the Internet for free can 'make money' by increasing interest in a project on a more profitable medium (TV, film) but is not technically making money unless you charge, in which case the RIDICULOUSLY inelastic demand will result in them simply watching something else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 15:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Youtube links
For some reason the links to the youtube videos referenced in the show were removed. the links are needed for reference and are well within wikipedia policy.--Yourmanstan (talk) 05:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Star Wars Kid
Anyone notice that the Star Wars kid wasn't portrayed as a Canadian (w/ flapping head), or on strike for that matter? 71.136.15.172 (talk) 05:24, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Star Wars Kid is a French Canadian. Completely different species ;)

-G
 * True although in the episode "It's Christmas in Canada" the French Canadians are shown with the flapping heads as well. But I don't think this is worthy to note in the article. Ttony21 (talk) 19:32, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

All the YouTube guys were portrayed as closely as possible to reality. Even though he's Canadian, in this context he is a completely different category. Professor Chaos (talk) 22:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

One could assume that, in the South Park universe, the Star Wars kid is not Canadian, in the same way that Butters is not Samwell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by User:NAveryW


 * I thought it was just so they could make him more recognizable as a real person, and I think the only "real" people with flapping heads are Saddam Hussein and Celine Dion. JDub90 (talk) 13:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Ben Affleck appeared once with a flappy head, too. and once without.  Schoop (talk) 18:56, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

WGA Link
The abbreviation for the World Canadian Bureau (WGA) links to Writers Guild of America. Since this is only a not-so-subtle reference to the writers guild, I don't think this should be linked to here. There is already a link to the strike that the episode parodies, but if there is a link under WGA, it should be to World Canadian Bureau in this article. Discuss amongst yourselves, make changes if you want... Jlricherson (talk) 14:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I made that edit, feeling it would serve to answer the confusion: "Wait a minute... the acronym for World Canadian Bureau wouldn't be WGA". The strike is mentioned in another section, but I was under the impression each article section could function as it's own entity, thus repeating information was OK.  I have no strong feelings if you want to remove it though.  Hoof Hearted (talk) 14:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Satire of the recent Writer's Strike?
I remember reading that the upcoming series of South Park would involve an episode parodying the writer's strike. There seem to be a number of parallels and it seems surprising that no one has yet added it to the main page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.243.163 (talk) 16:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to assume good faith and invite you to re-read the introduction of the article. Hoof Hearted (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Japanese Military Spending
Is it worthy to note that it's mentioned in this episode that Japan has decided to increase military spending? I'm pretty sure Japan no longer has a military, so it's most likely intended to be a slightly obscure joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NAveryW (talk • contribs) 20:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, please reaad Japan, buddahhy! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.251.179 (talk) 21:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * lol they have a military... Ttony21 (talk) 21:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I thought Japan had no military because in the in event of a war any citizen can be called up to serve. Jay794 (talk) 23:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I've never heard that before...they do have an army all though it's mainly meant for self-defense because of the limitations placed on them after World War II. And they are actually ANTI-draft for the most part.Ttony21 (talk) 23:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Reference to Achmed the dead terrorist
The head of the WGA says what I hear as "stop! I kill you" at 12:05

This could be a semi-reference to achmed the dead terrorist, another youtube internet phenomenon.

Any thoughts??

Tehniobium (talk) 22:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


 * He says "Scabs! How could you?" --Pixelface (talk) 23:50, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Response?
Has anyone seen a response from the WGA on this? 76.84.230.183 (talk) 23:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Chris Crocker reference
It's a big reference, but this article didn't mention it at the bottom section. Shouldn't we add it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.213.116.231 (talk) 02:53, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you have a reliable source to reference? If you do, then you can feel free to add it, and it would be a welcome addition to the article. Professor Chaos (talk) 06:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Only significant claims need to reference a source. The Chris Crocker reference is not significant, as it is dreadfully obvious. But thanks for playing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.237.101 (talk) 18:36, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Link to "Leave Britney Alone" video
Just tried to add a link to the Chris Crocker "Leave Britney Alone" video but it was reverted by an automated bot. In this articles context adding such a link to YouTube should be allowed. The URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.72.166.26 (talk) 10:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I just added a link Penner (talk) 10:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC) http://youtube.com/watch?v=0cXmP_Z2u2E


