Board 8 > South Park, S21E09 - SUPER HARD PCness

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Its never been more challenging to be a PC Principal in an all-new episode titled SUPER HARD PCness on Wednesday, November 29 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

PC Principal is wrestling with some unfamiliar feelings. Meanwhile, boys will be boys except for Kyle who, for the first time, seems to see things differently from the rest of his friends.

Funny title. South Park's struggled with ending their seasons in their last two episodes since dealing with continuity in S18, so this should be fun.
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Thirty minutes away!
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getting ready to watch!

tomorrow when it's available for download because I don't have cable
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Damn you cable, why aren't you free in more people's homes?!
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HaRRicH posted...

South Park's struggled with ending their seasons in their last two episodes since dealing with continuity in S18, so this should be fun.

wait

is this season over already?

wtf

feels like it just started
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Two episodes left, yeah. It goes so fast.

About to begin!
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Man, they're not letting go of Netflix.

Enjoying the Hootie bits.
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Oh God. Is he going full-blown Sheila Broflofski?
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Inviso posted...

Oh God. Is he going full-blown Sheila Broflofski?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA
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XD the "Can I finish?" scene from the movie.
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I can't tell if it's genius or lazy to so blatantly reference their movie.
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oh fuck
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This episode is fucking hilarious.
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Wow.

Mackey x Conduct
Principal x Woman
Kyle becomes his mom
Garrison gets a chub

One episode left and we're at war folks!
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So who is expecting Heidi singing "Kyle's a bitch" during the finale
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another really strong episode. I laughed a bunch.
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Replay coming up!
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PC Principal's mouth with that upper lip stuck above his teeth is too good.
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Hootie Removal?

M'alright?
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Pirateking2000 posted...

So who is expecting Heidi singing "Kyle's a bitch" during the finale

If this happens, almost guaranteed top 5 season.

This has definitely been one of the better seasons in years, even after the first 2 episodes were okay at best.
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The Member Berries will be so real if that happens.

So South Park's brought us the female counterparts to three important established characters this season and made then love interests:

Cartman and Heidi (who was already here, but not Cartmanized)
PC Principal and Strong Woman
Mr. Mackey and Miss Conduct

...is this South Park's idea of feminism? Make a female version of a character and have them be romantic?
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HaRRicH posted...

...is this South Park's idea of feminism? Make a female version of a character and have them be romantic?

you have to overdo it in today's society. you can't be nuanced and subtle anymore or else critics go "wow what was the point of that"
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Okay, thanks Randy.

Spraking of which, Randy was the favorite to be the most featured adult this season...but this is a more competitive category than I thought it would be -- this could have easily been a blow-out. Garrison and PC Principal both have a lot of facetime too.

I need to rewatch the season to settle this...but right now, just off memory, I feel like this is about even for a three-way heated race.
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Has Randy had screentime beyond the witch episode?
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Inviso posted...

Has Randy had screentime beyond the witch episode?

He was heavily featured in the Columbus Day episode

Also the first episode with the home building/amazon echo stuff
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Anyways as for the episode itself the adults were pretty good, but I'm not sure how I feel about the episode. Terrance & Phillip literally doesn't make any sort of sense to me. How the fuck do they look 70-80 years old when the boys have only aged like 2-3~ years since the start of the series? Since it's been going for continuity now they really shouldn't be so old looking right? Maybe this all ends as some horrible dream? I don't really know. I'm just glad this episode had very little Cartman/Heidi. I don't really like what happened with Kyle here either. I'm not sure I've ever felt so conflicted and annoying during a South Park season

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14DB_3X3sFMEwABAxotST5i_QfBNofs8eWFB1BA8xZKA/edit?usp=drivesdk

@WiggumFan267

@ZeroSignal620

@Chaeix

@Johnbobb

Time to comment on where I think each person has the best shot to score big points in the final episode. Let me break this up into three categories.

PEOPLE WITH RANDY AND THE CARTMAN/HEIDI BREAK-UP:

TC at 14 - he predicted seven political episodes and has fifteen words left.
Chaeix at 13 - he predicted six political episodes and has fifteen words left. I'm not ruling out a Black Mirror reference either after all these Netflix jabs.
ZeroSignal at 12.5 - I don't follow the Broncos, but it's hard for me to believe they'll skip a reference to any big news about them. He also had eleven words left.
SL at 12 - she predicted eight political episodes and fourteen words left.
Wiggum at 7 - Jumanji commercials could snatch both Kevin Hart and the Rock. He also has 13.5 words left.

PEOPLE WITH GARRISON AND THE CARTMAN/HEIDI BREAK-UP:

Johnbobb at 20 - he predicted seven political episodes and has thirteen words left.

PEOPLE WITH PC PRINCIPAL AND CARTMAM/HEIDI STILL DATING:

Me at 14 - I could get six points no one else gets if these two categories pull through...! Besides that, I have thirteen words left.
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So Johnbobb's leading ever the rest of the field by six points and that's a big lead! That said, here's a few things to look out for because this isn't over yet:

Johnbobb 99% seals the deal if Garrison's the main adult or if there are seven political episodes. Really, if he gets any more points I'm still 98% sure he's our winner. This...this is the power of the bold prediction.

However! I can tie Johnbobb at 20 if PC Principal and Cartman/Heidi pull through for me, but I also have to count on there not being exactly seven political episodes. Ya'll keep me honest when I add them up later!

Chaeix has a decent chance too if Randy wins and there are six political episodes. Those bets would put him at 19 to Johnbobb's 20, and he still has all fifteen words left...can't rule him out in that scenario!
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Last, I would appreciate feedback on a potential tie-breaker.

