Super Fun Time
| "Super Fun Time"" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 12 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 1207 |
| Original air date | April 23, 2008 |
"Super Fun Time" is the seventh episode in the twelfth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 174th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 23, 2008. In the episode, Cartman and Butters narrowly escape a horrific hostage situation at South Park's Pioneer Village, where historical reenactors take their jobs far too seriously.
The episode was written and directed by South Park co-creator Trey Parker. During pre-production, the episode was under a working alternate title "The Living Museum" until it was changed later on. The show's plot was largely influenced by the film Die Hard.
Mr. Garrison takes his fourth grade class on a field trip to Pioneer Village, a 19th-century themed living history museum, where actors perform as if it was 1864 and never break character. Since nobody wants to be partners with him, Cartman is forced to take Butters as his partner and Garrison tells Butters to not let go of Cartman's hand until they are back on the bus.
Thieves led by Franz (reminiscent of Hans Gruber from Die Hard) have robbed a Burger King and flee to Pioneer Village, taking everyone hostage. Stan, Wendy, Jimmy and Kyle flee with two townspeople to an office where Kyle calls the police. The thieves find a locked mine shaft door. They interrogate the workers to find the code, but none will break character.
Cartman and Butters go to an arcade called "Super Phun Thyme", and Butters stubbornly refuses let go of Cartman's hand, which leads to Butters being dragged around as Cartman plays games. When they return to Pioneer Village and see the entrance surrounded by police, they believe they are there because someone has noticed they left, so they decide to sneak back in and claim they were there all along. Franz threatens to kill the kids (specifically Kenny), but Stan portrays a time period character and gives the workers an in-character way to divulge the door code.
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