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| + | '''"Roger Ebert Should Lay off the Fatty Foods"''' was the eleventh episode of [[Season Two]] and the 24th overall episode of ''[[South Park]]''. It originally aired on September 2, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/episodes/s02e11-roger-ebert-should-lay-off-the-fatty-foods|title=Roger Ebert Should Lay off The Fatty Foods (Season 2, Episode 11) - Episode Guide|publisher=southparkstudios.com}}</ref> |
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| − | '''"Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods"''' is the eleventh episode of the second season of ''[[South Park]]''. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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| − | After a trip to the planetarium, the kids become hypnotized |
+ | After a trip to the [[Tantalus V. Observatory|planetarium]], the kids become hypnotized. [[Eric Cartman|Cartman]] auditions to sing on the [[Cheesy Poofs]] advertisement. |
==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| − | In school, [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] questions what [[Herbert Garrison|Mr. Garrison]] is teaching. He asks why they can't be like normal kids and do stuff like field trips. Garrison answers that they are actually going on a field trip to the planetarium tomorrow. |
+ | {{spoiler}}In school, [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] questions what [[Herbert Garrison|Mr. Garrison]] is teaching. He asks why they can't be like normal kids and do stuff like field trips. Garrison answers that they are actually going on a field trip to the planetarium tomorrow. At the planetarium, the kids watch a laser show involving stars, except for Cartman who spots the Cheesy Poofs van that is auditioning kids for the Cheesy Poofs advert. Cartman is successful and makes it to the next round. |
| + | In the planetarium, the laser show takes an unusual twist and begins to hypnotize everyone. The kids all say they want to visit the planetarium again right after leaving it; they have been successfully hypnotized to actually like the planetarium. The next day, Cartman goes to his [[Cheesy Poofs Talent Ship|audition]] and makes it through to the finale and discovers he will be appearing on television. Later, the kids go back to the planetarium to be hypnotized by the spinning stars again and they're hypnotized so much that they all become volunteers there. |
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| − | At the planetarium, the kids watch a laser show involving stars, except for Cartman who spots the Cheesy Poofs van that is auditioning kids for the Cheesy Poofs advert. Cartman is successful and makes it to the next round. |
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| ⚫ | On the school bus, [[Van Gelder]], a crazed kid from the planetarium shows up. He has escaped from there and is sent to [[Nurse Gollum]] upon arrival at school. In the nurse's office, [[Mr. Mackey]] tries a mind to mind technique (mind-meld) which helps Mr. Mackey discover what's going on. Stan, [[Kyle Broflovski|Kyle]] and [[Kenny McCormick|Kenny]] realize something isn't right - the kids didn't volunteer for things. Stan and Kyle work the laser machine and see how it affects Kenny. They begin by turning the dial to a lower setting, which doesn't affect Kenny at all. So they turn the dial up higher and the stars begin to move; Kenny is hypnotized by the other boys into a helpless hypnotic trance and can't answer. They decide to turn the hypnotization dial to the highest point and it kills Kenny by blowing up his head. His mind couldn't take the powerful hypnosis and his head exploded. |
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| − | In the planetarium, the laser show takes an unusual twist and begins to hypnotize everyone. As they leave the class say they want to visit the planetarium again; they have been successfully hypnotized to actually like the planetarium. |
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| ⚫ | Stan and Kyle go to [[Officer Barbrady]] and ask him to arrest the owner of the planetarium, [[Dr. Tristan Adams]]. Barbrady is hypnotized by the laser machine and convinced he is Elvis Presley. Cartman appears on TV but discovers that none of his friends watched it because they were at the planetarium—he doesn't realize that they are in a hypnotic trance. Mr. Mackey shows up at the planetarium, himself and the boys are soon taken to be hypnotized. As they watch the lasers and are entranced into a hypnotic slumber, Cartman bursts in. An angry Cartman smashes the laser device. It swings around and beams bright white light straight into Dr. Adams' eyes. By the time Cartman unties everyone and turns off the machine, Adams' mind has been completely erased. Stan and Kyle muse about the power of the machine that Dr. Adams built, but Cartman is just happy to be the hero for once. |
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| − | Next day, Cartman goes to his audition and makes it through to the finale and discovers he will be appearing on television. |
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| − | Later, the kids go back to the planetarium to be hypnotized by the spinning stars again, and they're hypnotized so much that they all become volunteers there. |
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| − | On the school bus, a crazed kid from the planetarium shows up. He has escaped from there and is sent to [[Nurse Gollum]] upon arrival at school. |
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| − | In the nurse's office, [[Mr. Mackey]] tries a mind to mind technique (mind-meld) which helps Mr. Mackey discover what's going on. |
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| ⚫ | Stan, Kyle and Kenny realize something isn't right - kids |
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| − | Stan and Kyle go to [[Officer Barbrady]] and ask him to arrest the owner of the planetarium, Dr. Adams. Barbrady is hypnotized by the laser machine and convinced he is Elvis Presley. |