My first thought: we ask whoever gets last place here to come up with a South Park trivia question from this season that has a clear answer. Whenever the question is posted (preferably at an agreed upon time?), first person to answer it correctly wins.

Is that fair? Are there better ideas?
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swordz9 posted...

Terrance & Phillip literally doesn't make any sort of sense to me. How the fuck do they look 70-80 years old when the boys have only aged like 2-3~ years since the start of the series? Since it's been going for continuity now they really shouldn't be so old looking right? [...] I don't really like what happened with Kyle here either. I'm not sure I've ever felt so conflicted and annoying during a South Park season

I agree that it feels like they broke canon to make the Terrance and Phillip jokes. I didn't mind too much this time since it was funny, but you're right. They could have found other ways to say their jokes were old, and the Blame Canada callbacks could still work if they still looked the same.

Kyle was weird. The callbacks were great but him becoming his mom felt out of nowhere. I didn't get why he shaved his head either (maybe he cared about his hair more when Heidi could have been his girlfriend...tough sell on that connection though). And the Michael Jackson music was a half-assed effort out of nowhere, though still better than nothing in that moment. That scene in general was just weird.
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oh my god this episode

pc principal's face
mackey freaking out about workplace harassment and then immediately crushing on the hr rep
kyle becoming him mom
hootie and the blowfish
canada just straight up getting nuked

also, it's pretty clever of Matt/Trey here; after like all of last season focused on blind nostalgia, now they're throwing in nostalgia for their own almost 20-year-old movie. Really hoping to see payoff for that
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Yeah, Kyle especially changed out of nowhere to become his mom. I don't believe he would ever do something like this since his brother is Canadian and he's been good to him in recent years. Kyle generally tries to be a relatively good person most of the time too.

If I have another complaint it's that Kenny is almost non-existent this season. Since they're going a movie related thing now hopefully he shows up in the finale or something. He's my favorite of the main 4 boys.

If it all leads to another Satan-solo and Bill Gates getting shot in the head for Windows 98 again, it will have been worth it.
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HaRRicH posted...

Satan

now THAT's a character I want to see more of

South Park's interpretation of Satan has always been one of my favorite things about the show
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I believe Satan was last seen in S18 comparing Skinner Boxes in F2P games to gambling addictions. Truly one of his finest moments.

Miss that lord of evil with a dick on his chest.
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HaRRicH posted...

I believe Satan was last seen in S18 comparing Skinner Boxes in F2P games to gambling addictions. Truly one of his finest moments.

Miss that lord of evil with a dick on his chest.

man I would've loved for him to make a return in the wake of all this gaming Loot Box controversy now

have Satan confront the CEO of EA or something
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also what the fuck how did I never realize Satan had a dick on his chest

I literally even drew him for the Halloween aquarium topic and didn't notice


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Well they do love their Star Wars references and they have a movie about to release...and this would be easy points for their game cred too. We just might get a loot box-reference.

If so, Satan, fuck this guy up:

http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/electronic-arts/ea-sports/southparkeasports610.jpg
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(pretty good drawing, too!)
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I also didn't realize Satan had a dick on his chest

The truth must come out.
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I loved this episode and everything they're doing this season and Heidi might be one of my favorite characters now and I really hope it keeps being good because last season was a let down and this one has been pretty good.

I actually like Season 20 much more more than this current season. Honestly this is probably the only season in the entire series I'm not really fond of

I loved loved loooooved what S20 tried to do and I really liked its first five episodes, but S21 seems like one of their most consistent seasons ever and it's got some real good ones in the mix too.

19 > 18 > 20

21's battling with 19 for me right now. Please nail the season finale South Park. It's been awhile since they have.
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Rewatching Holiday Special...I forgot Kyle references how he has to handle Sheila when she gets in a mood and that's why Stan has to handle Randy to save their day off school. Funny little thing to notice considering how much Kyle became like Sheila this week.
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Episodes I rewatched tonight:

White People Renovating Houses - Randy big-time (sells houses), political (Charlottesville)

Put It Down - Garrison a little (~six tweets), PC Principal a little (hosts two talent showshows, counsels Cartman twice), political (North Korea)

Holiday Special - Randy big-time (Christopher Columbus), not political (Columbus Day)

Franchise Prequel - Randy a little (family meeting about Coon and Friends), political (Russian digital propaganda)

Hummels & Heroin - Randy a little (eats dinner, visits Grandpa), not political (opioids)

Sons A Witches - Randy big-time (parties with witches), Garrison (blasts witch), not political (men and #metoo)

Still plan to rewatch and be sure, but for now I think:

Doubling Down - Garrison big-time (leads Republican party), political (defensiveness)

Moss Piglets - PC Principal a little (school meeting), not political (science fair)

SUPER HARD PCness - PC Principal big-time (falls for Strong Woman), Garrison (nukes Canada), political (accelerated war)

Tell me where I'm wrong while you still can -- I wanna be ready to decide the winner ASAP after Wednesday. So far, it seems to me that Randy's the current leader and 5/9 episodes have been political.
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Put It Down is probably the best episode this season to me. Hummels & Heroin is a close second and then Sons A Witches. Finale is gonna have to be really good to beat those

I feel confident Hummels/Witches are my least favorite episodes this season, but damn Put It Down
could be my favorite too.

Doubling Down might have impressed me more.

Several other very good episodes as well.
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I think I somehow missed Sons a Witches.
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