Where My Country Gone?
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"Where My Country Gone?" is the second episode of the nineteenth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 259th episode overall. The episode premiered on Comedy Central on September 23, 2015. The episode parodies illegal immigration to the United States while also lampooning the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump.
Plot
While Kyle is honored for his acceptance of Caitlyn Jenner, Mr. Garrison observes that a large number of Canadians have entered the country illegally. When a group of Canadian students disrupts his class and causes him to use a racial slur, Garrison is sent to PC Principal's office and forced to take a second language course to better help his Canadian students. This causes him to compose a song about the issues of the country, as he begins rallying people to his cause. Garrison interrupts a Canadian demonstration and expresses his true feelings to all the students and staff and gets fired by Principal in the process. This stirs tension between the American and Canadian students at South Park Elementary, and Cartman, Stan, Butters, Kenny, Token, and Craig decide that the only way to bring peace between them is to reenact the plot of The Lion King 2 and have an American student start a relationship with a Canadian student. The student they choose to do so is Butters.
Mr. Garrison has successfully gotten the entire town behind him to support building a wall, only to discover that the Canadians have already built a wall of their own on the border to keep the Americans out. Wanting to know what cool stuff they are hiding, Mr. Garrison sneaks into Canada via Niagara Falls. Meanwhile, Butters has begun dating a Canadian girl named Charlotte. The two find themselves falling in love, and he is invited to dinner with her family.
When Butters asks why they left the country, her father Thomas (called Donald in closed captions) explains that they and the rest of the Canadians left it unwillingly, the reason being that during the last Canadian election, there was a candidate (a Canadian representation of Donald Trump[1]) who said over-sensationalized things and never really talked about any actual solutions to problems he talked about, only saying even more sensationalized things. No one voting took him seriously and jokingly voted for him and gave him attention, but when they actually had to talk about who they were actually voting for, he had already been sworn into office.
Penetrating the border, Mr. Garrison discovers Canada has become an almost post-apocalyptic wasteland due to their new president, and heads to his office. The two begin yelling at each other about their countries, before Mr. Garrison anally rapes the Canadian president so hard, the president dies. Once they hear news about his death, the Canadians all move back to Canada, separating Butters and Charlotte. After his success at killing the Canadian president, Mr. Garrison tells the town that he will be joining the 2016 election to run for President of the United States, with his running mate, Caitlyn Jenner.
Reception
IGN's Max Nicholson gave the episode a 8.0 out of 10, concluding "This week's South Park improved on the first, offering both a scathing satire and a clear target: Donald Trump. With the help of both Mr. Garrison and Butters (and Canadian Donald Trump), 'Where My Country Gone?' proved to be a surprisingly enjoyable entry".[1] Chris Longo from Den of Geek rated it 4 out of 5 stars and said in his review that "this was an episode that should be satisfying even for those who have been put off by the constant flavor of the week references and faux cameos."[2] The A.V. Club's Dan Caffrey gave a A- rating to the episode, enjoying the way that it had built on the previous episode and the parody of Donald Trump, although finding Caitlyn Jenner's physical appearance "more than a little nasty".[3]
References
- ^ a b Nicholson, Max (September 24, 2015). "South Park: "Where My Country Gone?" Review". IGN. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ Longo, Chris (September 24, 2015). "South Park: Where My Country Gone Review". Den of Geek. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ Caffrey, Dan (September 24, 2015). ""Where My Country Gone?" - South Park - TV Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 24, 2015.