“Spookyfish”
South Park episode
A frame showing 'Spooky Vision' being used
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 28
Guest stars	Genevieve Thomas Colvin
Written by	Trey Parker
Directed by	Trey Parker
Production no.	215
Original airdate	October 28, 1998
Season 2 episodes
South Park - Season 2 April 1, 1998 – January 20, 1999
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"Spookyfish" is the 28th episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It was originally broadcast on October 28, 1998. It was the season's Halloween special, with a "spooky" theme by having pictures of Barbra Streisand in the screen corners, accompanied with the words "spooky vision". Image File history File linksMetadata Spookeyfish. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus is the 14th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Cartmans Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut is the 15th episode of South Park which aired on April 22, 1998. ... Chickenlover is episode 203 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Ikes Wee Wee is episode 17 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Conjoined Fetus Lady is the 18th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka is episode 206 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... City on the Edge of Forever (known as Flashbacks on the DVD) is the 20th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Summer Sucks is the 21st episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... This article is about the South Park episode. ... Chickenpox is the 23rd episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods is episode 211 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Clubhouses is episode 212 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Cow Days is episode 213 of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... Chef Aid is episode 214 (#27) of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park and soundtrack album of the same name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Gnomes is the 30th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Prehistoric Ice Man is episode 31 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Cartman Gets an Anal Probe Cartman Gets an Anal Probe, the first episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park, originally aired on August 13, 1997. ... Rainforest Schmainforest (aka. ... 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 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Halloween, or Halloween, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children, who, in a tradition commonly known as trick-or-treating, dress in costumes and go door-to-door to collect sweets, fruit, and other gifts. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) She is an American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Spookyfish is the 28th episode of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park. ...

According to the official website and the DVD set, the episode's title is "Spookyfish". Other sources refer to occasionally as "Spooky Fish".

Plot synopsis

It is near Halloween in this episode, and strange things are happening in South Park. First, Cartman keeps switching between two personalities — one just as annoying as ever, and even more so with a new catchphrase, "Hella"; the other creepily sweet and affable, who is wearing a goatee. Then, Stan's mother's "Aunt Flo" comes to town for her "monthly visit" (a pun on menstruation), and the fish she gives Stan begins to murder people in the night. Sharon buries each of the bodies, while muttering to herself how Stan is handsome and a good boy. She abducts Officer Barbrady to stop him from taking Stan away. He is kept pantless in the basement. Then the goldfish kills Aunt Flo and Sharon is upset she will no longer have her monthly visits. Eric Cartman on his tricycle Eric Theodore Cartman, voiced by Trey Parker, is a fictional character in the animated series South Park. ... The late Waylon Jennings with a goatee in 1999. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Menstrual cycle. ...

Eventually, Stan, Kyle and Kenny discover that the two personalities of Cartman are in fact two different Cartmans, and Chef says the kinder one is from an "Evil Parallel Universe." Realizing Stan's fish is from the same world, the boys track down the Ancient Indian Burial Ground Pet Store (a reference to Pet Semetary) where it was bought, and discover a swirling portal that leads to the evil world. After returning the fish to the owner and advising him to move his store off the burial ground, the boys leave — just as the Stan and Kyle from the evil world show up. Unlike "Evil" Cartman (as the other-world Cartman is called throughout the show), they are not kind, but cruel (the opposite of Stan and Kyle from the normal South Park), and want to bring their wussy "friend" Evil Cartman back so they can torment him once more. They align with Good-World-But-Actually-Evil Cartman, who is sick of his goody-two-shoes clone; the trio find Normal Stan and Kyle along with Evil Cartman, and get into a showdown. In the background, evil animals from the pet store are slaughtering people, this goes unnoticed by most of the named characters. 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 character in the animated series South Park. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jerome Chef McElroy was a recurring character on the Comedy Central series South Park. ... Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... Pet Sematary (1983) is a novel by Stephen King. ...

The Evil Stan and Kyle have a "gingification gun" which shoots a beam that sends things back to the Evil World. Stan manages to get it and sends back the two clones. He and Kyle then decide to use it on Cartman — their Cartman, though, and keep the Evil one. Cartman then attacks Evil Cartman and rips off his goatee, and the two wrestle until Stan and Kyle don't know which is which. The screen is visibly misaligned in the middle with the two Cartmans, a homage to 'evil twin' effects in other old television series. One Cartman says that Stan should shoot them both, so as to be sure to get rid of the "real" Cartman. Figuring this one to be the kind one, Stan fires on the other Cartman. Unfortunately he chose wrong; Cartman — the mean one from the Good World — knew the two would fall for that trick.

Kenny's Death

Stan's evil fish grabs Kenny while the boys are standing around discussing their tactics, then dragged into the fishbowl head first. He is then spun around violently, first with his feet sticking out of the fishbowl; after the water turns red his feet get pulled in as well. Then, he is ejected from the bowl just in time for Stan's mother, Sharon, to find Kenny lying dead on the ground with one of his eyes missing and his signature rats feasting on his body.

Spooky Vision

Comedy Central ran an intensive campaign touting this episode being filmed in "Spooky Vision,” with little explanation, claiming only that it was too terrifying to describe. Before the episode was first shown, it was revealed that "Spooky Vision" entailed every frame of this episode having a still photo of Barbra Streisand in the corners. This is no doubt due to Trey and Matt's extreme dislike of Streisand. "Spooky Vision" is no longer used when Comedy Central broadcasts repeats of this episode, but it is still used during repeats in syndication and on the Season 2 DVD. Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) She is an American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ...

Cultural references

• Stan's line: "Yeah you know, I never thought it was such a bad little squash, it just needs a little tender love and care," is taken from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (as said by Linus), in reference to the "twiggy" tree that Linus and Charlie Brown pick up at the Christmas Tree lot for the Christmas Musical.
• This episode has many references to Star Trek:
  • Officer Barbrady shows a picture of William Shatner to Sharon Marsh, reporting him missing.
  • The "evil" mirror universe is a direct reference to the Star Trek concept of the same name.
  • The "evil" mirror universe Cartman's beard is a direct homage to the mirror universe Spock in the classic Original Series episode Mirror, Mirror.
  • The climatic duel between both Cartmans resembles the fight between Captain Kirk and the shapeshifter Garth of Izar in the TOS episode "Whom Gods Destroy." In it, when one Kirk tells Spock to shoot them both, Spock shoots the other one, correctly reasoning that only the real Kirk would make that request. Cartman uses this trick to get the mirror-Cartman zapped back to his universe.
  • The goldfish writes "Kill" and other messages on his bowl, reminiscent of the Horta writing "No Kill I" in the TOS episode "The Devil in the Dark."
• Sharon's reaction to the murders, (I've got such a good boy, Mommy's little angel) is a parody of the 1956 movie The Bad Seed. Kenny's mother showing up drunk, saying you too would be drunk if your son died, is also a part of the movie.
• Whenever we see both Cartmans at the same time, there is a fuzzy vertical line between them. This is a reference to the split screen / double exposure technique that was used before modern computer technology to 'duplicate' actors who played their own twins or doppelgangers. The left and right side of the scene (both containing the same actor in different roles) would be filmed independently, one after the other. After the two sides were 'spliced together', there would always be this telltale line.

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