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* EvilFeelsGood: skankhunt42 is having the time of his life offending people with offensive comments and getting away with it.

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* EvilFeelsGood: skankhunt42 is having the time of his life offending people with offensive comments and getting away with it.



* ForTheLulz: The reason Gerald is trolling everybody.

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* ForTheLulz: The reason Gerald skankhunt42 is trolling everybody.
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* EvilFeelsGood: skankhunt42 is having the ball of his life offending people with offensive comments and getting away with it.

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* EvilFeelsGood: skankhunt42 is having the ball time of his life offending people with offensive comments and getting away with it.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: After Heidi quits Twitter, Mr. Mackey spends most of the episode trying to convince Scott Malkinson not to do it. By the end of the episode, he gets so sick of him that he whispers under his breath that he should [[JustEatGilligan just do it already]].

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* AttentionWhore: Scott Malkinson

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* AttentionWhore: Scott MalkinsonMalkinson. Mr. Mackey is sympathetic when Scott tells him he's thinking about quitting Twitter at first, but then Scott keeps badgering him, making it clear he just wants attention.



* GoodAllAlong: To a certain extent, ''Cartman'' of all people was not the sexist internet troll troubling the town.



* RedHerring: Cartman was made out to be skankhunt42, but is revealed to have been innocent.



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* WhamEpisodeWhamEpisode: See DownerEnding.
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* CrackPairing: Kevin and Red is confirmed [[spoiler:and [[ShipSinking destroyed]]]]


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* GilliganCut: A women claims that all troll's are just sad lonely boys who have nothing better to do and should just be left to wallow in their own misery, cut to [[spoiler:Gerald]] [[EvilFeelsGood being the happiest man in south park.]]


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** Whole Foods makes an appearance to spite it's [[spoiler:flying away at the end of "PC Principal: Final Justice".]]
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** The girls have a "Twerpz" poster, an obvious parody of the "Bratz", franchise.

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** The girls have a "Twerpz" poster, an obvious parody of the "Bratz", franchise."Franchise/{{Bratz}}".
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Cartman breaks down crying for the guys not to destroy his electronics, but to no avail.
* AllForNothing: The boys shattering Cartman's electronics was all in vein since he was GoodAllAlong.


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* BeingGoodSucks: Mr. Mackey starts to grow sick of helping Scott Malkinson.
* BigBad: skankhunt42 has officially cemented himself as this since he now plans to troll the world.
* BigNo: ''Several'' by the end of the episode when the girls break up with all of their boyfriends.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: skankhunt42 is pretending to be a kind, affable person by day, but is secretly a cyberbully by night.


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* EvilFeelsGood: skankhunt42 is having the ball of his life offending people with offensive comments and getting away with it.
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Gerald]] aka skankhunt42, is seen parading throughout town pretending to be a WideEyedIdealist while secretly ruining people's lives by cyberbullying.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: The first stage of the girls' plan to combat skankhunt42's sexism is to break up with all their boyfriends in order to make their first devastating blow to the boys.


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* GoodAllAlong: To a certain extent, ''Cartman'' of all people was not the sexist internet troll troubling the town.
* MemeticTroll: It's actually skankhunt42's whole InUniverse goal to become the world's most infamous internet troll through his offensive comments.


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* RedHerring: Cartman was made out to be skankhunt42, but is revealed to have been innocent.
* RuleOfSymbolism: When skankhunt42 types away at his computer, we're treated to a shadow of him on the wall in the shape of a HumanoidAbomination.


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* {{Sadist}}: A more DenserAndWackier example. skankhunt42 is taking sick amusement in causing controversy on the internet that also lead up to real problems later.


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* SmugSnake: skankhunt42 is ''proud'' of everything he's doing to ruin people's lives.
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** The girls have a "Twerpz" poster, an obvious parody of the "Bratz", franchise.
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* NightmareFuel: The scene with Cartman and the boys in the woods. The suspenseful music, Cartman being oblivious until the end, the boys' eerie calmness. And then one of them starts stabbing Cartman's tablet with a knife, making it look like he is stabbing him in the belly. They even bury the electronic remains outside.
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* ShoutOut: Gerald's office features [[Series/MadMen a globe with a hidden bar compartment]].
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Since Charlotte wasn't in on the plan, Butters is the only boy left in school with a girlfriend

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Since Charlotte wasn't in on the plan, plan (seeing as she's back in Canada), Butters is the only boy left in school with a girlfriend
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* RunningGag: Scott Malkinson (the boy with Diabetes from season 17's "Black Friday Trilogy" and ''The Stick of Truth'' video game) constantly telling Mr. Mackey he's going to quit Twitter, but doesn't go through with it. He even calls Mackey in the dead of night about it.

