"Chinpokomon" is episode 42 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on November 3, 1999. The episode's title is a portmanteau word originating from the words chinpoko and Pokémon. Chinpoko (along with chinpo and pokochin) is a children's euphemism for "penis" in Japanese, much like "wee-wee" in American English. Thus, Chinpokomon can also be interpreted as "penis monster" and Chinpoko Master translates to "penis master." This episode was never aired in Japan, nor released in the Japanese version of South Park's Season 3 boxset. The boys play the Chinpokomon video game. ... Randolph Severn Trey Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an Academy Award nominated American animator, screenwriter, film director, voice actor, actor and musician. ... Randolph Severn Trey Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an Academy Award nominated American animator, screenwriter, film director, voice actor, actor and musician. ... Eric Stough, born 1972, is the director of animation for the series South Park. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Rainforest Schmainforest (aka. ... For the physical phenomenon, see spontaneous combustion. ... The Succubus is the 34th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Tweek, Token, Stan, Kyle Cartman and Pip. ... Jakovasaurs is the 36th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Sexual Harassment Panda is episode 306 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Cat Orgy is the 38th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub (Also sometimes called Melvins) is part two of the Meteor Shower story arc, with this part involving the character of Stan, and episode 308 of Comedy Centrals South Park. ... Jewbilee is the third and final part of the Meteor Shower story arc and the 40th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Starvin Marvin in Space is episode 311 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Korns Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery is episode 3. ... Hooked on Monkey Fonics is episode 313 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... The Red Badge of Gayness is episode 45 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Mr. ... Are You There God? Its Me, Jesus is episode 316 of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus is the 14th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Cartmans Silly Hate Crime 2000 (sometimes shortened to Cartmans Hate Crime) is episode 50 of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... The following is an episode list for the Comedy Central animated television series South Park. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... This article is about the TV series. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... A portmanteau (IPA: ) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... A euphemism is the substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener; or in the case of doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker. ...

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Plot

The episode starts with Cartman at home watching his new favorite TV show from Japan, Chinpokomon, a parody of Pokémon. The show's protagonist dreams of becoming a Royal Crown Chinpoko Master and says that the viewer watching can become one too by purchasing Chinpokomon-related merchandise, which range from plush dolls to video games, and finally by attending a Chinpokomon-themed camp. The Chinpokomon video game also causes Kenny to suffer a seizure. Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to by his family name, Cartman, is one of the four main characters in the animated series South Park (the others being Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick). ... The official Pokémon logo. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... Kenny McCormick, voiced by Matt Stone, is one of the five (originally four) central characters of South Park, the four others being Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and in recent seasons, Butters Stotch. ...

All of the boys and girls soon become obsessed with Chinpokomon except for Kyle, who is mercilessly teased as a result and finally begins buying Chinpokomon merchandise just so he will be accepted by his friends. Unfortunately, the merchandise lineup is so extensive that he can never manage to get up to date on the latest toys, as a new item is released as soon as he buys the most recent product. His parents, as well, are surprised by how much money he's spending, try to explain that fads are just meaningless, but, feeling sympathetic, give him as much money as he needs. Meanwhile, the boys make plans to attend the official Chinpokomon camp, which is in reality the front for a military boot camp designed by the Japanese Government to train the kids into soldiers for its upcoming attack on Pearl Harbor. Whenever somebody is close to realizing the Japanese are conspiring against America, the Japanese distract them by telling them that Americans have "huge" penises compared to the Japanese. Kyle Broflovski is a fictional character in the Emmy-award-winning animated series South Park. ... Boot Camp is a software assistant made available by Apple Inc. ... There is still dispute as to whether Japan is a constitutional monarchy or a republic. ... This article is about the harbor in Hawaii. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ...

Sharon and Randy Marsh, Stan's parents, watch a Chinpokomon video tape of Stan's and are confused and dismayed by the content. They start to suspect the Japanese makers are up to something, as their show is portrayed as being generally unintelligent, and as Sharon points out, stupidity often has worse effects than vulgarity and violence. So, they inform the other parents and show them the tape. Sheila suggests it is just another harmless fad that helps her get responsibilities out of Kyle in return for promising to send him to the camp. Randall Randy Marsh and Sharon (previously Carol) Marsh (née Kimble) are fictional characters in the animated series South Park. ... The term vulgar originally meant of the common people, from the Latin vulgus. ... For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). ...

