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Meanwhile, the exact opposite of the quints' situation is occurring with Kenny in Romania. With Romanians protesting outside his house to let him stay, American soldiers invade the house and Kenny is inadvertently killed by the U.S. government, who had hoped to bring him back alive. |
Meanwhile, the exact opposite of the quints' situation is occurring with Kenny in Romania. With Romanians protesting outside his house to let him stay, American soldiers invade the house and Kenny is inadvertently killed by the U.S. government, who had hoped to bring him back alive. |
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* The song which Kenny sings at the beginning of the episode is [[Con te partirò]] by [[Andrea Bocelli]], and he sings "[[La donna è mobile]]" by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] in order to pay for his trip to Europe. While in Europe, Kenny first sings the Figaro Aria "Non piu andrai" from [[Mozart]]'s [[The Marriage of Figaro]] then the end of the famous Queen of the Night Aria (Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen) from [[Mozart]]'s [[The Magic Flute]]. |
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* The way the quintuplets are displayed to the public eye behind a fence is reminiscent to the real story of the [http://www.heroines.ca/people/dionne.html Dionne Quintuplets], the first quintuplets in the world to survive more than a few days. The Dionne sisters were raised by Dr. Dafoe, who took advantage of their fame to display them in a sort of human theme park, known as "Quintland". |
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"Quintuplets 2000" ("Contorting Quintuplets 2000" in some syndicated markets[citation needed]) is episode 52 in the fourth season of the Comedy Central series South Park. It was originally broadcast on April 26, 2000.
Plot
After watching Cirque De Cheville, and liking the performance of quintuplets from the show in particular, the boys hope to make a new performance artist style circus. The boys, however, think Kenny needs to learn how to sing first. Meanwhile, the Romanian contorting quintuplets from the show, along with their grandmother, try to escape from the Romanian government hoping to bring them back. The five end up at the Marsh house, asking for shelter. Meanwhile, Kenny learns to sing through opera tapes (namely "Con te partirò") . At the Marsh house, Grandpa Marsh and the quints' grandmother (using her own contortion skills) have sex for most of the night.
The next morning, a shocked Randy finds the grandmother dead. After telling the quints, and with some persuasion from Cartman, Stan and Kyle (who hope to use the quints for their circus, in which their performance is to do some contortions wearing only underpants with the Quints doing their performance), let the quints stay with them. The boys then decide to show the quints how great America is, hoping they'll stay and do their circus. Meanwhile, the Romanian government seek Janet Reno to help get the quints back. Also, seeking to get to Romania for singing training, Kenny sings for money in order to acquire transport for him and his mother. In Romania, Kenny is a sensational singer, and, after his mother realizes that her little money from the US makes them rich in Romania, the two decide to stay. Back in the US, the Marsh house is surrounded by protesters, hoping to let the quints stay. Reno, dressed as the Easter Bunny, and armed with a gun, captures the quints. Stan, Kyle and Cartman, who don't want to lose their circus, enlist the help of the protesters outside to get the quints back. A large amount of violence starts between the protesters and government soldiers, which is stopped by the quints after they tell off all the groups on their shortcomings: that America just wants them for money, Janet Reno for doing it for publicity, Romania for being selfish and wanting them for recognition, their father for acting like he missed them forever when he walked out on them five years ago, and the boys for their ignorance about Romanian culture. They then go on The Oprah Winfrey Show and start a press tour.
Meanwhile, the exact opposite of the quints' situation is occurring with Kenny in Romania. With Romanians protesting outside his house to let him stay, American soldiers invade the house and Kenny is inadvertently killed by the U.S. government, who had hoped to bring him back alive.