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* RunningGag: Scott Malkinson (the boy with Diabetes from season 17's "Black Friday Trilogy" and ''The Stick of Truth'' video game) constantly telling Mr. Mackey he's going to quit Twitter, but doesn't go through with it. He even calls Mackey in the dead of night about it.
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** Red and Kevin Stoley



* TragicMistake: The boys destroying all of Cartman's electronics then realizing he wasn't skankhunt42

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* TragicMistake: The boys destroying all of Cartman's electronics then realizing he wasn't skankhunt42skankhunt42
* WhamEpisode
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Since Charlotte wasn't in on the plan, Butters is the only boy left in school with a girlfriend

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Since Charlotte wasn't in on the plan, Butters is the only boy left in school with a girlfriendgirlfriend
* TragicMistake: The boys destroying all of Cartman's electronics then realizing he wasn't skankhunt42

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* AttentionWhore: Scott Malkinson



* ShipSinking: Stan/Wendy for the third time. Though it's very obvious Wendy is reluctant to do so, and only did it due to peer pressure.

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* SeriesContinuityError: The Danish Olympian looks nothing like the Danish did in Canada on Strike
* ShipSinking: Stan/Wendy for the third time. Though it's very obvious Wendy is reluctant to do so, and only did it due to peer pressure.pressure.
** To Token and Nichole as well
* ThrowTheDogABone: Since Charlotte wasn't in on the plan, Butters is the only boy left in school with a girlfriend
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* TheCakeIsALie: The boys lure Cartman to a remote cabin with the promise of ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and junk food.
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** At first it looks like the girls are going to get revenge on the boys violently, but then they just pass Dear John notes to their boyfriends.
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* OhCrap: Cartman when he realises there's no wi-fi in the cabin and the other boys really brought him there to break his devices.
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* NightmareFuel: The scene with Cartman and the boys in the woods. The suspenseful music, Cartman being oblivious until the end, the boys' eery calmness. And then one of them starts stabbing Cartman's tablet with a knife, making it look like he is stabbing him in the belly. They even bury the electronic remains outside.

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* NightmareFuel: The scene with Cartman and the boys in the woods. The suspenseful music, Cartman being oblivious until the end, the boys' eery eerie calmness. And then one of them starts stabbing Cartman's tablet with a knife, making it look like he is stabbing him in the belly. They even bury the electronic remains outside.
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** Later in the episode, they boys talk as if they're gonna murder Cartman in the woods. Turns out they were just going to destroy his electronics and cut him off from the internet, believing he was skankhunt42 due to his past history of sexism, misogyny, and racism.

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** Later in the episode, they boys talk as if they're gonna murder Cartman in the woods. Turns out When in actuality, they were just going to destroy his electronics and cut him off from the internet, believing he was skankhunt42 due to his past history of sexism, misogyny, and racism.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Heidi Turner gets trolled she walks to a bridge, types something on her phone, and the camera pans up as we hear a splash, implying she committed suicide. Turns, out she actually just quit Twitter and threw her phone in the river.

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* BaitAndSwitch: After Heidi Turner gets trolled she walks to a bridge, types something on her phone, and the camera pans up as we hear a splash, implying she committed suicide. Turns, out Turns out, she actually just quit Twitter and threw her phone in the river.

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** Before the episode aired, many fans believed that Heidi actually ''was'' going to commit suicide, to show the effects of

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** Before the episode aired, many fans believed that Heidi actually ''was'' going to commit suicide, to show the effects of trolling.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Quitting Twitter is treated like committing suicide by everyone.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
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Quitting Twitter is treated like committing suicide by everyone.everyone.
** Destroying someone's electronic devices is treated like murder.


