“The Return of Chef”
South Park episode
Chef, after being torn to pieces.
Episode no.	Season 10 Episode 140
Written by	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Directed by	Trey Parker
Guest stars	Peter Serafinowicz as Darth Chef
Original airdate	March 22, 2006
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"The Return of Chef", or referred to as "Life Without Chef Part 2", is episode 140 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park and aired on March 22, 2006.^[1] It was advertised as the tenth season premiere.^[2] It was #1 on the 10 South Parks That Changed The World list. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (792x612, 85 KB) Summary Chef, after being torn to pieces. ... Randolph Severn Trey Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an Academy Award nominated American animator, screenwriter, film director, voice actor, actor and musician. ... Matthew Richard Matt Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American animator, screenwriter, film director, voice actor and actor. ... Randolph Severn Trey Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an Academy Award nominated American animator, screenwriter, film director, voice actor, actor and musician. ... Peter Serafinowicz (born 10 July 1972) is an English comic actor, voice artist and composer of Polish descent. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Smug Alert! is episode 1002 of South Park. ... This article is about the South Park episode. ... Cartoon Wars Part II is episode 143 of South Park which aired on April 12, 2006. ... A Million Little Fibers is episode 144 of South Park and was broadcast on April 19, 2006. ... ManBearPig is episode 145 of Comedy Centrals South Park and originally aired on April 26, 2006. ... Tsst, (also known as The Dog Whisperer,) is episode #146 of Comedy Centrals animated comedy tv series, South Park which aired on May 3, 2006. ... Make Love, Not Warcraft is episode 147 of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park which first aired on October 4, 2006. ... Mystery of the Urinal Deuce is episode 148 of Comedy Centrals South Park which first aired on October 11, 2006. ... Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy is episode 1010 (#149) of Comedy Centrals South Park. ... Hell on Earth 2006 is episode 1011 (#150) of Comedy Centrals animated series South Park, aired on October 25, 2006 and marked the series fourth Halloween episode. ... Go God Go is episode 1012 (#151) of Comedy Centrals South Park. ... Go God Go XII is episode 1013 (#152) of Comedy Centrals South Park, which aired on November 8, 2006. ... Not to be confused with the Stanley Cup, a hockey trophy. ... Mr. ... With Apologies to Jesse Jackson is episode 1101 (#154) of Comedy Centrals animated comedy series South Park and the premiere of the shows 11th season. ... 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. ... This article is about the TV series. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The episode was the first after the departure of Isaac Hayes, who voiced Chef. Hayes, a Scientologist, left after a falling out with the creators over the treatment of Scientology in the episode "Trapped in the Closet."^[2] Scientology is widely accused of using brainwashing techniques, and the episode accordingly portrays Chef as having been brainwashed. For the American arctic explorer, see Isaac Israel Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an American soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, and actor best known as the voice of Chef on the Emmy-winning animated sitcom South Park. ... Jerome Chef McElroy was a recurring character on the Comedy Central series South Park. ... A Scientologist is a believer in Scientology. ... “Trapped in the Closet” is the twelfth episode of the ninth season of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... Brainwashing (also known as thought reform or as re-education) consists of any effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in a person — sometimes unwelcome beliefs in conflict with the persons prior beliefs and knowledge. ...

Plot

The episode begins with a fake "Previously on South Park", which explains that Chef left South Park to join the "Super Adventure Club" (SAC) hoping to add excitement and meaning to his life. For three months he is gone, but, at the very beginning of this episode, he returns. The kids quickly notice that he is acting strangely, however, and soon, he begins to express a desire to have sex with all the boys (all the time using dialogue made up of audio clips from previous episodes, intentionally spliced together poorly to underline his strange behavior). He says things such as "I'm gunna make love to/your asshole/children!", "Lets go home and/make love!", and "I wanna/ stick my balls/ inside your rectum/ Kyle." The boys, wanting to find out what caused this, go to the Super Adventure Club headquarters, and soon discover that the group is made up of explorers who travel worldwide, molesting children. When the explorers try to hypnotize the boys, they realize that the club has brainwashed Chef. This article is about the TV series. ... The Return of Chef was the tenth season premiere of the Comedy Central series South Park. ... Child sexual abuse is an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. ... For the novel by Lucas Hyde, see Hypnosis (novel). ...

The boys take Chef to see a psychiatrist, who determines he has been very heavily brainwashed. His solution is to help Chef get back to having sex with women, his classic pastime, to snap out of it. The boys and the psychiatrist bring Chef to a strip club, and after an initial cold reaction to the more comely, svelte strippers, Chef is taken by a fat dancer, snapping back to his old self again. However, agents of the Super Adventure Club have been following him. They shoot Chef with tranquilizer darts, and bring him back to their headquarters. When the boys follow the kidnappers back to their headquarters and angrily demand Chef's release, the Super Adventure Club leader explains the history of their organization with the caption "This is what the Super Adventure Club actually believes" (a reference to the Xenu segment in "Trapped in the Closet"). Its founder was an explorer named William P. Phinehas who, after being beaten to every great discovery, decided to be the first person to have sex with children in exotic places. He discovered that there are things in children's bodies called marlocs that enter the adult's bodies when they have anal sex with children and grants them immortality (so saith the ruler of Bethos). However, the founder was hit and killed by a train in 1892.^[I] Kyle then calls this "retarded". The Super Adventure Club leader asks Kyle if it is any more retarded than the ideas of Christianity or Buddhism, to which Stan answers "way, way more retarded." For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ... A sedative is a substance that depresses the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, and slowed breathing, as well as slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. ... For other uses, see Xenu (disambiguation). ... Kyle Broflovski is a fictional character in the Emmy-award-winning animated series South Park. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Buddhism is a variety of teachings described as a religion[1] or way of life. ... Stanley Stan Marsh is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. ...

