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Absolute pitch

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'''''Absolute pitch''''', widely referred to as '''''perfect pitch''''', refers to the ability to identify a note by name without the benefit of a reference note, or to be able to produce a note (as in singing) that is the correct pitch without reference.

==Definition==
Absolute pitch has been defined as "the ability to attach labels to isolated auditory stimuli on the basis of pitch alone" (Ward and Burns, 1982). A person with absolute pitch will be able to, at minimum, know when a piece is not played in its original [[key (music)|key]].

Persons who have absolute pitch, but who do not have strong musical training, may seem annoyed or unnerved when a piece is transposed to a different key (or played in nonstandard pitch), and can have difficulty transposing music without manually calculating intervals between known pitches (Miyazaki, 1993). They may feel that such a piece does not have the intrinsic beauty of music, and in some cases will be physically uncomfortable; cases are known of musicians who had to tune every instrument or they would actually feel sick. They may have a harder time developing [[relative pitch]] than others when following standard curricula, and for many musical tasks like transposition, lack of training in relative skills can trip up a musician with absolute pitch, who will attempt to use their absolute knowledge for what is clearly a relative task. Also, because their comprehension of musical pitch is categorical rather than spectral (Harris, 1974), poorly-trained absolute pitch possessors can find it quite difficult to play in tune with an orchestra which is not tuned to [[Pitch_(music)|standard concert pitch]] A4 = 440 Hz, e.g. "authentic" baroque ensembles that play in "chamber tuning" A4 = 415 Hz, about a semitone below modern concert pitch. They may also have trouble when learning to play certain instruments, such as the [[trombone]] and the [[violin]] family of stringed instruments, if they find that playing out of tune is initially uncomfortable. It has been proven possible to learn the ability of naming musical tones, although the skill is arguably not absolute pitch. However, with practice and dedication, the serious person with good ears could improve in pitch identification.

==Distinctions==
The musicologist Richard Parncutt and the cognitive psychologist [[Daniel Levitin]] introduced the following distinctions in their entry on [[Absolute pitch]] in the [[New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]].

==="Passive" absolute pitch===
Persons with passive absolute pitch are able to identify individual notes which they hear, and can identify the key of a composition (assuming some degree of musical knowledge). Not all of them are always capable of singing a given note on command. Those who can are known to possess "active" absolute pitch.

==="Active" absolute pitch===
Persons with active absolute pitch will be able to sing any given note when asked. Usually, people with active absolute pitch will not only be able to identify a note, but recognize when that note is slightly sharp or flat. Active absolute pitch possessors in the United States number about 1 in every 10,000. However, it has been measured to about 1/20 in other locations.

It cannot be assumed that all of these people with the gift of active absolute pitch are musicians. If one was to factor that in, the number of musicians with "active" absolute pitch is very, very small. However, musical training is necessary for full development of the auditory potential of a person with perfect pitch.

==Correlation with musical genius==
[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Phil Spector]] and [[Paul Shaffer]] are four musicians who had perfect pitch; [[Igor Stravinsky]], [[Maurice Ravel]], and [[Richard Wagner]] are among those who did not. There is no necessary correlation between absolute pitch and musical genius: many with absolute pitch do not work in music, and it can be a liability when attempting to play an instrument without having had prior musical training (especially for those for whom out-of-tune music is uncomfortable). Absolute pitch alone does not make a great musician.

==Scientific studies related to absolute pitch==
===Absolute pitch as a special case of sensation===
Absolute pitch is not limited to the realm of music, or even to humans. Songbirds and wolves have exhibited the ability. In fact, studies indicate that absolute pitch is more a linguistic ability than a musical one. Absolute pitch is an act of cognition, needing memory of the frequency, a label for the frequency (such as B-flat), and exposure to the common range considered a note. (A note in modern [[musical tuning|tuning]] can vary in its exact frequency.) It may be directly analogous to recognizing [[colour]]s, [[phoneme]]s (speech sounds) or other categorical perception of sensory stimuli. And while most people have been trained to recognize and name the colour ''blue'' by its frequency, it is possible only those who have had early, somewhere between the ages of 3 and 6 (reviewed in Takeuchi and Hulse 1993), and deliberate exposure to the names of musical tones—usually musicians—will be likely to identify a middle C. Absolute pitch, may, however, be genetic, possibly an autosomal dominant genetic trait (Profita and Bidder 1988; Baharloo et al. 1998), though, "Absolute pitch might be nothing more than a general human capacity whose expression is strongly biased by the level and type of exposure to music that people experience in a given culture."

===Absolute pitch and linguistics===
In addition, perfect pitch is more common among speakers of [[tonal language]]s such as most dialects of [[Chinese language|Chinese]] or [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], which depend heavily on pitch for meaning. "[[Tone deaf]]ness" is unusual among native speakers of these languages. In addition, there are a number of [[Japanese Language|Japanese]] speakers who have perfect pitch; Japanese is a [[pitch accent]] language, in which pitch is also involved in conveying the meaning of words (though less heavily than in tone languages). Speakers of [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] have been reported to speak a word in the same absolute pitch (within a quarter-tone) on various days ([[Diana_Deutsch|Deutsch]], Henthorn and Dolson, 2004). It has therefore been suggested that absolute pitch may be acquired by infants when they learn to speak in a tone language (and possibly also by infants when they learn to speak in a pitch stress language). Such individuals may be more likely to acquire absolute pitch for musical tones when they later receive musical training .

===Nature or Nurture?===
Until the middle of the [[20th century]], most people believed that musical ability itself was an inborn talent. Some scientists believe absolute pitch is due to [[genetics]] and are trying to map the gene for it; others believe most humans do not typically develop this ability because there is no social use for it, and are trying to teach adults how to develop it. The debate is not yet settled, as data on this highly specialized ability are quite scarce. It is nevertheless becoming increasingly apparent that people can acquire perfect pitch (at least for single instruments) through learning. It has also become apparent that a critical period in early childhood is involved in the acquisition of absolute pitch; this critical period may be related to that for acquisition of speech. Pitch recognition is now taught at the Eastman School of music and various "perfect pitch" courses have been offered since the early [[1980s]].

Many musicians, and most jazz musicians, have quite good [[relative pitch]], a skill which can certainly be learned. With practice, it is possible to listen to a single known pitch once (from a [[pitch pipe]] or a [[tuning fork]]) and then have stable, reliable pitch identification by comparing the notes heard to the stored memory of the tonic pitch. Unlike true perfect pitch, this skill is dependent on a recently-perceived tonal center.

==Famous possessors of absolute pitch==

*[[Julie Andrews]]
*[[Lera Auerbach]]
*[[Johann Sebastian Bach]]
*[[Béla Bartók]]
*[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
*[[Leonard Bernstein]]
*[[Michelle Branch]]
*[[Bumblefoot]]
*[[Mariah Carey]]
*[[Frédéric Chopin]]
*[[Nat King Cole]]
*[[Bing Crosby]]
*[[Chevy Chase]]
*[[Miles Davis]]
*[[Mia Farrow]]
*[[Charly García]]
*[[Glenn Gould]]
*[[George Frideric Handel]]
*[[Jascha Heifetz]]
*[[Jimi Hendrix]]
*[[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
*[[Phil Lesh]]
*[[Yo-Yo Ma]]
*[[Yngwie Malmsteen]]
*[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
*[[Jay Nordlinger]]
*[[Niccolò Paganini]]
*[[Charlie Parker]]
*[[André Previn]]
*[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
*[[Yair Shachak]]
*[[Arnold Schönberg]]
*[[Paul Shaffer]]
*[[Frank Sinatra]]
*[[Phil Spector]]
*[[Barbra Streisand]]
*[[Lee-Hom Wang]]
*[[Brian Wilson]]
*[[Yanni]]

Fictional characters with absolute pitch include [[Charlie Brown]], [[The Simpsons]]' Mr. Largo, and the title character of FOX's 2002 TV drama [[John Doe (TV series)|John Doe]].

==References==

* {{Book reference | Author=Ward, W.D. and Burns, E.M. | Year=1982 | Title=The Psychology of Music | Chapter=Absolute Pitch | Editor=D. Deutsch (Ed.) | Pages=431-452 | Publisher=Orlando: Academic Press | ID=ISBN 0-12-213562-8 | | }}
* {{Journal reference issue | Author=Miyazaki, K. | Title=Absolute pitch as an inability | Journal=Music Perception | Volume=11 | Year=1993 | Pages=55-72}}
* {{Journal reference issue | Author=Takeuchi, A.H. & Hulse, S.H | Title=Absolute pitch | Journal=Psychological Bulletin | Volume=113 | Year=1993 | Pages=345-361}}
* {{Journal reference issue | Author=Profita, J,. & Bidder, T.G | Title=Perfect pitch | Journal=American Journal of Medical Genetics | Volume=29 | Year=1998 | Pages=763-771}}
* {{Journal reference issue | Author=Baharloo, S., Johnston, P. A., Service, S. K., Gitschier, J. & Freimer, N. B. | Title=Absolute pitch: An approach for identification of genetic and nongenetic components | Journal=American Journal of Human Genetics | Volume=62 | Year=1998 | Pages=224-231}}
* {{Journal reference issue | Author=Deutsch, D., Henthorn, T., and Dolson, M. | Title=Absolute pitch, speech, and tone language: Some experiments and a proposed framework | Journal=Music Perception | Volume=21 | Year=2004 | Pages=339-356 }}
* Harris, G.B. (1974). Categorical perception and absolute pitch. Master's thesis, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

==External links==

*[http://www.prolobe.com Prolobe.com] - 'Online Perfect Pitch training'
*[http://frank.anemaet.nl/software/notepoet/ Notepoet] - 'a free perfect pitch training program'

*[http://w1.570.telia.com/~u57011259/eng6.htm Telia.com] - 'Subconscious absolute pitch as a general trait' (evidence that nearly all people have a subconscious version of absolute pitch)
*[http://www.absolutepitcheartraining.com/ AbsolutePitchEarTraining.com] - 'Absolute Pitch Ear Training Course', Graham English (September 6, 2005)
*[http://www.aruffo.com/eartraining/ Aruffo.com] - 'Music Cognition and Absolute Pitch', Chris Aruffo (August 2, 2005)
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/27/health/27STAG.html?ex=1123473600&en=84d3a851d33922b6&ei=5070&oref=login NYTimes.com] - 'When Your Infant Is a Musical Genius', Eric Nagourney, ''[[New York Times]]'' (February 27, 2001)
*[http://www.perfectpitchpeople.com/links PerfectPitchPeople.com] - 'Perfect Pitch Links: The Ultimate Web Resource for Information on Perfect Pitch'
*[http://www.silvawood.co.uk/pitch-intro.htm Silvawood.co.uk] - 'Absolute Pitch: a free-to-download ear-training application' (software for trying to acquire perfect pitch)
*[http://www.wehearandplay.com WeHearAndPlay.com] - 'Your child can learn absolute pitch: The perfect foundation for musical development' (a piano method for preschoolers which also teaches absolute pitch)
*[http://www.aruffo.com/eartraining/research/articles/slonimsky30.htm Aruffo.com] - 'Absolute pitch,' Nicolas Slonimsky

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List of Indigenous people of the Americas

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This is a '''list of famous [[Indigenous people of the Americas]]'''.

==North America==

===In '''[[Canada]]'''===
::Generally referred to as [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada]] when looking at the [[First Nations]], [[Inuit]], and [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] peoples collectively.

**[[Gary Farmer]], actor and filmmaker
**[[Graham Greene (actor)|Graham Greene]], actor
**[[Tomson Highway]], playwright, novelist, and children's author.
**[[Louis Riel]], politician
**[[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], musician
**[[Cree Summer]], voice actress
**[[Matthew Coon Come]], National Chief of the [[Assembly of First Nations]]
**[[Stephen Kakfwi]], premier of the [[Northwest Territories]]
**[[Paul Okalik]], premier of [[Nunavut]]
**Bl. [[Kateri Tekakwitha]], first Indigenous person considered for Sainthood by the [[Roman Catholic Church]]

===In the '''[[United States]]'''===
** [[Tori Amos]], musician (part [[Cherokee]])
** [[Irene Bedard]] ([[Inupiat]] [[Eskimo]] and French Canadian/[[Cree]]), actress
** [[Jessica Biel]], actress (part [[Choctaw]])
** [[Big Foot]]
** [[Black Elk]]
** [[Black Hawk]]
** [[Jimmy Carl Black]] ([[Cheyenne]]), musician
** [[Blue Jacket]] ([[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnee]])
** [[Billy Bowlegs]] ([[Seminole (tribe)|Seminole]])
** [[Buckongahelas]] ([[Lenape]])
** [[Ben Nighthorse Campbell]] ([[Cheyenne]]), [[United Stats Senate|senator]]
** [[Captain Jack]] ([[Modoc]])
** [[Brad Carson]], [[U.S. Representative]]
** [[Cochise]]
** [[Tom Cole]], U.S. Representative, [[Chickasaw]]
** [[Rita Coolidge]], musician
** [[Cornplanter]] ([[Seneca tribe|Seneca]])
** [[Cornstalk]] ([[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnee]])
** [[Crazy Horse]]
** [[Charles Curtis]] ([[Kaw]]), [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice-President]]
** [[Chad 'Corntassel' Smith]], Principal Chief of [[Cherokee Nation|Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma]]
** [[Jesse Ed Davis]], guitarist (full-blooded Kiowa tribe)
** [[The Great Peacemaker]] of the [[Haudenosaunee]] nation
** [[Johnny Depp]]
** [[Cameron Diaz]]
** [[Michael Dorris]], author
** [[Louise Erdrich]], author
** [[Geronimo]]
** [[Ira Hayes]] ([[Pima]]), [[World War II]] national hero
** [[Hayowentha]]
** [[William Least Heat-Moon]], author
** [[Ishi]]
** [[Angelina Jolie]], actress (mother part-[[Haudenosaunee]])
** [[Chief Joseph]] ([[Nez Perce]])
** [[Winona LaDuke]], political activist ([[Chippewa]] father)
** [[Chief Logan]] ([[Mingo (tribe)|Mingo]])
** [[Russell Means]] ([[Sioux]]), actor, political activist, writer
** [[Wilma Mankiller]]
** [[Alexander McGillivray]] ([[Creek people|Muscogee (Creek)]])
** [[Elaine Miles]], ([[Cayuse]]/[[Nez Perce]]) actress [[Northern Exposure]]
** [[Billy Mills]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist at 10,000 meters in [[1964]]
** [[Demi Moore]], actress
** [[Tiger Woods]], golfer
** [[Nampeyo]], [[Hopi]] potter
** [[Neolin]], The "Delaware Prophet" ([[Lenape]])
** [[Wayne Newton]], singer
** [[Chuck Norris]], actor
** [[Osceola]]
** [[Eli Parker]]
** [[Quanah Parker]]
** [[Leonard Peltier]]
** [[Metacomet|King Philip]] (Metacom)
** [[Pocahontas]]
** [[Chief Pontiac|Pontiac]] ([[Ottawa]])
** [[Tenskwatawa|The Prophet]] (Tenskwatawa) ([[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnee]])
** [[Rain in the Face]]
** [[Lozen]]
** [[Red Cloud]]
** [[Red Jacket]]
** [[Nikki Reed]], actress (mother part-[[Cherokee]])
** [[Major Ridge]] ([[Cherokee]])
** [[Robbie Robertson]]
** [[Will Rogers]]
** [[Sacagawea]]
** [[Kelvin Sampson]], head [[basketball]] coach at [[University of Oklahoma]]
** [[Chief Seattle]]
** [[Sakayengwaraton]]
** [[Sequoyah]] ([[Cherokee]])
** [[Shingas]] ([[Lenape]])
** [[Leslie Marmon Silko]]
** [[Sitting Bull]] ([[Sioux]])
** [[Squanto]]
** [[Maria Tallchief]]
** [[Gladys Tantaquidgeon]]
** [[Tecumseh]] ([[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawnee]])
** Bl. [[Kateri Tekakwitha]], first Indigenous person considered for [[saint]]hood by the [[Roman Catholic Church]]
** [[Jim Thorpe]] ([[Sac and Fox]], native name ''Wa-Tho-Huk'')
** [[Gerald Vizenor]], writer and academic
** [[Stand Watie]]
** [[James Welch]]
** [[Floyd Red Crow Westerman]]-([[Sioux]]) Musician/Actor
** [[White Eyes]] ([[Lenape]])
** [[Wovoka]]
** [[Ray Young Bear]]
** [[Zitkala-Ša]]
** [[Joseph Brant]] ''Later years in Canada''
** [[Yvonne Kauger]]-[[Oklahoma Supreme Court]] Justice
** [[Everett(Butch) Conway]]-([[Grandmother Cheyenne]]) [[Retired Air Force]]
** [[Graham Greene]]
** [[Rebecca Cummings]], porn star (part [[Osage_Nation|Osage]])

===In '''[[Mexico]]'''===
''This issue is complicated due to the issue of [[mestizo]]s and therefore being part Native is less unusual then in Canada or the US''

**[[Benito Juárez]], President
**[[Frida Kahlo]], painter (mother Mestizo, father German-Jewish)
**[[La Malinche]], Translator
**[[Moctezuma II]] ([[Aztec]]) ruler
**[[Commandante Ramona]], [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation|EZLN]] leader
**[[Emilio Hernandez]], film director, actor
**[[Porfirio Diaz]], President

===In '''[[Guatemala]]'''===
**[[Miguel Angel Asturias]], novelist, Nobel prize winner in literature
**[[Rigoberta Menchu|Rigoberta Menchú Tum]], activist

===In the '''[[Caribbean]]'''===

**[[Agueybana]] - "supreme cacique" in [[Puerto Rico]]
**[[Hatuey]] ([[Taíno]])

==In South America==

===In [[Colombia]]===
*[[Quintín Lame]]-Politician

===In [[Peru]]===
*[[Tupac Amaru]]-Military figure
*[[Inca Empire|The Incas]]-In one sense it is a term for the leaders of the Empire
*[[Yma Sumac]]-Singer(Somewhat disputed [[Inca]] ancestry)
*[[Alejandro Toledo]]-President

===In [[Paraguay]]===

===In [[Chile]]===
*[[Elicura Chihuailaf]]-[[Mapuche]] poet

[[Category:Lists of people by ancestry|Indigenous people of the Americas]]
[[Category:Indigenous peoples of the Americas]]

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[[ja:先住アメリカ人の一覧]] [[sv:Lista över kända indianer]]

List of YTMND fads

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{{selfref|Before adding anything to the list, see [[Talk:List of YTMND fads|the talk page]] to see if it complies with the definition of a fad. When you are describing these fads, please be specific, or they may be removed from the list.}}{{dynamic list}}
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The website '''[[YTMND|ytmnd.com]]''' [http://ytmnd.com] is known for its tendency to propagate a great number of [[List of fads|fads]] and [[in-joke|in-jokes]]. Note that the fads almost never consist of only the elements indicated for them. Indeed, the fads could not be as popular without variation. Also, these variations tend to include elements from other fads. It is also common to see fad YTMNDs redone in the style of older [[computer|computers]] or [[Video game console|video game consoles]], or even in [[Tiger Electronics|Tiger]] [[handheld]] gaming devices.

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==[[Intertextuality]]==
'''Intertextuality''' is a relationship between two or more texts that quote from one another, allude to one another, or otherwise connect.

One form of intertexuality is the relation of elements within a single site. Sites of the "classic" picture/sound/text variety use intertextuality between the image, the sound and the text to amplify or even create new meaning in their source materials. In instances where all the materials are from the same source, the elements build upon one another to make even a throw-away line one of significance. Sites with unrelated source materials repurpose each element to work toward a meaning that could not be reached from any one individual picture, sound or text alone.

===Examples===

The subject matter of YTMNDs are evolving and producing new combinations as replication continues by the second. One example is the ''[[What Is Love|What is love?]]'' YTMND. The YTMND features an animated .GIF clip of a sketch from Saturday Night Live with Chris Kattan, Jim Carrey and Will Farrell with a repeating section of Haddaway's song "What is Love". It was soon followed by ''What is NES?'', in which the clip is rendered in an 8-bit graphics style similar to those found on a game from the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES), complete with an NES version of the song. This was followed by ''What is a-ha?'', with the clip drawn in a style similar to the music video for the song "Take on Me" along with a clip of the song [[Take on Me]]. The fad was then merged with the Tiger Handheld fad for ''What is Tiger?''. It was even mixed with the [[Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince|Half Blood Prince]] spoiler fad for ''What is [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]?''.

In some cases, a YTMND is framed to incorporate as many fads as possible. One such example is the [http://ytmndgameboy.ytmnd.com "YTMND: For Gameboy"] site, which features a [[Pokémon]]-like [[Game Boy]] game where elements from other fads duel to the death. This is not a fad on its own but communicates the popularity and nature of borrowing from other fads. Another is [http://ytmndamacy.ytmnd.com/ "YTMN Damacy"], which involves [[Katamari Damacy]]-style balls rolling up other fad images. This is combined with sound clips from other fad YTMNDs.

==Fads==
Follows the actual fads in lists and divided by category.

===Most Popular YTMNDs===
*'''"Gman Office adventures"''', Starting with "Gmans having a wonderful time" this new fad is quickly gaining momentum with popular YTMNDs like "Gman is NOT having a wonderful time" and "Gman's wonderful time is ruined".
*'''"KHAN!"''', [[James T. Kirk]]'s infamous [[Khan Noonien Singh|KHAN!]] fury scream from [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]].
::''This was the first major fad on YTMND.''
*'''The Picard Tribute''', based on "The Picard Song" by DarkMateria, a song using samples from [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], centering on quotes from [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]].
::''This site was the first YTMND to have passed 1 million views as of August 2005.'' As of [[January 2]], [[2006]], this ytmnd was deleted after a hacker found the password for the site creator's account [http://www.systemwars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66515]. Although it now has been restored, it has not regained its former high rating or its view count.
*'''"I believe you have my stapler?"''', Milton Waddams's catchphrase from the movie [[Office Space]].
*'''"NOOOOO"''', [[Darth Vader]] screaming [[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"Nooo!"|"NOOOOO"]], taken from [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]].
*'''"You lose! Good day sir!"''', [[Gene Wilder]]'s line from [[Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory]]
::''Sometimes combined with the failing horns from [[The Price is Right]], another fad about losing''
*Two fads involving '''[[Conan O'Brien]]'''
**'''Conan is...AN ALLIGATOR''', Conan O'Brien waving his arms up and down like an alligator's jaws, paired with a loop of the song "Straight Ahead" by [[Tube & Berger]].

**Inspired by a simpler Conan YTMND, '''"Future Conan"''' features Conan O'Brien in the future as the leader of a ''New World Order'', illustrated with images from the [[1984 (television commercial)|1984 Apple Computer Commercial]] with an image of Conan repeatedly spreading and closing his arms and ''OBEY CONAN'' at his top left, with a clip of the Eurithmycs song ''Sweet Dreams''. This fad has also spawned many Future Conan ''spin-offs''.
*'''What is love?''', SNL skit featuring [[Will Ferrell]], [[Chris Kattan]], and [[Jim Carrey]] in a car, accompanied by [[Haddaway]]'s song "What is Love".
*'''Sonic Says''', a line from an episode of the [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]] TV show in which [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] would give advice on sexual harassment.
*'''Batman: ualuealuealeuale''', where the "ualuealuealeuale" excerpt from [[El Mudo]]'s song "Macaron Chacarron" is played alongside an animated GIF of [[Batman]] from [[Batman (TV series)|the '60s TV series]].
::''This was also proven to be viewhacked, which has resulted it in becoming one of the fastest and most viewed ytmnds of all time since September 2005, but has also attracted a lot of "downvoters" who detest viewhacking''. This was also the first YTMND to pass the Picard Song after it hit a million views.
*'''Blue Ball Machine''', an "endless" stream of blue balls rolling through various odd components of a machine (originally created by [[Something Awful forums|Something Awful]]), set to music from [[Pee Wee's Big Adventure]]. At the peak of its popularity, this single YTMND received more than 100,000 hits a day.
::''On December 24, 2005, Blue Ball Machine overtook Batman: ualuealuealeuale and became the most viewed YTMND of all time.''
*'''"Nigga Stole my Bike!"'''. A picture from ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out]]'' of Doc Louis riding a bike in front of Little Mac that was accompanied by the statement "Nigga stole my bike!" with those same words spoken by the YTMND's creator, Duezce. This was followed by the popular animated version with Duezce's words spliced into Punch-Out's music.
:''Currently, YTMNDs with this fad are being moderated due to offensive language.''
:''[http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1351&p=3 The fad] originated on [[Something Awful]] for [[Photoshop]] Phriday, created also by Duezce.
:''There was a rumor that the quote "Nigga stole my bike" came from the game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. The words have also appeared in a song by [[50 Cent]].''

===Popular YTMND Songs===

''Many popular YTMND songs have been made available to download in a compiled soundtrack by fyrestorm via [[BitTorrent]]. 
'''There are currently 7 Volumes. Volume 7 was released on Christmas Eve, 2005.''' http://ytmnd-soundtrack.ytmnd.com''

{{splitsection|YTMND Soundtrack}}

====Volume 1====
* YTMND - Intro to Volume One
* [[Tube & Berger]] - Straight Ahead
* [[Eric Prydz]] - Call on Me
* [[Snoop Dogg]] - [[Drop It Like It's Hot]]
* [[Baltimora]] - [[Tarzan Boy]]
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' - [[Dr. Zaius]]
* [[Heather Dale]] - This Endris Night
* [[Darius Rucker]] - [[Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch]]
* [[O-Zone]] - [[Dragostea din Tei]]
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] - [[Mark Copani|Muhammad Hassan]]
* Marko Polo - Speedy Speed Boy
* Rx - Who's the Nigga?
* Television Theme Songs - ''[[The Price is Right]]''
* Television Theme Songs - ''[[The Flintstones]]''
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] - [[Take Me Out (single)|Take Me Out]]
* Sharon - I'm in the Mood for Dancing
* Television Theme Songs - German ''[[Super Mario Bros. television series#Season 1: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!|Super Mario Bros.]]''
* [[Liam Lynch (musician)|Liam Lynch]] - [[United States Of Whatever]]
* [[MC Hammer]] - [[U Can't Touch This]]
* Immortals - [[Mortal Kombat (film)|Mortal Kombat]] (Theme I)

====Volume 2====
* YTMND - Intro to Volume Two
* [[El Mudo]] - Macarron Chacarron
* [[Blümchen]] - Heute Ist Mein Tag
* The MDP - [[What Is Love|What is Love?]] (Goth Version)
* Yu Miyake, Masayuki Tanaka - [[Katamari Fortissimo Damacy|Katamari on the Rocks]]
* [[DarkMateria]] - [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] Song
* [[Biz Markie]] - [[Just A Friend]]
* Television Theme Songs - Finnish ''[[Ducktales]]''
* Immortals - [[Mortal Kombat (film)|Mortal Kombat]] (Theme II)
* [[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]] - [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] Sez
* Television Theme Songs - ''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]''
* Joe Esposito - You're the Best Around
* Television Theme Songs - ''[[Yu-gi-oh]]''
* [[Linkin Park]] - Crawling
* [[Daft Punk]] - [[Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger]]
* [[Simple Plan]] - [[Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me) (Simple Plan song)|How Could This Happen to Me?]]
* [[Mats Söderlund|Günther]] & The Sunshine Girls - [[Ding Dong Song]] (You Touch My Tra-La-La)
* Television Theme Songs - ''[[Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers]]''
* [[Craig Armstrong]] - Escape

====Volume 3====
* YTMND - Intro to Volume Three
* [[A-ha]] - [[Take on Me (music video)|Take on Me]]
* [[DragonForce]] - Fury of the Storm
* [[Gwen Stefani]] - [[Hollaback Girl]]
* [[Boots Randolph]] - [[Yakety Sax]]
* [[Europe (band)|Europe]] - [[The Final Countdown (song)|The Final Countdown]]
* [[Raffi]] - [[Bananaphone]]
* Edwin van Santen - [[Axel F]]
* [[Ludacris]] - Move Bitch
* [[Coq Roq]] - Bob Your Head
* [[Quad City DJ's]] - [[Space Jam]]
* [[Daft Punk]] - [[Technologic]]
* [[Hans Zimmer]] - Roll Tide
* [[The Clash]] - [[Rock the Casbah]]
* [[Three 6 Mafia]] - Ridin' Spinnaz
* [[E.S. Posthumus]] - Pompeii

====Volume 4====
* YTMND - Intro to Volume Four
* [[Benny Benassi]] - Satisfaction
* CheapAlert - Nigga Stole My Bike! ([[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!|Punch-Out]] Remix)
* Television Theme Songs - ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers|Captain Planet]]''
* Josh Tobin - I'm a Gangsta
* Max Coveri - Running in the 90's
* [[The Darkness]] - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
* [[Vengaboys]] - [[We Like to Party]]
* [[Carmina Burana]] - O Fortuna
* [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] - [[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)|You Spin Me Right Round]]
* [[Apollo 440]] - Stop the Rock
* [[Enya]] - [[Only Time]]
* [[Geto Boys]] - Still
* [[DJ Assault]] - Ass 'n Titties
* [[The B-52's]] - [[Rock Lobster]]
* [[Geto Boys]] - Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
* [[The Scorpions (English band)|The Scorpions]] - Rock You Like a Hurricane
* [[Nintendo]] - ''[[Super Mario World]]'' Ending (Fast)

====Volume 5====
* YTMND - Intro to Volume Five
* [[John Williams]] - [[Duel of the Fates]]
* Adam and Andrew - The [[Emo]] Song
* [[Haddaway]] - [[What Is Love|What is Love?]]
* Simone Benyacar, Dan Nielsen, Veigar Mairgersson - [[Requiem for a Dream|Requiem for a]] [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|Tower]]
* Dark Heartz - Ya Get Skeeted On
* [[Nintendo]] - [[Kirby]]'s Theme (''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' version)
* [[Final Fantasy VII]] - [[Highwind]] Takes to the Skies
* [[Stephanie D'Abruzzo]], Rick Lyon & the Guys - The Internet Is For Porn
* [[Van Halen]] - Right Now
* [[Gorillaz]] - [[Feel Good Inc.]]
* [[Yasunori Mitsuda]] - Bobonga
* [[Dschinghis Khan]] - [[Moskau (Dschinghis Khan song)|Moskau]]
* M & H Band - [[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]]
* [[Herb Alpert]] and the Tijuana Brass - [[Spanish Flea]]
* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] - [[Evolution (song)|Evolution]] (Time is Pop)
* [[Juno Reactor]] - [[Navras]]

====Volume 6====
* YTMND - Intro to Volume Six
* [[Danny Elfman]] - Breakfast Machine
* [[Nightwish]] - [[Ghost Love Score]]
* [[Lil Jon]] and The Eastside Boyz - Get Low
* [[The Black Mages]] - Zeromus
* [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] - [[What's New, Pussycat?]]
* [[DVDA (band)|DVDA]] - Everyone Has AIDS
* [[DJ Assault]] - Nipples 'n Clits
* [[Ray Charles]] - Hit the Road Jack
* [[JS16]] - Stomp To My Beat
* [[Marvin Gaye]] - [[Let's Get It On (song)|Let's Get It On]]
* [[Aphex Twin]] - [[Come to Daddy]] (Pappy Mix)
* [[Alice DeeJay]] - [[Better Off Alone]]
* [[DVDA (band)|DVDA]] - [[America, Fuck Yeah]]
* [[Clarence Carter]] - Strokin'
* [[Queen (band)|Queen]] - Bicycle Race
* Television Theme Songs - ''[[Cheers]]''

====Volume 7====
* YTMND - Intro to Volume Seven
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]] - X Gon Give It To Ya
* [[Hard 'n Phirm]] - [[Pi]]
* Akitaka Tohyama, Kenji Ninuma - The Moon and the [[Katamari Damacy#Characters|Prince]]
* [[Caesars]] - [[Jerk It Out]]
* [[Rich Mullins]] - [[Awesome God]]
* [[David Hasselhoff]] - Du
* [[DVDA (band)|DVDA]] - Now You're a Man
* [[Nintendo]] - ''[[Super Mario World]]'' Title Theme
* [[Lords of Acid]] - Spank My Booty (Reprise)
* [[Daft Punk]] - [[Robot Rock (song)|Robot Rock]]
* [[Juno Reactor]] & [[Don Davis]] - [[The Matrix Reloaded#Soundtrack|Mona Lisa Overdrive]]
* [[Toshiro masuda|Toshiro Masuda]] - Go Go [[Naruto (manga)|Naruto]]!
* Leech Axss - Coming@Choo
* [[Tomoyasu Hotei]] - Battle Without Honor Or Humanity
* [[Darude]] - Sandstorm
* [[Buckwheat Boys]] - [[Peanut Butter Jelly Time]]
* [[John Williams]] - ''[[Superman: The Movie|Superman]]'' Theme
* Dylan Leff - [[Axel F]] (Saxophone Rendition)

===Movie-related fads===

*'''[[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"It's a trap!"|"It's a trap!"]]''' [[Admiral Ackbar]]'s popular line from [[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi]]. ''This fad originated on [[fark.com]].''

*'''"[[Indiana Jones]] can't stop the rock"''', features Indiana Jones running from a boulder in the movie [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]] as well as other images of people running with boulders. ''Usually accompanied by the song "Stop The Rock" by [[Apollo 440]]. Sometimes, images of WWE wrestler [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] will be used.''

*'''"Uber Hax!!1"'''. Dramatic depictions or scenes from real life, movies, or television. This fad pairs the sequence chronologically with semi-related [[leet|leetspeak]], usually as if the scenes occurred on a multiplayer game server. These YTMNDs have dramatic music, most commonly a looping clip from "Pompeii" by [[E.S. Posthumus]]).

===Television-related fads===

*'''Various [[Burger King]] advertisements.'''
**[[Ugoff]], a self-important character in [[Burger King]] commercials who would say lines such as "Please. I am Ugoff." and "Ugoff is hungry!" Ugoff appeared to be a demanding male fashion designer.
**Various YTMNDs showing the Burger King "[[Burger King Kingdom|King]]" with the words "Where is your God now?" placed in the image. "Requiem for a Tower" often plays in the background.
**[[Darius Rucker]]'s [[Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch]] ad.

*'''[[Bill Cosby]] from a fictional [[Kids Say the Darndest Things]]''' skit shown on [[The Simpsons]]  where he asks a child what he likes to play. The child says "[[Pokémon]]," which Cosby then rambles about incoherently.

*'''Osaka from the [[anime]] [[Azumanga Daioh]] throwing her shoe off into the street''' with her foot. In the anime, the shoe is hit by a truck. This sequence is replaced by other outcomes.

*'''"It's Time to D-D-D-D-D-Duel."''' A phrase from the opening of the English-dubbed version of the anime [[Yu-gi-oh!]].

*'''"Nobody Expects the [[The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)|Spanish Inquisition]]!"''' [[Michael Palin]]'s cry from [[Monty Python]].

*'''[[Iron Chef]]'s [[Takeshi Kaga]] eating various objects.''' The original object was a bell pepper. This is always accompanied by an excerpt from "Fury of the Storm" by [[Dragonforce]].

*'''"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?"''' [[Wayne Brady]]'s line from [[Chappelle's Show]]. Other words usually replace "choke a bitch" and/or "[[Wayne Brady]]".

*'''"Walker told me I have AIDS"''' A line from [[Walker, Texas Ranger]] made popular from [[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] and the "Walker, Texas Ranger Lever". ''They are often accompanied by pictures having to do with [[Africa]], [[food]], etc.''

*'''"Giggity Giggity"'''. [[Glen Quagmire]]'s (nonsensical) [[catchphrase]] from [[Family Guy]].

*'''"Hassan"'''. [[Mark Copani]] (a.k.a. Muhammad Hassan) a wrestler with an [[Arab]] in-ring persona named suddenly appearing in unexpected places with his theme song referred to as "ALEAALEA", interrupting them in the process. Recently though, his theme has accompanied anything Arab-related. ''Note: Hassan does interrupt people with his theme song in real life, which inspired the fad.''

*'''[[Tom Cruise]]'s love fueled incident on the [[Oprah]] show'''.
**'''Tom Cruise getting squirted''' by a water gun at during an interview on the [[red carpet]]. 

*'''[[Marguerite Perrin]]'s rant on [[Trading Spouses]]''', concerning the un-Christian practices of the D'Amico Flisher family, the presence of Jeanne D'Amico Flisher in her home, and what Marguerite believed Jeanne had planned to spend the $50,000 reward on. The highlight of this rant was her exclamation, "Everything's ungodly!"

*'''[[Olmec]]''' the talking stone-face host from the [[Nickelodeon]] [[game show]] [[Legends of the Hidden Temple]] explaining how to get through the temple. Various phrases in Olmec's speech are replaced.

*'''A scene from the live-action [[Sailor Moon]] TV show''' (''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]''), where the [[Sailor Senshi|5 scouts]] meet various people.
**Also spawned from the same show is '''[[Usagi Tsukino|Sailor Moon]] vs.''' where said character fights various people by reflecting their attacks.

*'''"Don't say his name!"''' A scene from the [[Cartoon Network]] show [[Freakazoid!]], where Freakazoid meets his enemy, Candlejack. His name is replaced with other [[spoiler]] fads.

*'''The ''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'' theme song'''. Various YTMNDs, usually involving [[Bill Nye]], include clips of the popular theme song. Sometimes, these don't even have to do with Nye, such as a [http://billbill.ytmnd.com/ tiled picture of a tax bill] accompanied by a loop of "BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!" from the theme.

