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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: After having to endure Cartman making numerous ridiculous accusations about her and claiming she led a Smurf-killing plot for their berries, Wendy decides to ''go along with it'' by fabricating a story where Cartman bolstered the Smurfs' defiance and forced her to wipe them out, even writing a book in the process. Afterwards, she resigns as student council president and gives the title to Cartman so he can face a barrage of libel.

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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: After having to endure Cartman making numerous ridiculous accusations about her and claiming she led a Smurf-killing plot for their berries, Wendy decides to ''go along with it'' by fabricating a story where Cartman bolstered the Smurfs' defiance and forced her to wipe them out, even writing a book about it in the process. Afterwards, she resigns as student council president and gives the title to Cartman so he can face a barrage of libel.



* JerkassBall: Butters becomes ''nasty'' after subscribing to Cartman's libel on Wendy by verbally harassing her and even urinating on her doorstep.



** Cartman's ''Dances with Smurfs'' parody mixes both ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/DancesWithWolves''.

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** Cartman's ''Dances with Smurfs'' parody mixes both ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''[[Franchise/TheSmurfs The Smurfs]]'' and ''Film/DancesWithWolves''.



** At ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', which many people compared to ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' (the idea of an outsider going native) and ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (the strange blue creatures that live in a forest).

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** At ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', which many people compared to ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' (the idea of an outsider going native) and ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''[[Franchise/TheSmurfs The Smurfs]]'' (the strange blue creatures that live in a forest).

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* ContinuityNod: Cartman's constant attacks on Wendy could be payback for nearly beating him to death back in "Breast Cancer Show Ever". Even if not specific to that incident, Cartman has been going after Wendy since season 1.

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* ContinuityNod: Cartman's constant attacks on Wendy could be payback for nearly beating him to death back in [[Recap/SouthParkS12E9BreastCancerShowEver "Breast Cancer Show Ever". Ever"]]. Even if not specific to that incident, Cartman has been going after Wendy since season 1.1.
* TheDogBitesBack: After suffering an episode's worth of libel and defamation, Wendy turns the tables on Cartman by using the Smurf genocide incident against him and names him student council president so he can face a barrage of insults from the new P.A. announcer.


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* PyrrhicVictory: Cartman becomes student council president but Wendy shifts the blame for the Smurf genocide towards him, gets royally pissed when he thinks ''Avatar'' is an adaptation of Wendy's book, and finds that he has no power in his position while Casey Miller insults him.
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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: After having to endure Cartman making numerous ridiculous accusations about her and claiming she led a Smurf-killing plot for their berries, Wendy decides to ''go along with it'' by fabricating a story where Cartman bolstered the Smurfs' defiance and forced her to wipe them out, even writing a book in the process. Afterwards, she resigns as student council president and gives the title to Cartman so he can face a barrage of libel.


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* PaperThinDisguise: Cartman's Wendy disguise is him just wearing her clothes and a wig, which doesn't cover his entire hair, and large, fake breasts while Wendy's are undeveloped.


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* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite the episode ending with Cartman becoming student council president, this fact is never brought up again. In fact, Wendy gets the title again when its mentioned seasons later in [[Recap/SouthParkS19E6TweekXCraig "Tweek x Craig"]].
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* CharacterTic: Casey Miller winks before he finishes a statement.
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* BlackComedy: The first five minutes of the episode focus on third-grader Gordon Stolski being threatened and eventually shot to death by a man who confused him for a forty-year-old trucker sleeping with his wife. The entire confrontation is broadcast over the intercom while the students react to Gordon's terrified pleas for help with varying degrees of horror, disbelief, and/or apathy.

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* BlackComedy: The first five two minutes of the episode focus on third-grader Gordon Stolski being threatened and eventually shot to death by a man who confused him for a forty-year-old trucker sleeping with his wife. The entire confrontation is broadcast over the intercom while the students react to Gordon's terrified pleas for help with varying degrees of horror, disbelief, and/or apathy.
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** Cartman is a clear spoof of Glenn Beck who was becoming more mainstream for his constant attacks on UsefulNotes/BarackObama.

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** Cartman is a clear spoof of Glenn Beck who was becoming more mainstream for his constant attacks on UsefulNotes/BarackObama. Glenn Beck actually found the parody of him to be pretty fun, though took offense that they had to use Cartman since Glenn was sensitive about his weight.
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** Cartman's style of hosting his show parodies the tactics of Radio/GlennBeck.

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** Cartman's style of hosting his show parodies the tactics of Radio/GlennBeck.Glenn Beck.



** Cartman is a clear spoof of Radio/GlennBeck who was becoming more mainstream for his constant attacks on UsefulNotes/BarackObama.

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** Cartman is a clear spoof of Radio/GlennBeck Glenn Beck who was becoming more mainstream for his constant attacks on UsefulNotes/BarackObama.

