The Entity

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"The Entity"
South Park episode
Kyle meets his cousin.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 11
Written by	Trey Parker
Directed by	Trey Parker
Production no.	511
Original airdate	November 21, 2001
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"The Entity" is episode 511 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on November 21, 2001.

Plot synopsis

In the episode, Kyle's cousin, Kyle Schwartz from Connecticut, comes to live in South Park due to his mother's ailing health back in Connecticut. While Kyle was initially excited about seeing his cousin for the first time, he is shocked to see that he is an overly-stereotyped version of a Jew (e.g., constantly complaining about everything, highly sensitive to the dryness of the air, allergic to most meats excluding fish, and penny-pinching in nature). To make matters worse for Kyle, he is nicknamed "Kyle 2" by his mother and his cousin is still called "Kyle." Kyle is told by his mother to take care of his cousin. He realizes that Cartman, his anti-Semitic friend would simply "rip [him] apart." He offers Cartman $40 to not make fun of him, which Cartman accepts (while struggling not to laugh or make an anti-Semitic remark). However, when Kyle's cousin is told to concentrate, Cartman, who can't help himself, blurts out Maybe we'll have to send him to concentration camp!", and Kyle calls off the deal. However, his cousin realizes that he had been paying off his friends to not make fun of him and suggests that he should have tried to get away with $12.50 rather than $40. Angered by his ingratitude and personal quirks, the children all soon realize that Kyle's cousin is just too annoying to live in South Park with them. Much of this episode then goes on to have the boys constantly trying to get rid of Kyle Schwartz, by tying him to the back of a bus while he is on a sled, tricking him onto a plane to Antarctica (during which, Kenny is shot through the head for being suspected as a terrorist, when all he was carrying was nail clippers), etc. However, Kyle Schwartz always finds a way to come back to South Park.

John Travolta riding "IT".

Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison, tired of the inefficient and frustrating airline check-ins, decides to invent his own vehicle. Inspired by watching singer Enrique Iglesias' sexualized singing on TV and by gyroscopes, he invents the gyroscope-powered monowheel "IT." "IT" is a rip on the nickname of the famous Segway PT. "IT" can go up to two hundred miles per hour, gets three hundred miles to the gallon, and is an all-around better mode of travel. The only problem is that it is controlled by an uncomfortable method; using four "flexi-grip handles" that somewhat resemble erect penises; two used by the handles, one in the mouth, and a fourth handle which is inserted into the anus. He invites many important investors such as Bill Gates and more comically Yasmine Bleeth to see how it works. Despite this unorthodox control mechanism (which is uncomfortable to everyone except Mr. Garrison and elderly women), it is still considered better than the airlines and Mr. Garrison is a smashing success. Even aviation enthusiast John Travolta decides that "IT" "beats dealing with the airline companies." The airport is now fully deserted and yet the airline industry's inefficiency is, if anything, amplified by the lack of people in the airport.

The government decides to bail out the airlines from going under because of "IT". To ensure the airlines' dominance as a mode of transport, the government ends up outlawing "IT" and makes using it a criminal act (it also transpires that the vehicle can be operated with buttons too, making the phallus-like controls an unnecessary discomfort). As a result, Kyle's cousin, who had invested in "IT", gets a $5,000,000 bail-out payment and decides to return home to Connecticut to take care of his sick mother. The boys suddenly change their plan and try to get him to stay in South Park, but he rejects them for being such "stereotypical rednecks".

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