Satan returns to Earth to throw a huge members-only Holloween party in Los Angeles, and the boys keep summoning the ghost of Biggie Smalls--which means that he's going to miss the party.Satan returns to Earth to throw a huge members-only Holloween party in Los Angeles, and the boys keep summoning the ghost of Biggie Smalls--which means that he's going to miss the party.Satan returns to Earth to throw a huge members-only Holloween party in Los Angeles, and the boys keep summoning the ghost of Biggie Smalls--which means that he's going to miss the party.
- Stan Marsh
- (voice)
- …
- Kyle Broflovski
- (voice)
- …
- Biggie Smalls
- (voice)
- (as El Hud)
- Linda Stotch
- (voice)
- Princess Diana
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode marks Satan's last appearance for eight years, until the season 18 episode Freemium Isn't Free (2014).
- GoofsBiggy Smalls is supposed to come and shoot someone in the face if you say his name 3 times in a bathroom mirror; however, when the boys are all in the bathroom the first time, Cartman says "Biggy Smalls" 5 times before Jimmy interrupts them.
- Quotes
Biggie Smalls: You punk ass fool.
Butters Stotch: Aah!
Biggie Smalls: Why'd you summon me?
Butters Stotch: Please don't ice me, homie.
Biggie Smalls: You better have a good reason, sucker.
Butters Stotch: I just... was seeing if it worked.
Biggie Smalls: Damn. Every Halloween, I gots to deal with this shit. I'm in hell, minding my own business. Then the next thing I know, I'm in some kids bathroom.
Butters Stotch: Well, I apologize, Mr. Smalls.
Biggie Smalls: You don't understand, fool. I ain't missing the party.
Butters Stotch: What party?
Biggie Smalls: I already got my wristband, see. You've got to get me to Los Angeles.
Butters Stotch: Well, can't you just take a plane?
Biggie Smalls: How, punk? We don't use money in hell, nigger.
Butters Stotch: Well, damn, nigger. There's gotta be some way.
Biggie Smalls: This is your fault, homie. You've got to get me to Los Angeles, or I'm gonna smoke your ass.
Butters Stotch: Oh, hamburgers!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Fame Review 2006 (2006)
Needless to say, though the media uproar created as is many's the case now seems bafflingly ironic. Given that the episode arguably had even more sick, a black comedy in relation to the fact that it depicts the presence of the three notorious real-life serial killers, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy. It just goes to show that when it comes to what's bad taste they have a strangely isolated view as to what to take offense at.
Putting this all to one side though, as typically provocative as one might find (Cardinal Roger Mahony and other Roman Catholic Church officials of Los Angeles are seen holding young boys on leashes and wearing bondage gear) and while it has a fun premise, Hell on Earth doesn't rank as one the boys best work when they're at their pinnacle. The whole concept of Satan throwing a party to merely feed his need for attention does indeed have sparks of wit and inventiveness. The further conceit of party guests that include Adolf Hitler and Gandhi also neatly lends itself to the absurdity of the scenario.
However, the whole side-story involving Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Token, Tweek, and Butters experimenting with a ritual which is a transparent parody of, the 90's horror slasher movie, Candyman to invoke the spirit of the late rapper, Biggie Smalls which does have traces of wit doesn't hold together as cohesively as I would have hoped.
Where the episode in its sporadic interludes from the party works best are those involving Bundy, Dahmer, and Gacy, dubbed The Three Murderers as they ape the vintage comedy trio, Three Stooges, committing bloody acts of murder and sexual deviance while attempting to bake a cake for Satan's party. Mockery has indeed never been more caustic or penetrating. However this really just serves as satirical icing on the cake of the bigger joke which really is there for what it is. It's merely a fun off-the-wall concept that isn't intended to be as biting or thought-provoking as some of their other episodes, and in the end, it just amounts to nothing more than that. Black is at times deeply twisted comedy.
- The-Last-Prydonian
- Jun 30, 2020
Details
- Runtime22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 4:3