The boys are then told that they have to leave, but they refuse to leave without Chef. They are told, with exaggerated drama, that security will be called on them if they will not leave, but they still refuse to leave. When security comes, Kyle hits them with a baseball bat. They find Chef in a containment room where he was being read the SAC manual by a SAC member. Cartman tells Kenny to use The Spin Blossom Nut Squash (as Kenny launches himself at the member's testicles) to free Chef. They then escape with him across the Super Adventure Club's bridge. A club member is able to convince Chef that he should rejoin the club. However, the bridge Chef is crossing then collapses after being struck by lightning. Look up testes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Doctrine Practices Concepts People Public groups Organization Controversy The Bridge to Total Freedom, or simply The Bridge for short, is the fundamental Church of Scientology concept by which a person charts their progress towards higher goals. ...

Chef catches on fire. Being hit by multiple rocks and so unable to hang onto the bridge, Chef falls down, bouncing off several rocks before being impaled on a jagged tree stump. He is then attacked by a mountain lion and later a grizzly bear. One man from the Super Adventure Club, aiming for the mountain lion, shoots Chef three times before the animals dismember him. The skin on his face is ripped off and he gets ripped in half at the waist, leaving his organs hanging out. Stan and Kyle then say a variation of their catchphrase: "Oh my God! They killed Chef!" "You bastards!". Cartman suggests that Chef may not be dead because "They say the last thing you do before you die is crap your--" At that instant, Chef's body empties his bowels, which Cartman follows up with a "Oh... never mind" and the boys leave the scene, dismayed that their friend is apparently dead. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1771) Cougar range map Synonyms Felis concolor The cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, mountain lion, or panther, is a mammal of the Felidae family, native to the Americas. ... For the Brooklyn-based indie rock band, see Grizzly Bear (band). ... For other uses, see Death (disambiguation). ... In anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. ...

A memorial service for Chef is held, with Kyle explaining that he didn't agree with Chef's recent decision, but is not angry at him for leaving South Park, and wishes only to remember him as the singing, jolly man he was. Kyle explains "We should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains" and not Chef himself. He then adds that Chef is still alive in their hearts. For other uses, see Funeral (disambiguation). ... Kyle Broflovski is a fictional character in the Emmy-award-winning animated series South Park. ...

Chef, after being resurrected as "Darth Chef".

The scene then turns to the SAC members, who are shown with Chef's body, putting it in a suit reminiscent of Darth Vader's in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, complete with a red-colored lightsaber-like spatula. They then test if he is again brainwashed by asking him a question to which he responds, talking about sucking his "chocolate salty balls." The man asks if he means a chocolate candy, and Darth Chef says "No! I mean my balls!" thus showing he is again a child molester. Image File history File links Darthchef. ... Image File history File links Darthchef. ... For information on this characters appearance in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, see Anakin Skywalker. ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... This article is about the weapon in Star Wars. ...

This is the first of two episodes in which the Braniff clip is shown before the credits. Braniff International Airways was an American airline that existed from 1928 until 1982. ...

References

• All of the dialogue used for Chef in this episode is dialogue used in previous episodes strung together. Notable episodes include (but are not limited to) "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", "Chef Aid", "Chef Goes Nanners", "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls", and "Cancelled". It can be noticed that when he talks, music can occasionally be heard for however long one segment of dialogue lasts.
• The strip club the boys take Chef to, the Peppermint Hippo, was previously seen in "Lil' Crime Stoppers" along with the deep voiced stripper who constantly asked people if they wanted a dance. The name is a twist on real life strip club Spearmint Rhino.
• The scene in which Chef gets killed resembles the rope bridge scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
• After Chef is killed, he "craps his pants". This is a running gag continued from the season 8 episode, "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes".

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Reception

The original television airing of the episode drew more than 3.5 million viewers, including 2.3 million viewers aged between 17 and 49.^[2][3] This popularity made the episode Comedy Central's highest-rated season premiere since the year 2002 according to a Comedy Central spokesman and Nielsen Media Research.^[2][4] The episode was also ranked fourth in video sales on iTunes.^[4] This article is about the iTunes application. ...

The episode received fairly high review ratings. IGN, a multimedia news and reviews website, reviewed the episode and gave it an overall rating of 8.0.^[5] IGN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

The voice of Darth Chef was voiced by Darth Maul voice actor, Peter Serafinowicz.^[6] Darth Maul is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... Peter Serafinowicz (born 10 July 1972) is an English comic actor, voice artist and composer of Polish descent. ...

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