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| − | Cartman appears on TV but discovers that none of his friends watched it because they were at the planetarium--he doesn't realize that they are in a hypnotic trance. |
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| ⚫ | Mr. Mackey shows up at the planetarium, himself and the boys are soon taken to be hypnotized. As they watch the lasers and are entranced into a hypnotic slumber, Cartman bursts in. An angry Cartman smashes the laser device |
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| − | ==Hidden Visitor(s)== |
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| − | Before [[Liane Cartman|Liane]] tells Cartman to not pick his nose you can see two glowing visitor eyes and around them, a visitor's body. |
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| − | ==Mr. Garrison's Learning Plan== |
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| − | * Barnaby Jones as Cultural Text |
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| − | * Taking the children to the planetarium |
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| − | * Haiku |
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| − | *This is one of the few times Cartman saves the day. Although he was unaware at the time. |
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| − | *Cartman's grandmother, Mable Cartman appears for the first time on the phone to Cartman. |
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| − | *Mr. Mackey says for the only time "Drugs are good" in order to convince the kid from the planetarium that it was okay to let Nurse Gollum sedate him. |
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| − | *When Mr Garrison is absent from the hypnotising room, Dr Adams can be heard pronouncing planetarium correctly despite his disorder. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| − | * The title to this episode mentions popular film critic [[Wikipedia:Roger Ebert|Roger Ebert]]. It's entirely possible that this episode was done to make fun of him in light of the fact that he gave Trey Parker and Matt Stone poor reviews for their films [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgazmo Orgazmo] (1/2 star) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASEketball BASEketball] (star and 1/2) both films he reviewed in 1998. |
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| − | * The insparation of this episode comes from an episode of [[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Original Series|Stark Trek]] titled [[Wikipedia:Dagger of the Mind|Dagger of the Mind]]. The premise follows Captain Kirk going to the planet Tantalus V, a prison colony for intergalactic criminals. There he is mentally tortured until his mind is healed by Spock using the Vulcan Mind Meld. Many of it's plot elements are used in this episode. |
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| − | * At the beginning of the episode Mr. Garrison is forcing the children to watch and answer questions about the television series [[Wikipedia:Barnaby Jones|Barnaby Jones]]. It was a crime drama that ran from 1973-1980. |
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| − | * Mr. Garrison says that episode #203 of Barnaby Jones is called "Barnaby Under Fire". This is incorrect, as episode 203 of the series is called "Echo of a Murder". There is no such episode titled "Barnaby Under Fire". |
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| − | * The talent search for a child singing the Cheesie Poof theme song was likely inspired by a similar contest that was done in real life by [[Wikipedia:Oscar Mayer|Oscar Mayer Wieners]] around the same time this episode was produced. |
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| − | * The observatory is called the "Tantalus V. Observatory", this is another reference to "Dagger of the Mind" as [[Wikipedia:Tantalus V|Tantalus V]] is the planet that Captain Kirk travels to in that episode. |
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| − | * Mr. Garrison warns his children that the planetarium is not a Bankok Brothel. [[Wikipedia:Bangkok|Bangkok]] [[Wikipedia:Thailand|Thailand]] has a thriving sex trade even though prostitution is technically illegal in the country. |
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| − | * Dr. Adams from the planetarium gets his name from Dr. Tristan Adams from the Star Trek episode "Dagger of the Mind". In the Star Trek episode Dr. Adams is the director of the Tantalus V facility and is mastermind behind all the shady goings on at the sanitarium. |
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| − | * The little girl named Missy is based off of the character Lethe, a female enslaved by Dr. Adams in the same episode. |
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| − | * Constellations in space include: [[Wikipedia:Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]], the [[Wikipedia:Big Dipper|Big Dipper]], the film critic Roger Ebert, and the 13-14th century [[Wikipedia:Crusades|Crusades]]. Later they pull up [[Wikipedia:Polaris|Polaris]] the star dog, [[Wikipedia:Orion (constellation)|Orion]], and [[Cassiopeia_(constellation)|Cassopeia]]. |
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| − | * Music featured at the planetariums laser rock show include the works of musicians [[Wikipedia:Kenny Loggins|Kenny Loggins]] and [[Wikipedia:James Taylor|James Taylor]] |
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| − | * The little boy who escapes from the planetarium named Van Gelder is based on the character Dr. Simon van Gelder from "Dagger of the Mind". Simon van Gelder was also tortured by the insane Dr. Adams and stows away aboard the Enterprise and reveals Adam's plot to the crew. |
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| − | * When Mr. Mackey attends the laser rock show, the Kenny Loggin's song [[Wikipedia:Footloose (song)|Footloose]]. The song was produced in 1984 and was included on the [[Wikipedia:Footloose (film)|Footloose]] soundtrack, a film starring Kevin Bacon. |
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| − | * When coming up with a Haiku to insult Eric, Kyle compares Cartman's fat to [[Wikipedia:Jell-O|Jell-O]]. |
