Starvin' Marvin (South Park episode)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Starvin' Marvin
Series = South Park


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Season = 1
Episode = 9
Airdate = November 19, 1997
Production = 109
Writer = Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Pam Brady
Director = Trey Parker
Guests =
Episode list = List of "South Park" episodes
Season list = Infobox South Park season 1 episode list
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Starvin' Marvin, the eighth episode of Comedy Central's animated series "South Park", first aired on November 19, 1997.

Plot

In this Thanksgiving episode, the boys send in money to Sally Struthers' organization to help Ethiopians, hoping to get a watch as compensation. There is a mix-up, and instead a little Ethiopian boy (Starvin' Marvin) is sent to them. They take him to an all-you-can-eat buffet, where Marvin is shocked by how much food the townsfolk are consuming compared to the Ethiopians and how wasteful the townsfolk are. Eventually, the government comes to get Marvin (who is at Cartman's house) to send him home, but Marvin claims that Cartman is the Ethiopian boy, and he gets sent to Ethiopia instead. Meanwhile, Dr. Mephisto, who had been genetically engineering turkeys to feed to the poor, warns the mayor and the townspeople that they have gone crazy and are now attacking humans.

While in Ethiopia, a starving Cartman finds the Red Cross who have run out of food. Cartman is so miserable that he prays to God to send him home, and says he is sorry he made fun of poor people. He then collapses and wakes back up next to a shack full of his favorite food. Apparently, Sally Struthers had been using her charity as a front to get food for herself, and when Cartman realizes this, he tells the Ethiopians what she is doing. A riot quickly forms outside and Cartman and the Ethiopians take the food that's rightfully theirs.

The turkeys attack, during the canned food drive and the citizens of South Park and the turkeys start fighting. The people of South Park end up winning (mostly due to the fact there were hunters with guns) but Kenny is killed and dismembered. Starvin' Marvin is sent back to Ethiopia and Cartman comes back to South Park. With him, Starvin' Marvin brings the other Ethiopians the dead turkeys to feast on. At the end, Kenny's parents give thanks even though Kenny died and god "enjoys seeing them suffer"

Trivia

* An audio clip from this episode was used in the movie "Duplex".Fact|date=September 2008
* In the VH1 special on South Park, it is mentioned that comedian Jerry Seinfeld had asked to guest on the show. He had been slated for this episode to provide the sound for turkey number 4, much the same as the unusual way the show had used George Clooney in Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride. Unlike George, Jerry's agent did not get the joke and cancelled his appearance.Fact|date=September 2008

External links

* [http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/109/ Starvin' Marvin] on the South Park Studios Episode Guide