History Recap / SouthParkS1E6Death

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

* ToiletHumor: Even more than usual this episode, to the point that it's constantly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[SelfDeprecation mocked]].

* ToiletHumor: Even more than usual this episode, to the point that it's constantly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[SelfDeprecation mocked]]

'''Airdate:''' September 17, 1997

* DrivenToSuicide: Grandpa Marsh

** The episode makes a point of avoiding talking about the issue of euthanasia, with each character Stan asks saying they won't touch it with "a ___-foot pole", and the episode just ending with the (almost certainly intentional) CaptainObviousAesop that you shouldn't have prepubescent children assisting in euthanasia. Later episodes of South Park would not shy away from discussing controversial political issues, with some even taking an obvious side of the debate.[[invoked]]
* EverybodyLaughsEnding

* {{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 (which is now gone, so [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding it]], although it has returned as of 2019 in Australia) and the HD remaster has the line completely uncut.

* NegativeContinuity: Despite ''Terrance and Phillip'' getting cancelled by the end, they're back on the air in later episodes.

* {{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 (which is now gone, so [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding it]], although it has returned as of 2019 in Australia) has the line completely uncut.

** The episode makes a point of avoiding talking about the issue of euthanasia, with each character Stan asks saying they won't touch it with "a ___-foot pole." Later episodes of South Park would not shy away from discussing controversial political issues, with some even taking an obvious side of the debate.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: The Angel of Death kills him with a single touch.

* {{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 (which is now gone, so [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck finding it]]) has the line completely uncut.

* RunningGag: Every time Stan asks someone if it's okay to kill someone who is suicidal, 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 and Phillip'' is explicitly described as a cartoon in this episode, with their odd appearance being because in-universe they are crude animations. In "Bigger, Longer and Uncut'' this would be retconned to them being real comedians and all Canadians looking like that in the South Park universe.

* NegativeContinuity: Despite ''Terrence and Phillip'' getting cancelled by the end, they're back on the air in later episodes.

* TheGrimReaper

* TakeThat: Grandpa Marsh finally gets Stan to assist him in suicide by getting him to know what being old is like. He proceeds to lock him in a closet and forces him to listen to {{Music/Enya}} music.

** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Considering that ''South Park'', along with ''Beavis and Butthead'' and ''The Simpsons'' before it, and ''Family Guy'' after it, were also condemned for being vulgar cartoons out to corrupt younger viewers with its subversive content, 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 Creator/SethMacFarlane's shows get into similar scrapes with MoralGuardians over content).

* NamesTheSame: Here, both Kyle and Stan's moms are named Carol. This was before they were named Sheila and Sharon respectively.
** 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.
** Also counts as HilariousInHindsight, since the man gets killed in the process.

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

** 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 with its subversive content, 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 Creator/SethMacFarlane's shows get into similar scrapes with MoralGuardians over content).

** 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 with its subversive content, 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).

** Sheila demands more "quality" programming like ''FullHouse''.