"The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" | |
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South Park episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 1 |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker Matt Stone Nancy M. Pimental |
Featured music | "Welcome to This World" and "Pork Soda" by Primus |
Production code | 402 |
Original air date | April 5, 2000 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Richard Belzer as Loogie |
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Richard Belzer as Loogie
"The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" (also known as just The Tooth Fairy's Tats or The Tooth Fairy Tats) is episode 49 of Comedy Central's South Park. It originally aired on April 5, 2000. This episode marks the first appearance of Timmy Burch.
The Tooth Fairy has visited Cartman, leaving him $2. He rushes to the bus stop to share his news with the others. He then unveils his latest plan. If they all combined their lost teeth, the tooth fairy will provide them with enough cash to purchase a Sega Dreamcast. However, Stan and Kyle have lost all their baby teeth, but not Kenny. Cartman tries to get teeth out of his mouth. It turns out Butters has a loose tooth and is waiting for the tooth fairy. Cartman decides to steal Butters' tooth, disguised as the tooth fairy, and place it under his own pillow. Cartman's mother is finally suspicious that he has "lost" 112 teeth and calls their dentist, Dr. Roberts. She also decides to come clean and admit there is no tooth fairy. Cartman tells this to Stan and Kyle, leading Stan to try a new plot with other kids to raise money for a Dreamcast, that they place a tooth under a rich kid's pillow and steal the money. Meanwhile, the knowledge that the Tooth Fairy is not real prompts Kyle to question the truth of all things, including his own existence. He begins to study various philosophies about the nature of reality.
The boys soon find out that there are others who are in the Tooth Fairy business; and they are taken to the leader, Loogie, who has been the leader of the business after his two brothers. His business is keeping track of which houses his gang hits and having them put teeth under children's pillows, leaving a note for the parents to let them know that their children have lost teeth. They return to collect the money once they have finished the circuit of houses. He gives the four boys a choice: either they work for him and get a 2% cut of the money or have their penises cut off. They choose to work for him.