Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy
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"Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy" is episode 1010 (#149) of Comedy Central's South Park. This episode is a parody of the Debra Lafave teacher-pupil sex scandal and the Dog the Bounty Hunter TV series. In the recent UK poll Paramount Comedy's Top 10 Episodes, this episode was ranked number 9.
Plot
In this episode Cartman is sent to the principal's office (he thinks because he was told on by Kelly Nelson, whom he had made throw up by sticking his hand up his anus and tricking her in to thinking his hand smelled like lemon grass) to be appointed school hall monitor and quickly starts taking his newfound job seriously. Dressed up as Duane Chapman from Dog the Bounty Hunter he finds a piece of litter in the hall — a picture that Ike had made of his teacher, Ms. Stephenson, whom Ike apparently has a crush on. In a rather shocking twist, she likes him too. Soon, she uses the excuse of private tutoring to engage in a relationship with Ike. In the cut scene where the teacher finally admits her passionate feelings for Ike Broflovski, the song played is the REO Speedwagon song, "Can't Fight This Feeling".
One day, when Kyle goes to pick Ike up from the teacher's house, he discovers the two taking a bubble bath together, while Ike pops out the bubbles with a mask and snorkel. Hinting to his parents that the two are having a sexual relationship does not work, mostly due to resistance from Ike himself. When Kyle reports the crime anonymously to the police, he discovers that they find the idea of a boy sleeping with an attractive female teacher "...Nice." Even Kyle's friends don't mind the transgression. Cartman, however, finds out they're making out in the halls, which is of course, against school regulations.
When Cartman catches them making out in the hallway, and Ike without a hall pass, he maces Ms. Stephenson (with a brand made for use on bears) and takes them both to the principal's office, whereupon the police are informed and reluctantly arrest her. Kyle thanks Cartman, saying, "Wow! I think I owe you one, Cartman." The townspeople don't seem to mind, as she is an attractive female, and as far as Ike is concerned, Kyle is dead to him. Stephenson, however, uses what Cartman calls "The Mel Gibson Defense" and claims to be an alcoholic. The townspeople, upon discovering this news, decide that she is a victim and thus free from any culpability. She quickly enters rehabilitation; when asked if she was sexually abused as a child she says that she was not, but that an uncle did make her and her twin sister kiss while he took photos. The therapist reacts to this with yet another "...Nice." After the short interview, she is released. She immediately takes Ike from the Broflovski house and makes plans to flee with him to Milan.
The Broflovskis quickly find out what has happened, and report it to the police. The police agree to "make a report," but they seem uninterested in actually apprehending Stephenson for doing it. Cartman, furious that Stephenson and Ike would get away, assembles a team to help him catch them. Cartman's team consists of Leeroy (Dawg's assistant), Earl (Dawg's driver), Beth (Parody of Beth Smith, Dawg's bitch), and Kyle (Jew), who joins them in an attempt to save Ike. Beth discovers that the two will not leave until the next day, and are staying at the Airport Hilton. The team quickly enters the hotel. Cartman does not have permission to be in the hotel, but he tries to solve that problem with bear mace and the police are called. Ike and Stephenson try to flee, but Cartman chases them while having several people maced, and all parties, including the police, wind up on the roof. Cornered, Stephenson threatens to jump. Kyle ends up telling Ike that he has to live a life and have fun, "...before ruining it with a serious relationship." Stephenson jumps to her death, expecting Ike to follow, but Ike stops himself at the last moment and runs to hug Kyle. Cartman and his crew are then told to get off the roof by the police, to which he responds "That's cool. I'm done making my video anyways." He then picks up the camcorder (the "camera angle" shifts to a view looking at Cartman from inside the camcorder) and turns it off, thus ending the episode.
Cultural references
- Ms. Stephenson's apology is similar to both Mel Gibson's apology after he admitted his alcohol problem (which Cartman knowingly calls the "Mel Gibson Defense") and to Mark Foley's own treatment for alcoholism. [1]
- When one of the cops asks the police chief if they still want to press charges, he says, "Who are we gonna convict, Johnnie Walker?" in reference to the brand of scotch.
- Ms. Stevenson bears an uncanny resemblance to Debra Lafave in the cartoon potrait of her and Ike. Of note are the exaggerated teeth.
- The joke of having Beth as "Dawg's bitch" is that a "bitch" is the term for a female dog, and is ironic humor.
- As a Hall Monitor Cartman dresses up as Duane Chapman from Dog the Bounty Hunter. In his theme tunes, his words are vaguely similar to the theme tune to the opening credits. The actions of the five characters are similar to Dog Chapman (Cartman, "Dawg"), Duane Lee Chapman (Leeroy, "Dawg's assistant"), Tim Chapman (Earl, "Dawg's driver") (not actually any relation to Dog), Beth Chapman (Beth, "Dawg's bitch"), and Leland Chapman (Kyle, "Jew").
- Duane "Dog" Chapman reacted to this episode in his recent autobiography You Can Run But You Can't Hide: The Life and Times of Dog the Bounty Hunter, stating that (similar to, but not mentioning Rob Schneider and Geraldo Rivera) he was very pleased with it and commenting "You know you've really made it when they include you on their show."
- This episode aired less than a month after Dog the Bounty Hunter was arrested for a Deprivation of Liberty charge he had committed three years earlier when arresting Max Factor heir Andrew Luster.
- Two otherwise-unnamed police officers are spoken to using the name Foley, making a reference to the Mark Foley scandal, which occurred just a few weeks prior to this episode's initial airing. In both instances it is implied that they are lying about something, "You're so full of crap, Foley." and "Are you sure you're not lying, Foley?"