History Recap / SouthParkS11E7NightOfTheLivingHomeless

* BigBrotherInstinct: After the car in which the boys were gets hit by a truck and the driver dies, the boys escape the car, but the street stays prone to car crashes, due to being swarmed by homeless people. The boys escape through the sewers and Stan, who is the eldest of the boys, tells the other ones to hurry and enters last, prioritizing their safety over his.

** Stan also grabs the ball as well, as no matter how many times Kyle angrily corrects him, he still believes that Cartman jumping over the homeless was Kyle's idea.

** Most of the adults genuinely believe that homeless people are not human and are perfectly fine with subjecting them to bizarrely inhumane treatment, like Randy suggesting that they convert them into wheels for their cars. Wendy's Mother is the ''only'' adult to recognize that homeless people are no less human than everyone else but she is utterly ignored.
** Dennis explains what happened in Evergreen: The town's homeless population made enough money from begging to start renting their own houses, and the people of Evergreen went insane over who was formerly homeless and who wasn’t.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Randy thinks shooting people who simply ask for change is justified.

* OnlySaneWoman: Wendy's mother Mrs. Testaburger is the only person in the city council who recognizes that homeless people are human and is disgusted by the rest of the council's ridiculously inhumane solutions, like converting the homeless into wheels for their cars. Unfortunately, no one listens to her.

* TakeThat: Randy complains that he hates cherry-flavored Pop-tarts and won't eat them [[EvenBeggarsWontChooseIt even when there's no other food left]].

* BungledSuicide: The homeless scientist attempts to "take the easy way out" when Gerald and some stray homeless enter his house. He ends up shooting himself repeatedly because of just how bad of a shot he is. Even a clean shot through his own forehead doesn't kill him right away, as he's last seen withering in pain from the previous attempts.

** Kyle being the only one who has some remorse for the homeless urges they have to do something. Stan and Kenny dismiss they can do anything. Cartman however endorses the idea of jumping over the homeless with a skateboard, to which Kyle angrily rebukes was not his idea of doing something.
** Dennis explains what happened in Evergreen: Homeless made enough money to buy their own houses, and the people of Evergreen went insane over who was formerly homeless and who wasn’t.

* DeadlineNews: The news anchor gets approached by homeless on set, as he begs that he doesn't have any change.

** Dennis burned his wife in her sleep after he came to the conclusion that since she wasn't the home-owner between them that she must be homeless.

** Stan also holds this as well, as no matter how many times Kyle angrily corrects him, he will still believe that Cartman jumping over the homeless was his idea.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Dennis thinks that being homeless and not being a homeowner are the same thing, trying to immolate his wife because he was the one who owned the house they lived in, as well as accusing the four boys of being homeless because they don't legally own houses (despite them being ''nine-year-olds who therefore can't legally own houses''). He also seems to think that by giving the homeless homes, this somehow means that the homeless are "infiltrating" their society and that it would spark anarchy, completely disregarding the fact that if a homeless person somehow accrues enough money to buy a house, they're no longer homeless '''by definition'''.

* KillThePoor: Randy's solution to any homeless barging at him involves a double-barrel shotgun.

** Glen gets a dose of this after finding out the bank had foreclosed his house, evolving into a MassOhCrap when Randy turns the shotgun onto him.

* OverlyLongGag: The scientist trying to commit suicide through firearm because he kept hitting non-lethal areas.

* RunningGag: Cartman mentioning he would jump the homeless. He exaggerates he jumped 50, when really he barely made it over one. Kyle is blamed for coming up with the idea, which he vehemently denies doing each time.

* TakeThat: Randy complains he hates Cherry-flavored Pop-tarts and won't eat them [[EvenBeggarsWontChooseIt even when there's no other food left]].

** The people of Evergreen tore themselves apart over the homeless problem and eventually decided to trick them to migrate to South Park. The boys ''must'' save their parents because they know they're just as stupid as the people of Evergreen.

* UselessProtagonist: Randy gets a whole subplot to himself and takes on the role of a secondary protagonist, but he doesn't do anything useful; he just pathetically waits out on top of the South Park community center hoping somebody will come save him.

* WouldHurtAChild: The Evergreen Survivors were willing to shoot kids stating that [[InsaneTrollLogic not being home owners makes them homeless]].

