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| Title = Marjorine |
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| Series = South Park |
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| Caption = Marjorine meets Mrs. Garrison. |
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| Season = 9 |
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| Episode = 134 |
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| Airdate = [[October 26]], [[2005]] |
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| Genre = [[Ska]], [[Swing (genre)|Swing]] / [[Swing revival]] |
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| Writer = [[Matt Stone]]<br>[[Kenny Hotz]] |
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| Years_active = 1997–2000 |
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| Director = [[Trey Parker]] |
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| Episode list = [[List of South Park episodes|List of ''South Park'' episodes]] |
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| Past_members = Andrew Schar<br />Brian Morris<br />Valentine Hellman<br />Bret Barker<br />Todd Gruener<br />James Carter<br />Zak Shultz<br />Courtney Stubbert |
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'''"Marjorine"''' is episode 909 of [[Comedy Central|Comedy Central's]] [[South Park]]. It aired on [[October 26]], [[2005]]. |
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'''The W's''' were a [[Christian]] [[ska]]/[[Swing (genre)|swing]] band, formed in [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]], [[Oregon]] in 1996. Success came quickly to the band and their first album, ''Fourth from the Last'' 1998, had the strongest debut of any Christian album to date for its distributor. They toured the [[United States]] several times with a variety of artists as diverse as [[dc talk]], [[Jennifer Knapp]], [[Five Iron Frenzy]], and [[Soul-Junk]]. |
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Their mix of "swing pop" and ska brought a unique sound to the Christian music industry.<ref name="HM_74"/> They were more popular within [[Contemporary Christian music|Christian music]] than their neo-swing counterparts such as the [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] or [[The Brian Setzer Orchestra]] were in the general market.<ref name="Powell_Fe"/> Their songwriting was known for its irreverence and frivolity, and for its reflections of the band's faith.<ref name="AMT_TX"/> Before breaking up in 2000, the group had released two albums, topped Christian rock radio and sales charts, and won two [[Gospel Music Association]] awards. |
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The episode begins with [[Eric Cartman|Cartman]] gathering the boys together in his basement to show them a video tape of the girls of South Park Elementary using a [[Cootie Catcher]] but, not realizing it is a game, the boys all believe the girls possess a high-tech gadget which gives them the ability to see into the future. |
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The boys build a containment centre complete with hazardous material suits and a quarantine shower with which to study the device, and come up with a plan to steal it. This elaborate plan entails infiltrating Heidi Turner's [[slumber party]], which means that one of the boys will have to fake his death, so that he can attend the party disguised as a girl. Unsurprisingly, this unpleasant duty falls to Butters. The boys get [[Butters Stotch|Butters]] to fake his death by dropping a pig carcass dressed in Butters' clothes from the Bowery Building. Cartman believes this to be appropriate, as no one will be wondering where Butters is while pretending to be a girl (when [[Mrs. Garrison]] announces the unfortunate death of their fellow classmate, everyone has a confused expression, with Red replying "who's Butters?"). He then dresses up as a new girl, Marjorine (a play on the 'butter substitute' [[margarine]]), and infiltrates a slumber party that Heidi Turner is hosting. Heidi is not pleased at having to invite the weird new girl to her party, but Mrs. Turner tells her Marjorine's mother called to ask if her daughter could come; Mrs. Turner also says Marjorine's mother informed her that she is a state official and she should "respect her ''authori-tah''" (a mispronunciation of Cartman's catchphrase, indicating it was Cartman on the phone). Of all the girls there, none like Marjorine (although Wendy and Bebe seem to care about her, as seen later), and Butters is overwhelmed by their cruelty, finally running into the bathroom crying. Wendy and Bebe, having discovered the tearful Marjorine in the bathroom, angrily tell the other girls that they were too hard on Marjorine. The other girls, realizing it is hard being the new kid on the block, agree and decide to try to make amends with their new classmate. After convincing her to come out of the bathroom, they give Marjorine a makeover and resume their party. |
