History Recap / SouthParkTheCoonAndFriendsTrilogy

* OnlySixFaces: After Mysterion's debut poked fun at this with its famous {{Unreveal}} of Mysterion's identity, it's taken to greater heights here: as usual, Cartman, Tolkien, and Timmy (and Jimmy, who is not a member of Coon and Friends in this trilogy) are the only members of the main characters' class with unique character models, so not only is Mysterion's identity still unclear to the audience as the trilogy begins, so too are those of Toolshed, the Human Kite, Mosquito, and Mintberry Crunch. Much of the episode's appeal is them being revealed one by one through dialogue or context.

* OnlySixFaces: After Mysterion's debut poked fun at this with its famous {{Unreveal}} of Mysterion's identity, it's taken to greater heights here: as usual, Cartman, Tolkien, and Timmy (and Jimmy, who is not a member of Coon and Friends in this trilogy) are the only members of the main character's class with unique character models, so not only is Mysterion's identity still unclear to the audience as the trilogy begins, so too are those of Toolshed, the Human Kite, Mosquito, and Mintberry Crunch. Much of the episode's appeal is them being revealed one by one through dialogue or context.

* OnlySixFaces: After Mysterion's debut poked fun at this, it's taken to greater heights here: as usual, Cartman, Tolkien, and Timmy (and Jimmy, who is not a member of Coon and Friends in this trilogy) are the only members of the main character's class with unique character models, so not only is Mysterion's identity still unclear to the audience as the trilogy begins, so too are those of Toolshed, the Human Kite, Mosquito, and Mintberry Crunch. Much of the episode's appeal is them being revealed one by one through dialogue or context.

* PublicRelationsAd: [[ParodyCommercial Parodied]] in a commercial where Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP, wants everyone affected by the oil spill to know that they're deeply sorry, especially since he says it repeatedly across different scenic backgrounds.

* YouTuberApologyParody: Tony Hayward apologizes for an oil spill by saying "we're sorry" in different scenic environments.

* CassandraTruth: Kenny repeatedly tries to explain to Stan and Kyle the nature of his powers, even shooting himself in the head and performing HeroicSacrifices. A frustrated Kenny laments to Captain Hindsight that they don't even remember him dying or the many sacrifices he's made.

** The bit with Cartman kneading his claws on Cthulhu's back and falling asleep is reminiscent of the Looney Tunes short ''Feed the Kitty'' starring Marc Antony and Pussyfoot.

* FoeTossingCharge: Mintberry Crunch apparently has this power, judging by how his alien father claiming that the power of mint and berry was collided to blast away the "mint hunters of Kogenrah [that] got word of them"

* KickTheDog: Cartman randomly beats up a little girl at the airport simply for asking him about Mintberry Crunch rather than The Coon. Unlike the rest of his {{disproportionate|retribution}} campaigning in this special, this doesn't even aid him in any way.

* VillainousValour: Cartman/The Coon shows a surprising amount of this here, climbing up the collapsing support beams of burning rollercoaster to get to Cthulhu and confronting Mysterion face-to-face a couple of times. On its own, him confronting an eldritch being and trying to sway him to his side is shown to be about as risky as one would expect.

* ConvictionByContradiction: Implied; a ''literal'' hole in Tony Hayward's alibi of the spill being "accidental" is one worker sheepishly mentioning that marine oil spills have happened on their part before, and Tony Hayward outright saying "We no longer fuck the Earth, we DP it" (referring to changing their name to Dependable Petroleum). While not directly responsible for it, this hints that he just encourages the workers to drill in obviously dangerous spots.

** Also, Kenny is killed three times in "Coon vs. Coon & Friends," all by suicide. The episode ties with "Pinkeye" for the most amount of Kenny deaths in one episode (though two of his deaths in that episode were in his zombified form).

These three episodes make up "The Coon and Friends Trilogy." The episodes focus on Cartman and his friends dressing up as superheroes and trying to stop catastrophes, but they're upstaged by a superhero named "Captain Hindsight." Cartman tries to blackmail him to get him on their side. Meanwhile, many oil spills in the gulf occurred as they accidentally [[ItMakesSenseInContext rip a hole into another dimension and creatures start attacking people. The oil company drills a hole in the moon and causes Cthulhu to come out.]] And Cartman teams up with Cthulhu to get revenge on his friends who kicked him out of "Coon and Friends", while we learn about why Kenny can never die.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Instead of being a Professor X parody seen in ''[[VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole Fractured but Whole]]'', Timmy's superhero persona is the Iron Maiden, which is just him wearing a suit of metal and blades.

* JustHereForTheFreeSnacks: Ten years ago, Kenny's parents were members of the cult of Cthulhu but joined them to get wasted on the free beer they offered at the meetings. This does not surprise Kenny in the slightest.
* LaserGuidedKarma: At the end of the trilogy, Cartman gets locked in the same cell as Butters. When he angrily complains about the smell from Butters' poop bucket and nothing to eat, Stan [[IronicEcho quotes his own words back at him]], "You got poop, don't you?"

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The Coon utterly beats the shit out of Mosquito (for challenging the Coon's authority) and Mintberry Crunch (for trying to intervene). The rest of the group is understandably frighted by this.

* PublicRelationsAd: [[ParodyCommercial Parodied]] in a commercial where Tony Hayward, the President CEO of BP, wants everyone affected by the oil spill to know that they're deeply sorry, especially since he says it repeatedly across different scenic backgrounds.

