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"Starvin' Marvin (episode)"

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South Park episode
"Starvin' Marvin"
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 8
Guest stars	Jennifer Howell Jesse Howell
Production no.	109
Original airdate	November 19, 1997
Episode chronology Previous Next "Pinkeye" "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo"
South Park - Season 1 August 13, 1997 - February 25, 1998
"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" "Weight Gain 4000" "Volcano" "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" "Death" "Pinkeye" "Starvin' Marvin" "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" "Damien" "Tom's Rhinoplasty" "Mecha-Streisand" "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut"
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This article is about the episode. For the eponymous character, see Starvin' Marvin.

"Starvin' Marvin" is the eighth episode of Season One, and the 9th overall episode of South Park. It originally aired on November 19, 1997^[1].

Spoiler warning! Plot details follow.

SynopsisEdit

While trying to get a free promotional digital sports watch, the boys end up contacting an organization that helps starving children in Africa. Mistaking Cartman for a starving African child, government authorities send him to Ethiopia. Adding chaos to confusion, a flock of wild turkeys revolt after their treatment at the hands of the local genetic engineer. South Park is at the mercy of genetically altered turkeys.

PlotEdit

In this classic episode, the boys send in money to Sally Struthers' organization to help Ethiopians, hoping to get a watch as compensation. There is a mix-up, and instead a little Ethiopian boy (Starvin' Marvin) is sent to them. Eventually, the government comes to get Marvin (who is at Cartman's house) to send him home, but Marvin lies and claims that Cartman is the Ethiopian boy, and Cartman gets sent to Ethiopia. Meanwhile, back in South Park, Dr. Mephisto's mutant turkeys go crazy, and the townspeople unite to fight them. But all ends well when the Turkeys are defeated, Marvin returns home with the Turkeys, and Cartman is returned.

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