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| − | * The scene where Mr. Mackey "mind melds" with Van Gelder is yet another plot point parodies from "Dagger of the Mind", in the episode Mr. Spock uses the [[Wikipedia:Vulcan mind meld|Vulcan mind meld]] on Dr. Simon van Gelder to learn the truth. |
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| − | * Other than ranting about the planetarium, Van Gelder is upset that model/actress and former MTV VJ [[Wikipedia:Daisy Fuentes|Daisy Fuentes]] is on [[Wikipedia:America's Funniest Home Videos|America's Funniest Home Videos]]. Daisy Fuentes took over hosting duties of the long running video clip series with co-host [[Wikipedia:John Fugelsang|John Fugelsang]] from 1998 to 1999 after the previous host [[Wikipedia:Bob Saget|Bob Saget]] left the show. |
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| − | * One of the boys at the audition for the Cheesy Poofs is singing the song [[Wikipedia:Bingo (song)|Bingo]] an old country song about a dog named Bingo. It's exact origins are unknown however the earliest historical reference to it's origins trace back to 1780. |
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| − | * Cartman sings the 1983 [[Wikipedia:Donna Summer|Donna Summer]] song [[Wikipedia:She Works Hard for the Money (song)|She Works Hard for the Money]] from the album of the same name. |
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| − | * Another Star Trek reference: One of the News 4 anchors in this episode is an Asian man who looks like [[Wikipedia:Ricardo Montalbán|Ricardo Montalbán]]. Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán is best known for his role of [[Wikipedia:Khan Noonien Singh|Khan Noonien Singh]] in the Star Trek episode [[Wikipedia:Space Seed|"Space Seed"]] as well as the 1982 film [[Wikipedia:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]. |
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| − | * Dr. Adams hypnotizes Officer Barbrady to think that he is late musician [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] the so called "King of Rock and Roll." |
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| − | * Mr. Mackey confuses Barbrady's bad Elvis impersonation as him pretending to be the late actor and former head of the NRA [[Wikipedia:Charlton Heston|Charlton Heston]]. |
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| − | * At the end of the episode while commenting on Dr. Adam's fate, Kyle says to Stan: "Can you imagine it, Stan. A mind, emptied by that… thing." This is a parody of the line that Captain Kirk says near the end of "Dagger of the Mind". Kirk's line was "It's hard to believe that a man could die of loneliness." |
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"Roger Ebert Should Lay off the Fatty Foods" was the eleventh episode of Season Two and the 24th overall episode of South Park. It originally aired on September 2, 1998.[1]
Synopsis
After a trip to the planetarium, the kids become hypnotized. Cartman auditions to sing on the Cheesy Poofs advertisement.
Plot
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Spoiler warning! Plot details follow. |
In school, Stan questions what Mr. Garrison is teaching. He asks why they can't be like normal kids and do stuff like field trips. Garrison answers that they are actually going on a field trip to the planetarium tomorrow. At the planetarium, the kids watch a laser show involving stars, except for Cartman who spots the Cheesy Poofs van that is auditioning kids for the Cheesy Poofs advert. Cartman is successful and makes it to the next round.
In the planetarium, the laser show takes an unusual twist and begins to hypnotize everyone. The kids all say they want to visit the planetarium again right after leaving it; they have been successfully hypnotized to actually like the planetarium. The next day, Cartman goes to his audition and makes it through to the finale and discovers he will be appearing on television. Later, the kids go back to the planetarium to be hypnotized by the spinning stars again and they're hypnotized so much that they all become volunteers there.
On the school bus, Van Gelder, a crazed kid from the planetarium shows up. He has escaped from there and is sent to Nurse Gollum upon arrival at school. In the nurse's office, Mr. Mackey tries a mind to mind technique (mind-meld) which helps Mr. Mackey discover what's going on. Stan, Kyle and Kenny realize something isn't right - the kids didn't volunteer for things. Stan and Kyle work the laser machine and see how it affects Kenny. They begin by turning the dial to a lower setting, which doesn't affect Kenny at all. So they turn the dial up higher and the stars begin to move; Kenny is hypnotized by the other boys into a helpless hypnotic trance and can't answer. They decide to turn the hypnotization dial to the highest point and it kills Kenny by blowing up his head. His mind couldn't take the powerful hypnosis and his head exploded.
Stan and Kyle go to Officer Barbrady and ask him to arrest the owner of the planetarium, Dr. Tristan Adams. Barbrady is hypnotized by the laser machine and convinced he is Elvis Presley. Cartman appears on TV but discovers that none of his friends watched it because they were at the planetarium—he doesn't realize that they are in a hypnotic trance. Mr. Mackey shows up at the planetarium, himself and the boys are soon taken to be hypnotized. As they watch the lasers and are entranced into a hypnotic slumber, Cartman bursts in. An angry Cartman smashes the laser device. It swings around and beams bright white light straight into Dr. Adams' eyes. By the time Cartman unties everyone and turns off the machine, Adams' mind has been completely erased. Stan and Kyle muse about the power of the machine that Dr. Adams built, but Cartman is just happy to be the hero for once.
References
- ↑ Roger Ebert Should Lay off The Fatty Foods (Season 2, Episode 11) - Episode Guide. southparkstudios.com.
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Tantalus V. Observatory • Van Gelder • Peter • Dr. Tristan Adams • Tommy Fritz • Cheesy Poofs Talent Ship • "Footloose" • "Bingo" • "Cheesy Poofs Theme Song" • "She Works Hard for the Money" | ||||
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