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Diogenes the Cynic
11-03-2010, 09:34 PM
So the Kenny theorists were right. It makes so much sense in retrospect. His superpower was so obvious all along.
I'm pretty sure that Cthulhu is only the second most evil thing in the universe.
fusoya
11-03-2010, 09:38 PM
Oh right, part 2 of THAT. Thanks for the reminder, I'll pass this week. At least the new Nerd video is up, so I have something to laugh at before bed.
Diogenes the Cynic
11-03-2010, 09:40 PM
You didn't have to open the thread.
Blaster Master
11-03-2010, 09:47 PM
It had to be either Kenny or Clyde anyway because they showed all of them at one point without their costumes and they were the only two that couldn't be easily matched up, with one of the other heroes except for Mosquito before this episode, and then they revealed who it was when his mom showed up. But, like you say, in hindsight, it does seem pretty obvious, doesn't it?
Anyway, I liked the episode, nice to see the references to the new Batman movie, the LeBron commercial, and the antics of Cartman with Ktulu were amusing. Definitely the revelation of Kenny as Mysterion was pretty awesome and the tie back to his old ways.
Diogenes the Cynic
11-03-2010, 09:53 PM
Yeah, the LeBron send up was great.
So now we also know that Clyde is Mosquito, which means that, by process of elimination, Human Kite has to be Kyle. But who is Mintberry Crunch?
It seems to me that they could have let Butters out of that cage, by the way.
Blaster Master
11-03-2010, 10:18 PM
IIRC they showed Kyle in the last episode carrying his costume; if nothing else, the voice should give it away. I'd figured out Stan as Tool Shed by the voice too, but they also showed him at one point responding to an alarm, then they showed him walking into the basement. And, of course, Timmy and Token as Iron Maiden and Tupperware need no explanation.
As for Mintberry Crunch, I didn't recognize him when they showed him without his costume, but it was easy to match him up since you can see half his face in costume anyway. I figure the kid is completely new for this set of episodes and will then disappear just so they could do the gag of the lamest hero ever. I strongly suspect he's inspired by Aquaman.
The more important question than why they haven't let Butters out yet is why his minion General Disarray hasn't tried to spring him. He's not much of an evil minion.
pancakes3
11-03-2010, 11:46 PM
coon/cthulu's interaction was a reference to "my neighbor totoro", random i know
singular1
11-04-2010, 06:02 AM
OK, I don't follow sports. What was the LeBron sendup?
Cthulu was really beautiful animation!
Both Mr. singular and I said "what a lame ending" and we were both relieved to see there was another chapter coming next week. Hopefully General Disarray will rescue Butters - he's missed four days of school!
As for Mintberry Crunch, I didn't recognize him when they showed him without his costume, but it was easy to match him up since you can see half his face in costume anyway. I figure the kid is completely new for this set of episodes and will then disappear just so they could do the gag of the lamest hero ever. I strongly suspect he's inspired by Aquaman.
Mintberry Crunch is Bradley. He's not that new a character, but was just used in backgrounds and has only had a couple lines, so yeah, no one really knows who he is. I only know because it was talked about on another board I frequent.
Diogenes the Cynic
11-04-2010, 08:24 AM
OK, I don't follow sports. What was the LeBron sendup?
The "what should I do?" sequence was a spoof of a currently running Nike commercial where LeBron repeatedly asks the same question.
Drunky Smurf
11-04-2010, 11:15 AM
Loved the episode. The lines by Mysterions parents after he left had me cracking up.
Mom: "Did that really just happen?"
Dad: "I don't think so."
cochrane
11-04-2010, 12:08 PM
There's a third part? Excellent. This should rank right up there with the "Imaginationland" trilogy. Hopefully, there'll be a DVD release.
RandMcnally
11-04-2010, 12:46 PM
Pretty good part. I didn't really laugh out loud but I liked it.
It did make me feel bad for Kenny though.
Diogenes the Cynic
11-04-2010, 12:48 PM
I didn't know his parents were crackheads. Poor kid.
cochrane
11-04-2010, 01:23 PM
Pretty good part. I didn't really laugh out loud but I liked it.
