Spookyfish (28 Oct. 1998)

Stan thinks his new pet fish is evil after it kills two people in his bedroom. Also, the parallel-universe version of Cartman shows up in South Park, and everyone likes him more than the real Cartman.

Director:

Trey Parker

Writers:

Trey Parker (creator), Matt Stone (creator),

Stars:

Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Trey Parker	...	Stan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Evil Cartman / Announcer / Randy Marsh / Phillip / Pet Shop Owner / Evil Stan (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Stuart McCormick / Terrance / Evil Kyle (voice)
Mary Kay Bergman	...	Sharon Marsh / Aunt Flo / Shelly Marsh / Carol McCormick / Mayor McDaniels (voice)
Geneviève Thomas Colvin	...	Vocals (voice) (as Genevieve Thomas Colvin)
Isaac Hayes	...	Chef (voice)

Storyline

Stan's mother is getting a visit from her Aunt Flo, who gives Stan a pet fish as a present. Something doesn't seem right about the fish, though, and soon dead bodies start turning up in Stan's room. Though Stan tries to convince his mother that the fish did it, she assumes that her son is a murderer and begins hiding the bodies in the backyard. Meanwhile, Cartman starts acting strangely, sometimes wearing a goatee and acting unusually nice, other times looking and acting like his obnoxious self. Somehow, these events are all related.

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Plot Keywords:

fish | parallel universe | alternate dimension | animal in title | halloween special | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 1998 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Braniff

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Evil Cartman mentions the Wampanoag, but these are native to Rhode Island and Massachusetts, not Colorado.

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Quotes

Eric Cartman: You guys are hella stupid.
Stan: Why do you keep saying 'hella", Cartman?
Eric Cartman: 'Cuz I'm hella cool, that's why.

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Connections

Spoofs Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)

User Reviews

Excellent episode...even beats pinkeye

The Halloween episodes of South Park seem to be better than usual! Pinkeye is a very entertaining and fun episode, but this is better! It's very funny and also a good spooky Halloween episode.Some versions of the show are even in "Spooky Vision"(pictures of Barbra Striesand appear throughout).Now that could get annoying, but try to look past it and you will love this episode! Stan's aunt flow comes to visit and she gets him a fish.Only the fish is evil and murders people.Stan's mother thinks he did it and buries all the bodies.Meanwhile Cartman grows a beard and suddenly acts "nicer".The boys are shocked at this, especially when Cartman comes back without the beard and acts like his normal self.The boys then find out that a parallel universe portal is opened and all the pets at the certain store Stan's aunt got his fish at, are evil.Stan's fish and the "nice" cartman came from the other side.The boys must now close the portal and send all the animals back.Cartman also says "hella" a lot in this episode, much to the boys anger.Spookyfish is an excellent South Park episode.