| “The Succubus” | |
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 Chef's parents. |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 34 |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Directed by | Matt Stone |
| Production no. | 303 |
| Original airdate | April 21, 1999 |
| Season 3 episodes | |
| South Park - Season 3 April 7, 1999 – January 12, 2000 |
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"The Succubus" is the 34th episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on April 21, 1999.
Plot
The episode begins with Cartman going to the local eye doctor, whom he hates because the doctor always refers to him as "Piggy" due to his obesity. Cartman is told that he has bad vision and is given a pair of eyeglasses, which are then stapled to his head so he can't take them off. Later, he and the other boys discover that Chef has quit his job at South Park elementary and has been replaced by Mr. Derp, a cliché cartoon character who tries to win them over with his slapstick comedy gags. They then find out that Chef has a new girlfriend, Veronica, who causes his entire life to change from that of a soul-singing hipster to a mediocre paper pusher; she also sings the love theme from The Poseidon Adventure, "The Morning After." They feel she is trying to steal Chef away from them, and are dismayed when they discover that the two are planning to get married. The boys ask Mr. Garrison for advice, and he suggests that Veronica may be a succubus, a demoness sent from Hell to suck the life out of men. The boys try to go and warn Chef of this, but are unable to talk to him; instead they meet his parents, who are unusually obsessed with the Loch Ness Monster (they claim the beast is stalking them, constantly pestering them for "tree fiddy" ($3.50). A botched attempt at laser eye surgery leaves Cartman temporarily blinded, and at this point Veronica visits the boys at his house; she manages to convince them that she is not a monster, until she is about to leave and suddenly takes on a demonic face, laughing maniacally and declaring that they could not stop her from marrying Chef. The boys try to tell Chef this at the rehearsal dinner, but he shuts them out, and they go home to try to come up with a strategy to stop the wedding. The boys discover that a succubus controls men's minds with "The Morning After," and that playing it backwards will harm it and in the middle of the wedding they play a tape of the song backwards while Stan and Kyle sing the words in reverse order. The song begins to cause Veronica to lose her hold on her human form, but when the tape gets jammed, she peels off her human disguise and becomes a bizarre monster (looking humanoid but larger, with bat wings and red eyes), flying around and wrecking the church. Cartman fixes the tape, and the boys finish the song; Veronica gets sucked into Hell, and with her gone, Chef is out of her spell. Cartman's predicament is solved by getting an eye transplant with the donor being Kenny, who was killed in the church during the succubus' attack. We soon get a hint that he may be another incarnation of the Loch Ness Monster: he asks Cartman as he sits down for the eye transplant if he has $3.50.
Kenny's Death
It is assumed that Kenny dies twice in this episode. First, when the kids wait all night for Chef to show up for a ball game, Kenny dies from unrevealed causes (as he is seen being eaten by rats), but by the morning he has returned to life. He is killed again when he is crushed to death by the Succubus.
Cultural/Self references
- According to the mini-commentary for this episode, Mr. Derp was based off the term "derp" they invented on BASEketball to describe a stupid joke that could be seen a mile away. This term was made popular in the episode "The Biggest Douche in the Universe".
- The name of the accounting firm seen in the episode is Steinburg and Burgstein Accounting, two stereotypical Ashkenazi Jewish names, referencing the stereotype that most Jews are in the financial industry, and visa versa.
- The voice Mr. Derp had was the same voice to preview Rob Schneider in his movies in The Biggest Douche in the Universe episode. This voice is also the voice of the character in the "Stanley's Cup" episode who walks around with the record player.
- At Chef's workplace, a sign says 'All work and no play makes Jack an ideal employee.'
| Preceded by “Spontaneous Combustion” |
South Park episodes | Followed by “Tweek vs. Craig” |
