It Hits the Fan

Season 5, Episode 1, Aired
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The you-know-what hits the fan a 162 times when the citizens of South Park hear the word "Sh*t" on the popular show, "Cop Drama." Boffo ratings have the executives at HBC plotting further use of the curse word, as the nation is struck by a mysterious plague that unleashes the ancient Knights of Standards and Practices. Only Chef and the boys can save South Park, and the world.moreless
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  • Trey Parker

    Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma

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    Matt Stone

    Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others

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    Isaac Hayes

    Voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy

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  • great

    8.5
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    By futuramarama, Dec 28, 2010 Report Abuse
    the show "cop drama" uses the S word, and soon all of south park popularizes the word. but, soon strange things happen, and stan and friends learn the real reason why words like that are called curse words. will they be able to get people to stop saying the s word?

    it was pretty good. it's kind of boring in some parts because really, it's just the same word in every sentence. but overall it was pretty good. the first half was great, second half, good. So, i give "It Hits the Fan" a final grade of B- or somoreless

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  • The most overrated Southpark episode of all time!!!!

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    By KevinBujold, Dec 28, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is the third worst episode South Park has made. A good South Park episode needs more to it than a bunch of people saying $hit. So South Park said $hit 162 times. Guess what, Anyone can do that!!!!! It's just a word. Saying a word in every sentence you use isn't funny. And the actual plot just made me Fuccking sick. The word $hit actually cursed does NOT make a good plot. Swearing and the Plauge are two completely diffrent things. They are not funny when mixed together. And the ending was just awful. A moral in Southpark? That's just disgusting. I belive that any show above a PG Rating should not have morals because the people watching probably know and most likely don't care.moreless

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  • "Hey. You got a little $hit on your face"

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    By crzza, Mar 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    Ratings soar when the popular TV show Cop Drama uses the word "sh*t" on national television. The network decides to make further use of the word, resulting in a mysterious plague sweeping the nation. It's up to the boys and Chef to help save the world. this was the first of 3 South Park episodes to break the consorship barrier. Next it was "With Apoligizes to Jesse Jackson" and "Le Petite Tourete". I liek episodes liek this. People puking out their insides and the word $hit. One of the best 30 minutes of my life. The best was Le Petite Tourette.moreless

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  • Oh $hit. *pukes out intenstines*

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    By MistaC87, Feb 23, 2008 Report Abuse
    An interesting twist on how absolutely no one gives a "$hit" about the word "$hit" on television. Sad enough, this episode comes at a time where that was exactly the situation, but 162 $hits? Wow. This is a classic South Park episode, but not the greatest. But this show always has something to say, and as they point out, "$hit" is just a word, and it's stupid to even give a "$hit" about "$hit". Why everyone goes nuts over one word is just crazy. I find it interesting how South Park never really took advantage of "$hit" (except for this episode). "$hit" count, including the "$hit" before and the one after: 10.moreless

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  • $hIT CERTAINLY HAS!!

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    By nineone14peace, Dec 14, 2007 Report Abuse
    $hit this was a good episode (and for the most part uncensored - everything except "f--k" is heard). A cop drama show (called "Cop Drama") decides that in order to get more ratings they are going to use the word "$hit" on their show... this of course does get them more ratings, and so they start using the word "$hit" in more and more of their shows and more and more times in each show. The town is spell-bound, and tunes into every show that uses the word, however this has a price. People start mysteriously vomiting their guts out and dying, which the boys discover is exactly like the symptoms of the "black plague" which they then find out came about right when the word "$hit" entered the English vocabulary. It's up to the boys to find a way to save the town. This episode has a running counter in the bottom, left-hand corner of the screen that keeps track of how many times "$hit" is said within the half-hour (the total? 162). I loved this episode and was very surprised at how many times they got away with actually saying "$hit" on TV. I highly recommend you give it a watch!moreless

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    • On the bar while watching TV when the unknown adult says here it comes I think it's this scene, actually the word *hit is told once by the actor but not count and then when the other adult says " was that it, was that it!? Some one's dad says twice s*it he said sh*t that was not counted either. Edit
    • There is actually an unedited version of this episode where the words f**k and c*ck are not bleeped. This version of the episode has been shown on myspace.com. Edit
    • Listen closely after the news anchor says the first sentence. His voice completely changes and he sounds like a totally different man. Edit

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    • The record of number of times the word "Sh*t" was used was nominated for the 2007 TV Land Award for "TV Moment That Became Headline News". Edit
    • This episode is completely uncensored by the network except for f**k, c**k, and f*g by everyone but Mr. Garrison and Jimbo. Edit
    • This episode supposed to show TV-MA-L, but while they were saying the "S" word, Comedy Central didn't put it on there. Edit

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    • (after seeing "Cop Drama") Stan: I can't belive they actually said it… Cartman: Dude, you missed it, Kyle! It was so awesome! Kyle: (sarcastically) Well, I hope it lived up to all the hype. You must feel so much better now. Cartman: Kyle, you've got to get that sand out of your vagina; it's making you cranky. Does it itch? Kyle: Do you really think anything's gonna be any different now? Do you really think that this will have the tiniest smallest effect on the world? It's still the same old world out there. Look! (opens door and the boys see frogs falling from the sky) Kyle: What the hell...? Cartman: Whoa, dude. It's raining frogs... Kyle: (walks away) Oh, whatever! Edit
    • Cartman: You guys! You guys! Oh my god! Oh my god, you guys! Kyle: What, doughboy? Cartman: I was... (catches breath) I was just watching the TV and they had this commercial. Stan: So? Cartman: So... Guess what they're gonna say tonight on that show "Cop Drama"? Kyle: What? Cartman: No, c'mon, guess! They're gonna say something that's never been said on television! Stan: What? Cartman: Guess. Kyle: Goddamit, Cartman! What are they gonna say on "Cop Drama"? Cartman: Okay, you ready? Tonight...on "Cop Drama"...on TV,...they're gonna say... (looks to the left and right) "shit". Edit
    • Kyle: Dude! They're gonna say "shit" on television?? Stan: You can't say "shit" on television! Cartman: It was just on the news! People are freaking out, dude. Stan: Holy ****ing shit! Edit

  • Allusions

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    • FCC: The Knights of Standards and Practices is a pun on the FCC. Edit
    • Night of 1,000 Stars: Night of 1,000 Sh*ts is a parody of the name of this mid 1980s charity event. Edit
    • NBC: HBC is a parody of NBC. While showing an outside view of the HBC building, a logo very similiar to NBC's logo is shown above. Edit

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