Rainforest Schmainforest

Season 3, Episode 1, Aired
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A choir group, "Getting Gay With Kids," visits South Park to recruit more kids for their upcoming concert in Costa Rica for the benefit of the rain forests. The boys are forced to join by Mr. Mackey as a punishment for their unruly behavior in class. In Costa Rica, they leave the "comfort" of the capital to take a tour of a nearby rain forest. Their guide is eventually devoured by a snake, and they become stranded. ''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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    Mary Kay Bergman

    Voice of Wendy Testaburger; Liane Cartman; Sheila Broflovski; Sharon Marsh; Mrs. McKormick; Mayor McDaniels; Ms. Crabtree; Princ

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  • perfect

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    By futuramarama, Jul 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    What I liked: Cartman beating the animals with the stick, the name of the choir being "getting gay with kids", Cartman making fun of Kyle for being Jewish and supposedly that being why Kyle can't get the choreography down, the revamped lyrics to the song, "Oh my God they killed Kenny!" "Who?" "What?" "Who killed Kenny?" "They did!"

    This episode was pretty much laugh a minute and although the plot did not interest me a lot, I can't bring my grade down because of how funny I thought the episode was, and so because of all of this my final grade is easily going to be an A+.moreless

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  • One of the most ignorant episodes

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    By JerkNowitzki, Mar 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    This is a horribly written episode that ignorantly tries to make fun of everything unAmerican - a recurring theme in South Park. The writers show their genuine ignorance of all things Central American and Costa Rican by including several blatantly incorrect "facts".

    It is also incredibly obvious that the writers of this episode are guilty of the exact same thing they accuse their targets of: ignorance about the rain forest and Costa Rica. If you've never been out of the US, don't target others who haven't been out of the US because it makes you look like an ignorant know-it-all moron. This is a truly embarrassing episode of an otherwise good series and one of many low points where the writers happily show off their ignorance, small-mindedness and utter stupidity.moreless

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  • Cartman and his best and the Writer's hatred at their best

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    By oceanic6, Mar 30, 2008 Report Abuse
    The boys get recruited to join a choir group performing in Costa Rica to help save the rainforest. The choir leader, Miss Stevens (Jennifer Aniston), wants to teach everyone how wonder the rainforest is, and leads the group on a nature tour, only to get hopelessly lost in the wilderness where they fall victim to wild animals, quicksand, violent natives and rebel troops. Only Cartman, who sneaks away after getting fed up with Miss Stevens' love of nature, can save his classmates. This episode proves that South Park can poke fun at a country just as well as the Simpsons can with their satirizing of Costa Rica proving just as funny as The Simpson's lampooning of Australia, Canada, England, Brazil, Japan and France. The sub - plot with Kenny and his sweetheart adds a bit of depth but Cartman all - around steals the show as he reflects the immature, cynical and often prejudice brat in all of us.

    Aside from Cartman's antics; there are other hilarious bits but overall the subtle gags are the ones that work best. Both of the songs are also pretty funny. The episode portrays Costa Rica as dingy slums and although the animation is often a little too cut and paste; it's a lot smoother in its presentation than usual. Trey Parker is scene - stealing as Cartman and Mr. Mackey who gets to show his Spanish tongue in this episode but there are other great performances like Jennifer Aniston as Miss Stevens who is very belivable at being both sweet and hot - tempered. There are also some other South American stereotype voices and some work better than others.

    Overall this is just an underrated classic episode which should please all fans no matter how faithful they are to the show.moreless

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  • One of the very best episodes of the series.

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    By high_on_coffee, Feb 01, 2008 Report Abuse
    The episode "Rainforest Schmainforest" was the turning point for the series. In the first two seasons, Gnomes was the only good episode, but Trey and Matt got off to a hot start in Season 3. Trey Parker has stated that he visited the Rainforest in Costa Rica. He apparently hated it so much that Trey and Matt made this episode to show their thoughts on the Rainforest. Trey even stated that "the only people who want to save the rainforest have never been there." He also said that everything Cartman thought and said about the place was how he [Trey] truly felt about the Rainforest and Costa Rica. Their episode sured slapped the activists right in the face. Now remember this: "Join the fight now and help stop the Rainforest before it's too late."moreless

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  • Kenny falls in love!

