Bike Parade

Bike Parade

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Season	s22
Episode	e10
Written By	Trey Parker
Production Code	2210
Original Air Date	2018-12-12

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Official Description

This week the Amazon workers are still on strike and now no one is getting their Christmas packages. Despite the chaos at the Amazon Fulfillment Center, the Bike Parade is still on. The boys’ chance of winning is in jeopardy when Kenny resists commercialism in solidarity with the striking workers.

Full Description

Employees working at South Park's new Amazon fulfillment center continue to strike in response to the poor working conditions. They are led by Josh Carter, a former boxer, or "fulfiller" at the center who was accidentally attacked by a rogue inventory robot and compressed into a small Amazon box. However, the Mole People former employees at the South Park Mall have agreed to work at the center as temporary employees. As a result, fourth graders Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick are pleased to see that they are finally receiving the items they purchased on that company's website for the town's upcoming bike parade, where they hope to win first prize. Amazon's founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, who is depicted as one of the alien Talosians from the original 1965 Star Trek pilot "The Cage", observes these developments through cameras in citizens' Amazon Echo smart speakers. He has Josh kidnapped, and tells a group of small children that Josh's box holds their Christmas gifts, prompting them to rip it open. This causes his compressed opens to explode outward, killing him. Bezos' ally, Mayor McDaniels, who convinced Bezos to open the fulfillment center in South Park, witnesses this and is horrified.

Kenny's father, Stuart McCormick, is angered that his son is not boycotting Amazon in solidarity with the strikers. As a result of this, Kenny becomes disillusioned with the commercialism in which he has participated, and tells his friends he will not join them in the bike parade, prompting their fear that they cannot win it without him. When the center's floor manager, Stephen Stotch, learns that Josh has been kidnapped, he continues to feel torn between supporting the workers and his family, especially his son, Butters, who is overjoyed to receive a new bike for the parade.

Tegridy Farms, the cannabis farm owned by Stan's father Randy, whose profitability has been damaged by the strike, suddenly sees an increase in business as the strikers come to him for marijuana to relieve their stress. When he is daunted by competition from other farms, Randy's friend Towelie suggests that they use the e-scooters that began appearing in South Park on Halloween in the episode The Scoots so that Tegridy Farms can offer its own delivery to customers.

The boys scheme to force the parade's cancellation by publicly accusing it of being "insensitive". However, when they shop for materials to make signs for their awareness campaign, they discover that the fulfillment center has forced the closure of all the town's local businesses, a development for which McDaniels is overcome with guilt. When Santa Claus arrives in town, the possibility of his solving the crisis with Christmas magic is raised, but when he learns that his fellow Christmas character Mr. Hankey was driven out of town for inappropriate tweets (in the episode The Problem with a Poo), he angrily leaves town as quickly as he arrived.

The boys go to City Hall to demand the bike parade's cancellation, but find Bezos sitting at McDaniels' desk. Bezos says that the parade was useful to him, as it increased local purchases at Amazon.com, and led all the townsfolk who wanted "fulfillment" to go to work at the fulfillment center. He orders his Alexa unit to kill Kenny, because he sees Kenny's "socialist" activism as a threat. However, the entire town's citizenry shows up at City Hall, where Randy tells Bezos that they now all have "Tegridy", and have all quit the fulfillment center. The bike parade goes on as planned, with Cartman pulling Kenny's coffin on his bike, as the town returns to normal.

Memorable Quotes

• "I guess my bike could be in the bike parade, I haven't really thought about it... " Butters

Songs

Original Song

"The Bike Parade"