** The bit with Cartman kneading his claws on Cthulu's back and falling asleep is reminiscent of the Looney Tunes short ''Feed the Kitty'' starring Marc Antony and Pussyfoot.

** Cartman convinces Cthulhu to kill Music/JustinBieber. While Cartman's rampage as a whole is portrayed as unjust, Bieber is depicted as a talentless AssholeVictim who strokes his crotch on stage in front of a crowd of preteen girls while singing a one-word song in a squeeky high voice.

** Also, Kenny is killed three times in "Coon vs. Coon & Friends," all by suicide. The episode ties with "Pinkeye" in the most amount of Kenny deaths in one episode (though two of his deaths in that episode were in his zombified form).

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The only thing Captain Hindsight can do is show up at a crisis and tell everyone what they should have done differently. [[ForgotICouldFly (He can also fly, not that it ever occurs to anyone to do anything with it.)]]

---> '''Cartman:''' It's not my fault you guys turned evil, Kenny!
---> '''Kenny:''' You are the bad guy, fat boy! YOU!
---> '''Cartman:''' I'm going around making the world a better place!
---> '''Kenny:''' For you! You're making it a better place for you!
---> '''Cartman:''' Right, that's what superheroes do!

----> '''Mysterion''': Then do it. Pull the trigger, Hindsight. If you don't believe us then you don't have a choice! Pull the trigger, you ''pussy''.\\

"Coon Vs Coon And Friends" - 11/10/2010

These three episodes make up "The Coon And Friends Trilogy." The episodes focus on Cartman and his friends dressing up as superheroes and trying to stop catastrophes, but they're upstaged by a superhero named "Captain Hindsight." Cartman tries to blackmail him to get him on their side. Meanwhile, many oil spills in the gulf occurred as they accidentally [[ItMakesSenseInContext rip a hole into another dimension and creatures start attacking people. The oil company drills a hole in the moon and causes Cthulhu to come out.]] And Cartman teams up with Cthulhu to get revenge on his friends who kicked him out of "Coon And Friends", while we learn about why Kenny can never die.

** A man appears in a glowing hologram and seemingly informs Kenny that he was sent from another planet and has powers. Then he names Mint Berry Crunch and continues the conversation from there.

** Mint Berry Crunch's narration isn't any better.

* {{Bookends}}: Early in "Coon VS Coon and Friends", Mysterion kills himself via a bullet to the brain to see if his friends will remember his death after he resurrects, which they don't. The episode ends with Mysterion killing himself with the same method, this time just to get back home quickly.

** Kenny's mom gives birth to a new iteration of Kenny, who quickly grows up to his normal age, like in ''[[Recap/SouthParkS4E5CartmanJoinsNAMBLA Cartman Joins NAMBLA]]''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Instead of being a Professor X parody seen in [[VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole Fractured but Whole]], Timmy's superhero persona is the Iron Maiden, which is just him wearing a suit of metal and blades.

* HijackingCthulhu: The page image. Cartman befriends Cthulhu and basically takes control of him, telling him to destroy Burning Man, Whole Foods, synagogues, hippies, San Francisco, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Justin]] [[TakeThat Bieber.]]

** When Mosquito attempts to lead Coon and Friends, the resulting slow-motion attack scene is taken directly from Film/AClockworkOrange, including the classical music and The Coon's reassertion of his leadership (right-right).
** Mint Berry Crunch's origin mirrors ComicBook/{{Superman}}. Mainly him being a superpowered HumanAlien who was sent to Earth as a baby and adopted by MuggleFosterParents.

** The "What should I do?" bit is a spoof of UsefulNotes/LebronJames' infamous commercial dealing with the fallout of his decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Miami Heat. It's even called the Lebron James technique by Cartman.

** Mysterions true identity is revealed.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The only thing Captain Hindsight can do is show up at a crisis and tell everyone what they should have done differently. [[ForgotICouldFly (He can also fly, not that it ever occurs to anyone to do anything with it)]]

* TautologicalTemplar: Cartman hits peak MoralMyopia here. He flat-out calls anyone he doesn't like -- his former friends, Burning Man, Whole Foods and Justin Bieber -- as "evil", [[BelievingTheirOwnLies frames himself as the guy who tried to calmly and compassionately reason with them and they the ill-tempered abusive monsters]], claims that him teaming up with an evil god to wreak destruction upon the Earth is somehow a heroic thing to do and it just escalates from there. No matter how hard the others spell it out for him, he simply refuses to see that he's the BigBad of this scenario.

* {{Bookends}}: Early in ''Coon VS Coon and Friends'', Mysterion kills himself via a bullet to the brain to see if his friends will remember his death after he resurrects, which they don't. The episode ends with Mysterion killing himself with the same method, this time just to get back home quickly.

** Cartman convinces Cthulhu to kill Music/JustinBieber.

----> '''Mysterion''': Pull the trigger, you ''pussy''.\\

** Followed soon after by Kenny's admission that '''"I. CAN'T. DIE."'''

* WhamLine: '''"I. CAN'T. DIE."'''

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Mysterion heavily implies his secret identity by stating that he dies over and over again, quoting Stan and Kyle's catchphrases on each occurrence just before it's revealed, the former casually addressing him as Kenny.

* ShoutOut: When Mosquito attempts to lead Coon and Friends, the resulting slow-motion attack scene is taken directly from Film/AClockworkOrange, including the classical music and The Coon's reassertion of his leadership (right-right).