Die Hippie, Die

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"Die Hippie, Die"
South Park episode
Cartman in jail for imprisoning hippies.
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 2
Written by	Trey Parker Matt Stone
Directed by	Trey Parker
Original airdate	March 16, 2005
Season 9 episodes
South Park – Season 9 March 9, 2005 – December 7, 2005
Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina Die Hippie, Die Wing Best Friends Forever The Losing Edge The Death of Eric Cartman Erection Day Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow Marjorine Follow That Egg! Ginger Kids Trapped in the Closet Free Willzyx Bloody Mary
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"Die Hippie, Die" is episode 127 of Comedy Central's South Park. It originally aired on March 16, 2005.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Production 3 Slayer's Reception 4 References

[edit] Plot summary

Cartman runs a 'pest control' service to rid the town of hippies, people he feared and hated for most of the series, mainly because "they smoke pot, wear crap and smell bad." Having studied hippies in his quest to eradicate them, Cartman deduces the hippies are about to start a music festival in South Park. His attempts to warn the town council are futile, and he is arrested soon afterwards for imprisoning 63 hippies in his basement.

The town of South Park is soon invaded by the largest population of hippies in history, and the music festival threatens to destroy the town. They manage to convert Stan, Kyle and Kenny to their cause with talks of corporate evils, and the trio get caught up in the massive hippie crowd where they all listen to jam band music.

Cartman pleads with the mayor to stop the festival, but it turns out that the mayor was the one who permitted the music festival in the first place. But after seeing the chaos that the eccentric hippies are creating, the mayor is ridden with guilt and shoots herself in the head (she survives and appears later in the strategy room when Cartman is enacting his plan). Stan's parents know where the kids are, but when they realized what they did in Woodstock (which was very embarrassing), they went to get Stan. Randy tries to get through the crowd, but fails early due to excessive marijuana smoke exposure and acid-laced water. The rest of the town then pleads with Cartman to rid the town of the hippies. Cartman eventually agrees to help, but only after Randy promises to offer a Tonka radio controlled bulldozer and Kyle's mother assures that Kyle will never have one, instead having to watch Cartman playing with the bulldozer.

Meanwhile, Stan, Kyle and Kenny realize that the hippies are doing nothing to oppose the corporations that they have demonized and that their idea of a perfect society is the same as the currently existing one. They try to leave but the crowd is 7 miles in radius and Stan's efforts to talk sense into the hippies only make matters worse. Cartman, with the help of a scientist (Randy), an engineer (Butters Stotch's mother) and a "black man to sacrifice himself in case anything goes wrong" (Chef), builds a giant drill ("Hippie Digger") to bore through the hippie crowd. While they are boring through, the drill breaks down and Chef goes out and "sacrifices" himself to pull the emergency power switch. Cartman then uploads the Slayer song "Raining Blood" into the speakers (as Cartman reasons,"hippies can't stand trash metal"). The plan works and the hippies disperse, saving South Park. Stan sees Randy and they end up hugging each other, knowing that they're safe. Cartman then pulls out a knife and tells Kyle that he has plans for him. Kyle is then forced to watch Cartman having fun with his Tonka bulldozer in the school parking lot.

[edit] Production

This episode marks the last time Isaac Hayes recorded new dialogue for his character Chef, before Hayes quit the show in March 2006.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Slayer's Reception

Kerry King, Slayer's lead guitarist, said that he found the episode humorous and expressed his interest in the show, mentioning it in an interview, saying "It was good to see the song being put to good use. If we can horrify some hippies, we've done our job."^[1]

[edit] References

Preceded by “Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina”

South Park episodes

Followed by “Wing”