 * Sorry, I didn't know who Chris Crocker was, because I really don't fucking care or pay attention to that. If you'd said "the Leave Britney Alone guy," I might have known what you were talking about.  You are right, it belongs in the article (and it's there now), with a YouTube link as the appropriate reference in this case.  My bad. Professor Chaos (talk) 17:31, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not your friend, buddy
This does not need to be added to the YouTube Parodies, as it is NOT a parody of a YouTube "sensation" - stop adding it.--170.35.224.65 (talk) 20:13, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

If you NEED to add it, it should only remain in the plot. Thanks--170.35.224.65 (talk) 20:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, if it's a parody it should only be listed, but this is definately not a parody. And apparently no one is reading the discussion either when they update. --135.214.154.104 (talk) 13:53, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

It's a running gag throughout the episode, not any sort of reference (except possibly a self-reference to South Park's previous portrayal of Canadians) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.118.93 (talk) 19:06, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

It's still not a parody. I'm going to delete it again, unless it can be incorporated somewhere else in the entry. --68.97.75.170 (talk) 05:57, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

It may not be a Parody, but it cause a hell of a lot of buzz on certain YouTube video comment pages. :P --68.111.234.189 (talk) 17:19, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I just watched Ocean's Eleven, and it seemed that that's where the conversation came from. Someone bumps into another person, who drops his balloons, and they start drunkenly yelling at each other. I can't remember the exact lines, but I thought I heard some "Buddy/guy/friend" stuff in there. Can anyone confirm this? 24.105.230.36 (talk) 23:09, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Fair to write the main "fact" this is based on is unsubstantiated
What was meant with "Internet money" is clearly documented with figures and concepts on sources such as the ones included in the relevant wikipedia article. It is fair to mention this in this article in a clear and concise way. Kids are watching the show. Misinformation/propaganda should not be tolerated, especially in wikipedia. --Leladax (talk) 14:29, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Where is the misinformation or propaganda? It's obvious in the episode that "internet money" or "theoretical dollars" isn't actually worth anything (further explained by kyle's speech at the end). Or are you saying that that idea is untrue because you CAN make money on the internet, which would still be explained by kyle's speech as to what the point of the "internet money" was in the episode.Ttony21 (talk) 15:39, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You're repeating the same bs of the episode - pardon the french. --Leladax (talk) 10:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually that was more of a question as to what you were referring to with the "misinformation/propaganda" because I thought the article and episode clearly illustrated the point of the "internet money" Ttony21 (talk) 23:00, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

This is only an aspect of the writer's strike parody. Part of that was over writers being denied profits from internet media (such as "The Accountants," an internet spin-off of "The Office). I have no idea what figures and sources you're talking about.  This is sufficiently covered in the article in a mention of the writer's strike being the main influence of the plot. Professor Chaos (talk) 17:20, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the episode clearly didn't see that the writers' strike wasn't only about raving lunatics wanting "internet maney". --Leladax (talk) 11:01, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

song
can anyone provide a trackname for the "victory party" discosong? -- 82.209.225.33 (talk) 16:02, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The song is Celebration by Kool & The Gang Ttony21 (talk) 02:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot man! -- 82.209.225.33 (talk) 18:25, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Stephen Aboutman
Is the head of the WGA (the Canadians) a parody of Stephen Harper, the prime minister of Canada? It seems possible, as the character model is quite possibly a likeness of Harper.Jaker penguin (talk) 19:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you come up with a reliable source on that? If you can, then great, put it in the article.  Until then it's speculation and original research. Professor Chaos (talk) 17:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * WGA was more a referance to Writers Guild of America. Then again, I could mention Europe has a Volgayno problem.(Stat-ist-ikk (talk) 11:52, 18 May 2010 (UTC))
 * Come to think of it, he looks more like a trade union leader who entertains the idea of striking just once, then seeing the opposition just cave in. If the opposition (say a Prime Minister) chooses to put up a small resistance just initially, then he views the opposition as some bloodthisrsty fascists for not giving in to neither all or just one demand. Then you tell your members to die, then blame the opposition (again), and then you already look like Arthur Scargill. --Stat-ist-ikk (talk) 12:40, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Stephen Harper doesn't rock a mullet they way Abootman does, so I'd go with a "no" on that one buddy.142.162.147.42 (talk) 09:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

