Tom's Rhinoplasty (South Park episode)
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"Tom's Rhinoplasty" is episode 11 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired February 11, 1998.
Plot
In this episode, Valentine's Day approaches, which Wendy Testaburger awaits as an opportunity to spend time with her boyfriend, Stan. However, when schoolteacher Mr. Garrison goes to get a rhinoplasty, a new substitute named Ms. Ellen comes, and all the boys in class find themselves inexplicably enamored with her, including Stan, making Wendy incredibly jealous.
Mr. Garrison's nose job works out well, and he soon finds himself the most attractive man in South Park (looking like David Hasselhoff). This in mind, he decides to quit teaching and spend his time "hanging out and screwing hot chicks." Ms. Ellen is hired as the class' permanent teacher. The boys by this time are actively trying to court her, but Chef (having beaten them in their attempts of courtship) warns them she is a lesbian. Unsure what that is, the boys try to become lesbians themselves, in order to woo Ms. Ellen's heart.
Wendy's attempts to ruin Ms. Ellen or make herself more noticeable to Stan all fail. But then, inexplicably, a bunch of Iraqi men burst into the classroom during a session, and declare that Ms. Ellen is actually an Iraqi fugitive; they take her into custody and shoot her via a rocket into the center of the sun. Concurrently, a large group of women rampages the streets in search for Mr. Garrison. Mr. Garrison, frightened by all the attention and horny women, decides to return to his normal looks. Wendy is therefore able to reclaim Stan as her boyfriend.
At the end of the episode, as Kyle is questioning the unusual end of Ms. Ellen, Wendy speaks with the Iraqi men in fluent Arabic and pays them with a huge amount of American money. She also thanks one of the women from the group that chased Garrison. Wendy, slightly deranged, admits she was behind the plot, proving that even the smartest little eight-year-old in South Park is more psychotic than most serial killers.
Trivia
- Miss Ellen is voiced by a celebrity guest star, Natasha Henstridge, instead of being "impersonated... poorly." She is billed in the credits as "That Chick From Species."
- The character Miss Ellen is likely a reference to Ellen DeGeneres, who announced she was a lesbian shortly before this episode aired.
- People Chef uses to compare to Miss Ellen when asking the boys about her are Vanessa Williams, Toni Braxton, Pamela Anderson and "Erin Gray in the Second Season of Buck Rogers."
- Mr. Garrison's new face is the one of David Hasselhoff
- Mr. Garrison throws up when the movie Contact is mentioned. This is the first of three times South Park has referenced Contact ("Cancelled" & "Tsst" were the other two). According to the commentary for this episode, this was removed from the initial DVD pressing because Trey Parker and Matt Stone express just how much they hate it (stating that after that movie was made, everything Jodie Foster and Robert Zemeckis made was automatically awful and not worth seeing). Warner took the commentary out most likely because of these comments. Some have even suggested this is the reason why most DVDs made after have included a disclaimer that states in effect, that the opinions in the commentaries and interviews on a DVD are not of the studio, but of the filmmakers.
- There is an alien visitor's face on the pin wall at the back wall of the classroom.
- The song that plays in the background whenever Mr. Garrison is seen after his rhinoplasty is "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb.
- The theme and song used when Wendy thinks of Stan was used in the unaired version of "Cartman Gets An Anal Probe", it also plays in Pink Eye when Stan makes up with Wendy.
- The boys do the Charlie Brown smile, like Stan did in the first episode.
- Cartman says that his mother told him that to become a lesbian one has to lick carpet. Carpet muncher or simply carpet are slangs for lesbian.
Kenny's Death
When the Iraqis arrest Ms. Ellen, she grabs a scimitar off one of them. She quickly loses her grip on it and it flies away, impaling Kenny between the eyes and pinning him to the wall.External links
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