*'''"They Spinnin', nigga, they spinnin'!"'''. A line from one of [[Chris Rock]]'s comedy skits, usually occompanied by an image of something spinning.

===Music-related fads===


* '''"Everyone has AIDS" from the movie [[Team America: World Police]]'''

* '''"Tarzan Boy" by [[Baltimora]]''' is frequently used to symbolize male [[homosexuality]]. It's also used in a fad involving printed, written-word "recreations" of other fads.

*'''"[[Moskau (Dschinghis Khan song)|Moskau]]" by [[Dschinghis Khan]]''', usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video.

*'''Various [[emo]] songs''' are used to parody Emo's target audience. The most popular songs for this are [[Linkin Park]]'s "Crawling" and [[Simple Plan]]'s "Untitled".

*'''"[[United States of Whatever]]" by Liam Lynch'''. The word "Whatever" and sometimes, phrases from the song, are replaced by sound clips, sometimes from other fads.

*'''"Ding Dong Song"''' by Günther.

*'''Famous songs being played in reverse''' to show hidden messages, often showing that the singer is a "[[Nazi]]". Some of them are fake with a voice mixed in.

*'''"[[Technologic]]" by Daft Punk''', usually accomapnied by a person opening his/her mouth back and forth to the lyrics. The original featured Osaka from [[Azumanga Daioh]], which would make her one of the few characters to represent 2 YTMND fads.

*'''"Space Jam" by [[Quad City DJs]]''' (from [[Space Jam|the soundtrack of the movie of the same name]]) referred to as "Super Slam" and associated with [[Randy Poffo|Randy Savage]]. ''This was derived from a Flash animation made popular on 4chan.''

*'''"OH SNAP!"'''. From the song "[[Just a Friend]]" by [[Biz Markie]].

*'''"Running in the 90's," a song by Max Coveri featured in the anime [[Initial D]]'''. Other songs featured in Initial D have also been used, such as "Speedy Speed Boy". It is used in sites featuring vehicles as well as some rave sites.

*'''Parodies and recreations of the music video for "Take on Me"''' by [[A-ha]].

*'''Songs "interpreted" phonetically to English.''' The fad first involved the Finnish version of the theme song from [[DuckTales]]. Some of the misinterpreted lines from the Finnish Ducktales version were used for many sites ("Your arms are broken" and "Taco Nazi" are the best examples of it). Currently, "Heut Ist Mein Tag" by [[Blümchen]] has the most interpretations, followed by the [[German language|German]] version of the ending to ''[[Super Mario Bros. Super Show#The Super Mario Bros. Super Show.21|Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' ("Do the Mario") and the [[Swedish_language|Swedish]] and [[Dutch_language|Dutch]] versions of the DuckTales theme.

*Two songs involving '''spinning''':
**'''"Ridin' Spinnaz" by [[Three 6 Mafia]]'''. ts original use was a GIF of male [[anal sex]] ([[List of shock sites#Klerck.org|Spin.gif]]), where the receiver's penis was spinning clockwise. It is now used in animations involving someone randomly spinning around something, with zoomed text reading "also" and the name of what the person is spinning around. ''As of the time of the [[eBaumsworld]] controversy, all links from ebaumsworld.com redirect to the originating site.''
**'''"[[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]]"''' by [[Dead or Alive]].


*'''"Evolution (Time is Pop Mix)" by [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]''' is used as the token song in sites depicting [[rave]] culture.

*'''"Die motherfucker, die motherfuckers still fool"'''. Lyrics from the song "Still" by [[Geto Boys]] usually to people dancing or getting beaten up.

*'''"[[We Like to Party]]" by the [[Vengaboys]]''' is often used in YTMNDs about racism.
::The advertising mascot for the [[Six Flags]] theme parks ([[Mr. Six]]) looked similiar to [[Edgar Ray Killen]], an 80-year-old man that was charged with killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. Six Flags then threatened to sue anyone that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was taken down, but the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist. The original website created by "Radio-F-Software" was relisted, but as a futile ad for thier site.

*'''"[[Drop It Like It's Hot]]" by [[Snoop Dogg]]'''. An [[acapella]] version is combined with other songs with similar beats.

*'''"The Internet is for Porn"''' from the Broadway musical [[Avenue Q]].

*'''"Great Moments in _____ History."''' Pictures of plane, train, automobile and boat crashes are set to a clip of "[[Feel Good, Inc.]]" by the [[Gorillaz]] —in particular, the line, "watch the way I navigate—ha ha ha ha ha!"

*'''"Move Bitch" by [[Ludacris]]''' is accompanied with pictures of things colliding.

*'''People dancing to [[O-Zone]]'s song "Dragostea Din Tei"''' (commonly called "[[Numa Numa]]" after the [[Internet phenomenon]] of the same name with [[Gary Brolsma]] lip-synching the words).

*'''"Get Low" by [[Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz]]''', usually used for things related to both terms of "skeet" (orgasm and skeet shooting), or people "getting low".

*'''"X Gonna Give it to Ya" by [[DMX]]''', accompanied by anything named X or "Ex", sometimes accompanied by pictures of FedEx trucks, packages, and caps.

*'''[[Oogie Boogie]]'s "You're jokin'! You're jokin'! I can't believe my eyes! YOU'RE JOKIN' ME! YOU GOTTA BE! This can't be the right guy!"''' from [[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]. This is accompanied by an image of an extremely unattractive cosplayer. This wasn't really a fad, and it must be a dead fad.

*'''Various songs altered to sound like [[Darth Vader]] is singing''' them. Previously, songs were altered to sound like previous YTMNDs of [[Zordon]] of [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]] and [[The Chipmunks]].

===Video game-related fads===

*'''The ending theme from [[Super Mario World]] sped up''' and usually accompanying something wacky (typically with "lol" as the site's phrase).

*'''A [[Tiger Electronics|Tiger Handheld]] made to resemble any other YTMND fad''', with beeping music that also sounds like a Tiger Handheld.

*'''A [[PlayStation Portable]] ejecting its disc automatically''', usually with a loop of [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand's]] "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]". It is usually titled "It's not a feature, it's a _______". ''"Take Me Out" was used in the PSP commercials in the [[United States]].''

*'''"You Fucking Stole My Cloudsong!"'''A [[Dark Age of Camelot]] player screaming at a fellow complaining that he stole his Cloudsong. ''Note: the first "cloudsong" YTMND depicted the player as playing [[World of Warcraft]] which has caused some confusion.''

*'''[[Link (Legend of Zelda)|Link]] opens a treasure chest to find various objects'''. A scene from [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]].

*'''Parodies of the death sequence in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'''''. Most involve a character calling out for [[Solid Snake]] in a memorable way: "Snake? ...''Snake?'' ...''SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!''" This is the death sequence that is most commonly parodied.

*'''"Do a barrel roll!"''' [[Peppy Hare]]'s [[catch phrase]] from ''[[Starfox 64]]''. This has been joined with his other lines.

*'''Rolling [[Katamari Damacy]] balls of various random objects''', usually accompanied with the Katamari Damacy theme song.

*'''A [[Thwomp]] crashing into a character''', usually with the [[Super Mario Bros.]] "thwomp" and "death" sounds.

*The '''[[Leeroy Jenkins]]''' video from [[World of Warcraft]].

*'''"Nothing Moves the [[Blob (comics)|Blob]]!"''' A phrase from the [[X-Men]] [[X-Men (arcade game)|arcade game]].

*'''"WRYYYYYY"''', a scream associated with the series [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] and popularized in a Flash video disseminated widely through [[4chan]]. The original video combined [[Dio Brando]]'s "The World" super move, which could stop time; Dio's "Road Roller", in which he crushed his opponent with a [[steamroller]], and Shadow Dio's "Charisma", in which he screams and sends sparks toward the opponent. Of these, the "Charisma" scream is most prevalent, followed by the "Road Roller" steamroller.

===Politics related fads===

*'''[[Howard Dean]]'s [[Howard Dean#Iowa results and the campaign's collapse|infamous speech and frenzied scream]]''' after the Iowa Caucus.

*'''"[[You forgot Poland]]"''' President [[George W. Bush|Bush]]'s statement during the 2004 Presidential debate.

*'''[[Terri Schiavo]]'''.

*'''"George Bush doesn't care about black people".''' [[Kanye West]]'s well-known comment during a [[Hurricane Katrina]] disaster relief telethon. Sometimes "black people" is replaced with another YTMND.

*'''The disappearance of [[Natalee Holloway]]'''. The fad also included forum users invading Natalee Holloway [[message boards]].
**Pictures of the FBI, SWAT team or other covert and/or tactical law enforcement agencies accompanied with the text "BRB FBI." This fad grew from the forum due to repeated threats of FBI involvement against its users made in reprisal for raids on Natalee Holloway sites.

===YTMND-related fads===
*'''The [[YTMND|original YTMND]]''' ("You're the man now, dog!")

*'''Spoofs of the new shirts''' being sold by Max, the webmaster of YTMND. Usually saying "You '''will''' buy a shirt!" while hypnotic additions are made.

*'''Screenshots of the YTMND homepage with varying captions'''.

*'''"You can't see this YTMND!"''' Pictures (modified or otherwise) of a page stating that you cannot see this YTMND, which is currently being used to replace inappropriate YTMND sites.

*'''The "Batman and Picard" war''', referring to how "Batman: ualuealuealeuale" replaced "Picard Song" as the most viewed YTMND.

*'''YTMND tribute''' sites feature several popular characters from other YTMNDs, usually in homage to YTMND as a whole.

===Miscellaneous fads===

*'''The Lounge''' An image of a lounge, with various things edited in, accompanied with a loop of Deja Vu from [[The Price is Right]]. This was a forced fad by user MasterSitsu

*'''_____ Needs Therapy''', Various people appearing to be acting crazy or strange, with a loop of Frontier Psychiatrist by [[The Avalanches]]

*'''Pictures of people failing at tasks''' are accompanied by the music from [[The Price is Right]] when a person loses a game.

*'''"lol, internet"'''. People in moving objects with a speech balloon saying "lol, <insert word here>", accompanied to a loop of "Running in the 90s" by Max Coveri.

*'''"[[Gay Fuel]]"''', an energy drink marketed to [[homosexuality|homosexuals]]. This is usually paired with [[Baltimora]]'s song "[[Tarzan Boy]]." Most appearances of "Tarzan Boy" is a reference to homosexuality. This was a "forced fad" started by inkdrinker.

*'''"OMG, Secret Nazi ________!"''' This fad hides a [[swastika]] in a picture and adding a seizure-inducing flashing picture of a person (usually Hitler) to the corner, accompanied by the song "Heut Ist Mein Tag" by [[Blümchen]]. The fad originated from an article about a hidden swastika in a German forest.

*'''[[Jesus]]''', usually in modified bible illustrations. Most notable are those of Jesus with a [[Velociraptor|raptor]] head, or saying [[LOL (Internet slang)|LOL]]. Often accompanied by the song "[[Awesome God]]".

*'''"Summoning"'''. A picture of someone "summoning" a fire spirit into existence. It often appears between their hands. The original was "Al Gore Summons a Fire Spirit!!!!!" by Phange and did not feature the Two Towers trailer theme that came to be associated with the 'summoning' YTMNDs. The fad truly took off two months later, with the creation of "Kerry Sumons a Fire Spirit" by paphan, which for the first time utilized the music from the Requiem for a Dream Remix by Clint Mansell in the 'summoning'-context.

* '''[[Spoiler]] of an important plot point from [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'''. Borrowing from the "Gay Fuel" fad, this fad is also usually paired with the "Tarzan Boy" song. When not, it is the audio from the "Potter bookstore crash" video hosted online, in where a male drives by people outside a Barnes and Noble at the hour the book was released, shouting the spoiler out loud to them.

*'''"[[Brian Peppers]]"''', a sex offender in Ohio with an abnormal appearance, due to a disease linked to [[Treacher Collins Syndrome]]. Typically accompanied with song "Burn Bobonga" from the SNES game [[Chrono Trigger]]. Some sites include the original, and others that poke fun at him with several other famous things, such as the children's show [[LazyTown]] and [[Quizno's Subs]].

*'''"O RLY?"''' The Internet lingo "[[O RLY?|O RLY]]", sometimes accompanied by a snowy owl. YA RLY is also used, with a great horned owl. O RLY sites, as they are called, are mainly accompanied by either [[the B-52s]]' "[[Rock Lobster]]" or "[[Popcorn (song)|Popcorn]]".

*'''"One Weakness: Stairs."''' A panel from the [[Ultimate X-Men]] comic showing the wheelchair bound [[Professor X]] getting pushed down a flight of stairs by [[Mr. Sinister|Sinister]], declaring stairs as Professor X's only weakness. Sometimes, sites do not show the picture but it still follows the format "_____ has one weakness". These sites are usually accompanied by a version of the instrumental "[[Axel F]]" by [[Harold Faltermeyer]].

*'''"Myspace Suicide"'''. [[Josh Ballard]]'s [[Myspace]] bulletin warning people that he is about to commit suicide. This fad is usually accompanied with the song "Untitled" by Simple Plan, and is intended to mock the [[Emo]] subculture. This was one of the fastest growing fads with about 500 sites in approximately one day. ''This particular fad happened to pass very quickly (not even a 24-hour span).''

*'''"Asiacopter"'''. An animation of an Asian man appearing to spin in the air like a helicopter. These clips are frequently accompanied by an orchestrated version of the [[Final Fantasy VII]] "Main Theme" or songs about spinning. This is another "forced fad" by inkdrinker, though he has commented before that Asiacopter's success was totally unintentional and that he believed the difficulty of editing an animated picture frame by frame would make Asiacopter impossible to popularize.

*'''"_____ Adresses Congress"'''. Various characters, usually YTMND fad characters, pasted onto a a podium in the U.S. Senate. A sound clip of the corresponding charcter with an added echo effect is played in the background. For example, Emperor [[Palpatine]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' is shown "addressing congress" [http://palpatinecongress.ytmnd.com here].

*'''A hypothetical fight created from GoogleFight''', usually to show who would win by most popular vote. Often, fights created on GoogleFight are between two popular fads.

*'''Parodies of the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season|2004]] and [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005]] Atlantic hurricane seasons'''.

*'''"Butt Racing"''', which consists of various animated GIFs of teenagers racing around parks, houses, etc. edited to look as if they were racing on the ground while sitting down. This is usually accompanied by "Speedy Speed Boy" by [[Marko Polo]].

*'''Remakes of fads as [[Apple iPod silhouette commercials|iPod commercials]]'''.

*'''Remakes of fads in medieval tapestry form''', generated with [http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php this program]. Usually set to Heather Dale's recording of "This Endris Night", a Catholic hymn.

*[http://ytmnd.com/list/?search=Wikipedia Wikipedia vandalism fad], wherein YTMND participants vandalize Wikipedia articles, take screenshots, and make fun of the encyclopedia in a YTMND. A variant is to start nonsense articles (usually referencing another YTMND fad in some way), wait for it to be nominated for deletion, and then make a YTMND claiming that "Wikipedia hates X," where X is whatever the article concerned.

*'''"[[Michael Moore]] is too easy to make fun of"''' shows Michael Moore pounding his fists on a podium. The original was set to a soundclip of [[Homer Simpson]] saying "Where's My Burrito?"

*'''"_____ doesn't change facial expressions"'''. A fast-moving animated GIF of a person in different photos. The person has the same (or very similar) expression in all of them. Accompanied by [[Eric Prydz]]'s song "Call on Me". In more recent versions the picture may also be static. ''It originated from a flash file that was found in an update (on May 24, 2005) at [[Albino Blacksheep]] called [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/face 'The Face'].''

*'''"BethanyM"''', an administrator for [[GameFAQs]]/[[GameSpot]]'s forums. She became the prey of GameFAQs forum users, due to their hostility towards [[CJayC]] "selling his soul to GameSpot". One such example of BethanyM is "I AM BETHANYM", in which a picture of her is accompanied by a male voice.

*'''"[[Ten bell salute]]"''', a tradition in [[professional wrestling]] in which ten ring bell tolls are sounded at the beginning of a show to honor a wrestler who has recently died. This fad started as a tribute for late [[WWE]] Superstar [[Eddie Guerrero]]. The salute has been adopted for other YTMND-releated items that have been removed such as those described below such as [[Little Mac]]'s Bike, Milton's stapler, and the victim in said ''Harry Potter'' spoiler.

*'''"The Curb-Stomp scene"''' from the movie "[[American History X]]", showing a man killing another person by stopming on his head, often parodized with other persons (for example, The Burger King stomping on the Hamburgler).

*Various [[YTMND]] fads made to look like they were set in the '''[[1920s]]'''. They are made complete with [[moustaches]] and top hats. They are also accompanied by [[black and white]] screens and "scratchy" lines.

*'''A cat being thrusted in the air''' after a rescuer flings it off a pole, often accompanied by the Superman theme song and a different image appearing at the sidewalk after falling down.

*'''Anti-[[EBaum's World]] YTMNDs'''. After eBaum's stole the image from lohanfacial.ytmnd.com and watermarked it, there have been a lot of YTMNDs expressing hate towards eBaum's world and encouraging a raid. Most have been accompanied to "Still" by the [[Geto Boys]].

==The YTMND Forums==
The YTMND forum community has, on occasion, pushed several invented fads to the front page users, with the occasional successes including reaching the Top 15 Viewed YTMNDs list as well as the Top 5 Rated YTMNDs. Forum fads, by definition, begin on the YTMND forums.

The first of the forum fads, Mike Done, was created with the intention of taking an inside joke even the forum users did not get and thrusting it into the spotlight to confuse or annoy front-page users. Other forum fads followed, including Tennis Man, and Gay Fuel.

Asiacopter was an odd fad. Its popularity was sparked only by the remake of a YTMND (originally made by Inkdrinker) by DrWorm, but set to [[Final Fantasy VII]] music, plus a thread calling for a [[Zerg Rush]] of asiacopters. A select few ytmnd users took it upon themselves to get the fad going, and sparked a huge battle with the big fad at the time "Professor X had one weakness." Eventually the front page was filled with ____copters and weaknesses. Some notorious Asiacopters are Freakasianzoidcopter, Vadercopter (a cult classic), and Stairs had one weakness.

Another such forum fad is where users gather together at a certain time and start producing sites with sound and text, but no image. The purpose of this is to confuse the users who only look at the front page of ytmnd. They will think that there is something wrong with their computer, that YTMND is broken, etc. The forum members then up-vote the site by giving it 5's and they post such comments like 'hahahah this is the best ever!'. Most of the time, they combine loads of fads together in the title and some put a (refresh), indicating that once the page is loaded that the viewer must refresh the page to sync it all up. When the forum members do this, it confuses some of the front page people, but it does not confuse many. This is usually because not everyone participates and sites are not made fast enough, so the 5 recently made sites could have two blanks and 3 regular YTMNDs.

As some forum members have explained, the unifying purpose of forum fads is not humor as much as the attempt to interfere with the fad-heavy business as usual on the front page. Despite this, however, this has led to many arguments between forum members, usually between people joining simply to express their annoyance with seemingly non-sensical series of YTMND's and regular users of the forums. It has even led to arguments between other regular users themselves, which as a result some users have put images of fights and with the words "YTMND FORUMS" displayed in several users' signatures. It has also led to a YTMND itself entitled "THE OFFICIAL YTMND FORUMS YTMND" with an excerpt of the trailer for the film ''Green Street Hooligans'' edited with the avatars of some users to give people an idea of how disorganised the forums can be.


===Brief List of YTMND Forum In-Jokes===
*"[[Internet slang|BRB]][[FBI]]", a phrase commonly used when [[pedophilia]] or other illegal activity appears in conversation. The phrase was born from frequently threatened police and FBI intervention during a string of forum raids in the summer of 2005.
*"also cocks.", a phrase derived from the infamous 'Ridin Spinnaz' YTMND. Used as a [[non sequitur]] way to end a post. "also dongs" is also used.
*"RAGED", often in capital or bold font, is used when a forum member has lost their cool. The forum user who succeeds in angering or "raging" the other is usually seen as the dominant party in the conversation.
*"gtfo" is an [[acronym]] standing for "get the fuck out." veteran members often use this phrase to quickly dismiss a new user's first post.
*"amirite" is a contraction of "Am I right?" commonly used after distasteful jokes. An example would be if somebody was talking about [[Courteney Cox]], followed by another person stating, "Courteney Cox, more like Caught-any Cocks, amirite?"

==Viewhacking==
Unfortunately, a new way to garner votes and views is to change the name of the site or to change the substance of the site to trick people into clicking the site and bumping it up to the top of the YTMND list. Since its inception and spread, the term "viewhacking" was coined for this practice and thus became the general phrase. The original person to do this, TDP, only did it to see how long it would take to get 100,000 views; he was successful, and the final version now lists the site's previous incarnations. However, several others followed after that, and has since become a fairly imminent nuisance. In November 2005, a group of users from the North Carolina State University forums led by the user 'justkeepthatinmind' artificially raised the number of views on their sites in order to get into the top 15 most viewed. When called on their actions by other YTMND users, they viewhacked their critics' sites as well in an attempt to confuse people. Such actions are generally frowned upon and subjected to low votes, much along with the practice of using misleading search terms or titles to attract viewers to a page. On rare occasion, the titles are updated to keep in relation to a site that has been only moderately changed, such as an update, fix, or response to attention.

==See also==
*[[Internet phenomenon]]
*[[YTMND]]
*[[Fad]]

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Persecution of Christians

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Many [[Christianity|Christians]] have experienced persecution from both non-Christians and from [[Historical persecution by Christians|other Christians]] during the [[history of Christianity]]. Persecution may refer to unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, beating, torture, or execution. It also may refer to the confiscation or destruction of property, or incitement to hate Christians.

==Jewish persecution of Christians==
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The [[New Testament]] reports that the earliest Christians suffered persecution at the hands of the [[Jew]]ish leadership of the day, commencing with [[Jesus]] himself. It also reports the beginning of persecutions by the Romans (see below). However the definition of Jewish is frequently used in an undiscriminating way that has been the cause of later controversy. For details see [[Jews in the New Testament]].

The first Christians were born and raised under Judaism, as Christianity began as a sect of Judaism. The earliest examples of "Jewish persecution of Christians" could better be understood perhaps as examples of "Jewish persecution of other Jews," that is, sectarian conflict. However, it is clear that the creed even of early Christianity showed enough disparity with orthodox Judaism of the time (namely the idea of a [[Trinity]] and of Christ as Lord), to make this an ambiguous assumption

According to the New Testament accounts, persecution of Jesus' followers continued after his death. Peter and John were imprisoned by the Jewish leadership, including high priest [[Ananias]], who however later released them (Acts 4:1-21). Another time, all the apostles were imprisoned by the high priest and other [[Sadducees]], only to be freed by an angel (Acts 5:17-18). The apostles, after having escaped, were then taken before the Sanhedrin again, but this time [[Gamaliel]] (a [[Pharisee]] well known from Rabbinic literature) convinced the Sanhedrin to free them (Acts 5:27-40), which the Sanhedrin did, after having flogged them.

The New Testament recounts the stoning of Stephen (Acts 6:8-7:60) by the members of the [[Sanhedrin]]. Stephen is remembered in Christianity as the first [[martyr]] (derived from the Greek word "martyros" which means "witness"). Stephen's execution was followed by a major persecution of Christians (Acts 8:1-3), led by a Pharisee named [[Paul of Tarsus]] (also called Saul), throwing many Christians into prison. According to the New Testament, this persecution continued until Paul converted to Christianity, after reportedly seeing a bright light and hearing the voice of Jesus on the road to Damascus, where he was travelling to carry out more imprisonment of Christians (Acts 9:1-22). Acts 9:23-25 reports that "the Jews" in Damascus then tried to kill Paul. They were waiting for him at the [[town gates]], but he evaded them by being lowered over the [[city wall]] in a basket by other Christians and then escaped to [[Jerusalem]]. Understandably, he had difficulty at first convincing the Christians in Jerusalem that he, their persecutor, had truly converted and was now being persecuted himself (Acts 9:26-27). Another attempt on his life was made, this time by "the Grecians" (KJV), referring to a group of Hellenistic Jews (Acts 9:29), whom he debated while in or around Jerusalem.

There is some debate over why Paul, before his conversion, and other Pharisees persecuted Christians. According to Paula Fredriksen, in ''From Jesus to Christ'', the most likely reason was that Christian Jews were preaching the imminent return of the King of the Jews and the establishment of his kingdom. To Roman ears, such talk was seditious. Romans gave Jews at that time limited self-rule; the main obligations of Jewish leaders were to collect taxes for Rome, and to maintain civil order. Thus, Jewish leaders would have to suppress any seditious talk. In cases where Jewish leaders did not suppress seditious talk, Jewish leaders were often sent to Rome for trial and execution.

=== Later Jewish persecution of Christians ===

During the famous [[Bar Kochba]] Rebellion of AD [[135]], Christians refused to fight, as a result of which, according to [[Justin Martyr]], they were "commanded to be punished severely, if they did not deny Jesus as the Messiah and blaspheme him."[http://www.livius.org/ja-jn/jewish_wars/jwar07.html]

In pre-Islamic [[Yemen]], a Jewish king called [[Dhu Nuwas]] came to power and persecuted Christians in his realm, and massacred Christian communities in [[Najran]] in about [[524]]; apparently this was intended as retaliation for Christian [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Persecution of Jews|persecutions of the Jews]].[http://www.gospelcom.net/dacb/stories/ethiopia/kaleb_.html] According to Muslim tradition, he was the person cursed in the Quran for burning believers alive (Quran 85:4-8.)

In the early sixth century, [[Khosrau II]], King of Persia from 591 to 628, 'invaded Asia Minor and Syria at the head of a large army. The Jews joined the Persians in great numbers under the leadership of Benjamin of Tiberias, a man of immense wealth, by whom they were enlisted and armed. The Tiberian Jews, with those of Nazareth and the mountain cities of Galilee, marched on Jerusalem with the Persian division commanded by Shahrbaraz. Later they were joined by the Jews of southern Palestine; and supported by a band of Arabs, the united forces took Jerusalem by storm (July, 614). Ninety thousand Christians are said to have perished. ... In conjunction with the Persians, the Jews swept through Palestine, destroyed the monasteries which abounded in the country, and expelled or killed the monks. Bands of Jews from Jerusalem, Tiberias, Galilee, Damascus, and even from Cyprus, united and undertook an incursion against Tyre, having been invited by the 4,000 Jewish inhabitants of that city to surprise and massacre the Christians on Easter night. The Jewish army is said to have consisted of 20,000 men. The expedition, however, miscarried, as the Christians of Tyre learned of the impending danger, and seized the 4,000 Tyrian Jews as hostages. The Jewish invaders destroyed the churches around Tyre, an act which the Christians avenged by killing two thousand of their Jewish prisoners. The besiegers, to save the remaining prisoners, withdrew.' According to the "Jewish Encyclopedia", 'The immediate results of these wars filled the Jews with joy. Many Christians became Jews through fear. A Sinaitic monk embraced Judaism of his own free will, and became a vehement assailant of his former belief.'[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=479&letter=C]

According to modern day Jewish views, the followers of Judaism may not have been responsible for these atrocities. They dimiss accusations against the Jews as Christian propaganda which needs to be read with an eye to its intended audience and its intended effect. However, the episodes they seek to explain away are as well-attested as any events in ancient history, and probably better attested that many stories about the Holocaust.

*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/strategos1.html Antiochus Strategos, ''The Sack of Jerusalem'']: e-text excerpt of the Persian sack of Jerusalem, [[614]].

In Ethiopia, Queen Gudit, who persecuted Christians around 970 AD and helped bring down the Kingdom of [[Aksum]], is said in Ethiopian chronicles to have been Jewish, though some modern scholars have cast doubt on this, suggesting that she may have been a pagan[http://www.gospelcom.net/dacb/stories/ethiopia/gudit_.html].

In contemporary Israel, conservative Jewish residents of Jerusalem's Meit Sharim district have been accused of spitting and otherwise molesting Christians (especially Armenian or Palestinian ones) who pass through their neighborhood. The Israeli government has been accused of intentionally denying residence visas to Christian clergy, owing to its dissatisfaction with the influence of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

== Persecution of early Christians by Romans==

===Persecutions narrated in the New Testament===

According to the [[New Testament]], Jesus' crucifixion was authorized by Roman authorities and carried out by Roman soldiers. The New Testament also records that [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]] on his missions was imprisoned on several occasions by the Roman authorities. Once he was stoned and left for dead. Finally he was taken as a prisoner to [[Rome]]. The New Testament account does not say what then became of Paul, but Christian tradition reports that he was executed in Rome by being beheaded. Christian tradition reports that [[Saint Peter|Peter]] was likewise executed in Rome, by [[crucifixion]] (upside down, at his request because he did not feel he deserved the 'honor' of dying in the same way as Christ died).

=== Rise of Persecution in the Roman Empire ===
=== Persecution under Nero, 64-68 A.D. ===

The first documented case of imperially-supervised persecution of the Christians in the Roman Empire begins with Nero (37-68). In 64 A.D., a great fire broke out in Rome which destroyed vast portions of the city and economically devastated the Roman population. Nero, whose sanity had long been in question, was widely suspected of having intentionally set the fire himself. In his ''Annals,'' Tacitus states that "to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace" (Tacit. ''Annals'' XV). By implicating the Christians for this massive act of arson, Nero successfully capitalized on the already-existing public suspicion of this religious sect and, it could be argued, exacerbated the hostilities held toward them throughout the Roman Empire.

=== Persecution in the 2nd Century ===
By the mid 2nd century, mobs could be found willing to throw stones at Christians, and they might be mobilized by rival sects. [[Lucian]] tells of an elaborate and successful hoax perpretrated by a "prophet" of Asclepius, using a tame snake, in Pontus and Paphlygonia. When rumor seemed about to expose his fraud, the witty essayist reports in his scathing essay [http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/lucian/lucian_alexander.htm ''Alexander the false prophet''],

:''he issued a promulgation designed to scare them, saying that Pontus was full of atheists and Christians who had the hardihood to utter the vilest abuse of him; these he bade them drive away with stones if they wanted to have the god gracious.''

Further state persecutions were desultory until the persecution under [[Diocletian]] and more so [[Galerius]] that began in 303 AD. The persecution under [[Decius]] from the winter of 250 to the following spring of 251 martyred [[Pope Fabian]], Bishop of Rome, involved [[Cyprian]], bishop of Carthage, in controversy, and figures large in the founding myths of the seven bishops sent to Christianize Gaul, but finds no confirmation outside the ''vita'' of Cyprian composed by Pontius the deacon and writings in the [[hagiography|hagiographic]] tradition. [[Gregory of Tours]] glosses the persecutions in his "History of the Franks" written in the decade before 594:
:''"Under the emperor Decius many persecutions arose against the name of Christ, and there was such a slaughter of believers that they could not be numbered. Babillas, bishop of Antioch, with his three little sons, Urban, Prilidan and Epolon, and Xystus, bishop of Rome, Laurentius, an archdeacon, and Hyppolitus, were made perfect by martyrdom because they confessed the name of the Lord. Valentinian and Novatian were then the chief heretics and were active against our faith, the enemy urging them on. At this time seven men were ordained as bishops and sent into the Gauls to preach, as the history of the martyrdom of the holy martyr Saturninus relates. For it says: " In the consulship of Decius and Gratus, as faithful memory recalls, the city of Toulouse received the holy Saturninus as its first and greatest bishop." These bishops were sent: bishop Catianus to Tours; bishop Trophimus to Arles; bishop Paul to Narbonne; bishop Saturninus to Toulouse; bishop Dionisius to Paris; bishop Stremonius to Clermont, bishop Martial to Limoges."'' ([http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html#book3 Book i.30-31])

Christian sources aver that a decree was issued requiring public sacrifice, a formality equivalent to a testimonial of allegiance to the Emperor and the established order. Decius authorized roving commissions visiting the cities and villages to supervise the execution of the sacrifices and to deliver written certificates to all citizens who performed them. Christians were often given opportunities to avoid further punishment by publicly offering sacrifices or burning incense to Roman gods, and were accused by the Romans of impiety when they refused. Refusal was punished by arrest, imprisonment, torture, and executions. Christians fled to safe havens in the countryside and some purchased their certificates, called ''libelli.'' Several councils held at [[Carthage]] debated the extent to which the community should accept these lapsed Christians.

It should be noted that today massive numbers of martyrs claimed by the early Church during these persecutions are not generally accepted by scholars. Gibbon, in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, estimates that "the whole might consequently amount to about fifteen hundred ... an annual consumption of 150 martyrs." The Western provinces were little affected, and even in the East where Christianity was recognized as a growing threat, the persecutions were light and sporadic. Claims of martyrdom were exaggerated by the early Church Fathers in order to gain converts.

The career and writings of [[Cyprian]], bishop of Carthage, throw light on the aftermath of the Decian persecutions in the Carthaginian Christian community. (Fuller details are at the entry [[Cyprian]].)

Some early Christians sought out and welcomed their persecutions:

Roman authorities tried hard to avoid Christians because they "goaded, chided, belittled and insulted the crowds until they demanded their death.";193; One man shouted to the Roman officials: "I want to die! I am a Christian," leading the officials to respond: "If they wanted to kill themselves, there was plenty of cliffs they could jump off.";194; But the Christians, following Tertullian's dicta that "martyrdom is required by God," forced their own martyrdom so they could die in an ecstatic trance: "Although their tortures were gruesome, the martyrs did not suffer, enjoying their analgesic state."195 ''[http://www.psychohistory.com/htm/eln09_psychesociety.html]''

The conditions under which [[martyrdom]] was an acceptable fate or under which it was suicidally embraced occupied writers of the early Christian Church. Broadly speaking, martyrs were considered uniquely exemplary of the Christian faith, and few early saints were not also martyrs. However, suicide is murder, and is associated with treason to the faith - the very opposite of martyrdom - the way of Judas the traitor, not of Jesus the savior. This confusion of early Christians over the values of martyrdom led to some breakaways from the Church in Rome, most notably the Donatists. Their was one sect, the [[Circumcellion]]s, AKA the "agonostici", Latin for "fighter", and root of our English word "antagonist", that is of special regard in this matter. The Circumcellions had come to regard martyrdom as the true Christian virtue (as Church Father Tertullian said, a martyr’s death day was actually his birthday), and thus came to disregard chastity, sobriety, humbleness, charity, and most of the other good things we today associate with Christianity. Instead, they focused on bringing about their martyrdom-- by any means possible. Since Jesus had told Peter to put down his sword in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Circumcellions piously avoided bladed weapons and instead opted for the use of blunt clubs, which they called "Isrealites." Using their "Israelites", the Circumcellions would attack random travelers on the road, while shouting "Praise the Lord!" in Latin. The object of these random beatings was the death of the intrepid martyr, who hoped that clobbering someone over the head with an "Israelite" would provoke said person to send the happy Circumcellion straight to Heaven. Since the Circumcellions did not bother themselves with chastity or poverty, they often cavorted with the opposite (or same) sex and would kill and rob those unfortunate travelers who did not assist their "martyrdom" with a sufficiently potent counter-attack. When the "Israelite" method failed, the determined Circumcellion would obtain his martyrdom through a not-so-quick dip in the pool, or a one way ticket off the nearest cliffside. The 2nd century ''Martyrdom of [[Polycarp]],'' records the story of Quintus, a Christian who handed himself over to the Roman authorities, but turned coward and sacrificed to the Roman gods when he saw the wild beasts in the [[colosseum]]: "For this reason therefore, brothers, we do not praise those who hand themselves over, since the gospel does not so teach." [[John the Evangelist]] never accused Jesus of suicide or self-destruction, but rather says that Jesus chose not to resist arrest and crucifixion.

==Early persecutions outside the Roman Empire==

In 337, a spate in the ongoing hostilities between [[Sassanid]] Persia and the Roman Empire led to anti-Christian persecutions by the Persians of Christians who were perceived as potentially treacherous friends to a Christianized Rome under Constantine. Over the next few decades, thousands of Christians died. In the 3rd and 4th centuries, Christian missionaries, most successfully [[Ulfilas]] converted the [[Goths]] to [[Arianism|Arian]] Christianity, which the Goths saw as an attack on their religion and culture. The Visigoth King Athanaric began persecuting Christians, many of whom were killed. In the 5th and 6th century, [[Arianism]] became prevalent among the Goths; during their forays into Italy, Gaul (France) and Spain they destroyed many churches and killed a number of Christian clergy.

In [[429]] the [[Vandals]] (who were Arians) conquered Roman Africa. Catholics were discriminated against; Catholic Church property was confiscated. Thousands of Catholics were banished from Vandal held territory.

The ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' notes that "Ancient, medieval and early modern hagiographers were inclined to exaggerate the number of martyrs. Since the title of martyr is the highest title to which a Christian can aspire, this tendency is natural". Estimates of Christians killed for religious reasons before the year [[313]] vary greatly, depending on the scholar quoted, from a high of almost 100,000 to a low of 10,000.

== Persecution of Christians by Christians ==

Upon the establishment of official ties between the state and Christianity, the state and the Church turned their considerable negative attention to those deemed [[heretics]], although who was and was not a heretic could alter with the winds of political change. The first nonconforming Christian executed was [[Priscillian]]. Many 4th century examples of such a situation involved [[Arianism]], which held, against the orthodox tradition, that Jesus was not "one in unity with the Father", but instead was a created being, not on the same level with God, above humans but below [[God the Father]].

