Line #34 Recap/SouthParkS17E4GothKids3DawnOfThePosers


1	'''Original air date:''' 10/23/2013
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3	When Henrietta's parents send their daughter to a camp for troubled kids and comes back as an Emo, the other Goths team up with Mike and the Vampire Poser kids from "The Ungroundable" to get her back.
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5	!!This episode contains examples of:
6	* AbusiveParents: Parodied. Henrietta's friends are so appalled that her parents mislabeled her as Emo instead of Goth that they [[DisproportionateRetribution file a]] ''[[DisproportionateRetribution child abuse claim]]'' [[DisproportionateRetribution against them]].
7	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Gangsta Vamp was pretty amused when it turned out it was all a reality show.
8	* AllForNothing: Firkle's reaction over betraying the Goths and Vamps over a reality show.
9	--> '''Firkle:''' I turned traitor for no real reason?
10	* BrokenPedestal: Edgar Allan Poe is the hero of all goths, vamps and presumably emo's sine they're all derived from his works, but when they summon his ghost they learn being the original means he has all of their annoying traits combined.
11	* CandidCameraPrank: The whole plot turns out to be part of a prank show gag.
12	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Herietta's mother takes Henrietta's Emo rage as an improvement, as she didn't call her a bitch and she "apologized".
13	* ContinuityNod: The Goth Kids burning down the Vamp Kids' lair from "The Ungroundable" is mentioned.
14	* ADayInTheLimelight: The Goth Kids are the stars of this episode. Cartman only appears in the opening sequence and Stan, Kyle, and Kenny only appeared in the gym class sequence and had no lines.
15	* EnemyMine: The Goths are forced to team up with the Vampire Kids.
16	* TheFriendNoOneLikes: Even in a pretty effective EnemyMine situation between the goths and the vamps, no one could stand the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe.
17	* GainaxEnding: The whole thing ends up being a prank show gag.
18	* GivenNameReveal: The other three Goth kids' names are revealed: the tall Goth is Michael, the red-haired Goth is Pete, and the kindergartner Goth is Firkle.
19	* HeelFaceBrainwashing: All the Goths and Vampire Kids being sent to the facility are being turned Emo. Subverted at the end.
20	* HypocriticalHumor: Most of the humor is derived from how the Goths, Vamp kids, and Emos are portrayed to be similar with the differences being subtle or just meaningless. Becomes even more explicit when ''Edgar Allan Poe'' is summoned and the Goths and Vamp kids become annoyed by his behavior, presumably in the same way normal kids would be annoyed by their behavior. We even get this line from Pete when Poe refuses to save them after being captured:
21	--> '''Pete:''' God, he is such a downer!
22	* IAmNotPretty: When Henrietta becomes Emo, she whines about how she doesn't look as pretty or slim as a pretty cheerleader like her parents wanted. In the beginning of the episode, Henrietta even complains to her mother to not call her a "dark little princess", as she's not a [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess beauty queen in a Disney movie]].
23	* InsistentTerminology: Emos think they themselves are messed up, while Goths think everyone who's not them is messed up.
24	* KarmaHoudini: While no one gets harmed, the TV execs who set up the prank and got the Goths and Vamps involved get no punishment.
25	* LowerDeckEpisode: This episode focuses entirely on the Goth Kids. Stan and Kyle only make a short cameo playing dodgeball in the gym, and Cartman and Kenny only appear in the background of the opening.
26	* TheMole: Firkle.
27	* NonProtagonistResolver: Played for comedic effect. The episode focuses heavily on the Goth Kids, given a situation to save their friend, if not the whole world, from control of the Emos, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork going as far to team up with their enemies, The Vamp Kids]]. Together, they summon the spirit of their hero, Edgar Allen Poe [[TheMeddlingKidsAreUseless who gets to take down the "Emo King"]]. In the end, it turns out that it was [[PointAndLaughShow ALL a prank show]], and [[VictimizedBystander they were not EVEN the real targets of the prank at all]], and the host of the show himself makes [[KickTheDog a cheap joke about the heroes their expense]]. Overall, a ShaggyDogStory for everyone we followed up until the climax.
28	* NWordPrivileges: The Gangsta Vamp is the only character to say the word on account of being black.
29	* PuppeteerParasite: Emos are actually plants that live off of human hosts. Subverted: it turned out to be a prank show set-up.
30	* RewatchBonus: When they were planing to take down the Emo Kids, Firkle asks Pete that if he turns, he should kill him. This scene might count as {{Foreshadowing}} when it is reveal that Firkle HAS already turned and was a mole the whole time. Wanting to die IS something an Emo Kid would want.
31	* SelfHarm: The Emo kids indulge in this.
32	* SeriousBusiness: Michael, Pete, and Firkle try to file a child abuse claim against Henrietta's parents because they confused her for an emo when she is actually a goth.
33	* SophisticatedAsHell: Creator/EdgarAllanPoe speaking in Goth slang and just acting like a teenager in general.
34	* SpecialEditionTitle: A Goth version of the opening sequence is seen, complete with reworded lyrics. (The core four boys [[FunnyBackgroundEvent can even be seen in the distance at the end]], presumably confused as to why the Goth Kids have taken their place in the intro.)
35	* TokenMinority: The Gangsta Vamp who appears at the Vamp Kids' meeting at the Community Center.
36	* VoiceOfTheLegion: Henrietta sports this when she reveals the Emo plan to take over the world after she came back from the troubled kids' camp and became an Emo.
37	--> '''Henrietta:''' '''''Join us!'''''
38	* YouAreFat: Henrietta's long-suffering and sweet mother's reaction to Henrietta being de-Emo-ed and insulting her?

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