[3] During one scene, Cartman moons Kyle while making fun of Kyle's mother. The episode also advocates against censorship and addresses the morality and ethics of euthanasia. "[8] In the book The Deep End of South Park, Anne Gossage complimented the ambition of episode's themes of censorship and the morality of assisted suicide, which she called "a great deal of ground to cover in 20 minutes". It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on September 17, 1997. [11] Parker and Stone recorded commentary tracks for each episode, but they were not included with the DVDs due to "standards" issues with some of the statements; Parker and Stone refused to allow the tracks to be edited and censored, so they were released in a CD separate from the DVDs. This was the inspiration behind a scene in which Death inexplicably rides a tricycle while chasing the South Park boys through the streets.[1]. [South Park Main Street. In the episode, Grandpa Marvin tries to convince Stan to kill him, while the parents of South Park protest the foul-mouthed cartoon Terrance and Phillip. Death camp Of Tolerance is one of the funniest episodes of South Park in my opinion.I think it is the best episode of Season 6.The plot involves Mr.Garrison trying to get himself fired so he can sue the school for $25 million.So he brings in a new teaching assistant named "Mr.Slave".Mr.Slave and Garrison do many inappropriate gay acts in hopes that they will get fired.When the boys tell their … Marvin Marsh • Death (character) • "Are you … Kyle: Oh my God, they killed Kenny. "Death" is the 6th episode of Season One, and the 6th overall episode of South Park. "Death" was written and directed by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The episode, along with the Terrance and Phillip show, were inspired by early criticism that South Park was little more than flatulence jokes and primitive animation. When Terrance and Phillip is cancelled in "Death", it is replaced by She's the Sheriff, a sitcom starring actress Suzanne Somers. [1][6] The episode's script indicates it is wrong for someone wishing to kill oneself to place the burden of that decision on a loved one: in this case, Grandpa Marvin demanding that Stan kill him, without considering how traumatizing an experience it would be for Stan. Marvin Marsh was not based on any real-life person, but Parker and Stone wanted to create a rude and unlikeable grandfather character because they felt most elderly people were portrayed as sweet and lovable on television. Icon on South Park Studios. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Meanwhile, Mrs. Broflovski has organized a protest against the boys' favorite TV show, "Terrance and Phillip." 21:58. They hang a cow from a tree to drop on Grandpa when Death shows up. Grandpa realizes that he is too old to do it himself, so he offers Stan a dollar to shoot him, but Stan, not wanting to get into trouble, refuses. Death is a minor antagonist from South Park, first appearing in the episode, Death. Death wears a dark-purple, full-body robe with a hood that obscures his face. [4] The episode also takes the position that parents who blame their children's behavior entirely on television are evading true responsibility for problems that likely have roots elsewhere. South Park S1 E3 Oh My God, A Volcano! Without Terrance and Phillip to watch, Cartman, Stan, and Kyle discuss doing drugs and watching porn to ease their boredom. [3] The Cartoon Central network in "Death" is based on a mix between Cartoon Network and Comedy Central, the latter real-life television network that broadcasts South Park. "Death" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American animated television series South Park. It first aired on September 17, 1997. [2] Originally, they wanted Marvin Marsh to be known as the "molesting grandpa" who kept making sexual comments to Stan and attempting to play inappropriate games with him, but Comedy Central refused to allow it, which Parker said was "probably the right call". Meanwhile, Kyle watches the cartoon Terrance and Phillip, which revolves largely around fart jokes. [14], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Death_(South_Park)&oldid=999893896, Television episodes about personifications of death, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 January 2021, at 13:52. Death. It’s extremely unlikely that you’ll ever get hit by lightning, but if it was going … The Marsh family is celebrating Marvin Marsh’s 102nd birthday but Grandpa isn't having a great time. Cartoon Central • [1] A man named Mr. McCormick was killed in "Death" after he was flung via slingshot into the Cartoon Central building. [1] The character appears again very briefly in a later episode, "Starvin' Marvin". Great-great Grandpa tells him to not kill himself or he'll be punished like him (and Kenny). More than a dozen people have killed themselves against the headquarters building. This makes Grandpa annoyed, claiming that he shot his own grandfather when he was Stan's age. The latter quote being a reference to the South Park episode that featured his cosplay inspiration. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Grandpa Marvin decides to visit Africa, where over 400 people are "naturally" eaten by lions every year. Meanwhile, Death continues chasing the boys, but stops in front of a television playing Terrance and Phillip. Grandpa's sole birthday wish is for Stan to take part in his assisted suicide. South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. South Park Season show reviews & Metacritic score: Stan's Grandpa turns 102, and all he wants for his birthday is Stan to kill him. Death and the boys start laughing together, but after it is taken off the air, Death angrily touches and kills Kenny. Despite their protest of the show, they are shown laughing at various bits of "real life" toilet humor. All the while Grandpa Marsh is trying to convince Stan to kill him. "South Park" had previously mocked the idea of man-made climate change in the 2005 episode "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" and had taken smaller pot shots at the idea on subsequent occasions. He was voiced by the series' co-creator Trey Parker who also voices other characters in the series, including Eric Cartman and some of the celebrities as well as