When high-ranking officials agreed with orthodoxy, the state stopped at no ends to bring down the Arians. The converse was true when high-ranking officials, instead, adhered to Arianism, at which point the power of the state was used to promulgate that particular interpretation. The Germanic [[Goths]] and [[Vandals]] adhered to Arian Christianity, establishing Arian states in Italy and Spain. Orthodox Christians fought viciously against these foreign Arians. [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]], for example, died while in a town besieged by the Arian Vandals.

An increasing number of scholars have claimed that early Christianity had no single agreed-upon tradition, and various sects claimed no limit of things about Jesus, God, and the universe, but the extent of this "proto-Christian" diversity can be a matter of debate. Some scholarly opinion adheres to the picture of a continual line of theological orthodoxy, but the early sources suggest a world of Christianity far more colorful than the post-Nicean fathers painted.

In the medieval period the Roman Catholic church moved to suppress the [[Cathar]] heresy, the [[Pope]] having sanctioned a [[crusade]] against the latter. The [[Crusades]] in the [[Middle East]] also spilled over into conquest of [[Eastern Orthodox]] Christians by Roman Catholics and attempted suppression of the Orthodox Church for a time. The [[Waldenses]] were as well brutally persecuted by the Catholic Church, but survived up to this day. The Reformation led to a long period of warfare and communal violence between Catholic and [[Protestant]] factions, leading to massacres and forced suppression of the alternative views by the dominant faction in many countries. In the 1572 [[St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre]] the French king ordered the murder of Protestants in France.

In the modern period, such events include violence between [[Mormons]] and [[Protestants]] in the [[United States]] during the [[19th century]]. That century also saw the [[martyrdom]] of St. [[Peter the Aleut]] at the hands of [[Roman Catholic]] clergy in [[California]].

Presently, Northern Ireland is rife with Christian on Christian sectarian violence.

== Islamic persecution of Christians ==
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=== [[Iconoclasm]] ===

=== [[Ottoman Empire]] ===

=== Genocide in Turkey ===

1.5 million [[Armenians|Armenian]] Christians and 750.000 [[Syriacs|Syriac]] Christians were killed by the [[Young Turk]] government between [[1915]] and [[1917]]. The massacre, which became known as the [[Armenian Genocide]] and the [[Syriac Genocide]], is considered the first genocide of the 20th Century, one of the biggest in terms of number of victims, and could have been a direct inspiration for [[Hitler]]'s [[Final Solution]]. However, it was often ignored or given little significance by many Western governments for most of the 20th Century, due to political pressure from [[Turkey]], one of the West's few allies in the [[Middle-East]]. And although Western governments have begun recognising the genocide in the past few years, Turkey still officially denies that it took place. However, Turkey has begun to debate the genocide in public as a result of pressure from the [[EU]], recently (September 2005) holding a conference to discuss it.

=== Persecution of Christians in Sudan ===
It is estimated that over '''1.5''' million Christians have been killed by the Sudanese army, the [[Janjaweed]], and even suspected [[Islamists]] in northern Sudan since 1984.

However, the conflict is not purely a religious one, as many black Muslims, as well as Muslim Arab tribesmen, have also been killed in the conflict. It is difficult to ascertain how many deaths are due to the conflict and how many are due to the numerous [[famines]] which have effected Sudan, costing thousands of lives.

=== Persecution of Assyrian Christians in the Middle East ===
It is estimated that over 4 million Syriac-Speaking [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] have fled from the Middle East during the last 100 years. Over 500,000 Assyrians died in the [[Syriac Genocide|Assyrian Genocide]] during the Ottoman Rule. From being a nation of 20 million in the beginning of the 19th century the Assyrian population is well under 4 million today. Daily Assyrian Christians are persecuted in the whole [[Middle East]].On [http://www.aina.org/martyr.html#1980%20to%201988 Assyrian Massacres] you will be able to see a lot of massacres on the Assyrians in the past and today.

=== Attacks on Christians by [[Islamist]]s in Pakistan ===
Oct. 28, 2001 - Lahore, Pakistan - Islamic militants killed 15 Christians at a church. On [[25 September]] [[2002]] two terrorists entered the "Peace and Justice Institute", Karachi. They separated Muslims from the Christians, and then executed eight Christians by shooting them in the head.

=== Attacks on Christians by Islamists in Indonesia ===

Religious conflicts have typically occurred in [[western New Guinea]], [[Maluku]] (particularly [[Ambon]]), and [[Sulawesi]]. The presence of Muslims in these regions is largely due to [[Suharto]]'s ''[[transmigrasi]]'' plan of population re-distribution. Conflicts have often occurred because of the aims of radical [[Islamist]] organisations such as [[Jemaah Islamiah]] or [[Laskar Jihad]] to impose [[Sharia]]. The following list is far from comprehensive:

[[1998]] - 500 Christian churches burned down in [[Java (island)|Java]].

November, [[1998]] - 22 churches in [[Jakarta]] are burned down. 13 Christians killed.

[[Christmas]] Day [[1998]] - 180 homes and stores owned by Christians are destroyed in [[Poso]], [[Central Sulawesi]].

[[Easter]] [[2000]] - 800 homes and stores owned by Christians are destroyed in Poso, Central Sulawesi.

[[May 23]], [[2000]] - Christian fight back against a Muslim [[mob]]. 700 people die.

June, [[2001]] - the [[Laskar Jihad]] declares [[Jihad]] against Christians. Muslim [[citizen]]s are recruited by the thousands to exterminate Christians.

[[May 28]], [[2005]] - A bomb is exploded in a crowded market in [[Tentena]], killing 28. This marks the highest death toll due to bombing after the devestating attacks in [[Bali]]. [http://www.persecution.org/news/press2001-03-09.html]

On [[October 29]], [[2005]] three school girls were found [[beheaded]] near Poso. The girls, students at [[Central Sulawesi Christian Church]], were killed by six unidentified assailants while on their way to class.

=== Discrimination and persecution in other Arab and Muslim nations ===
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In [[Saudi Arabia]], Christians can be arrested and lashed for practicing their faith in public. No non-Muslims are allowed to become Saudi citizens. Prayer services by Christians are broken up by the police, and people who convert to Christianity can officially be executed, although this has not in fact been done in many years. (cf. [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/14012.htm US State Department])

In [[Egypt]], the government does not officially recognise conversions from Islam to Christianity; because certain interfaith marriages are not allowed either, this prevents marriages between converts to Christianity and those born in Christian communities, and also results in the children of Christian converts being classified as Muslims and given a Muslim education. The government also requires permits for repairing churches or building new ones, which are often withheld. Foreign missionaries are allowed in the country only if they restrict their activities to social improvements and refrain from proselytizing ([http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13994.htm US State Department]). The [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] [[Pope Shenouda III]] was internally exiled in [[1981]] by President [[Anwar Sadat]], who then chose five Coptic bishops and asked them to choose a new pope. They refused, and in [[1985]] President [[Hosni Mubarak]] restored Pope Shenouda III, who had been accused of fomenting interconfessional strife. Particularly in Upper Egypt, the rise in extremist [[Islamist]] groups such as the [[Gama'at Islamiya]] during the 1980s was accompanied by attacks on Copts and on Coptic churches; these have since declined with the decline of those organizations, but still continue. The police have been accused of siding with the attackers in some of these cases[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/589977.stm]. Nevertheless, high-ranking government officials in Egypt have included Copts like [[Boutros Ghali]] and his grandson, [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]].

There has been a substantial amount of anti-Christian incidents carried out in areas governed by the [[Palestinian Authority]]. Many claim that this represents a pattern of deliberate mistreatment by the PA; others hold that these are isolated incidents that reflect the beliefs of the individuals involved, but not the society in general. Two American courts, one in Illinois and the other in North Carolina, accepted the threat of "religious persecution" as grounds for granting asylum to Christians fleeing PA territory.
According to some Christian sources, Palestinian Islamists in the West bank are using violence and threats of terror to scare Christians out of Palestinian controlled area.

Though [[Iran]] recognizes Christians as a religious minority (along with Jews and Zoroastrians) after the [[Iranian Revolution|Revolution]], Muslim converts to Christianity have been arrested and often executed.

In Malaysia, proselytisation of Muslims is illegal.
[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/13899.htm US State Department] For more information, see [[Christianity in Malaysia]].

In the Philippines, the [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] and [[Abu Sayyaf]] has attacked and killed Christians.[http://persecution.org/Countries/philippines.html]

=== Persecution in Kosovo ===
After its territory was conquered by [[Ottoman Empire]], Christians in [[Kosovo]] (nearly all of them [[Serbs]]) were persecuted, as were other Christian subjects of the empire. However, here, unlike in most of the empire, they were also persecuted by [[Albanians]], who have mostly converted to [[Islam]]. This accelerated during late 19th century, continued during most of 20th, especially during wars, and as a result Serbian population is now drastically reduced—from 95% in 15th century and around 60% at the beginning of 19th to less than 10% in 21st (see [[History of Kosovo]] and [[Demographic history of Kosovo]] for more details). Persecution of Christians also resulted in destruction of hundreds of Christian churches, monasteries, graveyards and other religious monuments (over 150 only in five years since the [[Kosovo War]]), some of them being of great historical and architectural importance. The latest wave of anti-Christian violence was in March 2004 (see [[Unrest in Kosovo]]). However, it should be noted that the majority of Christians in Kosovo are [[Serbs]], and that this conflict may be more related to ethnic tensions following [[Milosevic]]'s campaign of [[ethnic cleansing]] than pure sectarianism unrelated to the political climate.

== Nazi-Fascist persecution ==

Although far less hostile to Christianity than to Judaism, which the [[Nazism|Nazis]] sought to exterminate in [[the Holocaust]] throughout the [[Third Reich]] and lands that came under Nazi rule, Nazi [[totalitarianism]] demanded that all religious activity conform to the desires of Nazi leadership. Christian churches were obliged to accept the racist doctrines of Nazism. The [[Gestapo]] monitored Christian clergy and congregations for any semblance of dissent with Nazi policies, and many Christian clergy and laymen ended up in concentration camps when they asserted opposition to the teachings and practices of Nazism or if they acted upon pacifist convictions (like many [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] and some [[Confessing Church]] members). During the early part of the Nazi rule, the "[[German Christians]]" were an important pseudo-Protestant tool of the regime to bring about the [[Gleichschaltung]] of the churches.

The expansion of [[Nazi Germany]] and the establishment of Nazi rule in occupied countries brought about persecutions ranging from those characteristic in Germany itself to conditions approaching those of the Soviet Union. Catholic priests in Poland that were opposed to the Nazis were taken to the concentration camps; many were murdered in the liquidation of the Polish [[intelligentsia]].

In Italy the Catholic-dominated fascist regime of [[Mussolini]] heavily persecuted [[Pentecostals]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] from 1936 to 1954, when the Persecution Decree, named Circolare Buffarini-Guidi was revoked due Western nations pressure.

== Discrimination and persecution in the Soviet Union ==
After the Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks undertook a massive program to remove the influence of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] from the government and [[Russia]]n society, and to make the state [[atheist]]. Thousands of churches were destroyed or converted to other uses, such as warehouses. Monasteries were closed and often converted to prison camps, most notably the Solovetz monastery becoming [[Solovki]] camp. Many members of clergy were imprisoned for anti-government activities. These victims are now recognized as the "[[New Martyrs]]" by the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], the old martyrs being the victims of the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] persecutions. Church property, including the icons and other objects of worship (especially those made of precious metals) was confiscated and put to other uses.

Nevertheless, religion was never outlawed in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Constitution actually guaranteed religious freedom to all Soviet citizens. Persecutions were usually carried out for political, not religious, reasons.

The persecution abated during the [[World War II]], at which time [[Stalin]]'s government actually made some semblance of peace with the Church in order to use it as part of its program to inspire Russian [[patriotic]] feeling to fight the [[Germany|German]] invaders. After that, the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government sought to put the Church under control by appointing loyal men as priests, allegedly ending up with the entire upper ranks of the Church being officers of the [[KGB]].

A concerted effort was made to prevent or disrupt the social gatherings of Christians. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s the celebration of [[Christmas]] and the traditional Russian holiday of New Year was prohibited (later on New Year was reinstated as a secular holiday and is now the most significant family holiday in [[Russia]]). Gatherings and religious processions were initially prohibited and later on strictly limited and regulated. In later years, a more subtle method of disrupting Christian holidays involved broadcasting very popular movies one after the other on the major holidays when believers are expected to participate in religious processions, especially during the [[Easter]] celebration. Apparently, this was intended to keep those, whose faith was uncertain or wavering, in their homes and glued to their [[Television|TV]]s.

An intense ideological anti-Christian and anti-religious campaign was carried out throughout the history of the [[Soviet Union]]. An extensive education and propaganda campaign was undertaken to convince people, especially the children and youth, not to become believers. The role of the Christian religion and the [[Church]] was painted in black colors in school textbooks. For instance, much emphasis was placed on the role of the Church in such historical horror stories as the [[Inquisition]], persecution of [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Giordano Bruno]], and other heretical scientists, and the [[Crusades]]. School students were encouraged to taunt and use [[peer pressure]] against classmates wearing crosses or otherwise professing their faith. In the 1920s there were many "anti-God" publications and social clubs sponsored by the government, most notably the scathingly satirical "[[Godless at the Workbench]]" ("Bezbozhnik u Stanka" in Russian). Later on, these disappeared because a new generation has grown up essentially [[atheist]].

A "scientific" perspective was used to attack religion extensively. The Church was portrayed as obscurantist and opposed to the findings of [[science]]. Much was made of alleged Christian belief in the literal [[Creation (theology)|Creation]] account in the book of [[Genesis]] which the pro-[[Darwinian]] textbooks ridiculed. Interestingly, as part of the anti-foreign and anti-capitalist propaganda, an effort was made, especially in the 1920s and 1930s, to imprint in the minds of the people an image of the [[Western Culture|West]] as dominated by the anti-scientific ignorance of the Church, as opposed to the scientifically "progressive" [[atheist]] Soviet state.

In general, Christianity was portrayed as corrupt, hypocritical, a loyal servant of the reactionary [[czar]], obscurantist, "opium for the people" according to [[Karl Marx]], and otherwise evil. This [[Communist]] persecution of the Church proved enormously successful. Within the span of one generation, the traditionally highly devout Russian people became overwhelmingly [[atheist]]. This transformation was, for the most part, complete by the 1950's. As such, it counted as one of the greatest and the most successful persecutions Christianity had ever experienced, on par only with the destruction of Christianity in the [[Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and [[Asia Minor]] by the [[Islamic]] and [[Turkey|Turkish]] conquests.

After the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], the government of [[Russia]] openly embraced the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], and there was a reputed renaissance in the number of the faithful in [[Russia]]. As of 2004 it is generally noted, however, that whereas a very large percent of Russians today identify themselves as believers and members of the Church (up from a very small group in the Soviet days), still relatively few of them actually attend [[church]] regularly, read the [[Bible]], or otherwise take their [[communion]] with the [[Church]] seriously. For many, it seems, [[faith]] has become a matter of personal identification and readiness to [[Baptism|baptize]] their children or have church [[marriage]] and [[burial]] ceremonies, and not much else. This is a clear testimony to the completeness and the long term success of the Communist persecution of the Christianity in [[Russia]].

[[Richard Wurmbrand]], author of ''[[Tortured for Christ]]'' described the systematic persecution of Christians in one East Bloc nation. Many Christian believers in the Soviet Union have told of being imprisoned for no other reason than believing in God - a fate shared no less by Jewish believers. Many have recently been canonized as [[saint]]s following their death at the hands of Soviet authorities; they are collectively referred to in the Orthodox Church as the "new martyrs". (See also [[Enemy of the people]], [[Gulag]], [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]], [[Varlam Shalamov]])

== Persecution in other Eastern Bloc nations ==
[[Enver Hoxha]] conducted a campaign to extinguish all forms of religion in [[Albania]] in [[1967]], closing all religious buildings and declaring the state atheist. Albania was the only Eastern Bloc nation that actually outlawed religion. See [[Communist and post-Communist Albania]].

However, persecution of Christians, especially Protestants, [[Pentecostals]] and non-registered minority denominations, has continued after the fall of the Soviet Union, in many countries in [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Central Asia]], notably [[Tajikistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Human rights in Belarus|Belarus]]. However, it should be noted that Jews and certain Muslim sects are also frequently subject to similar discrimination, and harsh treatment does not extend to all Christian sects. [http://www.forum18.org]

== Persecution of Christians in [[China]] ==

=== Emperor [[Tang Wu Zong]] ===

Tang Wu Zang (of the [[Tang dynasty]]) ruled from [[840]] to [[846]]. Known as a [[Taoist]] zealot, he first suppressed [[Buddhism]] in China for its perceived excesses. He then attacked all other "foreign" religions, including Christianity. [[Nestorianism]], the only Chinese Christian branch at that time, was virtually wiped out in China.

=== [[Qing Dynasty]] ===

When [[Jiaqing Emperor of China]] declared the close door policy, Christianity suffered the first drawback. After the [[Opium War]], Christians became a target of hatred and many Christians were killed in the [[Boxer Rebellion]].

=== [[People's Republic of China]] ===

The Communist government tries to maintain tight control over religions, so the only legal Christian Churches are those under the Communist Party's control (see article on [[Chinese House Churches]]).

== Persecution in [[Japan]] ==

===Arrival of Christianity===
Following the arrival in Japan of the Portuguese in the early 1500s, Christianity gained much ground.

===Edo Period===
As the [[Sengoku period]] drew to a close in the late 1500s, the reigning ''[[kampaku]]'' [[Hideyoshi Toyotomi]] became concerned with the popularity of Christianity and thus drove out the missionaries and killed 26 Christians as an example. [http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/Japan_martyrs.htm] The trade continued, but the tradition of persecution had begun. With the subsequent rise of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], the government's anti-Christian sentiment grew. In [[1614]], mostly to curb the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] attempts to make inroads into Japan's economy, Christianity was outlawed. The penalty for following Christianity was death. Thousands of Japanese Christians were killed for maintaining their faith despite the ban. Most Christians were executed by being burnt alive or ironically, crucified. A substantial community of Christians in [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]] remained, as well as many smaller groups throughout Japan, despite the persecution.

===Meiji Revolution and WWII===
During the [[Meiji era]] and until the end of [[World War II]], the law banning Christianity remained in effect, even though the [[Meiji Constitution]] technically allowed freedom of religion. As a result Christianity was still an illegal religion in Japan that remained punishable by death. With the new reforms, Nagasaki became open to trade, but as the ban on Christianity still remained in effect so did the government persecution. Nevertheless, despite this Christianity continued to grow. During WWII, [[Shinto]] became the official religion and all others were made crimes with varying degrees of punishment. The persecution, most especially toward Christians (especially [[Protestant]]s, who were seen as sympathetic to the Allies), intensified until the end of the war, as non-Shinto were seen as traitors to Japan.

===1945 onwards===
After the surrender of Japan in 1945, she was forced to enact freedom of religion as part of the surrender, immediately stopping the persecution. After Japan regained her sovereignty, freedom of religion remained as part of the new [[Constitution of Japan]].

== Hindu persecution of Christians ==

23 Jan 1999 - Graham Staines, an Australian Christian missionary aged 55 years, and his two sons, aged 8 and 10, were burned to death in the state of [[Orissa]] by members of [[Hindutva Parivar]], a Hindu nationalist group. Staines was accused of making derogatory remarks about Hinduism, fraudulently converting local tribals, sexually assaulting a villager's wife and slaughtering cows, the most sacred animal to Hindus.

In Sept. 2002 eight Christian missionaries were beaten during worship services by Hindu fundamentalists.

In Oct. 2002 the governor of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu issued an ordinance aimed at preventing people from converting to Christianity, on the pretext that such conversions occur due to fraud. Christians may be sentenced to up to three years in jail if convicted of such a crime.

Local Hindus have often criticized missionaries for exploiting the impoverished condition of non-Christians to convert them. In several cases, Christian pastors have publicly made derogatory remarks about Hinduism. In other cases, foreign missionaries have denied medical treatment and food aid to Hindus who refuse to convert to Christianity.

It should be noted that the majority of instances of persecutions of Christians in India do not involve the native [[Saint Thomas Christians]], but rather Latin Rite [[Catholic]]s and [[Protestant]]s.

[http://www.csw.org.uk/Archives/index.htm Christian News Source with several articles on persecution of Christians in India]

[http://www.kentaxrecords.com/iaca/index.php Indians Against Christian Aggression]

==Recent Christian Persecution in Other Countries==
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A partial list of countries not already mentioned above where significant recent persecution of Christians exists includes [[North Korea]], [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bhutan]], [[Maldives]], [[Afghanistan]], [[China]], and [[Lebanon]].

== References ==
*W.H.C. Frend, 1965. ''Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church''
''Let My People Go: The True Story of Present-Day Persecution and Slavery'' Cal. R. Bombay, Multnomah Publishers, 1998

''Their Blood Cries Out'' Paul Marshall and Lela Gilbert, World Press, 1997.

''In the Lion's Den: Persecuted Christians and What the Western Church Can Do About It'' Nina Shea, Broadman & Holman, 1997.

''This Holy Seed: Faith, Hope and Love in the Early Churches of North Africa'' Robin Daniel, Tamarisk Publications, 1993. ISBN 0952043505

''Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History'' by Robert Royal, Crossroad/Herder & Herder; (April 2000). ISBN 0824518462

''The New Catholic Encyclopedia'', 1967 (15 volume set)

== See also ==
* [[Christianophobia]]
* [[Barnabas Fund]]
* [[Christian Solidarity Worldwide]]
* [[Anti-Protestantism]]
* [[Anti-Catholic]]
* [[Voice of the Martyrs]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/heresy/circumcellions/ Rotten.com on the Circumcellions], and also [http://www.pbministries.org/History/David%20Benedict/donatists_12.htm On the Donatists and Cicumcellions], and also [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01223a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia Entry on the Matter]
* [http://www.persecution.com/ Voice of the Martyrs], and also [http://www.persecution.com.au/ VOM Australia]
* [http://www.persecution.org/ International Christian Concern]
* [http://www.copts.net/index.asp Coptic Christians persecuted in Egypt]
* [http://www.montagnard-foundation.org/ Montagnard Foundation supporting Christians persecuted in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia]
* [http://www.iabolish.com Anti-Slavery organization]
* [http://iupjournals.org/jss/jss4-2.html "The Vengeance of the Jews Was Stronger Than Their Avarice: Modern Historians and the Persian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614"] by Elliott Horowitz (Jewish Social Studies Volume 4, Number 2)
* [http://www.moshiach.com/action/ About the Noahide Laws]
* [http://www.kensmen.com/catholic/jcintro.html On Jewish-Catholic Relations]
* [http://www.sspx.ca/Angelus/2002_January/The_Cristeros.htm On the persecution of Catholics in Mexico]
* [http://www.catholicleague.org/ The Catholic League] Anti-Catholic Bigotry in the United States
* [http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/burns/chroma/saints/Persecution.html Graeme Clark, "Christians and the Roman State 193-324"]
* [http://bhutan4christ.com/persecution-wwl.html Christian Persecution in Bhutan]
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0824521293/ref=ase_ontarioconsultanA/104-0570465-6082303?v=glance&s=books Amazon Reviews of ''Anti-Catholicism in America'']
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195154800/ref=ase_ontarioconsultanA/104-0570465-6082303?v=glance&s=books Amazon Reviews of ''The New Anti-Catholicism'']
* [http://www.catholic.com/ Catholic Answers]
* [http://www.churchesforjesus.org/ Christian Persecution in Lebanon] (On Rebuilding the 46 Catholic Churches destroyed in 1985 by extremist militias)
* [http://www.ryanspencerreed.com/ Photojournalist's Account] - Images of Sudan's persecution
* [http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sri_lanka.html Christian Persecution in Sri Lanka]
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0824518462/104-0570465-6082303 Amazon Link to ''Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century : A Comprehensive World History'' (Hardcover)]
* [http://www.christianpersecution.info/ Christian Persecution Information]
* [http://phoenicia.org/christiansmea.html Persecution of Lebanese Christians]
* [http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ Armenian National Institute]
* [http://www.aina.org/martyr.html#1980%20to%201988 Assyrian Genocide]

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Arab–Israeli peace projects

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This page discusses the many projects that work to create a peaceful and productive co-existence between [[Israeli]]s and [[Arab]]s including the [[Palestinian]]s.

== Israeli-Arab co-existence projects ==

=== ''Ta'ayush'' Arab-Jewish Partnership ===
Formed in the fall of 2000, ''Ta'ayush'' (Arabic for "coexistence") is a grassroots movement of Arabs and Jews working to break down the walls of racism and segregation. It engages in daily actions of solidarity to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and to achieve full civil equality for all Israeli citizens. [http://www.taayush.org/ Ta'ayush]

=== Neve Shalom Humanitarian Aid Project ===
The Israeli Jewish-Arab Village of [[Oasis_of_Peace|Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam]] provides a remarkable model of coexistence. They organize humanitarian projects, including providing medical assistance for Palestinians in need of help.

=== ''Hamidrasha'' Jewish-Arab Beit Midrash ===
''Hamidrasha'', a center for study and fellowship, works to address alienation, estrangement, and mutual ignorance between [[Jew]]s and [[Arab]]s. Hamidrasha is establishing an inter-cultural ''Beit Midrash'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], "House of study"), which will serve as a basis for mutual personal and communal encounters, and for the study of cultural narratives and modern texts of both peoples. Jewish, Muslim and Christian men and women will engage in a true inter-cultural learning experience, with the goal of making a significant contribution to the ongoing dialogue between Jews and Arabs, and strengthening their reciprocal ties.

=== ''Ir Shalem'' co-existence program ===
In many ways the city of [[Jerusalem]] has been at the center of the conflict. The Israeli political movement [[Peace Now]] in [[1994]] has created an initiative called ''Ir Shalem'', the goal of which is to build a peaceful equitable and inspiring future for this city, with Jewish and Arab citizens working together to find solutions based on equity and justice. This program brings together volunteer architects, planners, lawyers and other professionals to analyze problems, and offer solutions. Among other efforts, ''Ir Shalem'' is developing the first-ever planning model for East Jerusalem that will equitably meet the needs of the Palestinian community.

:[http://www.peacenow.org/programs/irshalem.html Ir Shalem]

=== The West-Eastern Divan ===
Founded in 1998 by Israeli-Argentinian pianist-conductor [[Daniel Barenboim]] and Palestinian-American author [[Edward Said]], the '''West-Eastern Divan''' (named after a poem by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]) promotes a cultural dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. A principal activity is an orchestra comprised of mostly young Israeli and Palestian musicians, who are demonstrating the potential for collaboration between the two cultures on the universal ideas that are communicated by great classical music. They have performed throughout the world. Barenboim has also made the point, at no small risk to himself, by going into besieged areas of Palestine and giving piano recitals and master classes. [http://www.divan-weimar.de/english/index.html West-Eastern Divan ]

=== [[Seeds of Peace]] ===
'''Seeds of Peace''' was founded in 1993 by [[John Wallach]] after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. He created the ''Seeds of Peace International Camp'' in Otisfield, [[Maine]], USA, and brought together several dozen Israelis, Palestinian and Egyptian teens. The goal of his organization was to create a new generation of leadership in the middle-east, one in which both Arabs and Israelis would no longer accept outdated and harmful stereotypes about each other; this would occur by bringing together people to literally put a human face on those who were previously perceived as an enemy. Since that time Arab children from Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia have joined. Seeds of Peace camps now operate programs in the Middle East as well. Seeds of Peace has also branched out into bringing teenagers together to help solve the Balkans conflict, the Greek and Turkish dispute over Cyprus, and the Indian-Pakistani dispute. [http://www.seedsofpeace.org/ Seeds of Peace]

=== Givat Haviva's Jewish-Arab Center for Peace ===
Givat Haviva is an education, research and documentation center, founded in 1949 by Ha'Kibbutz Ha'Arzi Federation; it is located in the northern Sharon Valley of [[Israel]]. According to its website " The mission of Givat Haviva today is to cope with the major issues that are on the agenda of Israeli society, and to foster educational initiatives, research and community work in the fields of peace, democracy, coexistence, tolerance and social solidarity."

Givat Haviva sponsors the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace. "Established in [[1963]], the [[Jewish-Arab Center for Peace]] is one of the oldest and most prominent institutions in its field. The common bond of the dozens of projects conducted in the Center is the struggle for better relations between Arabs and Jews, better understanding of the essence of democracy and citizens' rights in Israel, and building bridges with our Arab neighbors." [http://www.inter.net.il/~givat_h/givat/arabcent.htm Jewish-Arab Center for Peace] [http://66.155.17.109/peace/ Givat Haviva peace projects]

=== OneVoice, a project of the Peaceworks Foundation ===
According to their website "OneVoice is a global undertaking to: "Amplify the voice of moderates; Empower Palestinians and Israelis at the grass-roots level to seize back the agenda away from violent extremists; Achieve broad-based consensus on core issues, configuring a roadmap for conflict resolutions. OneVoice...was developed by over two hundred Palestinian, Israeli and international community leaders...dedicated to strengthen the voice of reason."

This group rejects what they see as left-wing appeasement of Palestinian terrorism by leftist groups; they reach out to moderate liberal and centrist Israelis who want to advance the peace process; they reach out to Palestinian moderates who reject terrorism and suicide-bombings; they work to cultivate a moderate political leadership on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and are trying to pressure both the Israeli government and Palestinian Authority into reaching a just peace. [http://www.silentnolonger.net/ One Voice: Silent No Longer] [http://www.silentnolonger.com/wwd_faq.html One Voice FAQ]

=== "Seeking Peace, Pursuing Justice" ===
The [[Union of American Hebrew Congregations]], the congregational arm of American [[Reform Judaism]], has created a project called ''Seeking Peace, Pursuing Justice''. According to their website, their goal is: "to educate and mobilize North American Jewry to support peace efforts and social justice causes in Israel.... This campaign will encourage the North American Jewish community to examine the risks and rewards of peace for Israel and the Palestinians, and to undertake critical, constructive public dialogue on the most pressing social issues facing Israel today — including the status of Arab citizens of Israel and other minorities, as well as other issues of inequality and discrimination." [http://www.seekpeace.org/ Seeking peace, Pursuing Justice]

=== The Abraham Fund ===
According to their website, "''The Abraham Fund Initiatives'' is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting coexistence between the Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. Through advocacy and awareness campaigns, and by sponsoring coexistence projects, The Abraham Fund Initiatives fosters increased dialogue, tolerance and understanding between Arabs and Jews...." [http://www.abrahamfund.org/ The Abraham Fund]

=== Comedy For Peace ===
Comedy for Peace is a non-political effort to use [[humor]] to build trust, understanding and a vision for peace between [[Palestinian]]s and [[Israel|Israelis]].

Comedy for Peace was conceived and is being organized by [[Ray Hanania]], a Palestinian-[[United States|American]] [[stand-up comedian]] – who is married to a [[Jew|Jewish]] woman. It is Ray’s hope that the power of comedy combined with the power of two peoples coming together on one stage will help Palestinians and Israelis find the courage to look past the pain and the suffering of the conflict and see each other as human beings, as partners and as people who have no other choice but to struggle together to achieve a lasting [[peace]].

=== [[Brit Tzedek v'Shalom]] ===
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, "is a national organization of American Jews committed to Israel's well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It believes the vast majority of Israelis and Palestinians long for an enduring peace and that security for Israel can only be achieved through the establishment of an economically and politically viable Palestinian state, necessitating an end to Israel's occupation of land acquired during the 1967 war and an end to Palestinian terrorism. Brit Tzedek believes that many American Jews share this perspective, but are reluctant to express themselves for fear they may bring harm to Israel and the Jewish people. Through education, advocacy, local chapter activities, and work with the media, it seeks to generate greater dialogue within the American Jewish community in order to direct U.S. foreign policy toward the realization of a just peace." [http://www.btvshalom.org/ Brit Tzedek v'Shalom]

=== [[Brit Shalom/Tahalof Essalam]] ===
The Jewish-Palestinian Peace Alliance consists of both Jewish and Palestinian peace activists working for reconciliation. It generally favors binational confederation or two-state coexistance, drawing upon fringe historical and contemporary movements as varied as [[Uri Avneri]]'s pan-Semitism, [[Buber]]ian [[Zionism]], and even aspects of rightist Canaanism for inspiration. Contributors to its website include Gideon Levy, Doron Rosenblum, Avraham Burg, Batya Gur, [[Meron Benvenisti]], Shahar Smooha, [[Yossi Sarid]], David Grossman, Yitzhak Frankenthal, Tony Judt, Rabbi [[Arik Ascherman]] of [[Rabbis for Human Rights]], Gilad Atzmon, and Baruch Kimmerling. [http://www.britshalom.org/ Brit Shalom/Tahalof Essalam]

==Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties==
*[[Paris Peace Conference, 1919]]
*[[Faisal-Weizmann Agreement|Faisal-Weizmann Agreement (1919)]]
*[[1949 Armistice Agreements]]
*[[Camp David Accords (1978)]]
*[[Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty|Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (1979)]]
*[[Madrid Conference of 1991]]
*[[Oslo Accords|Oslo Accords (1993)]]
*[[Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace|Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace (1994)]]
*[[Camp David 2000 Summit]]
*[[Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]
*[[Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs]]
*[[List of Middle East peace proposals]]
*[[International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict]]

== Jewish-Muslim dialogue ==

=== The American Jewish Committee ===

While forcefully speaking out against Islamic anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli rhetoric, the [[American Jewish Committee]] (AJC) has worked since 1985 to enhancing relations between Jews and Muslims. The AJC encourages and engages in dialogue on many levels with like-minded groups committed to fostering tolerance and cooperation.

Their website states that "The American Jewish Committee has demonstrated a profound commitment to enhancing relations between Jews and Muslims, a vital part of its fundamental dedication to the promotion of interreligious understanding in the United States and around the world. Rejecting the inevitability of a "clash of civilizations," AJC has instead insisted on the possibility of a "community of civilizations" by encouraging dialogue on the highest levels with like-minded groups committed to fostering tolerance and cooperation. In so doing, we have achieved a number of breakthroughs in this vital arena. For well over a decade, AJC has dedicated itself to forging significant relationships with Arab and Muslim leaders around the world. AJC has traveled extensively in the Muslim world - from Morocco to Mauritania, through the Middle East and the Gulf states, to Indonesia. We have met with scores of Muslim leaders, including top officials of Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia, Bosnia, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, and Indonesia, to discuss topics ranging from relations with Israel and the United States to the promotion of international Muslim-Jewish dialogue." [http://www.ajc.org/InTheMedia/Publications.asp?did=449 Seeking to advance Jewish-Muslim relations]

In [[1986]] the AJC publicly condemned the murder by bomb attack of [[Alex Odeh]] (in Oct. 1985), a leader of [[Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee]] in [[Santa Ana, California]]. The AJC had a meeting with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] director William Webster about this incident; they urged action to identify and punish those responsible for anti-Arab bigotry. In [[1986]] the AJC submitted testimony to the United States House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, on the topic of violence and discrimination towards Arab-Americans.

In [[1991]], on the brink of the Allied war against Iraq, the AJC issues a statement warning the public not to engage in discrimination towards American Arabs or Muslims. In part, they states "We are ever mindful of what happened to Japanese-Americans as a result of war hysteria shortly after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Some 120,000 Japanese-Americans, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were evacuated and incarcerated in internment camps... without any evidence whatsoever that they were a threat to U.S. security. This must not happen again." (AJC statement by executive director David Harris)

From 1992 to 1995 the AJC worked to lobby the United States government to intervene on behalf on Muslims in Bosnia.

In 1993 the AJC sponsored the first national conference on "Muslims and Jews in North America: Past, Present and Future" with the Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies at the University of Denver in October. In 1994 they sponsored the second such conference. The third conference had to be canceled, when the AJC could not found Muslim partners who were willing to publicly condemn the current wave of terrorist attacks on Israel.

In 1999 the AJC helped aid Muslims in Kosovo.

In 2001 the AJC initiated a new project designed to advance understanding between Muslims and Jews by publishing two books: ''Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims'', by Professor Reuven Firestone, a scholar of Islam at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, was written to describe Judaism to Muslims; ''Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Islam for Jews'', by professor Khalid Duran, was written to describe Judaism for Muslims.

== Islam-Israel Fellowship ==
[[Shaykh]] [[Abdul Hadi Palazzi]], a leader of Italian Muslim Association and a co-founder and a co-chairman of the [[Islam-Israel Fellowship]] (another co-founder and co-chairman is Dr. Asher Eder), believes that the authentic teachings of [[Muhammad]] as expressed in the [[Quran]] and the [[Hadith]], were misinterpreted by those who attempt to transform Islam from a religion into a [[secular]]ized [[ideology]]. "Such a false transformation of Islam was in fact made by the late Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj [[Amin al-Husayni]]." Palazzi insists that "The Quran Says that Allah Gave the Land of Israel to the Jews and Will Restore Them to It at the End of Days" [http://www.templemount.org/quranland.html] and cites the Quran to support this view:
<blockquote>
"Pharaoh sought to scare them [the Israelites] out of the land [of Israel]: but We [Allah] drowned him [Pharoah] together with all who were with him. Then We [Allah] said to the Israelites: 'Dwell in this land [the Land of Israel]. When the promise of the hereafter [End of Days] comes to be fulfilled, We [Allah] shall assemble you [the Israelites] all together [in the Land of Israel]." (Qur'an, "Night Journey," chapter 17:100-104)
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
"And [remember] when Moses said to his people: 'O my people, call in remembrance the favour of God unto you, when he produced prophets among you, made you kings, and gave to you what He had not given to any other among the peoples. O my people, enter the Holy Land which God has assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin.'" (Qur'an 5:20-21)
</blockquote>

==Nonviolent conflict==

===Albert Einstein Institution===
[[Gene Sharp]], senior scholar of the [http://www.aeinstein.org Albert Einstein Institution] has written several books on the use of nonviolent struggle as a means for fighting dictatorship, war, occupation and invasion. In particular, his books on the nonviolent technique as applied to the Arab-Israeli conflict offers a means for Palestinians to organize a nonviolent intifada that could be more effective in throwing off the Israeli occupation.

