History Recap / SouthParkS9E10FollowThatEgg

Stan is also seething with jealousy, lashing out at Kyle for being paired with Wendy and at Bebe for being paired with him. However, Mrs. Garrison returns from a trip to Denver to persuade the governor to veto the marriage bill with an idea: if he can offer "scientific" proof that same-sex couples are unfit to be parents, it will offer the governor an excuse to overturn the bill. The next day, he declares that Kyle is now with Stan, and Wendy is with Bebe. As Bebe has told her of how reckless Stan was with their egg, Wendy becomes worried that the egg she created with Kyle might be in danger and shows up on the Broflovski doorstep to ask to see it, but Kyle assures her the egg will be fine before sending her away. A now fuming Stan takes the egg and storms out, insisting he is just as capable of taking care of it as Kyle. Sure enough, the egg survives the next two days, to Mrs. Garrison's fury; she remains so determined that theirs will be the only egg that breaks that when Cartman inevitably shows up with a smashed egg, she thoroughly confuses him by giving him a replacement, no strings attached.

After learning his ex and Big Gay Al are getting married, Mrs. Garrison goes to extreme lengths to ensure gay marriage remains illegal. Meanwhile, at South Park Elementary, Mrs. Garrison assigns an egg sitting assignment to the class and Stan sees this as an opportunity to make Wendy regret breaking up with him while Mrs. Garrison sees this as an opportunity to ruin gay marriage being legalized.

!This episode includes examples of:

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Mr. Garrison's plot to make gay marriage illegal ultimately makes it legal in the end.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Stan says he wanted to prove to Wendy he was a good egg sitter, only to brush her off at the end when she says he is, though the scene where Stan and Kyle reconcile made him realize he doesn't really care what Wendy thinks of him, may have something to do with it.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: The assassin Mr.s Garrison hires to deal with the egg doesn't hesitate to use live ammo and bombs in a crowded place.

* WhatTheHellHero: Kyle calls Stan out for thinking Kyle is trying to steal Wendy when he doesn't really care about her since the break-up.

* ShipTease: Cartman's action above has led to speculation that Cartman has a thing for Heidi. Fast-forward to the Season 20 episode "[[SouthParkS20E3TheDamned The Damned]]" and this is confirmed. In fact, [[spoiler:they become a couple in "[[SouthParkS20E4WienersOut Wieners Out]]"]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Heidi and Eric. This episode centers around the students of South Park Elementary being split up into pairs to simulate couples caring for a child. Sure enough, Cartman is paired up with Heidi, and he screws the whole thing up (breaking the egg) before being given a second chance he doesn't deserve (Mrs. Garrison gives him a replacement and doesn't penalize him). It's a huge chunk of the Heidi/Eric plot of seasons 20 and 21 on fast-forward.

* ShipTease: Cartman's action above has led to speculation that Cartman has a thing for Heidi. Fast-forward to the Season 20 episode "[[SouthParkS20E3TheDamned The Damned]]" and this is confirmed. In fact, [[spoiler:they're now officially in a relationship, as confirmed in "[[SouthParkS20E4WienersOut Wieners Out]]"]].

* DoubleStandard: Played with. Mrs. Garrison comes down harder on Stan and Kyle as egg-parents but says nothing of Wendy and Bebe. Paralleling this, during a protest rally, the governor says 'nobody gives a shit' about lesbians. The reaction is predictable.

** Stan says he wanted to prove to Wendy he was a good egg sitter, only to brush her off at the end when she says he is.
** The scene where Stan and Kyle reconcile made him realize he doesn't really care what Wendy thinks of him, may have something to do with it.

* Foreshadowing: heidi/eric This episode centers around the students of South Park Elementary being split up into pairs to simulate couples caring for a child. Sure enough, Cartman is paired up with Heidi, and he screws the whole thing up (breaking the egg) before being given a second chance he doesn't deserve (Mrs. Garrison gives him a replacement and doesn't penalize him). It's a huge chunk of the Heidi/Eric plot of seasons 20 and 21 on fast-forward.

* DoubleStandard: Played with. Mrs. Garrison comes down harder on Stan and Kyle as egg-parents but says nothing of Wendy and Bebe. But during a protest rally, the governor says "nobody gives a shit" about lesbians. The reaction is predictable.

* SeriousBusiness: Mrs. Garrison was so determined to make people think a gay couple couldn't handle a child that he enlisted the world's best sniper to shoot Stan and Kyle's egg

* ContinuityNod: The episode begins with Mrs. Garrison deciding to patch things up with Mr. Slave after they broke up in "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina."

* EveryoneHasStandards: The gay marriage protesters side with Mrs. Garrison's homophobic speech, until he insists on causing physical harm on gay people through what he called a "fag drag". As one of them put it, they don't hate homosexuals, they just don't think they should be allowed to marry each other.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The gay marriage protesters side with Mrs. Garrison's homophobic speech, until he insists on causing physical harm on gay people through what he called a "fag drag"

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Mr. Garrison's plot to make gay marriage illegal ultimately makes it legal in the end
* HypocriticalHumor: Stan says he wanted to prove to Wendy he was a good egg sitter, only to brush her off at the end when she says he is.

* ShipTease: Cartman's action above has led to speculation that Cartman has a thing for Heidi. Fast-foward to the Season 20 episode "[[SouthParkS20E3TheDamned The Damned]]" and this is confirmed. In fact, [[spoiler:they're now officially in a relationship, as confirmed in "[[SouthParkS20E4WienersOut Wieners Out]]]]".

* ShipTease: Cartman's action above has led to speculation that Cartman has thing for Heidi.

* WhatTheHellHero: Kyle calls Stan out for thinking Kyle is trying to steal Wendy despite not carrying about her since the break-up.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Mrs. Garrison only wanted gay marriage illegal so Mr. Slave and Big Gay Al couldn't get married
* PetTheDog: Cartman not only admits to breaking his and Heidi's egg, but actually tries to ask Garrison to give him an F and Heidi an A. Even if he did want the grades to be averaged into a C minus through that, this action is far cry from Cartman [[TheSociopath we've come to know the past few seasons]]

* ShipTease: Cartman's action above has led to speculation that Cartman has thing for Heidi

* EveryoneHasStandards / EvenEvilHasStandards: The gay marriage protesters side with Mrs. Garrison's homophobic speech, until he insists on causing physical harm on gay people through what he called a "fag drag"

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Played with concerning the governor. He's willing to base his decision on the controversial issue of gay marriage on a scientific study, but it's only to absolve him of any responsibility in the eyes of the voters.

* EveryoneHasStandards/EvenEvilHasStandards: The gay marriage protesters side with Mrs. Garrison's homophobic speech, until he insists on causing physical harm on gay people through what he called a "fag drag"

* DoubleStandard: Played with. Mr. Garrison comes down harder on Stan and Kyle as egg-parents but says nothing of Wendy and Bebe. But during a protest rally, the governor says "nobody gives a shit" about lesbians. The reaction is predictable.

* SeriousBusiness: Mrs. Garrison was so determined to make people thing a gay couple couldn't handle a child that he enlisted the world's best sniper to shoot Stan and Kyle's egg