It's Christmas in Canada
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| "It's Christmas in Canada" | |
 The boys enjoy a Canadian Christmas. |
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| Episode no. | 111 |
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| Airdate | December 17, 2003 |
| South Park - Season 7 March 19, 2003 – December 17, 2003 |
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"It's Christmas in Canada" is episode 715 of Comedy Central's South Park. This episode originally aired on December 17, 2003.
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[edit] Plot
As the Broflovski family celebrates Hanukkah, Kyle's dad notes the family's togetherness, and says that nothing can break them apart. Naturally, the biological Canadian parents of adopted baby brother Ike show up, and say that they want Ike back.
Due to the new laws made by the Prime Minister of Canada, this is ruled to be legal and cannot be overturned by South Park's court. Ike leaves with his Canadian parents.
In the aftermath, the citizens of South Park decide to be brotherly to the devastated Broflovskis, and instead of spending money on Christmas gifts, they will give them the money, in the hope that they can someday get Ike back. But the children of South Park are upset by the thought of Christmas without any presents; especially Cartman, who wants to beat Kyle up. But the boys decide to go to Canada and get Ike back themselves in the few days before Christmas, saving everybody's money for presents, and Kyle from being beaten-up.
They fly with City Airlines, run by City Wok owner Tuong Lu Kim. After a while, the plane, a Cessna whose tail number is N432G, suffers from mechanical problems (As well as Tuong falling asleep). He parachutes out of the plane, leaving the 4 boys in it. It crashes in Canada, but the 4 boys get out unharmed. In Canada, they meet a bunch of Canadians (In a very similar fashion to Dorothy meeting the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz), including Scott, who is "a dick". He hates Americans, and vows to stop them from meeting the Prime Minister.
Travelling to Ottawa on the only road in Canada, the boys meet others plagued by the new Prime Minister's laws - a Canadian Mountie, who is forced to ride a sheep instead of a horse; French Canadians, who can no longer drink wine; and a Newfoundlander, who can no longer practice sodomy. The boys then realize that they were heading in the wrong direction, but the group get to Ottawa in the "kind Newfie's" boat.
Reaching the parliament building, the boys see that the Prime Minister is a gigantic floating head, and brutal dictator who refuses to let Ike go back to America. But Stan then notices a curtain in the corner, and pulls it back to reveal Saddam Hussein, bearded and hiding in a spider hole - he was the new Prime Minister, which explains all the pointless new laws. Upon this discovery, the Canadians nullify all of the laws he made, Ike's natural parents agree to let him go back to America with Kyle. Because they had spent all the time getting there they missed Christmas. Cartman gets angry and prompts Kyle into a fight. Kyle hits him once, reluctantly, with a simple punch to Cartman's nose, and Cartman immediately starts to wail loudly in the manner of a toddler, and call Kyle "mean!". Rick the Mountie then comes back in inviting the boys to celebrate Christmas Canadian-style, being part of a parade while the Canadians sing "Ding Dong, The Americans Caught Saddam!". Stan sighs and says that maybe they'll have a Christmas adventure next year.
[edit] Kenny's death
Died when the head of the "Canadian prime minister" shot him with laser beams, cauring him to explode.
[edit] Trivia
- Despite the episode's setting being Canada, there is no sign or mention of Terrance and Phillip. However, their archenemy, Scott "the Dick" (from Season 2's Not Without My Anus) does make an appearance.
- This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award.
- This is the only time this season that Kenny dies.
- This episode features the word "bullshit" uncensored.
- This episode aired just days after Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin took office, and just days after the capture of Saddam Hussein.
[edit] References to The Wizard of Oz
The Canada part of the plot is based on the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 movie adaptation. Stan even says "I don't think we're in America any more." Various allusions include:
- An arrival that involves a crash-landing; in Oz it was a house deposited by a tornado, in this episode a Cessna crash-landing.
- Natives who fear the occupants of the crashed vessel; in Oz they thought the house came from a Wicked Witch, in this episode the Canadians feared an invasion, also referencing the South Park Movie.
- "The Only Road" in Canada, mimicking the "Yellow brick road", including a song while traveled upon.
- Numerous individuals that join the main protagonist to speak with the Wizard/Prime Minister.
- A "shortcut"; in Oz the shortcut was through a patch of flowers and in this episode it was via boat to Ottawa.
- An antagonist with an observing device; in Oz a Wicked Witch who watched the protagonists with a Crystal Ball, in this episode Scott who apparently watched the episode as it aired live on television.
- The manner in which the protagonists get into the Wizard's/Prime Minister's abode is the same (through a call for sympathy).
- When Scott suddenly appears, the Canadians all run and hide, making the same noises as the Munchkins did when the Wicked Witch of the West appeared.
| Preceded by: "Raisins" |
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