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The gang competes in the South Park Elementary
School Annual Spelling Bee, but gets tough competition from two home-schooled
kids, Rebecca and Mark. Meanwhile, Kyle tries to teach Rebecca what love
is, while Cartman tries to convince his mom that he should be home-schooled.
His mom gets him a Fonics Monkey to help him learn how to spell, but
it's useless. |
| Originally Aired |
10th November 1999 |
| How Kenny Dies |
Killed by the Fonics Monkey |
| Guest Starring |
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| Mini Commentary |
Download here |
| Trivia |
- Cartman likens the home-schooled kid in the hamster ball to
John Travolta's 1976 TV Movie portrayal of the true story of Tod Lubitch
who was born with a severely deficient immune system. The TV movie
was titled ""The Boy in the Plastic Bubble."
- When Kyle and Rebecca talk about the distant lights (the city), this
scene parodies a similar scene from Star Trek's "The Gamesters
of Triskelion" where Captain Kirk talks about the distant lights
(stars) with an alien woman. This
includes use of music from the original series, but not directly from
the episode in question (it comes instead from the episode This Side
of Paradise).
- The title references the popular mail-order literacy aid, Hooked
on Phonics. Though there seem to be two competing ways of spelling "Phonics" in
this episode's title (one as "Fonics"), the official site
and DVD releases spell it as "Phonics".
- Rebecca Cotswolds is based on
Rebecca A. Sealfon, a Brooklyn girl born in 1983 who, on May 29, 1997,
won the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Championship.
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