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==History== |
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Meanwhile, [[Stephen and Linda Stotch|Mr. Stotch]] is told by the old farmer from [[Butter's Very Own Episode]] and [[Asspen]] not to dig Butters' body up and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground. The farmer tells him "Don't do it Stotch! Sometimes, what you take out of the ground ain't the same thing you put in!" Stephen Stotch does however exhume Butters' 'remains' (Butters' headstone reads: Leopold "Butters" Stotch) and re-bury the pig-carcass there, believing this will bring Butters back to life. |
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The W's formed as a ska band at [[Oregon State University]] in [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]], [[Oregon]] in 1996. The original lineup consisted of Andrew Schar ([[Singer|Lead vocals]], [[Guitar]]), Valentine Hellman ([[Tenor saxophone|Tenor sax]], [[Clarinet]]), Todd "The Rodd" Gruener ([[Bass guitar|Bass]]), and a fourth member, Zak Shultz (drums).<ref name="JFH_Iv"/> All were attending Oregon State and mutual residents of Avery Lodge. The band was originally spearheaded and envisioned by Shultz, but he eventually moved to [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] to work for [[Brandon Ebel]] with [[Tooth & Nail Records]].<ref name="Todd_Tripod">{{cite web |url=http://members.tripod.com/~thetranslator/thews.html |title=Interview with the W's |accessdate=2007-03-01 |date=1998-09-30}}</ref> By September 1997 Shultz had left, and the group had been joined by Bret Barker ([[Trumpet]]), who Schar met through [[Campus Crusade for Christ]],<ref name="Tampa_Feb99"/> and James Carter ([[Alto saxophone|Alto sax]], background vocals). Peter Kelly drummed for a short stint during the summer and fall of 1997, but broke his arm in a freak skate-boarding accident only a few days before first recording with Five Minute Walk.<ref name="Peter_Kelly">Kelly stayed in [[Philomath, Oregon|Philomath]], Oregon, got married and became a successful youth leader and social visionary.</ref> The band then recriuted Brian Morris to replace Kelly from a local punk band.<ref name="Tampa_Feb99">{{cite news |title=Christian swingers |publisher=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |id={{ISSN|1042-3761}} |page=4 |date=1999-02-27}}</ref> |
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Butters (as Marjorine) is just starting to have fun with the girls, dancing to "[[Rock Your Body]]" by [[Justin Timberlake]], when Heidi's father realizes that there are boys around the house. Butters believes his cover to be blown and makes a desperate escape with the device, and gives it to the other boys (an annoyed Heidi asks for some paper and scissors to make a new one). Stan tells Butters to come along to learn about the device, but he refuses, saying that the device is nothing but trouble and his job is done, and goes home to tell his parents that he's not dead. When the boys attempt to ask so many questions with the device, Stan realizes what Butters has meant. The boys, this time around, decide that the power of the fortune-telling device is too great for any mortal. Rather than spending their lives defending it from girls, the [[CIA]], [[Terrorism|terrorists]] and [[Russia]]ns, they decide to destroy it by having [[Kenny McCormick|Kenny]] blow it up. However, the explosion incinerates the entire forest, prompting Cartman to say, "Damn, Ken." |
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The W's discovered a break when a mutual friend from Eugene, Aaron James (employed at the time by Five Minute Walk Records), offered them the spot opening for Five Iron Frenzy in [[Concord, California|Concord]], [[California]].<ref name="Todd_Tripod"/> Following the CD release party for [[Five Iron Frenzy]]'s ''[[Our Newest Album Ever!]]'' in November 1997, they signed with Frank Tate's [[Five Minute Walk Records]].<ref name="CCM_21_7">{{cite journal |last=Hendrickson |first=Lucas W. |year=1999 |month=January |title=W's Good, Devil Bad |journal=[[CCM Magazine]] |id={{ISSN|1524-7848}} |volume=21 |issue=7 |pages=34 |url=http://www.connectionmagazine.org/archives_old/archives/1999/march/ws_good_devil_bad.htm |format=reprint |accessdate=2007-02-05 }}</ref> Within a year they had produced their first album, ''[[Fourth From the Last]]''. The album was immediately successful; within a week it had sold 9,000 units<ref name="CCM_21_7"/> and achieved the #4 spot on [[Billboard magazine|Billboard's]] "Heatseekers"<ref name="Tampa_Feb99"/> and "Top Contemporary Christian" charts. <ref name="AMG_BB">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:lh9ss30ia3rg~T5 |title=The W's > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums |accessdate=2007-03-01 |publisher=''[[Allmusic]]'' }}</ref> This represented the highest debut to date of any album for Five Minute Walks distributor, the [[EMI Christian Music Group]].