The boys' parents eventually discover the truth behind Chinpokomon after the kids start acting strange in class (Mr Garrison keeps getting answers to questions in Japanese and he and Mr Hat are constantly called "Garrison-san" and "Hat-san") and are determined to prevent their sons and daughters from participating in the Japanese bombing campaign by diverting their attention with another fad. Neither the "Wild Wacky Action Bike" (a glow-in-the-dark bike that cannot be steered, which results in the child riding it to slam into a truck), nor "Alabama Man" (an abusive, alcoholic action figure that is shown to be a bad role model, as the two boys playing with him have developed a profane vocabulary and want to be abusive alcoholics like Alabama Man). No suitable substitute can be found.

The boys later rally through the town with the Japanese leaders. The parents try to sort out the problem and say that the Japanese are conspiring against them, but, once again, they are distracted by the "Americans have such large penises" trick. Then President Bill Clinton tells them what the Japanese plan to do, but that he won't do anything because he has fallen for the "incredibly large penis" trick as well. The parents hurriedly hit upon the idea of pretending to like Chinpokomon themselves and encouraging their children's interest in the show. The boys near-instantly lose all interest in Chinpokomon as a result, except for Kyle, who thinks everyone is still into the fad and becomes the object of ridicule once again when he attempts to discuss Chinpokomon with his friends and leave in his fighter jet to bomb Pearl Harbor. Through some talks with Stan, Kyle realizes he's just too confused, and gets off the plane. The end scene has the boys at the bus stop discussing the newest fad with Kyle saying that he's no longer into any fads. For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... This article is about the harbor in Hawaii. ...

Kenny's death

Kenny has a seizure while playing the new Chinpokomon video game, but doesn't officially die until near the end when rats burst from his body. Kenny's seizure is a reference to an incident where an episode of Pokémon entitled "Electric Soldier Porygon" was banned after it caused a large number of Japanese viewers, especially those with epilepsy, to experience seizures and convulsions due to a scene with a lot of bright lights that flashed at a fast pace. Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu riding Porygon Electric Soldier Porygon , Electronic Brain Soldier Polygon) is the thirty-eighth episode of the original Pokémon anime and was aired on Japanese television in December 16, 1997. ...

Fake Commercials

This episode is one of a handful of South Park episodes to feature live action video. Multiple times in the episode, a live action Japanese woman was shown. And also, two fake commercials were filmed for the episode featuring the fictional products of the "Wild Wacky Action Bike" and "Alabama Man". Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Cultural References

• In this episode, one of the Japanese characters is named Hirohito. This was the name of the Emperor Shōwa who was in power in Japan during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The character looks like him when he was younger. He had been dead for ten years at this point.
• The ending of Independence Day is referenced near the end of the episode, in the reaction to finding a method to defeat the enemy ("tell them how to bring those sons of bitches down") and that the message was delivered in morse code. This was also done in the episode "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes."
• This episode aired a week before Pokémon: The First Movie was released in theaters.
• Surprisingly, throughout the course of the episode, the use of Japanese is extremely accurate, with few (if any) grammatical or vocabulary-related mistakes.
• The DVD version of this episode is the first episode in Season 3 to use the reformatted disclaimer. On TV, this disclaimer was reformatted and used first in the episode Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery.
• In future episodes Chinpokomon toys make many cameo appearances - possibly a reference to how Pokémon is still popular, but not as popular as it was before. One of the Chinpokomon, a green cat is an inhabitant of the good side of Imaginationland in the "Imaginationland" trilogy.
• When the toy salesman of South Park visits the Chinpokomon factory, a screen appears which is of a fictional brand "Suny" which is very similar to the Japanese electronics brand Sony.

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References

External links

• South Park: Chinpokomon synopsis on TV.com
• WWAB Advert "Wild Wacky Action Bike" Ad.