Tom's Rhinoplasty (South Park episode)
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| "Tom's Rhinoplasty" | |
 Wendy warning Ms. Ellen to stay away from Stan. |
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| Episode no. | 111 |
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| Airdate | February 11, 1998 |
| South Park - Season 1 August 13, 1997 – February 25, 1998 |
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"Tom's Rhinoplasty" is episode 11 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired February 11, 1998.
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[edit] Plot
Valentine's Day approaches, which Wendy Testaburger awaits as an opportunity to spend time with her boyfriend, Stan. However, when schoolteacher Mr. Garrison goes to get a rhinoplasty, a new substitute named Ms. Ellen comes, and all the boys in class find themselves inexplicably enamored with her, including Stan, making Wendy incredibly jealous. She eventually tells Ms. Ellen, "Don't fuck with me," and "Stay away from my man, bitch, or I'll whoop your sorry ho ass back to last year!"
Mr. Garrison's nose job works out well, and he soon finds himself the most attractive man in South Park (looking like David Hasselhoff). This in mind, he decides to quit teaching and spend his time "hanging out and screwing hot chicks." Ms. Ellen is hired as the class' permanent teacher. The boys by this time are actively trying to court her, but Chef (having beaten them in their attempts of courtship) warns them she is a lesbian. Unsure what that is, the boys try to become lesbians themselves, in order to win Ms. Ellen's heart. They get their chance when Ms Ellen reveals she has a spelling test for the class and she will buy dinner for the winner.Wendy's attempts to ruin Ms. Ellen or make herself more noticeable to Stan all fail. This is made worse when Stan is revealed to have won Ms. Ellen's competition and will have dinner with her, then Mr Garrison comes in and says he is no longer going to be their teacher, and Ms. Ellen be a permanent teacher, which worsens it further for Wendy. To top it all off, Principal Victoria tells Wendy her grandmother has just died.
In class the next day, Wendy tries to make friends with Ms Ellen and, at the same time, reveal to Stan how he's broken her heart. Suddenly, and inexplicably, several Iraqi men burst into the classroom during the session, and declare that Ms. Ellen is actually an Iraqi fugitive; they take her into custody and shoot her into the center of the sun via a rocket. Concurrently, a large group of women rampages the streets in search for Mr. Garrison. Mr. Garrison, frightened by all the attention and horny women, decides to return to his normal looks. Wendy is therefore able to reclaim Stan as her boyfriend. As Wendy and Stan are about to share a kiss, Stan vomits as usual. Wendy is relieved that things are back to normal.
At the end of the episode, as Kyle is questioning the unusual end of Ms. Ellen, Wendy speaks with the Iraqi men in fluent Arabic and pays them with a huge amount of American money. She also thanks one of the women from the group that chased Garrison. Wendy, slightly deranged, admits she was behind the plot. She finishes with her eyes flashing and she says "I told her...don't...F***...with...Wendy...Testaburger!
[edit] Kenny's Death
- When Ms. Ellen is arrested by the Iraqis, she snatches a scimitar from one of the men in an attempt to defend herself. She loses her grip on it, however, and it flies across the classroom, impaling Kenny between the eyes and pinning him to the wall.
[edit] Pop Culture References
- Miss Ellen is voiced by a celebrity guest star, Natasha Henstridge. She is billed in the credits as "The chick from Species".
- People Chef uses to compare to Miss Ellen when asking the boys about her are Vanessa L. Williams, Toni Braxton, Pamela Anderson and "Erin Gray in the Second Season of Buck Rogers."
- Mr. Garrison throws up when the movie Contact is mentioned. This is the first of three times South Park has referenced Contact. According to the commentary for this episode, this was removed from the initial DVD pressing because Trey Parker and Matt Stone express just how much they hate it (stating that after that movie was made, everything Jodie Foster and Robert Zemeckis made was automatically awful and not worth seeing).
- The song that plays in the background whenever Mr. Garrison is seen after his rhinoplasty is "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb.
[edit] Trivia
- Cartman says that his mother told him that to become a lesbian, one has to "lick carpet". "Carpet" is often used as a sexual slang term for pubic hair (as in the phrase "The carpet doesn't match the drapes", meaning the hair on someone's head doesn't match their pubic hair color). A carpet licker (or carpet muncher) is a slang for lesbian. In a later scene, Cartman can be seen eating an old cardboard box on the advice of his mother. "Box" is a slang term for vagina, and "eating box" is, therefore, a slang term for cunnilingus.
- A visitor can be seen blinking his eyes on the wall when the Iraqis invade the classroom.
- In the scene when Mr. Garrison is modeling, a picture of Trey Parker wearing a wedding dress and veil can be seen in the background. This could parody when Dennis Rodman wore a wedding dress.
- King Jimmy's Buffet is a obvious play on words of American singer Jimmy Buffet.
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