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* PaperThinDisguise: PlayedForLaughs. Rob Reiner's disguise as "Rita Poon" is simply to put on a wig. His beard is still visible and he doesn't change his voice. Naturally, [[AdultsAreUseless the tour guide falls for it]] until Reiner pulls the wig off and reveals his identity.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
** As Cartman reads his script from the teleprompter, he realises the intent to have the commercial's actor ''die''.
** When Reiner openly admits this in public, the townspeople backing him slowly stop cheering.
** As Cartman reads his script from the teleprompter, he realises the intent to have the commercial's actor ''die''.
** When Reiner openly admits this in public, the townspeople backing him slowly stop cheering.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Reiner, who is so oblivious to his KnightTemplar methods that he openly states to the public his intents to kill a child from his advertising campaign just to add to the shock value of his message against smoking. He acts beleaguered when the townspeople are naturally rather disturbed by this.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Creator/RobReiner said in a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7bnkna/rob_reiner_here_signing_in_for_my_first_ama_here/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Reddit AMA]] that he thought his portrayal was pretty funny, his only objection being how he’s [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne not really that fat]].
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* PrecisionFStrike: Mr. Mackey's response to ([[DelayedReaction finally]]) noticing the school is on fire.
-->'''Mr. Mackey''': What the-? HOLY SHIT! M'kay?
-->'''Mr. Mackey''': What the-? HOLY SHIT! M'kay?
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The This is the first time none of the characters learned from their mistakes.
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* CluelessAesop: In-universe. The anti-smoking group Butt Out comes to the school and puts on a presentation against tobacco usage which is so lame, so unimaginably childish, and poorly thought-out that all it does is make the kids utterly miserable, while simultaneously giving no ''actual'' reasons whatsoever why smoking is bad. Worse still, they end on the message "If you don't smoke, you can grow up to be just like us", which of course prompts the kids to ''begin'' furiously smoking to avoid ending up anything like the thing they just saw up on stage.
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* CluelessAesop: In-universe. The anti-smoking group Butt Out comes to the school and puts on a presentation against tobacco usage which is so lame, so unimaginably childish, painfully outdated by at least two decades at the time, and poorly thought-out that all it does is make the kids utterly miserable, while simultaneously giving no ''actual'' reasons whatsoever why smoking is bad. Worse still, they end on the message "If you don't smoke, you can grow up to be just like us", which of course prompts the kids to ''begin'' furiously smoking to avoid ending up anything like the thing they just saw up on stage.
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* JobSong: A chorus of cigarette factory workers sing a jolly song about the joys of their job.
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* TotallyRadical: An anti-smoking group performs at South Park Elementary, trying to reach the kids this way. Their approach is so painfully outdated that they actually causes the boys to ''want'' to smoke.
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* TotallyRadical: An anti-smoking group performs at South Park Elementary, trying to reach the kids this way. Their approach is so painfully outdated that they actually causes cause the boys to ''want'' to smoke.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The anti-smoking company. If they hadn't been so ''[[TotallyRadical lame and outdated]]'' with their approach (or at least if they hadn't said that "If you don't smoke, you can grow up to be just like us") then the boys wouldn't have smoked in the first place and there wouldn't have been an outrage.
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* OneSteveLimit: Subverted, two of the "Butt out!" members are named Kyle and Randy, which are also the names to two main characters in the series.
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The boys get in trouble for smoking cigarettes after being forced to go to sit through an anti-smoking assembly, but the ensuing outrage has Kyle trying to stay out of it as the scenario of the town being outraged over something minor has all been done before.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Creator/RobReiner said in a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7bnkna/rob_reiner_here_signing_in_for_my_first_ama_here/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Reddit AMA]] that he thought his portrayal was pretty funny, his only objection being how he’s [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne not really that fat.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Cartman idolizes Rob Reiner for enforcing his will on others at every turn. Then he learns the star of the commercial is going to be killed.
* BrokenPedestal: Cartman idolizes Rob Reiner for enforcing his will on others at every turn. Then he learns the star of the commercial is going to be killed.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Creator/RobReiner said in a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7bnkna/rob_reiner_here_signing_in_for_my_first_ama_here/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Reddit AMA]] that he thought his portrayal was pretty funny, his only objection being how he’s [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne not really that fat.]]