===External links===
*[http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations.php3?orgid=88&typeID=16&action=printContentItem&itemID=31&templateID=42&sortField=alpha&sortField=alpha Arabic Publications of the Albert Einstein Institution], including
* [http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/TARA_arabic.pdf There Are Realistic Alternatives] (English, Arabic)
* [http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/FDTD_Arabic.pdf From Dictatorship to Democracy] (English, Arabic)
* [http://65.109.42.80/organizations/org/scannedPDFs/The%20Intifada%20and%20Nonviolent%20Struggle%20-%20Arabic.pdf The Intifada and Nonviolent Struggle] (Arabic)
* [http://65.109.42.80/organizations/org/scannedPDFs/The%20Role%20of%20Power%20in%20Nonviolent%20Struggle%20-%20Arabic.pdf The Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle] (Arabic)

==The Unification Movement==
Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]] has initiated several peace projects attempting to defuse hostilities between Muslims, Jews and Christians. The most recent involved 28 clergy from the United States who toured [[Gaza]] in September 2003, despite the American Consulate's warnings of rocket attacks. They were warmly welcomed by local Muslim clerics.

== American Muslim leaders ==
* Feisal Abdul Rauf, imam of Masjid al-Farah in New York City and founder of the American Sufi Muslim Association (ASMA) Society.
* Khalid Abou El Fadl, UCLA law professor, works with Jewish and Christian groups to promote inter-faith cooperation and dialogue.

==See also==
*[[Religious pluralism]]
*[[Peace process]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.ajc.org/InTheMedia/Publications.asp?did=449 American Jewish Committee - Seeking to advance Jewish-Muslim relations]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/muslims/interviews/feisal.html PBS interview with Feisal Abdul Rauf]
* [http://asmasociety.org/sermon060602.html A Call to bridge the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, by Feisal Abdul Rauf]
* [http://www.cuii.org/hirabah.htm Khalid Abou El Fadl condemns terrorist attacks as not being true Jihad, and calls them Hirabah, terrorism]
* [http://65.109.42.80/organizations/org/scannedPDFs/The%20Intifada%20and%20Nonviolent%20Struggle%20-%20Arabic.pdf The Intifada and Nonviolent Struggle - Arabic]

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Talk:Arab–Israeli peace projects

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I don't have any background with this page, but it looks to me like the idea is to describe primarily non-governmental efforts to build peace among peoples, seeing as how we [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] already describes various proposed plans for a political solution, and we have [[List of peace proposals]]. As such, binationalism (which I happen to favor), and [[United Holyland]], should be there and not here. [[User:Radicalsubversiv|Radicalsubversiv]] 19:13, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)

== American Jewish Comittee ==

This section needs its own page, the AJC's very worthwhile efforts on behalf of Arab-Americans and others have little or nothing to do with Israeli-Arab peace. [[User:ZacharyS|ZacharyS]] 03:47, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

== Beauty Pageant ==

[[The Daily Show]] had a feature on a beauty pageant that promoted peace between the two factions ("Extending an olive branch... IN MY PANTS!!") as recently as the second half of this year (post-set change). Does anyone know what it is? --[[User:69.140.24.166|69.140.24.166]] 05:21, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

File:PIJ emblem.png

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The emblem of the [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] shows a map of the land they claim as [[Proposals_for_a_Palestinian_state|Palestine]] (roughly, present-day [[Israel]], the [[West Bank]] and the [[Gaza Strip]]) superimposed on the images of the [[Dome of the Rock]], two fists and two rifles.

Dark green Arabic text immediately above the Dome of the Rock: "[[Allahu Akbar]]".

Light green Arabic text below: Harakat-ul-Jihad-il-Islami fi Filastin (name of group).

Red text above: Qur'an verse 29:69 which contains the verb form jaahaduu (related to jihaad).

Source: [http://www.homelandsecurityus.net/Islamic%20Jihad%20Movement.htm], see also [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/pij.jpg]

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Tefillin

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'''Tefillin''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: '''תפלין'''), also called '''phylacteries''', are leather objects containing Biblical verses which are used in [[Rabbinic Judaism|rabbinic Jewish]] [[prayer]]. They are an essential part of [[Jewish services|morning prayer services]], and are worn on a daily basis (except [[Shabbat|the Sabbath]] and festivals) by many Jews.

The origin of wearing tefillin stems from interpretations of passages found in the [[Torah]] (five books of Moses), in [[Deuteronomy]] 6:8, 11:18; [[Exodus]] 13:9, 16. While these passages were interpreted literally by most commentators (in contrast to the interpretation of [[Karaite Judaism]], [[Abraham ibn Ezra]], and Rashbam on Exodus 13:9), the [[Rabbi]]s held that the general law only was expressed in the [[Tanakh|Bible]], the application and elaboration of it being entirely matters of the [[oral law]]. The earlier ''[[tannaim]]'' (rabbis of the [[Mishnah]]) described their views of the tefillin in the Mishnah and [[Talmud]]. (Talmud references: Menachot 34b; Zeb. 37b; Sanhedrin 4b; [[Rashi]] and Tosafot ad loc. )

=== Details of Manufacture ===

Tefillin consist of two [[leather]] boxes, one worn on the arm and known as "shel yad", and the other worn on the head and known as "shel rosh". They are made of the skins of [[kosher]] animals.

According to traditional Jewish law, the boxes must be square; their height should be about the same length or the width; and they should be dyed black. The boxes are fastened on the under side with square pieces of thick leather by twelve stitches, and are provided with loops at the ends, through which are passed leather straps. They are blackened on the outside. The threads are prepared from the veins of [[kosher]] animals.

The strap that is passed through the head-tefillin ends at the back of the head in a knot representing the letter ד; the one that is passed through the hand-tefillin is formed into a noose near the box and fastened in a knot in the shape of the letter י. The box containing the head-tefillin has on the outside the letter ש, both to the right (with three strokes: ש) and to the left; and this, together with the letters formed by the knots of the two straps, make up the letters of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word ''Shaddai'' ("Almighty"), one of the names of God.

The measurements of the boxes are not given; but it is recommended that they should not be smaller than the width of two fingers. They should not be too big, either, because then they wouldn't lie evenly on the head (either the beginning or the end will be off the head). The width of the straps should be equal to the length of a grain of oats. The strap that is passed through the head-tefillin should be long enough to encircle the head and to allow for the knot. The two ends, falling in front over either shoulder, should reach the navel, or somewhat above it. The strap that is passed through the hand-tefillin should be long enough to allow for the knot, to encircle the whole length of the arm, and then to be wound three times around the middle finger.

=== Contents ===

Each box contains these Biblical passages: Exodus 13:1-10, 11-16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21, written with black ink in [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] in Assyrian font on parchment specially prepared for the purpose, from the skin of a kosher animal.

=== Arrangement of Passages ===

The hand-tefillin has only one compartment, which contains the four Biblical selections written upon a single strip of parchment in four parallel columns and in the order given in the Bible. The head-tefillin has four compartments, formed from one piece of leather, in each of which one selection written on a separate piece of parchment is deposited perpendicularly.

The pieces of parchment on which the Biblical selections are written are in either case tied round with narrow strips of parchment and fastened with the thoroughly washed hair of a kosher animal, preferably of a calf. There was considerable discussion among the commentators of the Talmud as to the order in which the Biblical selections should be inserted into the head-phylactery. The chief disputants in this case were Rabbi Solomon Yitzhaki ([[Rashi]]) and Rabbi Jacob ben Meïr Tam (Rabbenu Tam), although different possible arrangements have been suggested by other writers ("Shimmusha Rabba" and the Rabad).

The prevailing custom is to follow the opinion of [[Rashi]]. Some [[Sephardi]]m and [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic Jews]] are accustomed, in order to be certain of performing their duty properly, to lay two pairs of tefillin; one pair is prepared in accordance with the view of Rashi, and the other pair in accordance with that of Rabbenu Tam. If, however, one is uncertain as to the exact position for two pairs of tefillin at the same time, one should first "lay" the tefillin prepared in accordance with Rashi's opinion, and then, removing these during the latter part of the service, without pronouncing a blessing lay those prepared in accordance with Rabbenu Tam's opinion.

=== Mode of Writing ===

The parchment on which the Biblical passages are written need not be ruled, although the custom is to rule it. A pointed instrument that leaves no blot should be used in ruling; the use of a pencil is forbidden. The scribe should be very careful in writing the selections. Before beginning to write he should pronounce the words, "I am writing this for the sake of the holiness of tefillin"; and before he begins to write any of the names of God occurring in the texts, he should say, "I am writing this for the sake of the holiness of the Name." Throughout the writing his attention must not be diverted; "even if the King of Israel should then greet him, he is forbidden to reply". Unlike a [[Sefer Torah]] but similar to a [[mezuzah]], tefillin passages must be written in order or how it appears in the torah. Should the words be written out of sequence, the parchment is invalid and not kosher.

=== How the Tefillin is Worn ===

[[Image:YemeniJew1914.jpg|thumbnail|300px|right|Yemeni Jew, 1914, with head tefillin clearly visible]]
In putting on the tefillin, the hand-tefillin is laid first. Its place is on the inner side of the left arm, above the elbow,on the biceps, leveled to the heart, (fifth interspace of the ribcage and above). [http://easyrashi.com/TEFILLIN/hearbeat1.htm heart level] [http://cdsearch.britannica.com/search?shelf=eb&pid=dlxc04&query=%22heart++anatomy%22&submit.x=11&submit.y=12 heart basic anatomy]

Similarly the head-tefillin is worn above the hairline); and it is held in position by the noose of the strap.

When the arm hangs the tefillin must rest near the heart. [http://easyrashi.com/TEFILLIN/e7.gif leveled to heart] [http://easyrashi.com/TEFILLIN/Position_of_heart.htm heart levels links]

People who write with their left hand wear the Tefillin on the right arm.

After the tefillin is thus fastened on the bare arm, the strap is wound seven times round the arm.[http://easyrashi.com/TEFILLIN/heartbeat3.htm seven turns]

The head tefillin is placed so as to overhang the middle of the forehead, although it may not be lower than one's hairline, with the knot of the strap at the back of the head and overhanging the middle of the neck, while the two ends of the strap, with the blackened side outward, hang over the shoulders in front.

On laying the hand-tefillin, before the knot is fastened, the following benediction is pronounced: "Blessed are you, Lord, our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and has commanded us to put on tefillin."

Hebrew: ברוך אתה [[Tetragrammaton|ה׳]] אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותו וצונו להניח תפלן

Transliteration: Baruch Atah Adonai, elohainu, melech haolam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'haniach t'fillin.

Then the arm tefillin is tightend, and wrapped around the arm seven times without interruption and immediately place the head one. On placement of the head tefillin, nothing is said unless one talked or interrupted by mistake, so the following is recited: "Blessed are you, Lord, our God, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and has commanded us regarding the commandment of tefillin."

Hebrew: ברוך אתה [[Tetragrammaton|ה׳]] אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותו וצונו על מצות תפלן

Transliteration: Baruch Atah Adonai, elohainu, melech haolam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al mitzvat t'fillin.

And then the head tefillin is tightened, as the following prayer is said: "Blessed is the Name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever."

Hebrew: ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד

Transliteration: Baruch Shem kevod malkhuto l'olam vaed.

=== The Blessings ===

Before the head-tefillin is fastened, many repeat the blessing with the substitution of the phrase "concerning the commandment of tefillin" for "to lay tefillin." Some authorities are of the opinion that the blessing on laying the head-tefillin should be pronounced only when an interruption has occurred through conversation on the part of the one engaged in performing the commandment; otherwise the one blessing pronounced on laying the hand-tefillin is sufficient. This is the current [[Sephardi]] custom. The prevailing custom amongst [[Ashkenazi]]m is to pronounce two blessings, and, after the second blessing, to say the words, "Blessed be the name of God's glorious kingdom for ever and ever," lest the second benediction be pronounced unnecessarily.

Amongst [[Ashkenazim]], the strap of the hand-phylactery is then wound three times around the middle finger so as to form a ש and the passages [[Hosea]] ii. 21 and 22 are recited. After the tefillin are laid Exodus xiii. 1-16 is recited. In removing the tefillin the three twistings on the middle finger are loosened first; then the head-phylactery is removed; and finally the hand-phylactery. It is customary to lay and to remove the tefillin while standing; also to kiss them when they are taken from and returned to the tefillin-bag.

[[Sephardi]]m proceed similarly, but often without the extra scriptural passages, and the shape ד is shaped on the palm of the hand and the shape of a ש is formed around the middle finger, so as to represent the name Shaddai from the middle finger (ש) through the palm (ד) to the short extra strap of leather (י) hanging from the ''bayit'' (box) of the hand-phylactery.

Originally tefillin were worn all day, but not during the night. Now the prevailing custom is to wear them during the daily morning service only. They are not worn on [[Shabbat|Sabbaths]] and holy days; for these, being in themselves "signs," render the tefillin, which are to serve as signs themselves (Ex. xiii. 9, 16), unnecessary. In those places where tefillin are worn on the week-days of the festivals (see Holy Days), and on New Moons, they are removed before the "Musaf" prayer.

=== Women and tefillin ===

The duty of laying tefillin rests upon males after the age of thirteen years and one day. Women are exempt from the obligation, as are also slaves and minors. Early Jewish law codes allow women to take on the obligation of wearing tefillin ([[Rashi]]'s daughters wore tefillin, and so did Michal, the daughter of [[King Saul]] and the wife of [[King David]]), but this custom was generally discouraged. Over time the discouragement changed into active exclusion, especially amongst [[Ashkenazi]]m: Later codes of [[Halakha|Jewish law]] such as the [[Shulkhan Arukh|Shulhan Arukh]] eventually forbade women from wearing tefillin at all. Traditional [[Sephardi]] authorities who permitted - and encouraged - women's use of tefillin after the [[Shulkhan Arukh|Shulhan Arukh]] were the 18th Century chief rabbis of Jerusalem ''R. Yisrael Ya'aqob Alghazi'' and his son ''R. Yomtob Alghazi''.

[[Modern Orthodox Judaism]] holds that it is permissible for women to wear tefillin, but generally discourage it. [[Conservative Judaism]] and [[Reform Judaism]] allow women to wear tefillin. Many in Conservative Judaism encourage this practice.

=== Prohibitions===

An Onein (mourner from the time of death until the time of burial), a bridegroom on his wedding-day, one who has been excommunicated, and a ''[[m'tzora]]'' are exempt from wearing tefillin (In modern times, the mourner mentioned above would not wear tefillin, but a bridegroom does. The other two individuals no longer exist). A sufferer from stomach-trouble, one who is otherwise in pain and can not concentrate his mind, one who is engaged in the study of the Law, and scribes of and dealers in tefillin and mezuzot while engaged in their work if it can not be postponed, are also free from this obligation). It is not permitted to enter a cemetery or any unseemly place, or to eat a regular meal or to sleep, while wearing tefillin. The storage bag used for tefillin should not be used for any other purpose, unless a condition was expressly made that it might be used for any purpose. The tefillin should not be brought into a restroom. Ideally, this rule should be followed with regard to the tefillin in their storage bag.

In his ''[[Mishneh Torah]]'', [[Maimonides]] concludes the laws of tefillin with the following exhortation :

:"The sanctity of tefillin is very great. As long as the tefillin are on the head and on the arm of a man, he is modest and God-fearing and will not be attracted by hilarity or idle talk, and will have no evil thoughts, but will devote all his thoughts to truth and righteousness; Therefore, every man ought to try to have the tefillin upon him the whole day; for only in this way can he fulfil the commandment. It is related that Rav (Abba Arika), the pupil of our holy teacher (Rav Judah ha-Nasi), was never seen to walk four cubits without a Torah, without fringes on his garments (tzitzit), and without tefillin. Although the Law enjoins the wearing of tefillin the whole day, it is especially commendable to wear them during prayer. The sages say that one who reads the Shema' without tefillin is as if he testified falsely against himself. He who does not lay tefillin transgresses eight commandments; for in each of the four Biblical passages there is a commandment to wear tefillin on the head and on the arm. But he who is accustomed to wear tefillin will live long, as it is written, 'When the Lord is upon them they will live'".

=== Name and Origin ===

The only instance of the name "phylacteries" in Biblical times occurs in the [[New Testament]] (Matthew xxiii. 5), whence it has passed into the languages of [[Europe]]. In [[rabbinic literature]] it is not found even as a foreign word. The [[Septuagint]] renders "ṭoṭafot" (A. V. and R. V. "frontlets"; Ex. xiii. 16 and Deut. vi. 8) by ἀσαλευτόν (= "something immovable"); nor do Aquila and Symmachus use the word "phylacteries." The Targumim and the Peshita use "tefillin" or "ṭoṭafot".

The terms "tefillah," "tefillin" only are found in Talmudic literature, although the word "ṭoṭafah" was still current, being used with the meaning of "frontlet" (Shab. vi. 1). The conclusions in regard to the tefillin which are based on its current name "phylacteries," therefore, lack historical basis, since this name was not used in truly Jewish circles.

In regard to their origin, however, the custom of wearing protecting coverings on the head and hands must be borne in mind. Saul's way of appearing in battle, with a crown on his head and wearing bracelets, is connected with this idea. The Proverbs reflect popular conceptions, for they originated in great part with the people, or were addressed to them. Prov. i. 9, iii. 3, vi. 21, and vii. 3 (comp. Jer. xvii. 1, xxxi. 32-33) clearly indicate the custom of wearing some object, with or without inscription, around the neck or near the heart; the actual custom appears in the figure of speech. In view of these facts it may be assumed that Ex. xiii. 9, 16, and Deut. vi. 8, xi. 18 must be interpreted not figuratively but literally; therefore it must be assumed that the custom of wearing strips inscribed with Biblical passages is commanded in the Torah. "Bind them as signs on thy hand, and they shall be as ṭoṭafot between thy eyes" assumes that ṭoṭafot were at the time known and in use, but that thenceforth the words of the Torah were to serve as ṭoṭafot (on signs see also I Kings xx. 41; Ezek. ix. 4, 6; Psalms of Solomon, xv. 9; see Breast-plate of the High Priest; Cain).

=== Earliest Form ===

Tefillin resembled amulets in their earliest form, strips of parchment in a leather case, which is called either "bag" or "little house." Tefillin and "ḳeme'ot" are, in fact, often mentioned side by side (Shab. vi. 2; Miḳ. vi. 4; Kelim xxiii. 9; et al.), and were liable to be mistaken one for the other ('Er. x. 1 et al.). As in the case of the Torah roll, the only permissible material was parchment, while the "mezuzah" was made of a different kind of parchment (Shab. viii. 3 et al.); for this reason a discarded tefillah could be made into a [[mezuzah]], but not vice versa (Men. 32a). It was made square, not round (Meg. iv. 8). The head-tefillah consisted of four strips in four compartments, while the hand-tefillah consisted of one strip. The former could be made out of the latter, but not vice versa; and they were independent of each other.

=== Tefillin and Magic ===

Although the institution of the tefillin is related in form to the custom of wearing amulets, there is not a single passage in rabbinic literature to show that they were identified with magic. Their only power of protecting is similar to that of the Torah and the Commandments, of which it is said, "They protect Israel". One of the earliest ''tannaim'', Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (b. 70 C.E.), who laid great stress upon the tefillin, actively advocating their general use, derives the duty of wearing them from Josh. i. 8, "You shall meditate therein day and night" (treatise Tefillim, near end).

=== Tefillin and Acupuncture ===

A publication in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, [[2002]] Oct;70:4-6, illustrates the arm and head wrappings of tefillin straps and their correlation to [[acupuncture]] points. They hold that activating these points will enhance one's mental and spiritual health.

=== In the Diaspora and Post-Talmudic Times ===

Although the tefillin were worn throughout the day, not only in Palestine but also in Babylon, the custom of wearing them did not become entirely popular; and during the Diaspora they were worn nowhere during the day. But it appears from the Letter of Aristeas and from Josephus that the tefillin were known to the Jews of the Diaspora. At this time it may have become customary to wear them only during prayer, traces of this custom being found in Babylon (Men. 36b).

In [[France]] in the thirteenth century they were not generally worn even during prayer. The difference of opinion between Rashi (d. 1105) and his grandson Jacob Tam (d. 1171) in regard to the arrangement of the four sections indicates that no fixed custom in wearing them had arisen. Rashi and Tam's tefillin are referred to; scrupulously pious persons put on the tefillin of R. Tam after prayer. There were differences of opinion between the Spanish and the German Jews in regard to the knot in the strap (see illustrations in Surenhusius, cited below).

== See also ==
*[[Tallit]]
*[[Siddur]]
*[[Torah]]
*[[Judaism]]

==External links==
* [http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=102436 Complete Tefilin Guide: Including How-To With Diagrams]
* [http://www.davening.net/tefillin.html How to put on Tefillin]
* [http://www.ahavat-israel.com/ahavat/torat/tefillin.asp Tefillin in Jewish law and tradition]
* [http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/tefillin.html Tefillin in the Jewish Virtual Library]
* [http://www.judaica-guide.com/tefillin.htm Tefillin in the Judaica Guide]
* [http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=81812 A brief treatise on the significance of this important Mitzvah, including some basic laws, prayers and diagrams]
* [http://www.drstevenschram.com/tefillin.pdf Tefillin: An Ancient Acupuncture Point Prescription for Mental Clarity]
* [http://easyrashi.com/TEFILLIN/TEFILIN123.htm link all about tefillin]

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'''Borat Sagdiyev''' (assumed [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]]: Борат Сагдиев) is a [[satire|satirical]] [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] [[caricature]] invented and played by British [[comedian]] [[Sacha Baron Cohen]]. Borat evolved from a previous character that Cohen portayed, an Albanian TV reporter called Christo and was also possibly influenced by internet celebrity [[Mahir]].

He appeared regularly on ''[[Da Ali G Show]]'', with skits featuring him often relying on Borat's outrageous behavior and actions, and the reactions of uninformed individuals around him. In some cases, Borat's guests embrace his outrageous [[anti-Semitism]] and [[misogyny]] by agreeing with him, while other guests attempt to explain Western values to him.

==Fictional background==
=== Family and personal life ===

Borat often discusses his family members with the people he interviews. Borat's sister is a [[prostitute]] (awarded "Best sex in mouth" by the [[Almaty]] [[Chamber of Commerce]], and rated number 2 or 3 prostitute in [[Kazakhstan]]) and the two of them like to pretend to be "husband and wife." He has a younger brother Vilo (not Bilo) who has a son born with an unusually excessive amount of body hair who travels "in a tent"; and another brother who is [[mental illness|mentally ill]]. Borat states that the latter has "small head, but very strong arm," and thus must be kept locked behind a metal door or in a cage. His relationship with his mother seems to be unpleasant, and Borat has commented that "she wishes she was raped by another man." According to the [http://www.borat.kz "Official Borat Homesite"], (removed December 13, 2005 by the Kazakh government - but has reopened under [http://www.borat.tv "www.borat.tv"]) he also has an 11-year-old son named Biram, who is the father of his two grandchildren. Borat has a pet pig Igor which he claims to love, although he and his family end up eating it (including its eyes)!

In one episode, Borat reveals that he suffered a "very bad gypsy attack," in which his wife and [[plough]] were stolen and "they touch[ed] [his] horse in [a] very bad way; it was depressed." Tragically, his first wife was accidentally shot in a field after a hunter mistook her for a bear. Thankfully, Borat was able to cope with the loss of his first wife and he has remarried several times. Still, Borat's exceptional sexual virility has compelled him to maintain extramarital relations with a girlfriend, a mistress, and at least one prostitute. [[Incest]]uous relations with his sister, as well as incidents of [[bestiality]] with domesticated animals, have led some to question Borat's sexual ethics.

=== Beliefs ===
Borat has a great admiration for [[Joseph Stalin]], whom he describes as being both "strong" and "powerful" and has a big "chrum".

Borat strongly dislikes [[Jews]] and [[gypsies]]. He visited a [[bar (establishment)|bar]] in [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]] where he sang a song about problems in his country, but the subject quickly changed from transportation to Jews, with the lyrics "Throw the Jew down the well/ so my country can be free./ You must grab him by his horns,/ then we have a big party." Rather than reacting in shock or disgust, the crowd at the bar gleefully sang along and clapped with the beat, as per Borat's instructions. While taking a self-defense class, Borat asked the instructor to teach him how to defend against the "Jew Claw", and then he made a claw with his hand and had the instructor defend himself against it. (Baron Cohen, who portrays Borat, is Jewish.)

He was shocked to discover that [[Women's suffrage#United_States|American women have the right to vote]]; on said discovery, he recited the "chain of importance"—"God, man, horse, dog, woman, then rat, then small ''krutzouli''"—to a female voter.

Most of Borat's interviews carry a strong homoerotic undertone. Interviews inevitably involve discussion of "khram" (one's "testes satchel") or about the sexual preferences of the interviewee, or other celebrities, such as [[Freddie Mercury]]. Borat enjoys touching and holding men, but has a noticeable aversion towards women. Borat describes his ideal mate as having at least some [[plough]] experience, no history of [[mental retardation]] in the family, and additionally, "must be tight like a man's [[anus]]".

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== Background ==
Based on a doctor that actor [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] met in southern [[Russia]], Borat is featured in each episode of ''[[Da Ali G Show]]'', doing satirical interviews with various people who apparently do not realize the show's nature. He has visited [[Britain]] and the [[United States]].

Borat often finds himself in ridiculous situations that involve painfully funny [[physical comedy]]. Some have compared Cohen's Borat character with some of [[Peter Sellers]]' work. However, it is not clear whether one of Sellers' characters would have told a female member of the Oklahoma City Council that he wishes to "make romance inside of you", followed by the exclamation "all day I think of you, no clothes, wa-wa-wee-wa. That is very wonderful."

[[Image:Borat_thank_Portugal.jpg|thumbnail|300pix|left|Borat. He love-a Portugal-a peoples!]] The character's supposed Kazakh origins are purely a plot device, and almost all of his statements about that nation are false; however, the almost complete lack of knowledge about Kazakhstan among typical Westerners enables the show's writers to create outrageous dialogue while preserving a small semblance of credibility with the interviewee. Most people in [[Kazakhstan]] have never heard of Borat.

In order to pass himself off as foreign, Sacha writes his alleged notes in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], and uses occasional [[Polish language|Polish]] words (Dziękuję - Thank You, Jak się masz - How Are You, Dzień Dobry - Good Day, Przepraszam - Sorry) when speaking to people—not using [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] or [[Russian language|Russian]] (also official [[languages of Kazakhstan]]) has nearly had Sacha exposed as a fake in midfilming. He has also lapsed into Hebrew while singing the Kazahki national anthem at a [[Savannah]] [[Sand Gnats]] game.

The hair and mustache are real, and it takes Sacha six weeks to grow them; some women find Borat to be attractive, and ask for dates after filming. Borat's suit has never been washed.

On November 3, 2005, Borat was the host of the [[MTV_Europe_Music_Award|MTV Europe Music Awards 2005]] show in [[Lisbon]]. [http://ema.mtv.co.uk/]

==Controversy==
{{see|Da Ali G Show#Controversy}}

Borat has been the cause of some controversy, mostly related to his frequent displays of anti-Semitism but also notably for his portrayal of Kazakh culture.

Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Borat, is himself Jewish. Defenders use this to justify his character's racist nature, stating that the segments are a "dramatic demonstration of how racism feeds on dumb conformity, as much as rabid bigotry," rather than a display of racism by Cohen himself. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=553818]

However, the [[Anti-Defamation League]], a prominent Jewish anti-racism group, complained to HBO after Borat performed a Country and Western song that called on people to 'throw the Jew down the well', warning them that 'you must be careful of his teeth' and that 'you must grab him by the horns', to applause from an audience in Tucson, Arizona.

An interview with [[James Broadwater]], a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] candidate for [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]], caused Broadwater to receive some hateful [[email]]s after an episode of ''Da Ali G Show'' aired in which he stated that Jews will go to [[Hell]]. He was told that the interview would be played in foreign countries to teach others about the American political system. Broadwater later posted a letter on his website denouncing ''Da Ali G Show,'' explaining that his statement referred to a theological belief that anyone that "accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior will spend eternity in Heaven, while everyone who rejects Him will spend eternity in Hell." Broadwater did not apologize for his comments, which many saw as insensitive and inflammatory. Instead, he insisted that "the liberal, anti-God media needs to be brought under the strict control of the FCC, and that as soon as possible." [http://www.webgeordie.co.uk/borat/broadwater.htm]

===Conflicts with Kazakh Government===
[[Image:What_borat_believe.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Here Borat is sing song about children at 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards. Please to make hand relief.]]In November 2005, following Borat's hosting of the [[MTV]] Europe Music Awards in [[Lisbon]], the Kazakh Foreign Ministry voiced their concerns about the character. Foreign Ministry spokesman [[Yerzhan Ashykbayev]] told a news conference "We view Mr. Cohen's behaviour at the MTV Europe Music Awards as utterly unacceptable, being a concoction of bad taste and ill manners which is completely incompatible with ethics and civilised behaviour", concluding "We reserve the right to any legal action to prevent new pranks of the kind".

Baron Cohen has since posted a video on the [http://www.borat.kz Official Borat Website] (since removed by the Kazakh government) where Borat responds to [[Yerzhan Ashykbayev|Ashykbayev]] in character. In the video, Borat states, in part, "In response to Mr. Ashykbayev's comments, I'd like to state I have no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support my Government's decision to sue this Jew. Since the 2003 Tuleyakiv reforms, Kazakhstan is as civilized as any other country in the world. Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear the blue hat [sic], and the age of consent has been raised to eight years old."

[[Reuters]] has [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-11-25T135436Z_01_RID541373_RTRUKOC_0_US-KAZAKHSTAN-BORAT.xml&archived=False quoted] an unnamed Western diplomat as saying "They (the Kazakh Government) are damned if they do (respond) and damned if they don't," he said. "It's sort of unfortunate that he hit upon Kazakhstan."

The next week, the government hired two Western public relations firms to counter Borat's claims, and ran a four-page advertisement in the New York Times. The ad carries testimonials about the nation’s democracy, education system and the power and influence enjoyed by women. On a previous occasion, Borat responded to official Kazakh complaints by issuing his own press release, which consisted of random Cyrillic characters.

Borat's conflict with Kazakh authorities has recently come to a head. According to Reuters www.borat.kz has been suspended [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2005-12-13T175428Z_01_FLE349782_RTRUKOC_0_US-KAZAKHSTAN-BORAT.xml]

::"We've done this so he can't badmouth Kazakhstan under the .kz domain name," Nurlan Isin, President of the Association of Kazakh IT Companies, told Reuters. "He can go and do whatever he wants at other domains."

[[Reporters Without Borders]] has petitioned the [[ICANN]] [[ombudsman]] to intervene and reverse this decision. [http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15919&var_recherche=borat]

It should also be noted that the character of Borat does not in any way resemble ethnic [[Kazakh]]s, who comprise the majority of the nation's population.

==The Borat movie==
A Borat movie is currently in production (2005)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443453/] [http://www.ioncinema.com/beta/movie.php?id=3673]. The movie is believed to be a low-budget, [[mockumentary|documentary]]-style comedy. The documentary is based on Kazakh immigrant Borat's coming to the ''U, S and A'' on a mission (Segments from "Ali G Show" and never before seen).

The distributor of the movie is [[20th Century Fox]] and the director is [[Larry Charles]].

In January 2005 a creative clash between the original director [[Todd Phillips]] and Sacha Baron Cohen prompted Philips to drop out of the project.

Borat has already appeared in a movie, making a brief appearance in [[Ali G Indahouse]].

==The car==
The name Borat was also given to a silver [[Volkswagen Jetta]], or Bora, that visited many VW Festivals around the UK. After an early festival, the letter "T" was added to the Bora on the rear of the car, and Borat was born in the [[automobile]] world.

The car featured a VW [[Votex]] kit (OEM parts available through the dealership or resellers), which was, and still is, quite a rare kit to be seen in the UK, although it features more prominently in the USA – where the Bora has always been called the Jetta (in 2005, the Jetta name was readopted worldwide).

==See also==
*[[Ali G]]
*[[Bruno (character)|Bruno]]

==External links==
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*[http://borat.tv/ Official Borat Homesite]
*[http://www.boratonline.co.uk Borat Online - a popular site for everything Borat related]
*[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/A/alig/borat.html Channel 4 Borat website]
*[http://www.hbo.com/alig/ ''Da Ali G Show'' on HBO]
*[http://kdkprankcalls.com/soundboards/page2/index.html Borat Season Two Soundboard]
*[http://www.goyk.com/flash.asp?path=166 Borat Season One Soundboard]
*[http://waxy.org/random/video/Ali_G_-_Throw_the_Jew_Down_the_Well.wmv Throw the Jew Down the Well video] (WMV)
*[http://homepage.mac.com/njenson/movies/borat.html Borat with James Broadwater] (Quicktime)
*[http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=9732 Article on Disruption in the Jewish community]
*[http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?040920ta_talk_radosh The New Yorker on Borat]
*[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/14/entertainment/main666985.shtml Stir caused by Borat at US rodeo]
*[http://www.webgeordie.co.uk/borat/ Unofficial Borat Homepage]
*[http://www.boyakasha.co.uk Boyakasha.co.uk - Ali G / Borat website]
*[http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17770,00.html?fdnews Kazakhstan on Borat: Not Nice]
*[http://stopborat.com Kazakstanis Against Borat - a parody site]
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Hanukkah

2005-12-25T22:47:29Z

69.140.24.166: /* Dreidel */ Removed redundancy. Happy Hanukkah everyone

[[Image:Hannouccia.jpg|thumb|200px|Hanukkah menorah on the eighth night of the festival.]]
'''Hanukkah''', also known as the '''Festival of Lights''', is a [[Jewish holiday]]. It begins at the 25th day of the [[Hebrew calendar#Measurement of the month|Hebrew month]] of [[Kislev]], and is celebrated for eight days. Since in Jewish tradition the [[Hebrew calendar]] date starts at sunset, the first evening of Hanukkah starts after the sunset of the 24th of Kislev. This is usually the evening before the date shown for the first day of Hanukkah on the [[Gregorian calendar]]s that include it. The start of Hanukkah usually falls in December, but occasionally it starts in late November. The festival is observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second night and so on.

Hanukkah commemorates two main historical events:
*The triumph of [[Judaism]]'s spiritual values as embodied in its [[Torah]] (symbolized by the [[Menorah]], since the Torah is compared to [[light]]) over [[Hellenistic civilization]] which had attempted to ''Hellenize'' ([[cultural assimilation|culturally assimilate]], compared to [[darkness]]) the Jews away from practicing Judaism's [[613 mitzvot|commandments]].
*The victory of the ancient [[Jew]]ish [[Maccabees]] over the [[Seleucid Empire]], begun by [[Mattathias]] and continued by [[Judah Maccabee]] and his other sons, who defeated overwhelming forces and rededicated the [[Second Temple|Temple in Jerusalem]], almost two centuries before the [[common era]]. However, because traditionally Jews do not glorify war and the [[Hasmonean]]s later became corrupt, Judaism does not emphasize the military aspects of the holiday but concentrates on celebrating the positives spiritual aspects about the Temple's rededication and the associated [[miracle]] of the Hanukkah lights as described in the [[Talmud]].

In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], the word for Hanukkah is חנכה, {{IPA|ḥănukkāh}}, or חנוכה, {{IPA|ḥănūkkāh}}, meaning "dedication." It is also [[transliteration|transliterated]] into [[English language|English]] as as '''Chanukah''', '''Hannukah''', '''Hanukah''', '''Chanuka''', '''Chanukkah''', '''Hanuka''', '''Channukah''', '''Hanukka''', '''Hanaka''', '''Haneka''', and '''Hanika'''.)

