Sexy Teacher: You Will Respect My Authoritah!
"Chickenlover"
(also known as "Chicken******") is the third episode of the second
season of the animated television series South Park, and the 17th episode of
the series overall. It aired on Comedy Central in the United States on May 27,
1998
The episode starts
with Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman visiting the Booktastic Bus, a mobile
library. They start to get interested in reading but, after meeting the driver
and realizing how weird and annoying he is, they all give up on reading except
for Cartman, who becomes intrigued by romance novels.
Then, word
eventually spreads that a pervert is molesting chickens in town. When Officer
Barbrady starts the investigation, he is confronted with his illiteracy
(proclaiming "I'm illegitimate"). He resigns in shame and anarchy
immediately breaks out. Barbrady is put into the boys' class to learn to read.
Meanwhile, the "Chickenlover" strikes again.
Officer Barbrady's
book report on Go, Dog. Go! gets him an A. He then starts to enjoy the school
life a little too much. Mayor McDaniels forces him to learn reading more
quickly to solve the case. He recruits the four boys as deputies to help him in
his task, showing his knowledge of the Police Code. From then on, Cartman
patrols the town on his Big Wheel, enforcing his own brand of justice and
dealing violently with those who fail to respect his "authoritah"
(mainly by taking out a police baton and using it to attack peoples' shins).
Examples include beating Stan's dad for obeying the speed limit (though Cartman
thinks he is not), another man for soliciting a prostitute (Cartman in disguise
as one as part of an undercover sting), and Mr. and Mrs. McCormick for domestic
violence (with Mrs. McCormick as the aggressor). Meanwhile, Barbrady puts some
clues together by reading some children's books. When he almost gives up, the
boys keep up his spirits.
The molester is
finally caught in the petting zoo wearing a mask of Richard Nixon, and turns
out to be the Book Mobile driver. He plotted this all along to encourage
Barbrady to learn to read. He gives Barbrady a copy of Ayn Rand's Atlas
Shrugged. Cartman then begins clubbing the man in the legs, to which Officer
Barbrady steps in and takes his club, telling him that "this isn't the way
to uphold the law" and that he has to hit him in the head to make him go
down quicker, giving a demonstration that kills the man (moments later, his
legs are seen on the side of the screen in a small pool of blood). Barbrady
tells the children he will "get in the bathtub, and then curl up with a
good book", after which a generic crime drama theme tune plays as Barbrady
gives the children the thumbs up. He remains, seemingly unable to move, in this
position as the children walk away. The town holds a parade for Barbrady, and
when he is asked to give a speech, he tells how Atlas Shrugged convinces him
that reading "totally sucks ass." In the end, he swears never to read
again. It is shown that Jesus drives the pick-up Barbrady stands in.
At the end of the
episode, the crime drama theme plays again, and still shots of the parade are
shown, including Kenny's death, as he is crushed under a tree.
During the episode,
the TV show COPS films how Cartman and Barbrady are fighting crime. -Wikipedia
