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* AnAesop: If you want to live in a [[ManChild perpetual state of childhood as an adult]], fine, that's your business, but if you become a parent, you have to grow up.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Kyle develops one toward Blanket when he starts to realize Mr. Jefferson is too irresponsible to be a parent, and even works with Stan and Kenny to get Blanket away from his father.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: BigBrotherInstinct:
** Kyle develops one toward Blanket when he starts to realize Mr. Jefferson is too irresponsible to be a parent, and even works with Stan and Kenny to get Blanket away from his father.
** A more subtle example with Stan putting a coat on Kenny's back when they were disguising the latter as Blanket.
** Kyle develops one toward Blanket when he starts to realize Mr. Jefferson is too irresponsible to be a parent, and even works with Stan and Kenny to get Blanket away from his father.
** A more subtle example with Stan putting a coat on Kenny's back when they were disguising the latter as Blanket.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: From the moment he's introduced, Mr Jefferson co-opts Blanket's new friends, ignores him while playing, and makes their playtime all about him. Even when the boys try to invite just Blanket to come with them, Jefferson insists they come into his house and they all play together. As mentioned above, at the end he realizes it's time to grow up and decides to focus on Blanket.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: From the moment he's introduced, Mr Mr. Jefferson co-opts Blanket's new friends, ignores him while playing, and makes their playtime all about him. Even when the boys try to invite just Blanket to come with them, Jefferson insists they come into his house and house; they all play together. As mentioned above, at At the end end, he realizes it's time to grow up and decides to focus on Blanket.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a man-child who attempts to befriend all the kids in town, dangerously neglects his own child, and is antisocial towards adults. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own father, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a man-child who attempts to befriend all the kids in town, dangerously neglects his own child, and is antisocial towards adults. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own father, father and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: From the moment he's introduced, Mr Jefferson co-opts Blanket's new friends, ignores him while playing, and makes their playtime all about him. Even when the boys try to invite just Blanket to come with them, Jefferson insists they come into his house and they all play together. As mentioned above, at the end he realizes it's time to grow up and decides to focus on Blanket.
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* TakeThat: The episode repeatedly implies that the child molestation accusations against Music/MichaelJackson are almost entirely the result of anti-Black racism. Jackson himself is not left off the hook either, with the episode depicting him as dangerously naïve and so obsessed with plastic surgery that it caused him to literally start falling apart.
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* TakeThat: The episode repeatedly implies that the child molestation accusations against Music/MichaelJackson are almost entirely the result of anti-Black racism. Jackson himself is not left off the hook either, with the episode depicting him as dangerously naïve naïve, neglectful of his son due to his obsession with living out the childhood he never had, and so obsessed with plastic surgery that it caused him to literally start falling apart.
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** Mr. Jefferson ''kills'' Kenny at the end of the episode ([[TheyKilledKennyAgain that bastard]]), but doesn't get so much as a slap on the wrist, which is ironic because the entire police force were trying their damnedest to arrest him for anything ''they'' could pin on him. {{Justified}} considering nobody ever remembers Kenny's deaths and he always comes back in the next episode. Also, to Mr. Jefferson's credit, he didn't [[AccidentalMurder mean]] to kill Kenny.
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** Mr. Jefferson ''kills'' Kenny at the end of the episode ([[TheyKilledKennyAgain that bastard]]), but doesn't get so much as a slap on the wrist, which is ironic because the entire police force were trying their damnedest to arrest him for anything ''they'' could pin on him. {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} considering nobody ever remembers Kenny's deaths and he always comes back in the next episode. Also, to Mr. Jefferson's credit, he didn't [[AccidentalMurder mean]] to kill Kenny.
* TakeThat: The episode repeatedly implies that the child molestation accusations against Music/MichaelJackson are almost entirely the result of anti-Black racism. Jackson himself is not left off the hook either, with the episode depicting him as dangerously naïve and so obsessed with plastic surgery that it caused him to literally start falling apart.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a man-child who attempts to befriend all the kids in town, dangerously neglects his own child, and is antisocial towards adults. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own father, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a man-child who attempts to befriend all the kids in town, dangerously neglects his own child, and is antisocial towards adults. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own father, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.better.
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* CharacterizationClickMoment: After being introduced last season, this episode would establish Sergeant Yates (and the rest of the police force by extension) as being incredibly racist.
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* OnlySixFaces: Due to the show's constant reuse of character designs, it's easy for viewers to not realize the blonde boy taking the place of Blanket is in fact Kenny without his usual orange parka and muffled speech.
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* OnlySixFaces: Due to the show's constant reuse of character designs, it's easy for viewers to not realize the blonde boy taking the place of Blanket is in fact Kenny without his usual orange parka and muffled speech. It doesn't help that he's not referred to by name until he dies and Stan and Kyle perform [[TheyKilledKennyAgain the standard routine]].
