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Hooked on Monkey Phonics

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“Hooked on Monkey Phonics”
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 13
Original airdate November 10, 1999
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South Park - Season 3
April 1999 - January 2000
  1. Rainforest Schmainforest
  2. Spontaneous Combustion
  3. The Succubus
  4. Tweek vs. Craig
  5. Jakovasaurs
  6. Sexual Harassment Panda
  7. Cat Orgy
  8. Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub
  9. Jewbilee
  10. Chinpokomon
  11. Starvin' Marvin in Space
  12. Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery
  13. Hooked on Monkey Phonics
  14. The Red Badge of Gayness
  15. Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
  16. Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus
  17. World Wide Recorder Concert
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Hooked on Monkey Phonics is the 12th episode of the 3rd season of South Park.

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[edit] Synopsis

Ms. Cartman buys Cartman a device that could help him win the spelling bee. Kyle falls in love with a home schooled kid.

[edit] Plot

Ms. Cartman tells Cartman she's bought him a present that will help him win the South Park Spelling Bee. She then shows him Hooked on Monkey Phonics. It's a device that features a drum playing monkey that plays to a cassette which teaches pronounciation and spelling of words. Reluctant to try at first, Cartman soon feels he can actually win the spelling bee.

At the spelling bee, Jimbo tells everyone he's betted on Kyle winning to Gerald's shock. Stan, Kyle and Cartman are preparing while Cartman and Kyle argue on who will win. Suddenly, two home schooled kids called Mark and Rebecca show up to Jimbo's anger.

The contest begins and Cartman loses immediately on the word "chair". The two home schooled kids make their way through with Kyle who fails which causes the home schooled kids win.

Kyle has taken a liking to Rebecca and develops a crush on her. Stan, Kyle and Kenny then ask Mark what home schooling is. Cartman catches onto what a good idea it is.

At their home, Mark asks if he can go to public school to which his parents reluctantly allow. Kyle then asks to talk to Rebecca but is too nervous.

At school Cartman has had enough of Mr. Garrison ridiculing him and goes to be home schooled. Mark (who is in a hamster ball for his protection) answers all of Garrison's questions.

In the playground the boys make Mark come out his hamster ball and duct tape him to the bench.

Kyle then sings a song to Rebecca but she believes he is busking.

The boys' fathers duct tape Mr. Cotswalds to a bench after he consults them on bullying Mark.

Mark is later duct taped again and after hearing about the Bay of Pigs Memorial Dance Kyle decides to ask Rebecca if she'll go with him to it.

Kyle visits her house and plays Doctors and Nurses to her parents' horror. Kyle leaves.

Cartman is visited by Stan and Kenny who tell him about the dance. Cartman has been lying in bed instead of being home schooled. Phonics Monkey goes mad from lack of food and kills Kenny.

At her house, Kyle finally convinces Rebecca to go with him and kisses her. She suddenly changes and tells him "he can bet his sweet ass she'll go".

At the dance, Rebecca is flirting with all the boys and has become a whore. When Mark sees what has happened to Rebecca he beats Kyle up and everyone thinks he's actually quite cool. Mark's father comes in and shuts off the music and asks where his children are. Mark then explains to his father that he can't keep protecting them since they need to socialize, or otherwise they will go downhill when they discover, as did Rebecca. Everyone then wants to hang out with Mark and his father is duct taped to the flag pole.

[edit] Trivia

  • Only appearances of the Cotswalds family.
  • At the dance, Kelly is there with Kenny, although Kenny was killed. (You can see parts of Kenny's hood behind Rebecca's hair meaning that he must have come back to life again).
  • Although Mark appears in a few episodes in a cameo role Rebecca isn't seen again (though if you look closely in Super Fun Time, you can see a girl resembling Rebecca with the same hair but differant clothes).
  • The flag of Slovenia appears on the door to Rebecca's room, just as her parents enter the room.
  • Last episode Mary Kay Bergman worked in
  • Kyle's hair seems to be bald in this episode but in other episode like Elementary School Musical, How to Eat with Your Butt, and Quest for Ratings he has red hair.

[edit] See Also

(A more indepth look at the 2 children of the Cotswolds)


Preceded by:
"Chinpokomon" 		South Park episodes Followed by:
"Starvin' Marvin in Space"


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