Talk:Marjorine

Trivia
"The scene when Butters is knocking on his parent's door after he gets the device is an allusion to the short story called "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs."

I wasn't too sure about this, only because that scene is extremely cliched and appears in numerous horror stories and movies. Who's to say it's from that story, unless it was specified?

"*The scene with hazardous material suits and the quarantine shower spoofs E.T."

- I moved this, and the Justin Timberlake reference, into the main article - a little clumsily maybe, it could be integrated a little better, but still, at least it's where it belongs now.Warchef 22:15, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

well, an extra wikipedia article for every southpark-episode??? strange!

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It appears that the girls Cootie Catcher is indeed a special one, as seen in the explosion scene. The viewer expects a small puff or just the combustion of the paper Cootie Catcher but instead the (out-of-proportion) visible-from-space explosion indicates that this particular one was indeed a magic/military device/whatever one (as assumed by the boys).


 * That's a joke about how much Lighter Fluid Kenny put on the thing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.70.13.203 (talk) 04:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

Goof
The fact that Butters didn't cast a shadow is not a goof. It simply parodies his parent's thought that he was a creature from the dead.--Orthologist 19:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Pop culture
"In the episode Quest for Ratings, Cartman suggested making a "show about killing Butters"."

Why is that necessary?

It's not. I have removed it, as it is completely irrelevant information, especially as Butters is supposedly 'killed' in many episodes (including "Butters' Very Own Show", "Casa Bonita" etc..). if somebody wants to add a brief mention of this running gag to the plot synopsis that's fine, but this has no place in the trivia section.Warchef 22:15, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Synopsis
The plot synopsis is in dire need of a major rewrite. I have altered a few minor things ("Pig-corpse" to "pig carcass", "their teacher" to "Mrs. Garrison", etc.), and am looking at adding a few scenes now, and rewriting other parts, and i think it's a bit better than before now, but still, it needs a good bit more work more work. Warchef 22:15, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Tidying up the "References to pop Culture"
I removed this statement from the references to Pop Culture: "* The sequences in which Cartman and the boys discuss the "fortune teller" in the lab (Cartman has messy hair, a tired face and wears a loose shirt and tie) mocks modern thriller novels and movies, a la Michael Crichton or Dan Brown." - it's entirely vague OR, and not even interesting or relevant at that. Warchef 23:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)le.

I also moved the hellraiser reference up into the article. Warchef 00:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Plot too long?
I would seriously consider shortening the plot section considerably. Especially the mentioning of references (E.T., margarine, the whole dialogue concerning Juwanna Man etc.) seem obsolete and unsuitable for a plot summary. ElommolE 21:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I see your point, but I personally think it's fine. The alternative would be to have a trivia section, which is against Wikipedia policy so not a possibility. I think it's good and useful to integrate plot and references, as splitting them up ends in trivia sections. although perhaps the section title should be different; perhaps "The Episode" or "Plot and References" or some such. I don't know Warchef 00:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 09:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Not just pet sematary
This episode is not only referencing pet sematary, but also a more recent horror movie (2001-2003 I think) that I can't remember the name of. It involved someone burying a person in some ancient burial ground and having that person return as some sort evil monster or being. Anyone have an idea? Silven (talk) 06:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

"Cultural References"
These don't seem to be referenced very well, the sites give as references don't seem to be anything more than user created speculation. If a more definitive set of cites can be found, use them. Until then;

The episode makes a number of references to the film Pet Sematary  through its subplot concerning Butters' parents, concerning its theme of corporeal reanimation, and in a number of specific scenes (for example that in the Indian burial ground) and characters; the character of the old farmer is based on Jud Crandall from Pet Sematary, who similarly warns not to dig Butters' body up and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground. The farmer, quoting directly from the film, says "Sometimes dead is better". The South Park character who parodies Jud Crandall is a minor recurring character who had previously appeared in "Butters' Very Own Episode" and "Asspen".) The episode also contains a number of minor references to other horror films, such as the scene where Butters' parents kill a saleswoman with a shovel, which is directly inspired by a scene in the cult horror movie Hellraiser. Also the scene at the slumber party where the girls do "light as a feather, stiff as a board" is a generic horror movie scene (whearas Butters competely loses it shouting, "You're all a bunch of witches!"), as can be seen in the 1996 horror film The Craft and the 1987 horror film The Gate, although it has become a common slumber party game. The episode also makes reference to the 2002 comedy Juwanna Mann. When Kevin suggests that Cartman's plan to disguise Butters as a girl idea is just like the one in that film Cartman replies: "No, not like Juwanna Mann, Kevin, okay?! It's way cooler than that!"

In a sly minor pop culture reference to the popular Bratz dolls, as in Heidi Turner's room there is a poster of the dolls, which are here called "Twerpz". The episode also makes reference to W. W. Jacobs short story, The Monkey's Paw. In the brief parody, Butters raps at the door after returning to his parents from the fake suicide.

Alastairward (talk) 11:55, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Also, the tent the boys put up to analyse the "device" strongly resembles tents like in E.T. etc. KhlavKhalash (talk) 17:49, 3 January 2023 (UTC)