Characters

<char name="Eric Cartman" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/eric-cartman.png"/> <char name="Stan Marsh" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-ego-stan-hemp-shirt.png"/> <char name="Kyle Broflovski" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/kyle-broflovski.png"/> <char name="Kenny McCormick" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/kenny-mccormick.png"/> <char name="Butters Stotch" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/butters-stotch.png"/> <char name="Linda Stotch" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/linda-stotch.png"/> <char name="Stephen Stotch Amazon Worker" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-ego-butters-dad-amazon-worker.png"/> <char name="Jeff Bezos" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/business-jeff-bezos.png"/> <char name="Tom Thompson" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/tom-thompson.png"/> <char name="Josh as a Package" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-ego-josh-as-package.png"/> <char name="Mall Mole People" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/groups/groups-mall-mole-people.png"/> <char name="Mayor McDaniels" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/mayor-mcdaniels.png"/> <char name="Larry Zewiski" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/4th-graders-larry-zewiski-.png"/> <char name="Sally Darson" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/sally-darson.png?height=165"/> <char name="British Amazon Worker" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/business-british-amazon-worker.png"/> <char name="Gerald Amazon Worker" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-ego-gerald-amazon-worker.png"/> <char name="Stuart McCormick" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/stuart-mccormick.png"/> <char name="Richard Tweak" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/mr-tweak.png"/> <char name="Mrs. Tweak" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/mrs-tweak.png"/> <char name="Santa Claus" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/non-human/religious-holiday-santa-claus.png"/> <char name="Mr. Mackey" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/mackey.png"/>

Character Debuts

<char name="Deziray" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/4th-graders-cute-girl-deziray.png"/> <char name="Wavey Hair Girl" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/4th-graders-cute-girl-wavey-hair.png"/> <char name="Mrs. Zewiski" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/adults-parents-mrs-zewiski.png"/> <char name="Zewiski Family" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/groups/groups-family-zewiskis.png"/> <char name="Weed Consumers" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/groups/groups-weed-consumers.png"/> <char name="Weed Consumer 1" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/townsfolk-amazon-strike-first-weed-consumer.png"/> <char name="Weed Consumer 2" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/townsfolk-amazon-strike-second-weed-consumer.png"/>

Body Count

<char name="Kenny McCormick" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/kenny-mccormick.png"/>

Costume Debuts

<char name="Randy Tegridy Farms Delivery Boy" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-ego-randy-tegridy-farms-delivery-boy.png"/> <char name="Towelie Tegridy Farms Delivery Boy" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-ego-towelie-tegridy-farms-delivery-boy.png"/> <char name="Gerald Pajamas" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-egos-gerald-pajamas.png"/> <char name="Mole People Amazon Worker" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-egos-moles-amazon-workers.png"/> <char name="Butters Luxury Bike" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-egos-fancy-bike-butters.png"/> <char name="Injured Ned" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/alter-egos/alter-egos-ned-banged-up.png"/>

Locations

<char name="Amazon Fulfillment Center" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/business-amazon-fulfillment-center.png"/> <char name="Tegridy Farms" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/business-tegridy-farms.png"/> <char name="Stotch Residence" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/stotch-house.jpg"/> <char name="City Hall" image="http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/city-hall.jpg"/>

Bonus Factoids

Pointless Observations

The annual bike parade was sponsored by Tegridy Farms, City Wok and La Taco.

The local children were featured in the parade with various bike themes and designs.

Wendy Testaburger -- Recycling-Themed

Heidi Turner -- Flowers

Tweek Tweek and Craig Tucker -- Candy-Themed couples bike

Clyde Donovan -- American Football

Kyle Brosfloski -- Dragon

Stan Marsh -- Rockets

Eric Cartman -- Kenny's coffin

Kevin Stoley -- Tiger

Bebe Stevens -- Brown horse

Theresa -- White horse

The Goth Kids -- Gothic-Themed

Red -- Unicycle

Jimmy Valmer -- Racing-Themed

Annie Knitts -- Aquatic-Themed

Butters Stotch -- Golden chariot

DogPoo Petuski -- American flags

David Rodriguez -- Mexican-Themed

Francis -- Space-Themed

Season 22

e1 Dead Kids

e2 A Boy and a Priest

e3 The Problem With a Poo

e4 Tegridy Farms

e5 The Scoots

e6 Time To Get Cereal

e7 Nobody Got Cereal

e8 Buddha Box

e9 Unfulfilled

e10 Bike Parade