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Recap / South Park S10 E11 "Hell on Earth 2006"

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Original air date: 10/25/2006

Satan throws a Halloween party, which turns into an episode of MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen. Meanwhile, the boys summon rapper Biggie Smalls through a Bloody Mary-type mirror ritual.


"Hell on Earth 2006" contains examples of:

  • Accidental Murder: This is Jeffrey Dahmer's excuse for killing the baker, saying he was simply startled.
  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Butters certainly isn't when being held at gunpoint by Biggie Smalls.
    Butters: Please don't ice me, homie!
  • Arbitrary Skepticism: The boys regard the Biggie Smalls ghost story as just that; a scary story that unnerves them, but probably isn’t true. Of course they all come to find out that it is true, but it seems odd that the boys were so shocked that they could summon the spirit of a dead rapper when many supernatural occurrences have transpired in South Park.
  • Bait-and-Switch Comment: The episode opens with Satan addressing his council to say that Halloween is a night of evil and that he will open the gates of Hell to unleash his minions upon Earth. He then says this is for a big party.
  • Big "NO!": Biggie Smalls every time he gets summoned while en route to the party.
  • Cluster F-Bomb: A thoroughly fed up Biggie drops one of these after being summoned for a third time by Randy.
    Biggie Smalls: Motherfuckin' goddamnit!
  • Continuity Nod:
    • One of the party guests is dressed as Chef, who died in the same season.
    • Turd Sandwich and Sexual Harassment Panda are party guests as well.
    • Among the party's guests there are also Adolf Hitler, George Burns and Mahatma Gandhi, a nod to the South Park movie where they appeared as damned souls in Hell.
  • Crazy-Prepared: The church had planned to shut down Satan's party by issuing a complaint to the Fire Marshal about the number of people there. One phone call later:
    Cardinal Mahoney: The Fire Marshal is at the party! Satan invited him!
    Priest: Satan's trickery knows no bounds!
  • Dude, Not Funny!: Satan gets a complaint that someone's in the party wearing a Steve Irwin costume, complete with a stingray stuck to his chest, which Satan considers insensitive and wants to throw him out for it. Turns out it's actually Steve Irwin, but since he's not actually wearing a costume, Satan thinks that's also grounds to throw him out of the party.
  • Even Evil Has Standards:
    • Played for Laughs. After disturbing his guests with his mega tantrum, Satan has a huge Heel Realization, realising that he has become as spoiled as the rich teenage girls of MTV. Even one minion insists that's too harsh and Satan isn't that bad.
    • As mentioned above in Dude, Not Funny!, impersonating Steve Irwin in his final moments is a line Satan won't cross.
  • Fate Worse than Death: Butters considers getting shot by Biggie Smalls a better alternative to getting grounded by his parents.
  • Heel Realization: Satan realizes what a jerk he's been. He sincerely apologizes and opens his party up to everyone.
  • Hope Spot: Some of the people at Satan's party are about to summon Biggie Smalls, but they chicken out at the last second.
  • Huge Holographic Head: Satan appears as one of these to the damned to tell them about the party he is throwing for Halloween.
  • Hypocrite: Satan tells all of Hell that whoever's attending the party can't come dressed as The Crow, but he says "they wanna look hot and hook up" and "it's lame". Later see his original costume was The Crow, before switching with Zazul's schoolgirl/Britney Spears costume.
  • It's All About Me: Satan has this moment when an Acura cake is delivered to his party instead of a Ferrari cake. He says the exact wording of this trope as he explodes over the cake being the wrong car.
  • Laughably Evil: Bundy, Dahmer and Gacy manage to screw up a task as simple as picking up a cake as they're unable to control their bloodlust.
  • Mass "Oh, Crap!": How the boys react when they actually manage to summon Biggie Smalls.
    Stan: It does work!
    Kyle: Holy crap!
    Biggie Smalls: That's it! Now I'm pissed! (pulls out his gun and starts shooting at the boys)
  • Mirror Monster: Biggie gets summoned into the room when Butters says his name three times while looking in the mirror. Then it happens again with the other boys and then Randy, each time pissing him off more and more since he's trying to make it to Satan's party until Butters finally resolves the situation as described below.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Satan asks himself this when he realizes his temper tantrum is making the guests storm off back to Hell. He doesn't want them to leave, so he promises to change his ways.
  • N-Word Privileges: Subverted, as Butters uses the word while he's repeating what Biggie says. Smalls looks at him in a disapproving manner, but doesn't necessarily call him out on it.
  • Oh, Crap!: The other boys when Linda says Butters mentioned something about summoning Biggie Smalls. Ditto when Kyle does actually summon him.
  • Only Sane Man: Ted Bundy in response to Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy's murderous antics.
  • Pedophile Priest: The priests who try to crash the party all have naked boys on leashes.
  • Pet the Dog: While Cartman is usually portrayed as a selfish jerk who barely cares about his friends, he actually seems to be the most concerned when Butters disappears after summoning Biggie Smalls.
    Kyle: It’s just a spooky story.
    Tweek: Then how come you couldn’t do it?
    Kyle: I can do it. I just got... Look, it just doesn’t matter, because it’s not true.
    Cartman: How can we be sure? How do we know Butters isn’t with Biggie right now, being tormented by him.
  • Pretty Fly for a White Guy: Butters starts acting this way, after summoning Smalls. Him knowing the assorted terminology is attributed to Linda letting him watch BET.
  • Product Delivery Ordeal: Satan is planning to do a party to celebrate his birthday, Sweet 16 style. His greatest longing to this end is a cake shaped like a real-size Ferrari Enzo, and his loyal servant instructs three historical murderers brought back to life (Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy) to deliver it. Over the course of the episode, the three killers attempt to lift the cake with a tow truck's crane to transport it, but ultimately their ineptitude leads to the cake falling down and crumbling to pieces. They hastily try to remake the cake, but end up killing each other due to their mutual hatred.
  • Rule of Three: The number of times Biggie Smalls gets untimely summoned to someone's bathroom, followed by him angrily firing at whoever did that. The last time he gets summoned in the episode is on the open through a pocket mirror, so it doesn't count.
  • Shout-Out: Several of the party guests' costumes (i.e. SpongeBob SquarePants, Captain America, etc.).
  • Take That!: Obviously a huge one to MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen.
    Satan: Oh God, what's happened to me? I've never been this terrible before. By trying to have a party like those spoiled rich teenage girls on MTV, I've become like one of them.
    Zazul: Satan, don't be so hard on yourself. You're not as bad as they are.
  • This Is Gonna Suck: After the Ferrari cake is accidentally destroyed, the three killers acknowledge how they are in big trouble when Satan finds out.
  • Throw the Dog a Bone: Butters ensures that Biggie Smalls gets to the party in time by borrowing a pocket mirror from a passing woman. Biggie thanks him and invites him in as his guest. Butters figures he'll be grounded tomorrow regardless so he might as well enjoy himself tonight.
  • Unexpectedly Real Magic: A running joke throughout the episode is various characters being dared into summoning Biggie Smalls in a Bloody Mary-type ritual. Most end up chickening out and defending their actions by saying it's not real, only to try later when they're alone and succeed in summoning Biggie.
  • [Verb] This!: "Cool this, sucker!"
  • Yank the Dog's Chain: Smalls's attempt to go to the party are repeatedly ruined. First by Butters, but just as they get on a plane to fly out, the other boys summon Biggie. And just as the boys get him to the airport and a boarding plane, Randy summons him. And when people who are at the party attempt to summon him, they are unable to due to being too freaked out to finish the last line.

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