It did make me feel bad for Kenny though.
Yeah.
I had always wondered if Kenny was aware of his multiple deaths. It has been hinted at before. For example, in "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" (season 1), Kenny breathed a sigh of relief at the end of that one that he hadn't been killed, despite being put into a couple of life-threatening situations. And in "Cherokee Hair Tampons" (season 4) Kenny became upset at Stan for crying because Kyle was suffering from kidney failure and might die without a transplant from Cartman, where it seemed Stan was ignorant of Kenny's many deaths. Now it's confirmed.
heathen earthling
11-04-2010, 06:10 PM
I had always wondered if Kenny was aware of his multiple deaths. It has been hinted at before. For example, in "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" (season 1), Kenny breathed a sigh of relief at the end of that one that he hadn't been killed, despite being put into a couple of life-threatening situations. And in "Cherokee Hair Tampons" (season 4) Kenny became upset at Stan for crying because Kyle was suffering from kidney failure and might die without a transplant from Cartman, where it seemed Stan was ignorant of Kenny's many deaths. Now it's confirmed.
And of course, the explanation suggested in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" (also season 4) turns out to be completely wrong.
quixotic78
11-04-2010, 07:21 PM
So the Kenny theorists were right. It makes so much sense in retrospect. His superpower was so obvious all along.
Is that what Captain Hindsight would say after seeing this episode? :D
I fucking loved it. Way to go Kenny. (Although I didn't like how Cartman charmed Cthulu. I knew it had to be from something -- even if I didn't know what -- but that knowledge didn't make it funny or less lame.)
Stan Shmenge
11-04-2010, 10:52 PM
Liked it better than the first part. Looking forward to next week. All the cliche comic book lines really did it for me.
Guinastasia
11-04-2010, 11:05 PM
It seems they know that Kenny comes back to life, too. I loved how when Mysterion was killed, they immediately rushed back to Kenny's house and got him out of bed.
Can't wait for the next episode!
TIM-MAY!!!!
heathen earthling
11-04-2010, 11:54 PM
I don't think it was immediate, I think it was a separate scene taking place the next morning.
cochrane
11-05-2010, 12:07 AM
Yeah, they did ask Kenny why he ran off. In spite of the classic "OH, MY GOD! They killed Kenny!" "YOU BASTARDS!" when he was killed.
jackdavinci
11-05-2010, 02:57 AM
Definitely the revelation of Kenny as Mysterion was pretty awesome and the tie back to his old ways.
Yeah I guess Kenny would obviously be the one with a hood and..mysterious...
was the LeBron sendup?
I was very lucky - I happened to not fast forward through this show commercial, so I recognized the parody. OTOH I have no idea what it was about beyond the commercial they were parodying.... (and' it's vague resemblance to the BP commercials)...
Mintberry Crunch is Bradley.
Really? He sounded an awful lot like Butters (and had a lame enough identity other than Butters' supposed bad identity being bars already).....
The "what should I do?" sequence was a spoof of a currently running Nike commercial where LeBron repeatedly asks the same question.
I didn't know his parents were crackheads. Poor kid.
You mean... Methheads
I had always wondered if Kenny was aware of his multiple deaths
No consistency - on at least one occasion we saw Kenny reincarnate by rebirth from his mother's vagina rather than simply waking up in bed. And truly, the motion picture was the first time it was even addressed. I think the true answer is "whatever is convenient to plot".
was the LeBron sendup?
I was very lucky - I happened to not fast forward through this show commercial, so I recognized the parody. OTOH I have no idea what it was about beyond the commercial they were parodying.... (and' it's vague resemblance to the BP commercials)...
I noticed in one of the airings of this SP episode, they showed the LeBron "What should I do?" ad during the commercial break just minutes before it was parodied.
Those comic book pages they used for a lot of stuff, I loved those.
