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08 South Park is Gay!

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First aired: 10/22/2003 Production Code: 708

The metrosexual fad has hit South Park thanks to the "Queer Eye Guys" and all the men in town are affected, except for Kyle and his Dad. Stan, Kenny, and Cartman give Kyle a makeover, and Gerald isn't far behind. Soon the women of South Park grow tired of the fad, as does Mr. Garrison.

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1 Plot
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:36
After the TV show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy begins showing, metrosexuality becomes a major fad among both adults and children, and all the men in town begin acting as if they're effeminate. The only exceptions are Kyle, who doesn't want to conform to metrosexuality and winds up being ostracized and beaten up ("Hey, let's beat up the straight kid!"); Mr. Garrison and Mr. Slave, two actual gay men who are likewise opposed to the fad since they feel the gay culture should be unique to gays; and Chef, who chooses not to follow the metrosexual fad and encourages Kyle to remain the way he usually is after Kyle told Chef that he didn't feel metrosexual following a makeover. The women of the town were initially in favor of the fad because their husbands and sons would show good hygiene and communicate with them, but soon grow tired of it when they start paying more attention to their own looks than the ladies'.

Kyle, Mr. Garrison, and Mr. Slave all go to New York to try to kill the Fab Five, but their mission fails. They then talk to the insouciant stars, who refuse to stop what they are doing. Mr. Garrison demands to know how gays could betray their own people, and then slowly realizes, they're not gay at all. The five, suddenly turning grave, reveal the truth: their skins burst open, revealing that they are actually from an ancient race of Crab People, planning to turn men weak in order to enslave the world.

Captured by the Crab People, the teachers and Kyle are unable to stop the five from their plans to metrosexualize the president; however, the women, finally fed up with everything, attack the Queer Eye guys and kill them. They explain that men need to be masculine and that's what really makes them attractive, even if they are gross. The producer says he will call the police to arrest them, until he discovers that the bodies of the Fab Five have crab people within. The producer, stricken, decides it's time to bring back the Latino fashion -- which the denizens of South Park immediately adopt.

Kyle is accepted back at school, but when he expresses anger at his prior exiling, the others call him "gay" and go play football.

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2 References to Pop culture
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:37
* Kyle’s look after he gets his makeover is very similar to that of recording artist Mick Hucknall of Simply Red.
* When Kyle is introduced to metrosexual style, and again when he is introduced to Crab People “style,” the scene parodies the opening credits to Queer Eye.

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3 Trivia
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:37
This episode introduced the Crab People, which are the basis for all bad ideas in the South Park universe. The creators thought of it in the writer's room and spent days deciding who the Crab People could represent in modern day life. When they couldn't think of anyone they decided to go out on a limb and just use their original idea. The creators have remarked that they still haven't decided if they like their decision or not.

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4 Censorship
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:38
When aired in syndication, Mr. Garrison and Jimbo’s entire conversation (“Those shoes say you take it in the butt!”) is censored (albeit rather sloppily, sounding worse than it really is), and the word “pound” from the sentence “That shirt says you pound butt!” is bleeped.

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