Episode Summary
EDIT
Stan has a new dog, Sparky (voiced by George Clooney), that is different from other dogs. He is homosexual. This troubles Stan, who has to concentrate on quarterbacking the South Park Elementary football team against Middle Park. Stan could be key in beating the 70 point spread against them. Sparky, after being hurt by Stan's feelings about his lifestyle, runs away and meets Big Gay Al. Stan, distraught by Sparky's disappearance, sets out to find him.moreless
-
GUEST STAR
George ClooneyVoice of "Sparky"
-
Trey Parker
Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma
-
Matt Stone
Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others
-
Mary Kay Bergman
Voice of Wendy Testaburger; Liane Cartman; Sheila Broflovski; Sharon Marsh; Mrs. McKormick; Mayor McDaniels; Ms. Crabtree; Princ
-
Isaac Hayes
Voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy
Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
See All-
TRIVIA (19)
ADD TRIVIA-
If you look closely to the top of the screen when the bus shows up, Ms. Crabtree is nowhere to be found.
-
At the beginning of football practice, Kyle is #14. At the end, he is #12.
-
When Richard Stamos says "I can do it!" and Mr. Garrison says "Do what?", Garrison does not have Mr. Hat on his hand.
-
The word gay is said 57 times in this episode.
-
Visitor Sighting: Two aliens are seen in the upper right hand corner of the crowd in the seats, after Middle Park gets off the bus.
-
Kenny can be seen with the rest of the team after he is killed
-
In this episode, Token can be seen as a white kid sitting behind Ned and Jimbo at the football game.
-
Big Gay Al's right nipple is pierced.
-
During the football game sometimes there are mountains behind the bleachers, sometimes there's nothing but blue sky only.
-
Sparky being gay comes from a gay dog Isaac Hayes (Chef) and his friend used to tease when they were teenagers. Sparky running away and Stan looking for him comes from Trey's childhood.
-
When kids get off the bus Ms. Crabtree is nowhere to be seen.
-
It says on the chalkboard : ------------------------- pi r2(square) = 2 pi r 4(N - x)2(square) = pi r2(square) 3/5 z(53a(6xy - 8z) + 74b(3x + ...)...3a) --------------------------- Third graders don't have to know anything about algebraic terms like pi and powers. The first equation has the answer r=2. Substituting for r, the second equation has the answer x = N - plus minus sqrt(pi). The third equation is just a collection of terms.
-
At first the point spread is said to be 70, but later the announcer says it's 72.
-
Some Middle Park kids have negative numbers such as #-1 and #-3.
-
After Stan takes off the pink bandanna that his dog is wearing, he gets Sparky to perform a few simple tricks. Then he says, "Don't be gay." When Sparky looks at him with a puzzled face, the edge of the pink bandanna is visible off the side of his neck. Immediately afterwards, the bandanna is not there.
-
The size of the "Sports books $" building is very small when uncle Jimbo is going to place his bet, but once he is inside, the place is very big
-
When Sparky is in the snowy mountains he is wearing the collar he took from the poodle but when Al finds him he has the pink hankerchief on.
-
Stan wore #4, Kyle wore #12, and Cartman wore #68. Another player wore #29 while Pip wore #00. Kyle's shirt alternates between #12 and #14.
-
The number on Kenny's football shirt is (very aptly) 13. But, during the final game, the commentator refers to him as number 23.
-
-
QUOTES (15)
ADD QUOTES-
Jimbo: (Praying) Jesus, I know I don't ask for much, but I'd like you to please, please let the Cows win this game. Please, Jesus. Please, please... Jesus: Oh, leave me alone.
-
Ned: What are we doing here? Jimbo: Well Ned, we usually kidnap the Middle Park mascot, but this year, we're gonna blow it up!
-
Chef: What's the matter Stan, you seem down. Stan: I just, I can't concentrate because my dog is gay. Chef: Well, you know what they say. You can't teach a gay dog straight tricks. Mr. Garrison: Oh, stop filling his head with that queer-loving propaganda. Chef: Say what? You of all people should be sympathetic. Mr. Garrison: What do you mean? Chef: Well, you're gay aren't you? Mr. Garrison: What? What the hell are you talking about? I am not gay. Chef: Well, you sure do act like it. Mr. Garrison: I just act that way to get chicks, dumb ass.
-
(Stan makes something up and gets an A- while Cartman did the same and got a D-) Cartman: Wait a minute, why the hell does he get an A-? Mr. Garrison: Eric, Stanley just might lead our team to victory against the Middle Park Cowboys for the first time in decades. And we treat star athletes better 'cause they're better people.
-
Jimbo: What the hell? He didn't sing the high F. Mr. Garrison: Richard Stamos can't sing a high F. He always screws it up like this. Jimbo: Ned, we are going to get our asses kicked. Mr. Garrison: (to Richard Stamos) It's obvious where all the talent in that family went!
-
Chef: Now children, we've got to handle the ball better. You got to hold your football like you hold your lover. Gently, yet firmly. You wanna be both nurturing and clinging at the same time. Oh yeah! (singing) Just like makin' sweet love to the football. Feelin' naughty with the football. - Kyle: Uh, Chef? Chef: - Spank it, ever so gently. - Kyle: Chef. Chef: - Spank it. - Kyle: Chef! Chef: (stops singing) Oh, uh, sorry children. Uh, let's run some plays.
-
Cartman: Hey, speaking of pounding ass, here comes Stan's little homo dog.
-
Frank: Oh my! I haven't seen a Jew run like that since Poland, 1938!