<table {{prettyinfobox}}>
<tr><td colspan="3" bgcolor=#3399FF><center>'''Hanukkah'''</center></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Festival of:</td>
<td bgcolor="white">[[Judaism]] and [[Jew]]s</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Name:</td>
<td bgcolor="white">[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: '''חֲנֻכָּה''' or '''חנוכה'''</tr></td>
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Translation:</td>
<td bgcolor="white">"Renewal/Rededication" (of the [[Beit Hamikdash]], the [[Temple in Jerusalem]])</tr></td>
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Begins:</td>
<td bgcolor="white">25th day of [[Kislev]]
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Ends:</td>
<td bgcolor="white">2nd/3rd day of [[Tevet]]
</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Occasion:</td><td bgcolor="white">One of two '''Rabbinical Festivals''' (the other is [[Purim]].) The [[Maccabee]]s and [[Judas Maccabeus]]' successful rebellion against the ancient [[Greeks]]. The purification of the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple]].
The miracle of the [[Menorah]]'s lights burning for eight days with only enough [[olive oil]] for one day. The victory of the few over the many, the righteous over the unrighteous.</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Symbols:</td><td bgcolor="white">(See [[Hanukkah#Hanukkah rituals|Hanukkah rituals]]): Lighting a [[candle]] each night of Hanukkah in a small [[Menorah]] (''Chanukiah'') near a [[window]] for [[eight]] [[night]]s. Spinning a ''[[dreidel]]'' (''sevivon''), eating some foods fried in oil like a [[latke]] or [[doughnut]]s (''sufganiyot'').</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor="#3399FF">Related to:</td><td bgcolor="white">
[[Purim]] (as a [[rabbi]]nically decreed holiday.)</td></tr></table>

== Sources ==
=== In the Talmud ===
The [[miracle]] of Hanukkah is described in the [[Talmud]]. The [[Gemara]], in tractate ''Shabbat 21b'' {{ref|shabbat21b}}, says that after the occupiers had been driven from the Temple, the [[Maccabees]] discovered that almost all of the ritual [[olive oil]] had been profaned. (Only ritually purified olive oil was permissible for lighting the [[Menorah]] in the Temple.) They found only a single container that was still [[seal (device)|seal]]ed by the High Priest, with enough oil for a single day. They lit this, and miraculously, that oil burned for eight days (the time it took to have new oil pressed and made ready).

The Talmud presents three customs:

#Lighting one light each night per household,
#One light each night for each member of the household, or,
#The most pious method, where the number of candles changed each night.

There was a dispute over how the last option was to be performed: either display eight lamps on the first night of the festival, and reduce the number on each successive night; or begin with one lamp the first night, increasing the number till the eighth night. The followers of [[Shammai]] favored the former custom; the followers of [[Hillel the Elder|Hillel]] advocated the latter. As is the case in most such disputes, Jews today follow Hillel. Except in times of danger, the lights were to be placed outside one's door or in the window closest to the street.

[[Josephus]] believed that the lights were symbolic of the liberty obtained by the Jews on the day that Hanukkah commemorates. [[Rashi]], in a note to ''Shabbat 21b,'' says their purpose is to publicize the miracle.

=== In the Septuagint ===
The story of Hanukkah is preserved in the books of [[1 Maccabees]] and [[2 Maccabees]]. A story similar in character, and obviously older in date, is the one alluded to in 2 Maccabees 1:18 ''et seq.'', according to which the relighting of the altar-fire by [[Nehemiah(biblical)|Nehemiah]] was due to a miracle which occurred on the twenty-fifth of Kislev, and which appears to be given as the reason for the selection of the same date for the rededication of the altar by Judah Maccabeus.

The books of the Maccabees (''Sefer HaMakabim'') are not part of the [[Tanakh]] ([[Hebrew Bible]]), but are part of [[deuterocanonical books|deuterocanonical]] historical and religious material preserved in the [[Septuagint]]. The [[Tanakh]] ends with the consequences following the events of [[Purim]], and had already been codified many centuries earlier by the [[Great Assembly|Men of the Great Assembly]] (''Anshei Knesset HaGedolah''). Another, probably later, source is the [[Megillat Antiokhos]] — a text ascribed to the Maccabees themselves by [[Saadia Gaon]], but according to some scholars, perhaps written around the [[1st century|first]] or [[2nd century|second]] century CE.

== Story ==
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Around [[200 BCE]] Jews lived as an autonomous people in the [[land of Israel]], also referred to as [[Judea]], which at that time was controlled by the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] [[Seleucid dynasty|king of Syria]]. The Jewish people paid taxes to Syria and accepted its legal authority, and by and large were free to follow their own faith, maintain their own jobs, and engage in trade.

By [[175 BCE]] [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]] ascended to the Seleucid throne. At first little changed, but under his reign Jews were gradually forced to violate the [[613 mitzvot|precepts of their faith]]. Jews rebelled at having to do this. Under the reign of Antiochus IV, the Temple in [[Jerusalem]] was looted, Jews were massacred, and [[Judaism]] was effectively outlawed.

In [[167 BCE]] Antiochus ordered an altar to [[Zeus]] erected in the Temple. Mattathias, a [[Kohen|Jewish priest]], and his five sons John, Simon, Eleazar, Jonathan, and Judah led a rebellion against Antiochus. Judah became known as Judah Maccabee ("Judah the Hammer"). By [[166 BCE]] Mattathias had died, and Judah took his place as leader. By [[165 BCE]] the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple was liberated and rededicated.

The festival of Hanukkah was instituted by [[Judah Maccabee]] and his brothers to celebrate this event. ([http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/bandstra/BIBLE/1MA/1MA4.HTM#59 1 Macc. iv. 59]). After having recovered [[Jerusalem]] and the Temple, Judah ordered the Temple to be cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels to be made. When the fire had been kindled anew upon the altar and the lamps of the candlestick lit, the dedication of the altar was celebrated for eight days amid sacrifices and songs ([http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/bandstra/BIBLE/1MA/1MA4.HTM#36 1 Macc. iv. 36]).
[[Image:Hanukkah2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hanukkah lamp unearthed near [[Jerusalem]], c. 1900.]]
A number of historians believe that the reason for the eight day celebration was that the first Hanukkah was in effect a belated celebration of the festival of [[Sukkot]], the Feast of Tabernacles ([http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/bandstra/BIBLE/2MA/2MA10.HTM#6 Macc. x. 6] and [http://www.hope.edu/academic/religion/bandstra/BIBLE/2MA/2MA1.HTM#9 i. 9]). During the war the Jews were not able to celebrate Sukkot properly. Sukkot also lasts for eight days, and was a holiday in which the lighting of lamps played a prominent part during the Second Temple period (Suk.v. 2-4). Lights were also kindled in the household, and the popular name of the festival was, therefore, according to [[Josephus]] ([http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=J.+AJ+12.287]
''Jewish Antiquities'' xii. 7, § 7, #323) the "Festival of Lights" ("And from that time to this we celebrate this festival, and call it Lights"). It has been noted that Jewish festivals are connected to the harvesting of the Biblical seven fruits which Israel was famed for. [[Pesach]] is a celebration of the barley harvest, [[Shavuot]] of the wheat, [[Sukkot]] of the figs, dates, pomegranates and grapes, and Hanukkah of the [[olive]]s. The olive harvest is in November and [[olive oil]] would be ready in time for Hanukkah in December.

===Battles of the Maccabean revolt===
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The were a number of key battles between the Maccabees and the Seleucid Syrian-Greeks:

*[[Battle of Adasa]] ([[Judas Maccabeus]] leads the Jews to victory against the forces of Nicanor.)
*[[Battle of Beth Horon]] (Judas Maccabeus defeats the forces of [[Seron (seleucid)|Seron]].)
*[[Battle of Beth Zur]] (Judas Maccabeus defeats the army of [[Lysias (Syrian chancellor)|Lysias]], recapturing Jerusalem.)
*[[Battle of Beth-zechariah]] (Elazar the Maccabee is killed in battle. Lysias has success in battle against the Maccabess, but allows them temporary freedom of worship.)
*[[Battle of Emmaus]] (Judas Maccabeus fights the forces of [[Lysias (Syrian chancellor)|Lysias]] and [[Gorgias (Syrian general)|Georgias]]).
*[[Dathema]] (A Jewish fortress saved by Judas Maccabeus.)
*[[Battle of Elasa]] (Judas Maccabeus dies in battle against the army of [[Demetrius I Soter|King Demetrius]] and [[Bacchides]]. He is succeeded by [[Jonathan Maccabaeus]] and [[Simon Maccabaeus]] who continue to lead the Jews in battle.)

==Hanukkah rituals==
[[Image:Hanukkah1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Various [[menorah|menorot]] used for Hanukkah, also called Hanukiot (sing. Hanukiah).]]

Hanukkah has relatively simple religious rituals that are performed during the eight nights and days of the holiday. Some aspects are practiced at home by the family, other aspects are communal. There are additions to the regular daily prayer services in the [[Siddur]], the Jewish prayer book.

===Kindling the Menorah===
The primary ritual, according to [[Halakha|Jewish law and custom]], involves kindling lights each night, starting with one on the first night and adding a light each night. The lights can be candles or oil lamps. Electric lights are sometimes used and are acceptable in places where open flame is not permitted, such as a hospital room. An extra light is lit first and then used to light the others, but is placed in a separate position. Most Jewish homes have an eight-branched [[candelabrum]], with a separate ninth position, just for this holiday. It is known by different names. [[Ashkenazi]] (European Jews) usually refer to it as a "Hanukkah [[menorah]]." Some [[Sephardi]] (Spanish and North African Jews) refer to the menorah as a "hanukkah". Modern [[Israel]]is call it a "hanukiah".

The reason for the lights is not for the "lighting of the house within", but rather for the "illumination of the house without", so that passers-by should see it and be reminded of the holiday's miracle. Accordingly lamps are set up at a prominent window or near the door leading to the street. It is customary amongst some [[Ashkenazi]]m to have a separate menorah for each family member (customs vary), whereas most [[Sephardi]]m light one ''hanukkah'' for the whole household. Only when there was danger of [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitic persecution]], as was the case in [[Iran|Persia]] under the rule of the fire-worshipers, or in Europe before and during World War II, were lamps supposed to be hidden indoors.

As the lights are lit only in honor of the miracle, reading by them was prohibited. The separate guard candle, or ''shammas'', is lit first to prevent this, as derived from the [[Talmud]] (Tracate Shabbat 21b-23a).

=== Blessings over the candles ===
[[Image:Hanukkah menorah stamp 1999.jpg|thumb|right||[[United States Postal Service|US]] [[Postage stamp|stamp]] honoring Hanukkah and showing a [[Menorah]] with colored candles]]
Typically three blessings (''Berakhot'' singular ''Berakhah'') are recited during this eight-day festival. On the first night of Hanukkah, Jews recite all three blessings, on all subsequent nights, they recite only the first two. The blessings are said before or after the the candles are lit depending on tradition. On the first night of Hanukkah one light (candle, lamp, or electric) is lit on the right side of the [[Menorah]], on the following night a second light is placed to the left of the first and is lit first proceeding from left to right, and so on each night.

====The first blessing====
Recited all eight nights just prior to lighting the candles:

:''Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik neir (shel) chanukah.''

Translation: "Praised are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to kindle the Hanukkah lights."

====The second blessing====
Recited all eight nights just prior to lighting the candles:

:''Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, she-asah nisim la-avoteinu, bayamim haheim, (u)baz'man hazeh. ''

Translation: "Praised are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors, in those days, at this season."

====The third blessing====
Recited only on the first night just prior to lighting the candles:

:''Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, shehecheyanu, v'kiyemanu, vehigi-anu laz'man hazeh. ''

Translation: "Praised are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has kept us in life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season."

====After kindling the lights====
When the lights are kindled the ''Hanerot Halalu'' prayer is subsequently recited:

([[Ashkenazi]] version):

:''Hanneirot hallalu anachnu madlikin 'al hannissim ve'al hanniflaot 'al hatteshu'ot ve'al hammilchamot she'asita laavoteinu bayyamim haheim, (u)bazzeman hazeh 'al yedei kohanekha hakkedoshim. Vekhol-shemonat yemei Hanukkah hanneirot hallalu kodesh heim, ve-ein lanu reshut lehishtammesh baheim ella lir'otam bilvad kedei lehodot ul'halleil leshimcha haggadol 'al nissekha ve'al nifleotekha ve'al yeshu'otekha.''

Translation: "We light these lights For the [[miracle]]s and the wonders, for the redemption and the battles that you made for our forefathers, in those days at this season, through your [[Kohen|holy priests]]. During all eight days of Hanukkah these lights are sacred, and we are not permitted to make them serve except for to look at them in order to express thanks and praise to Your great Name for your miracles, Your wonders and Your salvations."

====Singing of ''Maoz Tzur'' after lighting====
Each night immediately after the lighting of the candles, while remaining within eyeshot of the candles, [[Ashkenazi]]m (and, in recent decades, some [[Sephardi]]m and [[Mizrahi]]m in Western countries, then usually sing the following hymn written in Medieval [[Ashkenaz]] ([[Germany]]). It lists a number of events of persecution in [[Jewish history]], and praises God for survival despite these tragedies.

:''Ma-oz Tzur Yeshu-ati, lecha na-eh leshabei-ach. Tikon beit tefilati vesham todah nezabei-ach. Le-et tachin matbe-ach mitzar hamnabei-ach. Az egmor beshir mizmor chanukat hamizbei-ach.''

:''Ra-ot sav'ah nafshi, b'yagon kochi kilah. Chayai meir'ru b'koshi, b'shibe-ud malchut eglah. Uv'yado hag'dolah hotzi et has'gulah. Cheil Par'oh vechol zaroh yardu ke-even bim'tzulah.''

:''D'vir kodsho hevi-ani vegam sham lo shakateti. Uva noges v'higlani ki zarim avad'ti. V'yein ra-al masachti kimat she-avarti. Keitz Bavel Zerubavel l'keitz shivim noshati.''

:''Kerot komat b'rosh bikesh Agagi ben Hamdatah. V'nih'yata lo lefach ul'mokesh vegavato nishbata. Rosh y'mini niseita ve-oyev shemo machita. Rov banav v'kinyanav al ha-etz talita.''

:''Y'vanim nikbetzu alai azai bimei Chashmanim. Ufartzu chomot migdalai vetimu kol hashmanim. Uminotar kankanim na-aseh nes lashoshanim. B'nei vinah yemei sh'monah kavu shir urna-anim.''

:''Chasof z'roa kodshecha v'karev keitz hayeshu-a. Nekom nikmat dam avadecha me-uma haresha-a. Ki archa lanu hasha-a ve-ein keitz limei hara-ah. Dechei admon b'tzeil tzalmon hakeim lanu ro'im shiv'ah.''

Many Reform Jews, and others, sing just the first verse, repeating the lines to form the Hanukkah melody. It is also common to sing just the first and fifth verses, the fifth dealing specifically with Hanukkah.

=== Additions to the daily prayers ===
An addition is made to the "hoda'ah" (thanksgiving) benediction in the [[Amidah]], called ''Al ha-Nissim'' ("On/about the Miracles"). This addition refers to the victory achieved over the Syrians by the Hasmonean Mattathias and his sons. (The erroneous designation of Mattathias as son of Johanan the high priest seems to rest upon the late Hebrew apocryphal "[[Megillat Antiokhos]]" or "Megillat Hanukkah," which has other names and dates strangely mixed.) The liturgical part inserted reads as follows:

Transliteration:

:''Al hanisim v'al hapurkan v'al hag'vurot v'al hat'shuot, v'al hamilchamot she-asita la-avoteinu bayamim haheim bazman hazeh. Bimei Matityahu ben Yochanan kohein gadol chashmonai u-vanav, k'she-amda malchut yavan har'sha-a al amcha Yisrael l'hashkicham toratecha ul'ha-aviram meichukei r'tzonecha. V'ata b'rachamecha harabim amadta lahem b'eit tzaratam, ravta et rivam, danta et dinam, nakamta et nikmatam, masarta giborim b'yad chalashim v'rabim b'yad chalashim v'rabim b'yad m'atim, ut'mei-im b'yad t'horim, ursha-im b'yad tzadikim v'zeidim b'yad os'kei toratecha. Ul-cha asita t'shu-a g'dola ufurkan k'hayom hazeh. V'achar kein ba-u vanecha lidvir beitecha ufinu et heichalecha v'tiharu et mikdsashecha v'hidliku neirot b'chatzrot kodsecha v'kav'u sh'monat y'mei Chanuka eilu l'hodot ul'haleil l'shimcha hagadol.''

Translation:

:''We thank You also for the miraculous deeds and for the redemption and for the mighty deeds and the saving acts wrought by You, as well as for the wars which You waged for our ancestors in ancient days at this season. In the days of the Hasmonean Mattathias, son of Johanan the high priest, and his sons, when the iniquitous Greco-Syrian kingdom rose up against Your people Israel, to make them forget Your Torah and to turn them away from the ordinances of Your will, then You in your abundant mercy rose up for them in the time of their trouble, pled their cause, executed judgment, avenged their wrong, and delivered the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, and insolent ones into the hands of those occupied with Your Torah. Both unto Yourself did you make a great and holy name in Thy world, and unto Your people did You achieve a great deliverance and redemption. Whereupon your children entered the sanctuary of Your house, cleansed Your temple, purified Your sanctuary, kindled lights in Your holy courts, and appointed these eight days of Hanukkah in order to give thanks and praises unto Your holy name.''

The same prayer is added to the grace after meals. In addition, the [[Hallel]] Psalms are sung during each morning service and the [[Tachanun]] penitential prayers are omitted. Since Hanukkah lasts eight days it includes at least one, and sometimes two, [[Shabbat|Sabbaths]]. The weekly [[Parsha|Torah portion]] for the first Sabbath is almost always ''[[Miketz]]'', telling of [[Joseph]]'s dream and his enslavement in [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].

==Traditional Hanukkah foods==

There is a custom to have Hanukkah parties and to eat foods fried or baked in some kind of [[kosher]] cooking oil/s, preferably [[olive oil]], as the original miracle of the Hanukkah menorah involved the discovery of the small flask of oil used by the Jewish High Priest (the [[Kohen]] Gadol). Many [[Ashkenazi]] families make [[potato pancakes]], known as [[latke]]s in [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]. Many [[Sephardim]] as well as [[Polish Jews|Polish]] Ashkenazim and [[Israel]]is have the custom to eat all kinds of [[doughnut]]s ([[bimuelos]] or [[sufganiyot]]) which are [[Frying|deep-fried]] in [[kosher]] (mainly non animal-fat) oils. In America, some make a point of eating [[fried chicken]] and [[french fries]] on at least one of the eight nights of Hanukkah.

==Hanukkah games: Dreidel and gelt==
===Dreidel===
[[Image:HanukkahStamp.png|thumb|right|[[United States Postal Service|US]] [[Postage stamp|stamp]] honoring Hanukkah and showing a [[Top#Dreidel|dreidel]].]]

The ''dreidel'' (a four-sided "top") is associated with Hanukkah. It has four sides:
#נ ([[Nun (letter)|Nun]]),
#ג ([[Gimel (letter)|Gimel]]),
#ה ([[He (letter)|Hey]]),
#ש ([[Shin (letter)|Shin]]) - (In [[ Israel]] instead of shin the letter פ-pey is written because shin means Sham-שם there and pey means po - here), and is usually played with coins, chips, or [[gelt]] (chocolate coins).

These letters also stand for the words ''Nes Gadol Haya Sham'' meaning "a great miracle happened there," or, without the [[nikkud]] (vowel marks),

*נס גדול היה שם ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] is read right to left)

Before beginning, each player starts with 10 or 15 coins (''gelt''), and then each player puts one in the pot. The dreidel stops and lands with one of the symbols facing up and the appropriate action is taken, corresponding to one of the following [[Yiddish Language|Yiddish]] words:
*Nun - ''nisht'' - "not" - the next player spins
*Gimel - ''gants'' - "all" - the player takes the entire pot
*Hey - ''halb'' - "half" - the player takes half of the pot, rounding up if there is an odd number
*Shin - ''shtel ayn'' - "put in" - the player puts one or two in the pot

Another version differs in that nun is "nem" - "take", while gimel is "gib" - "give."
The game may last until one person has won everything.

===Chanukkah gelt===
''Chanukkah [[gelt]]'' ("Hanukkah money") is used as part of a game on the festival of Hanukkah. It is a term used for the [[money]] used in playing the game of ''dreidel''. Traditionally, gelt came in the form of genuine coins, but most modern games are played using coins made of solid [[chocolate]] wrapped in gold-colored foil.

The dreidel game involves placing gelt in a central "pot," spinning a four-sided top, and taking one of four actions (claiming the entire pot, claiming half the pot, doing nothing, or putting additional gelt into the pot) based on which side the top lands on.

==Interaction with other faiths==

{{See also|Christian views of Hanukkah}}

Hanukkah gained increased importance with many Jewish families in the [[twentieth century]] [[United States]] — including large numbers of [[secular Jews]] that do not celebrate other key holy days (such as [[Sukkot]]) — who wanted a Jewish alternative to the intense [[Christmas]] celebrations that often overlap with Hanukkah.

In recent years, an amalgam of Christmas and Hanukkah has emerged — dubbed "[[Chrismukkah]]" — celebrated by some [[Intermarriage|inter-faith]] families, particularly in the United States.

==Alternative spellings based on transliterating Hebrew letters==
As mentioned above, there is a frequent confusion over the many alternative spellings of Hanukkah in the English language. The only standard spelling of Hanukkah is the hebrew five letters. Chet(Ch,H,Kh) Nun Vav Kaf Hey.
[[Image:Hannukah.JPG|150px|right|thumb|spelling variations are due to transliteration of Hebrew Chet Nun Vav Kaf Hey]]

* Hanukkah (most common in the United States)
* Chanukah (common alternative in the United States)
* Hanukah (common alternative in the United States)
* Chanuka (rare spelling)
* Chanukkah
* Hanuka (rare spelling)
* Channukah
* Hanukka (rare spelling)
* Khanike ([[YIVO]] standard [[transliteration]] from the Yiddish and/or Ashkenazic [[pronunciation]] of the Hebrew)

== Chronology ==

*[[198 BCE]]: Armies of the Seleucid King [[Antiochus III]] (Antiochus the Great) oust [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes|Ptolemy V]] from Judea and Samaria.
*[[175 BCE]]: [[Antiochus IV]] (Epiphanes) ascends the Seleucid throne.
*[[168 BCE]]: Under the reign of Antiochus IV, the Temple is looted, Jews are massacred, and [[Judaism]] is outlawed.
*[[167 BCE]]: Antiochus orders an altar to [[Zeus]] erected in the Temple. Mattathias, and his five sons John, Simon, Eleazar, Jonathan, and Judah lead a rebellion against Antiochus. Judah becomes known as Judah Maccabe (Judah The Hammer).
*[[166 BCE]]: Mattathias dies, and Judah takes his place as leader. The [[Hasmonean]] Jewish Kingdom begins; It lasts until [[63 BCE]]
*[[165 BCE]]: The Jewish revolt against the [[Seleucid]] monarchy is successful. The Temple is liberated and rededicated (Hanukkah).
*[[142 BCE]]: Establishment of the Second Jewish Commonwealth. The Seleucids recognize Jewish autonomy. The Seleucid kings have a formal overlordship, which the Hasmoneans acknowledged. This inaugurates a period of great geographical expansion, population growth, and religious, cultural and social development.
*[[139 BCE]]: The [[Roman Senate]] recognizes Jewish autonomy.
*[[130 BCE]]: Antiochus VII besieges [[Jerusalem]], but withdraws.
*[[131 BCE]]: Antiochus VII dies. Israel throws off Syrian rule completely
*[[96 BCE]]: An eight year civil war begins.
*[[83 BCE]]: Consolidation of the Kingdom in territory east of the [[Jordan River]].
*[[63 BCE]]: The Hasmonean Jewish Kingdom comes to an end due to rivalry between the brothers Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II, both of whom appeal to the [[Roman Republic]] to intervene and settle the power struggle on their behalf. The Roman general [[Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]] (Pompey the Great) is dispatched to the area. Twelve thousand Jews are massacred as Romans enter Jerusalem. The Priests of the Temple are struck down at the Altar. Rome annexes Judea.

== Hanukkah's dates in the Gregorian calendar ==
{{see|Jewish holidays 2000-2050}}
Hanukkah begins at sundown on the evening before the date shown.
{|
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*[[December 3]], [[1980]]
*[[December 21]], [[1981]]
*[[December 11]], [[1982]]
*[[December 1]], [[1983]]
*[[December 19]], [[1984]]
*[[December 8]], [[1985]]
*[[December 27]], [[1986]]
*[[December 16]], [[1987]]
*[[December 4]], [[1988]]
*[[December 23]], [[1989]]
||
*[[December 12]], [[1990]]
*[[December 2]], [[1991]]
*[[December 20]], [[1992]]
*[[December 9]], [[1993]]
*[[November 28]], [[1994]]
*[[December 18]], [[1995]]
*[[December 6]], [[1996]]
*[[December 24]], [[1997]]
*[[December 14]], [[1998]]
*[[December 4]], [[1999]]
||
*[[December 22]], [[2000]]
*[[December 10]], [[2001]]
*[[November 30]], [[2002]]
*[[December 20]], [[2003]]
*[[December 8]], [[2004]]
*'''[[December 26]], [[2005]]'''
*[[December 16]], [[2006]]
*[[December 5]], [[2007]]
*[[December 22]], [[2008]]
*[[December 12]], [[2009]]
||
*[[December 2]], [[2010]]
*[[December 21]], [[2011]]
*[[December 9]], [[2012]]
*[[November 28]], [[2013]]
*[[December 17]], [[2014]]
*[[December 7]], [[2015]]
*[[December 25]], [[2016]]
*[[December 13]], [[2017]]
*[[December 3]], [[2018]]
*[[December 23]], [[2019]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Hasmonean]]
*[[Maccabees]]
*[[Jewish holiday]]s
*[[Temple in Jerusalem]]
*[[1 Maccabees]]
*[[2 Maccabees]]
*[[3 Maccabees]]
*[[4 Maccabees]]
*[[County of Allegheny v. ACLU]] on the constitutionality of Hanukkah displays on public property in the U.S.

==References==
# {{note|shabbat21b}} The [[Gemara]], [http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/t01/t0110.htm tractate ''Shabbat 21b'']. The discussion focuses on [[Shabbat]] candles and moves to Hanukkah candles.

==External links==
{{commonscat|Hanukkah}}

* [http://www.aish.com/holidays/chanukah/ Chanukah - Aish.com - how to light, stories, children's activities]
* [http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/chanukah/5755/vol1no59.html Hannuka - A Spiritual Holiday - Torah.org]
* [http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm Chanukkah - Judaism 101 with links to tunes, recipes, and a virtual ''dreidel'' game for two]
* [http://www.tikkun.org/rabbi_lerner/chanukah Another Miracle of Chanukah] Chanukah and Idealistic Non-Conformity on *[http://www.tikkun.org Tikkun]
* [http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/default.asp Virtual Hanukkah - chabad.org]
* [http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article.asp?AID=102819 Chanukah recipes - chabad.org]
* [http://www.613.org/chanuka.html Chanuka classes and songs of 613.org Torah audio]
* [http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=329867 Miracles, an 8 minute Hanukkah film]

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F.I.R.

2005-12-22T09:57:20Z

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:''This article is about F.I.R., a rock group. See [[FIR]] for other possible meanings.''

[[Image:firfir.jpg|thumb|F.I.R. - Fairyland In Reality]]
'''F.I.R.''' (飛兒樂團) is a popular [[Taiwanese]] music group. Formerly students, they banded together to form F.I.R. They are well known throughout [[Asia]] with their hit "Lydia," which was the theme song for the Taiwanese drama "The Outsiders." The drama was aired in [[Taiwan]] without revealing the singer of the theme song. Having a beautiful voice that asked for attention, the song attracted many fans, leading to F.I.R.'s big success when they finally debuted in 2004.

The name F.I.R. come from the inital of the names of the three members: Faye, Ian, and Real. Yet it is also an acronym for "Fairyland in Reality."

==Member Profiles==
===Lead Vocal: Faye (飛)===
[[Image:firfirfaye.jpg||thumb|right|Faye 詹雯婷]]
*Name: 詹雯婷 (Zhan Wén Tíng)
*Birthdate: [[August 27]]
*Personality: Independent, amiable, sincere
*Hobbies: Singing, chatting, travelling, music
*Specialty: Singing, musical instruments (guitar, harmonica)
*Wishes: To be a singer who composes music and writes her own lyrics
*Favorite Idols: "Being yourself is important, so I don't worship anyone in particular."
*Favorite Singers: [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Dave Mathews]], [[Fiona Apple]], [[Alana Davis]], [[Alanis Morissette]]
*Favorite Genres of Music: Folk Rock, Acoustic Folk, Funk, Nu-metel, Fusion, Pop, Jazzy-Hip hop, Soul, Blues
*Biggest Dream: Studying in a music school, spending her life with the person she loves the most

===Guitar: Real (阿沁)===
[[Image:Flyrealaway.jpg||thumb|right|Real 黃漢青(阿沁)]]
*Name: 黃漢青 (Huáng Hàng Qing)
*Birthdate: [[March 11]]
*Hobbies: Drawing, going to the library, playing Chinese Chess
*Musical Instruments: Guitar, keyboard piano, arranging music on the computer
*Band Position: Electric Guitar, partially keyboard piano, partially arranges the music and sound
*Biggest Characteristic: Calm
*Biggest Weakness: Wants too many things
*Biggest Wish: To always have dreams
*Favorite Idols: 小室哲哉, 長尾大, 原一博
*Favorite Artists: [[Yoshitaka Amano|天野喜孝]], 北条司
*People Hated: People with no dreams, people who don't think
*Favorite Music: Music which encourages people, Japanese computer game music
*Favorite Singers (Overseas): Do As Infinity, Every Little Thing, aiko, CHEMISTRY
*Favorite Singers (Taiwan): 伍思凱

===Producer/Keyboard: Ian (陳建寧)===
[[Image:ianian.jpg|thumb|right|Ian 陳建寧]]
*Name: 陳建寧 (Chén Jiàn Níng)
*Birthdate: [[October 28]]
*Musical Instrument: [[Guitar]], [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]]
*Hobbies: Composing Music, Movie
*Favorite kind of song: Any song that composed spiritly
*Favorite Singer: 林強, [[Sting]]

==Discography==
===Studio Albums===
* ''[[F.I.R. (album)|F.I.R. - Fairyland in Reality]]'' (F.I.R.飛兒樂團同名專輯) ([[April 23]], [[2004]])
# The Way to the Dream... 尋夢之途
# Fly Away
# Lydia
# The Traveler's Song 流浪者之歌
# Our Love 我們的愛
# Flame 光芒
# Lydia (Piano Instrumental)
# Your Smile 你的微笑
# Tarot Cards 塔羅牌
# Hidden Eden 後樂園
# Revolution
# You Make Me Want To Fall In Love
# To Be Continued 待續

* ''[[Unlimited (F.I.R. album)|Unlimited]]'' (無限) ([[April 8]], [[2005]])
# Unlimited 無限
# Thousand Years of Love 千年之戀
# LOVE*3
# Banquet... 盛宴...
# The Holy Land 應許之地
# Let Go of Love 把愛放開
# Neverland
# The Legend... 傳說...
# Thorn Bird 刺鳥
# The Power of Love 愛的力量
# The Reason for Giving Up 死心的理由
# I Can't Go On
# What's Next?
# Disappear 消失 (from Unlimited-Thorn Bird Glory Limited Edition 刺鳥榮耀珍藏版, solo by Real)

===Other===
* ''I Wanna Fly - Path to Dream All Record CD+2VCD'' (我要飛 - 尋夢之途全紀錄) ([[September 17]], [[2004]])
# I Wanna Fly 我要飛
# Demo: Lydia
# Demo: Our Love 我們的愛
# Demo: Your Smile 你的微笑
# Demo: Tarot Cards 塔羅牌

* ''Glory Days- Aniversary CD+DVD''
(光榮之役-出道週年影音全集)
([[June 30]], [[2005]])

CD

# Fly Away (unplug version)
# Thousand Years of Love 千年之戀(unplug version)
# LOVE*3 (unplug version)
# The Reason of Giving Up 死心的理由 (string version)

==Awards==
*16th Annual [[Golden Melody Awards]]-Best New Artist of the Year (2004)
*HITO Pop Music Awards-HITO Album of the Year (2004)
*HITO Pop Music Awards-HITO New Artist of the Year (2004)
*HITO Pop Music Awards-HITO Top Ten Mandarin Singles "Lydia" (2004)
*Taiwan Musicians Association Awards-Top Ten Mandarin Albums "F.I.R." (2004)
*Taiwan Musicians Association Awards-Top Ten Mandarin Singles "Lydia" (2004)

==External links==
*[http://www.warnermusic.com.tw/focus/mandarin/fir/unlimited/ Unlimited website, 無限官方網]
*[http://www.warnermusic.com.tw/focus/mandarin/fir/fir/ F.I.R album website, F.I.R同名專輯官方網]
*[http://www.firfans.com F.I.R. Fans Website F.I.R.飞儿乐团歌迷网〖飞儿乐团全球歌迷网〗]
*[http://fir-forum.alverdine.com F.I.R. International 国际飞儿]
*[http://www.warnermusic.com.tw Warner Music Taiwan]

[[ja:F.I.R.]]

Krusty the Clown

2005-12-22T03:35:02Z

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'''Herschel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski''', more commonly known as '''Krusty the Clown''' is a [[fictional character]] in the cartoon ''[[The Simpsons]]''. (His name was originally '''Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski''', but it has changed since the episode "[[Today I am A Clown]].") He is [[voice actor|voiced]] by [[Dan Castellaneta]]. Krusty is the long-time [[clown]] host of [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s favorite TV show. The TV show is a combination of kiddie variety-television hijinks with a sidekick, and cartoons (including the [[Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]] parody ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy and Scratchy]]''). His sidekick [[Sideshow Bob]], has been replaced by [[Sideshow Mel]]. Another sidekick was Sideshow Raheem, an angry black young man in sunglasses who wears a multi-colored dashiki, but no evidence exists to show if Sideshow Bob was a replacement for Sideshow Raheem. One Krusty trademark is where everything in connection with his name that would normally begin with 'C' is replaced with 'K,' as evident by the original spelling of his name, ''Krusty the Klown''.

The character of Krusty was partially inspired by real-life clown "Rusty Nails" whom ''Simpsons'' creator [[Matt Groening]] watched as a child while growing up in [[Portland, Oregon]]. Castellaneta based his voice characterization on [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] television legend [[Bob Bell]] who portrayed [[WGN-TV]]'s [[Bozo the Clown]] from [[1960]]-[[1984]]. Some of Krusty's biographical details echo those of comedian [[Jackie Mason]], who voices Krusty's father, including being the son of an orthodox rabbi, and being temporarily banned from television due to a controversial performance. Other biographical details parallel [[Johnny Carson]] and [[Dean Martin]]. Krusty also bears a striking resemblance to serial killer [[John Wayne Gacy]], also known as the 'Killer clown'. Krusty, with his '[[Krusty Burger]]' chain, might also be a parody of [[Ronald McDonald]], the famous clown of the [[McDonald's]] burger chain.

==Biography==
The episode "[[Like Father, Like Clown]]" (based on the film ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''), first released on [[October 24]], [[1991 in television|1991]], expanded on his origin. According to it, he was born Herschel Schmoeckel Krustofsky and is of [[Jew]]ish heritage. Krusty is a third generation American. In [[1902]], Krusty's grandfather Zed Krustofski left [[Imperial Russia]] for the [[United States]] and gained entry through [[Ellis Island]]. His son Hyman Krustofsky became an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]] and a leader of his community, whose wise counsel is continually sought. Rabbi Krustofsky, voiced by [[Jackie Mason]], hoped that his son would follow in his footsteps (he brags that Herschel is on top of his [[Yeshiva]] class). However, Herschel wanted to become a clown because he wanted to make people laugh. Consequently, the Rabbi disowned him. Decades later, Krusty memorably reconciled with his father with the assistance of Bart and Lisa.

It was later revealed Krusty did not have a [[Bar Mitzvah]] ceremony, because Hyman feared he would violate the sanctity of the rites by "acting up." Krusty had two adult Bar Mitzvah ceremonies: a [[Hollywood]] gala, then a simple ceremony intended to reconnect with his father.

After leaving [[New York City|New York]], Krusty started his 50-year show biz career as a street [[mime]] in [[Tupelo, Mississippi]]. He then appeared on a variety of ''[[Laugh-In]]'' style [[variety show]]s, but in the [[1950s]] was banned from television for 10 years after saying "pants" on the air, which was not allowed at the time. In the [[1960s]] he finally got his own television show, ''The Krusty the Klown Show'', which featured Krusty discussing current events with serious guests (an episode of the show dated [[February 6]], [[1961]] featured [[AFL-CIO]] president [[George Meany]] and a discussion of the "labor crisis in America"). The interview format got increasingly wacky, and by the [[1980s]] the show had devolved into a children's entertainment show.

Krusty quickly became a multi-millionaire – mostly by [[mass marketing]] his name and image to a variety of suspect products and services. In the Simpsons' world, there are everything from Krusty alarm clocks, to Krusty dolls, to Krusty eye wash (many of which are owned by Bart) and Krusty Klown Kollege, which [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] attended. The more dangerous ones include: the Krusty home pregnancy test, which "may cause birth defects"; Krusty's brand of [[bubble gum]], which contains spider eggs (which they knew about) and [[hantavirus]] (which they didn't know about); and Krusty's brand of cereal, which in one episode has a boast on the box first for a jagged metal Krusty-O in each box, and then flesh-eating bacteria in each box. There is only one lawsuit to date regarding these products, the time that Bart ate a jagged metal Krusty-O and had to have his [[vermiform appendix|appendix]] removed. However, it was suggested at the end of the episode that he would sue Krusty again after he ingested the flesh-eating bacteria that was put into the cereal. At one time, he had his own brand of Pork Products; this might have led to his almost-fatal on-the-air heart attack and subsequent pacemaker. There is a list of Krusty related products at the end of this page. Krusty also operates his own television production company, Krustylu Productions (a pun on [[Lucille Ball]] and her husband [[Desi Arnaz]]'s [[Desilu Productions]]).

