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Technically, nobody died because it was a dream. But there were some dreamt casualties: the 3rd grade kid in the Star Wars shirt, and Kenny - twice (once by the monster and once by Fonzie's motorcycle). | Technically, nobody died because it was a dream. But there were some dreamt casualties: the 3rd grade kid in the Star Wars shirt, and Kenny - twice (once by the monster and once by Fonzie's motorcycle). | ||
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City of the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)
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| Season | s02 |
| Episode | e07 |
| Written By | Trey Parker |
| Production Code | 0207 |
| Original Air Date | 1998-06-17 |
Episode Chronology
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Story
Description
When Ms. Crabtree's school bus slides on some ice and winds up teetering on the edge of a cliff, she goes for help while telling the children that if they try to leave, a monster will eat them. To fight the boredom, they start having flashbacks to previous episodes.
Except that these flashbacks are all wrong. They mess with the reality of the episode they reference. Stan succeeds in kissing Wendy instead of vomiting on her; Mr. Garrison succeeds in shooting Kathie Lee Gifford, who turns out to be an alien; and Kenny kills Death instead of the other way around . There's even a flashback to an old Happy Days episode in which Fonzie jumps his motorcycle over a line of buses.
Each vignette somehow involves ice cream and ends with the child who recalls it saying, "Now that's what I call a sticky situation!" Finally one kid, dressed tellingly in a red Starfleet uniform, ventures off the bus. He's promptly eaten by an enormous black monster voiced by Henry Winkler.
Meanwhile Ms. Crabtree meets a trucker named Marcus, who's hauling a load of the date rape drug "rufies." She then stumbles into a theatrical agent who launches her on a career as a successful comedian. Then Cartman and Kyle get on an altercation on the bus, causing it to fall down the cliff. But disaster is averted when it lands in a pile of ice cream. Which makes no sense. Realizing this, Cartman suddenly wakes up in his own bed. His mother brings him a bowl of beetles to eat.
This causes Kyle, who's actually having the dream, to wake up. The show closes with Ms. Crabtree and Marcus (who's also referred to at Mitch) watching a sunset. Even though their union is just the product of a child's dream, they don't care because they're happy.
What I Learned Today
"None of this is real. It's . . . it's all been a little eight-year old's dream."
Memorable Quotes
- “I don’t wanna die on this bus with you assholes! You guys suck!” Cartman
- “Y’all be quiet or the cute little bunny dies!” Veronica Crabtree
- “Oh my God! Kenny . . . killed . . . Death.” Stan
- “KIDS! Do not get off this bus! If you do, a big, scary monster will EAT YOU!” Mrs. Crabtree
- “Now that’s what I call a sticky situation!” Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny
- “Please, call me muffin.” Veronica Crabtree
- “My father is John Elway! My father is John Elway!!” Cartman
- “Dude, that’s a pretty fucked up dream.” Kyle
Characters
Randy Marsh
Sharon Marsh
Sheila Broflovski
Kenny McCormick
Gerald Broflovski
Eric Cartman
Kyle Broflovski
Clyde Donovan
Bebe Stevens
Liane Cartman
Scuzzlebutt
Kathie Lee Gifford
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto
John Elway
Marvin Marsh
Arthur Fonzarelli
Mayor McDaniels
The A-Team
Body Count
Technically, nobody died because it was a dream. But there were some dreamt casualties: the 3rd grade kid in the Star Wars shirt, and Kenny - twice (once by the monster and once by Fonzie's motorcycle).
Locations
Original Songs
The parents all join together in a "Band Aid"-type collaboration to sing "Please Come Home", with hopes that their "runaway children" would hear it and return home.
Behind The Scenes
Pop Culture References
Shout Outs
The title was taken from a Star Trek episode of the same name. Also, Ms. Crabtree's comedy "stylings" are featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Marcus, the truck driver, is humming the tune "Lookin' For Love" when he picks up Mrs. Crabtree. It's a country tune made popular by Johnny Lee.
Cartman complains that he's missing the new "Fantasy Island" on the bus, then later complains about missing "Barnaby Jones". Both shows were on TV before Cartman was ever born. John Elway is shown as Cartman's father, even though this clearly isn't true.
Pwn'd
In a flashback sportscaster Brent Musburger (who plays himself) serves as Scuzzlebutt's leg, rather than Patrick Duffy as in "Volcano". In the closing credits his name is misspelled as Musberger.
The comedy club Mrs. Crabtree stumbles into is called "Pauly Shore's Funny Pit!!" and the comedian on stage is Carrot Top (the name on the marquee is "Carrot ass"). Mrs. Crabtree humiliates him with her "Sit down and shut up" routine, and Carrot Top pees his pants on stage.
Jay Leno, who's shown with chin the size of his entire body.
Bonus Factoids
Pointless Observations
The red-shirted kid who's killed by the monster is a reference to the original Star Trek series, where extras in red shirts were always the first (and usually only) cast members to die.
This is the only episode in which Stan actually kisses Wendy. He smooches her twice.
The Talent Agency that reps Mrs. Crabtree also has pictures of Kathie Lee Gifford, Leonard Maltin, and Carrot Top on their wall.
When the parents are posting up pictures of their missing kids, there's a picture of Macaulay Culkin (famous child actor and star of Home Alone) on one of the posters reading: "Find Me".
Season 2
- e1 Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
- e2 Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut
- e3 Chickenlover
- e4 Ike's Wee Wee
- e5 Conjoined Fetus Lady
- e6 The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
- e7 City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)
- e8 Summer Sucks
- e9 Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls
- e10 Chickenpox
- e11 Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods
- e12 Clubhouses
- e13 Cow Days
- e14 Chef Aid
- e12 Spookyfish
- e13 Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!
- e14 Gnomes
- e15 Prehistoric Ice Man