The Magic Bush

The Magic Bush

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Season	s18
Episode	e05
Written By	Trey Parker
Production Code	1805
Original Air Date	2014-10-29

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Broadcast Description

Cartman and Butters get their hands on a drone and can’t resist the urge to take it for a spin around the neighborhood.

Synopsis

Butters shows Cartman his drone so Cartman Kenny and Butters fly it around and See Craig's moms Bush.

Memorable Quotes

• "Like we're not gonna tell Kenny we have a Fucking drone Cmon Butters!" Eric Cartman

• "...the whole thing is pretty damn hairy!" Roger Donovan

• "It's a LOT of natural." Stuart McCormick

• "You're a dick, you're a spying dick. And now you wanna lecture KENNY about spying?! Fuck you, hypocrite dick spy!" Eric Cartman

• No, it's impossible. He's not allowed to fly it without my supervision. Stephen Stotch

• "Why would you turn Craig's Mom's bush into a music video!" Butters Stotch

• "Ha ha... Gerald's watching Housewives of Atlanta!" Randy Marsh

• "Alright come in. Kenny's here I told him all about it." “Oh my god, we've got full bush!” Eric Cartman

• "Now hold on. I am a drone hobby enthusiast. I would never use my drone in a way that contradicts the drone hobbiest code of conduct!" Stephen Stotch

• "Oh no dad, I've just been sleeping. Why do you ask?" Butters Stotch

• "Locked and loaded, full metal bush, bro." Eric Cartman

• "Ohhh nothin'. You just might wanna hire Tarzan to do some landscaping work for your mom." Jimmy Valmer

• "If we don't do something now, we're gonna be up to our navels with bush. Ergh- Up to our necks in trouble! Sorry!" Randy Marsh

• “No, no, none of us watched the video but if we DID we could handle it. We're police officers. We see sickening things like that every day.” Detective Harrison Yates

• “Now, for the first time, we sit down and talk to the MOM behind the BUSH.” - 20/20 Narrator

• "BUTTERS! BUTTERS! Jennifer Lawrence's butthole didn't take a picture of ITSELF." Eric Cartman

• “If there's one thing we've learned, it's that drones can't resist Craig's mom.” Eric Cartman

• “Craig's Mom's bush! Craig's Mom's bush! Gargantuan Thicket of Madness! Craig's Mom's bush! Craig's Mom's bush! Bigger than earth and denser than gold. Truly a magical bush to behold.” Minstrel

Characters

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Eric Cartman

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Kenny McCormick

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Butters Stotch

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Stephen Stotch

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Randy Marsh

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Laura Tucker

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Thomas Tucker

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Stuart McCormick

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Peter Nelson

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Gerlald Broflovski

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Steve Black

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Linda Black

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Craig Tucker

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Kyle Broflovski

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Stan Marsh

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Jimmy Valmer

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Hobby Shop Owner (The Magic Bush)

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Minstrel

Locations

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Cartman Residence

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Stotch Residence

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Tucker Residence

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Donovan Residence

Behind The Scenes

• Why Craig's Mom? From the writers: "Really, it sounded funny to say Craig's Mom's bush."

Writer's Room

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Trey giving notes during production of 'The Magic Bush".

Production Art: Drone

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Art used while designing the drone.

Script

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In the first draft of the script, this episode was called "Bushgate"

Character Art: Butters

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This shot of Butters in bed required new poses.

Prop Art: Drones

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All the drones, including this Neighborhood Watch drone, were designed by the Art Dept.

Character Art: Craig's Mom

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Craig's Mom got a totally updated look for this episode.

Prop Art: Police Drone

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Production art used while designing the Police drone.

Bonus Factoids

• Although she's been around since Season 3, this is the first time we learn Craig's mom's full name: Laura Tucker.

Farmer

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This Farmer originally debuted 3 seasons ago in "You're Getting Old", talking about "shittin in britches".