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* HilariousInHindsight: Today, the word retarded has a much more controversial connotation, so the exchange with the students and Garrison at the beginning [[ValuesDissonance now has a different meaning]].
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Phil Collins gets vilified, treated like he's mentally handicapped, and sodomized with his Oscar for the crime of making music the townspeople don't like.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: We're supposed to feel sorry for the way Skylar gets treated in this episode. In [[Recap/SouthParkS3E7CatOrgy his previous appearance]], he pressured Shelley, [[{{Ephebophile}} a 12-year-old girl, into having sex with him and broke up with her when she wouldn't put out]], something that [[EvenEvilHasStandards Cartman thought was messed up]].

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: We're supposed to feel sorry for Skyler because of the way Skylar he gets treated in this episode. In [[Recap/SouthParkS3E7CatOrgy his previous appearance]], he pressured Shelley, [[{{Ephebophile}} a 12-year-old girl, into having sex with him and broke up with her when she wouldn't put out]], something that [[EvenEvilHasStandards Cartman thought was messed up]].

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* DesignatedHero: Skylar is supposed to be a sympathetic character here, even though in ''Cat Orgy,'' he pressured Shelley, [[{{Ephebophile}} a 12-year-old girl, into having sex with him and broke up with her when she wouldn't put out]], something that [[EvenEvilHasStandards Cartman thought was messed up]].


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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: We're supposed to feel sorry for the way Skylar gets treated in this episode. In [[Recap/SouthParkS3E7CatOrgy his previous appearance]], he pressured Shelley, [[{{Ephebophile}} a 12-year-old girl, into having sex with him and broke up with her when she wouldn't put out]], something that [[EvenEvilHasStandards Cartman thought was messed up]].
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* CargoShip: Phil Collins and his Oscar.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The Lords of the Underworld song uses a riff very similar to that of {{Music/Rush}}'s "The Spirit of Radio".

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The Lords of the Underworld song uses a riff very similar to that of {{Music/Rush}}'s Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s "The Spirit of Radio".Radio".
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Despite his intentions, Phil Collins is right that the Lords of the Underworld appear to be exploiting a mentally handicapped child.

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Despite his intentions, Phil Collins is right that has a legitimate concern with the Lords of the Underworld since they appear to be exploiting a mentally handicapped child.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Despite his intentions, Phil Collins is right that the Lords Of The Underworld are exploiting a mentally handicapped child.

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Despite his intentions, Phil Collins is right that the Lords Of The of the Underworld are appear to be exploiting a mentally handicapped child.
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* DesignatedHero: Skylar is supposed to be a sympathetic character here, even though in ''Cat Orgy,'' he pressured Shelley, [[{{Ephebophile}} a 12-year-old girl, into having sex with him and broke up with her when she wouldn't put out]], something that [[EvenEvilHasStandards Cartman thought was messed up]].
* StrawmanHasAPoint: Despite his intentions, Phil Collins is right that the Lords Of The Underworld are exploiting a mentally handicapped child.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Crossing over with CluelessAesop depending on your viewpoint, but the core Aesops (already [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop unfriendly]] but at least [[JerkassHasAPoint legitimate]]) that a. [[CondescendingCompassion demanding the censorship of disabled people in the media]] can be just a way to [[BullyingTheDisabeled hide them outright]] and b. that doctors can be trigger-happy at ADD diagnoses and Ritalin prescriptions are undermined by the following:
** Timmy is severely disabled, and people are laughing at him. No, hiding him and people like him is not the right answer, but depicting him as a walking punchline isn't that much better. And while he's having fun on stage, it's unclear if he's actually aware that the laughter is ''at'' him. At the very least, it's hugely disrespectful to a group of people who ARE vulnerable and comes off more as a way to legitimize the show's... erm, ''treatment'' of disabled characters.
** 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 seems 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... um, [[CriticalResearchFailure isn't true]].
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* UnfortunateImplications: Crossing over with CluelessAesop depending on your viewpoint, but the core Aesops (already [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop unfriendly]] but at least [[JerkassHasAPoint legitimate]]) that a. [[CondescendingCompassion demanding the censorship of disabled people in the media]] can be just a way to [[BullyingTheDisabeled hide them outright]] and b. that doctors can be trigger-happy at ADD diagnoses and Ritalin prescriptions are undermined by the following:
** Timmy is severely disabled, and people are laughing at him. No, hiding him and people like him is not the right answer, but depicting him as a walking punchline isn't that much better. And while he's having fun on stage, it's unclear if he's actually aware that the laughter is ''at'' him. At the very least, it's hugely disrespectful to a group of people who ARE vulnerable and comes off more as a way to legitimize the show's... erm, ''treatment'' of disabled characters.
** 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 seems 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... um, [[CriticalResearchFailure isn't true]].
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The Lords of the Underworld song uses a riff very similar to that of {{Music/Rush}}'s "The Spirit of Radio".

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