Professor Chaos (South Park episode)
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| "Professor Chaos" | |
 Professor Chaos at large in South Park. |
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| Episode no. | 85 |
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| Airdate | April 10, 2002 |
| South Park - Season 6 March 6, 2002 – December 11, 2002 |
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"Professor Chaos" is episode 606 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on April 10, 2002.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
After Kenny's semi-permanent death near the end of Season 5, Butters became the replacement Kenny, until this episode, where he is fired for simply being too "lame." The other boys (Stan, Kyle and Cartman) then begin a competition to find a new fourth friend while Butters, feeling dejected and angry at the world, creates an alternate personality, Professor Chaos, and sets off to spread discord among the world.
Unfortunately for "Professor Chaos" but fortunately for the world, Butters is as lame as a supervillain as he is at everything else. Meanwhile, the boys gather twenty local kids (mostly recurring characters on the show and extras) to compete for their friendship. One of the early losers, a boy named Dougie, winds up joining Butters as his sidekick, General Disarray. Together they try to flood the world using a garden hose, and when that fails, unleash their most terrible plan of all, spraying aerosol cans into the air to destroy the atmosphere.
Meanwhile, the boys have a contest on who will be their new fourth friend. It is similar to a reality show where they show scenes of interactions and show private individual comments. The three boys pick six finalists to be their friend: Token, Timmy, Jimmy, Tweek, Towelie, and Pip. They decide that Pip acting French wasn't a good choice for them, he was eliminated during a baseball game when asked for tea and crumpets. They decide that Token is a smartass (Kyle points out that Cartman is also a smartass, but Cartman asks, "Why do we need two?"), Timmy can be too self-centered, Towelie can get too high to concentrate, and Jimmy was a suck-up. The decision cuts off into a cliffhanger, where there were three questions, "Will Professor Chaos' latest plot succeed and be the final undoing of Earth? And which boy has been chosen as the replacement for Kenny? And which of these South Park residents (Chef, Mr. Garrison, Jimbo, Officer Barbrady, Ms. Choksondik, and Mayor McDaniels) was killed and will never be seen again?"
Instead of the episode ending with a cliffhanger, the questions are immediately answered: No to Professor Chaos' plot succeeding, Tweek is the new fourth friend, and Mrs. Choksondik dies and will never be seen again. The episode then ends abruptly.
[edit] The complete list of potential fourth members of the gang
First Cut
Second Cut
Final Cut
Winner
- Even though Cartman says there are 20 contestants at the beginning, there are actually 21.
[edit] Trivia
- Mr. Derp can be seen when the boys enter the amusement park.
- They break the fourth wall while everyone takes turns filling Kenny's spot while the scene transition music plays.
- The ending of this episode pokes fun at mid-season cliffhangers.
[edit] References to Pop culture
- Butter's evil alter-ego is similar to the Marvel comics character Dr. Doom and dons a helmet akin to X-men supervillain Magneto.
- The competition used to find a fourth friend is a parody of The Bachelor.
- The song played during the contest is a spoof of the Friends theme.
- The song Towelie attempts to play in the talent show is "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.
| Preceded by: "Fun With Veal" |
South Park episodes | Followed by: "Simpsons Already Did It" |
