South Park - "The Coon" - Talkback [3/18]

Usually when I see South Park, there is usually a few miss moments.

This one almost didn't have any of those moments, and this was really a great episode..

Am I the only one that felt that wasn't screwed from the ending? Of course it would be impossible to have a recurring or main character be Mysterion, so a random kid being Mysterion seems like a good idea.

However, this leaves a plothole; why did Mysterion go to Kyle's house?

Anyways, my only problem is that the script was too loose. They don't think of any creative insults or stuff like that, just "hey, let's just call them f-heads or anything that seriously offends people", I know it's South Park, but it's just not well-written sometimes.
 
South Park made fun of the Watchmen, hopefully this season South Park could make fun of Land of the Lost (the upcoming motion picture based on the 1970's Sid and Marty Krofft kid show) as Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Butters, and Kenny go into a IMAGIONATIONLAND style prehistoric world.
 
I think you guys are missing the point of the scene with Kyle and Mysterion. Right before that scene Cartman said something to the effect of "I know Mysterion is sitting, plotting his next move", then we go to Kyle sitting there thinking, looking like hes plotting something. That right there makes you think its Kyle. Then Mysterion shows up and we realize its not Kyle.

Does anyone understand the Kyle/Mysterion scene, now?
 
Now it makes sense. It was a 'screw with the audience' moment. Thanks.

Yeah, I realize that now. I guess there isn't any clue outside of that one classroom scene.
 
Yes, but there's also people who weren't on the wall, such as all the girls. I think we can safely assume that none of the girls were Mysterion.
 
Not necessarily-- it's entirely possible that, like Cartman, Butters simply assumed incorrectly that Mysterion couldn't be a girl. (Unless someone in the "unmasking" scene at the end specifically referred to Mysterion with a male pronoun-- I'd have to watch it again, I don't recall.)

I think we can assume it's not Wendy, though, because Wendy wouldn't have had to go to Kyle for help; she's plenty smart on her own.
 
At the end of the episode Cartman says "I knew it was you. Remember, I even said it before?" So it must have been one of the names Cartman said.
 
The episode took off once Mysterion appeared. Before it was just another Cartman scam episode. It actually reminded me of the ATHF ep, "The Drizzle". But Mysterion turned out to be a great character; he looked out for real crime and he could do the cool superhero bit down pat.

I thought the ending was well played. Mysterion did reveal his face, in a clever satire about how SP faces all look alike. Let's see, Mr. Garrison said he was one of his students, Cartman said he called him out before, and it's obviously not Timmy, Jimmy, or Token. That previous scene indicated that he's not Kyle (though what if they switched costumes after that scene?...) I'm guessing that it's Clyde, followed by Kenny, followed by Stan, and just maybe Wendy.

So why didn't they demand the Coon unmask as well?
 
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