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14 The Death Camp of Tolerance

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First aired: 11/20/2002 Production Code: 614

After Mr. Garrison is promoted to 4th Grade teaching again, and in a meeting with Principal Victoria, he realizes that he can make a lot of money if he gets fired for being gay. So, he hires a new assistant, Mr. Slave, and performs lewd acts in front of his class. The boys complain to their parents and are taken to the Museum of Tolerance, where they are taught it's wrong to discriminate against people.

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1 Plot
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:18
In this episode, Mr. Garrison is promoted from being the kindergarten teacher to the fourth grade teacher; he had been previously demoted for admitting to being a homosexual. However, realizing that getting fired could allow him to sue the school for millions, he decides to get a partner (business and personal) named Mr. Slave, an S&M whore. He then proceeds to do outrageous acts in the classroom, culminating with performing gerbilling on the class pet, Lemmiwinks.

The kids' parents, hearing the children complain about their gay teacher, feel they are intolerant and send them to the Museum of Tolerance, and then a Auschwitz-like Tolerance "Camp" which uses arts and crafts and strict tactics and painful labour to teach children tolerance (the story pays homage to Schindler's List). Back at school, Mr. Garrison is set to receive the "Courageous Teacher Award" for overcoming adversity, and plans to make himself seem as insanely homosexual as possible to get fired; Chef remains the only adult critical of Garrison's behavior, however: "Children, there's a big difference between gay people and Mr. Garrison." Meanwhile, Lemmiwinks traverses the regions of Mr. Slave's bowels, receiving advice from a series of animal spirits who have already died there. (They sing a parody of the title song of The Hobbit animated movie.)

Finally, at the Awards Ceremony, Mr. Garrison appears with his lover in the most stereotypically, flamboyantly gay, not to mention sexually suggestive, mode ever, and when people continue to call him "courageous" for his actions he finally breaks down and screams at them, telling them that tolerance of something you hate is different from acceptance of it as good, and that he should not be allowed to teach the way he does. Revealing his plan to get money, he is thrown into Tolerance Camp, as Principal Victoria deems him "intolerant of his own behavior". The parents apologize to their kids, who have been released from Tolerance Camp, yet the parents tell them that they should have told their parents about Mr. Garrison, which they had been trying to do throughout the episode. The parents assure the boys of how much they suffered, but obviously their suffering was nothing compared to the children: they are emaciated and pale and are unable to even speak (to further the metaphor between Tolerance Camp and a Concentration Camp). Mr. Slave and Mr. Garrison are put into the camp, and Mr. Slave thinks of the horrible torture as "pretty fun". He suddenly coughs up Lemmiwinks, who has freed the spirits of other animals who died inside Mr. Slave's body. They appear to Lemmiwinks, revealing that he is actually the Gerbil King. Lemmiwinks is crowned and exits the scene, ending the movie, while the Ballad of Lemmiwinks plays in the background.

The animation for Lemmiwinks and the animal spirits guiding him is very similar to the children's animated show Wonder Pets.

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2 Trivia
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:19
* Prior to gerbilling Lemmiwinks, Mr. Garrison describes evaporation as an exothermic reaction, when it is actually endothermic, and not a reaction (it is a phase change).
* This is the first appearance of Mr. Slave, Mr. Garrison's boyfriend and classroom assistant.
* The Lemmiwinks side story references many hero's journey stories, such as The Redwall Series, Watership Down, and The Hobbit.
* This is the only episode from the show's first 6 seasons that is not included in the syndication package sent to local stations.

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