Kim Jong-il in Team America: World Police . Watch Random Episode. "[3], "Death" warns against such misplaced values and condemns the practice of censorship, as well as demonstrating there can be value in a show often dismissed as juvenile and immature, like South Park or Terrance and Phillip. [2] During one scene, Stan's grandfather locks him in a room and plays music by the Irish vocalist Enya as a form of torture to show Stan what it's like to be his age, and convince Stan to kill him. [12][13] In 2008, Parker and Stone made "Death" and all South Park episodes available to watch for free on the show's official website, "South Park Studios". [6], "Death" was released alongside five other episodes in a three-VHS set on May 5, 1998, marking the first time South Park was made available on video. Dying Fetus and Death Decline soundtrack Stan’s new extreme-metal band in South Park episode: Watch Stan's band Crimson Dawn deliver crushing brutality to the "Autumn Fest" crowd Watch Episode. Stream free-to-watch Full Episodes featuring Cartman, Kenny, Stan and Kyle in South Park, create your own South Park Character with the Avatar Creator, … In the 200th episode of South Park, which was broadcast last week, a proposal to bring the Prophet Mohamed to town is met with short shrift at a community meeting. [2] The image of Kenny sitting on a toilet in "Death" became a popular South Park poster. This is illustrated in the episode when Stan calls his mother seeking help because Death is chasing him, only for his mother to ignore him because she is too busy protesting the Terrance and Phillip show. [2][7] "Death" marked the first appearance of Snacky Cakes, one of Cartman's favorite snack foods. South Park Every episode of this critically acclaimed and award-winning show is packed with unforgettable adventures, cutting satire, and hilarious absurdity — from pissed off celebrities to talking towels and crime-fighting kids. His appearance is based off of the Grim Reaper of folklore. "Gonna Fly", Images • Later at school, Stan asks Mr. Garrison, Chef and Jesus whether he should help his grandpa kill himself, but they avoid discussing the issue, much to Stan's anger. Death Season s01 Episode e06 Written By Trey Parker Production Code 0106 Original Air Date 1997-09-17 Episode Chronology The Official South Park Studios Wiki [9] Gossage also said the episode shared many of the same characteristics of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, comparing Stan's contemplation of killing his grandfather to Hamlet's dilemmas after encountering his father's ghost. Grandpa's sole birthday wish is for Stan to take part in his assisted suicide. Cartoon Network was originally a sister channel to Comedy Central, given that Time Warner, Cartoon Network's parent company, co-owned Comedy Central until 2003, when Viacom gained full ownership of Comedy Central. The character's name led many to mistakenly believe it was Kenny's father, Stuart McCormick, but Parker denied this and said the similar character names were just a coincidence. Sheila and Gerald Broflovski, Kyle's parents, were named after Stone's parents, although he insists the characters are nothing like his real parents. "Death" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American animated television series South Park. During one attempt, he has a distracted Stan hold a length of rope, while Grandpa attempts to hang himself. 09/17/1997. South Park. Grampa wants Stan to kill him, the parents all want to kill the Terrance and Philip show, and Death just wants to kill someone. Death. Grandpa Marvin continues asking Stan to kill him, and demonstrates how terrible his life is by locking Stan in a room and forcing him to listen to a song in the style of Enya's "Orinoco Flow". When he leaves with Death and Kenny's ghost, he tells Grandpa Marsh he must wait to die of natural causes. South Park. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Metacritic TV Episode Reviews, The Death of Eric Cartman, After Cartman performs a truly despicable act, the boys decide that everyone should ignore Cartman to teach him a lesson. "[1], "Death" introduced several characters who would maintain important recurring roles throughout the rest of the series. Shelly arrives in time to stop Stan from doing so, who is horrified by Grandpa's trick, and the boys are put on TV in which they inadvertently place the blame on Terrance and Phillip, adding more fuel to Sheila's protest. [3], In the book Leaving Springfield, author William J. The next day at school Kyle discovers that Sheila has called everyone else’s parents and is leading a boycott of Terrance and Phillip in front of Cartoon Central headquarters in New York City. Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher.Bergman was the lead female voice actress on South Park from the show's 1997 debut until her death. 11/17/2004. Synopsis. He tries to convince Stan to kill him, but Stan refuses because he fears he might get in trouble. The episode was released on the "Volume III" video along with "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig"; other featured episodes included "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", "Volcano", "Weight Gain 4000", and "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride". At the end, Sheila and the other parents return and show the boys to watch She's the Sheriff and are again upset with the content and prepares for another boycott. South Park. "[1], "Death" also touches upon the issue of euthanasia, and whether it is morally or ethically wrong to commit suicide. Full Ep. Meanwhile, Mrs. Broflovski has organized a protest against the boys' favorite TV show, "Terrance and Phillip".[1]. In some cases, particularly early episodes, he would magically reappear after being murdered, only to be killed off again before the credits rolled. Among them were Sheila Broflovski and Grandpa Marvin Marsh. Furious about all this, the parents go back to the Cartoon Central network building to protest again. The episode ends with the boys laughing, and then laughing harder when Kyle farts. Stan's Dad -- who's on duty at the South Park Center for Seismic Activity -- needs to figure out what it means when the needle starts moving and the mountain starts to smoke. 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