Volcano
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 | ||||||
| Original airdate | August 27, 1997 | ||||||
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| South Park - Season 1 August 1997 - February 1998 | |||||||
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"Volcano" is the third episode of the first season of South Park.
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[edit] Synopsis
The boys go on a hunting trip with Stan's uncle Jimbo Kernand and his friend Ned. Randy discovers a volcanic threat to the town.
[edit] Plot
Stan's Uncle Jimbo and his war buddy Ned take Stan, Kenny, Kyle and Cartman on a hunting trip in the mountains. When they arrive in the wilderness (just outside of South Park), Jimbo gives each of the boys a gun, a can of beer and a pack of cigarettes, and the hunting festivities begin.
It soon becomes apparent that Jimbo and Ned's idea of hunting is to slaughter every living thing in sight via military weaponry, regardless of the regulations, which they get around by yelling "It's coming right for us!" in order to exploit the loophole that they can kill any animal in self defense. Stan proves to not have the proper temperament to enjoy hunting (or at least Jimbo and Ned's idea of hunting), and finds himself unable to shoot a living target when provided the opportunity. However, Jimbo appears impressed with Kenny, who drinks gasoline straight from the can. While hunting the boys realize that one of the nearby mountains is rumbling, a fact Ned and Jimbo ignore until it is too late.
Back in town, at the South Park Center for Seismic Activity, Stan's dad, Randy, discovers that the mountain is going to erupt.
Meanwhile, on the mountain, Jimbo accidentally sets Ned on fire while the boys are roasting hot dogs, and Cartman tells the story of Scuzzlebutt. Cartman describes Scuzzlebutt as a creature that lives on the mountain and kills anyone who dares to climb to the top because it likes the taste of blood and to add pieces to its deformed body. Instead of a left hand he has a piece of celery and one of his legs is missing and has been replaced with Patrick Duffy. He also claims that he weaves wicker baskets as a hobby.
The boys don't believe Cartman's tale, so he decides to dress up as the creature the next morning in order to scare them. His plan backfires, however, when the boys tell Jimbo and Ned that Cartman is missing. Once Cartman dressed up as Scuzzlebutt is found, they realize they could become famous by shooting Scuzzlebutt. They start shooting at him until Cartman reveals that he isn't Scuzzlebutt.
At a lower elevation, some of the townspeople are organizing a search and rescue mission for the hunting party (yet unaware that the mountain is a volcano and about to erupt) while other South Park residents dig a trench, under the guidance of Randy, to divert the lava away from the town. Suddenly, the mountain erupts, and the hunting group tries to flee only to find themselves trapped on the other side of the trench.
The real Scuzzlebutt then appears and weaves a wicker basket, carrying the hunting party to safety. The lava then flows through the trench and, due to Randy's miscalculation, destroys Denver. Stan then kills Scuzzlebutt in a misguided attempt to prove he can kill something and make Uncle Jimbo proud. Unfortunately, Jimbo is less than impressed, saying the "some things you do kill and some you don't." Stan doesn't understand, since earlier in the episode, Jimbo would have shot an endangered species, and the boys decide that hunting sucks and go to watch cartoons.
[edit] Kenny's Death
Ned dropped his gun and by mistake the trigger moved and shot Kenny
[edit] Trivia
- Randy Marsh is introduced in this episode but is never mentioned as Stan's dad.
- Randy Marsh is missing eyebrows for (almost) the entire episode. They appear near the end.
- The third episode of the series, this is also the first episode to feature a variation on the "They killed Kenny" routine.
- In the Spanish dub, Scuzzlebutt's leg is replaced with Ricky Martin instead of Patrick Duffy; in the Hungarian version it is replaced with Tom Cruise.
- The song Hot Lava that Chef sings features on the Chef Aid: The South Park Album.
- While Cartman is telling his story Stan's arm is missing but later appears.
[edit] Quotes
IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US! "BANG"- Jimbo
Kumbaya My Lord, Kumbaya. Oh lord, Kumbaya. (when Jimbo starts to cry) Someone's crying, Kumbaya. Oh Lord, Kumbaya- Ned
You see that Stan! Now that's a dirty little bastard!- Jimbo
(When Ned Catches on fire) Ahhhhhhhh!- Ned
Hey, stop drop and roll Ned!(laughs, until a drop of fuel destroys his Hummer) - Jimbo
Be sure to use lots of bug spray, and if you have to go poo-poo don't wipe with poison ivy!(other boys laugh) - Liane Cartman
[edit] Cartman's Diet
[edit] Pop-Culture/Historical References
- Happy Tarts are a product that were mentioned in the film Orgazmo, which was a film created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
- Jimbo and Ned both participated in the 'Nam, aka the Vietnam War. Cartman said he fought in it as well, but he's making that up. Ned asks Cartman if he was stationed in Da Nang, which was the location of a major US Airforce base in Vietnam during the war.
- Jimbo blames the strict hunting and conservation laws in Colorado on the Democrats. The Democrats were in power federaly in 1997, the year this episode was produced.
- Cartman starts having "flashbacks" from 'Nam, telling somebody named Danforth to watch out for "Charlie". "Charlie" is a slang term for the phrase "Victor Charlie" which was the NATO phonetic alphabet name for the Viet Cong Army.
- Cartman tells Stan to "Go back to Woodstock" if he can't shoot anything. This is in reference to the original Woodstock Music Festival of 1969, who's major attendees were Hippies.
- When Ned lights himself on fire, Jimbo tells him to "Stop-Drop-And-Roll", which is the catch phrase fire safety measure.
- Mount Evanston is a real mountain located in the state of Colorado.
- When warned of Mr. Evanston's impending eruption, the Mayor tells her aide to call Inside Edition (A magazine series that featured crime, celebrity gossip and human interest stories), Rescue 911 (A television program that featured reenactments of real stories of 911 phone calls, hosted by William Shatner), and Entertainment Tonight (A TV series centered on celebrity gossip.)
- The monster known as Scuzzlebutt is missing a leg, in it's place is actor Patrick Duffy. When Cartman tells this legend to his friends, they don't find it very scary, to which Cartman responds by saying "What do you mean? Have you ever seen Step By Step?", Step By Step was a sit-com which starred Patrick Duffy.
- The song that Ned sings on his "cancer kazoo" is "Kumbaya", a popular Christian folk song.
- Ned and Jimbo hope to get on the cover of "Guns & Ammo", aka Guns and Ammo Magazine, a publication for gun enthusiasts.
- The towns people are shown a educational video titled Lava and You which is a parody of Duck and Cover, a nuclear explosion safety technique that suggested ducking and covering yourself would protect you from a nuclear bomb, much like how Lava and You suggests doing the same thing will protect you from lava.
- The lava is redirected into the city of Denver which is a real city, meanwhile your thinking, "no shit, of course its a real fucking city"
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