Shots!!!

Shots!!!

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Season	s23
Episode	e03
Written By	Trey Parker
Production Code	2303
Original Air Date	2019-10-09

Episode Chronology

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  Band in China
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Official Description

The show’s creators celebrate the THIRD episode of Tegridy Farms. This week, Randy revels in a Tegridy Farms milestone. Meanwhile, Cartman stands his ground and refuses to get a shot.

Full Description

Randy Marsh celebrates the milestone $300,000 in profit that his business, Tegridy Farms, has made selling marijuana by organizing a parade and producing a television commercial touting the new customer base resulting from his recent deal with the Chinese government. However his wife, Sharon, is angered at him for incurring these endeavors without considering their cost or consulting her, despite the fact that they purchased the farm together to avoid the type of business it has now become. She is also angered that the Chinese government purchases their product to use it to frame Chinese protesters in order to justify their arrests.

Meanwhile, fourth grader Eric Cartman, who is terrified of needles, refuses the vaccine required by his school, squealing like a pig and evading restraint whenever a shot is imminent. Threatened with expulsion from South Park Elementary, he attempts to avoid vaccinations by lobbying to be designated a conscientious objector, citing fears that vaccines might make him "artistic". He has his mother, Lianne Cartman, repeat this notion at a town meeting, but she then abandons this ruse to confess with exasperation that she simply cannot restrain him for the shot. Fearing that this may threaten the herd immunity that protects their children, the other parents in town conspire with her to ambush Cartman with a shot as he sleeps, and when this fails, they hire an expert pig wrestler, Big Mesquite Murph, who captures Cartman and places him in a pen. However, Cartman proves too fast for Big Mesquite Murph to restrain, so a rodeo is organized, which will pit the non-immunized children of South Park against those attempting to administer the required shots.

When Lianne goes to Tegridy Farms to buy marijuana, she and Randy end up commiserating over the conflict they are each having with their loved ones. When she tells him he should feel lucky at having a partner in life, he realizes he has not been kind to that partner, who is owed an apology. He apologizes not to Sharon, but to his business partner, Towelie, admitting that he became greedy, and promises to end his business deal with the Chinese. Lianne, realizing that being a mother is the only thing she knows how to do, crashes the rodeo to rescue Cartman, and is accidentally stuck with the needle intended for Cartman. After freeing her son, she takes him home, but denies him the toy that children get after being immunized. Cartman later goes to his doctor himself for the shot, but is told that his mother is exhibiting side effects from the heavy dose she received, which was not intended for an adult. Eric discovers her painting a still life, horrified that the vaccine has indeed made her "artistic".

Characters

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Character Debuts

<char name="Parade Poop Picker" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-workforce-parade-poop-picker-upper.png"/> <char name="Danny Ray Johnston" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/4th-graders-other-4th-graders-danny-ray-johnston.png"/> <char name="Cowboy Doctor" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-doctors-cowboy-doctors.png"/> <char name="Sneaky House Call Doctor" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-doctors-sneaky-house-call-doctor.png"/> <char name="Clown Wrangler" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-entertainers-clown-wrangler.png"/> <char name="Cowboy Judges" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-entertainers-cowboy-judges.png"/> <char name="Cowboy Wranglers" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-entertainers-cowboy-wranglers.png"/> <char name="Big Mesquite Murph" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-farmers-rednecks-big-mesquite-murph.png"/>

Costume Debuts

<char name="Jamaican Randy" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-ego-jamaican-randy.png"/>

Locations

<char name="Tegridy Farms" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/business-tegridy-farms.png"/> <char name="South Park Elementary" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/school.jpg"/>

Pop Culture References

Pwn'd

• This is the second episode to tackle the anti-vaccination movement, which previously played a role in season 15's "Ass Burgers", where mandatory HPV vaccinations for the girls were a point of discussion between Cartman and Kyle. Mr. Mackey later misdiagnosed Stan with Asperger's Syndrome based on his depression as a result of him having been vaccinated.

Bonus Factoids

Pointless Observations

• This is the 300th episode of South Park in both air and production order.

Season 23

e1 Mexican Joker

e2 Band in China

e3 Shots!!!

e4 TBA

e5 TBA

e6 TBA

e7 TBA

e8 TBA

e9 TBA

e10 TBA