4th Grade (South Park)
| "4th Grade" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 412 |
| Original air date | November 8, 2000 |
"4th Grade" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 59th episode of the series overall. "4th Grade" originally aired in the United States on November 8, 2000 on Comedy Central. The episode focuses on the main characters' first day of fourth grade. The three previous seasons of the program featured the main characters in the 3rd grade with Mr. Garrison as their teacher. This grade change plot device allowed for the introduction of a new teacher, Ms. Choksondik, and introduced a new opening sequence in which the show referenced The Six Million Dollar Man. It is also the final resolution to a three-part mini-arc involving Mr. Garrison coming out of the closet.
This episode marked the boys' move into the fourth grade. Not knowing their new teacher, the boys plan to exert dominance over the teacher. Before the beginning of class, Stan comes up with an idea: at 8:35am, everyone jumps up on their desks, pulls down their pants, and shout "Kiss my ass!" After meeting their new teacher Ms. Choksondik, she explains that fourth grade will be different and the children are all very frightened. Cartman alone stands up and pulls down his pants, very annoyed no one else followed the plan. Ms. Choksondik is depicted as a middle-aged woman with disgustingly saggy, pendulous breasts that she neither notices nor is ashamed of. In an ironic twist, none of the children notice her obscene-sounding name (which is pronounced like "chokes on dick"); instead, they come up with their own insulting nicknames (such as "makes me sick"). Cartman eventually makes the children realize that they took the ease of the 3rd grade for granted and do not want to go through a whole year in 4th grade. They seek help from two scientific Trekkies and ask them to create a time machine so they can return to the 3rd grade. The Star Trek fans then construct the device using Timmy's wheelchair.
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