South Park (season 5)

South Park (season 5)
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Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	14
Release
Original network	Comedy Central
Original release	June 20 – December 12, 2001
Season chronology

Season five of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on June 20, 2001. The fifth season concluded after 14 episodes on December 12, 2001.^[1] The 14-episode season length would become a standard for later years of the series (up until the seventeenth season).

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [1]	Prod. code
66	1	"It Hits the Fan"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	June 20, 2001	502
When a crime drama on TV airs an episode using the curse word shit uncensored, the town popularizes the word, which causes people to die from the plague and the boys, with assistance from Chef, attempts to break the chanting chatter of the word.
67	2	"Cripple Fight"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	June 27, 2001	503
Big Gay Al is fired from being a scoutmaster due to his sexual orientation and homosexuality as he is considered a pedophile. Meanwhile, a new student named Jimmy, who is handicapped, becomes Timmy's enemy since Jimmy gets more attention than Timmy.
68	3	"Super Best Friends"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	July 4, 2001	504
A David Blaine cult comes to South Park, but soon has brainwashed the boys, except for Stan, leading him to get the "Super Best Friends" into saving the world and into trying to destroy Blaine.
69	4	"Scott Tenorman Must Die"	Eric Stough	Trey Parker	July 11, 2001	501
When Cartman is conned by Scott Tenorman, who convinced Cartman that buying pubic hair will make him reach puberty, he bursts out his anger into getting his revenge on Scott as soon as possible.
70	5	"Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	July 18, 2001	505
The boys try to reunite Terrance and Phillip, who are feuding, so they can perform at an Earth Day assembly.
71	6	"Cartmanland"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	July 25, 2001	506
Kyle develops a hemorrhoid, and begins to lose his faith in God when Cartman inherits $1 million which he uses to buy his own amusement park.
72	7	"Proper Condom Use"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	August 1, 2001	507
The school is forced to teach sex education to the students at a younger age after the boys are found "milking" dogs, leading to a gender war because of incompetent teaching methods.
73	8	"Towelie"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	August 8, 2001	508
In order to get their video game console back, the boys must bring an animated, drug smoking towel to the government from the feud between paramilitaries and extraterrestrials.
74	9	"Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	November 7, 2001	509
The boys go to Afghanistan to return a goat given as a gift, where Stan and Kyle fight with Afghan kids over America's reputation and Cartman becomes the Bugs Bunny to Osama bin Laden's Elmer Fudd during the aftermath of the attacks and the Afghanistan-American war.
75	10	"How to Eat with Your Butt"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	November 14, 2001	510
Cartman "blows a funny fuse" when his prank of putting Kenny's butt on a milk carton prompts a family with butts for faces to come to South Park in search of their long lost son. Meanwhile, Butters gets grounded for his supposedly bad school photo.
76	11	"The Entity"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	November 21, 2001	511
Kyle's cousin, a stereotypical nebbishy Jewish boy also named Kyle, comes to stay with him for weeks. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison's anger towards airline service after the September 11th attacks prompts him to create a new version for transportation.
77	12	"Here Comes the Neighborhood"	Eric Stough	Trey Parker	November 28, 2001	512
Tired of being teased for being rich due to Cartman's exploit of racism, Token attracts wealthier black families to South Park.
78	13	"Kenny Dies"	Trey Parker	Trey Parker	December 5, 2001	513
Kenny contracts a severe muscular disease and he is placed in a hospital, where he farewells his final moments with his best friends before he dies "permanently". Meanwhile, Cartman is selling Cancerous Fetuses from a crashed truck.
79	14	"Butters' Very Own Episode"	Eric Stough	Trey Parker	December 12, 2001	514
When Butters survives a murder attempt by his mother, he must travel back to South Park in time for his parents' wedding anniversary at Bennigan's. Meanwhile, Butters' parents join Gary Condit, O.J. Simpson, and the Ramseys in lying to the press about who murdered Butters.

References

1. "South Park: Episode Guide: Season 5". Zap2it. Retrieved February 2, 2012.

External links

• South Park Studios - official website with streaming video of full episodes.
• The Comedy Network - full episodes for Canada