Timmy 2000
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 51 |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production no. | 404 |
| Original airdate | April 19, 2000 |
| Season 4 episodes | |
| South Park - Season 4 April 5, 2000 – December 20, 2000 |
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"Timmy 2000" (AKA "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld") is episode 51 of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. It originally aired on April 19, 2000. It was voted #6 of the "10 South Parks that changed the world".
[edit] Plot
The boys have a new fellow student in their class, the mentally and physically crippled Timmy, who is only capable of making various noises, saying his own name, and saying "livin' a lie". Mr. Garrison and Principal Victoria don't realize that, and Mr. Mackey suggests that Timmy may suffer from ADD. They send him to a doctor who just diagnoses him with that condition in a very odd fashion. Timmy is freed from all homework. All the other kids in the class claim they have ADD, because they also want to be rid of homework, and they are all promptly diagnosed as well, and are prescribed Ritalin.
Without the burden of homework, Timmy finds a new pastime as he is discovered by a band named The Lords of the Underworld (see "Cat Orgy"), which takes him on as its new lead singer. The band becomes instantly successful due to Timmy's antics. However, many people are upset as they think that Timmy is being ridiculed. Phil Collins in particular is displeased with the new band, which has been booked to open for him at the Lalapalalapaza festival. Shortly after, Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld take Collins's place as the headliners of the festival.
The other boys have actually started to take their Ritalin medication, making them very calm and rather boring. Cartman develops a side effect that causes him to see pink Christina Aguilera monsters. The adults are uncomfortable among them, but accept their new kind and obedient children when they also start taking Ritalin. Chef and the pharmacists are the only people left who are not under the drug's influence.
Meanwhile, Phil Collins tries to break up Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld. First by appealing to Timmy's parents, Richard and Helen (who also have large heads, are wheelchair bound, and unable to say anything other than their names), and later by telling the guitarist, Skyler, that Timmy is stealing his fame and is only holding Skyler back. Skyler leaves the band, which is subsequently cancelled from the festival. Collins regains his headlining spot, and Skyler's solo project Reach for the Skyler is booked to open for him.
In the meantime, Chef tries to convince the parents that there are other methods to fight ADD than medication, but as the parents are all taking Ritalin too, he doesn't get any help and is forced to confront the pharmacists alone. After the boys come in and tell Chef that they want to go to the festival to see Phil Collins perform, Chef confronts the pharmacists and tells them that they are responsible for the children liking Collins. Horrified that they are responsible for this, they make a plan to distribute an antidote called "Ritalout" by mixing it into free drinks at the Lalapalalapaza festival. They get the drinks from a lemonade stand run by Mr. Derp (a minor character who appeared last in "The Succubus").
The plan works perfectly; Collins is booed from the stage, and the crowd starts chanting for Timmy. The band reunites with Skyler and they play their show. Timmy even learns the words to introduce the band properly. Phil Collins is involuntarily crowd surfing, the position of the Oscar suggests that it has been inserted in his anus.
[edit] References to other works
- The band "Sisters of Mercy Hold No Pain Against the Dark Lord" is an overt parody on the band Sisters of Mercy; the name and sound of the band are rather reminiscent of the real band.[citation needed]
- The Lalapalalapaza festival's name derives from the Lollapalooza festival.
- As a running gag everybody spells and pronounces "Lalapalalapaza" wrong and in a different way.
- The song that Phil Collins sings at the opening to the Lalapalalapaza festival is a parody of his 1985 single "Sussudio".[citation needed]
- Collins talks and acts in a manner similar to the Gumbies from Monty Python.[citation needed]
- The controversy surrounding Timmy as a handicapped kid fronting a rock band may refer to the popularity of Wesley Willis.[citation needed]
- The doctor tested Timmy for ADD by reading aloud The Great Gatsby (which ironically puts the adults to sleep) and then reading A Farewell to Arms aloud to the other children.[citation needed]
- Phil Collins is always seen holding an Academy Award. This refers to his award in 1999 for best song, "You'll Be In My Heart" from Disney's Tarzan, which won against a song from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut called "Blame Canada".
- "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" is a playable song in the video game Rock Band.
| Preceded by “Quintuplets 2000” |
South Park episodes | Followed by “Pip” |
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