South ParQ Vaccination Special
South ParQ Vaccination Special
Season | s24 |
Episode | e02 |
Written By | Trey Parker |
Production Code | 2402 |
Original Air Date | 2021-3-10 |
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Official Description
The citizens of South ParQ are clamoring for the COVID-19 vaccine. A hilarious new militant group tries to stop the boys from getting their teacher vaccinated.
Full Description
Desperate for the COVID-19 vaccine, South Park Elementary teachers Mr. Mackey and Mr. Adler go to a Walgreens pharmacy, which resembles the exterior of an exclusive nightclub. There is a queue outside and the teachers and most other townsfolk are denied entry, as only elderly people are being admitted. At school, Eric Cartman tells Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski that he and Kenny McCormick have set up a prank by putting ketchup on the chair of their fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Nelson so that when she sits down it will transfer to her white dress, making it look like she is on her period. When the prank is carried out, Cartman gleefully photographs Mrs. Nelson, who is humiliated and promptly quits in anger that she is risking her life by teaching unvaccinated.
Former US president Mr. Garrison returns to South Park, accompanied by his new assistant, Mr. Service, and resumes his former teaching job in an effort to get his life back to normal. At a grocery store, Garrison is accosted by the White family. Bob White, a member of QAnon, tells him that he and other Whites were always on Garrison's side. He then asks Garrison what QAnon should do to stop the vaccinations. Garrison responds curtly, telling him to "blow shit out your dick-hole." White misinterprets Garrison's invective as a coded instruction to spread QAnon's conspiracy theories among children. White then orders QAnon members to become private tutors, or "Tutornon", so they can indoctrinate the children with information about assorted conspiracy theories. Back at the school, Garrison is annoyed to learn that most of his students have been withdrawn from school and are receiving private tuition because their parents hate him.
Castigated by their classmates over the period prank, Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny decide to make amends by obtaining highly sought-after vaccines for their teachers, under the guise of a group called "Kommunity Kidz". The boys gain entry to Walgreens by bribing an already-vaccinated elderly lady, but when she demands more money, they end up stealing a tray of vaccines. Cartman wants to sell the vaccines online, Stan wants the boys to take the vaccines themselves, while Kyle comes under pressure to give some of the doses to his parents. Putting aside their differences, the boys set out for the school to give the vaccines to their teachers, but are stopped by the Lil' Qties, a group of children brainwashed by their QAnon tutors. A fight erupts between the two sides and is joined by QAnon members and townspeople wanting the vaccines.
Garrison confronts the White family and learns of QAnon and its conspiracy theories about "the elite". White urges Garrison, still accompanied by Mr. Service, to join him in opposing the Hollywood elite. The three are inexplicably transported to a polar landscape, where White is ridiculed by the show's animators, transforming him into a giant penis, a pig and other forms. Garrison calls out to the unseen animators to let him go back to how things were, and he is answered by Mr. Service being transformed into Garrison's former hand-puppet Mr. Hat. Meanwhile, Cartman, Stan and Kyle start discussing a new plan to enter the school, but Cartman gets sidetracked into presenting a series of increasingly elaborate options on how they can share Kenny as a friend, now that the trio's friendship has been broken by mutual mistrust. Garrison decides to partner with the elites and arranges for an Air Israel plane to arrive with enough vaccines for every adult. Cartman, Stan and Kyle finally enter the school to give the vaccine to the teachers, but Mrs. Nelson is already sick and dies from COVID-19. At her funeral, the townspeople celebrate having been vaccinated.
Memorable Quotes
- "Look let's just face it, you guys. We don't trust each other, and we don't LIKE EACH OTHER. We can't keep pretending." Stan
- "I don't care what you do to kids, I just want people to like me again!" Mr. Garrison
- "And so it's time for adults to screw these masks and party like it's 2021! " Priest Maxi
- "Alright, Stan, look-- It's just the pressure of everything OK!? My dad called and-- I don't want my mom to die." Kyle
- "Anything fun happen at school today?" Butters
- "He whaaaaat?" Cartman
Songs
- "Down by the Lazy River" by The Osmonds
- "Need a Shot"