Line #14 Recap/SouthParkS2E14ChefAid


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3	'''Original air date:''' 10/7/1998
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5	[[Music/TheClash Joe Strummer]], Music/{{Rancid}}, Music/OzzyOsbourne, Music/{{Ween}}, Music/{{Primus}}, Music/EltonJohn, Music/MeatLoaf, Music/RickJames, and Music/{{DMX}} guest star in this episode where the boys set up a concert for Chef when he's accused of plagiarizing Music/AlanisMorissette's new song, "Stinky Britches" (when really it was a song Chef wrote and sang back when he was a singer).
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7	!!This episode provides examples of:
8	* AmoralAttorney: Subverted with Johnnie Cochran. He does help the record company executive sue Chef, but only because they pay him to. When he sees how Chef's friends eagerly seek to help them, he is touched and [[PetTheDog defends Chef pro bono]].
9	* BaitAndSwitch: One of many women Chef slept with is Sheila, which seems like she cheated on her husband. However, after Chef leaves, Gerald comes into the room and asks how it went, all but stating he knew and gave his consent.
10	* BigDamnHeroes: All of the musicians who help out with Chef Aid.
11	* BigNo: The record producer gets one after hearing Johnnie Cochran would represent Chef for free.
12	* CharacterCatchphrase: The music producer has "I AM ABOVE THE LAW!" whenever someone calls him out on doing something illegal.
13	* ChewbaccaDefense: TropeNamer. Johnnie Cochran talks about Chewbacca to the jury, saying that his case is so airtight he can waste their time discussing Endor instead of the case and still win.
14	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The music producer is so unbelievably greedy, he believes he is above the law, and even sues Chef on the frivolous charge of harassing a major record label, all so he won't have to pay Chef royalties.
15	** Johnnie Cochran's legal fee in the episode is two million dollars, meaning the music producer was willing to waste that much money (along with a judge and jury's time) [[EvilIsPetty just out of spite]].
16	*** It was the record company's money, not his own, that he was wasting, although that wouldn't have endeared him to his employers.
17	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: InUniverse. In addition to everything ''else'' logically unsound about the Chewbacca Defense, its core talking point is to muse about how odd it is that Chewbacca has chosen to live on the forest moon of Endor amongst the Ewoks, a notion which is, at best, a weird assumption based on OffscreenInertia (e.g., the Ewok village is where Chewbacca happens to ''be'' at the end of the original trilogy).
18	* DoingItForTheArt: In-Universe. Chef doesn't care about getting royalties from the song, he just wants to be credited for creating it.
19	* DumbassHasAPoint: Even Officer Barbrady thinks Mr. Garrison is being crazy.
20	* EvilIsPetty: The Music Producer seizes all of Chef's belongings including his photo album just to be an asshole.
21	* FanDisservice: Sheila and Miss Crabtree naked in bed with Chef. Into the Crabtree's case he has her wear a paper bag over her head.
22	* HistoryWithCelebrity: When the boys organize a benefit concert for Chef, they discover that he has helped a lot of rock stars in his career. For example, he inspired Meat Loaf's stage name and introduced Elton John to his lyricist, Bernie Taupin.
23	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Mr. Twig tells Mr. Garrison to go back to Mr. Hat after Mr. Hat bails Chef and Mr. Garrison out of jail. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
24	* {{Jerkass}}: The music producer. He is a massive douche to everybody and even tries to sabotage Chef Aid by sawing through one of the stage legs.
25	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The music producer guy thinks he should be above the law and goes out of his way to ruin Chef. Johnnie Cochran makes sure this isn't the case.
26	* KarmicJackpot: All the musicians that Chef helped out over the years turn out to perform at the concert.
27	* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Everyone thinks Mr. Garrison has snapped and that the Hat/Twig fight is his doing. Then Mr. Hat somehow drives the truck that allowed Mr. Garrison and Chef to escape the cell.
28	-->'''Chef:''' [[LampshadeHanging How the hell did he reach the gas pedal?]]
29	* PetTheDog: Stan gives Elton John a song he wrote for his girlfriend, Wendy, and requests that he sings it for her. Elton John does it during the concert and while he forgot who wrote the song, Wendy immediately realizes that Stan wrote it and greatly appreciates the gesture.
30	* PoliceBrutality: When Chef is arrested, the officers repeatedly hit him with their batons, despite the fact he's going with them peacefully.
31	-->'''Chef:''' OW! What was that for?
32	-->'''Police Officer:''' I don't tell you how to do your job. Don't tell me how to do mine.
33	* ProducePelting: Elton John gets pelted by tomatoes and bottles by the audience during his flashback of meeting Chef, due to his horrible lyrics.
34	* PunnyName: Capitalist Records is a play on the real life record label Capitol Records.
35	* ReallyGetsAround: After the boys finish their fundraiser and return to Chef's home to report him how much money they made, Chef tells them that he managed to raise over $400,000 by sleeping with various women in town in the same amount of time it took the boys to raise $100 by selling cookies.
36	* RunningGag: Whenever the music producer screams "I AM ABOVE THE LAW!" his hair becomes messed up, necessitating him to smooth it back with hair gel.
37	* SeriesContinuityError: During the same show. In the middle of the trial the prosecution and defense sides switch for no reason.
38	* ShoutOut: "[[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas And what happened then? Well, in South Park, they say Johnnie Cochran's heart grew three sizes that day.]]"
39	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Music/OzzyOsbourne bites Kenny's head off.
40	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Gerald and Chef discover that the prosecutor is Johnnie Cochran.
41	-->'''Gerald:''' Uh-oh.
42	-->'''Chef:''' Why "uh-oh"?
43	-->'''Gerald:''' Chef, that's Johnnie Cochran. He's the guy who got O.J. off.
44	-->'''Chef:''' Uh-oh.
45	* UnexplainedRecovery: Kenny is seen alive again within only minutes of being killed.
46	* YourHeadAsplode: One juror's head explodes when Johnnie shows the jury a monkey.

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