<ref name="FFTL-PH">{{cite web |url=http://www.tollbooth.org/reviewm/w.html |title=''Fourth from the Last'' Review |last=Baldwin |first=Steven Stuart |coauthors=Stonehocker, Linda T. |accessdate=2007-03-01 |year=1998 |publisher=[http://www.tollbooth.org The Phantom Tollbooth] }}</ref> The album peaked at #147 on "The Billboard 200".<ref name="AMG_BB"/> Despite being pulled from the shelves of [[LifeWay Christian Resources]] stores for containing "indecent" words<ref name="FFTL-PH"/> the album eventually sold over 200,000 units.<ref name="Ws-Bio"/> The album received the [[Dove Award]] for "Modern Rock Album of the Year" in 1999.<ref name="DOVE">{{cite web |url=http://www.doveawards.com/history/browse.cfm?year=1999 |title=Dove Award Recipients for 1999 |accessdate=2007-03-01 |publisher=[[Gospel Music Association]] }}</ref> "The Devil Is Bad" was The W's hit single from the record. It peaked at #6 on the Christian rock radio charts<ref name="Powell_Fe"/> and won the Dove for "Modern Rock Record Song of the Year" in 1999.<ref name="DOVE"/> The song was also released on the [[RIAA certification|double Platinum certified]] annual compilation ''[[WOW 1999]]''.<ref name="Mount_Web">{{cite book |last=Mount |first=Daniel J. |authorlink=User:Daniel J. Mount |title=A City on a Hilltop? The History of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2005 |url=http://www.danielmount.net/ccm.html |accessdate=2007-02-12 |pages=293}}</ref> |
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Meanwhile, Butters' parents have now convinced themselves that their child will return as a demon. When Butters comes home, his parents lock him in the basement. When he says he is hungry, his parents kill a saleswoman (Rachel, from Quality Curtains) with a shovel, and offer him up her corpse to feed on, still believing Butters to be hell-spawn. The episode ends with Butters asking for [[SpaghettiOs]] instead. |
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[[Image:7ball Mag no21.jpg|left|thumb|The W's appeared on ''7ball Magazine'' in November of 1998<ref name="7b_21">{{cite journal |last= |first= |title= |month=November/December |year=1998 |issue=21 |journal=7ball Magazine }}</ref>]] |
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The year 1999 brought continual touring and the release of a second album. Beginning in January,<ref name="DCT_Dates">"Supernatural Experience Tour Dates" from dctalk.com, now hosted at the Internet Archive. {{waybackdate|site=dctalk.com/supexptour.htm|date=20001110042200}}</ref> the band opened for [[Christian rock]] heavyweight [[dc Talk]] on their "Supernatural Experience" tour.<ref name="Ws-Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/ws.html |title=The W's Biography |accessdate=2007-03-01 |publisher=''[[Christianity Today]]'' (courtesy of Five Minute Walk Records) }}</ref> During this time the single "Moses" received Christian radio airplay and entered the Christian rock radio charts.<ref name="Tampa_Feb99"/> That May the band went into the studio to record their second and final album, ''[[Trouble With X]]''.<ref name="Tampa_Feb99"/> Summer brought further touring and appearances at Christian music festivals.<ref name="GEO_Dates">"The W's: Tour Schedule", now hosted at the Internet Archive. {{waybackdate|site=http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Hangar/3151/Ws/Wtour.htm|date=20000523091820}}</ref> That fall the band embarked on the national "Holy Roller Tour" with [[The Insyderz]], Five Iron Frenzy, and [[Justin McRoberts]].<ref name="HR_IMG">[http://www.hearthelight.com/hoRoller2.gif Holy Roller Tour handbill]. Retrieved November 15, 2006.</ref><ref name="FIF_Gigs">{{cite web |url=http://www.fiveironfrenzy.com/history/ |title=Five Iron Frenzy Gigography |accessdate=2007-07-11 |author=Five Iron Frenzy |year=2006 |publisher=[[Five Minute Walk]] |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060707020927/http://www.fiveironfrenzy.com/history/ |archivedate=2006-07-07 }}.</ref> Shows on this tour were held at [[roller skating]] rinks across the country. In November ''Trouble With X'' was released. This album was not as successful critically or in retail, peaking at #21 and #25 on the Billboard "Heatseekers" and "Top Contemporary Christian" charts respectively.