History Recap / SouthParkS5E10HowToEatWithYourButt

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Butters' school picture. Despite that his hair looking weird, the teacher and Butter's parent believe that he made a goofy face. Butters himself doesn't see anyhing wrong with it.

* OneSceneWonder: The BadassNormal AlmightyJanitor Milk Company Employee is one of the few (and first) serious and actually competent character in a South Park episode, and she helps the Thompsons with a charming devotion and professionalism. This makes the final revelation even funnier because you genuinely don't wait something so absurd coming from her until the very end.

* EurekaMoment: After getting zero results in finding the Thompsons' son, the Milk Company suddenly decided to search for ''kids'' that have reported their ''parents'' missing. After narrowing down many results, they were shocked to learn who their son turns out to be (see Take That).

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Butter's school picture. Despite that his hair looking weird, the teacher and Butter's parent believe that he made a goofy face. Butters himself doesn't see anyhing wrong with it.

* FaceOnAMilkCarton: What triggers the plot.

* NeverBareHeaded: This is the first time in the series where Stan and Kyle are shown without their hats. Kyle in particular is forced to take off his hat for his picture against his will.

* NoSympathy: At the end of the episode, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain a motorbike runs Kenny over]]... and Cartman just laughs.

* SuicideAsComedy: Cartman decides to commit suicide because he can no longer laugh and writes a goodbye letter, also sticking a gun in his mouth... which turns out to be a chocolate gun that is edible. On his P.S., he writes to buy the chocolate guns with marshmallows instead of ones with peanut butter.

* TakeThat: The couple's missing son turns out to be [[spoiler: Ben Affleck.]]

* NightmareFace: The buttfaced family.

* NeverBareHeaded: This is the first time in the series where Stan and Kyle are shown without their hats. Kyle is particular is forced to take off his hat for his picture against his will.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Ms. Choksondik and Butters' parents all get him in trouble for a perfectly normal school photo, while Cartman and Kenny escape notice for what was actually worthy of punishment.

* BlackComedy: When Kenny gets run over by a track Cartman find this "very funny".

* FaceOnAMilkCarton: What triggers the plot

* EurekaMoment: After getting zero results in finding the Thompsons' son, the Milk Company decide to search for kids that have reported their parents missing. After narrowing down many results, they were shocked to learn who their son turns out to be (see Take That).

* SuicideAsComedy: Cartman decides to commit suicide because he can no longer laugh and writes a goodbye letter, also sticking a gun in his mouth... which turns out to be a chocolate gun that is edible.

* AlluminumChristmasTrees: Believe it or not, [[https://www.chocolateweapons.com/ chocolate guns are real]]!

* BaitAndSwitch: See AteHisGun above. We're treated to a scene where Cartman appears to be writing a suicide note with a gun on his bed before it's revealed that the gun is made of chocolate and he's just staying home because he's depressed.

* GrossOutComedy: The movie Cartman goes to see. It's even titled "Gross Out Comedy IV".

'''How To Eat With Your Butt''' is a 2001 episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Cartman's latest prank (putting Kenny's school photo where only his butt is exposed on a milk carton) backfires when an actual couple with butts for faces comes to South Park searching for their missing child and Cartman suddenly blows a "funny fuse," which he thinks is from seeing something so funny that he can never laugh again (but others think is from guilt).

* DispropotriateRetribution: Butters gets grounded for making a silly face and for [[BlatantLies wearing makeup]] (when in the picture, all that happened was one of Butters' hairs stuck up).

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Cartman's latest prank (putting Kenny's school photo where only his butt is exposed on a milk carton) backfires when an actual couple with butts for faces comes to South Park searching for their missing child and Cartman suddenly blows a "funny fuse," which he thinks is from seeing something so funny that he can never laugh again (but others think is from guilt).

'''NOTE''': This episode is not to be confused with the season six episode, "Red Hot Catholic Love," which had a sub-story about Cartman winning a bet about eating from your butt and defecating out of your mouth, which leads to a new way to eat, just as everyone is turning atheist to keep their kids from being molested by Catholic priests.

* TakeThat: The couple's missing son turns out to be [[spoiler: Ben Affleck.]]

* AteHisGun: {{Subverted|Trope}} by having Cartman do this literally, followed up with writing into his "suicide note" to ask for more "Chocolate Guns".

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The Thompsons are sitting around having a conversation with Kenny's family, while in the background more and more people are crowding round the window to stare in and laugh at them.