-
Frank: I haven't seen an Englishman take a blow like that since Hugh Grant!
-
Frank: Why, I haven't seen a beating like that since Rodney King.
-
Mr. Garrison: Stanley, gay people, well, gay people are evil. Evil right down to their cold black hearts, which pump not blood like yours and mine, but rather a thick, vomitous oil that oozes through their rotten veins and clots in their pea-sized brains which becomes the cause of their Nazi-esque patterns of violent behavior.
-
Stan: Wow, all the animals seem happy here. Big Gay Al: Of course they are, silly buns!
-
Big Gay Al: I'm super! Thanks for asking!
-
Stan: He just needs some training, that's all. Sit Sparky. (Sparky sits) Good boy, now shake. (Sparky shakes) Good boy. Now, don't be gay. Don't be gay Spark. Don't be gay. (Sparky does nothing) Kyle: Did it work? Stan: I don't know. Cartman: He still looks pretty gay to me.
-
Stan: That's it, Sparky! Kick his ass! Cartman: Heh, he's doing something to his ass. He's not kicking his ass, but he's definitely doing something to his ass. Stan: Sparky, bad dog!
-
-
NOTES (7)
ADD NOTES-
This is the first appearance of Stan's dog, Sparky.
-
In early airings, the balding commentator said "I haven't seen that many kids molested since Michael Jackson came to town!" when several kids get tackled. This was later censored to "I haven't seen that many kids molested since--" before cutting to the next scene. This line is still censored in reruns and the Season 1 DVD (Though the line remains uncut in some airings outside the U.S.).
-
First appearance of Big Gay Al.
-
This episode was nominated for the 1998 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)", and for the 1998 GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Individual TV Episode".
-
Kyle says 'Oh my God, you killed Kenny!' in this episode, because of Stan's absence at the football game.
-
The song that plays over the end credits is "Now You're a Man" by DVDA, which is also the theme song from Trey and Matt's movie Orgazmo.
-
In this episode we see the first appearance of Butters. He's seen jumping up and down when Stan is going up on the podium to give his speech about gayness
-
-
ALLUSIONS (4)
ADD ALLUSIONS-
Disneyland Park - Jungle Cruise: Big Gay Al: That was a close one! When Big Gay Al takes Stan on the Big Gay Boat Ride, and Big Al fires a fake gun at the "Oppressors," it makes the allusion to ride Jungle Cruise, found at the many Disneyland Parks, when the ride's tour guide fires a fake in order to scare off a hippopotamus that is ready to charge the boat. After, the Tour Guide says the same line as Big Gay Al.
-
7 Faces of Dr. Lao: At the end of the episode, there is a scene in which we can see Big Gay Al's disappearance. This scene is a spoof to Dr. Lao's disappearance at the end of the movie 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.
-
During the football game Frank Hammond makes references to these events: Frank Hammond: I haven't seen a beating like that since Rodney King! March 3, 1991, Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. It was taped by bystander George Holliday. After that there were a lot of protests as a lot of people believed that the attack was racially motivated. Frank Hammond: I haven't seen an Englishman take a blow like that since Hugh Grant! In 1995 Grant suffered a major blow to his career when he was caught in his car with a prostitute Divine Brown who was giving him an oral pleasure (blow job). Frank Hammond: And these South Park Cows are being absolutely molested by Middle Park. I haven't seen so many children molested since… In U.S. this sentence on official airing was not finished but people who have seen the episode outside of the U.S. reported that it finishes with Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson is known even today as a child molester. Frank Hammond: I haven't seen a Jew run like that since Poland 1938. In 1939 Nazi Germany led by Justin Mann invaded Poland. Poland was back then mostly a Jewish place. Poland suffered the biggest population loss in World War II.
-
Loving You: It was a number one hit for Minnie Ripperton in 1975. She was also the writer of the song. It was sung here by John Stamos' fictional older brother Richard. Amongst his many other television appearances, John Stamos was Uncle Jesse on the television show Full House.
-
-
It's dead in here. :(
2 days ago11
-
South Park Questions/Ideas
05/15/121104
-
Official Episode Discussion: 16x06 "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining"
05/06/128
-
Mid-season already?
05/06/123
-
Official Episode Discussion: 16x07 "Cartman finds love"
05/02/126
-
Cartman Finds Love
S 16 : Ep 7
Aired 4/25/12
-
I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining
S 16 : Ep 6
Aired 4/18/12
-
Butterballs
S 16 : Ep 5
Aired 4/11/12
-
Jewpacabra
S 16 : Ep 4
Aired 4/4/12
Related Shows
Season 1 Episodes
See AllEp 13
Cartman's Mom is a Dirty S...
Ep 12
Mecha-Streisand
Ep 11
Tom's Rhinoplasty
Ep 10
Damien
Ep 9
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
Ep 8
Starvin' Marvin
Ep 7
Pink Eye
Ep 6
Death
Ep 5
An Elephant Makes Love to ...
Ep 4
Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat ...
Ep 3
Weight Gain 4000
Ep 2
Volcano
Ep 1
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
Pilot
The Spirit of Christmas (J...
-
DennisKytasaari EDITOR
User Score: 4633
-
drewshack
User Score: 5329
-
Tweekfan323
User Score: 2002
-
HilljaFuFu
User Score: 685
-
TinnieMaster
User Score: 519
-
TV-Tome-Vits
User Score: 390
-
s1bbald
User Score: 371
-
hsimpson44
User Score: 231
-
SrRui
User Score: 224
-
shaneypoo_88
User Score: 221
More
Less
