Good Times with Weapons
The sky over the Park County Fair turned a flat, solid color as Stan Marsh drew his sword. The usual cutout-and-solid-color style of South Park vanished instantly. In its place appeared a highly stylized anime theme where the boys became Japanese warriors. They bought martial arts weapons at a local market and began pretending to be ninjas around town. Craig Tucker watched them with interest while Clyde Donovan and Token Black joined the spectacle. Butters Stotch saw the group playing and wanted to join in but was refused by the four friends. The animation shifted again when Professor Chaos confronted them on the fairgrounds. A battle ensued that looked nothing like the rest of the season's episodes.
Butters went home and transformed into his supervillain alter ego named Professor Chaos. He set off to get revenge on the four ninjas who had rejected him earlier. Professor Chaos neutralized Kyle Broflovski and Stan Marsh during their fight. Kenny McCormick came to their defense and threw one of his shuriken. It hit Butters directly in the eye and became lodged inside it. The weapon remained stuck there as the boys realized they needed medical attention immediately. Taking him to the local hospital would result in their parents discovering their purchases from the vendor. An attempt to extract the shuriken from his eye failed completely before they made another decision. They decided to dress Butters up like a dog and take him to a veterinarian instead.
Craig, Jimmy, Clyde, and Token appeared on the way to the animal clinic with weapons from the same vendor. The two ninja groups fought while chaos erupted around the Park County Fair. In the midst of all the noise, Butters escaped from the group. A weakened, delirious Butters made his way to the hospital alone. The staff assumed he was a dog and sent him to the animal hospital by mistake. There, the veterinarian determined that the only thing to do was to put Butters to sleep. Butters managed to escape the facility before anyone could stop him. Craig informed the other boys that they had seen Butters wandering around on the other side of the fair towards an auction. All their parents were attending this event at the community center.
Cartman decided to use his presumed ninja power of invisibility to walk across the auction stage. He removed his clothes in front of everyone hoping to get to Butters undetected. However, Cartman just ended up streaking slowly across the stage without any magic protection. Butters staggered onto the stage and collapsed shortly after the nudity display. Later, the townsfolk protested at a meeting over Cartman's public nudity instead of the shuriken in Butter's eye. Cartman explained that it was a wardrobe malfunction referencing the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy. Stan, Kyle, and Kenny noted that their parents were more offended by sex than violence. They went out to play with their weapons again despite the outrage.
Trey Parker wrote the episode which originally aired on the 17th of March 2004. This marked the first time April Stewart voiced the bulk of female characters following Eliza Schneider's departure. In 2015, he and co-creator Matt Stone listed it as their second favorite episode of the series. The episode received a TV-MA L rating in the United States for its content. Some ninja counterparts appeared to be modeled after video game sprites from Capcom's Street Fighter Alpha 3. A theme song called Let's Fighting Love mixed Japanese and English lyrics in a style parody of anime themes including Dragon Ball Z. Parker performed this song himself during production.
April Stewart took over female character voicing duties following Eliza Schneider's departure from the show. This change occurred before the eighth season began airing episodes like Good Times with Weapons. The transition affected how many female roles sounded throughout the rest of the season. Parker recorded the theme song for the episode using his own voice. He delivered lines in both Japanese and English to match the anime parody style. The audio commentary included on later releases features Parker discussing these creative choices with Stone. Their partnership continued to shape the sound of the show despite the personnel changes.
Good Times with Weapons along with thirteen other episodes from South Park's eighth season was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on the 29th of August 2006. The set includes brief audio commentaries by Parker and Stone for each episode. In 2015, the episode was also included in South Park , The Hits: Volume 1. This compilation featured Parker and Stone's ten favorite episodes from the series history. On the 6th of March 2007, the day before the eleventh season began, this episode was re-rendered in HD at 16:9 widescreen. It was free with purchases of an Xbox 360 console or HD DVD Drive at Best Buy on a single HD DVD disc from March 20 to April 3. It was also available free on the Xbox 360 marketplace for two weeks from March 6 to March 20.
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Common questions
What happened to Butters Stotch after he was rejected by the ninja group in Good Times with Weapons?
Butters transformed into his supervillain alter ego named Professor Chaos and threw a shuriken that became lodged inside his eye. The boys attempted to extract the weapon but failed, so they dressed him like a dog and took him to a veterinarian instead of a hospital.
When did the episode Good Times with Weapons originally air on television?
Trey Parker wrote the episode which originally aired on the 17th of March 2004. This marked the first time April Stewart voiced the bulk of female characters following Eliza Schneider's departure from the show.
Why did Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski take Butters to a veterinarian in Good Times with Weapons?
Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski took Butters to a veterinarian because taking him to a local hospital would have resulted in their parents discovering their purchases from the vendor. They decided to dress Butters up like a dog to avoid parental discovery after an extraction attempt failed completely.
How many times has South Park released Good Times with Weapons on physical media formats?
Good Times with Weapons along with thirteen other episodes from South Park's eighth season was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on the 29th of August 2006. In 2015, the episode was also included in South Park , The Hits: Volume 1 as one of ten favorite episodes.
Who performed the theme song for the episode Good Times with Weapons?
Parker performed this song himself during production and delivered lines in both Japanese and English to match the anime parody style. He recorded the theme song called Let's Fighting Love mixed Japanese and English lyrics in a style parody of anime themes including Dragon Ball Z.