<ref name="AMG_BB"/> Like many bands of the "[[swing revival]]" movement, The W's were caught in the mass exodus of popularity from the genre. Some copies of ''Trouble With X'' included "The Rumor Weed Song", which was made for the episode ''[[Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed]]'' of the children’s video series ''[[VeggieTales]]''.<ref name="HM_81">{{cite journal |author=Gordon (a girl called) |year=[[2000]] |month=January/February |title=Album Reviews: THE W'S, ''Trouble with X'' |journal=[[HM Magazine]] |id={{ISSN|1066-6923}} |issue=81 |pages= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010308152438/www.hmmagazine.com/issue81/reviews_signed81.html |accessdate=2007-04-24}}</ref> The song was also included on the ''[[WOW 2000]]'' compilation, which also achieved double Platinum sales.<ref name="Mount_Web"/> |
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* [http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/episodes/display_episode.php?episodeid=909 "Marjorine" at South Park Studios] |
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Touring continued in 2000 alongside labelmates [[Five Iron Frenzy]], [[Philmore]], and [[Soul-Junk]].<ref name="FIF_Gigs"/> Drummer Brian Morris departed and was replaced by Courtney Stubbert. The W's commenced recording for a third album, though it was never released. One song from the sessions, "Somewhere Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" was released on the compilation ''Take Time To Listen Volume 5''.<ref name="TTTLv5">{{cite album-notes | title=Take Time To Listen Volume 5 | year=2000 | bandname=[[Various Artists]] | format=liner | publisher=[[Five Minute Walk]] | location=[[Concord, California|Concord]], [[California]] | publisherid=FMD2402 |mbid=6d2f3321-5f19-409b-a02d-88a169dbdcdd}}</ref><ref name="Rhino_Demo">[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/thews/music.html "The W's Music"]. Retrieved November 15, 2006.</ref> The W's broke up in December 2000, citing "artistic differences."<ref name="WsWayback1">Thews.org, now hosted at the [[Internet Archive]]. {{waybackdate|site=http://thews.org/|date=20021130014400}}</ref><ref name="WsWayback2">Thews.org, now hosted at the Internet Archive. {{waybackdate|site=http://thews.org/|date=20010202053200}}</ref> |
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===After the break-up=== |
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Some members continued to produce music following the demise of The W's. Gruener and Morris joined Corvallis friend Mark Cleaver in the [[indie band]] Bendixon.<ref name="Bendixon1"> Bendixon Biography. Now hosted at the Internet Archive. {{waybackdate|site=http://bendixon.com/bio.html|date=20010301185107}}</ref> Bendixon released two albums, ''Bendixon'' (1999) and ''Slaying Of The Dragon'' (2000).<ref name="Bendixon_CR">{{cite web |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/artists/Bendixon/8311/ |title=Bendixon Profile |accessdate=2007-03-01 |publisher=''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3z620r4au48p |title=((( Slaying of the Dragon > Overview ))) |accessdate=2007-03-01 |publisher=''[[Allmusic]]''}}</ref> Their sound was comparable to [[Weezer]] or [[All Star United]], and like The W's most of their songs could be considered fun or witty.<ref name="Powell_Fe2">{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |chapter=Bendixon |pages=78}}</ref> Schar and Stubbert formed the band Alpha Charlie<ref name="NerdMusic1">The W's News, formerly hosted at nerdmusic.com. Now hosted at the Internet Archive. {{waybackdate|site=http://www.nerdmusic.com/~todd/thews/news.php|date=20020212044011}}</ref> and released one album, ''...and I wait'' (2002), before breaking up in 2004.<ref name="A_C_Site">Alpha-charlie.com, now hosted at the Internet Archive. {{waybackdate|site=http://alpha-charlie.com|date=20041212192954}}</ref> Early member Shultz eventually relocated to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] in 1997<ref name="Stairwell_Zak">"Zak Shultz Biography", from Stairwell.net. Now hosted at the Internet Archive. {{waybackdate|site=www.stairwell.net/bio_zak.htm|date=20030224182228}}</ref> and is involved with the local music scene there. |
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Bret Barker and Valentine Hellman continued to collaborate with Five Iron Frenzy. They both appeared on Five Iron Frenzy's 2000 album ''[[All the Hype That Money Can Buy]]''. Barker additionally appeared on [[Dennis Culp]]'s solo effort ''[[Ascents]]'' (2000), ''[[Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo]]'' (2001) in both the additional musician credits and as a recording engineer, and as an engineer on ''[[The End Is Near]]'' (2003). Barker joined [[The O.C. Supertones]] in 2004 and played with them until their breakup the following year. |
