Conjoined Fetus Lady
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| "Conjoined Fetus Lady" | |
 Nurse Gollum and her sibling. |
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| Episode no. | 18 |
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| Airdate | June 3, 1998 |
| South Park - Season 2 April 1, 1998 – January 20, 1999 |
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"Conjoined Fetus Lady" is episode 205 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on June 3, 1998.
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[edit] Plot
In this episode, the boys meet Nurse Gollum, the South Park Elementary nurse. They are horrified to discover, however, that she has a dead fetus attached to her face, due to a (fictional) condition called "Conjoined Twin Myslexia." Upon hearing about this and the boys making fun of her, Kyle's mom Sheila sits the boys down and informs them about Nurse Gollum's condition: when a set of twins forms in the womb but one dies. She says that sometimes the dead twin is inside the live one, so each one of the boys might actually have a dead twin that they don't know about. This horrifies the children, including Stan who runs home and attempts to split his head open with an ice pick, saying "I have to get it out". An irate Sharon Marsh says "next time you want to scare the hell out of my son, go and sit in the road until a truck runs you over." on the phone to Sheila, who, in order the remedy the unawareness apparent in people of Conjoined Twin Myslexia, decides to help the woman, and winds up causing a "Conjoined Twin Myslexia Week" declared in South Park for its sole sufferer.
Meanwhile, the school dodgeball team becomes eligible for competitions, and goes on to fight the State Competition in Denver, the Nationals in Washington, D.C., and finally goes to China for the World Championship. In the State competition, South Park is able to win because Pip, the British exchange student, becomes filled with rage whenever kids incorrectly call him "French", giving him the strength to take down the other team. This rage is used to the team's advantage. In the National competition, the Washington, D.C. team forfeits because of their fear of the inevitable international opponent, China. In China, South Park discovers the Chinese kids to be unstoppable, and the team is crushed until only Pip remains.
Pip, however, manages to win when the one of the kids tricks the Chinese into calling him French; he singlehandedly decimates the entire Chinese team, but by this point everyone has decided they don't want to play dodgeball anyway and he gets no credit for it. Back home, the townspeople have donned hats that make them appear to have fetuses on their faces, held a parade for Nurse Gollum and videotaped her constantly. She angrily declares that she does not want any extra attention or special treatment, and that by doing so they make her feel singled out. She says she only wants to be harassed and ridiculed just like everybody else in the town and storms away. The adults think she is ungrateful, but the kids begin to question if the fetus actually makes her smarter.
[edit] Kenny's Death
Smashed into a wall by a ball thrown during the world dodgeball championship in China. Kyle has been hit hard by a dodgeball and says his post-Kenny's death line very weakly.
[edit] The 'real' disease
- There is no condition named Conjoined Twin Myslexia. There is a condition, parasitic twins, in which two fetuses develop into a single viable human being. The vestigial fetus is either absorbed into the host's body ("fetus in fetu") or develops externally. The latter condition is usually treated with pre- or neonatal surgery.
[edit] Pop Culture references
- Cartman's line "Sure! Captain Ahab has to get his whale, huh?" is an almost direct quote from Star Trek: First Contact, which in turn is a reference to Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
- In the book that Kyle's mom shows the boys, one of the pictures is a meld of Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith, of the Monkees.
[edit] Chinese related gags
- The three calligraphy scrolls hanging at the back of the training gym in China contain typical Chinese swear phrases. They are "你他妈的妈妈", meaning "fuck your mom"; "崽子", meaning "bastard", and "這傢伙", which means "dammit".
- The Chinese sports commentators are reminiscent of the ones at the football game in Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride. They make endless tasteless jokes and one of them occasionally says, "You're going to get us in trouble again." to the other.
- When Cartman is knocked out, the Chinese announcer says, "Oooh, another American is down! It's number... oh I dunno all Americans look alike!", which is a jab at how many caucasians supposedly think all Asian people look identical.
[edit] Trivia
- In the opening scene, after Clyde gets knocked out, Stan says, "Jordan, Swanson, pull forward! We need backup!". Two boys walk forward, one later known as Butters.
- This is the first episode in which Pip gives in to anger. In previous episodes, he is inhumanly forgiving to even the worst abuse.
- Kenny wears the number 69 on his jersey, a reference to a sexual position (though on Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride, Kenny wore a jersey with the unlucky number 13 on it) Cartman wears number 325, the biggest number on the team, which refers to his weight.
- Somehow, the South Park Cows manage to take a bus to China. They could've taken a ferry there, though.
- At one point, Kyle is giving Pip French insults, but then calls him a "limey", a derogatory term for a Briton.
- When Kyle's mother tells them about not teasing deformed people, the book she's carrying is called "Freaks! A-Z".
[edit] Goofs
- When Pip decimates the entire Chinese team, he appears to be holding the ball with his stomach.
| Preceded by "Ike's Wee Wee" |
South Park episodes | Followed by "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" |
