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Plot

The episode begins with Cartman gathering the boys together in his basement to show them a video tape of the girls of South Park Elementary using a Cootie Catcher but, not realizing it is a game, the boys all believe the girls possess a high-tech gadget which gives them the ability to see into the future. 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). ... An elaborately decorated cootie catcher. ...

The boys build a containment centre complete with hazardous material suits and a quarantine shower with which to study the device, and come up with a plan to steal it. This elaborate plan entails infiltrating Heidi Turner's slumber party, which means that one of the boys will have to fake his death, so that he can attend the party disguised as a girl. Unsurprisingly, this unpleasant duty falls to Butters. The boys get Butters to fake his death by dropping a pig carcass dressed in Butters' clothes from the Bowery Building. Cartman believes this to be appropriate, as no one will be wondering where Butters is while pretending to be a girl (however, when Mrs. Garrison announces the unfortunate death of their fellow classmate, everyone has a confused expression, with Red replying "who's Butters?"). He then dresses up as a new girl, Marjorine (a play on the 'butter substitute' margarine), and infiltrates a slumber party that Heidi Turner is hosting. Heidi is not pleased at having to invite the weird new girl to her party, but Mrs. Turner tells her Marjorine's mother called to ask if her daughter could come; Mrs. Turner also says Marjorine's mother informed her that she is a state official and she should "respect her authori-tay" (a mispronunciation of Cartman's catchphrase, indicating it was Cartman on the phone). Of all the girls there, none like Marjorine (although Wendy and Bebe seem to care about her, as seen later), and Butters is overwhelmed by their cruelty, finally running into the bathroom crying. Wendy and Bebe, having discovered the tearful Marjorine in the bathroom, angrily tell the other girls that they were too hard on Marjorine. The other girls, realising it is hard being the new kid on the block, agree and decide to try to make amends with their new classmate. After convincing her to come out of the bathroom, they give Marjorine a makeover and resume their party. Meanwhile, Mr. Stotch is told by an old farmer not to dig Butters' body up and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground. The farmer tells him "Don't do it Stotch! Sometimes, what you take out of the ground ain't the same thing you put in!" Stephen Stotch does however exhume Butters' 'remains' (Butters' headstone reads: Leopold "Butters" Stotch) and re-bury the pig-carcass there, believing this will bring Butters back to life. A sleepover (also called a slumber party) is a type of party which a guest or guests are invited to anothers house to stay overnight. ... Leopold Butters Stotch (voiced by Matt Stone) is a popular fictional character in the animated television series South Park; his nickname is a play on the word butterscotch. ... Spoiler warning: Mr. ... Margarine in a tub Margarine (pronunciation: ), as a generic term, can indicate any of a wide range of butter substitutes. ... Stephen (previously Chris) and Linda Stotch are recurring characters in the animated series South Park. ...

Butters (as Marjorine) is just starting to have fun with the girls, dancing to "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake, when Heidi's father realizes that there are boys around the house. Butters believes his cover to be blown and makes a desperate escape with the device, and gives it to the other boys (an annoyed Heidi asks for some paper and scissors to make a new one). Stan tells Butters to come along to learn about the device, but he refuses, saying that the device is nothing but trouble and his job is done, and goes home to tell his parents that he's not dead. When the boys attempt to ask so many questions with the device, Stan realises what Butters has meant. The boys, this time around, decide that the power of the fortune-telling device is too great for any mortal. Rather than spending their lives defending it from girls, the CIA, terrorists and Russians, they decide to destroy it by having Kenny blow it up. Rock Your Body is the third single from Justin Timberlakes solo debut album Justified. ... Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981[1]), sometimes known as JT, is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Terrorist 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. ...

Meanwhile, Butters' parents have now convinced themselves that their child will return as a demon. When Butters comes home, his parents lock him in the basement. When he says he is hungry, his parents kill a saleswoman (Rachel, from Quality Curtains) with a shovel, and offer him up her corpse to feed on, still believing Butters to be hell-spawn. The episode ends with Butters asking for SpaghettiOs instead. SpaghettiOs are a brand of food that consist of small circular pasta suspended in cheese and tomato sauce. ...

References to pop culture

The episode makes a number of references to the film Pet Sematary^[1][2]through its subplot concerning Butters' parents, concerning its theme of corporeal reanimation, and in a number of specific scenes (for example that in the Indian burial ground) and characters; the character of the old farmer is based on Jud Crandall from Pet Sematary, who similarly warns not to dig Butters' body up and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground. The farmer, quoting directly from the film, says "Sometimes dead is better"^[3]. The South Park character who parodies Jud Crandall is a minor recurring character who had previously appeared in "Butters' Very Own Episode" and "Asspen".) The episode also contains a number of minor references to other horror films, such as the scene where Butters' parents kill a saleswoman with a shovel, which is directly inspired by a scene in the cult horror movie Hellraiser. Also the scene at the slumber party where the girls do "light as a feather, stiff as a board" is a generic horror movie scene (whearas Butters competely loses it shouting, "You're all a bunch of witches!"), as can be seen in the 1996 horror film The Craft and the 1987 horror film The Gate, although it has become a common slumber party game. The episode also makes reference to the 2002 comedy Juwanna Mann. When Kevin suggests that Cartman's plan to disguise Butters as a girl idea is just like the one in that film Cartman replies: "No, not like Juwanna Mann, Kevin, okay?! It's way cooler than that!" Pet Sematary (sometimes referred to as Stephen Kings Pet Sematary) is a 1989 horror film adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. ... Corporeal reanimation is the theoretical concept of reanimating a dead organism, restoring its living functions and enabling it to move and to freely interact with the world of the living as it did when it was alive. ... Pet Sematary (1983) is a novel by Stephen King. ... Pet Sematary (sometimes referred to as Stephen Kings Pet Sematary) is a 1989 horror film adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. ... Butters Very Own Episode is episode 79 of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... Asspen is episode 603 of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... For other topics with similar names, see Hellraiser (disambiguation). ... Light as a feather, stiff as a board, sometimes known as party levitation, is a game often played by children at slumber parties. ... The Craft is a 1996 movie directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Robin Tunney, Rachel True, Fairuza Balk and Neve Campbell. ... The Gate is a 1987 horror movie starring Stephen Dorff and directed by Tibor Takács. ... Juwanna Mann is a 2002 comedy movie directed by Jesse Vaughan. ... Kevin is a character in the animated series South Park. ...

In a sly minor pop culture reference to the popular Bratz dolls, as in Heidi Turner's room there is a poster of the dolls, which are here called "Twerpz". The episode also makes reference to W. W. Jacobs short story, The Monkey's Paw. In the brief parody, Butters raps at the door after returning to his parents from the fake suicide. Bratz is a popular childrens and teens doll franchise produced by MGA Entertainment. ... William Wymark Jacobs (September 8, 1863 – September 1, 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels. ... The Monkeys Paw is a horror short story by author W. W. Jacobs. ... Leopold Butters Stotch, voiced by Matt Stone, is a fictional character in the animated TV series South Park. ...

Marjorine is based on margarine, a food sometimes used to replace butter.

External links

• "Marjorine" at South Park Studios

References