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| Title = Member Berries |
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| Season = 20 |
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| Episode = 1 |
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| director = [[Trey Parker]] |
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| writer = Trey Parker |
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| Airdate = {{Start date|2016|09|14}} |
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| Music = "[[Cake by the Ocean]]" by [[DNCE]] |
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| Production = 2001 |
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| Episode list = [[South Park (season 20)|''South Park'' (season 20)]]<br/>[[List of South Park episodes|List of ''South Park'' episodes]] |
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| Prev = [[PC Principal Final Justice]] |
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| Next = [[Skank Hunt]] |
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"'''Member Berries'''" is the first episode in the [[South Park (season 20)|twentieth season]] of the American animated television series ''[[South Park]]''. The 268th episode of the series overall, it premiered on [[Comedy Central]] in the United States on September 14, 2016. |
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The episode lampooned the massive national media coverage of [[Colin Kaepernick]] and other American athletes' [[2016 U.S. national anthem protests|protest of "The Star-Spangled Banner"]] and the presidential campaigns of [[Donald Trump]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] while also commenting on [[nostalgia]] and [[reboot (fiction)|reboots]]. |
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==Plot== |
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A girls' volleyball match in the South Park gymnasium appears to be massively attended by the townspeople. However, the vast majority of them are only there to see how many of the players will sit down during the playing of the national anthem to protest a misogynist [[Internet troll]] known as Skankhunt42 on their school's message boards, with [[Randy and Sharon Marsh|Randy Marsh]] even having placed a bet. Meanwhile, Congress decides that The Star-Spangled Banner needs a reboot in order to fix the divisiveness caused by the protests, and turns to [[J. J. Abrams]] for help. |
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Randy later assures a [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] pollster that his family will vote for the "[[Douche and Turd|turd sandwich instead of the giant douche]]" much to Sharon's annoyance. Stressed out over the political climate, [[List of South Park families#Stephen and Linda Stotch|Stephen Stotch]] recommends eating a [[superfruit]] called "member berries" to relax. The member berries, which are small purple berries that utter nostalgic phrases, initially relax Randy, but he is shocked when they begin to reminisce about topics including the [[Reagan Era]], when there were fewer Mexicans around, and when gay marriage was not legal, so he stops eating them. |
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As [[Mr. Garrison]] and his running mate [[Caitlyn Jenner]]'s presidential campaign picks up steam, he quickly realizes that he will be unable to carry out his ludicrous campaign promises. As he also cannot quit without "looking like a jackass," he vows to continue running but in a way that will ensure [[Hillary Clinton]]'s victory although he cannot figure out how to do so until a newscaster announces the rebooted anthem. Garrison decides to sit out the anthem at a football game between the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and the [[Carolina Panthers]] attended by both him and Clinton, only to be thwarted by the fact that Abrams' reboot simply allows people to choose whether to sit, stand or kneel to honor America. |
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[[Kyle Broflovski]] and the victimized girls strongly suspect that [[Eric Cartman]] is responsible for the messages, but cannot prove it. Cartman also denies being Skankhunt42, although he does not help his case by attempting to host a girls' stand-up comedy session in the gym and pretending to have been attacked by the girls afterward. At the end of the episode it is revealed that Skankhunt42 is actually Kyle's father, [[Gerald and Sheila Broflovski|Gerald]]. |
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| | _\ /| I am Corn Julio!!! I need TP for my |
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==Reception== |
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Jesse Schedeen from [[IGN]] rated the episode a 6.2 out of 10, classifying it as "Okay." Schedeen enjoyed the jokes and gags from the episode, but felt the "many warring subplots failed to coalesce into a satisfying whole."<ref name="IGN">{{cite web|last1=Schedeen|first1=Jesse|title=South Park: "Member Berries" Review|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/15/south-park-member-berries-review|website=[[IGN]]|accessdate=September 15, 2016|date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> Kevin Johnson with ''[[The A. V. Club]]'' rated the episode as B+, and commented how he enjoyed the fact that the show "has managed to consistently find ways to reinvent itself, whether by leaning harder on its satirical edge, developing its cast in deeper, unique ways, improving the scale of the animation, or establishing longer story arcs."<ref name="AV Club">{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Kevin|title="Member Berries" - South Park - TV Review|url=http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/chaotic-south-park-season-premiere-sets-stage-seas-242477|website=[[The A. V. Club]]|accessdate=September 15, 2016|date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> Chris Longo with ''[[Den of Geek]]'' gave the episode 2.5 out of 5 stars, and noted that this season already appears to be "converging into some big conspiracy, which hasn't been the show's strength."<ref name="Den of Geek">{{cite web|last1=Longo|first1=Chris|title=South Park Season 20 Premiere: Member Berries Review|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/south-park/258474/south-park-season-20-premiere-member-berries-review|website=[[Den of Geek]]|accessdate=September 15, 2016|date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*[http://southpark.cc.com/blog/2016/09/12/episode-2001-member-berries-press-release Press release from South Park Studios] |
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*[http://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s20e01-member-berries Member Berries - Full Episode - Season 20 - Ep 01, South Park Studios] |
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*{{Tv.com episode|3415656}} |
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{{South Park episodes|20}} |
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[[Category:South Park (season 20) episodes]] |
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[[Category:2016 television episodes]] |
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[[Category:United States presidential election, 2016 in popular culture]] |
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[[Category:Television episodes about elections]] |
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[[Category:Cultural depictions of Hillary Clinton]] |
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[[Category:Television episodes about cyberbullying]] |
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[[Category:Cyberbullying]] |
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[[Category:Internet trolling]] |
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[[Category:Nostalgia]] |
Revision as of 19:48, 15 December 2016
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