Best south park episodes of all time9/13/2023 Trey Parker even gives Gary the best line: “You’ve got a lot of growing up to do, buddy. It’s more than just a softball, it’s a love letter. It goes completely against the expectations of the show. He’s got great life, a great family, and helps people because that’s what the Mormons do. The ballsy thing is they turn it around and Stan comes off as a high and mighty bigot who can’t look past religion and even try to be the kid’s friend. The Marsh family gets infected and Stan turns pre-emptively paranoid. Randy’s first reaction to even having Stan visit a Mormon family is to go and kick Gary’s father’s ass, after making sure he’s a white guy. The kid’s family is kind of weird, instead of TV they entertain each other with music and stories, but the whole family is so annoyingly happy it’s infectious. It’s Stan’s turn to beat up the new kid and winds up getting invited to dinner. Gary Harrison, the new kid in town, endures the school ground hazing and whatever taunts are laid at him with good cheer. South Park unveils the entire story in one of their greatest musical set pieces: The crazy stories that Joseph Smith made up, taken directly from the Urim and Thummim. That was before we knew about the magic underwear. The Mormons have always been a perennial punch line, from Donnie and Marie’s teeth to the fucking tabernacle choir. Parker and Stone have a long and intimate relationship with the Mormons that led to the Broadway smash musical The Book of Mormon, now playing but good luck getting tickets. “All About The Mormons” was not as ballsy as attacking the Scientologists, but that’s only because of the threat of litigation. “All About Mormons” (Season 7, Episode 12) “Oh the tears of unfathomable sadness, yummy. After that scene, Cartman’s wickedness passed into the realm of legend. It is at this moment that Stan, Kyle, and every viewer at home realized the levels of evil and malevolence that resides behind the eyes of this little chubby kid in a red coat. This would be like Bart Simpson killing a kid in class. He then preciously slaved over cooking their bodies into scrumptious chili and handed it to the unsuspecting bully. Yet he actually did… but only after he lured Scott’s parents off-screen to a violent murder at the hands of a gun nut farmer. Coyote and Road Runner, Tom and Jerry, or Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny relationship. After all, the brunt of the humor seemed to be about how much power this little brat held over Eric Cartman. That’s why!ĭespite the title promising bad mojo coming Scott’s way, few actually believed that “Scott Tenorman Must Die” would end with anyone’s death (save for Kenny’s). Why? Because Cartman made Scott Tenorman eat his parents. You absolutely knew this had to be on the list. – Daniel Kurland “Scott Tenorman Must Die” (Season 5, Episode 4) He puts his mother (and more significantly, his father) through hell here, and it’s a disturbing yang to the rest of the episode’s upsetting yin. If all of the pedophilia wasn’t enough, Kenny’s B-story sees him repeatedly try to ensure that his mother miscarries her child so he doesn’t become the second child. The centerpiece is essentially an attempted rape sequence where a horde of naked pedophiles chase our heroes as the entire thing transforms into an ode to slapstick. This whole episode is a twisted wormhole into the uncomfortable as the rest of the children in South Park naturally get jealous of Cartman and try to get their own older friends from NAMBLA, too. It’s a real glimpse into a group of actual crazies, which is something South Park would get increasingly good at. What’s just as messed up here is not necessarily these men’s preoccupation with wanting to have sex with little boys, but the other aspects that NAMBLA is invested in with them, such as ballroom dancing, and enjoying a four-course meal. Like a lot of great South Park episodes, the beauty here isn’t in embellishing NAMBLA at all (which is a real thing), but they can do the most damage just by plainly presenting the facts of this nutso organization.
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