His much-abused sidekick, [[Sideshow Bob]], framed him for armed robbery – which resulted in Krusty's brief incarceration. In the interim, Bob ran the show, but was fired when he was identified as the real culprit.

Krusty is a hard-living entertainment veteran who has been down and out several times (always being rescued by the Simpson children) and remains addicted to [[gambling]], [[cigarette]]s and [[alcohol]] (and, in one [[episode]], [[Percodan]]). He seems to suffer from [[bipolar disorder]], and, in a [[Soupy Sales]] parody, asked children to send him spare [[lithium]] from their parent's medicine cabinets after the nuclear power plant cut off its prescription drug plan. In "The Heart-Broke Kid" he says that his tolerance levels are so high from years of excess he has to smoke ground-up [[moon]] rocks just to feel normal.

His show was canceled once after the debut of Gabbo the [[ventriloquist]] dummy, who was so popular Krusty was driven out of business. Bart tried to get the Gabbo show cancelled when he sneaked into the studio and switched on the camera during what was supposed to be a commercial break, revealing ventriloquist Arthur Crandall saying "All the children in Springfield are S.O.B.s" through Gabbo, a reference to a famous television [[urban legend]] about [[Uncle Don]]. A comeback special for Krusty was ultimately held (Parody of the [[Elvis]] comeback special), in which Krusty's many Hollywood friends bailed him out.

In [[1996 in television|1996]], after an [[IRS]] bust for tax avoision ''([[Made-up words in The Simpsons#Avoision|sic]])'', which resulted in his [[bankruptcy]], Krusty faked his death and lived briefly as [[sailor]] '''Rory B. Bellows'''. Krusty insured Bellows's life in his own name and then staged an accident to "kill" Bellows, collecting the money to rebuild his life.

He seems to retire from and then get back into showbiz repeatedly throughout his career. His last retirement (a parody of Carson's retirement) was almost a permanent one because of recently-paroled Sideshow Bob's latest scheme – wiring plastique explosives to a hypnotized Bart and sending him up on stage (a parody of "[[The Manchurian Candidate]]"). However, a last minute change of heart at Krusty's touching mention of him in a speech (as well as a last-minute rescue by Krusty's chain smoking chimp, Mr. Teeny) stopped Bob's plan.

Krusty – minus his trademark clown-hair, pale "facepaint" and red nose – bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Homer Simpson. However, there also differences such as his cow-skull birthmark, his superfluous third nipple, and his small feet. In addition, in the episode "[[Bart the Fink]]", he was seen ''sans'' clown makeup, but in a bizarre twist, while swimming, yellow face paint washed off, revealing his trademark clown features, indicating that the look is indeed permanent. This would seem to confirm a remark he once made to [[Homer Simpson]], in which he noted the afteraffects of his [[heart attack]] and [[pacemaker]] implant by pointing to his face and saying, "This ain't make-up!"

==Recent history==
It has been noted that Krusty was supposedly [[illiteracy|illiterate]] in "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]" (first released on [[April 29]], [[1990 in television|1990]]), where Sideshow Bob framed him for armed robbery. He has since been seen reading with varying ability (many fans have noted that in the episode "Lisa's First Word", he is shown reading a wire service article in [[1983]]). Through his unnamed mother, Krusty is supposedly an older half-brother to [[actor]] [[Luke Perry]]. His only other known relatives are his father, his grandfather, and his illegitimate daughter Sophie, (voiced by actress [[Drew Barrymore]]), the result of an affair between Krusty and a U.S [[soldier]] during the [[Gulf War]].

Krusty's profligate spending has resulted in encounters with the local [[Mafia]], not to mention schemes such as running a clown college to turn out proxy Krustys to appear at birthday parties, and running a [[concentration camp]]-like [[summer camp]] called "[[Kamp Krusty]]". He willingly sells out to commercial interests to sell all manner of second-rate goods – he even has a generic spoken endorsement: "I heartily endorse this e-vent or product!". His lack of care towards the quality of his merchandising is evidenced by the little attention he pays to the names of events he stars in: his [[Christmas]] show, "Krusty Kinda Kristmas"; his TV special, "Krusty Komedy Klassics"; and a [[tennis]] tournament he sponsored, the "Krusty Kharity Klassic" all use the unfortunate acrostic "KKK" (as in [[Ku Klux Klan]]). Unfortunately, the only instance of this he notices is the TV special, and that was only because the initials are shown behind him. In a hindsighted booking decision, Krusty was live at the [[Apollo Theater]] at the time. He also owns a toy factory in China that manufactures Krusty-brand toys, where a huge painting of him stares down at the workers, and a recorded message from him -- "Laziness is counter-revolutionary!" and "Questions are decadent!" -- is played repeatedly to encourage the employees to work harder.

In [[2003 in television|2003]], Krusty was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] as a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] (though he once joked of voting for [[Bill Clinton]] in 1992 whilst campaigning for the GOP). A year later, he served on a House committee to investigate Ziffcorp – run by one [[List of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Artie Ziff|Artie Ziff]] until he lost 98% of the company to [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] for corporate malfeasance. Apparently back in showbiz (despite having retired several times), he balances a political career with his local cable shenanigans.

==Quotes==
{{wikiquotepar|The Simpsons}}
:[''During a marathon TV performance''] "Now kids, let's go and see Sideshow Mel for some more of his legal, over the counter wake-up drugs!"
:...
:'''BART''': The Krusty I know didn't get where he is today by giving up! 
:'''KRUSTY''': No, I got where I am today by [[McCarthyism|naming names]] in the '50s.
:...
:[''During an 'adult' stand-up performance''] "Let's talk about herpes! Herpes, boberpies, banana-fanna-fo-ferbes, herpes!"
:...
:"Uh...I could pull a better cartoon out of my a-- ah he he he he. Hey! Wow! Wasn't that great kids!"
:...
:"The fercockta doors are stuck! Don't just stare, Art, help me!" (Krusty's ill-fated appearance on ''Laugh-In'' forty years ago)
:...
:"The Academy hates me. Don't know why. Bunch of old know-nothing dinosaurs wouldn't know talent if it bit them in the..." (does his trademark laugh).
:...
:'''KRUSTY''': "Ohh, sex chat!" (Dials the number, and is connected with four other guys who dialed the number at about the same time.)
:'''APU''': "Hello?"
:'''KRUSTY''': "Hello?"
:'''APU''': "Are you a beautiful woman?"
:'''KRUSTY''': "Do I sound like a beautiful woman?"
:'''APU''': "This is not as hot a party as I had anticipated."
:...
:'''MRS. FLANDERS''': "We're not talking about love, we're talking about S-E-X in front of the C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N!"
:'''KRUSTY''': "Sex Cauldron? I thought they closed that place down!"
:...
:[''Being talked into appearing at a charity event'']: "Community service? Uhg. All right, I'll do it. Man, swipe one pair of Haggar slacks and you're paying for it the rest of your life!"
:...
:[''At an awards show'']
:'''KRUSTY''' [''reading from cue cards'']: Well here we are the star of the Blue Lagoon and me the blue haired goon. I...ah...wait thats terrible!
:'''BROOKE SHIELDS''': Movies give us the ability to laugh and to make us cry and....
:'''KRUSTY''': First of all my hair is green not blue. I got nothing to work with here. [''walks off stage'']
:...
:[''At the Krusty Kharity Klassic tennis tournament'']: "I hope I don't get arrested for racket-earrings! (''silence'') Well, what do you expect? I'm not doing 'A' material for charity!"
:...
:[''At a secret meeting between Springfield's most influential inhabitans, seeing a [[pornographic magazine]] called ''"American Breast Enthusiast"'' on the table'']: "Hey hey hey! This is my kind of meeting!"
:...
:[''As [[Montgomery Burns]] is being publically accused for destroying most of Springfield with his oil digging'']: "Hey hey hey! I've been in [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] for six weeks! What did I miss?" [''sees everyone sullen and angry at Burns, who has not the least remorse''] "Oh."
:...
:[''At an emergency broadcasting studio, after Sideshow Bob has threatened to destroy all television'']: "Itchy and Scratchy couldn't be here today, so we have, erm... the [[scorpion|Stingy]] and [[car battery|Battery]] show! With... former President [[Dwight Eisenhower|Ike Eisenhower]]! 'Let's-get-busy!'"

==Krusty products==
Krusty has endorsed many products and places that are named after him. Here is a partial list.

*Krusty Brand Seal of Approval (on everything that meets the "high standards" of Krusty the Clown); "It's not just good, it's good enough!"
*Krusty the Clown Show
*Krusty Handguns
*Krusty-Brand Home [[Pregnancy]] Test ("May cause birth defects")
*[[Krusty-Brand Cereal]] (aka "Krusty-O's") ''(Notably, Krusty is seen buying his own cereal in the supermarket, upon which [[Montgomery_Burns|Mr Burns]] enquires as to the location of the "Burns-O's")''
*Krusty-Brand Imitation Gruel (9 out of 10 orphans can't tell the difference)
*Chocolate Frosted Frosty Flakes ("Only [[sugar]] has more sugar!")
*Krusty-Brand Lo-Cal TV Dinner
*Krusty's Famous Sauce
*Krusty-Brand Low Income Housing
*Kamp Krusty ("The Krustyest place on earth!")
*Krusty's Klown Kollege
*Krusty Land
*Euro Krusty Land (Later blew up)
*Mount Splashmore (Krusty filmed his show there in one episode)
*Krusty's Non-Narkotik Kough Syrup (secret ingredient of "Flaming Homer/Flaming Moe")
*Krusty Brain & Health Tonic
*Krusty-Brand Vitamins (caused an irregular heartbeat in [[Bart Simpson|Bart]])
*Krusty Doll
*Krusty the Klown Alarm Clock (Gets extremely hot when plugged in)
*Krusty Calculator
*Krusty Phone
*Krusty Wallclock
*Krusty Lamp
*Krusty Pencil Tops
*Krusty Lunchboxes
*Krusty Giant Toy Drum
*Krusty's Sulfuric Acid
*Krusty Trash Basket
*Krusty T-Shirts
*Krusty Posters
*Krusty Non-Toxic Kologne
*Krusty's Autobiography ([[ghostwriter|Ghostwritten]] by [[John Updike]])
*Krusty's Crowd Control Barrier "Krusty Sez 'Get Back'"
*Krusty Slippers
*Lady Krusty Mustache Removal
*Krusty Electric Toothbrush
*Krusty Mini-Basketball Hoops
*Krusty Knife Doll
*Krusty Eye wash
*Krusty Geiger Meter (Shown in the episode where Homer builds a small nuclear reactor. Lisa holds the Krusty Geiger Meter up to it, and the Meter promptly says something along the lines of "Whoah! That things gonna blow! Drop this toy and run!)
*Krusty [[Home Depot]] (hardware store)
*Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages (milkshakes)
*Krusty Personal Swabs
*[[Krusty Burger]] (a [[McDonald's]]-like place that has once sold the "Ribwich," which is made not from pig or cattle, but from something far smaller with way more legs. Also known for making Krusty Burgers out of [[roadkill]])

Ironically, Krusty also endorses endorsement contracts. (Hey, hey! They're binding!)

==Video game appearances==

*Krusty's likeness first appeared in [[The Simpsons: The Arcade Game]] in the carnival stage. Enemies wearing Krusty the Clown costumes bounced on balls and attacked the player. [[Smithers]], the main antagonist until the end of the game, also rode through the stages in a giant balloon shaped liked Krusty's head.

*The relatively unknown game [[Bart's House of Weirdness]] involved a battle with [[Sideshow Bob]] in order to rescue Krusty from a jungle cage.

*Krusty then played a major role in [[Bart vs. the World]], a game in which Krusty co-sponsors an around-the-world treasure hunt starring [[Bart Simpson]]. In the game the player much collect unique Krusty collectibles in order to gain points and ultimately win a prize on Krusty's show.

*Krusty eventually starred in [[Krusty's Fun House]]. Though the games were released on a variety of platforms the gameplay and story remained the same: Krusty's fun house has become infested with purple rats and the player must solve elaborate puzzles to herd the rats into wacky rat-killing machines.

*When games moved into the [[16-bit era]] Krusty made a few smaller appearances in addition to his starring titles. He was a caveman and a waterslide attendee in [[Virtual Bart]], and the Pig Bart stage took place in a pork factory owned by Krusty's corporation.

*Krusty and his [[Krustylu Studios]] were part of the large map in [[Virtual Springfield]]. The player could enter the studio and watch a taping of his show and others, as well as sit in on Krusty's telephone calls.

*As games went 3D, so did Krusty. He starred as one of the combatants in [[The Simpsons Wrestling]], as one of the racers in [[Simpsons Road Rage]], and as a skater in [[Simpsons Skateboarding]].

*Krusty also appeared in [[The Simpsons: Hit and Run]] [[video game]] advertising a new cola called '''Buzz Cola'''. The cola was actually an activant for the many robotic wasps invading Springfield.

==External links==
*[http://www.silverbox.com/krusty/ "The Original Krusty the Clown Homepage"]

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Stavros

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Stavros (Σταúρος) is a Greek name. It derives from the greek word 'Σταυρóς' which means 'cross', referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

'''People named Stavros:'''
*[[Stavros Niarchos III]]
*[[Stavros Lambrinidis]]

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Stavros

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Stavros (Σταúρος) is a Greek name. It derives from the greek word 'Σταυρóς' which means 'cross', referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

'''People named Stavros'''

[[Stavros Niarchos III]]

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Barack Obama

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{{Infobox Senator | name=Barack Obama
| nationality=american
| image name=Barack Obama portrait 2005.jpg
| jr/sr and state=Junior Senator, [[Illinois]]
| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| term=January [[2005]]–Present
| preceded=[[Peter Fitzgerald]]
| succeeded=Incumbent (2011)
| date of birth=[[August 4]], [[1961]]
| place of birth=[[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]
| dead=alive
| date of death=
| place of death=
| spouse=Michelle Obama
| religion=[[United Church of Christ|Congregationalist]]
}}
'''Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.''' (born [[August 4]], [[1961]]) is a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Illinois]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He received international media coverage for his keynote address at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]], delivered while he was still an [[Illinois State Senate|Illinois state senator]].

On leave from the [[University of Chicago]] Law School, Obama won the open Senate seat in 2004. He is the only African-American currently serving in the U.S. Senate, the fifth in U.S. history and the third since [[Reconstruction]]. Obama won the election in a [[landslide victory|landslide]], with 70% of the vote to [[Alan Keyes]]' 27%. He is [[seniority|junior senator]] to [[Richard Durbin]].

Obama is married to Michelle Obama, a [[Chicago]] native. They have two daughters: Malia Ann (born 1999) and Natasha (born 2001).

==Early life==
Barack Obama was born at the Queen's Medical Center in [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]] to [[Harvard University]]-educated economist [[Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.]], a native of [[Kenya]], and [[S. Ann Dunham]], of [[Wichita, Kansas]]. Obama writes in ''Dreams from My Father'' that one of his mother's Kentucky ancestors "was rumored to have been a second cousin of [[Jefferson Davis]]". This statement, itself neither proven nor disproven by genealogical investigation, has been incorrectly interpreted as Ms. Dunham being a descendant of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] president[http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html]; she is also said to be part [[Cherokee]] [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200409/lizza].

At the time of Obama's birth, both his parents were students at the [[East-West Center]] at the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa]]. ''Barack'' means "blessed" in [[Swahili language|Swahili]], itself a [[loanword]] from [[Arabic language|Arabic]].

Of his years in Hawaii, Obama has written, "The irony is that my decision to work in politics, and to pursue such a career in a big Mainland city, in some sense grows out of my Hawaiian upbringing, and the ideal that Hawaii still represents in my mind."

When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father eventually returned to Kenya, and he saw his son only once more before his death in [[1982]]. Ann Obama married another East-West Center student from [[Indonesia]]. In his early childhood while growing up with his mother, Barack used the name 'Barry'. The family then moved to [[Jakarta]], where Obama's half-sister Maya was born (Obama has other half-siblings from his father's other marriages). When Obama was ten he returned to Hawaii under the care of his grandparents, and later his mother, for the better educational opportunities. He was enrolled in the fifth grade at [[Punahou School]], where he graduated with honors in [[1979]].

==College and career==
Upon finishing [[high school]], Obama studied for two years at [[Occidental College]], before transferring to [[Columbia University]]. There he majored in political science, with a specialization in international relations. Upon graduation, he worked for a year at newsletter publisher [[Business International]] (now part of [[The Economist Group]]), and then moved to Chicago, where he took up [[community organizing]] in the [[Altgeld Gardens]] [[public housing|housing project]] on the city's [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]]. It was during his time spent here that Obama became a [[Christianity|Christian]] and joined the [[Trinity United Church of Christ]].

He left Chicago for three years to study law at [[Harvard Law School|Harvard University]], where he was elected the first black president of the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]''. He graduated ''[[Latin honors|magna cum laude]]''. While working one summer at a corporate law firm in 1989, Obama met Michelle Robinson, then an associate attorney at the firm; he married her in [[1992]].

Although as a top graduate of Harvard Law, Obama could have taken his pick of high-paying law firm jobs, he returned to serving as a community organizer in Chicago. Obama organized an aggressive [[voter registration]] effort that registered over 100,000 voters and aided in the election of President [[Bill Clinton]] and Senator [[Carol Moseley Braun]]. Soon after, he joined a local [[civil rights]] law firm, and he became a lecturer of constitutional law at the [[University of Chicago]].

==Politics==
===Illinois General Assembly===
In [[1996]], Obama was elected to the [[Illinois State Senate]] from the south side neighborhood of [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]], in Chicago. He served as chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee when the Democrats regained control of the chamber. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called him "one of the General Assembly's most impressive members."

Regarded as a staunch [[american liberalism|liberal]] during his tenure in the legislature, he helped to author a state [[Earned Income Tax Credit]] that provided benefits to the working poor. He also worked for legislation that would cover residents who could not afford health insurance. Speaking up for leading [[gay]] and [[lesbian]] advocacy groups, he successfully helped pass bills to increase funding for [[AIDS]] prevention and care programs.

In [[2000]], he ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic [[primary election|primary]] for Illinois' 1st [[Congressional district]] against incumbent [[United States House of Represntatives|Representative]] [[Bobby Rush]]. Rush received 61% of the vote, while Obama received 30%. [http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/ilh.htm]

After the loss, Obama rededicated his efforts to the state Senate. He authored one of the most progressive death penalty reform laws in the nation, under the guidance of former U.S. Senator [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]]. He also pushed through legislation that would force insurance companies to cover routine [[Mammography|mammograms]].

Though known as a principled liberal, Obama was highly regarded for his ability to build coalitions and persuade opponents. He engineered the unanimous passage in the Senate of several pieces of progressive legislation, and in one instance, successfully convinced the [[Fraternal Order of Police]] and the [[National Rifle Association]] to endorse a bill they had previously opposed.

===United States Senate campaign===
[[Image:Barack Obama campaign logo.JPG|200px|thumb|right|A campaign banner used by Obama supporters during his 2004 bid for the Senate.]]
In [[2004]], Obama decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. [[Peter Fitzgerald]], who chose not to run for re-election. In the Democratic primary, he trailed business tycoon [[Blair Hull]] and Illinois Comptroller [[Dan Hynes]]. However, Hull was soon embroiled by allegations of domestic [[domestic violence|abuse]]. Obama's name recognition increased, and he won the endorsements of four Illinois congressmen, as well as those of many progressive leaders such as former DNC chairman [[David Wilhelm]].

He won over 50% of the vote in the March primary, more than the combined support for the other six candidates. Obama soon became a national Democratic star, receiving international media coverage for his keynote address at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]].

He squared off against [[Jack Ryan (Senate candidate)|Jack Ryan]], the winner of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] primary. Ryan trailed Obama in the polls, and Obama opened up a twenty point lead after the media reported that Ryan had assigned an aide to stalk Obama. As the campaign progressed, a lawsuit brought by the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' and [[WLS-TV]] led to a [[California]] court ruling which opened [[Child custody laws in the United States|child custody]] files from Ryan's divorce from actress [[Jeri Ryan]]. In those files, she alleged that he had brought her without her knowledge to sex clubs, intending for her to have sex with him in public. Although the [[sensationalism|sensational nature]] made the revelations fodder for [[tabloid]] and [[television programs]] specializing in such stories, the files were also newsworthy because Ryan had insisted that there was nothing damaging in them. As a result, many Republican leaders openly questioned Ryan's integrity following the release. Ryan was forced to leave the race on [[June 25]] [[2004]], leaving Obama without an opponent.
[[Image:obamaparade.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Barack Obama joins his wife Michelle and U.S. Senator [[Richard Durbin]] for a [[parade]] on [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] [[2004]] in [[Wheaton, Illinois]].]]
Finding a replacement for Ryan proved challenging for the Illinois GOP, as a number of potential candidates declined to run. The state party's chairwoman [[Judy Baar Topinka]] eventually announced two possible replacements: [[Alan Keyes]], a former ambassador residing in Maryland, and [[Andrea Barthwell]], a DEA official. After much deliberation, Keyes was chosen, and he officially accepted the nomination on [[August 8]]. He had gained much attention as a conservative firebrand in his unsuccessful presidential campaigns in [[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996]] and [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]]. The nomination was widely viewed as a victory for the [[Factions in the Republican Party (United States)|more conservative wing of the party]], and a loss for the more moderate Topinka.

Keyes, who is an African American and a [[conservative]] Republican, had an uphill battle, as Obama had high popularity across the state and Keyes had no ties to Illinois politics. During the time when he had no opponent, Obama campaigned across more conservative downstate areas that ordinarily served as the [[base (politics)|base]] for the Republican nominee. A Marylander, Keyes had established legal residency in Illinois with the nomination, the only requirement to run for office. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' sarcastically greeted Keyes by editorializing: "Mr. Keyes may have noticed a large body of water as he flew into [[O'Hare Airport|O'Hare]]. That is called [[Lake Michigan]]."

Obama put on one of the most successful Senate campaigns of the 2004 election and was so far ahead in polls that he soon campaigned out of Illinois in support of other Democratic candidates. After a campaign in which Keyes called Obama's position on abortion "the slave-holder's position", accused gays and lesbians of being "selfish hedonists", and also claimed that Jesus would not vote for Obama, Obama won handily in the general election, receiving 70% of the popular vote to Keyes's 27%.

===Keynote address===
[[Image:Obama2004convention.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Introducing himself as a "skinny kid with a funny name", Obama delivers the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.]]
Obama was chosen to deliver a keynote address at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].

His speech outlined his own family's pursuit of the [[American Dream]], and his belief in a 'generous America'. His maternal grandfather, after serving in [[World War II]], was the beneficiary of the [[New Deal]]'s [[Federal Housing Administration|FHA]] and [[GI Bill]] and had high hopes for their daughter, because, as Obama said, "in a generous America you don't have to be rich to achieve your potential". But he charged that "we have more work to do" for people who are not able to realize the American Dream, maintaining that self responsibility is an important component and people "don't expect government to solve all their problems".

He criticized the Bush administration for not supporting troops in Iraq. He spoke of an enlisted Marine, Cpl. Seamus Ahern from East Moline, asking, "Are we serving Seamus as well as he was serving us?" He continued:
<blockquote>
When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.
</blockquote>
Finally he spoke for national unity: "Well, I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America." Perhaps the most often quoted sound bite followed: "We worship an awesome God in the [[Red_state_vs._blue_state_divide|Blue States]], and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the [[Red_state_vs._blue_state_divide|Red States]]. We coach [[Little League]] in the Blue States, and yes, we've got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq, and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq."

==Senate career==
[[Image:Barakobama.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Obama addresses the First Year Student Convocation at [[Boston College]].]]
Obama was sworn in as a Senator on [[January 5]], [[2005]]. He ranked 99th out of 100 Senators in terms of official seniority (greater seniority brings greater privileges in the Senate), ranking ahead of only new Democratic Senator [[Ken Salazar]] of [[Colorado]]. In his first few months in office, Obama drew praise by his perceived attempts to avoid the limelight and devote large amounts of effort to being a Senator; a ''[[Washington Post]]'' article spread an anecdote of Obama refusing an upgrade to first-class on a flight home. Obama also drew criticism from some on the left for his vote in favor of making [[Condoleezza Rice]] Secretary of State. In March of 2005, Obama announced that he was forming his own [[political action committee|PAC]], a move not usually undertaken until several years into a politician's career.

In late [[March]] [[2005]], Obama announced his first proposed Senate bill, the Higher Education Opportunity through Pell Grant Expansion Act of 2005 (HOPE Act), which aims to raise the maximum amount of Pell Grant awards to help assist American [[college]] students with paying for their tuition. Obama announced the bill at the [[Southern Illinois University Edwardsville]] and said, "Everywhere I go, I hear the same story: 'We work hard, we pay our bills, we put away savings, but we just don't know if it's going to be enough when that tuition bill comes.'" [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499404/20050401/index.jhtml?headlines=true]

The [[April 18]] [[2005]] issue of [[TIME]] Magazine listed the [[List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2005|100 most influential people in the world]]. Obama was included on the list under the section of 'Leaders and Revolutionaries' for his high-profile entrance to federal politics [http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/2005/time100/leaders/100obama.html] and his popularity within the Democratic Party. British journal the [[New Statesman]] listed Obama as one of 10 people who will change the world in its October 2005 edition.

In the early days of debate in Washington over establishing private accounts for Social Security, Obama stood by his party when he delivered a speech on [[April 26]] [[2005]] to the National Press Club, entitled "A Hope To Fulfill." In this speech, he pointed to the original ideas of social welfare that [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had in mind when crafting the Social Security program as part of the [[New Deal]].

During the August Recess of 2005 as a member of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] Sen. [[Richard Lugar]] (R-IN), the chairman of that committee, and Senator Obama went on a strategic trip to Russia to inspect the nuclear facilities there and were detained for three hours at an airport in the city of Perm, near the [[Ural Mountains]], during their departure for [[Ukraine]], where they were scheduled to meet the President and the Speaker of the House of [[Ukraine]]. The Russian government quickly apologized, saying it "regret[ted] the misunderstanding that arose."

As evidence of both the appeal and intellect of Senator Obama on a national scale, former Presidents [[George H.W. Bush]] and [[Bill Clinton]] enlisted Obama to join them in New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. The Chicago Tribune reported President Clinton's office as saying that Obama was "an important voice during this tragedy given that so many victims are African-American."

On [[September 8]], [[2005]] Barack Obama began a [[podcast]] downloadable from his website. The podcasts appear about once a week.

==Bibliography==
Obama's autobiography ''Dreams From My Father'' was published in [[1995]] (ISBN 081292343X) and re-released in 2004 (ISBN 1400082773) with a few new features. [[As of 2005|As of June 2005]] the re-released paperback had been on ''[[The New York Times]]'' non-fiction best seller list for more than forty weeks. The [[audio book]] edition earned Obama a [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Grammy nomination for best spoken word album]].

In December 2004, Obama landed a $1.9 million [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/1044205.htm?1c deal] for three books. The first is to be [[2006 in literature|published in 2006]], and will discuss his political convictions. The second is a children's book to be co-written with his wife Michelle and their two young daughters, with profits going to charity. The content of the third book has not been announced.

==Trivia==
*Obama was the third [[African-American]] to deliver a keynote address at a [[Democratic National Convention]]. The first was [[Barbara Jordan]], at the [[1976 Democratic National Convention]], and the second was [[Harold Ford, Jr.]] at the [[2000 Democratic National Convention]].

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==References==
*''Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance'', by Barack Obama. 1995. ISBN 1400082773
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Finnegan | given=William | title=The Candidate | date=24 May 2004 | org=New Yorker | url=http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040531fa_fact1}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Tecson | given=Brandee | title=Obama's HOPE Act: A Bid To Make College More Affordable | date=1 April 2005 | org=MTV.com | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499404/20050401/index.jhtml?headlines=true}}
*"Poll: Obama Leads Ryan by 22 Points", ''[[Associated Press]]'', (31 May 2004)
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Lannan | given=Maura Kelly | title=Illinois Republican vows to stay in Senate race despite embarrassing allegations | date=22 June 2004 | org=Associated Press | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Ramsey (journalist) | given=Mike | title=Ryan makes withdrawal official | date=29 July 2004 | org=Copley News Service | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Krol | given=Eric | title=Obama basks in the positive reviews of his keynote address | date=29 July 2004 | org=Chicago Daily Herald | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Ford | given=Liam | title=With Ryan out, GOP moves forward with Illinois Senate race | date=31 July 2004 | org=Chicago Tribune | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Krol | given=Eric | title=GOP aims to have candidate Tuesday | date=30 July 2004 | org=Chicago Daily Herald | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Lannan | given=Maura Kelly | title=Alan Keyes enters U.S. Senate race in Illinois against rising Democratic star | date=9 August 2004 | org=Associated Press | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=McKinney | given=Dave | title=GOP conservatives rally behind Keyes at State Fair; | date=20 August 2004 | org=Chicago Sun-Times | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Robinson | given=Mike | title=Keyes calls Obama views on abortion 'slaveholder's position' | date=9 August 2004 | org=Associated Press | url=http://www.lexis-nexis.com}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Schlafly | given=Phyllis | title=The Fight in Illinois: Alan Keyes vs. Barack Obama; | date=24 August 2004 | org=Human Events | url=http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=4867}}
*''[[Copley News Service]]'': "Obama brushes aside Jesus remark", Copley News Service, 8 September 2004
*''Inside Politics'': "Obama projected to gain seat for Dems", [[CNN]], 2 November 2004
*[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IL/S/01/epolls.0.html Election results breakdown]
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Dizon | given=Nicole Ziegler | title=Barack Obama Gets $1.9 Million Book Deal | date=17 December 2004 | org=San Jose Mercury News | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/10442805.htm?1c}}
*{{Citenewsauthor | surname=Leibovich | given=Mark | title=The Senator's Humble Beginning; | date=24 February 2005 | org=Washington Post | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48523-2005Feb23.html}}

==External links==
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* '''Official sites''':
** [http://obama.senate.gov/ Official Senate website], with [http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/ podcast]
** [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000167 Biography] from the [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]
* '''2004 election''':
** [http://www.obamaforillinois.com/ Obama for Illinois campaign website]
** [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IL/S/01/index.html 2004 Illinois Senate election results] from [[CNN]]
** [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?ID=ILS2&Cycle=2004 Campaign finance report] from OpenSecrets.org, a project of the [[Center for Public Integrity]]
** [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/28/1313225 Obama's 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote speech] in [[RealVideo]], [[RealAudio]], or [[MP3]] format.
*** [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=19646539&selectedItemId=19646539 A free audio download] is also available from the [[iTunes Music Store]] (in [[Advanced Audio Coding]] format with [[FairPlay]] [[digital rights management]]).
** Keyes/Obama debates: [http://www.keyesarchives.com/media/debates/04_10_12irndebate.htm 2004 October 12], [http://www.keyesarchives.com/media/debates/04_10_21debate2.htm 2004 October 21], and [http://www.keyesarchives.com/media/debates/04_10_26debate3.htm October 26, 2004]
* '''Further reading''':
** [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/15/1357247&mode=thread&tid=25 In-depth look at Obama] from ''[[Democracy Now!]]''
** [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040531fa_fact1 An article about Obama] from ''[[The New Yorker]]''
**Leibovich, Mark. "The Senator's Humble Beginnings". ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[February 24]], [[2005]].
**[http://www.knox.edu/x9803.xml Knox College - Commencement speech June 4, 2005] full transcript of Barack Obama's address

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Ike Barinholtz

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Ike Barinholtz is an actor and comedian best known as a cast member (2002-current) of the sketch comedy show [[MADtv]]. He was born in [[Chicago]] on [[February]] 18, [[1977]].

Barinholtz has also appeared in the films [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455314/ ''The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend''] (2005), [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462409/ ''Love, Fear and Rabbits''] (2005) and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247303/ ''Down''] (2001).

==External links==
* [http://www.madtv.com Official MADtv site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054697/ Ike Barinholtz on IMDb]

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The Colbert Report

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[[Image:Colbertreport.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Stephen Colbert]], star of ''The Colbert Report'']]

'''''The Colbert Report''''' (pronounced {{IPA|/koʊlbɛɹ ɹəpɔɹ/}} or ''cole-bare re-pore'') is a [[television program]] on [[Comedy Central]] that stars [[Stephen Colbert]], best-known as a correspondent for ''[[The Daily Show]]''. It depicts the further activities of the Stephen Colbert correspondent character from ''The Daily Show'', in a parody of confrontational hyperpatriotic media [[Pundit (politics)|pundit]] programs such as ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity and Colmes]]''.

== Background ==

Comedy Central announced that ''The Colbert Report'' is part of a line up where they hope to "Keep the viewers attracted by ''The Daily Show'' to keep watching late into the night." Colbert, [[Jon Stewart]], and [[Ben Karlin]] (''The Daily Show''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s executive producer) supposedly came up with the idea for the show after watching coverage of the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]. Jon Stewart also started a new production company called [[Busboy Productions]], initially to develop the ''Report''. Colbert, Stewart, and Karlin pitched the idea of the show (reportedly with one sentence: "Stephen Colbert parodies ''The O'Reilly Factor''") to [[Comedy Central]] chief [[Doug Herzog]], who agreed to buy it.

The ''Report'' airs following ''[[The Daily Show]]'' at 11:30 PM [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]] and [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]]. Comedy Central stated that it will run every day ''The Daily Show'' airs on Monday through Thursday. Although it was speculated that Colbert would continue doing his popular "[[This Week In God]]" segment on ''The Colbert Report'', he indicated that he would be leaving "This Week In God" behind at ''The Daily Show'', where [[Rob Corddry]] has taken over duties with [[The God Machine (comedic prop)|the God Machine]]. ''The Colbert Report'' is being followed up by a second spin-off of ''The Daily Show'', a show called ''[[Red State Diaries]]'' to be hosted by [[Lewis Black]], slated to debut in [[2006]].

The letter "t" in both "Colbert" and "Report" in the title of the program is silent, because, as Colbert succinctly explains, "it's [[French language|French]], bitch." This recalls the first suggestion of the upcoming ''Colbert Report'' in a segment on ''The Daily Show'' in which Colbert covered Congress' reactions to [[France]], including renaming French fries "freedom fries" in Congress' cafeteria; Colbert's coverage was captioned and referred to as "un rapport exclusif." Bill O'Reilly being one of the show's targets of parody, the title of the ''Colbert Report'' is similar to ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'s'' original title, ''The O'Reilly Report''.

''The Colbert Report'' first appeared in the form of three fake commercials for itself that aired several times on ''The Daily Show''. The themes that would form the basis for the ''Report'' can be seen in some of the earlier skits performed by Colbert, particularly a skit called "The Jobbing of America", in which Colbert performed a particularly cynical investigation of how to run for public office. This included the extreme egoism, the enthusiasm for spin to the utter disregard for facts, and wrapping himself in patriotic imagery, including pinning an American flag lapel pin to his collar and donning a hat bearing an eagle in front of an American flag—all of which became trademarks of ''The Colbert Report''. Another skit that foreshadowed things to come was "Live from DC", in which Colbert realizes that what one says is irrelevant, what really matters is how much gravitas one says it with.

The show debuted [[October 17]] for an eight week run under its initial contract. On [[November 2]], based on the strong ratings for the show's first two weeks, Comedy Central and Colbert announced they had signed for an additional year, through the end of [[2006]]. [http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17706,00.html?tnews]

== Format of the show ==
[[Image:Colbertreportset.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''Colbert Report'' set]]

Stephen Colbert assumes a role intended to be a willfully ignorant and self-aggrandizing blowhard and a parody of several allegedly self-centered pundit anchors, particularly [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], as well as [[Joe Scarborough]], [[Sean Hannity]], and [[Chris Matthews]]. He said the essence of what he felt the need to mock is summed up in a rule Joe Scarborough claimed to adhere to: that he isn't doing his job if he lets his guest speak for more than seven seconds at a time without interruption. Colbert also said he wants to capture some of the "folksiness" and love of his own monologue allegedly portrayed by [[Aaron Brown]]. Colbert the character's routine is centered on egomania and reducing complex world affairs into ludicrously simplified sound bites or arbitrary conclusions, to humorous effect. Colbert the character also claimed to be close friends with Scarborough and to refer to O'Reilly affectionately as "[[Papa Bear]]."

Colbert starts each episode with a dominant visual metaphor for the way Colbert intends to convey "truth" to his viewers (e.g. a mother bird feeding a worm of truth).

Colbert the character has a phobia of bears. This fear was introduced in one of the advertisements for the show run on Comedy Central prior to ''The Colbert Report''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launch. Bears have appeared in all of the "Threat-Down" segments of the show so far, and always at number one. Colbert refers to them as "godless killing machines without a soul".

Colbert stays in character with his studio guests, subjecting them to the same kind of unpredictable goofiness he has always used in his correspondent interviews on ''The Daily Show'', as opposed to the friendly sincerity offered by Jon Stewart to studio guests on ''The Daily Show''. This starts off with the guests' introduction, when they are kept in shadow in the background during their first appearance on screen, while spotlights focus on Colbert as he does a victory trot through the studio, waving to the audience and soaking up its applause. The studio guests appeared to be uncertain and put off by Colbert's keeping in character during the first few episodes, particularly when [[Stone Phillips]] reacted by calling Colbert a "pencilneck." [[Lesley Stahl]] and [[Fareed Zakaria]] similarly took on a deer-in-the-headlights look as they sought to react appropriately to being interviewed by Colbert-the-character rather than a straightforward host. But by the fourth and fifth episodes, with guests [[Jim Cramer]] and [[Lou Dobbs]] respectively, Colbert mastered a routine of remaining in character in an affable rather than purely unpredictable way, and keeping his guest comfortable and in on the fun. On the other hand, Colbert appeared to derive special pleasure from milking laughs by provoking [[Greg Behrendt]], who seemed genuinely exasperated by Colbert's antics. One critic identified Colbert's on-the-spot ad libbing in character during the studio interviews as the one aspect of the show that was funniest and most revealing of talent. Remarkably, Colbert has also usually remained in character as the anchor Colbert when he is interviewed by the media.