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Reiner emits green goo in place of red blood.
* BrokenPedestal: Cartman idolizesRob Reiner for enforcing his will on others at every turn. Then he learns the star of the commercial is going to be killed.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Reiner emits green goo in place of red blood.
* BrokenPedestal: Cartman idolizes
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* FatBastard: Rob Reiner uses propaganda to point out the dangers of smoking while ignoring his obesity to the point he needs butter to squeeze out of his limo, is constantly eating something and when Cartman stabs him with a fork, he bleeds green goo and deflates.
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* FatBastard: Rob Reiner uses propaganda to point out the dangers of smoking while ignoring his obesity to the point he needs butter to squeeze out of his limo, is constantly eating something and when Cartman stabs him with a fork, he bleeds green goo and deflates.
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** Rob despite being a stern critic of smoking is a serious junk food addict, is very obese and indulges in greasy fast food all the time even though what he does is just as hazardous as smoking.
* IdiotBall: Rob Reiner publicly admits to the entire town that he plans to poison Cartman and blame his death on the tobacco companies.
* IdiotBall: Rob Reiner publicly admits to the entire town that he plans to poison Cartman and blame his death on the tobacco companies.
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** Rob Reiner despite being a stern critic of smoking is a serious junk food addict, is very obese and indulges in greasy fast food all the time even though what he does is just as hazardous as smoking.
* IdiotBall:Rob Reiner publicly admits to the entire town that he plans to poison Cartman and blame his death on the tobacco companies.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Rob Reiner is a fat, lying manipulative bastard who is adored by South Park's townspeople for the TV show characters he played and possibly also the movies he directed.
* WouldHurtAChild: Rob Reiner's group tries to kill Cartman to further one of their attempts to persuade people to stop smoking.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Rob Reiner is a fat, lying manipulative bastard who is adored by South Park's the townspeople for the TV show characters he played and possibly also the movies he directed.
* WouldHurtAChild:Rob Reiner's group tries to kill Cartman to further one of their attempts to persuade people to stop smoking.
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*ActuallyPrettyFunny: Creator/RobReiner said in a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7bnkna/rob_reiner_here_signing_in_for_my_first_ama_here/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Reddit AMA]] that he thought his portrayal was pretty funny, his only objection being how he’s [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne not really that fat.]]
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* IdiotBall: Rob Reiner publicly admits to the entire town that he plans to poison Cartman and blame his death on the tobacco companies.
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* PlotHole: Rob Reiner is obsessed with all issues relating to smoking and stays on top of news stories on the subject, so he should have already known that Colorado allows smoking in bars.
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* MissingTrailerScene: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvKEimE4q8 A scene]] from the episode’s preview shows Butters being peer pressured from the members of "Butt out!" during the assembly doesn’t occur in the episode.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The titular anti-smoking group from the school assembly seems to be based off of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Abuse_Resistance_Education Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)]] campaign, as both use TotallyRadical methods of trying to prevent the youth from using cigarettes and drugs.
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* TotallyRadical: An anti-smoking group performs at South Park Elementary, trying to reach the kids this way. This actually causes the boys to ''want'' to smoke. That and their approach is painfully outdated.
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* TotallyRadical: An anti-smoking group performs at South Park Elementary, trying to reach the kids this way. This Their approach is so painfully outdated that they actually causes the boys to ''want'' to smoke. That and their approach is painfully outdated.smoke.
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* CluelessAesop: In-universe. The anti-smoking group Butts Out comes to the school and puts on a presentation against tobacco usage which is so lame, so unimaginably childish, and poorly thought-out that all it does is make the kids utterly miserable, while simultaneously giving no ''actual'' reasons whatsoever why smoking is bad. Worse still, they end on the message "If you don't smoke, you can grow up to be just like us", which of course prompts the kids to ''begin'' furiously smoking to avoid ending up anything like the thing they just saw up on stage.
