“I'm a Little Bit Country”
South Park episode
Cartman during his flashback
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 100
Written by
Production no.	701
Original airdate	April 9, 2003
Season 7 episodes
South Park - Season 7 March 19, 2003 – December 17, 2003
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Plot

This episode originally aired during the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. When Mr. Garrison agrees to let anyone protesting the war out of school early for a rally, all the kids leave, even though they know little about the war. They are then interviewed outside the school for their views on what the Founding Fathers would think about the conflict and show their ignorance by not knowing who the founding fathers were. Angered at the embarrassment, Mr. Garrison gives everybody an assignment to figure out an opinion on the Founders' view of the war. Stan, Kyle, and Kenny begin to study for their projects; Cartman, however, decides to take a different approach, trying (and failing) to induce a flashback of the colonial era by dropping a large rock on his own head. The subject of this article is the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Janet Garrison (born Herbert Garrison), voiced by Trey Parker, is a recurring character in the South Park cartoon series. ... Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kyle Broflovski, also spelled Kyle Broflofski, Kyle Broflowski, Kyle Brovlofski, Kyle Broflofki, or in the earlier episodes, Kyle Brosloski, is a fictional character in the animated series South Park. ... Kenneth Kenny McCormick is a fictional character in the animated series South Park. ... Cartman redirects here. ... In literature, film, television and other media, a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. ... This article is about the colonial history of the United States. ...

Meanwhile, the people of the town are divided about the war, and after splitting in two, they both plan rallies: one pro-war, one anti-war, both on the same day in the same place. They wind up having a great argument during both rallies, and in the end get into a huge fight where they begin to all kill each other. Meanwhile, Cartman electrocutes himself in water with a TiVo full of colonial documentaries from The History Channel in order to induce a flashback. He falls into a coma, and in his mind, he travels back to the colonial era. With a single murder (he takes a nearby log and brutally beats the messenger, while singing the Dawson's Creek theme) he manages to get the job of delivering the Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson's home to the Continental Congress for a vote; there, a great argument breaks out about whether or not to go to war against Great Britain, paralleling the events in town, which Cartman recognizes as being "very, very relevant". TiVo (pronounced tee-voh, IPA: ) is a popular brand of digital video recorder (DVR) in the United States. ... For the Canadian equivalent of this channel, see History Television. ... The United States Declaration of Independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies were independent of Great Britain. ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ... The Continental Congress was the first national government of the United States. ...

Benjamin Franklin shows up, as voiced by famed TV producer Norman Lear, also creative consultant for this episode; and he gives his opinion that both opinions were valid, as the new country they were trying to found would need strength from the hawks and compassion from the doves. He suggests that if they go to war but still allow protests (which in his opinion wouldn't actually stop the war) then it looks like they didn't want the war. Actually he refers to the need to found a nation based on "saying one thing" and "doing another one". One member refers to this as "having our cake and eating it too". Cartman wakes up and delivers his message to the town, who see the truth of that statement and then break out into song (a version of "I'm a Little Bit Country" by Donny and Marie Osmond). In it, they celebrate their differences and their achievement (100 episodes); ending the song with the line, "For the war, against the war- who cares! One hundred episodes!". The 100th episode of the series ends with Kyle saying "I hate this town. I really, really do". Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Donald Clark Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American Welsh entertainer. ... Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959 in Ogden, Utah) is an American actress, singer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds. ... The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenybopper idols in the 1970s. ...

Trivia

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• The guitarist playing on the anti-war side of the stage is Slash.
• The episode’s title and parody theme are based on the 1970s hit song I’m a Little Bit Country by Donny and Marie Osmond.
• During the singing, the pro-war side of town’s curtain had the bald eagle facing the bundle of arrows in its talon rather than the olive branch (which the eagle normally faces), showing that side of town’s favor in the war.
• In the end of the episode many characters from previous episodes appear in the choir. Santa Claus, Sally Struthers, the Marklar aliens, Towelie, and the Grim Reaper all appear, to name a few.