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*** A poster for ''[[Literature/{{It}} I.T.]]'' (a parody of Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/{{ET}}'') is hung on the wall in Heidi's basement.

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*** A poster for ''[[Literature/{{It}} I.T.]]'' (a parody of Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/{{ET}}'') ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'') is hung on the wall in Heidi's basement.
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* DramaticIrony: Much of the humor comes from the boys fretting over the cootie catcher, believing that its a dangerous future-telling device, while the audience knows that its just a harmless paper toy.

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* DramaticIrony: Much of the humor comes from the boys fretting over the cootie catcher, believing that its it's a dangerous future-telling device, while the audience knows that its just a harmless paper toy.



* PapaWolf: Mr. Turner is ''very'' protective of Heidi and the other girls, warning them that if he finds any boys at or near the slumber party, they'll all be in big trouble--all while "Marjorine" is standing in the group. It doesn't help that Mr. Turner is [[TheBigGuy enormously musclebound.]]

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* PapaWolf: Mr. Turner is ''very'' protective of Heidi and the other girls, warning them that if he finds any boys at or near the slumber party, they'll all be in big trouble--all while "Marjorine" is standing in the group. It doesn't help that Mr. Turner is [[TheBigGuy enormously musclebound.]]musclebound]].



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The girls give a big one to "Marjorine" when fed up with "her." However, they soon regret it.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The girls give a big one to "Marjorine" when fed up with "her." "her". However, they soon regret it.



'''Heidi:''' Yeah, and you're hair is totally stupid.\\

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'''Heidi:''' Yeah, and you're your hair is totally stupid.\\
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* DramaticIrony: Much of the humor comes from the boys fretting over the cootie catcher, believing that its a dangerous future-telling device, while the audience knows that its just a harmless paper toy.
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* CaptainObvious: After the boys hurl a pig dressed in Butters's clothing off the roof, it explodes in a shower of bloody goo. A doctor then rushes up, briefly feels for a pulse ''on a pile of internal organs'', and remarks "He...didn't make it" in shock.

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* CaptainObvious: After the boys hurl a pig dressed in Butters's clothing off the roof, it explodes in a shower of bloody goo. A doctor then rushes up, briefly feels for a pulse ''on a pile of internal organs'', and remarks sadly says, "He...didn't make it" in shock.it."



* ShaggyDogStory: The boys go through a lot of trouble just to get the fortune-teller from the girls, never find out it's just a folded-up piece of paper, and destroy it out of fear of the power they think it holds, unaware that the girls can just make a new one (and did the second the first one was stolen).

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* ShaggyDogStory: The boys go through a lot of trouble just to get the fortune-teller from the girls, never find girls (never finding out it's just a folded-up piece of paper, paper) and destroy it out of fear of the power they think it holds, unaware that the girls can just make a new one (and did the second the first one was stolen).
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'''Air date:''' October 26, 2005

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'''Air '''Original air date:''' October 26, 2005
10/26/2005
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* MistakenForUndead: When Butters returns home, his parents think he CameBackWrong as some kind of UndeadAbomination.
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* ThereAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The boys ultimately decide that the "dangerous" cootie catcher needs to be utterly destroyed, as its power is too great for any one person to wield.

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* ThereAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The boys ultimately decide that the "dangerous" cootie catcher needs to be utterly destroyed, as its power is too great for any one person to wield.
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* ChildrenAreTenderHearted: The boys convince Butters to [[DisguisedInDrag disguise himself in drag]] to sneak into the girls' slumber party and steal their cootie catcher, which they believe is a genuine way to see the future. Though the girls [[KidsAreCruel initially make fun of "Marjorine"]], they realize they went too far when "she" starts crying. The girls genuinely apologize and decide to give Marjorine a makeover to cheer her up.

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After mistaking the girls' paper fortune-teller as a future-telling device, the boys make Butters fake his death in order for him to have a new identity as a girl and attend Heidi Turner's SlumberParty in hopes of gaining possession of the "device".