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* CluelessAesop: In-universe. The anti-smoking group Butts Butt Out comes to the school and puts on a presentation against tobacco usage which is so lame, so unimaginably childish, and poorly thought-out that all it does is make the kids utterly miserable, while simultaneously giving no ''actual'' reasons whatsoever why smoking is bad. Worse still, they end on the message "If you don't smoke, you can grow up to be just like us", which of course prompts the kids to ''begin'' furiously smoking to avoid ending up anything like the thing they just saw up on stage.
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** Which is TruthInTelevision. Who ''didn't'' have to sit through one of these things at school?
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The is the first time none of the four boys realize they've characters learned nothing about the bad choices they made.from their mistakes.
-->'''Stan:''' At least we learned something here today.\\
'''Kyle:''' ''(disdainfully)'' No we didn't, Stan. No we didn't.
-->'''Stan:''' At least we learned something here today.\\
'''Kyle:''' ''(disdainfully)'' No we didn't, Stan. No we didn't.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Rob Reiner indulges in unhealthy eating habits while lecturing people about how unhealthy smoking is. He believes the tobacco companies, with their millions of dollars and their slick desks and fancy buildings, are responsible for making people want to smoke before the camera pulls out to show the slick desk and fancy building Reiner is in.
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** Rob Reinerindulges in unhealthy eating habits while lecturing people about how unhealthy smoking is. He believes the tobacco companies, with their millions of dollars and their slick desks and fancy buildings, are responsible for making people want to smoke before the camera pulls out to show the slick desk and fancy building Reiner is in.in.
** Rob despite being a stern critic of smoking is a serious junk food addict, is very obese and indulges in greasy fast food all the time even though what he does is just as hazardous as smoking.
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** Rob despite being a stern critic of smoking is a serious junk food addict, is very obese and indulges in greasy fast food all the time even though what he does is just as hazardous as smoking.
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* CluelessAesop: In-universe. The anti-smoking group Butts Out comes to the school and puts on a presentation against tobacco usage which is so lame, so unimaginably childish, and poorly thought-out that all it does is make the kids utterly miserable, while simultaneously giving no ''actual'' reasons whatsoever why smoking is bad. Worse still, they end on the message "If you don't smoke, you can grow up to be just like us", which of course prompts the kids to ''begin'' furiously smoking to avoid ending up anything like the thing they just saw up on stage.
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i highly doubt he was serious about wanting to actually disown Stan so much as just being very upset and angry.
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* IHaveNoSon: Randy is distraught after he learns that Stan has been smoking and burned down the school with his friends. This makes him want to disown his own son.
-->'''Randy:''' I don't have a son!
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* IHaveNoSon: Randy is distraught after he learns that over Stan has been smoking a cigarette and burned down the school with his friends. This makes him want to disown his own son.
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-->'''Randy:''' I don't have a son!
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* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Rob Reiner. He's a millionaire living such a lavish lifestyle that he overlooks maybe some people behave differently from him because they're not as fortunate as he is, such as when he hostilely lashed out at a bar patron simply for smoking indoors (though it's legal in Colorado bars) and asking him why doesn't he just de-stress by going to his vacation house in Hawaii or Mexico.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Rob Reiner is a fat, lying manipulative bastard who is adored by South Park's townspeople for the TV show characters he played and possibly also the movies he directed.
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* TotallyRadical: An anti-smoking group performs at South Park Elementary, trying to reach the kids this way. This actually causes the boys to ''want'' to smoke.
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* BrokenPedestal: Cartman idolizes Rob Reiner for enforcing his will on others at every turn. Then he learns the star of the commercial is going to be killed.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Cartman reads the lines for the commercial and is concerned about the part saying he'll already be dead by the time it airs. One of Reiner's people then offers him a special cupcake, which Cartman immediately refuses.
* SkewedPriorities: The boys are reprimanded and condemned by their parents for smoking, but not for accidentally burning down most of the school.
* StrictlyFormula: Much to Kyle's annoyance, the episode plays out like so many before it: things getting out of control, the townspeople turning into an angry mob, and the boys having to talk about what they learned.
-->'''Kyle:''' This is all following a formula!
