Volcano
- Episode aired Aug 20, 1997
- TV-14
- 22m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
5.2K
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The kids go hunting with the rather trigger happy Jimbo and Ned. Little do they know that a volcano is on the verge of erupting.The kids go hunting with the rather trigger happy Jimbo and Ned. Little do they know that a volcano is on the verge of erupting.The kids go hunting with the rather trigger happy Jimbo and Ned. Little do they know that a volcano is on the verge of erupting.
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Mary Kay Bergman
- Liane Cartman
- (voice)
- (as Shannen Cassidy)
- …
Trey Parker
- Stan Marsh
- (voice)
- …
Matt Stone
- Kyle Broflovski
- (voice)
- …
Isaac Hayes
- Chef
- (voice)
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Great plot with the kids interacting with the boys.
This episode does a great job at merging the adult aspects of the boy's rhetoric while still having their age play into the jokes, like one minute they will say something incredibly adult and offensive, the next the boys will be parroting exactly whatever the adults say without having any idea what it means. This episode also shows South Park's skill at satire, for example Stan's uncle Jimbo says that the Democrafts are the reason for laws restricting hunting endangered animals- an overly political statement that perfectly satirizes the stereotypical redneck.
Not as good as first two episodes but still pretty good
Volcano is an alright episode of South Park.I liked it, it was pretty funny, but I preferred the previous episodes.Actually, there are very very few episodes of South Park that I did not really like.This episode has the boys going hunting with Stan's uncle Jimbo and his army buddy Ned.Since there are a lot of laws against hunting Jimbo states that the animal is "coming right for us" before shooting it.Stan, however cannot shoot animals and Jimbo calls him a pansy.He takes a shine to Kenny who enjoys hunting and Stan is jealous.Meanwhile, a volcano is about to erupt where the boys are, and the townspeople must save them.A funny thing is, this episode marks the debut of Randy who is Stan's dad, however this is not mentioned in the show.There are some very funny parts in this episode but I preferred the first two episodes just by a little bit.They were more entertaining in my opinion.
Hunting is stupid.
The boys go hunting. Cartman has flashbacks of being in 'nam. Ned Gerblanski 'sings' kumbaya by the campfire. Meanwhile, South Park is threatened by the catastrophe of a volcanic eruption. Chef sings 'Hot Lava'. The boys find out that hunting is stupid because they can only shoot certain animals. And they prefer cartoons. "Cartoons kick ass", says Eric Cartman. Well South Park certainly does.
It's an early episode but the tone and style of this show was strong from the very beginning. It's also wacky, with details like a giant Scuttlebutt monster that has Patrick Duffy as one of its legs. Bravo, Matt and Trey.
It's an early episode but the tone and style of this show was strong from the very beginning. It's also wacky, with details like a giant Scuttlebutt monster that has Patrick Duffy as one of its legs. Bravo, Matt and Trey.
Funny!
This episode of South Park, "Volcano" is pretty darn funny. It features some outrageous one-liners including the famous "Cartoons kick ass." This episode, the third one in Season 1, lampoons the two Volcano films which came out in 1997 and Patrick Duffy. The animation is starting to round into form as compared to the first episode.
This episode is about Uncle Ned taking the kids for a hunting trip in the mountains but they don't realize a volcano is on the verge of erupting.
Overall, this is a pretty funny episode. I liked now Ned tries to convince the guys that hunting is never fun sober and how he shoots every animal in sight. Also, I wish I have seen more of the Scuzzlebutt. I rate this episode 9/10.
This episode is about Uncle Ned taking the kids for a hunting trip in the mountains but they don't realize a volcano is on the verge of erupting.
Overall, this is a pretty funny episode. I liked now Ned tries to convince the guys that hunting is never fun sober and how he shoots every animal in sight. Also, I wish I have seen more of the Scuzzlebutt. I rate this episode 9/10.
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"What the heck is this?"
Woohoo! This episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) marks the first appearence of Randy Marsh which is absolutley fantastic! I liked him in this episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) and I'm pretty excited to see him more and for him to eventually become one of the main characters. Anyway the episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) doesn't revolve around Randy Marsh, he's barely even a character in it. The episode (Volcano (SQ EP3 (August 20th 1997) revolves around Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan going on a camping trip with Stan's uncle Jim and his war buddy Ned.
Woohoo! This episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) marks the first appearence of Randy Marsh which is absolutley fantastic! I liked him in this episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) and I'm pretty excited to see him more and for him to eventually become one of the main characters. Anyway the episode (Volcano (S1 EP3 (August 20th 1997))) doesn't revolve around Randy Marsh, he's barely even a character in it. The episode (Volcano (SQ EP3 (August 20th 1997) revolves around Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan going on a camping trip with Stan's uncle Jim and his war buddy Ned.
Did you know
- TriviaLava and You was inspired by actual "Duck and Cover" films from the 1950s and 1960s, in which children were instructed to hide under tables or lean against walls in the case of a nuclear weapon attack. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, like many critics of the films, found the methods painfully simplistic and did not believe they would actually help in the case of such an attack.
- GoofsWhen sitting around the campfire, all the boys are on the same side, sitting next to each other. Yet when Cartman starts to tell his story, Stan is sitting opposite them.
- Alternate versionsIn the Spanish Castilian version Patrick Duffy's name was changed to Ricky Martin.
- ConnectionsEdited into South Park: City on the Edge of Forever (1998)
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- 22m
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- 4:3
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