Review: South Park “Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers”

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Guess who is back on TV reviews! That’s right, your old pal Gonzo Green’s TV suspension is over (again, I insist that office equipment was already busted before I allegedly “broke” it) and I’m temporarily out of the world of YouTube and Yahoo! So let’s just get into season 17, episode 4 of South Park aka “Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers”

This episode commits completely to the goth kids right from the start, as the opening sequence was replaced by a goth-themed one. This is fitting, considering Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, and the rest of the South Park regulars don’t appear at all in this week’s installment (Ed’s Note. save for a cameo in the gym).

Nevertheless, there were some great lines and amusing plot turns, made especially funny by the episode’s general anti-emo theme to it. I especially enjoyed the Kinder Goth saying, “Emos suck my goth balls,” and the Red-haired Goth’s ringtone of the Tallest Goth saying “Death & Despair!” over and over again.

This episode also saw the return of the Vampire Kids, which of course meant the return of “per se” – a joke that I still laugh at every time, for some reason.

As a fan of Edgar Allan Poe, I also loved the role of his ghost as the “original goth.” His goth name and constant use of the insult, “posers,” was a hilarious take on the prominent penman.

The best line of the episode, however, I unfortunately can’t repeat because a black dude said it, and he used a word I’m simply too pale to say. So you’ll just have to trust me.

Overall this episode was pretty damn funny. Maybe I just have a soft spot for goths, since I used to kind of be one, but I thoroughly enjoy their appearances on South Park. The characters’ conversations and the cultural references involving them are dead-on, and the lampooning is lighthearted and fun. This episode was no exception, and made for an excellent addition to season 17.

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@Gonzo_Green, for one, thinks there is a definite difference between goth and emo kids.

About Gonzo Green

@Gonzo_Green is a chronic sufferer of Pre-life Crisis Syndrome. He drinks frequently, and wears hats sometimes, with these events occasionally occurring concurrently. Gonzo also likes watching baseball, and putting ketchup on foods that ketchup has no business being on. He enjoys rock’n’roll from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, when rock was rock, and meaningless repetitive phrases were frowned upon. But it is what it is.