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Jimmy works on writing jokes for his comedy routine while Cartman sits on his couch, eating potato chips. The joke, which plays on the similarity of the phrases "fishsticks" and "fish dicks" when spoken, becomes gay hit throughout South Park. West abducts Carlos Mencia, who admits he stole the joke to compensate for not being funny and claiming that his "dick don't work" in a parody of Viggo Mortensen's character Lalin in Carlito's Waybut West does not believe him and beats him to death with the help of his hired thugs.
The joke is played on rapper Kanye West, who does not understand it. To Trey and Matt's surprise, Kanye's fish to the episode was much more humble than they would have imagined. They are interrupted by West, who threatens to kill them.
This is supplemented by Cartman's flashbacks to the creation of the joke, which become more overblown and ridiculous as the episode goes on, showing him to truly believe that he deserves credit. Meanwhile, the joke becomes a national sensation. Kanye Westas vienna gay neighborhood in the episode.
It serves as the th overall episode of the series, and was originally broadcast on Comedy Central in the United States on April 8, In the episode, Jimmy Valmer writes a joke that becomes a national sensation, and Eric Cartman tries to steal the credit while rapper Kanye.
Jimmy comes up with a gay when Cartman asks if he has any snacks, and Jimmy remarks that there may be fishsticks in the freezer:. When Jimmy tells Cartman he feels he wrote most of the joke, Cartman fears Jimmy will try to take full credit and asks Kyle for advice on how to deal with Jimmy.
On his blog, Kanye gave his opinion about the episode:. West has an epiphany about his own massive ego and believes he finally understands the joke. The episode ends with West donning a wetsuit and diving off the Santa Monica Pier into the ocean to embrace his new identity as a gay fish in the form of a music video, in which he happily swims around the sea, kissing and humping random fish.
" Fishsticks " is the fifth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series South Park. SANTA MONICA PIER -- DAY Kanye is standing at the end of the pier in a somewhat gay-looking Aquaman kind of outfit.
It premiered on April 8, The episode is infamous for its satirical jabs against Kanye Westwhose personality in the episode is very arrogant and egotistical. West grows angry when others say he does not get it, and will not allow anyone to explain it to him, because he claims to be a genius and "the voice of a generation".
Pop Culture References Besides this episode, Jay Leno has made 3 prior cameos in South Park -- in "Funnybot" & "City On The Edge of Forever", and also in a Thanksgiving Special. His group of friends stand behind him looking confused.
This was the first scene written: Production Art: Gay Fish Even something as small as a sign has to be designed and approved, prior to animation. Kyle instead says he believes Jimmy wrote the entire joke, and suggests that Cartman's ego is so big that he subconsciously remembers things incorrectly to make himself feel more important.
This song, along with "Jackin' it in San Diego", was released on a 7-inch vinyl record for Record Store Day on April 20, [1] In the lead-up to Season Twenty-Five, the song was re-recorded with an orchestral rendition. Cartman thinks he realizes what Kyle was trying to tell him, but he gets it completely backwards: Cartman believes that Jimmy's ego is the one that is twisted and Jimmy's ego trying to convince itself that he wrote the joke, while not accepting that Cartman wrote the whole thing, and Jimmy believes him.
When Cartman begins taking half credit for the joke, Kyle tells Jimmy he should stand up to Cartman. A downtempo version of this song was one of several. They eventually drew a connection to the music video for Kanye's " Touch the Sky " from Late Registrationwhich featured Kanye dressed up as "Evil Kanyevel" fish the Grand Canyon in a rocket.
By now, Cartman has not only convinced himself he wrote the whole joke without Jimmy's help, but believes he also saved his life from a black widow in actuality, Jimmy's mother killed itslew a dragon, defeated an army of "Jewbots", and has powers similar to the Human Torch.
Jimmy confronts Cartman, fish how he can live with himself gay taking credit for a joke he did not write. Gay Fish Lyrics A parody of Kanye West’s “Heartless” which appeared in the episode “Fishsticks” when one of the kids, Jimmy, comes up with the “funniest joke in the world”.
However, he incorrectly thinks it means he is, in fact, a gay fish. "Gay Fish" is a parody of the song "Heartless" by Kanye West, featured in the Season Thirteen episode, "Fishsticks". It hurts my feelings but what can you expect from South Park!