Franchise Prequel
- Episode aired Oct 11, 2017
- TV-MA
- 21m
Professor Chaos begins spreading lies about Coon and Friends on Facebook.Professor Chaos begins spreading lies about Coon and Friends on Facebook.Professor Chaos begins spreading lies about Coon and Friends on Facebook.
- Stan Marsh
- (voice)
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- Kyle Broflovski
- (voice)
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- Sharon Marsh
- (voice)
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- Linda Stotch
- (voice)
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- Token Black
- (voice)
- Heidi Turner
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe final scene in Cartman's basement is taken almost directly from a promotional video for South Park: The Fractured But Whole shown at E3 earlier in 2017. Only a few snippets of dialogue were changed. The game was released six days after airing.
- Quotes
Eric Cartman: Guys! We have to just go with this plan! We don't even have one movie yet!
Stan Marsh: You go with the plan! Maybe we'll just... go and do our own franchise!
Kenny McCormick: Yeah!
Tweek Tweak: Yeah!
Eric Cartman: Oh! You want Civil War! Is that what you want?
Stan Marsh: Yeah dude, Civil War. Fuck you.
Eric Cartman: Oh fu- oh fuck you! Get out of my house!
Kenny McCormick: We'll make way more money on our franchise!
Eric Cartman: Go ahead! I bet you don't even get halfway through Phase 1 on your franchise, DC Comics!
Craig Tucker: I thought Civil War wasn't supposed to happen until Phase 3.
Eric Cartman: Shut up, Super Craig.
- ConnectionsReferenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Corrosion of Rust (2021)
- SoundtracksSouth Park (theme song)
Music by Primus
Lyrics by Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Performed by Les Claypool, Trey Parker and Matt Stone
I'll admit, the first time I saw Zuckerberg being depicted as a martial-arts character, I didn't quite get it. But on repeated viewings, it's so right-on-the-money. The purposeful bad dubbing and evasive tactics illustrate how removed he is from a populace he's so personally infiltrated, while denying himself to be complicit in the platform's social-justice shortcomings. And of course choosing that portrayal makes for a setup where an actual battle with the main characters (posing as action heroes) can make sense.
This episode hits home. Perhaps a bit too closely for some. But for those who can't relate to the issues presented, I can see why the episode would appear nonsensical. (And really a lot of South Park episodes fall into that category, as the show gets more culturally and sociopolitically poignant. The episodes make more sense if you can relate to what's being depicted or if you're paying attention to what's happening in the world.) While this episode, as far as I can tell, wasn't set up in a way to inspire empathy among those who carelessly spread malicious rumors online, I hope it has that effect nevertheless, rather than being written off as a miss.
- SureCommaNot
- Nov 15, 2019
Details
- Runtime21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix