South Park (season 4)

The fourth season of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on April 5, 2000. The fourth season concluded after airing 17 episodes on December 20, 2000.

South Park
Season 4
DVD cover
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes17
Release
Original networkComedy Central
Original releaseApril 5 (2000-04-05) 
December 20, 2000 (2000-12-20)
Season chronology

The first four episodes in this season has the year 2000 at the end of their episode titles. As explained in the FAQ section on the official website: "When the year 2000 was coming up, everyone and their brother had '2000"' in the titles of their products and TV shows. America was obsessed with 2000, so Trey Parker put '2000' in the titles to make fun of the ubiquity of the phrase."[1][2]

This is the first season not to feature Mary Kay Bergman as a series regular, who provided many of the female voices on the show. Bergman committed suicide on November 11, 1999. Eliza Schneider and Mona Marshall replaced Mary Kay Bergman in season four after her suicide in 1999 meant that there were no female cast members.[3][4]

Voice cast

Malcolm McDowell (pictured in 2015), made a guest appearance in "Pip"

This is the first season to feature Eliza Schneider and Mona Marshall as series regulars, who would go on to provide many of the female voices on the show. They replaced Mary Kay Bergman, who had committed suicide on November 11, 1999.

Main cast

Guest cast

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date[5]Prod.
code
491"The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000"
"The Tooth Fairy's Tats"
Trey ParkerTrey Parker, Matt Stone & Nancy M. PimentalApril 5, 2000 (2000-04-05)401
The boys plan to get rich off a scheme involving the tooth fairy, which attracts the attention of an unusual crime boss. Meanwhile, Kyle ponders his existence after his parents tell him the truth about the tooth fairy.
502"Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000"
"Cartman's Silly Hate Crime"
Trey Parker & Eric StoughTrey ParkerApril 12, 2000 (2000-04-12)402
After hitting Token in the head with a rock, Cartman gets arrested after FBI agents claim that he committed a hate crime.
513"Timmy 2000"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerApril 19, 2000 (2000-04-19)403
All the kids in South Park are mistakenly diagnosed with attention deficit disorder after the new, mentally disabled student Timmy is misdiagnosed himself. Meanwhile, Timmy joins Skyler's rock band, and Phil Collins plots to separate them.
524"Quintuplets 2000"
"Contorting Quintuplets 2000"
"Quintuplets"
Trey ParkerTrey ParkerApril 26, 2000 (2000-04-26)404
Stan's family take in a grandmother and her quintuplet granddaughters from Romania who are on the run from the American and Romanian government. Meanwhile, Kenny practices opera singing and he eventually becomes famous in Eastern Europe.
535"Cartman Joins NAMBLA"Eric StoughTrey ParkerJune 21, 2000 (2000-06-21)405
Cartman's search for mature friends lands him as the poster child for NAMBLA. Meanwhile, Kenny tries to prevent his parents from planning to have a child.
546"Cherokee Hair Tampons"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJune 28, 2000 (2000-06-28)406

Stan must get Cartman to donate one of his kidneys to save Kyle's life while everyone in town is addicted to new-age medicine run by an old woman and her "Native American" co-workers. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison becomes a romance novelist after getting fired from teaching for his incompetence and his actions in the previous episode.

Guest Stars: Cheech Marin as "Chief Running Pinto" and Tommy Chong as "Carlos Ramirez"
557"Chef Goes Nanners"Trey Parker & Eric StoughTrey ParkerJuly 5, 2000 (2000-07-05)407
Chef protests against the racist imagery on the South Park flag. Meanwhile, Wendy freaks out when she begins to have a crush on Cartman.
568"Something You Can Do with Your Finger"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJuly 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)408
Cartman ropes Stan, Kyle, and Kenny into creating a boy band, Fingerbang, in the quest to get $10 million. Wendy joins in the band and poses as a boy. Meanwhile, Stan's father, Randy, tries to prevent Stan from joining because Randy was once in a boy band and his career ended badly.
579"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJuly 19, 2000 (2000-07-19)409
Part one of two. The boys question whether the handicapped (Timmy) or Jews (Ike and Kyle) go to heaven, while Saddam Hussein returns to Hell, leading to an awkward reunion with Satan.
5810"Probably"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerJuly 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)410
Conclusion. Cartman and the boys start their own church against the wishes of their parents. Meanwhile, Satan must choose between his two lovers.
5911"4th Grade"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 8, 2000 (2000-11-08)411
The boys enter fourth grade, and build a time machine to go back to the third grade. Meanwhile, the fourth grade teacher Ms. Choksondik seeks help in controlling the students from Mr. Garrison, who is now a hermit who won't come to terms with his homosexuality.
6012"Trapper Keeper"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 15, 2000 (2000-11-15)412
A man from the future wants Cartman's new Trapper Keeper. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison's kindergarten class holds an election for class president with confusing results in the voting.
6113"Helen Keller! The Musical"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 22, 2000 (2000-11-22)413
Timmy attempts to find a live turkey for the Thanksgiving play.
6214"Pip"
"Great Expectations"
Eric StoughTrey ParkerNovember 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)414
A retelling of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" starring Pip, with Malcolm McDowell (playing "a British person") narrating.
6315"Fat Camp"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerDecember 6, 2000 (2000-12-06)415
Cartman is sent to a weight loss camp. Meanwhile, Kenny becomes famous for doing disgusting and shocking things for money.
6416"The Wacky Molestation Adventure"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerDecember 13, 2000 (2000-12-13)416
The boys, angry at their parents, send them to jail claiming they were "molestered", leaving the town to all of the children.
6517"A Very Crappy Christmas"Adrien BeardTrey ParkerDecember 20, 2000 (2000-12-20)417
Kyle is upset when Mr. Hankey is too busy with his family to spread holiday cheer, so he and the other boys create a Christmas cartoon based on Parker and Stone's "The Spirit of Christmas."

References

  1. "FAQ Archives - South Park Studios". Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  2. Parker, Trey (November 2000). South Park: The Complete Fourth Season: "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" (Audio commentary) (DVD). Paramount Home Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. Bonin, Liane (November 22, 1999). "A Voice Silenced". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  4. "Mary Kay Bergman; Voice Actress in 'South Park'". The Los Angeles Times. 21 November 1999. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. "Watch South Park Episodes Online Season 4 (2000)". TV Guide. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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