| "The Snuke" | |||
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 Mayhem around South Park, shown with a split screen,24-style. From top left: Hillary Clinton gets hospitalized, Kyle investigates the motive of a terrorist threat, CIA helicopters land in South Park, and Bahir plays checkers with Butters. | |||
| Episodeno. | Season 11 Episode 4 | ||
| Directed by | Trey Parker | ||
| Written by | Trey Parker | ||
| Production code | 1104 | ||
| Original air date | March 28, 2007 (2007-03-28) | ||
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"The Snuke" is the fourth episode of the eleventh season (or the 157th episode overall) ofComedy Central's animated comedy seriesSouth Park. It is largely a parody of the television series24 and was originally broadcast on March 28, 2007. The episode is ratedTV-MA L.
In the episode, a new Muslim student joins the class, and Cartman immediately suspects him of being a terrorist. After finding out thatHillary Clinton (who in real-life was running for the democratic nomination for president in the2008 United States presidential election at the time) is scheduled to campaign in town that day, he informs theCIA and does some research. The CIA shows up and detects the scent of a bomb deep within Mrs. Clinton's vagina. Through complex networking and investigating, the source of the bomb is found and the day is saved.
During class,Ms. Garrison introduces a new student, Baahir Hassan Abdul Hakeem.Cartman is freaked out and heads for theclassroom door. Garrison asks what is wrong and Cartman says he suspects Baahir is aterrorist. Cartman, while observing Baahir playing withButters, callsKyle who is sick at home and tells him to check Baahir'sMyspace page, looking for any signs of terrorist activity. All he can find is that Baahir's favorite band is listed asWhite Stripes, when in class, he said it wasBlink-182. Cartman then callsOfficer Barbrady and tells him the school is in danger. Officer Barbrady contactsPrincipal Victoria and the school is evacuated. Butters then invites Baahir over to his house to playCheckers. Cartman thinks it is odd for terrorists to just blow up a school and has Kyle searchGoogle for any important upcoming events.
Kyle discovers thatHillary Clinton is stopping inSouth Park for acampaign rally that day. Cartman then calls theCIA to get them to call off the rally and demands to speak with thePresident. Hillary Clinton is informed of the threat but does not call off the rally, declaring that she will not be bullied by terrorist threats. Chris, one of her men, then calls a Russian group in a warehouse and tells them they 'know about the bomb'. It was planned to be detonated inBoston but heightened security pushes them to set it off in South Park. Cartman searches the crowd at the rally but does not find Baahir, and decides to head over to his house to see if he is there. At the rally, Hillary Clinton gets on stage and the CIA releases a 'bomb-sniffing' pig, which discovers that the bomb is in Hillary's vagina. The CIA head Alan Thompson and his team meet up with Cartman and they head over to Baahir's house together. Stan heads over to Kyle's house to see what he's doing. Kyle explains he did a Google search for Hillary Clinton's campaign rally and was led to aYouTube account where a Russian man, Vladimir Stolfsky (the leader of the Russian terrorists), has videos of every single Hillary Clinton rally. He then cross-references Vladimir's YouTube profile with his MySpace page and blog, revealing that he is an old school communist. TheCIA and Cartman raid Baahir's home but they find nodetonator and that Baahir is at Butters' house.
Cartman interrogates Baahir's parents and tortures them by farting in their faces. Kyle and Stan find a bunch of oldpodcasts by Vladimir with links toeBay, and plan to search his user name and see what he's been buying.Homeland Security breaks in and takes over the room, then theFBI takes over, then theATF takes over, then the President's staff personally take over. At the interrogation, Baahir's mother gets a call on her cell phone and it is Baahir who tells them he is at Butters' house, and Cartman heads in alone. Kyle is able to take charge again by using the line every new agency exclaims when taking over: "Not anymore you're not." When Cartman rushes to Butters' house to confront Baahir, they are both captured by Vladimir who says that all this was planned by the United States' 'first enemy'. Cartman guesses theRussians, then theGermans, then the Germans again, before he realizes in disbelief that Vladimir is talking about theBritish.
Baahir says that the British are using them and Vladimir and his men will die, to which Vladimir responds, "Maybe, but we'll be rich." The British plan to use the bomb as a means of keeping America distracted while they sail there (in old wood boats with 18th-century weapons and clothing) to 'end theAmerican Revolution. Not long after, Kyle and the federal agents also discover the British plot. They send in troops to stop the Russians and jets to stop the British. WhenQueen Elizabeth II discovers that the ships have been sunk, she kills herself by placing a handgun in her mouth and firing it. Cartman takes credit for stopping the terrorist plot, saying that even though Muslims were not responsible, his intolerance led to the plot being discovered. Baahir and his family are outraged by theracism in South Park and state that they will leave the country, much to Butters' disappointment which leads Cartman to take credit for that as well.
IGN gave the episode a score of 9 out of 10, praising the celebrity parodies, innuendos regarding the titular bomb, and attention to detail in comparison to the TV show24.[1] Parker and Stone mention in the commentary of "The Snuke" that the actual cast and crew of24 watched the episode as it aired and were so delighted, they sent over one of the suitcase nuke props from the show.[2] In the United Kingdom, the scene whereElizabeth II commits suicide drew controversy.[3]
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