Marjorine
Encyclopedia
"Marjorine" is episode 134 of Comedy Central's
South Park
. It aired on October 26, 2005.
gathering the boys together in his basement to show them a video tape of the girls of South Park Elementary using a device, which is a high-tech gadget which gives them the ability to see into the future (in reality a paper fortune teller).
The boys build a containment center with hazardous material suits and a quarantine shower with which to study the device, and devise a plan to steal it. The boys fake Butters' death by dropping a pig carcass (which explodes upon hitting the sidewalk, making it impossible to tell that it was a pig) dressed in Butters' clothes from the Bowery Building. Butters then dresses up as a new girl, "Marjorine" (a play on margarine
, a substitute for butter), and infiltrates a slumber party that one of their classmates, Heidi Turner, is hosting. Initially, none of the girls at the party like Marjorine, and Butters is overwhelmed by their cruelty, finally running into the bathroom crying. Wendy and Bebe tell the other girls that they were too hard on Marjorine. The other girls agree and they give Marjorine a makeover and resume their party. Meanwhile, Mr. Stotch is told by an old farmer (last seen in "Asspen
") not to dig Butters' body up and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground (a reference to Judd Crandall from Pet Sematary
). The farmer tells him "Don't do it Stotch! Sometimes, what you take out of the ground ain't the same thing you put in!" Stephen Stotch--who had no intention of doing such a thing until the old man put the notion in his head--does however exhume Butters' 'remains' and re-bury the pig-carcass there, believing this will bring Butters back to life.
Butters (as Marjorine) is just starting to have fun with the girls, when Heidi's father realizes that there are boys around the house. Butters believes his cover to be blown and makes a desperate escape with the fortune telling device, and gives it to the other boys. Stan tells Butters to come along to learn about the device, but he refuses, saying that the device is nothing but trouble and his job is done, and goes home to tell his parents that he is not dead. When the boys attempt to ask so many questions with the device, Stan realizes what Butters has meant. The boys, this time around, decide that the power of the fortune-telling device is too great for any mortal. Rather than spending their lives defending it from girls, the CIA, terrorists
and Russia
ns, they decide to destroy it by having Kenny
blow it up. However, the explosion burns the entire forest.
Meanwhile, Butters' parents have now convinced themselves that their child will return as a demon. He knocks on the door but they do not want to see him back from the dead. Butters return home to his terrified parents who lock him in the basement. When he says he is hungry, his parents murder a saleswoman with a shovel, and offer him up her corpse to feed on, still believing Butters to be hell-spawn. The episode ends with Butters asking for SpaghettiOs
instead.
Comedy Central
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South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
. It aired on October 26, 2005.
Plot
The episode begins with CartmanEric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name...
gathering the boys together in his basement to show them a video tape of the girls of South Park Elementary using a device, which is a high-tech gadget which gives them the ability to see into the future (in reality a paper fortune teller).
The boys build a containment center with hazardous material suits and a quarantine shower with which to study the device, and devise a plan to steal it. The boys fake Butters' death by dropping a pig carcass (which explodes upon hitting the sidewalk, making it impossible to tell that it was a pig) dressed in Butters' clothes from the Bowery Building. Butters then dresses up as a new girl, "Marjorine" (a play on margarine
Margarine
Margarine , as a generic term, can indicate any of a wide range of butter substitutes, typically composed of vegetable oils. In many parts of the world, the market share of margarine and spreads has overtaken that of butter...
, a substitute for butter), and infiltrates a slumber party that one of their classmates, Heidi Turner, is hosting. Initially, none of the girls at the party like Marjorine, and Butters is overwhelmed by their cruelty, finally running into the bathroom crying. Wendy and Bebe tell the other girls that they were too hard on Marjorine. The other girls agree and they give Marjorine a makeover and resume their party. Meanwhile, Mr. Stotch is told by an old farmer (last seen in "Asspen
Asspen
"Asspen" is the second episode of the sixth season of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on March 13, 2002. It parodies several sports movies of the 1980s.-Plot:...
") not to dig Butters' body up and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground (a reference to Judd Crandall from Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by Stephen King. It was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and was later made into a film of the same name.-Plot:...
). The farmer tells him "Don't do it Stotch! Sometimes, what you take out of the ground ain't the same thing you put in!" Stephen Stotch--who had no intention of doing such a thing until the old man put the notion in his head--does however exhume Butters' 'remains' and re-bury the pig-carcass there, believing this will bring Butters back to life.
Butters (as Marjorine) is just starting to have fun with the girls, when Heidi's father realizes that there are boys around the house. Butters believes his cover to be blown and makes a desperate escape with the fortune telling device, and gives it to the other boys. Stan tells Butters to come along to learn about the device, but he refuses, saying that the device is nothing but trouble and his job is done, and goes home to tell his parents that he is not dead. When the boys attempt to ask so many questions with the device, Stan realizes what Butters has meant. The boys, this time around, decide that the power of the fortune-telling device is too great for any mortal. Rather than spending their lives defending it from girls, the CIA, terrorists
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
ns, they decide to destroy it by having Kenny
Kenny McCormick
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is one of the four central characters along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His oft-muffled and indiscernible speech—the result of his parka hood covering his...
blow it up. However, the explosion burns the entire forest.
Meanwhile, Butters' parents have now convinced themselves that their child will return as a demon. He knocks on the door but they do not want to see him back from the dead. Butters return home to his terrified parents who lock him in the basement. When he says he is hungry, his parents murder a saleswoman with a shovel, and offer him up her corpse to feed on, still believing Butters to be hell-spawn. The episode ends with Butters asking for SpaghettiOs
SpaghettiOs
SpaghettiOs is an American brand of canned, sweetened spaghetti featuring circular pasta shapes in a cheese and tomato sauce — and marketed to parents as 'less messy' than regular spaghetti...
instead.