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The music of The W's is similar to the [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]], [[Royal Crown Revue]], or [[The O.C. Supertones]], but less ska-based than the latter. ''[[HM Magazine]]'' commented that "the closest thing in the Christian market was [[Ralph Carmichael]]'s big band project" (''Strike Up The Band'', 1995).<ref name="HM_74">{{cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |year=[[1998]] |month=November/December |title=Album Reviews: THE W's ''Fourth From the Last'' |journal=[[HM Magazine]] |id={{ISSN|1066-6923}} |issue=74 |pages= |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010222184244/www.hmmagazine.com/issue74/74Albums.htm |accessdate=2007-04-24}}</ref> Though they were often cited as [[third wave ska]] or [[swing revival]], their overall sound did not fit neatly into any [[musical genre]].<ref name="FFTL_AMG">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:7j17gjwr16ip |title=((( ''Fourth from the Last'' > Overview ))) |accessdate=2007-03-02 |last=Smith |first=Jim |publisher=''[[Allmusic]]'' }}</ref> Band members generally agreed with this assessment: Andrew Schar noted that "Our music gets labeled swing, but we're not really swing",<ref name="Hogan-Albach_StarTribune">{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Hogan-Albach |title=Otherworldly unplugged; Christian band The W's swings with wit, whimsy |publisher=[[Star Tribune]] |id= |page=09B |date=1998-09-05}}</ref> and Sax player James Carter, "I think 'swing' and 'ska' are just terms people are comfortable using. I don't think they completely describe the music we play at all".<ref name="Carter_IV">{{cite web |url=http://www.decapolis.com/musicreviews/interviews/ws.shtml |title=Interview With James Carter |accessdate=2007-03-01 |last=Jensen |first=Cathy |year=1999 |publisher=[http://www.decapolis.com Decapolis] }}</ref> Bass player Gruener described their music as "kinda ska, kinda swing, kinda rockabilly, kinda crazy, kinda punky".<ref name="Todd_Tripod"/> ''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' provides the most concise explanation: "This is Swing Ska!".<ref name="CR_47">{{cite journal |last=Rimmer |first=Mike |year=[[1998]] |month=October |title=The W's ''Fourth From the Last'' |journal=[[Cross Rhythms]] |issue=47 |pages= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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Reviewers, who noted a lack of depth in songwriting, regarded both of The W’s albums as "fun". ''CCM'' reported that lyrically, their songs "swing between subtle spirituality and and general goofness."<ref name="CCM_21_3">{{cite journal |last=Urbanski |first=David |year=[[1998]] |month=[[September]] |title=Reviews |journal=[[CCM Magazine]] |id={{ISSN|1524-7848}} |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=54 }}</ref> Elsewhere this style was described as "an odd marriage of reverence for God with forced attempts at irreverent wackiness",<ref name="AMT_TX">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:o6rb286u05ja |title=((( ''Trouble with X'' > Overview ))) |accessdate=2007-03-02 |last=Huey |first=Steve |publisher=''[[Allmusic]]'' }}</ref> while the ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music'' cites this as a "subdued approach to ministry",<ref name="Powell_Fe">{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]], [[Massachusetts]] |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=The W's |pages=1008-1009}}</ref> other commentators saw it as a disappointing lack of spiritual message, especially on ''Trouble With X''.<ref name="TX_JFH">{{cite web |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TroubleWithX.asp |title=''Trouble With X'' Review |accessdate=2007-03-01 |last=DiBiase |first=John |date=1999-10-24 |publisher=''[[Jesus Freak Hideout]]'' }}</ref><ref name="TX-PH">{{cite web |url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2000/reviews/w.html |title=''Trouble With X'' Review |accessdate=2007-03-01 |last=Stewart |first=James |coauthors=Marihugh, Josh |year=2000 |publisher=''The Phantom Tollbooth'' }}</ref> |