* SkewedPriorities: The boys are reprimanded and condemned by their parents for smoking, but not for accidentally burning down most of the school.
* StrictlyFormula: Much to Kyle's annoyance, the episode plays out like so many before it: things getting out of control, the townspeople turning into an angry mob, and the boys having to talk about what they learned.
-->'''Kyle:''' This is all following a formula!
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* IHaveNoSon: Randy is distraught after he learns that Stan has been smoking and burned down the school with his friends.
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* PersonAsVerb: "I'm Rob Reiner, and you've just been Reinered."
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* JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites: The episode mocks the heavy-handed BlackAndWhiteMorality of the usual depictions by turning Big Tobacco into an industry run by friendly, helpful people, while anti-smoking activists are portrayed as sleazy and corrupt.
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'''Airdate:''' December 3, 2003
The boys get in trouble for smoking cigarettes after being forced to go to an anti-smoking assembly, but the ensuing outrage has Kyle trying to stay out of it as the scenario of the town being outraged over something minor has all been done before.
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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Believing Kyle is going to sneak behind his back to steal the commercial position for the Anti-Smoking team, Cartman sneaks into Kyle's house to nail his bedroom door at night. It turns out not only was Kyle just getting back to his room after getting a glass of water, but the door opened the other way. This still didn't stop Cartman from boarding up the door once Kyle went into his room.
* FatBastard: Rob Reiner uses propaganda to point out the dangers of smoking while ignoring his obesity to the point he needs butter to squeeze out of his limo.
* GilliganCut: The boys are forced to sit through an assembly by an anti-smoking motivational group they think is really lame and disturbing. The group ends their show by saying that if the kids don't smoke, they can grow up to be just like them. Cut to the boys frantically smoking behind the school.
* HypocriticalHumor: Rob Reiner indulges in unhealthy eating habits while lecturing people about how unhealthy smoking is. He believes the tobacco companies, with their millions of dollars and their slick desks and fancy buildings, are responsible for making people want to smoke before the camera pulls out to show the slick desk and fancy building Reiner is in.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Kyle realizes that they should tell their parents the truth because he predicts that if they don't the townspeople will probably show up with torches or something, and there'll be a big showdown until they talk about what they learned, and change everyone's minds. In the next scene the townspeople show up carrying torches ready for a big showdown.
* TotallyRadical: An anti-smoking group performs at South Park Elementary, trying to reach the kids this way. This actually causes the boys to ''want'' to smoke.
* WouldHurtAChild: Rob Reiner's group tries to kill Cartman to further one of their attempts to persuade people to stop smoking.
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!!"Butt Out " contains examples of:
* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Believing Kyle is going to sneak behind his back to steal the commercial position for the Anti-Smoking team, Cartman sneaks into Kyle's house to nail his bedroom door at night. It turns out not only was Kyle just getting back to his room after getting a glass of water, but the door opened the other way. This still didn't stop Cartman from boarding up the door once Kyle went into his room.
* FatBastard: Rob Reiner uses propaganda to point out the dangers of smoking while ignoring his obesity to the point he needs butter to squeeze out of his limo.
* GilliganCut: The boys are forced to sit through an assembly by an anti-smoking motivational group they think is really lame and disturbing. The group ends their show by saying that if the kids don't smoke, they can grow up to be just like them. Cut to the boys frantically smoking behind the school.
* HypocriticalHumor: Rob Reiner indulges in unhealthy eating habits while lecturing people about how unhealthy smoking is. He believes the tobacco companies, with their millions of dollars and their slick desks and fancy buildings, are responsible for making people want to smoke before the camera pulls out to show the slick desk and fancy building Reiner is in.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Kyle realizes that they should tell their parents the truth because he predicts that if they don't the townspeople will probably show up with torches or something, and there'll be a big showdown until they talk about what they learned, and change everyone's minds. In the next scene the townspeople show up carrying torches ready for a big showdown.
* TotallyRadical: An anti-smoking group performs at South Park Elementary, trying to reach the kids this way. This actually causes the boys to ''want'' to smoke.
* WouldHurtAChild: Rob Reiner's group tries to kill Cartman to further one of their attempts to persuade people to stop smoking.
