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Plot

In this Thanksgiving episode, the boys send in money to Sally Struthers' organization to help Ethiopians, hoping to get a watch as compensation. There is a mix-up, and instead a little Ethiopian boy (Starvin' Marvin) is sent to them. Cartman riducules Starvin' Marvin all during Thanksgiving lunch. Eventually, the government comes to get Marvin (who is at Cartman's house) to send him home, but Marvin claims that Cartman is the Ethiopian boy, and Cartman gets sent to Ethiopia. Starvin' Marvin enjoys living the life of Cartman and learns to say some of Cartmans lines. Meanwhile, back in South Park, Dr. Mephisto's mutant turkeys go crazy, and the townspeople unite to fight them. The Mayor doesn't believe anyone about the turkeys and ridicules Dr. Mephisto. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The following is a list of minor characters on South Park. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Spoiler warning: Dr. Alphonse Mephisto is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park and is voiced by Trey Parker. ...

Meanwhile, Cartman is still in Ethiopia and is starving to death. He is dying of thirst, and there are bugs everywhere. He finds the Red Cross and they have run out of food and have sent the food to all the other Ethiopians. Cartman is so miserable that he prays to God to send him home, and says he will be a better person and start to care about starving people. He then collapses and wakes up, and sees the shack that looks empty. Apparently, Sally Struthers is taking the food from the Ethiopians and Cartman, and when Cartman realizes this, he fulfills his promise by telling all the Ethiopians what she is doing. A riot quickly forms outside and Cartman and the Ethiopians take the food that's rightfully theirs. The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

When the Turkeys attack, it is during the food drive. Kenny McCormick won a can of stringed beans. In a parody of Braveheart, the citizens of South Park and the turkeys get into a fight. South Park ends up winning and Starvin' Marvin gets back to Ethiopia and Cartman comes back to North America. Starvin' Marvin and the other Ethiopians have a feast on turkeys. Braveheart (1995) is a historical action/drama movie produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...

Kenny's Death

• Attacked by mutant turkeys; loses an eye in the attack.

Trivia

• The turkeys make an appearance in the South Park video game.
• When Stan calls Cartman a "fat-ass", Cartman retorts by calling Stan a "vas deferens".
• There are two interesting analogies written on the classroom blackboard. The first reads "Trees are to bushes as bulldogs are to houses" and the second reads "David Duchovny is to tampons as nougat is to chocolate".
• Wendy and Cartman's argument about giving charity to poor people (which Cartman ends by declaring, "Well then, perhaps they (the poor) should die, and decrease the surplus population!", is drawn almost word-for-word from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, with Cartman (of course) speaking Scrooge's lines. This is directly referenced right after when Mr. Garrison says "Alright children, that's enough Dickens for today." Trey Parker and Matt Stone have also parodied Dickens through the character of Pip and the episode of the same name.
• Both Chef and the leader of the mutant turkeys dress up like Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart to give a pep talk that parodies the famous speech in the movie.
• Trey Parker and Matt Stone have both said that this is one of their favorite episodes.
• An audio clip from this episode was used in the movie Duplex.
• When the turkeys kill Kenny and take out his eye, you can see that his eye is blue.
• In the VH1 special on South Park, it is mentioned that comedian Jerry Seinfeld had asked to guest on the show. He had been slated for this episode to provide the sound for one of the random turkeys, much the same as the unusual way the show had used George Clooney in Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride. Unlike George, Jerry's agent did not get the joke and cancelled his appearance.
• The individual speeches given by Chef and the turkey are both references to Braveheart
• At the end of this episode, it seems like Kenny has a brother.

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Goofs

• At the buffet, Kyle, who is Jewish, is seen slicing a ham. Pork products are not kosher. Therefore, Jews are not allowed to consume it [Though Kyle's family may not be that devoutly Jewish, since there have been other episodes of Kyle or any member of Kyle's family eating food that isn't considered kosher (cf. Asspen, Conjoined Fetus Lady, and Cherokee Hair Tampons)]. Kyle could've been slicing the ham for someone else, however.
• Click languages are not spoken in Ethiopia. Rather they are found in southern Africa, around the Kalahari Desert area.
• When Cartman finds Sally Struthers in Ethiopia, there is a sign above the front door where she is. When he gets out, the sign is gone.

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External links

• "Starvin' Marvin" at South Park Studios