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"'''South Park Is Gay!'''" is the eighth episode of the [[South Park
The episode was written and directed by series co-creator [[Trey Parker]]. In 2011, he and co-creator [[Matt Stone]] listed it as one of their least favorite episodes of the series.<ref name="ew"/> However, the
== Plot ==
After the [[television program|TV show]] ''[[Queer Eye (2003 TV series)|Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]]'' begins showing, [[metrosexual]]ity becomes extremely popular among the males, who all begin acting [[effeminacy|effeminately]]. At the school bus stop, instead of their usual winter clothing, [[Stan Marsh|Stan]], [[Eric Cartman|Cartman]], and [[Kenny McCormick|Kenny]] wear feminine clothing. [[Kyle Broflovski|Kyle]], whom they pressure into conforming but who
Hoping to end the fad, Kyle, Mr. Garrison, and Mr. Slave go to [[New York City|New York]] to kill the Fab Five, the hosts of "Queer Eye". Their mission fails but the Fab Five decide against pressing charges. Mr. Garrison then tries to talk the nonchalant gay stars out of selling out gay culture for mere ratings, which they ignore. Mr. Garrison demands to know how gays could betray their own people, slowly realizing that they are not actually gay at all. The five suddenly gravely turn to the others and their human bodies burst open, revealing themselves as an ancient race of "[[Crab]] People".
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At school, Stan, Kenny, and Cartman accept Kyle again, but when he complains that they previously forsook him, the others call him "gay" and go and play [[American football|football]]. He initially walks away in the opposite direction, but then, he stops, turns around, and reluctantly goes to play with them.
==Production==
Parker and Stone have since criticized the third-act twist of "crab people" and consider the episode one of their worst. Though they brainstormed for hours to improve the episode (after having deleted the initial subplot of Mr. Garrison leading the other gay people in South Park to "compete" with the metrosexuals), they were unable to come up with anything better than crab people. Executive producer Anne Garefino particularly criticized the idea, deeming it "stupid." Parker later noted that {{"'}}Crab people' became this thing [in the writers' room]. It's like, you just know there's something better, but you can't think of it, and now you've just got to go with crab people."<ref name="ew">{{
In the DVD commentary, Stone called the Crab People "the worst idea we've ever had."<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705961/ |people=[[Trey Parker|Parker, Trey]] |date=November 2004 |title=South Park: The Complete Seventh Season: "South Park Is Gay!" |format=Audio commentary |medium= DVD|publisher=[[Paramount Pictures#Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Entertainment]]}}</ref> Despite Parker and Stone's distaste for the characters, however, the Crab People have actually become fairly popular villains with fans of the show.
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