History Recap / SouthParkS4E12TrapperKeeper

!"Trapper Keeper" contains examples of:

* BrokenAesop: Due to the creators' bias and willful ignorance (especially on actual issues like Climate Change), much of its metaphor didn't bode well (especially portraying Kindergarten election as a metaphor despite Electoral Vote which isn't democratic and failed to account on the popular-and-electoral disparity in 2000 and 2016).

Cartman gets a new Trapper Keeper and discovers that a man who goes by the name "Bill Cosby" is after his Trapper Keeper. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison's kindergarten class gets in a fight over a class election

* BaitAndSwitch: After Cartman fuses with Trapper Keeper and turning into a glob-like monstrosity, Mr. Garrison is terrified at the sight of a giant hideous blob approaching the school. It's revealed to be Rosie O'Donnell.
* BrickJoke: Cartman brags about his Trapper Keeper releasing spikes if someone steals it and Kyle accuses him of lying but doesn't try to prove it in case Cartman's not lying. When Bill Cosby steals the Trapper Keeper, spikes impale his hand.
* BrokenAesop: Due to the creators' bias and willful ignorance (especially on actual issues like Climate Change), much of its metaphor didn't bode well (especially portraying Kindergarten election as metaphor despite Electoral Vote which isn't democratic and failed to account on the popular-and-electoral disparity in 2000 and 2016).
* CallBack: Mr. Garrison' mentions his strained relationship with his father from Worldwide Record Concert, though he says there are still some issues between the two despite having seemingly worked it out
** Cartman got "screwed over" the last time he had a male friend over 30.
* DeathSeeker: Bill Cosby, sort of, seeing as completion of his mission means the Trapper Keeper won't take over and he won't be created to stop it.

* HughMann: Bill Cosby's attempts to blend in leave a lot to be desired.

* NotSoAboveItAll: When Bill Cosby decides to kill Cartman to ensure the bad future doesn't happen, Stan stops him, only to ask if he can do it himself. He and the other boys are legitimately disappointed when Bill suddenly grasps the human emotion of compassion and decides against it.

** The robot goes by the name Creator/BillCosby.

* NotSoAboveItAll: When Bill Cosby decides to kill Cartman to ensure the bad future doesn't happen, Stan stops him, only to ask if he can do it himself.

* BrickJoke: Cartman brags about his Trapper Keeper releasing spikes if someone steals it and Kyle accuses him of lying but doesn't try to prove it in case Cartman's not lying. When Bill Cosby steals the Trapper Keeper, spikes impale his hand

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Trapper Keepers are real, they just aren't as remotely high-tech as the ones featured

!Trapper Keeper contains examples of:

* DeathSeeker: Bill Cosby sort of, seeing as completion of his mission means the Trapper Keeper won't take over and he won't be created to stop it.

-->'''Mr. Garrison''': Half the kids in the class didn't ''vote'' for your nephew, so what about them? You don't give a crap about them because they're not on ''your'' side! People like you preach tolerance and open-mindedness all the time, but when it comes to Middle America, you think we're all evil and stupid country yokels who need your political enlightenment! Well, just because you're on TV doesn't mean you know crap about the government! Now get your ass back on first class and respect this class's right '''''to make up their own minds!''''' [Rosie and the kids gasp] ...Oh, sorry I got a little off the subject, kids.

** Kyle floats around the mechanical innards of the Cartman-Trapper Keeper monstrosity in a scene straight out of Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey. Cartman even speaks in a MachineMonotone voice similar to HAL.

** Cartman's BodyHorror-fueled transformation serves as one to ''{{Manga/Akira}}''
** The robot goes by the name Bill Cosby

* TakeThat: Rosie O'Donnell is on the end of several fat jokes in the episode and is called on for being one-sided on political issues claiming she doesn't want people being cheated out but only does when they are her side.
** A minor one is directed towards Jesse Jackson when he complains the black students were misrepresented but when Mr. Garrison points out there are no black students, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he leaves]].

Cartman gets a new Trapper Keeper and discovers that a man who goes by the name "Bill Cosby is after his Trapper Keeper. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison's kindergarten class gets in a fight over a class election

* BaitAndSwitch: After Cartman fuses with Trapper Keeper and turning into a glob-like monstrosity, Mr. Garrison is terrified at the sight of a giant hideous blob approaching the school. It's revealed to be Rosie O'Donnell

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mr. Garrison gives a scathing but, given her attitude, accurate one to Rosie O'Donnell

** Cartman's BodyHorror-fueled transformation serves as one to ''{{Anime/Akira}}''

* DeathSeeker: Bill Cosby sort of, seeing as him dying means he'll never exist since Trapper Keeper won't take over

* BaitAndSwitch: After Cartman fuses with Trapper Keeper and turning into a glob-like monstrosity, Mr. Garrison is terrified at the sight of a giant hideous blob approaching the school, Rosie O'Donnell

* ShoutOut: The main plot is a reference to ''Anime/{{Akira}}'', with bits from ''Film/TheTerminator''.

* BrickJoke: Cartman brags about his Trapper Keeper releasing spikes if someone steals it and Kyle accuses him of lying but doesn't try to prove it in case Cartman's lying. When Bill Cosby steals the Trapper Keeper, spikes impale his hand

* ShoutOut: The main plot is a reference to Akira, with bits from TheTerminator.

* DeathSeeker: Bill Cosby sort of, seeing as him dying means he'll never exist

** DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The kindergarten election is a parody of the 2000 Presidential Election, including a girl named Flora whose vote breaks the tie, much like Florida's electoral votes did.

** A minor one is directed towards Jesse Jackson when he complains the black students were misrepresented but when Mr. Garrison points out there are no black students, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he leaves]].

* ShoutOut: The main plot is a reference to Akira

* NoodleIncident: Cartman got "screwed over" the last time he had a male friend over 30