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Best instances of South Park making fun of common tropes in literature in media? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Dangerous-Way-3827@alien.top to c/southpark@metacritics.zone

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What are you all’s personal favorites?

Mine are:

“The mayor is on my ass!” In Lil’ crime stoppers

Almost the entire plot of Asspen

Jock marine talking down to “Mr. Scientist” in Awesom-O

Edit: Title should read “….literature and media?”

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[–] Blue-Krogan@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Cartman's Silly Hate Crime, Romper Stomper does the "go on without me" trope after he trips, and the "I want you to have these" trope. Cartman just agreeing in both instances than gets grilled after because the trope didn't play out like it was supposed to 🤣
I don't think it's really a trope, probably more like... I don't know the word, but anyway the episode where Cartman poses as a latino substitute teacher and teaches kids how to cheat. I think it parodied Stand and Deliever.

Anyway, it pretty much mocks every movie where a teacher is sent to a school in a rough neighborhood to help a class recognize and reach their full potential, and at the end they all graduate or something. It even gets it right down to that 1 student who walks out, then ends up swallowing his pride and comes back to the class. At the end of the movie the teacher and students are all friends. Examples: Coach Carter and Freedom Writers.

Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub, Stan learns that the kids that are always ripped on at school aren't so different from him. He then immediately 180s on his opinion when he meets up with Kyle lol