* ZombieInfectee: Parodied. Glen, one of the people holing up on the roof with Randy and the others, gets a call from his wife telling him that the bank has foreclosed on their mortgage and repossessed their house, rendering him homeless. Randy immediately points his gun at Glen as if really is about to become a zombie. As soon as Glen starts asking the adults if they can spare him some change to pay for his storage, Randy takes this as him completing his transformation and blows his head off.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Kenneth thinks that being homeless and not being a homeowner are the same thing, trying to immolate his wife because he was the one who owned the house they lived in, as well as accusing the four boys of being homeless because they don't legally own houses (despite them being ''nine-year-olds who therefore can't legally own houses''). He also seems to think that by giving the homeless homes, this somehow means that the homeless are "infiltrating" their society and that it would spark anarchy, completely disregarding the fact that if a homeless person somehow accrues enough money to buy a house, they're no longer homeless '''by definition'''.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The community of San Antonio, Texas who moved their homeless to Evergreen.

** The homeless people keep begging for change even when they have a gun pointed at their face.

* TooDumbToLive: The people of Evergreen tore themselves apart over the homeless problem and eventually decided to trick them to migrate to South Park. The boys ''must'' save their parents because they know they're just as stupid as the people of Evergreen.

* OnlySaneWoman: Mrs. Testaburger is the only person in the city council who recognizes that homeless people are human and is disgusted by the rest of the council's ridiculously inhumane solutions, like converting the homeless into wheels for their cars. Unfortunately, no one listens to her.

* WouldHurtAChild: The Evergreen Survivors were willing to shoot kids because not being home owners makes them homeless.

** Kenneth explains what happened in Evergreen: Homeless made enough money to buy their own houses, and the people of Evergreen went insane over who was formerly homeless and who wasn’t.

** Kenneth burned his wife in her sleep after he came to the conclusion that since she wasn't the home-owner between them that she must be homeless.

'''Christine:''' Yeah, gecause you gurned my nicks ogh! ''[Yeah, because you burned my lips off]]''

* RunningGag: Cartman mentioning he would jump the homeless. He exaggerates he jumped 50, when really he barely made it over one.

** First, Kyle reacts this way upon seeing more homeless outside his house says, even saying the phrase verbatim.
** Next, Randy is horrified by the increasing number of homeless ganging up on him that he devolves into a babbling mess upon making it to the community center.
** Lastly, Chris Swollenballs follows suit when the homeless somehow make their way into the TV studio.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Kenneth thinks that being homeless and not being a homeowner are the same thing, trying to immolate his wife because he was the one who owned the house they lived in. He also seems to think that by giving the homeless homes, this somehow means that the homeless are "infiltrating" their society and that it would spark anarchy.

* ShoutOut: The whole episode is a parody of ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' (albeit the zombies here are slow, the 2004 movie showed them to be agile and fast) with some satirical commentary on the economy thrown in.

* InsaneTrollLogic: One of the survivors from Evergreen thinks that being homeless and not being a homeowner are the same thing, trying to immolate his wife because he was the one who owned the house they lived in. He also seems to think that by giving the homeless homes, this somehow means that the homeless are "infiltrating" their society and that it would spark anarchy.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As the scientist finds out, suicide via shooting oneself in the head is not quick, easy, or painless.

* AdultsAreUseless: '''''Big time'''''. They stupidly (but also selfishly) assume the homeless are a lethal danger to them and barricade themselves on top of a roof, hammering the point home that the adults on this show are total idiots and it's left to the children to resolve the issues plaguing their town. Though to be fair, the homeless ''are'' seen breaking into places to pester people for change, including tv studios and their houses.

* AdultsAreUseless: '''''Big time'''''. They stupidly (but also selfishly) assume the homeless are a lethal danger to them and barricade themselves on top of a roof, hammering the point home that the adults on this show are total idiots and it's left to the children to resolve the issues plaguing their town. Though to be fair the homeless ''are'' seen breaking into places to pester people for change, including tv studios and their houses.

* AdultsAreUseless: '''''Big time'''''. They stupidly (but also selfishly) assume the homeless are a lethal danger to them and barricade themselves on top of a roof, hammering the point home that the adults on this show are total idiots and it's left to the children to resolve the issues plaguing their town. Though to be fair the homeless 'are' seen breaking into places to pester people for change, including tv studios and their houses.