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A little boy named Blanket moves to South Park with his father [[Music/MichaelJackson Martin Jefferson]], a wealthy and fun-loving man whose home full of toys and rides charms the local children. However, [[ManChild his behavior]] makes many question him as a creepy, black, [[ParentalNeglect unfit parent]].
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A little boy named Blanket moves to South Park with his father [[Music/MichaelJackson Martin Jefferson]], a wealthy and fun-loving man whose home full of toys and rides charms the local children. However, [[ManChild his behavior]] makes many question consider him as to be a creepy, black, creepy and [[ParentalNeglect unfit parent]].
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* CatapultNightmare: Stan jumps up from his sleep in horror after Cartman and Mr. Jefferson get a bit too HomoeroticSubtext in his dream.
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* CatapultNightmare: Stan jumps up from his sleep in sleep-in horror after Cartman and Mr. Jefferson get a bit too HomoeroticSubtext in his dream.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a manchild who dangerously neglects his own child while behaving in an anti-social manner toward other children. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own father, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a manchild man-child who attempts to befriend all the kids in town, dangerously neglects his own child while behaving in an anti-social manner toward other children.child, and is antisocial towards adults. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own father, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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!"The Jeffersons" contains examples of:
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* ParentsAsPeople: Mr. Jefferson tries to be this fun guy, but he ends up ignoring his own son's needs. At the end of the episode, Mr. Jefferson realizes what he's done and promises to shape up.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Mr. Jefferson tries to be this fun guy, but he ends up ignoring his own son's needs. At the end of the episode, Mr. Jefferson realizes what he's done he can't keep behaving like this and promises to shape up.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Kyle develops one toward Blanket when he starts to realize Mr. Jefferson is too irresponsible to be a parent, and even works with Stan and Kenny to get Blanket away from his father.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Yates will go to Hell and back to convict an innocent person just for being rich and black, but he is so horrified at the prospect of falsely arresting a rich white person that he vomits and falls into a VillainousBSOD.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Yates will go to Hell and back to convict an innocent person just for being rich and black, but he is so horrified at the prospect of falsely arresting a rich white person that he vomits and falls into a VillainousBSOD. When Mr. Jefferson intends to part with his wealth, Mr. Yates decides to leave him alone.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Mr. Jefferson tries to be this fun guy, but he ends up ignoring his own son's needs. At the end of the episode, Mr. Jefferson realizes what he's done and promises to shape up.
* ProperlyParanoid: Mr. Jefferson thinks another black celebrity is being railroaded by the system for being black. This is [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight the one thing he is actually correct about]]: the South Park police, and all other police, institutionally devote much of their time and energy into framing rich black people for crimes they didn't commit.
* ProperlyParanoid: Mr. Jefferson thinks another black celebrity is being railroaded by the system for being black. This is [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight the one thing he is actually correct about]]: the South Park police, and all other police, institutionally devote much of their time and energy into framing rich black people for crimes they didn't commit.
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'''Original airdate:''' April 21, 2004
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'''Original airdate:''' April 21, 2004
air date:''' 4/21/2004
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a manchild who dangerously neglects his own child while behaving in an anti-social manner toward other children. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own son, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a manchild who dangerously neglects his own child while behaving in an anti-social manner toward other children. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own son, father, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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* VillainousBSOD: After nearly arresting a man he thought was rich and white, Yates falls into a depression and nearly quits the police force.
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* VillainousBSOD: After nearly arresting a man he thought was rich and white, Yates falls into a depression and nearly quits the police force.force.
* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a manchild who dangerously neglects his own child while behaving in an anti-social manner toward other children. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own son, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
* VillainyFreeVillain: Mr. Jefferson isn't a creep or a felon, but he still is a manchild who dangerously neglects his own child while behaving in an anti-social manner toward other children. For this reason, the boys try and get Blanket away from his own son, and later call him out for his irresponsibility. To his credit, he does promise to shape up and do better.
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Not all adults become parents.
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* AnAesop: If you want to live in a [[ManChild perpetual state of childhood as an adult]], fine, that's your business, but when you become a parent, you have to grow up.
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* AnAesop: If you want to live in a [[ManChild perpetual state of childhood as an adult]], fine, that's your business, but when if you become a parent, you have to grow up.
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* CatapultNightmare: Stan experiences this after Cartman and Mr. Jefferson get a bit too HoYay in his dream.
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* CatapultNightmare: Stan experiences this jumps up from his sleep in horror after Cartman and Mr. Jefferson get a bit too HoYay HomoeroticSubtext in his dream.
