History Recap / SouthParkS1E6Death

While the parents of South Park head to New York to protest a TV channel over its most vulgar flagship show, Kenny gets explosive diarrhea and Stan ponders over the ethics of assisted suicide after his grandfather turns 102 and asks him to kill him.

** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Considering that ''South Park'', along with ''Beavis and Butthead'' and ''The Simpsons'' before it, were also condemned for being vulgar cartoons out to corrupt younger viewers, this show's moral about parents needing to take TV less seriously and be actual parents to their children is one that a lot of MoralGuardians need drilling into their skulls (both back then and now, considering that SethMacFarlane's shows get into similar scrapes with MoralGuardians over content).

* ContinuityNod: Stan says he can't kill his grandfather because "he can't even shoot a deer", a reference to "Volcano".

* RunningGag: Every time Stan asks someone if assisted suicide is okay, they respond with "I'm not touching that with a ___-foot pole," with the number in the blank starting at 20 and ending at 60.

** ''Terrance & Phillip'' end up getting replaced by ''She's the Sheriff''.

While the parents of South Park head to New York to protest a TV channel over its most vulgar flagship show, Kenny gets explosive diarrhea and Stan tries to avoid his 102-year-old grandfather, who wants his grandson to assist him with suicide.

** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Considering that ''South Park'', along with ''Beavis and Butthead'' and ''The Simpsons'' before it, were also condemned for being vulgar cartoons out to corrupt younger viewers, this show's moral about parents needing to take TV less seriously and be actual parents to their children is one that a lot of MoralGuardians need drilling into their skulls.

** Also when Sharon warns Stan about ''Terrence and Phillip'' being a bad influence on him.
-->'''Stan:''' It's just a show! It doesn't have any fucking effect on me for fuck's sake!

** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Considering that ''SouthPark'', along with ''Beavis and Butthead'' and ''The Simpsons'' before it, were also condemned for being vulgar cartoons out to corrupt younger viewers, this show's moral about parents needing to take TV less seriously and be actual parents to their children is one that a lot of MoralGuardians need drilling into their skulls.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Later airings edit Cartman's line "Kyle's mom is a dirty Jew!" by having the "dirty" in "dirty Jew" bleeped out. Unfortunately, it made the line seem ''more'' vulgar than intended. The DVD version has it edited the same way, while Netflix's print has the line completely uncut.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Later airings edit Cartman's line "Kyle's mom is a dirty Jew!" by having the "dirty" in "dirty Jew" bleeped out. Unfortunately, it made the line seem ''more'' vulgar than intended. The DVD version has it edited the same way. Netflix seems to be the only place where the original line isn't cut.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Grandpa Marsh calls Stan by the name "Billy". The same goes to ''his'' grandfather.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Later airings edit Cartman's line "Kyle's mom is a dirty Jew!" by having the "dirty" in "dirty Jew" bleeped out. Unfortunately, it made the line seem ''more'' vulgar than intended. The DVD version has it edited the same way.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Later airings edit Cartman's line "Kyle's mom is a dirty Jew!" by having "dirty Jew" bleeped out. Unfortunately, it made the line seem ''more'' vulgar than intended. On the DVD, only "dirty" was bleeped.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Later airings edit Cartman's line "Kyle's mom is a dirty Jew!" by having the word "dirty" bleeped out. Unfortunately, it made the line seem ''more'' vulgar than intended.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: [[TheOtherDarrin Phillip was voiced by Matt Stone in this episode, while Terrance was voiced by Trey Parker]]. They would later switch roles when the characters were brought back in later stories.

* TheOtherDarrin: Phillip was voiced by Matt Stone in this episode, while Terrance was voiced by Trey Parker. They would later switch roles when the characters were brought back in later stories.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The boys and Death pause their chase to watch ''Terrence & Phillip'' on a store window TV. When the broadcast is interrupted by the protest, the chase resumes.

** [[EditedForSyndication Syndication prints]] of this episode cut out the scene where the boys ponder other ways for fun now that ''Terrence & Phillip'' has been cancelled, including huffing gasoline, smoking crack and watching porn.

* DopeSlap: Cartman slaps Kyle in the back of the head for his mom calling the other moms and preventing them from watching ''Terrence & Phillip''.

* HypocriticalHumor: The adults protest ''Terrence and Phillip'' for making fart jokes, while at the same time making jokes about their diarrhea.

* RealitySubtext: The parents protesting over ''Terrence & Phillip'' mirrors what the creators thought how parents would react to ''South Park''.

** ''Terrence & Phillip'' end up getting replaced by ''She's the Sheriff''.

** A man named "Mr. McCormick" is killed by being flung into the brick wall outside Cartoon Central. At the time, fans had wondered if this was meant to be Kenny's dad. Trey Parker would later confirm in the commentary that the similar name was a coincidence and that they hadn't realized it at the time.

** ''Terrence & Phillip'' end up getting replaced by ''She's the Sheriff''.