History Recap / SouthParkS4E3Timmy2000

** Earlier in the episode, Stan explains the reason for Timmy's behavor is that "he's a retard", Mr. Garrison reprimands Stan for using the term despite using the term to describe his students a season earlier and in ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''.

* HypocriticalHumor: At the Battle of the Bands contest the boys cheer for Timmy only to be chastised by the adults for supposedly making fun of him, these were the same adults who had ridiculed another band just minutes earlier.

** Creator/{{MTV}} is accused of dumbing down the USA.

* AdultsAreUseless: The school psychiatrist diagnoses Timmy with ADD, even though his condition is much worse than that, then diagnoses ''all'' of the kids with ADD, even though it's clear they don't have it. The psychiatrist's method of diagnosing the disorder is to read an extremely long book from start to finish, then ask a very specific question about some minor, forgettable detail in one of the chapters and falsely diagnose the kids when they (understandably) don't know the answer to the question.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The ''entire elementary school'' is diagnosed with ADD, and every single kid in town was prescribed Ritalin; the teachers then complained that the school was now calm to the point of dullness (and how did they illustrate this dullness? Everyone suddenly had a yearning to go and see Music/PhilCollins in concert), and everyone was prescribed a Ritalin antidote, [[JustForPun Ritalout]].

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The ''entire elementary school'' is diagnosed with ADHD, and every single kid in town was prescribed Ritalin; the teachers then complained that the school was now calm to the point of dullness (and how did they illustrate this dullness? Everyone suddenly had a yearning to go and see Music/PhilCollins in concert), and everyone was prescribed a Ritalin antidote, [[JustForPun Ritalout]].

** Also to schools for being so quick to diagnose children with ADHD even though they might not actually have it.

** To celebrity of the week, Phil Collins. This was done purely out of revenge for Collins beating Parker and Stone in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} "Best Original Song" category]] at the {{UsefulNotes/Academy Award}}s.

'''Original airdate:''' April 19, 2000

* CluelessAesop: The core Aesops are a. [[CondescendingCompassion demanding the censorship of disabled people in the media]] can be just a way to [[BullyingTheDisabled hide them outright]] and b. that doctors can be trigger-happy at ADD diagnoses and Ritalin prescriptions are undermined by the following:

** Placing Chef as the OnlySaneMan and occasional AuthorAvatar (along with the main opposition to the kids' Ritalin prescriptions) makes his more accurate points fall flat when he also unironically advocates a doctor whose "drug free" regimen is to [[WouldHurtAChild hit and intimidate kids with ADD until they stayed quiet]]. Even if the assault falls under AmusingInjuries and aren't meant to be taken seriously, the underlying suggestions seem to be not "some kids do need Ritalin, and they're in the minority as compared to the kids who are misdiagnosed" and more "any kid who has trouble concentrating just needs to be disciplined harder". Which, as many, many studies done have confirmed isn't true.

** MTV is accused of dumbing down the USA.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Cartman, under the influence of Ritalin, whacks Kenny with a frying pan while having a Christina Aguilera hallucination. Stan and Kyle give subdued versions of their catchphrases.