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"'''Pandemic'''" is episode 1210 (#177) of the animated series ''[[South Park]]'',<ref name=South Park Studios>{{cite web|url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1210/|title=South Park Episode Guide - 1210}} ''South Park Studios''. Accessed [[October 20]], [[2008]]</ref> which aired on [[October 22]], [[2008]]. It is the first of a two-part episode<ref>[http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1211/ "Pandemic 2: The Startling" at southparkstudios.com]</ref> |
"'''Pandemic'''" is episode 1210 (#177) of the animated series ''[[South Park]]'',<ref name=South Park Studios>{{cite web|url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1210/|title=South Park Episode Guide - 1210}} ''South Park Studios''. Accessed [[October 20]], [[2008]]</ref> which aired on [[October 22]], [[2008]]. It is the first of a two-part episode<ref>[http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1211/ "Pandemic 2: The Startling" at southparkstudios.com]</ref>. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Seeing all the [[Peru]]vian [[pan flute]] bands that have become popular recently, and the money they can make daily by selling CDs, [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] convinces the other boys to start their own pan flute band. They convince [[List of students at South Park Elementary#Craig Tucker|Craig Tucker]] to invest his $100.00 [[USD]] birthday money as venture capital. The plan backfires when the head of the U.S. [[Department of Homeland Security]] cracks down on all Peruvian flute bands, rounding them up and imprisoning them in [[Miami]], with the boys arrested in the process. The boys attempt to convince their captors that they are American citizens, but the DHS only agrees to release the boys if they agree to go on a mission to overthrow the country of [[Peru]], in order to stop the pandemic of Peruvian flute bands at its source. As the boys are prepared for their mission, Peruvian musicians still interned in the camp warn guards that their captivity will unleash "La Muerta Peluda", or the "Furry Death". |
Seeing all the [[Peru]]vian [[pan flute]] bands that have become popular recently, and the money they can make daily by selling CDs, [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] convinces the other boys to start their own pan flute band. They convince [[List of students at South Park Elementary#Craig Tucker|Craig Tucker]] to invest his $100.00 [[USD]] birthday money as venture capital. The plan backfires when the head of the U.S. [[Department of Homeland Security]] cracks down on all Peruvian flute bands, rounding them up and imprisoning them in [[Miami]], with the boys arrested in the process. The boys attempt to convince their captors that they are American citizens, but the DHS only agrees to release the boys if they agree to go on a mission to overthrow the country of [[Peru]], in order to stop the pandemic of Peruvian flute bands at its source. As the boys are prepared for their mission, Peruvian musicians still interned in the camp warn guards that their captivity will unleash "La Muerta Peluda", or the "Furry Death". |
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Meanwhile, Stan's father, [[Randy Marsh]], raises the ire of his family by videotaping every mundane household activity with his new [[camcorder]]. His camera documents the rampage of giant [[guinea pig]]s through town |
Meanwhile, Stan's father, [[Randy Marsh]], raises the ire of his family by videotaping every mundane household activity with his new [[camcorder]]. His camera documents the rampage of giant [[guinea pig]]s through town. At the episode's conclusion, it is revealed that the head of Homeland Security is some kind of monster behind the sudden appearance of guinea pigs running loose through the country, and that the reason he sent the boys to Peru is because the only person who could stop it is Craig. |
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*The guinea pig monsters and [[shaky cam]] techniques are a reference to the 2008 movie [[Cloverfield]].<ref name=IGN Pandemic Review>{{cite web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/922/922947p1.html |title=IGN Review}} ''South Park: Pandemic Review''. Accessed [[October 25]], [[2008]]</ref> |
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*At one point, Randy looks into the camera, and says, "I am so startled...", a parody of the similar scene from the 1999 [[horror film]] ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''.<ref>The scene was parodied numerous times following that film's release, including on a September 1999 episode of ''[[MADtv]]'' (in a sketch titled "The Blair Witch Report")[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1999/11/06/1999-11-06_ravings_of_a__mad_woman.html], and in the 2000 feature film spoof ''[[Scary Movie]]''.</ref> |
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*The holding center in Miami appears to be identical to the one in which Tony and Manny are held in the 1983 film ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]''. |
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==References== |
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"Pandemic" is episode 1210 (#177) of the animated series South Park,Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). which aired on October 22, 2008. It is the first of a two-part episode[1].
Plot
Seeing all the Peruvian pan flute bands that have become popular recently, and the money they can make daily by selling CDs, Stan convinces the other boys to start their own pan flute band. They convince Craig Tucker to invest his $100.00 USD birthday money as venture capital. The plan backfires when the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security cracks down on all Peruvian flute bands, rounding them up and imprisoning them in Miami, with the boys arrested in the process. The boys attempt to convince their captors that they are American citizens, but the DHS only agrees to release the boys if they agree to go on a mission to overthrow the country of Peru, in order to stop the pandemic of Peruvian flute bands at its source. As the boys are prepared for their mission, Peruvian musicians still interned in the camp warn guards that their captivity will unleash "La Muerta Peluda", or the "Furry Death".
Meanwhile, Stan's father, Randy Marsh, raises the ire of his family by videotaping every mundane household activity with his new camcorder. His camera documents the rampage of giant guinea pigs through town. At the episode's conclusion, it is revealed that the head of Homeland Security is some kind of monster behind the sudden appearance of guinea pigs running loose through the country, and that the reason he sent the boys to Peru is because the only person who could stop it is Craig.