History Recap / SouthParkS19E3TheCityPartOfTown

* BrokenAesop: Lu Kim has a mournful soliloquy about how figures like him are now considered out-dated and being pushed aside to pander to a new crowd. The message loses a bit of its impact as Lu Kim's role in the series was never very prominent. For instance, he was absent for 4 years after Season 9 and again for 3 years after Season 15.

* KickTheDog: How Kenny's parents treat his sister Karen, with Kenny's mom wearing an "I'm with Stupid" shirt pointed at her and Kenny's dad telling her to just get a job and stop whining about not getting ice cream. [[note]] To be fair, that is the shirt that Kenny's mom has worn throughout the entire series, and usually it points at his dad when they're sharing a scene. [[/note]]

With South Park gentrifying, Kenny decides to get a job at City Wok.

!''The City Part of Town'' includes examples of:

** Primarily towards gentrification, through showing the aftereffects from the point-of-view of the people it harms: the low-income areas refurbished in order to cater to upper middle class yuppies and hipsters causes most or all of the low-income residents move out and small local businesses to close due to a combination of decreased business and increased operating costs. Several viewers have talked about how uncannily the [=SoDoSoPa=] commercials mirror the commercials for real gentrified areas.

* BreatherEpisode: After 2 episodes of heavily lampooning political correctness and insulting celebrities, this episode is much more tame. Or rather, it appears to be.

* KickTheDog: How Kenny's parents treat his sister Karen, with Carol wearing an "I'm with Stupid" shirt pointed at her and Kenny's dad telling her to just get a job and stop whining about not getting ice cream.

* {{Hypocrite}}: The boys regularly insult and even harm anything and everything from celebrities to special interest groups and thensome with total sincerity... but are deeply offended by Jimmy Fallon ribbing them on his show.

* {{Hypocrite}}: The boys are offended by Jimmy Fallon insulting their town. Even though they regularly insult celebrities right to their faces, with insults just as and sometimes more offensive than what Jimmy Fallon said, and mean what they say.

* TakeThat: Gentrification gets hit ''hard''. It's depicted as being nothing more than making an area look nice while harming the residents that actually live in there, with the shops and restaurants selling overpriced products and forcing small local stores and restaurants to close. Several viewers have talked about how uncannily the [=SoDoSoPa=] commercials mirror the commercials for real gentrified areas.
** Whole Foods Market, for their practice of only opening franchise locations in gentrified "artisan" neighborhoods frequented by hipsters.
** The whole episode was a take that to the critics and people who hate the show for being politically incorrect, by having the episode be an example of what the show would look like if it was as politically correct as they want it to be.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Mr. Kim's attempt to gentrify the shitty part of town seemingly fails, and he and Kenny are resigned to their fates (Mr. Kim's failing business, and Kenny's house having [=SoDoSoPa=]). The commercial for the town that closes the episode reveals that [=CtPa=] Town ended up serving as the home of South Park's Whole Foods, while [=SoDoSoPa=] is left to rot.

* TakeThat: For how "PC" the episode was, gentrification got hit ''fucking hard''. Its depicted as being nothing more than making an area look nice while not helping residents in those areas, with the shops and restaurants selling overpriced products while forcing small local stores and restaurants to close. There are even people talking about how uncannily the [=SoDoSoPa=] commercials mirror the commercials for real gentrified areas.

* TokenMinority: A number of them got roped into participating in the Whole Foods commercial.

* TokenMinority: A number of them got roped into participating in the Whole Foods commercial at the end.

!The City Part Of Town includes examples of:
* BreatherEpisode: After 2 episodes of lampooning political correctness and insulting celebrities, this episode is much more tame.
* CallBack: To be expected with the continuous plot line
** Kyle is told to stop making speeches
** Garrison's replacement is seen
** Garrison's presidential campaign is seen
* {{Hypocrite}}: The boys are offended by Jimmy Fallon insulting their town even though they regularly insult celebrities right to their faces with insults just as and sometimes more offensive than what Jimmy Fallon said, and mean what they say.
** Also the city claims their [=SoDoSoPa=] is helping poor residents (the McCormick's) when all they're doing is making the surrounding area look nice all while doing nothing to help them like offering them employment or paying them to use their property
* TakeThat: Gentrification is depicted as being nothing more than making an area look nice while not helping resident in those areas
** This episode is also meant to be this to those who complain about South Park being politically incorrect showing what the show would be like if it was as politically correct as people want it to be.

** Also the city claims their SodoSopa is helping poor residents (the McCormick's) when all they're doing is making the surrounding area look nice all while doing nothing to help them like offering them employment or paying them to use their property

* TakeThat: This episode is meant to be this to those who complain about South Park being politically incorrect showing what the show would be like if it was as politically correct as people want it to be