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* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: The whole subplot with Tuong Lu Kim and the Mongolians. Lu Kim is trying to protect the wall around South Park from getting torn down by the Mongolians, and the Mongolians always outsmart him in hilariously cartoonish ways (often by turning his own methods against him) that result in AmusingInjuries for the chef.
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* TemptingFate: The boys' parents tell them to act as they normally do at the bus stop. Let's just say the boys obliged.
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* ImproperlyParanoid: The parents become increasingly paranoid thanks to the news reports; first by trying to ban outsiders from South Park, then by accompanying their children when they distrust their fellow neighbors, and finally making their kids leave when they can't trust ''themselves''.

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* ImproperlyParanoid: The parents become increasingly paranoid thanks to the news reports; first by trying to ban outsiders from South Park, then by accompanying their children when they distrust their fellow neighbors, and finally making banishing their kids leave when they can't trust ''themselves''.



* OutOfTheFryingPan: Every time the parents think they've solved the child abduction crisis, another probable abductor candidate comes to light. First, they had Tuong Lu Kim build a wall to keep strangers out of South Park, but a news study reveals that the majority of child abductions are actually committed by somebody the child knows in their own town. Then the parents start distrusting their own friends and accompanying their children everywhere they go, even at school. The another study reveals that nine out of every ten abduction cases are committed by the parents themselves, so the parents, being too suspicious of each other, ultimately let their children live on their own.

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* OutOfTheFryingPan: Every time the parents think they've solved the child abduction crisis, another probable abductor candidate comes to light. First, they had Tuong Lu Kim build a wall to keep strangers out of South Park, but a news study reveals that the majority of child abductions are actually committed by somebody the child knows in their own town. Then the parents start distrusting their own friends and accompanying their children everywhere they go, even at school. The Then, another study reveals that nine out of every ten abduction cases are committed by the parents themselves, so the parents, being too suspicious of each other, ultimately let their children live on their own.
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* OhCrap: Tuong Lu Kim's resigned reaction when he realizes the kids set up explosives behind him...and the Mongolian chieftain's holding the detonator.
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* RuleOfFunny: Why else would a group of Mongolians be in Colorodo?

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* RuleOfFunny: Why else would a group of Mongolians be in Colorodo?Colorado?
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Happens to the City Wok owner several times when building the wall around the city.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Happens to the City Wok owner Lu Kim several times when building the wall around the city.city. For instance, when he fires a heat-seeking missile at the Mongolians, they throw a flaming baseball towards the wall, causing the missile to blow a large hole in it and injure Lu Kim in the process.
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** While trying to convince Mr. Kim to build the wall, Randy points out how his ancestors built a wall that kept Mongolians out for thousands of years. When Kim builds the wall, Mongolians show up and break it down. Repeatedly.

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** While trying to convince Mr. Kim to build the wall, Randy points out how his ancestors built a wall that kept Mongolians out for thousands of years. When Kim builds the wall, a group of Mongolians show up and break it down. Repeatedly.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Mongolians repeatedly break holes in the wall around South Park, but then turn back rather than actually invading the town, hinting at their true motives.

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** While trying to convince Mr. Kim to build the wall, Randy points out how his ancestors built a wall that kept Mongolians out for thousands of years. When Kim builds the wall, Mongolians show up and break it down. Repeatedly.
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The Mongolians repeatedly break holes in the wall around South Park, but then turn back rather than actually invading the town, hinting at their true motives.
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* ImproperlyParanoid: The parents become increasingly paranoid thanks to the news reports; first by trying to ban outsiders from South Park, then by accompanying their children when they distrust their fellow neighbors, and finally making their kids leave when they can't trust ''themselves''.


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* ShaggyDogStory: Lu Kim's attempts to defend the wall are all for naught as the adults realize that they don't need it anymore and request that he tears it down. Understandably, Lu Kim is ''not'' happy about this turn of events.
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* RuleOfFunny: Why else would a group of Mongolians be in Colorodo?
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* IResembleThatRemark: When the mayor of South Park asks Tuong Lu Kim to build a wall around South Park simply on the basis that he's Chinese, he takes great offense at being seen as a stereotype, saying he "eats rice and drives really slow" just like everyone else and expresses it in his incredibly stereotypical AsianSpeekeeEngrish voice. And it's later shown he was in fact able to build a wall around the city in record time.

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* IResembleThatRemark: When the mayor of South Park asks Tuong Lu Kim to build a wall around South Park simply on the basis that he's Chinese, he takes great offense at being seen as a stereotype, stereotype. He counters them by saying he he's a normal person who "eats rice and drives really slow" just like everyone else and expresses it in his incredibly stereotypical AsianSpeekeeEngrish voice. And it's later shown he was in fact able to build a wall around the city in record time.
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* IResembleThatRemark: When the mayor of South Park asks Tuong Lu Kim to build a wall around South Park simply on the basis that he's Chinese, he takes great offense at being seen as a stereotype and expresses it in his incredibly stereotypical AsianSpeekeeEngrish voice. And it's later shown he was in fact able to build a wall around the city in record time.

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* IResembleThatRemark: When the mayor of South Park asks Tuong Lu Kim to build a wall around South Park simply on the basis that he's Chinese, he takes great offense at being seen as a stereotype stereotype, saying he "eats rice and drives really slow" just like everyone else and expresses it in his incredibly stereotypical AsianSpeekeeEngrish voice. And it's later shown he was in fact able to build a wall around the city in record time.
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* IResembleThatRemark: When the mayor of South Park asks Tuong Lu Kim to build a wall around South Park simply on the basis that he's Chinese, he takes great offense at being seen as a stereotype and expresses it in his incredibly stereotypical AsianSpeekeeEngrish voice. And it's later shown he was in fact able to build a wall around the city in record time.
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* ADayInTheLimeLight: Tweek

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* ADayInTheLimeLight: TweekTweek gets to be the focus for the first third of the episode until the Ghost of Human Kindness is arrested, then Tuong Lu Kim becomes the focus as he defends the city wall from Mongolians.


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* MadeOfIron: Tuong Lu Kim survives multiple explosions at point blank range and doesn't suffocate when trapped in the sweet and sour pork.
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'''Original air date:''' 7/24/2002



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