Editing World War Zimmerman (section)

==Behind The Scenes==

* <em>Where did the "fist bump" idea come from?</em>  From the writers: "Just another opportunity for Cartman to be racist."

* [[Mr. Mackey]] is featured throughout this episode, trying to mend the relationship between Cartman and Tolkien.  Trey says Mr. Mackey was modeled after his own junior high school counselor. 

===Where Did the Idea Come From?===
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<em> Where did the episode idea come from?</em> Originally, this was gonna be our first episode coming back from our hiatus.  At the Writer's Retreat, we talked about stuff that had happened while we were on hiatus and how we could make a show about it.  This episode was going to begin with Tolkien waking up from a 9 month coma (the number of months South Park was on hiatus).  The boys were going to rush in in and tell him everything that had happened while he was asleep.  Cartman was scared that Tolkien would freak out when he heard about the Zimmerman verdict.

So Cartman’s racial paranoia launched the idea.  And then there is the happy coincidence that Zimmerman starts with ‘Z”{{-}}


===Fist Bump: Storyboard===
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After the script is written, the first step in our production process is creating storyboards.  Here's a "board" of the fist bump scene, before it was animated bro. {{-}}


===Animating Cartman's Zombie Nightmare===
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This intense specialty shot of zombies crawling up the building required unique setup, textures and character design.  It was by far the most complex shot we had to animate for "World War Zimmerman".{{-}}


===Hip Hop Cartman: Character Design===
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Our art department created this special hip hop outfit for Cartman.  You can see it in action during his "I Was Not The Bullet" presentation.{{-}}

===No-Armed Pilot: Character Design===
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Any new character, like this no-armed pilot, must first be storyboarded by the art department. {{-}}


===Cartman's Injections===
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The injections Cartman gives himself on the plane? That's a direct parody of "World War Z". It was going to be part of Cartman's storyline, but the writers went in another direction and just didn’t remove it.  Cartman was all about being like Brad Pitt and we thought it would be funny if some people “got it”.{{-}}

===Storyboard: Electrocution Scene===
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Check out the storyboard from the notorious electrocution scene.{{-}}


==="Patient Zero" Art===
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Here's a better look at the art for Cartman's "Patient Zero" sketch.  All props used in the show are created by our Art Department. {{-}}