South Park season 5

South Park
Season 5
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No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkComedy Central
Original releaseJune 20 (2001-06-20) –
December 12, 2001 (2001-12-12)
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The fifth season of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on June 20, 2001.[1] The season concluded after 14 episodes on December 12, 2001.[1] The 14-episode season length would become a standard for later years of the series, starting from the eighth season up until the sixteenth season.

Production

In 2007, Parker called Season Five "the one where shit starts getting good",[2] and Stone said "Season Five is the best one."[3]

The penultimate episode of the season, "Kenny Dies", sees Kenny's "permanent" death from a terminal disease. Up until this episode, Kenny would be killed in (almost) every episode as a running gag. According to Matt Stone and Trey Parker, they were running out of ideas for creative ways to kill Kenny and in general had grown tired of his character, not seeing a point to keep him around.

Season 6 focused on the other boys coping with Kenny's death and trying to find a replacement (first Butters, then Tweek). Due to outcry from fans, he was eventually written back into the series at the end of the season 6 finale.

Voice cast

Main cast

Guest cast

Episodes

See also: List of South Park episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [4]Prod.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
661"It Hits the Fan"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJune 20, 2001 (2001-06-20)5023.03[5]
2.10[5][6][a]
(HH)
When a crime drama on TV airs an episode using the curse word shit uncensored, the town popularizes the word, which causes people to die from the plague and the boys, with assistance from Chef, attempts to break the chanting chatter of the word.
672"Cripple Fight"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJune 27, 2001 (2001-06-27)5032.74[8]
1.78[9][b]
(HH)

Big Gay Al takes over as the boys' new troop leader; a new kid with disabilities starts to irritate Timmy.

• First appearance of Jimmy Valmer.
683"Super Best Friends"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJuly 4, 2001 (2001-07-04)5041.66[10]
A David Blaine cult comes to South Park, but soon has brainwashed the boys, except for Stan, leading him to get the "Super Best Friends" into saving the world and into trying to destroy Blaine.
694"Scott Tenorman Must Die"Eric StoughTrey ParkerJuly 11, 2001 (2001-07-11)5012.81[11]
1.88[11]
(HH)
When Cartman is conned by Scott Tenorman, who convinced Cartman that buying pubic hair will make him reach puberty, he bursts out his anger into getting his revenge on Scott as soon as possible.
705"Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJuly 18, 2001 (2001-07-18)5052.77[12]
The boys try to reunite Terrance and Phillip, who are feuding, so they can perform at an Earth Day assembly.
716"Cartmanland"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJuly 25, 2001 (2001-07-25)5063.09[13]
Kyle develops a hemorrhoid, and begins to lose his faith in God when Cartman inherits $1 million which he uses to buy his own amusement park.
727"Proper Condom Use"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerAugust 1, 2001 (2001-08-01)5072.45[14]
The school is forced to teach sex education to the students at a younger age after the boys are found giving dogs handjobs, leading to a gender war because of incompetent teaching methods.
738"Towelie"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerAugust 8, 2001 (2001-08-08)5082.68[15]
In order to get their video game console back, the boys must bring a drug-smoking towel to the government from the feud between paramilitaries and extraterrestrials.
749"Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 7, 2001 (2001-11-07)5092.23[16]
The boys go to Afghanistan to return a goat given as a gift, where Stan and Kyle fight with Afghan kids over America's reputation and Cartman becomes the Bugs Bunny to Osama bin Laden's Elmer Fudd during the aftermath of the attacks and the War in Afghanistan.
7510"How to Eat with Your Butt"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 14, 2001 (2001-11-14)5103.16[17]
Cartman "blows a funny fuse" when his prank of putting Kenny's butt on a milk carton prompts a family with butts for faces to come to South Park in search of their long lost son. Meanwhile, Butters gets grounded for his supposedly bad school photo.
7611"The Entity"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 21, 2001 (2001-11-21)5112.30[18]
Kyle's cousin, a stereotypical nebbishy Jewish boy also named Kyle, comes to stay with him for weeks. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison's anger towards airline service after the September 11th attacks prompts him to create a new version for transportation.
7712"Here Comes the Neighborhood"Eric StoughTrey ParkerNovember 28, 2001 (2001-11-28)5123.03[19]
Tired of being teased for being rich due to Cartman's racism, Tolkien attracts wealthier black families to South Park.
7813"Kenny Dies"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerDecember 5, 2001 (2001-12-05)5132.66[20]
Kenny contracts a severe muscular disease and he is placed in a hospital, where he spends his final moments with his best friends before he dies "permanently". Meanwhile, Cartman is selling aborted fetuses from a crashed truck.
7914"Butters' Very Own Episode"Eric StoughTrey ParkerDecember 12, 2001 (2001-12-12)514[21][22]2.63[23]
When Butters survives a murder attempt by his mother after discovering a shocking secret about his father, he must travel back to South Park in time for his parents' wedding anniversary at Bennigan's. Meanwhile, Butters' parents join Gary Condit, O. J. Simpson, and the Ramseys in lying to the press about who murdered Butters.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The episode was viewed in 2.30 million households in terms of cable household coverage ratings.[7]
  2. ^ The episode was viewed in 1.82 million households in terms of cable household coverage ratings.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "South Park: Episode Guide: Season 5". Zap2it. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  2. ^ Parker, Trey (November 2007). South Park: The Complete Fourth Season: "A Very Crappy Christmas" audio commentary (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
  3. ^ Matt Stone (November 2007). South Park: The Complete Fourth Season: "A Very Crappy Christmas" audio commentary (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment.
  4. ^ "Full Episodes and TV Listings". Zap2It. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Downey, Kevin (July 5, 2001). "'CSI' whups NBC Thursday lineup". Media Life Magazine. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "CableWatch (June 18-24, 2001) (p. 20)" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable Magazine. July 2, 2001.
  7. ^ "Top 50 Basic Cable Ad-Supported Programs: Week of June 18-June 24, 2001". Cable World Magazine. Google Drive. July 2, 2001.
  8. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (June 25–July 1, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  9. ^ a b "Top 50 Basic Cable Ad-Supported Programs: Week of June 25-July 1, 2001". Cable World Magazine. Google Drive. July 9, 2001.
  10. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (July 2–8, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  11. ^ a b Comedy Central Ratings Report (July 9–15, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  12. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (July 16–22, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  13. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (July 23–29, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  14. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (July 30–August 5, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  15. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (August 6–12, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  16. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (November 5–11, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  17. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (November 12–18, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  18. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (November 19–25, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  19. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (November 26–December 2, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  20. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (December 3–9, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  21. ^ "South Park Season 5 Episodes". TV Guide. Archived from the original on September 3, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  22. ^ "SOUTH PARK: SEASON 5 (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  23. ^ Comedy Central Ratings Report (December 10–16, 2001). Nielsen Media Research (Report).