The boys live in the fictional small town of South Park, located within the real-life South Park basin in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado.

Kenny died in nearly every episode before returning in the next with little-to-no explanation.

Other children and classmates are alienated by Cartman's insensitive, racist, xenophobic, anti-semitic, lazy, self-righteous behavior, but still find themselves influenced occasionally by his manipulative and propagandist schemes.

Mr. Hat initially appeared to be simply a puppet used by Mr. Garrison as a teaching aid. However, it soon became apparent that Mr. Hat was able to perform activities that would not have been possible if he were merely a puppet.

The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation, leading to all subsequent episodes being produced with computer animation that emulated the cutout technique.

Mr. Garrison was depicted primarily as a teacher until his dismissal and an improbable political campaign that resulted in his election as President of the United States.

Kyle throws a stone at a spaceship, which fires back, propelling Kenny into the road. As he gets back up, he is trampled by a herd of cows but survives. A police car then runs Kenny over and kills him.

As Professor Chaos, Butters wears a green cape, and a helmet and gauntlets constructed out of cardboard and aluminum foil.

The parents of South Park view Terrance and Phillip's obsessive fart gags in much the same way that many parents in the real world view South Park -- with considerable contempt.

Timmy's exact condition has never been specified in the show, though South Park's official website describes it as "a strange combination of palsy and Tourette's".