The "Leave Britney Alone" Chick
She was also in this episode, but the article doesn't mention her...--SeanQuixote | talk | my contribs 04:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Yeah it does Chris Crocker he is not a "chick"...........User:theoneintraining (User talk:) 17:10, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Could've fooled me. Yeesh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 17:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Danish people
Do people really see the Danish people that way? ‘Cause I can say for sure, that the clothes they are wearing in that episode is not at all how Danish people dress. It’s more like the national clothes of Greenland. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NannaKP (talk • contribs) 22:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's just a stereotype, just like with the Canadians. It may be a wrong stereotype, but it's South Park, I don't think they do much research. --liquidGhoul (talk) 06:16, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The stereotype is cool. But I will reverse the comment about the clothes looking Greenlandish, because they don't (source: http://www.ice-berg.dk/nationaldragter.htm). They seem to be a mix-up of all sorts of different national clothes from Northern Europe. Jonaslind —Preceding comment was added at 09:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I take offense at the portrait of Danish people in the episode! We don't even play hockey. In fact we pretty much suck at hockey! 129.142.143.67 (talk) 19:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * LOL! Try watching the episode from a canadian perspective :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.94.154 (talk) 17:03, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

United Nations?
What is the place where the WGA is asking for money? It doesn't seem to fit with the U.N, so where are they? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.15.245.177 (talk) 12:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Internet celebs
The page says "They are, however, forced to wait in line at the "Colorado Department of Internet Money", behind other YouTube phenomena such as Adam Nyerere Bahner, The Star Wars Kid, Gary Brolsma, Tron Guy, and Chris Crocker, as well as made up ones such as Cute Sneezing Panda and Laughing Baby." It incrrectly labels the panda and the laughin baby as made up [by the show] when infact they are indeed clips that has been around in many peoples inboxes the last year[s]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.120.74.155 (talk) 14:03, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

References or External links?
I noticed under References there are links to all the YouTube videos that the people in this episode have made. my problem is that they are not references at all, in no way do these links give any information to the actual plot of this episode. Apart from what,what(in the butt) The video's are not even show'en in this episode. Rather the people who made the video's are portrayed, not the video's. I will leave it like it is for 24 hours and if no-one can give a reason why these should be considered reference's I will change them to external links.--Theoneintraining (talk) 11:23, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

lonelygirl15 or maybe hill88 or the white girl who try to be japanese. where's her name again magibon
that girl sitting in the back could have been any of them, why do you think it's actually lonelygirl15? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.242.160 (talk) 23:34, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it is. 76.173.92.70 (talk) 01:17, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I thought it was VenetianPrincess =S 92.22.171.39 (talk) 23:13, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