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* BlackComedy: The first five minutes of the episode focus on third-grader Gordon Stolski being threatened and eventually shot to death by a man who confused him for a forty-year-old trucker sleeping with his wife. The entire confrontation is broadcast over the intercom while the students react to Gordon's terrified pleas for help with varying degrees of horror, disbelief, and/or apathy.



* DeadBabyComedy: The first five minutes of the episode focus on third-grader Gordon Stolski being threatened and eventually shot to death by a man who confused him for a forty-year-old trucker sleeping with his wife. The entire confrontation is broadcast over the intercom while the students react to Gordon's terrified pleas for help with varying degrees of horror, disbelief, and/or apathy.
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'''Original air date:''' 11/11/2009
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* LoopholeAbuse: Cartman gets around accusations he is directly calling Wendy a prostitute (among other things) by ending his sentences with "Or is she?" He even uses this to justify his 400 plus page book that rips on Wendy to Stan.

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* LoopholeAbuse: Cartman gets around accusations he is directly calling Wendy a prostitute (among other things) by ending his sentences with "Or is she?" He even uses this to justify his 400 plus 540 page (!) book that rips on Wendy to Stan.

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** The Gordon's killer doesn't seem to notice that this Stoltski is a young boy, not an adult truck driver. He forces Gordon to read the announcements to prove his identity, but his scared performance only convinces the killer more that he has the right one.

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** The Gordon's killer doesn't seem to notice that this Stoltski is a young boy, not an adult truck driver. He forces Gordon to read the announcements to prove his identity, but his scared performance only convinces the killer more that he has the right one.


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* LoopholeAbuse: Cartman gets around accusations he is directly calling Wendy a prostitute (among other things) by ending his sentences with "Or is she?" He even uses this to justify his 400 plus page book that rips on Wendy to Stan.

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* BullyingADragon: [[TooDumbToLive Cartman is messing with]] [[LittleMissBadass Wendy]] again even though she can severely kick his ass.
* ContinuityNod: Cartman's constant attacks on Wendy could be payback for nearly beating him to death back in "Breast Cancer Show Ever".

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* BullyingADragon: [[TooDumbToLive Cartman is messing with]] [[LittleMissBadass Wendy]] again even though she can severely kick his ass.
ass. She does in this episode as well albeit in a non-physical, manipulative way.
* ContinuityNod: Cartman's constant attacks on Wendy could be payback for nearly beating him to death back in "Breast Cancer Show Ever". Even if not specific to that incident, Cartman has been going after Wendy since season 1.



* InsaneTrollLogic: The notion Cartman makes of comparing ''Avatar'' to Smurfs.

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* InsaneTrollLogic: This episode runs on it:
** The Gordon's killer doesn't seem to notice that this Stoltski is a young boy, not an adult truck driver. He forces Gordon to read the announcements to prove his identity, but his scared performance only convinces the killer more that he has the right one.
** Cartman's entire morning announcer persona is based on this. Even worse, he gets a sizable group of devout followers (led by Butters naturally) who believe his absurd claims.
** Wendy uses this to turn the tables on Cartman, admitting she killed the Smurfs, but blaming Cartman for it.
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The notion Cartman makes of comparing ''Avatar'' to Smurfs.Smurfs. Though this was intentional (see TakeThat below).



* TakeThat: At ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', which many people compared to ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' (the idea of an outsider going native) and ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (the strange blue creatures that live in a forest).

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
** Cartman is a clear spoof of Radio/GlennBeck who was becoming more mainstream for his constant attacks on UsefulNotes/BarackObama.
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At ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', which many people compared to ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' (the idea of an outsider going native) and ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (the strange blue creatures that live in a forest).


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** The ACLU is willing to bully an elementary school into letting Cartman spew his ridiculous lies.
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** Cartman's ''Dances with Smurfs'' parody mixes both ''TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/DancesWithWolves''.

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** Cartman's ''Dances with Smurfs'' parody mixes both ''TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/DancesWithWolves''.



* TakeThat: At ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', which many people compared to ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' (the idea of an outsider going native) and ''TheSmurfs'' (the strange blue creatures that live in a forest).

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* TakeThat: At ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', which many people compared to ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' (the idea of an outsider going native) and ''TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (the strange blue creatures that live in a forest).
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* LaserGuidedKarma: For the extra cream on top, after Cartman is KickedUpstairs as student body president, he is replaced as P.A. announcer by Casey Kasem, the nominee for announcer he previously sabotaged, and has to listen to him mocking him just as he had Wendy every morning.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: For the extra cream on top, after Cartman is KickedUpstairs as student body president, he is replaced as P.A. announcer by Casey Kasem, Miller, the nominee for announcer he previously sabotaged, and has to listen to him mocking him just as he had Wendy every morning.
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* ThinSkinnedBully: True to his usual self, Cartman uses his job as announcer as a means to rip on Wendy relentlessly, but then when he is elected to school council president himself, he can't even get through one morning of the same abuse from the replacement announcer.
-->'''Cartman:''' I'm doing the best I can!!!! ''*runs out the class bawling loudly*''

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