Colbert has parodied the character/actual person duality in a segment in which he defends (fabricated) behind-the-scenes footage leaked to the internet, which shows Colbert portraying an offensive Asian stereotype after being handed tea by an offscreen assistant, all the while verbally harassing her. Colbert (the character) defends this by stating that the man seen was not Colbert, but rather his character, "Ching-Chong Ding-Dong," for whom Colbert is not responsible.

[[Image:Colbert_eagle.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Colbert's Eagle of Freedom]]

The ''Report'' also mocks the tendency of some media, with [[Fox News]] the most commonly cited, to wear [[United States|American]] patriotism prominently on its sleeve, in place of the traditional journalistic focus on objectivity. Colbert waves a huge American flag in the show's intro; the graphics and the studio are saturated with American flag-themed and other patriotic imagery; and a [[Computer graphics|CG]] eagle appears in graphics in the opening sequence—which ends with the eagle suddenly filling the screen with its beak and talons spread as if to attack the viewer, to considerable comedic effect—and repeatedly during the program, sometimes at completely random and unpredictable moments. The eagle also peers out from the midsection of the oversized letter "C" in the logo of "The Colbert Report". Colbert refers to this eagle fondly, telling investment expert [[James Cramer|Jim Cramer]], "You've got your bulls and bears, I've got my eagle."

===Recurring segments===
*'''The Wørd''' The first segment in every show (after the opening monologue); Colbert chooses a different word each night as a basis for a rant on a topical subject. Displayed next to him is a "bullet point", which either summarizes or comments on whatever Colbert is talking about or occasionally assumes counterpoint to Colbert's absurdity. For example, Colbert mentioned in early interviews that he would say something like "I'm angry!", while the bullet point would list "Colbert = Angry".

*'''Formidable Opponent''' This popular segment features Colbert debating himself. "I'll argue a political point with the only worthy opponent I can think of: Myself" said Colbert in a May 5th, 2005 interview with [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s [[Robert Siegel]]. "I'll be quite impressed with my opponent's arguments, I guarantee you." It is perhaps a parody of debate shows which feature a weak-willed liberal straw man opponent who is defeated by a brash and confident conservative opponent. Technically, the segment is uniquely shot: Colbert responds to himself live, rather than taping two separate segments to be edited together. The second Colbert is a mirror image created electronically. Colbert wears a tie with dark diagonal stripes, and a [[Keying (graphics)|luma key]] effect changes the color of the stripes to blue (for Colbert #1) and red (for Colbert #2).

*'''Better Know a District''' Referring to [[Congressional District|Congressional Districts]], a "434 part series" highlighting one district at a time. It was previously a "435 part series" that was changed due to the resignation of his "friend," [[United States House of Representatives|Rep.]] [[Randy "Duke" Cunningham]] on [[November 28]], [[2005]] and Colbert's subsequent banning of [[United States House of Representatives, California District 50|California's 50th congressional district]] from the segment. Each segment covers basic information about the district (usually including something humorously bizarre that happened there recently), and is capped off with a short interview with its [[Representative]]. Then Colbert adds it to "the big board", a map of the entire U.S. with district lines drawn. It is usually very difficult to see. The [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|upper peninsula]] of [[Michigan]] was originally missing from the map as Colbert claimed it was actually part of [[Canada]]. (The peninsula has since been added to the map.) The District is always refered to as "fightin'," as in "The Fightin' 13th."

*'''Threat-Down''' In an effort to keep America on its toes, Colbert lists the top five threats to American security. [[Bears]] are often high on the list, usually making the #1 spot.

Other segments included in the broadcast include "Stephen Settles the Debate," "So Awful We Can't Bear to Show You," "Species That Are Screwing Up America," "Kindergarten Sobriety Test," "Stephen Debates 21-Year-Old Self," "All You Need to Know," "Gravitas-Off," "Bring 'Em Back Or Leave 'Em Dead," "Un-American News," "Tip of the Hat / Wag of the Finger," and "War Against Humbuggery." Many of the segments are introduced with a big, dramatic graphic and a music sting, which mimic newsmagazine shows like ''[[Dateline NBC]]''.

Occasionally, after a commercial break, a message is shown to viewers. Sometimes it's a "Fract" (Freedom Fact), other times it might be a drinking game or a "Friddle".

===Running gags===

*'''Russ Lieber''' In a play on the feud between Bill O'Reilly and [[Al Franken]], a [[liberalism|liberal]] radio host named "Lieber" appears on the show to torment Colbert. Colbert is "at war" with Lieber, who is constantly attacking Colbert's "lies", and Colbert dedicates a portion of his show to debunking the hurtful slander perpetrated by this jealous rival. Some fans speculated that Lieber might be named for Jon Stewart, since his birth name was Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz. "Russ Lieber" may also be a play on [[Rush Limbaugh]], a conservative talk-show host. The character is played by comic actor [[David Cross]]. Cross first appeared, in the form of voice and still images, as fictitious radio talk show host Russ Lieber in the fourth episode. He denounced Colbert as an idiot, and went on to decry that [[Canada]] outproduces the [[U.S.]] in [[maple syrup]] (this is an actual fact, but Colbert has supposedly claimed otherwise, because he feels uninhibited by facts).

*'''Balls''' Colbert makes frequent references to "balls", using an American [[slang]] term referring to courage or gravitas. Usually, he invokes the term to refer to either the courage of America, or the lack of courage of other countries, as he perceives the matter.

*'''Bears''' In much the same way that Bill O'Reilly makes a bogey-man out of the [[ACLU]], Colbert often makes reference to his fear - and the threat posed by - bears. This gag began in one of the early promos for the ''Report'', in which Stephen assured his audience that he wasn't afraid of anything - except bears.

*'''Charlene''' is a fictional woman whom Colbert had an ambiguous relationship with at some point. She now has a restraining order against Colbert. Colbert will sometimes plead for her to forgive him and let him back into her life.

*'''[[George W. Bush]]: Great President or The Greatest President''' A question asked by Colbert to the Congresspersons he interviews in "Better Know a District" and occasionally to in-studio guests. Democrat and Liberal guests often respond to this by saying some variation of "He's not even a good President," to which Colbert replies that he is marking down a "Great" response for them, becuase "then they will know you didn't feel he was the greatest." MSNBC correspondent [[Monica Crowley]] is the only person thus far who has suggested that Bush may be the greatest president.

*'''On Notice / Dead to Me''' is a list that contains anything that is displeasing to Colbert. When the On Notice list is full, Colbert is forced to replace or move an item to the Dead to Me list to make space.

*'''The Bookshelf''' At the end of some episodes, Stephen places an object on one of his bookshelves to emphasize a point he's about to make. Often, he'll acknowledge the audience with surprise, as if he did not realize they were watching.

====On Notice====
*[[Barbra Streisand]]
*[[Sagittarius A*|Black hole at the center of the galaxy]]
*[[Business casual|"Business casual"]]
*[[Canada|All of Canada]] [[Nunavut|except Nunavut]]
*[[Candy Apple|Candy Apples]]
*[[E-Street Band]]
*[[Fabergé egg|Faberge Eggs]]
*[[Brown Bear|Grizzly bears]]
*[[Holidays|Holiday Haters]]
*[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]
*[[Israeli]] [[newspaper]]s ([[Hebrew language|which have the major story on the back cover]])
*[[James Brady]]
*[[Lutherans]]
*[[Cuff|Pant cuffs]]
*[[Toronto Raptors]]
*[[Washington Post]]
*[[Commonwealth Realm|What's left of the British Empire]]

====Dead To Me====
*[[Farfalle|Bowtie pasta]]
*[[United States House of Representatives, California District 50|California's 50th congressional district]]
*[[CNN en Español]]
*[[Friends#Cast_members|Cast of Friends]]
*[[Beard|Men with beards]]
*[[New York City|New York]] [[Intellectual|intellectuals]]
*[[Owl|Owls]]
*[[Screwcap|Screw-cap]] [[Wine|wines]]

====Items placed on Stephen's Bookshelf====

*[[Chewbacca]] figure
*[[Credit card]] offer
*[[Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots]]
*Portrait of [[Harriet Miers]]
*Rock and Roll [[nativity scene]]
*Chocolate portrait of [[Viggo Mortensen]]
*The ''Omnisport Award'' for excellence in everything
*Video iPod
*Silicone breast implant

== Reception ==

''The Colbert Report'' drew an unusual amount of media anticipation prior to its premiere, including from ''[[The New Yorker]]'', NPR's ''[[All Things Considered]]'' and ''[[Fresh Air]]'', [[CNN]], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and no fewer than three articles in ''[[The New York Times]]''. ''The Colbert Report'' drew 1.13 million viewers for its premiere episode, 47% higher than the average for that time slot over the previous four weeks, and 98% of the viewership of ''The Daily Show'', which itself has Comedy Central's second-largest viewership, behind only ''[[South Park]]''.

Averaged over its opening week, the ''Report'' had 1.2 million viewers per episode, more than double the average for the same time the previous year. The premiere week of ''The Colbert Report'' also coincided with ''The Daily Show'''s second-highest-rated overall week thus far, behind only the week before the [[2004 U.S. presidential election]]. [http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|98227|1|,00.html]

When [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] appeared on ''The Daily Show'' before the second episode of ''The Colbert Report'', he began by commenting on the ''Report'': "Before we get started, somebody told me walkin' in here, you got some French guy on after you makin' fun of me?"

Fox News' ''[[DaySide]]'' critiqued the ''Report''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fourth episode, specifically, the cameo appearance of [[Lisa Loeb]].

[[Comedy Central]] has announced that ''The Colbert Report''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s contract is being extended through 2007, with an entire season in the contract, rather than the current contract's eight-week run. Stephen Colbert then succinctly proclaimed during the press release, "I want to thank Comedy Central for picking up the show, and I also want to congratulate Comedy Central for picking up the show." Viewership of ''The Colbert Report'' is up nearly 141% over the same time slot last year, and it has been keeping 86% of ''The Daily Show''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s viewership. Comedy Central management reportedly said they are thrilled with the results, and said extending the show was one of the easiest decisions they have ever made.

== ''Report'' in Canada ==

As with ''The Daily Show'', viewers in [[Canada]] can watch ''The Colbert Report'' on [[CTV]] and [[The Comedy Network]] which began airing ''The Colbert Report'' on [[November 7]]. This move may have been due in part to the [http://www.petitiononline.com/colbert/petition.html petition] started in hopes of encouraging action by the networks. More likely, with [[Jon Stewart]] segueing to Colbert at the end of every broadcast, Canadian viewers of the popular [[Daily Show]] wanted to watch the spin-off.

Colbert took many pot-shots at [[Canada]] during the first broadcast of his show in Canada.

== The set ([[aka]] The Eagle's Nest) ==
[[Image:ColbertPainting.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Colbert's portrait]]
In line with the patriotic imagery common in news programs, eagles and flags are highly visible throughout the set. The show lampoons the overuse of such imagery with an eagle's nest [[prop]] that is placed to the side of Colbert's desk. As noted by Colbert himself on the premiere episode, the title of the show is incorporated into the set [[ad nauseam]]. You can see it on:
* The overhead title
* Silhouetted on the back wall
* The plasma screen
* The chaser lights at the bottom of the platform
* Either side of the desk, which is itself shaped like a giant letter "C", for Colbert
** The mounting base of the plasma screen behind one side of Colbert's desk is also dominated by a large letter "C"

Other self-aggrandizing set pieces include:

* Colbert has pointed out his [[Emmy]] and [[Peabody Award]]s (from ''The Daily Show'') located on a mantelpiece behind his guest interview area. This may be an ironic reference to [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], who falsely claimed in 2000 to have won two Peabody awards while working on ''[[Inside Edition]]''.
* Colbert sometimes stands next to a portrait that depicts him standing next to another portrait of himself.

The studio in which ''The Colbert Report'' is taped was ''The Daily Show''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s studio for several years before their move in July to a new location.

== Other information ==

The show's theme music is "Baby Mumbles" (originally titled "Baby Muggles"), recorded by the band [[Cheap Trick]] on [[October 3]], [[2005]]. Many fans have noted the similarities between that song and "Dog on Fire", the theme of ''[[The Daily Show]]'', due to a similar initial chord structure and use of the same flange effect on the theme when it reprises in the middle of the show.

Colbert, the character, has written at least six books:
* ''Steven Colbert's Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure''[http://www.colbertnation.com/colbertnation/novel.jhtml]
* ''Yet Another Pointless JFK Biography''
* ''Don't Buy This Book if You Don't Have any Balls''
* ''Silent Night: Reassessing the Sociological Imprint of the Tiananmen Square Massacre''
* ''Don't Buy This Book if You Don't Have the Balls — For Kids'' (a parody of Bill O'Reilly's following up his book ''The O'Reilly Factor'' with ''The O'Reilly Factor for Kids'')
* ''How Native Americans Have Maybe Been Screwed by this Country''

His far-reaching expertise is evident from his many TV appearances as a Correspondent and Analyst on various topics. For more see [[List of The Daily Show correspondent titles]].

== Taglines and catchphrases ==
* "A journalist with gravitas... with dignity... with balls." ("And I'm not afraid to use them")
* "America's most described journalist."
* "It's what Lincoln would have watched."
* "Respected... Trustworthy... Smooth."
* "There's nothing in the world [Colbert] is afraid of. Except maybe bears."
** "Well yeah, he's afraid of ''bears'', but that's just sensible."
*** "Let's face it: bears are ''scary.'' And they want our honey."
* "It's French... ''bitch."
* "There's only word to describe it: 'Trustigous.'" (Portmanteau of "Trusted" and "Prestigious")
* "If this were Venezuela, they'd nationalize him [Colbert]."
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== Quotes ==
* "Anyone can ''read'' the news ''to'' you. I promise to ''feel'' the news ''at'' you."
* "On this show, your voice will be heard...in the form of my voice."
* "This show is not about me. This program is dedicated to you, the heroes... the people who watch this show. You get it, and you come from a long line of it-getters."
* "George Walker Bush: great president or greatest president?" (This question is directed to liberal Democratic representatives, including [[Barney Frank]] and [[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]] as part of Colbert's "Better Know A District" series. When they assert their opposition to Bush, Colbert responds, "I'll put you down for 'great.'")
* "Keep those letters coming, folks. An unpaid intern skims each one."
* "By the way: The E in E-Mail...stands for 'E-Mail'", an apocryphal [[recursive acronym]].
* "I believe all God's creatures have a soul...except bears, bears are godless killing machines!"
* "The best way to change the system is to wait until it changes." (...giving his ironic response on the death of [[Rosa Parks]])
* "Isn't a centrist just somebody who doesn't have the balls to be a fanatic?" (asked to [[Fareed Zakaria]])
** Zakaria responded, after another reference to balls, "You've really got balls on your mind today, haven't you?"
* "If you connect these three districts, it makes a triangle!"
* "I wanted to say, 'Stay strong for America,' but the networks are pushing real hard for 'Stay tuned for [[Adam Carolla]].' Well, you have to choose your battles, so I'll just say, 'Stay strong for Adam Carolla.'"
* "Until then, America: courage. No, that sounds weak. How about: have some balls." (referencing [[Dan Rather]]'s "Courage" signoff in 1986 and later on his last program in 2005)
*"Alright, so I don't know who you are. So tell me: who are you, and why do you think I don't like you?" (asked to journalist [[Matt Taibbi]])

== ''The Colbert Report'' episode guide ==
*[[The Colbert Report episode guide|''The Colbert Report'' episode guide]]

== References ==

*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4630860 'Daily Show' Correspondent Readies 'The Colbert Report': National Public Radio's Robert Siegel interviews Stephen Colbert,] [[May 4]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/arts/television/04come.html?ex=1129348800&en=b38153acd29cdbb3&ei=5070&th&emc=th 'Daily Show' Personality Gets His Own Platform], [[New York Times]], [[May 4]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/09/AR2005100901551.html TV's Newest Anchor: A Smirk in Progress], [[Washington Post]], [[October 10]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/arts/television/12colb.html?incamp=article_popular The News Is Funny, as a Correspondent Gets His Own Show], New York Times, [[October 12]], [[2005]]
*[http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|97871|1|,00.html Zap2it Colbert interview] [[October 15]], [[2005]]
*[http://slate.msn.com/id/2128307 The Colbert Factor: The Daily Show's senior bloviator gets a desk of his own], [[Slate]], [[October 18]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/cabletv/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001307981 Comedy's Colbert Report Gets 1.13 Mil. Viewers], Mediaweek, [[October 18]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/12938550.htm 'Daily Show' alum scores with a slap at talking heads], the [[Philadelphia Inquirer]], [[October 19]], [[2005]] ("What makes the portrayal so funny is that it rings so true...")
*[http://www.detnews.com/2005/screens/0510/20/0ent-355198.htm Colbert brings real wit to mock punditry], [[Detroit News]], [[October 20]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_3131841 Flag-waving, smug "Colbert Report" spoofs TV pundits], [[Denver Post]], [[October 20]], [[2005]]
*[http://www2.sbsun.com/ontv/ci_3131802 Colbert stretches the 'Daily' vibe], [[San Bernardino Sun]], undated
*[http://medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/article_778.asp The wit and sense of 'Colbert Report': Show is smart, funny and a logical offshoot], Media Life, [[October 20]], [[2005]]
*[http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9767517/site/newsweek/ 'The Colbert Report' succeeds as comedy, opened with strong ratings and seems destined for a long run. What does that tell us about the news business?], [[Newsweek]], [[October 21]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.dailyorange.com/media/paper522/news/2005/10/21/Pulp/Egomaniacal.Satirist.Broadcasts.Stewart.Spinoff-1029324.shtml Egomaniacal satirist broadcasts Stewart spinoff], [[Daily Orange]], [[October 21]], [[2005]]
*[http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|98227|1|,00.html 'Colbert', Cartoons Break Big for Comedy Central], [[zap2it.com]], [[October 24]], [[2005]]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/arts/television/25watc.html Bringing Out the Absurdity of the News], New York Times, [[October 25]], [[2005]] (misreports first Word of the Day as "Trustiness")
*[http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1130713803780&call_pageid=971358637177 Colbert Report comes north Nov. 7], [[Toronto Star]], [[October 31]], [[2005]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml Official Website at Comedy Central]
*[http://www.colbertnation.com/colbertnation/ Colbert Nation official website]
*[http://www.thecolberrepor.com/ Unofficial one-trick Colbert Report website]
* {{tvtome show | id = 45593 | title = The Colbert Report }}
*{{imdb title|id=0458254|title=The Colbert Report}}
*[http://www.interbridge.com/lineups.html#CR Upcoming Guests on The Colbert Report]

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[[Category:Television spin-offs|Colbert Report]]
[[Category:The Daily Show|Colbert Report]]
[[Category:Satirical television programmes|Colbert Report]]

Potato pancake

2005-12-17T19:10:36Z

69.140.24.166:

[[Image:Latke p.jpg|frame|Plate of latkes]]

'''Potato pancakes''', known in [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] as '''latkes''' (sometimes spelled '''latkas''') and in [[Hebrew Language|Hebrew]] as לביבות (''levivot''), are cakes of grated potatoes fried in oil. Though they are commonly associated with [[Ashkenazi]] [[Jewish]] cuisine of [[Eastern Europe]], they were not necessarily Jewish in origin, and they are still eaten by the general population in the region. Areas like northeast [[Poland]], for instance, know many varieties. A favorite Polish dish is ''placki wegierskie''—potato pancakes stuffed with a thick spicy Hungarian [[goulash]].
A similar dish, called [[Rosti]] is popular throughout [[Northwest Europe]] and originated in [[Switzerland]], the main difference between the two is that Rosti contains less [[onion]] if any.

In Ashkenazi Jewish homes, potato pancakes can be served any time, but by tradition they are especially popular in the celebration of [[Hanukkah]]. Eating potato pancakes is not one of the [[mitzvah|mitzvot]] of Hanukkah; that is, it is not a fundamental part of the Hanukkah rituals, and has no explicit religious significance. However, Jews find it appropriate to eat foods cooked in oil during the festival that celebrates the miracle of the Temple oil. In [[Israel]], latkes are known as ''levivot'' (singular ''levivah''). However, ''[[sufganiyah|sufganiyot]]'' (singular ''sufganiyah''), jelly doughnuts fried in oil, are considered to be more Israeli.

Latkes are often topped with [[sour cream]], [[applesauce]], or both.

Recipes for potato pancakes vary in the degree of fineness to which the potatoes are grated. Some are grated to long strips, others to a fine powder. Potato pancakes bear a distant resemblance to the American dish called [[hash browns]]; however, hash browns are merely coarsely grated potatoes with no binding ingredients or flour. The French dish commonly known as "potato [[galette]]" is also similar, but in it the sour cream is an ingredient rather than a topping.

The [[Sweden|Swedish]] version of potato pancakes are called "raggmunk", which literally translates to "hairy doughnuts" (the grated potatoes make them look hairy). They are made from wheat flour, milk, egg, and potatoes, and are fried just like thin [[pancake]]s. If the actual pancake batter is left out, the fried cakes of grated potatoes are called ''rårakor''. Both kinds are enjoyed with fried bacon and/or [[lingonberry]] jam.

One recipe for potato pancakes is given below. Variants include cheese latkes, apple latkes, zucchini latkes, spinach latkes, leek latkes, and rice latkes.

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The Stephanie Miller Show

2005-12-16T07:18:24Z

69.140.24.166: /* Nicknames used on the show */ Don't get your panties in a Frist.

'''''The Stephanie Miller Show''''' is a decidedly [[progressive]] [[left-wing]] [[liberal]] syndicated (via the [[Jones network]]) radio show that uses the quotes and sound bites from the media to poke fun at [[right-wing]] politics. The show is hosted by [[Stephanie Miller]] and includes "voice guy extraordinaire" [[Jim Ward]], an impressionist who frequently mimics [[Bill O'Reilly]], [[Rush Limbaugh]] and [[George W. Bush]]; and producer [[Chris "Boy Toy" Lavoie]].

==Show format==
The majority of the show is a dialogue between [[Stephanie Miller]] and Jim Ward, with Miller controlling the topics of the conversations, and Ward doing many immitations, but it never goes to the level of a ficticious conversation with the subject whom Ward immitates. They use many sound effects, including bodily functions, to add emphasis. Miller is a self-proclaimed "Fox Blocker" ("She watches Fox News so you don't have to"), so material appearing on [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] (especially comments by [[Bill O'Reilly]] and [[Sean Hannity]]) is a dominant topic of conversation.

The show takes occasional calls from listeners with the rule that "right wing wackos go to the front of the line", but on the air conservatives are called "right wing love muffins". Miller does most of the talking with the listeners.

When President [[George W. Bush]] delivers a speech which is carried live on network Television, the show will broadcast the speech with side comments by Miller and Ward and some sound effects. Ward's immitation of [[George W. Bush|Bush]] is so accurate, that listeners have complained that they cannot distinguish which words are said by the president and which are said by Ward.

Miller pokes fun at herself quite a bit.
* When criticized by a listener that the show is "sophmoric", Miller actually took the comment as a compliment
* Although she has no children, Stephanie Miller often refers to herself as "Mama". She also has a soundbite "she's a slut" which Miller uses to apply to herself.
* She read on her show, [http://www.stephaniemiller.com/content/view/161/71/ as well as posted on her web site], a humorous, but true, biography written by a fan.

=="Celebrity Hotline"==
Although the show is humorous in nature, it uses its humor to educate its listeners about current events and politics. It is taken seriously enough, however, to occasionaly include Washington and political insiders as phone guests, via the "Celebrity Hotline". These include [[John Conyers]] (nicknamed the "Patron Saint of The Stephanie Miller Show"), [[Barbara Boxer]], [[Maxine Waters]], [[Linda Sanchez|Rep. Linda Sanchez]], as well as others. Out of respect for her "Celebrity Hotline" guest [[Howard Dean]], Miller referred to him by "by all three of his titles", "Doctor Governor Chairman Howard Dean". Dean actually called the show twice, to which Miller said that she was more impressed with the fact that he agreed to call the show a second time, than the fact that she was able to book him on the show.

==Show features==
Show features include "Republicans Eating Their Own", "Wheel of Right Wing Hypocrites", "Right Wing World", "Grasping for Straws", "Really Bad Analogy", "Stand Up News" (AKA "News we don't want to lose"), "Tinsel Talk" and the occasional "Conspiracy Corner". A recently introduced feature, "Out-of-Context Theatre" is a parody on [[Bill O'Reilly]]'s claims that the left-wing media takes advantage of out-of-context quotes of right-wing figures. "Out-of-Context Theatre" features clips of O'Reilly with blatant misuses of context.

==Nicknames used on the show==
The show frequently skewers right wing media and political personalities such as:
*[[Scott McClellan]]: usually nicknamed "Puffy McMoonface" (in reference to his puffy cheeks), sometimes nicknamed "Chummy McSharkbate" (in reference to journalists taking him to task). His job title is referred to as "Presidential Spokesliar".
*[[Karl Rove]]: nicknamed "Tubby McTreason" (in reference to his role in the [[Valerie Plame]] scandal).
*[[Robert Novak]]: nicknamed "Squeely McTraitorpants (in reference to his role in the [[Valerie Plame]] scandal).
*[[Tom Delay]]: nicknamed "Drunkey McPukeshoes" (in reference to a couple of speeches he has delivered where he sounds drunk).
*[[Dennis Hastert]]: nicknamed "Beefy McBratwurst" (in reference to him being a former [[wrestling]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] and being physically large)
*[[Texas Legislature|Texas state representative]] Al Edwards: nicknamed "Squeezy McFeelpants" (in reference to his support of banning "suggestive clothing" for cheerleaders [http://www.statesman.com/news/content/shared/tx/legislature/stories/05/4CHEER.html]). Interestingly, Edward is the only Democrat to get a nickname on the show.
*[[Brit Hume]]: preceded by the title "Human [[Shar Pei]]" (in reference to his droopy look).
*[[Rush Limbaugh]] preceded by the title "Drug Addled Gas Bag" (in reference to his [[drug abuse|abuse]] of [[prescription drugs]])
*[[Michael D. Brown|Michael Brown]]: usually preceded by the title "noted Arabian [[Horse]] expert", but is sometimes preceded by the title "noted Arabian Horse's Ass" (in reference to the job he held prior to working at [[FEMA]]).
*[[Bill O'Reilly_(commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]: always preceded by the title "phone-sex enthusiast" (in reference to the [[Andrea Mackris]] incident).
*[[Bill Frist]]: always preceded by the title "noted cat-killing video doctor" (in reference to his diagnosis of [[Terri Schiavo]] after viewing a video tape released by her parents). Since his response to [[Harry Reid]]'s closed session of the Senate, "Frist" has become a synonym for uptightness (i.e. "Panties in a Frist").
*[[Rick Santorum]]: always preceded by the title "Senator man on dog" (in reference to a statement he made at an interview [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/04/22/national1737EDT0668.DTL])
*[[Jeff Gannon]]: always preceded by the title "Former male hooker and [[White House]] reporter" (in reference to the controversy in which Gannon worked as a male escort as well as a reporter at the White House who would ask planted questions)
*[[Ann Coulter]]: usually preceded by the title "noted [[transexual]] plagiarist" (in reference to her visible [[adam's apple]] and her reported plagiarism[http://rawstory.com/news/2005/coulter_caught_cribbing_column_720.htm]). Miller is still looking for a different title to avoid offending transexuals, so has sometimes used the title "Junk-toting stick figure".
*[[John G. Roberts|John Roberts]]: used to be called "[[The Manchurian Candidate]]" prior to his confirmation by the [[U.S. Senate|Senate]] (the news of his confirmation broke while the show was broadcasting live, to which Miller commented "good, who needs all those rights anyway?").
*[[Dick Morris]]: preceded by the title "prostitute toe sucking" (in reference to the story that lead to him being dismissed from the [[1996]] Clinton re-election campaign).
*[[Pat Robertson]]: nicknamed "Evil Uncle Chuckles".

Some [[liberal]] men which Miller likes are referred to as "her future husbands". The list includes:
*[[Keith Olbermann]] - Host of "Countdown" on MSNBC
*[[Paul Hackett]] - [[Iraq War|Iraqi War]] [[Veteran]] and [[Ohio]] Candidate for the [[United States Senate|US Senate]]. After meeting Hackett and his wife and children in person at an event in [[Los Angeles]], Miller took Hackett off the list on the [[November 14]], [[2005]] show.
*[[Jack Cafferty]] - the "Crusty Old CNN Coot"
*[[Patrick Fitzgerald]] - The prosecutor investigating [[CIA leak grand jury investigation|The Plame Scandal]] (even though he is a registered Republican)
*[[John Murtha]] - Congressman from [[Pennsylvania]] and a former [[Marine]] who criticized the [[War in Iraq]], but because of his age, Miller is not sure whether he is a suitable "future husband"

However, Miller's first love is for firefighters which she has stated "transcends the political divide".

==Technology==
The show's web site [http://www.stephaniemiller.com], updated daily, offers a variety of content, including [[Ipod|podfiles]] and [[mp3]] files (called "StephCasts") of recent broadcast shows. Since [[November 11]], [[2005]], audio file [[download|downloads]] of the complete show require paid [[subscription]]. Snippets of the show are still available for free [http://www.stephaniemiller.com/show/].

==Stations==

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|[[Anchorage, Alaska]] || 1080 AM || [[KUDO]] || Live || [http://www.kudo1080.com/] || No
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|[[Akron, Ohio]] || 1350 AM || [[WARF]] || Live || [http://www.1350radiofreeohio.com/] || No
|-
|[[Asheville, North Carolina]]||880 AM||[[WPEK]]||Live||[http://www.880therevolution.com/main.html]||No
|-
|[[Binghamton, New York]]||1360 AM||[[WYOS]]||Live||[http://www.wnbf.com/programmingtalk.htm]||No
|-
|[[Boston, Massachusetts]]||1200 AM & 1430 AM||[[WKOX]] & [[WXKS]]||Live||[http://www.bostonsprogressivetalk.com]||Yes
|-
|[[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]||1360 AM||[[WCHL]]||Live||[http://www.wchl1360.com/index.jsp]||No
|-
|[[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]|| 1310 AM||[[WDOD]]||
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|[[Chicago, Illinois]]|| 850 AM||[[WCPT]]||Sunday 2-5PM [[Central Time]]
|-
|[[Cleveland, Ohio]]||1350 AM||[[WTOU]]||Live||[http://www.foxsports1350.com]||No
|-
|[[Columbus, Ohio]]||1230 AM||[[WTPG]]||Live||[http://www.progressive1230.com/main.html]||No
|-
|[[Davenport, Iowa]]||1270 AM||[[WKBF]]||Live||[http://www.wkbf.com/]||No
|-
|[[Daytona Beach, Florida]]||1590 AM||[[WPUL]]
|-
|[[Fresno, California]]||790 AM||[[KFPT]]
|-
|[[Eugene, Oregon]]||1600 AM||[[KOPT]]||9PM-midnight [[Pacific Time]]||[http://www.kopt.com/]||Sometimes
|-
|[[Eureka, California]]||1480 AM||[[KGOE]]||Live||[http://www.kgoe.com/]||No
|-
|[[Las Vegas, Nevada]]||970 AM||[[KNUU]]||Weekends 6-7AM [[Pacific Time]]||[http://www.knews970.com/]||No
|-
|[[Los Angeles, California]] '''[[Flagship]] Station'''||1150 AM||[[KTLK]]||Live|| [http://progressivetalk1150.com/]||Yes
|-
|[[Madison, Wisconsin]]||92.1 FM||[[WXXM]]||Live||[http://www.themic921.com/main.html]||No
|-
|[[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]||950 AM||[[KTNF]]||Live, but only the last two hours||[http://www.950airamerica.com/]||Yes
|-
|[[Monterey, California]]||540 AM||[[KRXA]]||Live||[http://www.krxa540.com/]||Yes
|-
|[[New Haven, Connecticut]]||1300 AM||[[WAVZ]]||Live||[http://www.wavz.com]||Yes
|-
|[[Reno, Nevada]]||1230 AM||[[KJFK]]||Live||[http://www.1230kjfk.com/]||No
|-
|[[Phoenix, Arizona]]||1010 AM||[[KXXT]]||Sundays Noon-3pm Local Time||[http://www.1010kxxt.com/]||Yes
|-
|[[Rochester, New York]]||950 AM||[[WROC]]||Live||[http://www.newstalk950.com/]||No
|-
|[[Sacramento, California]]||1240 AM||[[KSAC]]||Live||[http://www.1240talkcity.com/]||Yes
|-
|[[San Francisco, California]]||960 AM||[[KQKE]]||Saturdays 7-8AM [[Pacific Time]]|| [http://www.quakeradio.com/main.html] [http://www.surfmusic.de/radio-station/kqke-the-quake-960-am,5387.html (Stream Only)]||Yes
|-
|[[Santa Barbara, California]]||1340 AM||[[KIST]]||Live||[http://www.ktlkam.com/main.html]||No
|-
|[[Seattle, Washington]]||1090 AM||[[KPTK]]||Live||[http://am1090seattle.com/]||No
|-
|[[Springfield, Massachusetts]]||1450 AM||[[WMAS]]||Live|| [http://www.947wmas.com/pages/wmas1450/index.php3]||No
|-
|[[Spokane, Washington]]||1280 AM||[[KPTQ]]||Saturdays||[http://www.1280kptq.com/main.html]||No
|-
|[[Traverse City, Michigan]]||750 AM||[[WWKK]]
|-
|[[Washington, DC]]||1260 AM||[[WWRC]]||Live|| [http://progressivetalk1260.com/]||Yes
|-
|[[Wheeling, West Virginia]]||1370 AM||[[WVLY]]||Sundays 6-9PM [[Eastern Time]]||[http://www.talkradio1370.com/]||No
|-
|-
|[[Sirius Satellite Radio]]|| Channel 146 (Sirius Left)
|}

==External links==
*[http://democracyradio.org/ Democracy Radio]

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Homosexuality in Japan

2005-12-16T04:31:17Z

69.140.24.166: /* Japanese gay slang */

'''[[Homosexuality]]''', or same-gender romantic love or sexual desire, has been recorded from ancient times in '''[[Japan]]'''; indeed, at some times in Japanese history love between men was viewed as the purest form of love.

While homosexuality has never been viewed as a [[sin]] in Japanese [[society]] and [[religion]], and there is no specific legal prohibition, Western religious thought and a desire to appear "civilized" have historically influenced the way that homosexuality has been viewed both by the Japanese government and by the population at large.

[[Image:Kitagawa Utamaro.jpg|thumb|410px|A [[Kabuki]] actor and prostitute charms his client with agreeable conversation; Print from Kitagawa Utamaro, ''The Pillow Book (Uta Makura)'', 1788.]]

==Some considerations==

===Historical sources===
Available sources on homosexual behaviour in ancient Japan, as in ancient [[China]], are largely literary. Although a unified Japan existed from about the [[4th century]], Japan's written historical records really begin with the ''[[Kojiki]]'' (古事記), or ''Record of Ancient Matters''[http://www.androphile.org/preview/Library/Mythology/Japanese/kojiki_yamato-takeru%20.html], compiled in the early [[7th century]]. While Chinese references from the [[6th century]] B.C.E contain homosexual references, similar references in Japan begin to appear in about the [[10th century]]. These references, at least initially, appear to follow the Chinese example.

===Etymology===
Originally, [[shudo]], wakashudo and nanshoku were the preferred terms. Currently, ''dōseiaisha'' (同性愛者, literally same-sex-loving person) has become the only term available.

The term ''[[gay]]'' is almost never used in discussing ancient and historical sources because of the modern, western, [[political]] connotations of the word and because the term suggests a particular identity, one with which homosexuals even in modern Japan may not identify.

More recently the contraction "homo" has been used; somewhat confusingly this term was used both positively and pejoratively. Nowadays the terms ''gei'' (ゲイ, a transliteration of ''gay'') and ''rezu'' or ''rezubian'' (レズ、レズビアン, transliterations of ''lesbian'') are the most common in the gay community, while pejorative terms like ''okama'' (literally ''cooking pot'' - probably an influence of the portuguese slang for homosexuals, ''paneleiro'') are sometimes used.

===Comparisons with the West===
Unlike the West, in Japan sex was not viewed in terms of [[morality]], but rather in terms of pleasure, social position, and social responsibility. While modern attitudes to homosexuality have changed, this is largely true even today. Like the premodern West, however, only sexual acts were seen as being homosexual or heterosexual, not the people performing such acts.

==Ancient Japan==

The Japanese term ''nanshoku'' (男色) is the Japanese reading of the same characters in Chinese, which literally mean "male colours." The character 色 still has the meaning of sexual pleasure in both China and Japan. This term was widely used to refer to male-male sex in ancient Japan.

According to Gary Leupp, the ancient Japanese associated ''nanshoku'' with [[China]], a country from which borrowed ideas which became the basis for much of Japanese high culture, including their writing system ([[kanji]], Chinese characters). The Japanese ''nanshoku'' tradition drew heavily on that of China (see [[Homosexuality in China]]), and to a more limited extent, that of [[Korea]].

