Line #26 Recap/SouthParkS7E2KrazyKripples


1	'''Original air date:''' 3/26/2003
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3	Jimmy and Timmy land in the middle of a gang war; Stan, Cartman, Kenny and Kyle stay out of the way when stem cell research divides the town.
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5	!!This episode provides examples of:
6	* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: When Christopher Reeve goes off the deep end, he starts pronouncing Hackman's name as "Hack-MAN."
7	* AccidentalMurder: Jimmy and Timmy were just crossing the street when a truck swerved to miss them and [[AchievementsInIgnorance hit the gas station where 13 Bloods were hanging out]].
8	--> [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "And they got us marshmallows and ginger ale!"]]
9	* AuthorTract: This episode was produced due to Parker and Stone's negative reaction towards Creator/ChristopherReeve's appearance on ''[[Creator/LarryKing Larry King Live]]'', which they felt made him self-entitled compared to people born with disabilities.
10	* BigBad: Creator/ChristopherReeve.
11	* BigGood: Creator/GeneHackman.
12	* BullyingTheDisabled: Jimmy's parents reveal that when they were teenagers they made fun of other kids that were handicapped and believe that, as a form of divine retribution, Jimmy ended up with disabilities.
13	* TheBusCameBack: Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and David Blaine all return for Christopher Reeve's coalition.
14	* EvilIsHammy: Christopher Reeve chews the scenery the more unhinged he grows until he's talking like an exaggerated supervillain parody.
15	* FreezeFrameBonus: The Crips leaders said that Jimmy and Timmy took out 13 Bloods, but there were actually 14 Bloods hanging out at the gas station. This means that one of them survived and was able to identify Jimmy and Timmy, and then they performed the drive-by shooting.
16	* {{Gangbangers}}: The Crips and the Bloods.
17	* GanglandDriveBy: Some Bloods tries to kill Jimmy by driving by and shooting up his parents house. Amazingly they [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy fail to hit Jimmy even once.]]
18	* GoKartingWithBowser: Jimmy and Timmy manage to get the Crips and the Bloods to get along at the end.
19	* HarmlessVillain: Chris doesn't really accomplish a whole lot during his turn to evil. He just eats unborn fetuses, cackles maniacally, tosses a truck, and declares eternal vengeance on Gene Hackman. He assembles a Legion of Doom consisting of other supervillains (plus Professor Chaos) devoted solely to getting rid of Hackman (which the villains aren't interested in), only to be defeated minutes later when Hackman arrives announcing he just banned stem cell research. He then has Reeve sealed away in the Phantom Zone with implicitly little effort.
20	* InsistentTerminology: Reeve wants to be referred to as Chris instead of Christopher.
21	* {{Irony}}: A whole scene is devoted to this. Christopher Reeve gains the strength of Superman with Gene Hackman trying to stop him, only this time, Gene Hackman is the hero and Christoper Reeve is the villain.
22	* ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing: Cartman, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who has been proven to be unapologetically ableist]], gets offended when he's told he can't join Jimmy and Timmy's club for not being handicapped.
23	* LegionOfDoom: Christopher Reeve creates a Legion of Doom to counter Gene Hackman in direct homage to the ''Super Friends'' cartoon featuring the same lair as the show, featuring various DC and Marvel villains as well as the ''South Park'' versions of UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein, UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden, Kim Jon-gil, David Blaine, [[HarmlessVillain Professor Chaos]], and [[HypercompetentSidekick General Disarray]].
24	* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Gene Hackman, the actor who played as the villainous Lex Luthor in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', is a generally alright guy who's concerned about the effect stem cells are having on his former costar's mind.
25	* MediumAwareness: The News Reporter can clearly see the {{irony}} with {{Creator/Christopher\|Reeve}} [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Reeve]] acting villainous and {{Creator/Gene\|Hackman}} [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Hackman]] acting heroic. It gets even more ironic for those of you who know about [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Hackman's]] [[WagTheDirector behavior]] [[http://www.indiewire.com/2011/10/nyff-wes-anderson-cast-of-royal-tenenbaums-talk-the-challenges-of-working-with-gene-hackman-115775/ on the set]] of ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums''.
26	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Reeve's ThatManIsDead speech. He uses a lot of words just to say his new evil name is Chris.
27	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jimmy has this moment when he believes that he was the one that caused the Crips and the Bloods to fight.
28	* NeverMyFault: Mr. Kim called the police on Jimmy and Timmy for robbing him… despite the fact that they didn't (and weren't going to) do that and he gave them the things for free.
29	* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Jimmy and Timmy believe that the Crips are people who were born crippled while the Bloods were people who became crippled.
30	* PaperThinDisguise: Jummy and Timmy have very obvious disguise when they let Crips and Bloods into recreation center.
31	* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Jimmy after joining the Crips.
32	* RunningGag: Characters -- usually Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny, but also Mr. [=McGillicuddy=] and, late in the episode, Butters -- deciding they don't like where the plot is going and that they should "stay out of this one".
33	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere:
34	** The boys decide to not get involved in the plot. And after they've seen the aftermath.
35	---> '''Stan:''' Dude, I am '''SO''' glad we stayed out of that one!
36	---> '''Kyle:''' Me too!
37	** Mr. [=McGillicuddy=] (the T-shirt store owner) after Jimmy and Timmy express interest in joining the Crips.
38	** Professor Chaos tells General Disarray that they should've done this after they found out Reeve's real plan.
39	* SelectiveObliviousness: For a change, this applies to a couple of the kids, even if they're not among the main cast. Jimmy and Timmy are unaware they're ''not'' joining a group of cripples, but rather a gang.
40	* SustainedMisunderstanding: Because no one bothers to explain the situation to them, Jimmy and Timmy don't realize that the Crips are an inner-city street gang, not a club for people born handicapped.
41	* ThatManIsDead: "Stop calling me Christopher! That name no longer has meaning to me! Christopher was someone who lived in a wheelchair! Always being pushed around by others! The old Christopher Reeve is dead! From now on, I am... ''([[FaceRevealingTurn looks back menacingly]])'' '''''[[TomTheDarkLord Chris]]'''''!"
42	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Reeve setting up a Legion of Doom explicitly devoted to "world domination and evil" is treated like general inspirational human interest story by the news.
43	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had Mr. [=McGillicuddy=] kept his mouth shut, none of this would've happened.

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