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Several songs draw directly from biblical stories. The song "Moses" is about struggles with faith and insignificance. It draws inspiration from several biblical figures and stories, including [[Moses]]' [[Burning bush]], [[Gideon (Judges)|Gideon]], [[Saint Peter|Peter]]'s denial of Christ, and [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]]s role in the death of [[Saint Stephen|Stephen]] to show how God can use anybody for his purposes.<ref name="Powell_Fe"/> "The Devil Is Bad" draws upon the story of the [[The Fall of Man]] and the [[Temptation of Christ]] as examples to encourage resistance to [[sin]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} "Used Car Salesman" paints a colorful description of [[the Devil]], selling sins as used [[Honda]]s. They also criticised the church and Christians generally. "Tip From Me" is about breaking broad perceptions of Christianity and the Church.<ref name="7b_28">{{cite journal |last=Martin |first=Rachel L. |title=Holy Rollin' |month=January/February |year=2000 |issue=28 |journal=7ball Magazine |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020616123955/www.7ball.com/issues/00/28/fif/fif.htm |accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref> In the song "Stupid" the band used the example of [[abortion clinic]] bombings (see, for example [[Eric Robert Rudolph]]) to make a pronounced statement about [[hypocrisy]].<ref name="TX-PH"/><ref name="Powell_Fe"/> |
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Other songs, such as "[[Dexter, Oregon|Dexter]]", "J.P.", and "Frank" retell parts of the lives of band members.<ref name="JFH_Iv">{{cite web |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/interviews/Ws.asp |title=Todd Gruener Interview |accessdate=2007-03-01 |date=1999-04-20 |publisher=''[[Jesus Freak Hideout]]'' }}</ref><ref name="7b_28"/> "Hui" retells the 1987 film ''[[North Shore (film)|North Shore]]''. More mundane topics include the hardships of school ("101") and of touring and making music professionally ("Two More Weeks", "Open Minded").<ref name="Powell_Fe"/> Another notable song was their cover of [[John Denver]]'s "Country Roads", which some thought worked well as a swing tune.<ref name="Powell_Fe"/><ref name="TX_REAL">{{cite web |url=http://www.realmagazine.com/new/reviews/ws2.html |title=The W's ''Trouble With X'' |accessdate=2007-03-02 |author=Kevin H. |date=1999-10-16 |publisher=''[http://www.realmagazine.com/new/new.html Real Magazine]'' }}</ref><ref name="HM_81"/> |
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==Discography== |
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===Studio albums=== |
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* 1998: ''[[Fourth from the Last]]'' |
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* 1999: ''[[Trouble With X]]'' |
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===Compilations=== |
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* 1998: ''[[The Echoing Green / The W's Split EP]]'' |
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* 1998: ''Take Time to Listen Volume IV'' ([[Five Minute Walk]]) |
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*:* Contains "Pup" and "Moses." |
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* 1999: ''[[WOW 1999]]'' ([[EMI CMG]]) |
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*:* Contains "The Devil Is Bad." |
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* 2000: ''Take Time to Listen Volume 5.0'' (Five Minute Walk) |
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*:* Contains "Somewhere Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", from an unreleased album. |
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* 2000: ''[[WOW 2000]]'' (EMI CMG) |
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*:* Contains "The Rumor Weed Song." |
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==Notes and references== |
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===Further reading=== |
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* ''7ball Magazine'' (19) (July / August 1998) <!-- Feature story --> |
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* ''7ball Magazine'' (21) (November / December 1998) <!-- Cover story --> |
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* {{cite journal |last=Cockroft |first=Martin |year=1999 |month=September/October |title=Back to Faith |journal=Campus Life |id= |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=26 |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/cl/9c2/9c2026.html |accessdate=2007-04-30 }} |
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*Feb 1998 - [http://home.netcom.com/~puddin5/dspoldnews.html under the heading "2/1/98"] |
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*Aug 1998 - [http://www.tollbooth.org/creviews/horns.html The Phantom Tollbooth] |
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*June 2000 - [http://www.tollbooth.org/2000/creviews/5mw0600.html The Phantom Tollbooth] |
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*December 2006 - [http://groups.myspace.com/fansofthews] |
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"Marjorine" is episode 909 of Comedy Central's South Park. It aired on October 26, 2005.