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    By dizaster45, Jan 06, 2008 Report Abuse
    This one is one of the best episodes in my opinion.In this one the boys get in trouble and end up having to go on the choir tour Gettin Gay With Kids!Also in this one Kenny tries to gain the love of a girl from the choir,named Kelly who has a bad habbit of picking her nose,but there is a problem, they both live on oppisite sides of the country,so Kelly fears that having a long distance relationship will not work out.During the choir tour they get lost in the rainforest where they discover rebels and the mysterious people of the Yanagappa tribe.They end up being captured by the Yanagappa who plan to offer Mrs.Stevens to there god,so he can make love to her.They are finally saved by a group of construction workers who were cutting trees down.This experence finally let Kelly open up and become Kenny's girlfriend.This a good episode for fans of Kenny and those who like romantic episodes.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When the construction workers find the choir group after all the kids are sitting on the truck, Kenny is in the drivers seat. Then a few seconds later he is no where near the truck and talking to Kelly. Edit
    • This is only the 2nd episode where Kenny is alive at the end. He is initially killed by the lightning bolt, but then Kelly revives him using CPR. The only other episode thus far where Kenny lives is "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo." Edit
    • On the outside bus, we see ten windows and nine kids' heads looking forward. Yet on the inside, there are only seven kids on each side, and only five or six windows on the inside. Edit

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    • Despite the episode airing in 1999 in the U.S. and a few years later in Latin America, the episode has caused a bit of controversy in February of 2007 over the comments that Cartman made about Costa Rica saying that the town "smells like ass" and the way the creators show the country full of "prostitutes, shantytowns and trash". The Costa Rican Government was reportedly "not amused" with this episode. A video of this report, in Spanish, is also available on YouTube Edit
    • This is one of the first episodes that Cartman really rips on Kyle, mainly because he is Jewish (and doesn't have rhythm). In the earlier episodes, he would say how he hated Stan just as much or Kenny. And in the "Jakovasaurs," he talks about hating Kenny more. But, in about the 4th or 5th season, it basically revolves around Cartman and Kyle fighting and in 'Kenny Dies' he says Kenny is his best friend in the whole world (not sarcastically, either) Edit
    • This is the first episode that Kenny has a girlfriend. In the next episode, it is only mentioned for a few seconds that Kenny has a girlfriend after he dies. Edit

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    • Miss Stevens: OK children, we are lost so we have to stay together. Is everyone here? Craig: I'm not. Miss Stevens: Who's not? Who's not here? Craig: Me. Edit
    • Stan: All we ever heard growing up was "save the rainforest. The rainforest is fragile." Kyle: Yeah. Fragile, my ass! Edit
    • Cartman: (whacks a monkey on the head with a stick) Bad monkey! Bad! Miss Stevens: Eric! What the heck are you doing! Cartman: I'm asserting myself! Like my Mr. Kitty! When he's bad, I say "That's a bad Mr. Kitty!" and I whack him on the head! Tour Guide: And this is a three-toed sloth. Cartman: (hits sloth with a stick) Bad three-toed sloth! Miss Stevens: Eric, for God's Sake! Knock it off! (pulls Eric away) Cartman: (throws stick at sloth's head, shouting) Respect mah authoro-tah! Edit

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    • King Kong: The way that the Yanakapas tie up Ms. Stevens and offer her as a bride sacrifice to a giant Yanakapas is a parody of King Kong (1933). Edit
    • Dumb activists: More than anything else, this episode is a dig at activists whose political/social ideologies rule their agenda, rather than factual reasoning. Edit

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