Sexual Harassment Panda
Template:Infobox South Park episode "Sexual Harassment Panda" is episode 306 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on July 7, 1999.
Plot
Template:Spoiler Mr. Garrison's class is visited by a friendly educational mascot, Petey the Sexual Harassment Panda, who attempts to teach the kids about sexual harassment so as to prevent it in school. During the visit, Stan calls Cartman an "ass-sucker", and Cartman, inspired by the Panda's teaching, sues Stan for sexual harassment; Kyle's father, Mr. Broflofski,[1] acts as his lawyer, and Cartman wins half of Stan's possessions. Kyle's dad then decides to encourage Cartman (and later others) not only to sue each other but also teachers and the school, leading to chaos throughout the town as he gets rich.
Because the school board needs to cut costs, Sexual Harassment Panda is fired, and because he cannot get a new job ("It's because I'm a panda, isn't it?"), he goes to the Island of Misfit Mascots Commune, for mascots whose messages are dumb or who simply make no sense (e.g. Oinky the Run Around With Scissors Pig). The boys, however, seeing the negative results of the lawsuits on their school, track him down and convince him to return to town with a new message. Meanwhile, Kyle's dad is litigating the biggest sexual harassment lawsuit ever, Everyone v. Everyone, where he represents everyone.
The Panda arrives under a new name, Petey the Don't Sue People Panda, and delivers a sermon on how people shouldn't sue each other because it does nothing but damage the school system, taking away money from classrooms, schools and themselves, the taxpayers. The people, realizing the sagacity of this statement, cry that they should sue Kyle's dad, who quickly agrees to file no more lawsuits about sexual harassment in schools.
Trivia
- This was the first episode aired after the release of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which hit theaters one week earlier.
- This episode satirizes the widely publicized lawsuits over sexual harassment in schools that occurred in the late 1990s.
- The Island of Misfit Mascots Commune is a parody of The Island of Misfit Toys from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Sexual Harassment Panda's Song Lyrics
Who lives in the east 'neath the willow tree Sexual Harassment Panda! Who explains sexual harassment to you and me Sexual Harassment Panda! Don't say that don't touch there Don't be nasty says the silly bear He's come to tell you what's right and wrong Sexual Harassment Panda!
Dan is the sexual harassment panda.
Footnotes
- ^ The Broflovskis' last name spelling changes throughout the series; in this particular episode, the "v" is replaced by a second "f," and is therefore used here.
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Kenny's Death
Kenny is shredded through a whirling fan blade, courtesy of Jimmy the "don't hold onto a large magnet while someone else uses a fan nearby" Falcon.
