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As the country becomes obsessed with a popular
program for losing weight, the boys see their opportunity to become sponsored
by a major restaurant chain. Butters begins a regimen to drop some pounds
but when he begins to gain weight in this program, his parents ground
him. The plot thickens when the rival weight-loss spokesman finally "comes
out" with the secret weapon he used in the fight against fat. |
| Originally Aired |
6th March 2002 |
| How Kenny Dies |
Does not appear in this episode |
| Guest Starring |
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Mini Commentary |
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| Trivia |
- The part of the episode where Jared gets fired and is walking along
the street (with "Streets
of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen playing in the background)
parodies the 1993 film "Philadelphia" starring
Tom Hanks as a lawyer who gets fired from his firm because he has AIDS.
- Cartman: "Then eat your puke.",
Butters: "No!"
Cartman: "Oh, come on, Japanese girls do it!": Reference to a video
that went around the Internet circa 2000
that showed a Japanese girl putting
her finger down her throat, throwing up into a bowl, and then eating
it.
- This episode was banned by Sky in the UK and instead of opening the
series with it, Sky showed Episode 603 "Asspen" instead.
However, Channel 4 did show the episode when it debuted on terrestrial
television.
- This episode debuted a new opening credit sequence.
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