History Recap / SouthParkS19E6TweekXCraig

** Randy calls the President of China to learn about Yaoi, only to be told that he comes from Japan. Naturally, we later see him self-importantly telling people that it's not ''Asians'' who make people gay, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but specifically the Japanese]].

* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: ZigZagged, Craig and Tweek were uncomfortable with the accusation that they were a couple. Craig, in particular, was questioning his own feelings for Tweek and his own sexual orientation. After staging a breakup that completely demoralises the town, Craig and Tweek start dating officially and were able to reinvigorate the town.

* AmbiguouslyBi: A FreezeFrameBonus shows Clyde Donovan and his dad heading inside the Yaoi Art Exhibit, implying that aside from Clyde's flirtatious behavior towards the girls in Season 11's 14th episode "The List", he also leans towards other boys, since he's the only male student who is seen entering the exhibit.
* ArmouredClosetGay: Craig is heavily implied to be this since his behavior in this episode and [[Recap/SouthParkS21E2PutItDown how he behaves after]] imply that Craig has been repressing his true sexuality and his true feelings for Tweek for a long, long time, which is further implied by WordOfGod from Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone. Tweek is implied to be this as well, but Craig's encouragement to make their fake break-up seem real (which worked a bit ''too'' well) possibly gave him the courage to come out sooner than Craig.

* BadBadActing: When Craig starts the fake break-up, his tone is as flat and stilted as ever -- which doesn't help when everybody sympathises with the more emotional Tweek.

** Butters is still wearing a neck brace after jumping out the window in the previous episode. Also, in the third romantic montage, he's Skyping with Charlotte from "Where My Country Gone?", as the latter had promised.

* CrossReferencedTitles: With Season 3's "Tweek Vs Craig" (which was about people pressuring Tweek and Craig to fight, while this episode had people pressuring Tweek and Craig to be a gay couple).

* GoneHorriblyRight: Craig's plan to publicly "break up" does convince the town that they're through, but it also convinces everyone that they really were gay to begin with, and that the relationship failed because Craig cheated on Tweek...

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: An InUniverse example; Tweek claims he's a terrible actor and that he can't handle that kind of pressure, but with Craig's encouragement, he not only puts on an amazing show, but does some improvisation that [[GoneHorriblyRight gets everyone's sympathy at Craig's expense]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: The adults end up being this as they sincerely accept Tweek and Craig as gay, and become sad over the 'breakup'.
* {{Interchangeable Asian Cultures}}: When Craig confronts the Asian girls about their art, two begin talking in another language, and he demands to know what they said. Another girl replies that she doesn't know; she's Japanese, not Korean.
** Randy calls the President of China to learn about yaoi, only to be told that that comes from Japan. Naturally, we later see him self-importantly telling people that it's not ''Asians'' who make people gay, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint but specifically the Japanese]].
* {{Irony}}: Everybody in South Park is feeling sorry for Tweek and sees Craig as the bad guy in their 'break-up', when technically it's ''Tweek'' who messed up and feels guilty about it.

* MustHaveCaffeine: Tweek's coffee addiction gets kicked into overdrive from the immense stress of his [[MistakenForGay current situation]] and had downed ''more than twenty-five cups'' worth by the time Craig came to his house.

* MondegreenGag: When calling the President of the Republic of China to learn more about yaoi, Randy mishears his talk about [[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar the Rape of Nanking]] and, when conveying the information he learned to the rest of the adults, proceeds to tell them about "the rape of Don King."

* OnlySaneMan: While the adults, the girls and Cartman all just accept that Tweek and Craig are gay, the other boys are mostly confused about the issue. Kyle looks into yaoi and realizes that it's just fan art, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop just before Craig and Tweek stage their fake break up]].
* PetTheDog: ''Cartman'' is one of the few boys to completely okay with Tweek and Craig being "gay". His main concern is that Craig might've checked him out in the locker room once -- so it's important to get Craig and Tweek back together so that they'll leave him alone.

* SadTimesMontage: After Craig and Tweek 'break up', there's a montage of everybody in South Park being sad, and a whole lot of fangirl's Craig/Tweek 'breakup' art, to ''A Great Big World'' singing "Say Something (I'm Giving Up On You)".

* AffectionateParody: Of shippers in general and "Creek" shippers in particular. The episode clearly pokes fun at them by portraying shippers as {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s but it's clearly in a lighthearted fashion. The episode even features art submitted by the show's fans.

* AffectionateParody: Of shippers in general and "Creek" shippers in particular. The episode clearly pokes fun at them by portraying shippers as {{YaoiFangirl}}s but it's clearly in a lighthearted fashion. The episode even features art submitted by the show's fans.