Plot
The episode begins with Cartman gathering the boys together in his basement to show them a video tape of the girls of South Park Elementary using a Cootie Catcher but, not realizing it is a game, the boys all believe the girls possess a high-tech gadget which gives them the ability to see into the future.
The boys build a containment centre complete with hazardous material suits and a quarantine shower with which to study the device, and come up with a plan to steal it. This elaborate plan entails infiltrating Heidi Turner's slumber party, which means that one of the boys will have to fake his death, so that he can attend the party disguised as a girl. Unsurprisingly, this unpleasant duty falls to Butters. The boys get Butters to fake his death by dropping a pig carcass dressed in Butters' clothes from the Bowery Building. Cartman believes this to be appropriate, as no one will be wondering where Butters is while pretending to be a girl (when Mrs. Garrison announces the unfortunate death of their fellow classmate, everyone has a confused expression, with Red replying "who's Butters?"). He then dresses up as a new girl, Marjorine (a play on the 'butter substitute' margarine), and infiltrates a slumber party that Heidi Turner is hosting. Heidi is not pleased at having to invite the weird new girl to her party, but Mrs. Turner tells her Marjorine's mother called to ask if her daughter could come; Mrs. Turner also says Marjorine's mother informed her that she is a state official and she should "respect her authori-tah" (a mispronunciation of Cartman's catchphrase, indicating it was Cartman on the phone). Of all the girls there, none like Marjorine (although Wendy and Bebe seem to care about her, as seen later), and Butters is overwhelmed by their cruelty, finally running into the bathroom crying. Wendy and Bebe, having discovered the tearful Marjorine in the bathroom, angrily tell the other girls that they were too hard on Marjorine. The other girls, realizing it is hard being the new kid on the block, agree and decide to try to make amends with their new classmate. After convincing her to come out of the bathroom, they give Marjorine a makeover and resume their party. Meanwhile, Mr. Stotch is told by the old farmer from Butter's Very Own Episode and Asspen not to dig Butters' body up and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground. The farmer tells him "Don't do it Stotch! Sometimes, what you take out of the ground ain't the same thing you put in!" Stephen Stotch does however exhume Butters' 'remains' (Butters' headstone reads: Leopold "Butters" Stotch) and re-bury the pig-carcass there, believing this will bring Butters back to life.
Butters (as Marjorine) is just starting to have fun with the girls, dancing to "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake, when Heidi's father realizes that there are boys around the house. Butters believes his cover to be blown and makes a desperate escape with the device, and gives it to the other boys (an annoyed Heidi asks for some paper and scissors to make a new one). Stan tells Butters to come along to learn about the device, but he refuses, saying that the device is nothing but trouble and his job is done, and goes home to tell his parents that he's not dead. When the boys attempt to ask so many questions with the device, Stan realizes what Butters has meant. The boys, this time around, decide that the power of the fortune-telling device is too great for any mortal. Rather than spending their lives defending it from girls, the CIA, terrorists and Russians, they decide to destroy it by having Kenny blow it up. However, the explosion incinerates the entire forest, prompting Cartman to say, "Damn, Ken."
Meanwhile, Butters' parents have now convinced themselves that their child will return as a demon. When Butters comes home, his parents lock him in the basement. When he says he is hungry, his parents kill a saleswoman (Rachel, from Quality Curtains) with a shovel, and offer him up her corpse to feed on, still believing Butters to be hell-spawn. The episode ends with Butters asking for SpaghettiOs instead.
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