Follow That Egg!

Infobox Television episode
Title = Follow That Egg!
Series = South Park


Caption = "Teacher...our egg is...ok."
Season = 9
Episode = 135
Airdate = November 2, 2005
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Writer = Trey Parker
= Kenny Hotz
Director = Trey Parker
Guests =
Episode list = List of "South Park" episodes
Season list = Infobox South Park season 9 episode list
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"Follow That Egg!" is episode 135 of the Comedy Central series "South Park". It originally aired November 2, 2005.

Plot synopsis

In this episode, Mrs. Garrison pairs off the kids in her class and assigns them to care for eggs as if they were babies as part of a lesson in parenting responsibility. Everyone gets a white egg from Mrs. Garrison except for Token who receives a brown one and makes a shocked facial expression. Stan is worried he will get paired with his ex-girlfriend, Wendy, whom he has not spoken to since their breakup (a reference to Wendy's smaller part since their breakup) and he still has feelings for. To his horror, however, Wendy is assigned to Kyle (Stan, meanwhile, is paired with Bebe). The assignments cause tension, as Stan starts to suspect Kyle of having designs on Wendy while Bebe is angry at Stan's indifference to their egg and tells Wendy this, who looks certain not to take him back. Stan phones Kyle and asks him sarcastically if what he and Wendy are doing. Kyle comments that the project is stupid. Stan shouts "yeah, well so's your hat." This is shown later to have offended Kyle greatly.

Meanwhile, Mrs Garrison, having been watching Stan, is reminded of her old boyfriend, Mr. Slave, who broke up with her after the sex change in Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina. Singing "Love, love lost long ago, it was special then, it's over now,..." Mrs Garrison attempts to take Mr. Slave back, only to learn that Mr. Slave is planning to marry South Park's other major homosexual figure, Big Gay Al, as soon as the Colorado governor legalizes such unions. Mrs. Garrison dedicates herself to doing whatever she can to prevent their union from being legalized, hoping that, being unable to marry Al, Mr. Slave will then marry her.

The governor demands a study demonstrating that gay families are unstable before agreeing to veto the marriage bill. Mrs. Garrison thus reorganizes Stan, Kyle, Wendy and Bebe into same-sex couples, hoping that Stan's poor "parenting" skills will destroy the egg and provide the results the governor needs.

In a parody of child custody battles, Wendy becomes upset because Stan and Kyle now have the egg that originally belonged to her and Kyle, which she has become emotionally attached to. The boys remain on bad terms; Stan is still suspicious about Kyle's motives with Wendy and frequently snaps at him, while Kyle is a little confused as to what's made Stan so aggressive. Cartman breaks his egg and tries to ask Mrs Garrison to give his partner nonetheless an A, because it was not her fault—and finally arguing that with his F, together their grades should average out to C-. But Garrison is so bent on the gay marriage law to be vetoed, she gives him a new one with a threat to break his legs and burn down his house if he breaks it again while strangling him. Garrison makes plans for the final egg check in front of the governor's office, and, to make sure Stan and Kyle's egg is broken when they present it, hires an assassin to destroy the egg. The assassin reluctantly agrees and shoots the egg just as Stan is boasting to Kyle about how well he's looked after the egg. Stan finally reaches a submissive state of depression and tells Kyle to enjoy a relationship with Wendy. However, it is then revealed that Kyle, fearing Stan's ability as a parent, gave him a fake egg and saved the real egg. He also tells Stan that he had no interest in Wendy, he merely views her as a partner (he states as well "I wouldn't go out with my best friend's ex-girlfriend"). Kyle asks Stan if he really thinks his hat is stupid. Stan responds, "As a matter of fact, it is the nicest hat I have ever known". The two boys reconcile and rush to the governor's office, telling Mrs. Garrison that their egg is fine and they are on their way. She orders the assassin to try and get the egg before it reaches the podium. The assassin, fearing for his reputation, opens fire on the crowd to destroy the egg. The boys rush through the crowd, narrowly avoiding the assassin's gunfire and even bombs (somehow already planted in the ground). They reach the podium weary and hurt. Stan presents the egg to Mrs. Garrison ("Teacher....Our egg is....Ok....") in a hoarse voice before losing consciousness and fainting. The bill passes and same-sex marriage is legalized in South Park, which confuses Kyle.

The episode concludes with Mr. Slave and Big Gay Al marrying with Father Maxi officiating. Randy congratulates Stan and Kyle for what they have done for gay marriage rights, apparently ignorant of the fact that Stan and Kyle have no idea what they actually "did". Wendy apologizes to Stan (who has his arm in a sling. Kyle has a band-aid on his temple) for doubting his ability to be a parent, while implying that she wants to take him back. To her surprise (and the viewer's) Stan simply responds with, "Like I give a crap about what you think, Wendy" which causes her to leave with a mournful and disappointed look on her face, showing she still has feelings for him and foreshadowing Season 11's finale.

Censorship

When aired on the Sky Digital channel MTV ONE, the words fag, faggot and a few other terms of insults towards homosexuals are bleeped out. The showing of the episode on Paramount Comedy 2 however, aside from the usual censorship, doesnt bleep out any of this.