I also like how they got all meta about people all over the internet asking who was who last week. Everyone calling Mysterion Kenny even before anything happened to prove it to us, Mosquito's mom calling him (with the other's whose identities were in doubt standing next to him silently until he responded), Kite saying the classic "you bastards" line. Kewl.
nikonikosuru
11-05-2010, 09:12 PM
Oh right, part 2 of THAT. Thanks for the reminder, I'll pass this week.
Ditto. I thought the first one was completely stupid and unfunny, I am missing any "Coon" related episodes on purpose.
drastic_quench
11-05-2010, 10:38 PM
I didn't know his parents were crackheads. Poor kid.
Looked like a joint to me.
Bryan Ekers
11-05-2010, 11:25 PM
Why are the kids still calling themselves "Coon & Friends" ?
thirdname
11-05-2010, 11:40 PM
Why are the kids still calling themselves "Coon & Friends" ?Because it pisses Cartman off.
Bryan Ekers
11-05-2010, 11:46 PM
Because it pisses Cartman off.
Clearly the lesson of Scott Tenorman has been forgotten.
MacTech
11-06-2010, 09:58 PM
I'm predicting that the latest "shocking twist" that will be revealed in the next episode of SP is that.....
Kenny's biological father is *actually* Cthulu!
think about it, what are the chances of two "normal" humans producing offspring incapable of dying? IIRC, Kenny has a brother that's never seen on screen, only referred to offhand
plus, Kenny seemed to recognize the "in stranger Aeons, Death may die" line for some reason, it seemed to resonate within him
I see it this way, Mr. and Mrs McCormick go to the Cthulu society party, Mrs McC gets drunk and somehow impregnated by either a cult member channeling the Big C, or by Big C Himself, but since she doesn't remember what happened at the party, she thinks her husband is the father of her unborn child, that becomes Kenny
remember, I predicted it here first...
BrainGlutton
11-08-2010, 11:35 PM
I liked the Goth kids in this one. "It'll be like a Nine Inch Nails concert that last forever . . ."
Just remember that Kenny doesn't come back to life so much as reincarnate very quickly (except that one time when it took a while. Burning his corpse apparently slows him down a lot. And getting stuck inside someone else probably didn't help.)
DxZero
11-09-2010, 12:48 AM
IIRC, Kenny has a brother that's never seen on screen, only referred to offhand
The pickiest of nits. Kenny's brother shows up a lot (http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin_McCormick). He just doesn't have any lines.
This doesn't necessarily disprove your theory, however.
BrainGlutton
11-09-2010, 07:51 PM
GOTH KID 1: Hey, I don't wanna kill anybody!
GK2: Dude, we're Dark Lord minions now! What did you think we'd be doing?!
GK1: Whatevs!
I'm predicting that the latest "shocking twist" that will be revealed in the next episode of SP is that.....
Kenny's biological father is *actually* Cthulu!
think about it, what are the chances of two "normal" humans producing offspring incapable of dying? IIRC, Kenny has a brother that's never seen on screen, only referred to offhand
plus, Kenny seemed to recognize the "in stranger Aeons, Death may die" line for some reason, it seemed to resonate within him
I see it this way, Mr. and Mrs McCormick go to the Cthulu society party, Mrs McC gets drunk and somehow impregnated by either a cult member channeling the Big C, or by Big C Himself, but since she doesn't remember what happened at the party, she thinks her husband is the father of her unborn child, that becomes Kenny
remember, I predicted it here first...
It needs to cover all the Kennys, though. Remember, every time Kenny dies, he gets replaced by an identical copy. Perhaps, once you are impregnated by Cthulu, you never stop having babies. And the McCormicks don't notice since they keep having sex all the time, and probably attribute a lot of weird stuff to their drug use.
jackdavinci
11-10-2010, 12:42 AM
It needs to cover all the Kennys, though. Remember, every time Kenny dies, he gets replaced by an identical copy. Perhaps, once you are impregnated by Cthulu, you never stop having babies. And the McCormicks don't notice since they keep having sex all the time, and probably attribute a lot of weird stuff to their drug use.
Yeah...there's no consistency with this. In one episode, he keeps getting reborn from his Mom and growing very fast. But in other episodes, including this one, he just pops back into existence with no one remembering he even died.
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