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After mistaking the girls' paper fortune-teller as a future-telling device, the boys make Butters fake his death in order for him to have a new identity as a girl and attend Heidi Turner's SlumberParty in hopes of gaining possession of the "device"."weapon."



* BecomingTheMask: After the girls apologize for their earlier teasing and give "Marjorine" a makeover, Butters actually starts getting into the role. He genuinely enjoys the "girly" activities at the slumber party and forgets about his mission to recover the cootie catcher.
* CaptainObvious: After the boys hurl a pig dressed in Butters's clothing off the roof, it explodes in a shower of bloody goo. A doctor then rushes up, briefly feels for a pulse ''on a pile of internal organs'', and remarks "He...didn't make it" in shock.



* IdiotHoudini: Overlaps with KarmaHoudini as the boys manage to get away with the girls' fortune-teller, legitimately believing that it actually has the power to see into the future, and not get in trouble for almost ruining Heidi's slumber party by having Butters (as Marjorine) infiltrate her party.

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* GirlsVsBoysPlot: The boys are convinced that the girls' cootie catcher gives them genuine psychic powers and conspire to steal it. The trope is [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] in that the girls aren't necessarily ''against'' the boys, as they seem oblivious to the fact that they're even scheming against them at all.
* IdiotHoudini: Overlaps with KarmaHoudini as the boys manage to get away with the girls' fortune-teller, legitimately believing that it actually has the power to see into the future, and not get in trouble for almost ruining Heidi's slumber party by having Butters (as Marjorine) infiltrate her party.the event.



* PapaWolf: Mr. Turner is ''very'' protective of Heidi and the other girls, warning them that if he finds any boys at or near the slumber party, they'll all be in big trouble--all while "Marjorine" is standing in the group. It doesn't help that Mr. Turner is [[TheBigGuy enormously musclebound.]]



* SlumberParty: Heidi hosts one involving typical girl activities. Cartman, however, mistakes what goes on at girls' slumber parties for "[[LesYay lezzing out]]".

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* SlumberParty: Heidi hosts one involving typical girl activities. activities like playing board games, dancing to pop, and doing tricks like "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board." Cartman, however, mistakes what goes on at girls' slumber parties for "[[LesYay lezzing out]]".


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* ThereAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The boys ultimately decide that the "dangerous" cootie catcher needs to be utterly destroyed, as its power is too great for any one person to wield.
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After mistaking the girls' paper fortune teller as a future-telling device, the boys make Butters fake his death in order for him to have a new identity as a girl and attend Heidi Turner's SlumberParty in hopes of gaining possession of the "device".

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After mistaking the girls' paper fortune teller fortune-teller as a future-telling device, the boys make Butters fake his death in order for him to have a new identity as a girl and attend Heidi Turner's SlumberParty in hopes of gaining possession of the "device".



* DisguisedInDrag: Butters is forced to venture into this territory in order to infiltrate Heidi's slumber party to steal the cootie catcher.

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* DisguisedInDrag: Butters is forced to venture into this territory in order to infiltrate Heidi's slumber party to steal the cootie catcher.fortune-telling device.



* ShaggyDogStory: The boys go through a lot of trouble just to get the fortune teller from the girls, never find out it's just a folded-up piece of paper, and destroy it out of fear of the power they think it holds, unaware that the girls can just make a new one (and did the second the first one was stolen).

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* ShaggyDogStory: The boys go through a lot of trouble just to get the fortune teller fortune-teller from the girls, never find out it's just a folded-up piece of paper, and destroy it out of fear of the power they think it holds, unaware that the girls can just make a new one (and did the second the first one was stolen).



* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: This is how the boys destroy the fortune teller after they deem it to be too powerful to use: they douse it in several cans of gasoline, wire it up with a detonator and blow it up. The resulting explosion is so massive that ''it could actually be seen from space'' and levels the whole forest. And this is all for just a piece of paper.

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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: This is how the boys destroy the fortune teller fortune-teller after they deem it to be too powerful to use: they douse it in several cans of gasoline, wire it up with a detonator and blow it up. The resulting explosion is so massive that ''it could actually be seen from space'' and levels the whole forest. And this is all for just a piece of paper.

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