Prehistoric Ice Man

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“Prehistoric Ice Man”
South Park episode
The Ice Man cometh
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 31
Written by	Trey Parker Nancy M. Pimental
Directed by	Eric Stough
Production no.	218
Original airdate	January 20, 1999
Season 2 episodes
South Park - Season 2 April 1, 1998 – January 20, 1999
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"Prehistoric Ice Man" is the 31st episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. The episode is the last of the second season and originally aired on January 20, 1999. It is a parody of the 1984 film Iceman.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Plot

The boys watch Australian Outback Guy on television, and are inspired by it to go hunting for crocodiles themselves. On their journey, Kyle falls down a hole. When trying to rescue him, Stan spots a frozen man in the hole. The boys pull his body out, and the frozen mass is given to Dr. Mephisto, the genetic engineer. Stan and Kyle start arguing over who found the man, and what to name him. Stan prefers "Gorak", but Kyle suggests "Steve"; they start a major argument over this. They each declare Cartman as their new best friend.

At Mephisto's laboratory, Mephisto and Kevin thaw the ice and discover that Steve/Gorak is wearing Eddie Bauer clothes, not seen since the year 1996, nearly 32 months before.

They discover that the ice actually preserved the man and that he is alive. Mephisto treats him as a Neanderthal and is unable to understand him, even though he speaks perfect English. To make his research more lucrative, some mysterious federal agents persuade Mephisto to display the unfrozen man to the public, recreating his natural habitat for him by building a completely "1996-oriented" room. Unfortunately the "ice man" has a serious temper and hates his treatment.

Seeing this, Stan and Kyle are upset at the ice man's inhumane treatment, so they set him free, but keep arguing over what the ice-man should be called, and they agree to fight each other the following day. The next day, Larry (the ice-man's real name) discovers that his wife remarried and has two children who are, oddly enough, 8 and 13 years old. Frustrated, Larry realizes he cannot live in this world. He attempts to refreeze himself, but with little success. Kyle, however comes up with a solution: for Larry to take the train and go to live in Des Moines, Iowa, which is supposedly "three years behind" everywhere else.

Turmoil erupts at the train station - Stan and Kyle have a fistfight while putting Larry on the train, and the FBI wants to recapture Larry to "take over Sweden", aided by the "Australian Outback Guy" from the beginning of the episode. But their attempts prove futile; he escapes in a helicopter. Stan and Kyle reconcile, because they would rather be best friends with each other than with Cartman. Cartman then attempts to put his thumb in a cow's anus, resulting in the cow's anus nearly consuming his entire body. He comments that "it smells like Kenny's house in here."