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| "Child Abduction Is Not Funny" | |
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| South Park episode | |
 The Great Wall of South Park |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 11 |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Production no. | 611 |
| Original airdate | July 24, 2002 |
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"Child Abduction Is Not Funny" is episode 611 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on July 24, 2002. This episode mocks moral panics, and was the last to feature Tweek as the "fourth friend" alongside Stan, Kyle, and Cartman.
Plot
With the media full of school shootings, terrorist threats, and child abductions, the parents of South Park grow concerned about the safety of their children. Tweek is scared the most by the media reports, and his parents serve only to exacerbate his fears by turning their house into a virtual prison and conducting random drills. After a real child abductor (pretending to be the ghost of human kindness) fails to kidnap Tweek, the parents of South Park are put on high alert.
Taking advantage of expensive technology, and commissioning the owner of City Wok, Mr. Lu Kim to build a huge wall around the city similar to the Great Wall of China, media reports continue to file in- it first convinces them they should not leave their children alone for a moment, prompting the parents to go with them anywhere they go. A later report convinces them they cannot even trust their own neighbors and family friends, forcing the parents to sever ties with each other. The kids, annoyed and embarrassed by their parents actions, initially blame Tweek for their parents' paranoia, but eventually decide that they'd resort to something this stupid eventually.
Mr. Kim has reluctantly agreed to build the wall, building it single-handedly. He is finished when a band of Mongols appear out of nowhere and attack the wall because: "Every time us Chinese put up a wall stupid Mongolians have to come and knock it down" as he puts it., in a reference to Chinese history. Although he tries desperately to rout the enemy by himself, he proves to be no match for the Mongols' increasingly clever tactics, which include redirecting a heat-seeking missile and making use of a Trojan Horse filled with sweet and sour pork. Enraged, Kim vows vengeance. Meanwhile, back within the town limits a news report states that the parents are most likely to abduct their own children. Unable to think of any reasonable solution, they force all their children from the city, to avoid putting their children in danger of being kidnapped by their own parents.
Within the week, the children join forces with the Mongols, having apparently learned their language and enraged at the irresponsible thinking their parents have exhibited. The Mongols then move on the wall again, where Mr. Kim is dressed for battle. He then does his "war dance", but while he is doing this, the children wheel a large cart laden with explosives in behind him and blow up the wall. The parents arrive to investigate the explosion, and are reunited with their kids, although the parents believe their children have forgotten them in the short space of a week, much to their chagrin. They realize that they overreacted to the news stories, and that they can't just cut themselves off from the rest of the world with the wall. Mayor McDaniels orders Mr. Lu Kim to "tear down this wall," angering him and say "I hate this whole city" Although with his accent, Kim sounds like he is saying "I hate this whole shitty".
References
Most - or all - of the sounds of the Mongolians attacking are takes from 'Age of Empires'.
| Preceded by “Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society” |
South Park episodes | Followed by “A Ladder to Heaven” |
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