American comedy
I don't remember the language, but I thinkFamily Guy diss was also directed at american comedy in general. I just deleted this as trivia in a Family Guy article, but I think it deserves a mention in this article, at least a re-word of that part of the plot summary. / edg ☺ ☭ 21:35, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Gophers are not chipmunks - analysis of jokes must be done by third parties
See WP:OR, particularly WP:SYN. -- The Red Pen of Doom  12:22, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * "there's no serious alternative thing they could have been parodying by that" 1) the declaration that they are parodying ANYTHING is an analytical claim that would need a source 2) the fact that it is THIS particular chipmunk requires additional analysis. How do we know that there is not an inside joke? Any claims that you can tell are irrel. because we have policies WP:V / WP:OR that state otherwise. -- The Red Pen of Doom  00:58, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Dramatic Chipmunk = Dramatic Stare Gopher = Drama Prairie Dog = Drama Hog --91.76.109.32 (talk) 21:04, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * And explain, please, why the episode called "Canada on Strike!" with "!"? What source you used?? See below "my" source. --91.76.109.32 (talk) 21:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * So... I wait your answer. If you have time to warning my about edit war (oh, my god!), so why you havent time to answer where is OR? Because the subject has other names.--91.76.109.32 (talk) 21:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Your link was to a wikipedia article, which is not a reliable source. In checking the "sources" used in that wikipedia article, the verification that you claim were also not from reliable sources. Claiming that a gopher is chipmunk or prairie dog will require a reliable source. -- The Red Pen of Doom  21:27, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok. you probably right. What source need for a meme? Google? Search results: "Dramatic Chipmunk" and "Dramatic Gopher". It's the same one! therefore there isnt a point to require all time sources for obvious things. It's seems a playing with rules, sorry. P.S.: Can you answer to the question below. Why there is a "!" symbol? I don't get it. --91.76.109.32 (talk) 21:42, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Linking to a "google search" is not a reliable source. What you will need to find is a specific reliable source - a published source that has a reputation for fact checking and accuracy - that indicates the gopher in South Park is (related to) the chipmunk/prairie dog. Most hits you find on news.google.com or books.google.com will direct you to sources that are acceptable. -- The Red Pen of Doom  21:53, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll try to find rs now, but you still cant answer for my other question. Honestly, are you ignore it? --91.76.109.32 (talk) 22:01, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The response got lost in aborted save attempts. I did not name the article and do not know why the "!" was included in the title. -- The Red Pen of Doom  22:06, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There is, sorry. The Red Pen of Doom, can you take back the title to "Canada on Strike", because there isnt any source for "!" symbol in the title. The official title you can see on the official website. It without a mark. Oh, and one more question, what exacly I must find? Source that Dramatic Chipmunk = Dramatic Gopher?, source that Dramatic Gopher = Dramatic Gopher (South Park)?? --91.76.109.32 (talk) 22:12, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * What you might be looking for is perhaps something in a book lets say The Giant Book of South Park Cultural References published by Reliable Publisher or in an article from a news source like the 'NY Times' or 'Denver Post' or by a reliable online columnist in say slate.com that says something like "In CoS!, south park parodied the fact that the meme widely known as "Dramatic Look Chipmunk" was in fact a prairie dog by creating "Dramatic Look Gopher"". -- The Red Pen of Doom  22:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * the Dramatic Gopher (South Park) mentioned as "The Dramatic Chipmunk" in this website. http://www.tressugar.com/1525110 That's it? --91.76.109.32 (talk) 22:28, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

In which episode does the youtube dramatic hamster appear? '''That would be "Canada on Strike" (1204). And isn't it a dramatic chipmunk? I can never get it right.''' (Wednesday, January 21, 2009) http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/archives.php?month=1&year=2009 FAQ (South Park official website) That's enough? That the official answer and youtube (!) "Dramatic Gopher" from South Park its the "Dramatic Chipmunk" according to the official answer. --91.76.109.32 (talk) 22:43, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

The tressugar one would not be. It appears to be a user post/equivilent of a blog. But the South Park FAQ is indeed acceptable. Thank you for your search.-- The Red Pen of Doom  22:57, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, no problem. Thanks to you for cooperation too. --91.76.109.32 (talk) 23:02, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Or, just one moment, can you please move back the title? To "Canada on Strike". Thanks in advance. --91.76.109.32 (talk) 23:04, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Canada on Strike! and Canada on Strike
Why there is a exclamation point in the title? Because in the official guide http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1204/ title without !. Which source used in the article? --91.76.109.32 (talk) 20:56, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Two Chinese Boys
The viral video: "Two Chinese Boys: I want it that way" is missing from the list of appearences. It should be included, since it is included in the episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacobtrll (talk • contribs) 00:05, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Citation for Tay Zonday as guest star
I added a citation needed tag for this. This is not documented anywhere, and it's not listed on his IMdB page: (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2747938/) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.48.127 (talk) 01:22, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Aboutman
The name on his desk says "Abootman." I realize that this is a running gag on South Park, but in this case his name is not "Aboutman".Primium mobile (talk) 00:50, 18 June 2011 (UTC)