History Recap / SouthParkS18E5TheMagicBush

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Butters lies, saying he didn't uses his dad's drone and record Craig's nude mom; instead of grounding him (which he would have done even if Butters hadn't been a part of recording Craig's mom), he completely believes Butters' story.

* PetTheDog: Cartman's genuine friendship with Kenny, who is often his MoralityPet, shows up the beginning of the episode. He swears Butters to secrecy about borrowing Stephen's drone, but happily tells Kenny all about it and invites him to play with the drone, too.

* KarmaHoudini: Butters, Kenny, and Cartman never receive karma for posting a nude video of Craig's mom. In a twist, Butter is despondent of this, as he believes that all three of them deserve punishment.

* HypocriticalHumor: When Butters first arrives at Cartman's house, Eric won't let him until he swears that he hasn't told a soul about their plan to use the drone...and then immediately reveals that he blabbed to Kenny and called him over so he could play with them.

A thoroughly bored Cartman shows up at the Stotch house in search of entertainment; the video Butters and Stephen took of a nest of bird eggs fails to pique his interest until Butters mentions that they shot the footage with a drone. Excited at the prospect of spying on their neighbours, Cartman "borrows" the drone and that evening, he, Butters, and Kenny fly it around their friends' houses. They are particularly intrigued when they see Craig's mother, Laura, undressing with the curtains open - especially when they see how hairy she is. However, Craig's dad, Thomas, sees the drone, causing the boys to panic. Moments later, an enraged Thomas shows up at the Stotch house to demand an explanation, as Stephen is the only person he knows with a drone. Stephen insists that the drone has been in his garage all evening; sure enough, it's exactly where he left it. Thomas is not convinced, while Stephen is left wondering if the drone has a mind of its own (Butters being very obviously out of breath when Stephen asks if he knows anything fails to tip him off).

The next day, to Kenny's frustration, Cartman immediately tells Stan and Kyle that "someone" took a video of Laura and her "bush ... like a yeti". He fumbles an explanation that he downloaded the video onto his phone from the Internet, and to maintain the lie, he uploads the video to Website/YouTube, and soon half the school has seen it, enraging Butters, who confronts Cartman over the punishment he will face if Stephen finds out he flew the drone without permission - a conversation Kyle overhears, which leads Cartman to make a music video using the footage and upload it so that he can claim ''that'' was the video they were arguing over, which in turn simply angers Butters further.

The adults of South Park (all of whom have very obviously watched the video yet deny having done so) decide to protect their privacy by forming a neighbourhood watch using their own drones, and soon the air over South Park is filled with privately owned drones. When the drones continue to spy on Laura, Thomas asks the police to do something, and soon they are deploying their own drones, one of which shoots down Randy's drone as he uses it to spy on his co-worker, Nelson, having sex with his girlfriend. When the other adults hold a drone candlelight vigil, a standoff with the police drones turns violent, and soon a town-wide, purely drone-controlled riot breaks out, leading to the deployment of National Guard drones.

All the while, Stephen, never for a moment suspecting that Butters flew the drone without his permission, becomes convinced that his drone is autonomous, and decides to destroy it. But he never gets the chance, as Cartman comes up with an idea to end the drone wars over South Park, and he, Butters, and Kenny tie a blowup doll with a huge pubic wig to Stephen's drone and fly it past the crowd of civilian, police, and National Guard drones. The fascinated drones follow the doll ''en masse'' over Stark's Pond and into the distance. A celebratory dinner is held at the community centre, with Laura as the guest of honour for sacrificing herself to end the standoff (the adults being unaware that it was a blowup doll with a pubic wig). Her obvious discomfort dampens Butters' spirits, but when Cartman starts forming yet another plan to solve the problem, Butters decides enough is enough and accepts things as they are.

* CannotKeepASecret: When Stan and Kyle arrive at the bus stop the morning after Cartman, Butters, and Kenny's drone escapades, Cartman only lasts a few seconds before blurting out that someone used a drone to shoot video of Craig's mom and upload it to the Internet.

-->'''Cartman''': It's just Kenny! Like we're ''not'' gonna tell Kenny we having a fucking drone? Come on!

The adults of South Park (all of whom have very obviously watched the video yet deny having done so) decide to protect their privacy by forming a neighbourhood watch using their own drones, and soon the air over South Park is filled with privately owned drones. When the drones continue to spy on Laura, Thomas asks the police to do something, and soon they are deploying their own drones, one of which shoots down Randy's drone as he uses it to spy on his co-worker, Nelson, having sex with his girlfriend. When the other adults hold a drone candlelight vigil, a standoff with the police drones turns violent, and soon a townwide, purely drone-controlled riot breaks out, leading to the deployment of National Guard drones.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: This episode is a combination of the nude celebrity pics posted in late 2014 and later on the Mike Brown case.

* KarmaHoudini: Butters, Kenny, and Cartman never receive karma for posting a nude video of Craig's mom.

* KnowWhenToFoldThem: At the end, when Cartman claims everything worked out, Butters notes that Craig's mom isn't very happy. Cartman then starts coming up with a plan to fix this, but Butters, knowing that it'll just lead to more trouble, tells Cartman that it's fine and he doesn't need anymore help.

Cartman, Butters, and Kenny find out Butters' father has a drone so they take it out for a spin and record something that they shouldn't have

!"The Magic Bush" contains the following examples:

* IdiotBall: Butters' father blindly believes Randy's and Butters' lies about not taking the video even though all evidence stacks to them lying about it

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: This episode is a combination of the nude celebrity pics posted in late 2014 and later on the Mike Brown case.

* KarmaHoudini: Butters', Kenny, and Cartman never receive karma for posting a nude video of Craig's mom.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Butters' lies saying he didn't uses his dad's drone and record Craig's nude mom and instead of grounding him which he would've done even if Butters' hadn't been a part of recording Craig's mom) he completely believes Butters' story.

* KarmaHoudini: Butters', Kenny, and Cartman never receive karma for posting a nude video of Craig's mom

** Also the residents are rightfully appalled by the video of Craig's mom, even though normally they'd be talking about how much the video turns them on

* OutofCharacterMoment: Butters' lies saying he didn't uses his dad's drone and record Craig's nude mom and instead of grounding him which he would've done even if Butters' hadn't been a part of recording Craig's mom) he completely believes Butters' story.