Pinewood Derby (15 Apr. 2009)

Randy and Stan accidentally reach warp speed when Randy illegally soups up Stan's Pinewood Derby racer, which prompts a visit by an alien gangster and the space police trying to track him down.

Director:

Trey Parker

Writers:

Trey Parker, Trey Parker (creator),

Stars:

Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Trey Parker	...	Stan Marsh / Randy Marsh / News Reporter #2 / Tommy Bretts / Mr. Bretts / Mr. Hollis / News Announcer / News Reader / Emmett Hollis / Agent Marx / Agent Clark / News Reporter #2 / General / Prime Minister of England / Japanese Leader / Chinese Leader / News Reporter #3 / Babyfart Mageegax / Chris Stotch / Italian Leader / Itergalactic Policeman #1 / Mr. Garrison / Australian Prime Minister / Finnish Leader (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Pinewood Derby Judge / Derby Registrar / Agent Clark / French Leader / Man in Crowd #1 / Man in Crowd #2 / Intergalactic Policeman #2 / African Leader (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	German Leader (voice)
April Stewart	...	Sharon Marsh (voice)

Storyline

Randy and Stan accidentally reach warp speed when Randy illegally soups up Stan's Pinewood Derby racer, which prompts a visit by an alien gangster and the space police trying to track him down.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | pinewood derby | warp speed | men in black | cheating | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

15 April 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

During conference call with all the world leaders, John Howard was on the phone as Prime Minister of Australia, even though he was replaced by Kevin Rudd almost two years earlier.

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Connections

References Sphere (1998)

User Reviews

A giant, brilliant metaphor.

This episode was amazing. If you are into the subject of alien life, then you may have already heard of the "Galactic Federation of Planets." Trey Parker uses the metaphor of The Pinewood Derby, and the "approved kit" to hit on the subject of alien influence in our own technology. If you believe in recovered UFO's (which I do, and clearly Trey does) then it is not far fetched to believe we have reverse-engineered alien technology for our own advancements. However, we did not discover this technology on our own, therefore.. "we did not use what was in the approved kit." And we have no right to join the Galactic Federation of Planets. We have been visited... but, to what extent.. remains to be seen.