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* NightmareFuel: The scene with Cartman and the boys in the woods. The suspenseful music, Cartman being oblivious until the end, the boys' eery calmness. And then one of them starts stabbing Cartman's tablet with a knife, making it look like he is stabbing him in the belly. They even bury the electronic remains outside.

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** Later in the episode, they boys talk as if they're gonna murder Cartman in the woods. Turns out they were just going to destroy his electronics and cut him off from the internet.

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** Before the episode aired, many fans believed that Heidi actually ''was'' going to commit suicide, to show the effects of
** Later in the episode, they boys talk as if they're gonna murder Cartman in the woods. Turns out they were just going to destroy his electronics and cut him off from the internet.internet, believing he was skankhunt42 due to his past history of sexism, misogyny, and racism.



* DownerEnding: Cartman has all of his internet devices destroyed for no reason, Kyle and the others feel guilty about it, and all of the girls in the school who have boyfriends (including Wendy) dump them in retaliation for skankhunt42's trolling, believing his opinions are reflected by all boys at school.

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* DownerEnding: Cartman has all of his internet devices destroyed for no reason, Kyle and the others feel guilty about it, and all of the girls in the school who have boyfriends (including a reluctant Wendy) dump them in retaliation for skankhunt42's trolling, believing his opinions are reflected by all boys at school.



* ShipSinking: Stan/Wendy for the third time.

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* RunningGag: Scott Malkinson (the boy with Diabetes from season 17's "Black Friday Trilogy" and ''The Stick of Truth'' video game) constantly telling Mr. Mackey he's going to quit Twitter, but doesn't go through with it. He even calls Mackey in the dead of night about it.
* ShipSinking: Stan/Wendy for the third time. Though it's very obvious Wendy is reluctant to do so, and only did it due to peer pressure.
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** Later in the episode, they boys talk as if they're gonna murder Cartman in the woods. Turns out they were just going to destroy his electronics and cut him off from the internet.
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* DoesThisRemindYouAnything: Quitting Twitter is treated like committing suicide by everyone.

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* DoesThisRemindYouAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Quitting Twitter is treated like committing suicide by everyone.

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* DownerEnding: Cartman has all of his internet devices destroyed for no reason, Kyle and the others feel guilty about it, and all of the girls in the school who have boyfriends (including Wendy) dump them in retaliation for skankhunt42's trolling.

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* DownerEnding: Cartman has all of his internet devices destroyed for no reason, Kyle and the others feel guilty about it, and all of the girls in the school who have boyfriends (including Wendy) dump them in retaliation for skankhunt42's trolling. trolling, believing his opinions are reflected by all boys at school.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The other boys' reaction when they discover Cartman really wasn't skankhunt42 after they destroyed his devices.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The other boys' reaction when they discover Cartman really wasn't skankhunt42 after they destroyed his devices.devices.
* ShipSinking: Stan/Wendy for the third time.
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* DoesThisRemindYouAnything: Quitting Twitter is treated like committing suicide by everyone.
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* DownerEnding: Cartman has all of his internet devices destroyed for no reason, Kyle and the others feel guilty about it, and all of the girls in the school who have boyfriends (including Wendy) dump them in retaliation for skankhunt42's trolling.
* ForTheLulz: The reason Gerald is trolling everybody.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Heidi Turner gets trolled she walks to a bridge, types something on her phone, and the camera pans up as we hear a splash, implying she committed suicide. Turns, out she actually just quit Twitter and threw her phone in the river.

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* BaitAndSwitch: After Heidi Turner gets trolled she walks to a bridge, types something on her phone, and the camera pans up as we hear a splash, implying she committed suicide. Turns, out she actually just quit Twitter and threw her phone in the river.river.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The other boys' reaction when they discover Cartman really wasn't skankhunt42 after they destroyed his devices.
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After skankhunt42's trolling forces Heidi Turner to quit Twitter, the girls plot revenge on the boys while the boys embark on a mission to find and expose him. Meanwhile, Gerald decides to start trolling all over the world.
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!''Skank Hunt'' includes examples of:
* BaitAndSwitch: After Heidi Turner gets trolled she walks to a bridge, types something on her phone, and the camera pans up as we hear a splash, implying she committed suicide. Turns, out she actually just quit Twitter and threw her phone in the river.

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