The Coon
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"The Coon" is the second episode of the thirteenth season of the animated television series South Park. It first aired on March 18, 2009. This episode is a parody of several comics which have vigilantes as protagonists such as: The Dark Knight, The Spirit and Watchmen.
Plot
Cartman becomes a lone vigilante who wipes out crime in South Park. Though Cartman tries to bring talk about The Coon to South Park through word of mouth, nobody seems to care about The Coon's efforts. When he reports crimes to the Police Station, he is threatened to be thrown in jail and snubbed off. During class, Cartman tries to hype up an appearance from The Coon, saying he will be on top of a Walgreens. Cartman as The Coon shows up to the spot to find another superhero (who appears to be a child) that tries and succeeds in taking the Coon's place as the crime stopping icon. The other superhero's name is Mysterion. Butters makes a supervillian appearance as his former alter ego Professor Chaos, with his sidekick General Disarray. A running joke in the episode is the fact that Cartman can't be Mysterion because he's too fat. In return, The Coon's identity is mistaken for Bruce Villanch to South Park residents and not Cartman himself. At the end of the episode, Mysterion unmasks himself. However, it is unknown who he really is due to the similar faces that the male characters share. All that is known is that Mysterion is a student in Mr. Garrison's fourth grade class and Cartman correctly guessed who he was earlier in the episode and that he cannot be Kyle Broflovski, who was seen in Mysterion's presence. Because of this, it was probably either Craig, Clyde, or Stan.
Cultural References
- The Dark Knight
- The Coon has Professor Chaos threaten to blow up a hospital if Mysterion doesn't give up his true identity.
- The Coon talks in a raspy voice, similar to how Batman does.
- The Coon disappears and reappears quickly, just like Batman.
- The Coon's main theme is that of The Dark Knight.
- As The Coon seeks Professor Chaos' help in putting an end to Mysterion's deeds, he makes a reference to The Joker, quoting, "Nervous?".
- Mysterion is forced to take off his mask and show himself, or "bad" things will happen.
- Watchmen
- The beginning of the episode zooms out of a newspaper lying in a gutter, much like the smiley face pin was in both the comic and film adaptation of Watchmen.
- The Coon and Mysterion both utilize inner monologues to narrate their story, using the same style of speech as Rorschach.
- The Coon seeks to profit from his image, similar to Veidt.
References
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/220985
guesses
Wendy, Kenny and mysterion seem to have brown shoes