"South Park" City on the Edge of Forever (TV Episode 1998) Poster

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8/10
City on the Edge of Forever (#2.7)
ComedyFan201024 September 2015
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I usually never like flashback episodes. But South Park managed to do their in a very amusing, worth to watch, south park way.

Of course the flashbacks are not 100% flashbacks. The boys remember what happened to them in the previous episodes but it always ends up a little different, with a lot of ice cream.

Miss Crabtree is a fun character and in this episode we see a little more of her. I especially liked her training video and the bunny technique. What happens to her outside the bus can only be explained by the twist that we see in the end. And this is that it all was a dream. The best is that they made another twist there and turned out it was a dream of somebody having a dream. Hilarious!
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7/10
a sticky situation
cnmar10 February 2022
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A really good episode, other than the Crabtree stuff i think this episode is very funny and good. This episode has things like the "kill the bunny techneque". Kenny killing death and wendy and stan making out overall a really good episode and worth your time.
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7/10
Uhhhhh
RicketyCricketImposter17 December 2021
I've never really liked this episode and I really don't know why. It should be funny, the bud driver always kind of sucked as a character but her storyline with Elvis Presley the truck driver is funny, and the kids twisted flashbacks are okay, I just don't care too much for it and usually skip it. Still above a six though, 7.0.
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9/10
A South Park Clip Show...with a twist
gangstahippie8 October 2008
City On The Edge Of Forever is sort of like a clip show of South Park.Only these flashback clips have some funny changes to them.What basically happens in the episode is the South park kids are going on a field trip.However, the bus crashes and the bus is teetering off the edge of a cliff.Mrs Crabtree the bus driver goes to get help and asks the kids to stay on the bus or else a big scary monster will eat them.She thinks its a lie, but there is a real big black monster which eats Kenny and another kid who does try to get off the bus.While they are on the bus, the kids recall past episodes, like a clip show only there are some differences, such as the inclusion of ice cream in every clip and ending every flashback with the line "Now That's What I Call A Sticky Situation".The changes are hilarious! Meanwhile, Crabtree goes to get help but ends up becoming a famous comedian.Also, the parents of South Park think the kids ran away from home and they all sing a dumb song to get them to come back(it is televised as well).City On The Edge Of Forever is a hilarious semi-clip show episode of South Park.
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10/10
You really do have to watch it
ericstevenson29 June 2018
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As far back as the second season, this show was doing parodies of tropes and here we have the clip show. It seems like everyone's made fun of that and nobody wants to play it straight nowadays. This actually does have a coherent plot outside of that. It features the school bus about to fall over a cliff while Mrs. Crabtree tries to get help. I admit she was kind of annoying in this episode. I actually do like the resolution. The clip show parody is that everyone flashes back to previous episodes, only the endings to the flashbacks are different.

They all involve ice cream for some reason. It got me hungry for some. I like how in the parody with Fonzie they mention that it couldn't have happened because Kenny already died. The episode is in fact a dream (within a dream) so technically this was an episode where Kenny didn't die at all. I even like the bit at the end where Mrs. Crabtree acknowledges that it's a dream but is glad to become popular as a comedian. The animation really did advance over a short time. ****
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9/10
Clever
injury-6544720 January 2021
A very clever take on the idea of a clip show episode. Don't be fooled, this is pretty much all new material and it's sensational.
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