South Park (season 9)

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South Park
Season 9
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No. of episodes14
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Original network Comedy Central
Original releaseMarch 9 (2005-03-09) –
December 7, 2005 (2005-12-07)
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The ninth season of South Park , an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on March 9, 2005. The ninth season concluded after 14 episodes on December 7, 2005. All of the episodes in the ninth season were written and directed by Trey Parker.

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Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date  [1] Prod.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
1261"Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" Trey Parker Trey ParkerMarch 9, 2005 (2005-03-09)9012.97 [2]
Mr. Garrison gets a sex change operation, but when he realizes he is incapable of having a period and that his boyfriend is dismissive of it, he tracks down the doctor to change him back. Meanwhile, Kyle goes to a plastic surgeon to turn himself black so he can be a star basketball player - and his father has surgery to become a dolphin.
1272"Die Hippie, Die"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerMarch 16, 2005 (2005-03-16)9022.36 [3]
It's up to Cartman to save the day when hippies overrun South Park, and no one listens to his warnings.
1283"Wing"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerMarch 23, 2005 (2005-03-23)9032.30 [4]
Tolkien becomes a singer while the boys try to run a talent agency, and represent the City Wok owner's wife, Wing.
1294"Best Friends Forever"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerMarch 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)9042.72 [5]

Kenny is left in a persistent vegetative state, beginning a war between Cartman, who wants him to die so he can inherit his Sony PSP, Heaven, who needs his spirit to fight a war against hell, and Stan and Kyle, who feel he should be kept alive.

Note: This episode won a 2005 Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour)".
1305"The Losing Edge"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerApril 6, 2005 (2005-04-06)9052.62 [6]
The boys try to lose their baseball games on purpose so they can avoid having to play all summer - but when it turns out the other teams do the same, the South Park kids form a plan so they won't have to play all summer long. Meanwhile, Randy gets into training to fight the other fathers at the games, but he might have meet his match when he butts heads with "Batdad."
1316"The Death of Eric Cartman"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerApril 13, 2005 (2005-04-13)9062.61 [7]
After he eats all the skin off of the chicken Kyle, Kenny and Stan were going to eat, and his generally awful treatment towards them, the kids of South Park band together and begin to completely ignore Cartman, causing him to think that he has died. With the help of Butters, (who is the only one that can "see" him) Cartman tries to atone his sins on earth, for he cannot go to the afterlife without doing so.
1327"Erection Day"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerApril 20, 2005 (2005-04-20)9072.91 [8]
Jimmy starts getting erections and worries about performing in the school talent show, so he sets out to get rid of his erections by having sex with a woman.
1338"Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerOctober 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)9082.49 [9]
Stan and Cartman crash a speedboat into a dam, flooding the neighboring town of Beaverton. Since neither of the boys admits what they've done, people blame everything from the president to global warming for the disaster. They spend so much time trying to assign blame, that they have no time to help the citizens of Beaverton.
1349"Marjorine"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerOctober 26, 2005 (2005-10-26)9092.25 [10]
Butters fakes his own death so he can pose as a girl named Marjorine and help the rest of the boys steal a paper fortune-teller, which they believe is a life-changing device.
13510"Follow That Egg!"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 2, 2005 (2005-11-02)9102.87 [11]
The children in Ms. Garrison's class are paired up to practice their parenting skills by taking care of eggs. Ms. Garrison realizes she still has feelings for Mr. Slave, who plans to marry Big Gay Al as soon as the Governor signs the same-sex marriage bill. Ms. Garrison, broken-hearted, tries to stop the gay-marriage bill from passing.
13611"Ginger Kids"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 9, 2005 (2005-11-09)9112.59 [12]
Stan and Kyle turn Cartman redheaded and pale after Cartman does a report on how dangerous redheaded children are, but the prank goes too far when Cartman leads the "gingers" to fight for their rights by any means necessary.
13712"Trapped in the Closet"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 16, 2005 (2005-11-16)9122.41 [13]
Stan is dubbed the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard by a local group of Scientologists, causing a chain of bizarre events, such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta locking themselves in Stan's closet and R&B singer R. Kelly turning the whole affair into an urban opera.
13813"Free Willzyx"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerNovember 30, 2005 (2005-11-30)9132.48 [14]
Two aquarium workers trick the boys into thinking that a killer whale can talk, prompting the boys to liberate the animal and send him into space.
13914"Bloody Mary"Trey ParkerTrey ParkerDecember 7, 2005 (2005-12-07)9142.58 [15]
Randy's drinking problem is mistaken for a disease when he admits himself into Alcoholics Anonymous following an arrest for drunk driving. At first he feels hopeless, but then a priest in a neighboring town discovers that his Virgin Mary statue is bleeding from its anus and declares it a miracle, making Randy want to go there to get cured.

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References

  1. ↑ "Watch South Park Episodes Online Season 9 (2005)". TV Guide . Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (March 7–13, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  3. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (March 14–20, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  4. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (March 21–27, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  5. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (March 28–April 3, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  6. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (April 4–10, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  7. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (April 11–17, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  8. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (April 18–24, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  9. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (October 17–23, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  10. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (October 24–30, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  11. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (October 31–November 6, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  12. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (November 7–13, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  13. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (November 14–20, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  14. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (November 28–December 4, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
  15. ↑ Comedy Central Ratings Report (December 5–11, 2005). Nielsen Media Research (Report).
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