Fishsticks
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| Season | s13 |
| Episode | e05 |
| Written By | Trey Parker |
| Production Code | 1305 |
| Original Air Date | 2009-04-08 |
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Story[edit]
Description[edit]
Cartman decides to help Jimmy with his comedy routine. They come up with the funniest joke of all time. All the late-night talk show hosts pick it up, and the whole country loves it - everyone except for Kanye West, who is immediately offended and confounded by the insinuation that he is a gay fish.
What I Learned Today[edit]
"For so long I’ve considered myself God’s gift to the world that I couldn’t take it when people made fun of me. But they weren’t making fun of me. They were trying to help me."
Memorable Quotes[edit]
- "Hey man, I'm a GENIUS alright. I'm the most talented musician in the WORLD. If I was a homosexual OR a fish I would know!" (Kanye West)
- "You hear that? NO GILLS. So I can't be a fish. And I'm a genius voice of a generation so I'm not gay." (Kanye West)
- I DON'T NEED ANYBODY TELLING ME PLAY ON WORDS I'M A MOTHERFUCKING LYRICAL WORDSMITH MOTHERFUCKING GENIUS! (Kanye West)
- "Hello Eric, have some chips because you're totally not fat at all." (Sarah Valmer)
- HEY LOOK! ERIC KILLED A DRAGON!!! (Butters Stotch)
- "Look at me maaan...I'm not funny, I steal jokes, my dick don't work, man...I got to piss in a plastic bag, man, I got no dick!" (Carlos Mencia)
- Wow Eric! Incredible! Too bad I'm a dick and I'm gonna take all the credit. S-s-suck it, bitch!
- "Do you like fishsticks?" Jimmy Valmer
- "You like putting fishsticks in your mouth?" (Eric Cartman)
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"Yup. And and if I had wheels, I'd be a wagon."
Characters[edit]
Kanye West
Jimmy Valmer
Eric Cartman
Kyle Broflovski
Sarah Valmer
Locations[edit]
Behind The Scenes[edit]
- "The whole idea started on a Writer’s Retreat, visiting the Ballard Locks in Seattle- which is this place where you can see salmon jumping."
- From Matt: "On the Writers Retreat, we typed in 'fish dicks' to see if anybody made that stupid joke before. NO ONE had."
- From Matt and Trey: "That whole point of the episode was like: Kanye, get a sense of humor. You seem so humorless about yourself."
- According to Trey: "I’d never used AutoTune before, like Kanye uses. And I realized if you can actually sing, it doesn’t work -- it doesn’t do anything to your voice. So you HAVE to sing off-key."
Character Art: Kanye[edit]
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The art department created a number of different outfits for Kanye. Almost all got used.
Storyboard: Genius[edit]
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Check out the storyboard from this "genius" scene...
Character Art: Kanye Swimming[edit]
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A number of specialty poses needed to be made to create this scene with Kanye swimming.
Character Art: Cartman[edit]
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Cartman got a fresh "perm" character design for his appearance on Ellen.
Character Art: Fish Costume[edit]
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All costumes on background characters must be designed and approved, prior to animation.
Character Art: Cartman[edit]
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Check out the character design for this super-cool version of Cartman:.
Character Art: Carlos Mencia[edit]
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A special sitting position was created for this shot of Mencia.
Script Excerpt[edit]
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The show is always written a scene or two at a time. This was the first scene written:
Production Art: Gay Fish[edit]
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Even something as small as a sign has to be designed and approved, prior to animation.
Pop Culture References[edit]
- Besides this episode, Jay Leno has made 3 prior cameos in South Park -- in "Funnybot" & "City On The Edge of Forever", and also in a 1997 Thanksgiving Special.
- In addition to Fishsticks, Puff Daddy has appeared several times in South Park -- most notably with his Vote or Die campaign in "Douche and Turd".
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Conan got an updated look in this episode. His first cameo was 10 years earlier (above), when he appeared/died in the movie "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut".
Bonus Factoids[edit]
- In 2011, Fishsticks was ranked by fans as #6 on their list of all-time favorite #SouthPark episodes.
- Matt & Trey: If someone told us #Fishsticks would be a fan favorite when we were coming up with the idea, we would've been like “no way”.
- Most fans don't realize this episode actually aired WAY BEFORE Kanye’s infamous "Imma let you finish" stage crash at the VMAs.
- Kanye made another cameo as a "recovering gay fish" during Season 17's season finale "The Hobbit".
Season 13[edit]
- e1 The Ring
- e2 The Coon
- e3 Margaritaville
- e4 Eat, Pray, Queef
- e5 Fishsticks
- e6 Pinewood Derby
- e7 Fatbeard
- e8 Dead Celebrities
- e9 Butters' Bottom Bitch
- e10 W.T.F.
- e11 Whale Whores
- e12 The F Word
- e13 Dances With Smurfs
- e14 Pee