A variety of obscure literary references to same-sex love exist in ancient sources, but many of these are so subtle as to be unreliable; another consideration is that declarations of affection for friends of the same sex were also common.

Nevertheless, references do exist, and they become more numerous in the [[Heian Period]], roughly the 11th century. In ''Genji Monogatari'' (源氏物語, ''[[The Tale of Genji]]''), written in the early 11th century, men are frequently moved by the beauty of youths. In one scene the hero is rejected by a lady and sleeps instead with her brother:

:Genji pulled the boy down beside him . . . Genji, for his part, or so
:one is informed, found the boy more attractive than his chilly
:sister.

''The Tale of Genji'' is a novel (often considered the world's first), but there exist several Heian diaries which contain references to homosexual acts as well. Some of these also contain references to Emperors involved in homosexual relationships and to "handsome boys retained for sexual purposes" by Emperors.

[[Image:MORONOBU.JPG|left|thumb|440px|'''Male couple on a futon''' 
Early [[1680]]'s; One of the very first examples of hand-colored [[ukiyo-e]] prints in the [[shunga]] (erotic) style. 
[[Moronobu Hishikawa]] (1618-1694); Ôban format, 10.25" x 15"; Sumi ink and color on paper; Private collection.]]

In other literary works can be found references to what Leupp has called "problems of gender identity," such as the story of a youth falling in love with a girl who is actually a cross-dressing male.

===Monastic same-sex love===

[[Buddhist]] monasteries appear to have been early centers of homosexual activity in ancient Japan. It was popularly said that [[Kukai]], the founder of the [[Shingon]] Buddhist sect, introduced nanshoku into Japan after returning from [[Tang]] China in the 9th century. However he does not discuss this theme in any of his major works. It should also be noted that ''any'' sexual activity was expressly forbidden by the [[Vinaya]] or code of monastic discipline for Buddhist monks, and Kukai was an enthusiastic upholder of the Vinaya. At the same time, Mount Koya, the seat of Kukai's monastery, became a by-word for same-sex love.

However neither [[Shinto]] nor the Japanese interpretation of [[Confucianism]] contained any prohibitions. Enough monks seem to have felt their vows of chastity did not apply to same-sex relations so that stories of affairs between monks and young acolytes, known as ''Chigo Monogatari'' were quite popular, and such affairs were lightly joked about, when the passions did not rise to the level of violence, which was not uncommon. Jesuits reported aghast on the '[[sodomy]]' that occurred among Buddhist clergy.

===Military same-sex love===

From religious circles, same-sex love spread to the warrior class, where it was customary for a young samurai to apprentice to an older and more experienced man. The young samurai would be his lover for many years. The practice was known as [[shudo]], the ''way of the young,'' and was held in high esteem by the warrior class.

[[Image:Samurai kiss.jpg|right|thumb|400px|'''Tryst between a [[samurai]] and a [[kabuki]] actor''' In the Edo period (1600-1868) kabuki actors often doubled as [[sex workers]] off stage. This was especially true of those kabuki actors who played female roles, known as '''''[[onnagata]].)''''' '''''Kagema''''' were male prostitutes who worked at specialist brothels called '''''kagemajaya''''' (kagema tea houses). Both kagema and kabuki actors were much sought after by the sophisticates of the day, who often practiced '''''nanshoku,''''' or male love. [[Miyagawa Isshô]], ca. 1750; Panel from a series of ten on a shunga-style painted hand scroll (kakemono-e); sumi, color and gofun on silk. Private collection.]]

===Middle class same-sex love===
As Japanese society became pacified, the middle classes adopted many of the practices of the warrior class, in the case of shudo giving it a more mercantile interpretation. Young [[kabuki]] actors, known as [[kagema]], became the rage, they were celebrated in much the same way as modern media stars are today, and were much sought after by wealthy patrons, who would vie with each other to purchase their favors[http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/Japan/japan.htm].

===Art of same-sex love===
These activities were the subject of countless literary works, most of which remain to be translated. Likewise, many of the greatest artists of the period, such as Hokusai and Hiroshige, prided themselves in documenting such loves in their prints, known as [[ukiyo-e]], ''pictures of the floating world,'' and where they had an erotic tone, [[shunga]], or ''pictures of spring[http://www.androphile.org/preview/Museum/Japan/Japanindex.htm].''

==Homosexuality in modern Japan==

===Anime and Manga===

Many [[anime]] and [[manga]] contain gay male content; These are marketed primarily to women and homosexual men, and are commonplace in bookstores. Several terms are used in Japan to describe these.

The blanket term "yaoi" is an acronym for the phrase "Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi", which means "no peak, no point, no meaning". "[[:ja:JUNE|JUNE]]" refers to plots containing homosexual romance and drama that features mature adult male characters. "Yaoi" can also refer to "Yamete Orishi Ga Itai" which basically means "Stop, my ass hurts!" "BL" (abbreviated from "Boys' Love") refers to stories that either contain younger characters, or more light-hearted romance (as an alternative to more sexual content). The phrase "Shounen-ai", translated from Japanese as "boy love", is becoming obsolete among its following, and has come to refer to comics featuring romance between underage boys, either with one another or with older men. (Similar to "[[shotacon]]")

Among the large fan demographics in North America and Europe, this terminology is more or less condensed to "yaoi" and "shounen-ai"; "Yaoi" is used in reference to graphic descriptions of homosexual sex and/or adult drama, and "shounen-ai" is used in reference to romantic situations with younger characters that are now referred to as "BL" by the Japanese.

Lesbian content is much less widespread, but does exist, and is known as shoujo-ai when romantic, or [[Yuri (animation)|yuri]] when sexual. However, yuri is much more often a catch-all term than yaoi, respectively, possibly due to the distribution of each.

Some manga, generally appealing more overtly to prurient interest, are directly aimed at the gay market. These, however, are uncommon and generally not found except in specialty shops.

==Japanese gay slang==

The following is a list of Japanese [[gay slang]] from various periods, given in [[gojuon]] order. General time period is given where information is available.

;Anaru (アナル)
:Anal sex. In current use.
;Uke (受け, ウケ)
:From the verb "ukeru," to receive, this term is used for the "passive" or receptive partner in anal sex. In current use.
;[[Okama|O-kama]] (お釜, おかま)
:Literally "a pot, a kettle" this word, always with the [[Japanese honorifics|honorific]] prefix "O-," refers to a gay man, especially one who is viewed as effeminate. Sometimes applies to [[drag queen]]s. Can be pejorative. The word originated in Edo period slang for the [[anus]]. In current use.
;Onabe (お鍋, おなべ)
:Literally "a pot," this word refers to [[lesbian]]s or occasionally to female [[cross-dresser]]s. Often pejorative. May originate in older slang. In current use.
;Onnagirai (女嫌い)
:Literally "woman-hater." This term was used in the Edo period to describe a man who preferred male erotic and romantic companionship exclusively.
;Kagema (陰間)
:Literally "hidden room," this term was commonly used in the [[Edo period]] to refer to male prostitutes whose customers were also male, and was roughly synonymous with [[faggot (slang)|faggot]]. A ''kagemajaya'' (陰間茶屋) was a tea house specializing in male prostitutes.
;Gaisen (外専)
:A Japanese man exclusively attracted to foreign (usually white) men (compare [[gay slang#R|rice queen]]). In current use.
;Kyokon (巨根)
:Literally "large root": well endowed; [[gay slang#W|well hung]].
;Kuma (熊, クマ)
:A [[Bear community|bear]] (a hairy, sometimes overweight man). In current use. Kuma-kei (熊系, クマ系) means "bear-type."
;Jani, Janī (ジャニ, ジャニー)
:From the English name Johnny. Refers to young, slim, boyish-looking, "cute" men (compare [[gay slang#T|twink]]). Taken from the name of a talent agency [[Johnny & Associates]], known for producing [[boy band]]s such as [[Kinki Kids]] and [[Smap]]. Jani-kei (ジャニ系, ジャニー系) means "jani-type."
;Shakuhachi (尺八)
:[[Fellatio]] (equivalent to "blow job"). A [[shakuhachi]] is a type of Japanese [[bamboo]] [[flute]] played vertically.
;Sēfutei sekkusu (セーフティーセックス)
:[[Safe sex]].
;Tachi (立ち, タチ)
:The [[BDSM|top]], or active/insertive partner, especially in [[anal sex]]. There are various theories about the [[etymology]] of the word, but it is widely thought to come from a term in [[kabuki]]. In current use.
;Debu (デブ)
:Chubby. Debu-sen is equivalent to [[gay slang#C|chubby-chaser]].
; Nyū dandi (ニューダンディ)
: “New dandy.” Used to refer to cross-dressing women or [[butch]] lesbians.
; Nyū hāfu (ニューハーフ)
: From the English words “new half,” this term is used to refer to [[transsexual]]s, mostly male-to-female. Sometimes used pejoratively.
;[[Nekama]] (ネカマ)
:From the words "net" ([[Internet]]) and "kama" (see O-kama, above), this word can refer to men who pretend to be women in online [[chat room]]s, or to gay men who engage in [[cybersex]].
;Neko (ネコ)
:Literally "cat" (and sometimes written with the [[kanji]] for cat, though more often in [[katakana]], as above), this word refers to the [[BDSM|bottom]], or passive/receptive partner, especially in anal sex. The etymology is unclear. In current use.
;Nonke (ノンケ)
:Literally "non-gay": a heterosexual, a straight person.
;Barazoku (薔薇族)
:Literally "Rose tribe," [[Barazoku]] was the name of Japan's first and longest-running [[gay magazine]], which ceased publication in 2005. Its name became synonymous with "gay" (see [[Friend of Dorothy]]).
;Futsū (普通)
:Literally "normal": heterosexual, a heterosexual person.
;Musuko (息子)
:Literally meaning "one's son," this term refers to the [[penis]].
;Yarō (野郎)
:Literally "a rascal, a ruffian." Describes men who have a rougher image, such as might be associated with [[skateboard]]ers in the West. A ne'er-do-well.
;Rīman (リーマン)
:A contraction of [[salaryman|sarariman]] (a male, salaried office worker), this word refers to men who are or dress like salarymen.
;Rezu (レズ)
:Rezubian is a transliteration, and rezu a contraction, of the [[English language|English]] word [[Lesbian|lesbian]].
;Seme (攻め、セメ）
:Seme comes from the word "semeru" (攻める) which means "to attack." Refers to the dominant partner in the relationship (as opposed to Uke (受け、ウケ). In use.

==See also==
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[History of Sexuality]]
*[[Homosexuality in China]]
*[[Homosexuality in Singapore]]

==Reference==
*Bornoff, Nicholas. ''Pink Samurai: Love, Marriage & Sex in Contemporary Japan''.
*Leupp, Gary. ''Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan''. Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1997.

==External links==

===Sexuality in ancient Japan===
*The Way of the Samurai (English)
**http://members.aol.com/matrixwerx/glbthistory/samarai.htm

*The "Beautiful Way" of the Samurai (English)
**http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/Japan/japan.htm

===Sexuality in modern Japan===
*Gender and sexuality in Japanese Anime (English)
**http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-rol4.htm

*Male Homosexuality and Popular Culture in Modern Japan
**http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/issue3/mclelland2.html

===Other===
*Homosexuality in the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
**http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol3/homosexuality.html
*Bibliography of Gay and Lesbian History
**http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/biborien.htm

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Qibla

2005-12-16T02:17:22Z

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[[Image:Mosque.Qibla.01.jpg|thumb|left|275px|At prayer in Damascus]]
'''Qibla''' is an Arabic word referring to the direction that should be faced when a [[Muslim]] [[prayer|prays]]. Originally, this direction was toward Baitul Muqaddas, [[Jerusalem]] (and it is therefore called the First of the Two Qiblas). In [[624]] AD, during Muhammad's exile in Medina, the Qibla was changed to point to the [[Kaaba]], in the city of [[Mecca]], present day [[Saudi Arabia]], where it has remained ever since. Some academic non-muslim scholars have attributed this change in the direction of prayer to a rift between Muhammad and the Jews in Medina.

The Qibla, for any point of reference on the Earth, is the direction of the Kaaba. In Muslim religious practice, supplicants must face this direction in prayer. It should be noted that Muslims do not worship the Kaaba or its contents, any more than Christians worship churches or crosses; the Kaaba is simply a focal point for prayer.

The Qibla points along the shortest path to the Kaaba. Because the Earth is approximately spherical, this path will be a [[great circle]] such as airplanes fly. The location of the Kaaba (at 21° 25' 24" N, 39° 49' 24" E) can be used together with [[spherical geometry]] to determine the Qibla for any given point on the Earth.

At least one special case exists: when inside the Kaaba itself, Muslims face towards its outer walls during prayer.

Also, on the exact opposite side of the Earth from the Kaaba, there is a point (in [[French Polynesia]] near [[Tematangi]] [[Atoll]]) at which every direction is the Qibla.

In ancient times, Muslims traveling abroad used an [[astrolabe]] to find the Qibla. At the two moments in each year when the Sun is directly overhead the Kaaba, the direction of shadows in any sunlit place will point directly away from the Qibla. [[al-Biruni]] used mathematics to determine the Qibla direction from any point on the Earth's surface.

The Qibla has importance to more than just the [[salat]], and plays an important part in everyday ceremonies. The head of an animal that is slaughtered using [[Halal]] methods is aligned with the Qibla. After death, Muslims are buried with their faces in the direction of the Qibla.

==See also==
*[[Masjid al Haram]]
*[[Black Stone]]
*[[Kaaba]]
*[[Qiblih]], the [[Bahá'í Faith|Bahá'í]] equivalent of the Qibla

==External links==
{{wikisource}}
* Wikisource: [http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculation_of_the_Qibla Calculation of the ''Qibla'']
*[http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa071200a.htm Al-Quds About.com]
*[http://al-islam.org/restatement/21.htm Second Year of the Hijra on al-islam.org]
*[http://www.qiblah.us Qiblah In North America] Argues that the Qiblah is based on a [[rhumb line]] path
*[http://moonsighting.com/qibla.html Qiblah direction ] Argues that the Qiblah is on a great circle path
*[http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=37562 Qibla Finder Widget for Konfabulator]
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Qibla

2005-12-16T02:16:16Z

69.140.24.166: /* External links */ Differing views

[[Image:Mosque.Qibla.01.jpg|thumb|left|275px|At prayer in Damascus]]
'''Qibla''' is an Arabic word referring to the direction that should be faced when a [[Muslim]] [[prayer|prays]]. Originally, this direction was toward Baitul Muqaddas, [[Jerusalem]] (and it is therefore called the First of the Two Qiblas). In [[624]] AD, during Muhammad's exile in Medina, the Qibla was changed to point to the [[Kaaba]], in the city of [[Mecca]], present day [[Saudi Arabia]], where it has remained ever since. Some academic non-muslim scholars have attributed this change in the direction of prayer to a rift between Muhammad and the Jews in Medina.

The Qibla, for any point of reference on the Earth, is the direction of the Kaaba. In Muslim religious practice, supplicants must face this direction in prayer. It should be noted that Muslims do not worship the Kaaba or its contents, any more than Christians worship churches or crosses; the Kaaba is simply a focal point for prayer.

The Qibla points along the shortest path to the Kaaba. Because the Earth is approximately spherical, this path will be a [[great circle]] such as airplanes fly. The location of the Kaaba (at 21° 25' 24" N, 39° 49' 24" E) can be used together with [[spherical geometry]] to determine the Qibla for any given point on the Earth.

At least one special case exists: when inside the Kaaba itself, Muslims face towards its outer walls during prayer.

Also, on the exact opposite side of the Earth from the Kaaba, there is a point (in [[French Polynesia]] near [[Tematangi]] [[Atoll]]) at which every direction is the Qibla.

In ancient times, Muslims traveling abroad used an [[astrolabe]] to find the Qibla. At the two moments in each year when the Sun is directly overhead the Kaaba, the direction of shadows in any sunlit place will point directly away from the Qibla. [[al-Biruni]] used mathematics to determine the Qibla direction from any point on the Earth's surface.

The Qibla has importance to more than just the [[salat]], and plays an important part in everyday ceremonies. The head of an animal that is slaughtered using [[Halal]] methods is aligned with the Qibla. After death, Muslims are buried with their faces in the direction of the Qibla.

==See also==
*[[Masjid al Haram]]
*[[Black Stone]]
*[[Kaaba]]
*[[Qiblih]], the [[Bahá'í Faith|Bahá'í]] equivalent of the Qibla

==External links==
{{wikisource}}
* Wikisource: [http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculation_of_the_Qibla Calculation of the ''Qibla'']
*[http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa071200a.htm Al-Quds About.com]
*[http://al-islam.org/restatement/21.htm Second Year of the Hijra on al-islam.org]
*[http://www.qiblah.us Qiblah In North America] Argues that the Qiblah is based on astronomical observations
*[http://moonsighting.com/qibla.html Qiblah direction ] Argues that the Qiblah is on a great circle path
*[http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=37562 Qibla Finder Widget for Konfabulator]
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Talk:Chrismahanakwanzakah

2005-12-15T22:16:42Z

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There was a chrismahanakwanzakah.com, but Virgin Mobile got rid of it, and I can't find any articles specifically on the phenomenon. If possible, please assist, thanks. [[User:Karmafist|Karmafist]] 13:04, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

The new ads that use the old theme have dropped the scientologist bit (Check the angel song on chrismahanakwanzakah.com, it replaced scientologist hit gynocologist). Is there something there? [[User:Nmpls|Nmpls]] 09:04, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
:Check out the [[Scientology]] article if you want to find out.

List of King of the Hill episodes

2005-12-14T12:24:54Z

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This is an episode list of the animated TV series [[King of the Hill (TV series)|King of the Hill]]. Dates shown are original air dates.
{{spoiler}}

== Episodes ==
=== Season 1 ===

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|1
|1-1
|4E01
|12-Jan-1997
|Pilot
|When a baseball hits Bobby in the eye during a [[Little League]] game, the resulting [[black eye]] causes a social worker to suspect Hank of [[child abuse]].
|-
|2
|1-2
|4E02
|19-Jan-1997
|Square Peg
|Peggy is mortified and tongue-tied when she finds out she has been chosen to teach the middle school's [[sexual education]] class.
|-
|3
|1-3
|4E03
|02-Feb-1997
|The Order of the Straight Arrow
|Hank, Boomhauer, Bill and Dale take Bobby's scout troop on a wilderness outing.
|-
|5
|1-5
|4E04
|16-Feb-1997
|Luanne's Saga
|Hank's promise to find Luanne a new boyfriend in forty-eight hours backfires when she hooks up with Boomhauer.
|-
|4
|1-4
|4E05
|09-Feb-1997
|Hank's Got the Willies
|Bobby hits Hank's idol, [[Willie Nelson]], in the head with his golf club.
|-
|6
|1-6
|4E07
|23-Feb-1997
|Hank's Unmentionable Problem
|Hank's on-going [[constipation]] causes great concern for Peggy and, much to Hank's embarrassment, everyone else in Arlen.
|-
|7
|1-7
|4E06
|02-Mar-1997
|Westie Side Story
|Hank's attempt to be neighborly with the new [[Laotian]] Family next door is sorely tested after he's convinced they served him hamburgers out of dog meat.
|-
|8
|1-8
|4E08
|23-Mar-1997
|Shins of the Father
|Hank and Peggy disagree over whether Hank's [[sexist]] father can stay with them especially after Cotton's bad habits rub off on Bobby.
|-
|9
|1-9
|4E10
|13-Apr-1997
|Peggy the [[Boggle]] Champ
|Hank's promise to coach Peggy at the ''Texas State Boggle Championship'' is jeopardized when his buddies try to lure him away to the ''Ninth Annual [[Dallas,TX|Dallas]] Mower Expo''.
|-
|10
|1-10
|4E09
|27-Apr-1997
|Keeping Up With Our Joneses
|Hank's plans to make Bobby smoke an entire carton of cigarettes after Bobby gets caught smoking results in the whole family becoming addicted to cigarettes.
|-
|11
|1-11
|4E13
|04-May-1997
|King of the Ant Hill
|After telling Dale to never spray insecticide on his lawn again, Dale introduces [[fire ants]] to Hank's new lawn.
|-
|12
|1-12
|4E11
|11-May-1997
|Plastic White Female
| Peggy is horrified when she discovers Bobby playing [[Spin the Bottle]] with one of Luanne's plastic beautician school heads.
|-
|}

=== Season 2 ===

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|13
|2-1
|5E01
|21-Sep-1997
|How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
|When Bobby displays a talent for target shooting, Hank signs up for a father/son fun shoot competition -- only to discover a buried childhood memory is still sadly affecting his aim.
|-
|14
|2-2
|5E02
|26-Sep-1997
|Texas City Twister
|Hank must save Peggy and Luanne from a [[tornado]].
|-
|15
|2-3
|5E04
|19-Oct-1997
|Arrow Head
|Peggy's excitement over finding [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] artifacts in his front yard distresses Hank when his yard is turned into a [[archeological]] dig.
|-
|16
|2-4
|5E06
|26-Oct-1997
|Hilloween
|Hank vows to teach Bobby "the true meaning of [[Halloween]] come [[Hell]] or high water" after Arlen cancels Halloween.
|-
|17
|2-5
|5E03
|02-Nov-1997
|Jumpin' Crack Bass
|Hank finds himself facing possible jail time after buying fish bait that turned out to be [[crack cocaine]].
|-
|18
|2-6
|5E05
|09-Nov-1997
|Husky Bobby
|Hank is determined to save his son from [[humiliation]] after Bobby decides to [[fashion model|model]] for a photo shoot and then appear in a fashion show featuring husky sized models.
|-
|19
|2-7
|5E07
|16-Nov-1997
|The Man Who Shot Kane Skretteberg
|Hank, Boomhauer, Bill, and Dale try to beat neighborhood teenagers in [[paint-ball]].
|-
|20
|2-8
|5E08
|23-Nov-1997
|The Son That Got Away
|Bobby, Connie, and Joseph run away to "The Caves", where "half of Arlen's unplanned pregnancies occur".
|-
|21
|2-9
|4E12
|07-Dec-1997
|The Company Man
|Hank attempts to entertain a potential client from Boston, who is obsessed with stereotypical Texas.
|-
|22
|2-10
|5E10
|14-Dec-1997
|Bobby Slam
|Hank's delighted when Bobby announces he's joining the [[wrestling]] team, but Peggy is mortified when she learns her son must first wrestle Connie in order to make the team.
|-
|23
|2-11
|5E09
|21-Dec-1997
|The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
|Hank is psychologically shocked into blindness after accidentally catching a glimpse of his mother and her new boyfriend making [[love]] on the kitchen table.
|-
|24
|2-12
|5E12
|11-Jan-1998
|Meet the Manger Babies
|Hank faces a dilemma of Biblical proportions when Luanne asks him to portray [[God]] in a live [[TV]] broadcast of her puppet show which airs on [[Super Bowl]] Sunday.
|-
|25
|2-13
|5E11
|01-Feb-1998
|Snow Job
|A shaken and confused Hank becomes disillusioned about his life and career after discovering his boss, the owner of Strickland Propane, uses an electric stove in his home.
|-
|26
|2-14
|5E13
|08-Feb-1998
|I Remember Mono
|While updating files at Arlen High School, Peggy learns that Hank's two week absence from back in 1973 was due to [[mono]] and not a back injury.
|-
|27
|2-15
|5E15
|15-Feb-1998
|Three Days of the Khando
|Hank and his family go to [[Mexico]] with Kahn and his family hoping it will be a good "vacation".
|-
|28
|2-16
|5E14
|22-Feb-1998
|Traffic Jam
|When Hank and Kahn collide with each other, they are both forced into traffic school.
|-
|29
|2-17
|5E16
|01-Mar-1998
|Hank's Dirty Laundry
|Hank's credit is bad because he supposedly rented a [[porn]]ographic film from Arlen Video and never returned it.
|-
|30
|2-18
|5E17
|15-Mar-1998
|The Final Shinsult
|Cotton moves in with Dale much to Hank's dismay.
|-
|31
|2-19
|5E18
|19-Apr-1998
|Leanne's Saga
|Luanne's mom comes to visit the Hill house.
|-
|32
|2-20
|5E19
|26-Apr-1998
|Junkie Business
|Hank hires a [[drug addict]] at Strickland propane.
|-
|33
|2-21
|5E21
|03-May-1998
|Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
|Bobby gets a job at the at the Arlen Speedway, while Boomhauer gets to drive in the races.
|-
|34
|2-22
|5E22
|10-May-1998
|Peggy's Turtle Song
|Peggy takes [[guitar]] lessons, and Bobby is diagnosed with [[Attention Deficit Disorder]].
|-
|35
|2-23
|5E23
|17-May-1998
|Propane Boom (1)
|Mega Lo Mart starts selling Propane and Strickland Propane cannot compete with them.
|-
|}

=== Season 3 ===

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|36
|3-1
|5E24
|15-Sep-1998
|Death of a Propane Salesman (2)
|Strickland Propane is back in business while Mega Lo Mart stops selling Propane, also Luanne tries to cope with the loss of her hair.
|-
|37
|3-2
|3ABE01
|22-Sep-1998
|They Call It Bobby Love
|Bobby starts dating a 14 year old classmate while the guys try and figure out what to do with a couch that mysteriously appears in the alley.
|-
|38
|3-3
|5E20
|06-Oct-1998
|Peggy's Headache
|Peggy finds out that Nancy is cheating on Dale.
|-
|39
|3-4
|3ABE02
|13-Oct-1998
|Pregnant Paws
|Hank tries to get Ladybird pregnant and Dale becomes a beginner [[Bounty Hunter]].
|-
|40
|3-5
|3ABE05
|03-Nov-1998
|Next of Shin
|Hank tries to get his [[semen|sperm]] count higher and is already feeling bad, and it makes him feel worse when Hank's dad shows up and his new wife Didi is pregnant.
|-
|41
|3-6
|3ABE07
|10-Nov-1998
|Peggy's Pageant Fever
|Peggy enters the Mrs. Heimlich County Beauty pageant in hopes of winning a truck.
|-
|42
|3-7
|3ABE08
|17-Nov-1998
|Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men
|Hank is asked to attend a Lawn Mower focus group.
|-
|43
|3-8
|3ABE04
|01-Dec-1998
|Good Hill Hunting
|Hank takes Bobby hunting so that Bobby can become a man.
|-
|44
|3-9
|3ABE10
|15-Dec-1998
|Pretty, Pretty Dresses
|Bill hits rock-bottom when he all of the sudden thinks that he is his former wife, Lenore.
|-
|45
|3-10
|3ABE11
|12-Jan-1999
|A Fire Fighting We Will Go
|Hank, Bill, Boomhauer and Dale become [[fire fighter]]s.
|-
|46
|3-11
|3ABE03
|19-Jan-1999
|To Spank with Love
|A student pulls down Peggy's pants while she is teaching, and she spanks him.
|-
|47
|3-12
|3ABE12
|26-Jan-1999
|Three Coaches & a Bobby
|Hank gets his former football coach to teach Bobby's Football team.
|-
|48
|3-13
|3ABE14
|02-Feb-1999
|De-Kahnstructing Henry
|Hank accidentally makes Kahn lose his new job.
|-
|49
|3-14
|3ABE09
|09-Feb-1999
|The Wedding of Bobby Hill
|The Hill family goes crazy as they all start tricking each other because Luanne's boyfriend causes Bobby to lose his props for his Prop Comedy.
|-
|50
|3-15
|3ABE15
|16-Feb-1999
|Sleight of Hank
|Peggy is chosen to be a [[magician]]'s assistant and Hank can't stand it.
|-
|51
|3-16
|3ABE06
|23-Feb-1999
|Return to La Grunta
|Luanne gets Hank a ticket to swim with the dolphins, much to Hank's dismay.
|-
|52
|3-17
|3ABE16
|16-Mar-1999
|Escape from Party Island
|Hank takes his mom, and her friends to Port Aransas.
|-
|53
|3-18
|3ABE13
|23-Mar-1999
|Love Hurts and So Does Art
|An X-ray of Hank's colon winds up in an art museum.
|-
|54
|3-19
|3ABE18
|06-Apr-1999
|Hank's Cowboy Movie
|Hank tries to get the Dallas Cowboys to move their Training Camp to Arlen.
|-
|55
|3-20
|3ABE17
|13-Apr-1999
|Dog Dale Afternoon
|After Dale gets a new mower, he brags a little too much and his friends steal it temporarily.
|-
|56
|3-21
|3ABE19
|20-Apr-1999
|Revenge of the Lutefisk
|Bobby accidentally burns down his church.
|-
|57
|3-22
|3ABE20
|27-Apr-1999
|Death and Texas
|Peggy thinks she is seeing an old student of hers, and bringing him Boggle games, but she is really smuggling drugs into him.
|-
|58
|3-23
|3ABE21
|04-May-1999
|Wings of the Dope
|Luanne sees Buckley's Angel.
|-
|59
|3-24
|3ABE22
|11-May-1999
|Take Me out of the Ball Game
|Hank is picked to coach the company’s softball team, and Peggy and Hank do not get along.
|-
|60
|3-25
|3ABE23
|18-May-1999
|As Old as the Hills (1)
|Hank and Peggy go [[skydiving]] for their 20th anniversary, and Peggy's parachute does not open.
|-
|}

=== Season 4 ===

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|61
|4-1
|3ABE24
|26-Sep-1999
|Peggy Hill: the Decline and Fall (2)
|Peggy tries to gain her strength back from her accident.
|-
|62
|4-2
|4ABE01
|03-Oct-1999
|Cotton's Plot
|Peggy and Cotton actually start getting along.
|-
|63
|4-3
|4ABE02
|24-Oct-1999
|Bills are Made to be Broken
|Bill's high school football record is broken unfairly.
|-
|64
|4-4
|4ABE03
|31-Oct-1999
|Little Horrors of Shop
|Buck Strickland makes Hank take two weeks off from Strickland Propane. While taking the two weeks off, Hank begins teaching shop at [[Tom Landry]] [[Middle School]].
|-
|65
|4-5
|4ABE04
|07-Nov-1999
|Aisle 8A
|Kahn and Mihn go to Hawaii for Kahn's job, and leave Connie to stay with the Hills. While there, she has her first [[period]].
|-
|66
|4-6
|4ABE05
|14-Nov-1999
|A Beer Can Named Desire
|Hank wins an [[Alamo Beer]] contest, and he has a chance to win a million dollars if he can throw a football into a 1 foot hole in an Alamo Beer can. Also, Bill visits the rest of the Dauterive Family.
|-
|67
|4-7
|4ABE08
|21-Nov-1999
|Happy Hank's Giving
|The Hills plan to fly to Montana; when their flight is delayed, they are forced to stay at the airport.
|-
|68
|4-8
|4ABE06
|28-Nov-1999
|Not in My Back Hoe
|Hank meets a guy that reminds him of himself and Bill and Dale have something to say about it!
|-
|69
|4-9
|4ABE07
|12-Dec-1999
|To Kill a Ladybird
|Dale and Ladybird may have [[rabies]], which they may have caught from a [[raccoon]] Bobby befriended.
|-
|70
|4-10
|4ABE10
|19-Dec-1999
|Hillennium
|Hank gets caught up in [[Y2K]] hype.
|-
|71
|4-11
|4ABE09
|09-Jan-2000
|Old Glory
|Peggy writes a school essay for Bobby, and they get caught.
|-
|72
|4-12
|4ABE11
|16-Jan-2000
|Rodeo Days
|Bobby becomes fascinated with being a [[rodeo clown]] and becomes one himself much to Hank and Peggy's dismay.
|-
|73
|4-13
|4ABE13
|06-Feb-2000
|Hanky Panky (1)
|Buck and Mrs. Strickland separate. A Strickland Propane employee is murdered.
|-
|74
|4-14
|4ABE14
|13-Feb-2000
|High Anxiety (2)
|Hank is a suspect in the murder of Debbie Grunds.
|-
|75
|4-15
|4ABE12
|20-Feb-2000
|Naked Ambition
|Bobby accidentally sees Luanne naked, and when Joseph hears the story he wants to see her naked too.
|-
|76
|4-16
|4ABE16
|27-Feb-2000
|Movin' On Up
|Luanne moves out of Hank's den and into her own house.
|-
|77
|4-17
|4ABE15
|12-Mar-2000
|Bill of Sales
|Peggy and Bill start selling for a [[pyramid scheme]].
|-
|78
|4-18
|4ABE18
|19-Mar-2000
|Won't You Pimai Neighbor?
|Bobby may be a [[Buddhist]] [[Lama]].
|-
|79
|4-19
|4ABE19
|09-Apr-2000
|Hank's Bad Hair Day
|Hank gets a haircut from Bill, and a bill of $900.00 from the [[United States Army]] for the haircut.
|-
|80
|4-20
|4ABE17
|16-Apr-2000
|Meet the Propaniacs
|Bobby and employees of Strickland Propane form a comedy troupe.
|-
|81
|4-21
|4ABE20
|30-Apr-2000
|Nancy's Boys
|Nancy stops cheating on Dale.
|-
|82
|4-22
|4ABE22
|07-May-2000
|Flush with Power
|Hank is forced to install low-flow toilets against his wishes when a drought hits Arlen.
|-
|83
|4-23
|4ABE21
|14-May-2000
|Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet
|Peggy gets unwittingly caught up in the [[Internet]] world by taping a video for a foot fetish website.
|-
|84
|4-24
|4ABE23
|21-May-2000
|Peggy's Fan Fair
|While in Nashville, Peggy thinks that [[Randy Travis]] stole her song lyrics.
|-
|}

=== Season 5 ===

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|85
|4-25
|5ABE02
|01-Oct-2000
|The Perils of Polling
|When Hank finds out [[George W. Bush]] has a weak handshake, he becomes unsure whether to vote for him or not.
|-
|86
|5-1
|5ABE01
|05-Nov-2000
|The Buck Stops Here
|Bobby becomes a golf caddy for Buck Strickland.
|-
|87
|5-2
|4ABE24
|12-Nov-2000
|I Don't Want to Wait
|Bobby becomes jealous when Joseph, who is younger, begins [[puberty]] first.
|-
|88
|5-3
|5ABE05
|19-Nov-2000
|Spin the Choice
|Bobby boycotts Thanksgiving after talking with John Redcorn.
|-
|89
|5-4
|5ABE04
|26-Nov-2000
|Peggy Makes the Big Leagues
|Peggy teaches at the high school.
|-
|90
|5-5
|5ABE03
|03-Dec-2000
|When Cotton Comes Marching Home
|Cotton moves to the [[VFW]], and he wants to march in the [[Veterans Day]] parade but his boss will not let him.
|-
|91
|5-6
|5ABE07
|10-Dec-2000
|What Makes Bobby Run?
|When Bobby becomes the school mascot, he is deemed a coward after he runs away from a traditional half-time beating by the opposing team's band.
|-
|92
|5-7
|5ABE08
|17-Dec-2000
|'Twas the Nut Before Christmas
|Bill opens a year-round Christmas village in his yard.
|-
|93
|5-8
|5ABE09
|04-Mar-2001
|The Exterminator
|Dale is forced to quit exterminating because being around all of those poisons for many years have caused Dale to probably not to live past 50, and he is hired at a business called "Stik Tek", where his job is [[firing]] other employees.
|-
|94
|5-9
|5ABE10
|21-Jan-2001
|Chasing Bobby
|Hank has to buy a new truck when his old one dies.
|-
|95
|5-10
|5ABE06
|04-Feb-2001
|Yankee Hankee
|Hank discovers he was born in [[New York City]].
|-
|96
|5-11
|5ABE12
|11-Feb-2001
|Hank and the Great Glass Elevator
|Hank moons the former Governor of Texas, [[Ann Richards]], and Bill enters into a relationship with her.
|-
|97
|5-12
|5ABE14
|18-Feb-2001
|Now Who's the Dummy?
|Bobby gets a [[ventriloquist]]'s dummy named Chip Block.
|-
|98
|5-13
|5ABE15
|25-Feb-2001
|Ho Yeah!
|A [[prostitute]] moves in with the Hills.
|-
|99
|5-14
|5ABE16
|04-Mar-2001
|Luanne Virgin 2.0
|Luanne becomes a "born again virgin", and Peggy reveals she had pre-martial sex.
|-
|100
|5-15
|5ABE11
|01-Apr-2001
|Hank's Choice
|It turns out that Bobby is allergic to Ladybird, and Hank must decide whether Bobby goes or Ladybird goes.
|-
|101
|5-16
|5ABE18
|08-Apr-2001
|It's Not Easy Being Green
|When the [[quarry]] is going to be drained for a landfill, Hank must pretend his is interested in environmental issues in order to keep a secret from Boomhauer.
|-
|102
|5-17
|5ABE19
|22-Apr-2001
|The Trouble with Gribbles
|When Nancy turns forty, the television station replaces her with Luanne who is much younger. Then Nancy tells Dale that she wants a facelift. Dale plans to pay for it by sueing Manitoba Cigarettes saying that Second Hand smoke has made Nancy unattractive.
|-
|103
|5-18
|5ABE17
|06-May-2001
|Hank's Back Story
|Hank finds out his back problems are caused by his lack of a [[butt]]. He must come to terms with wearing a prosthetic butt.
|-
|104
|5-19
|5ABE22
|13-May-2001
|Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story
|Bobby pretends to be a high school student with a kidney disorder. He attempts to get [[No Doubt]] to perform at the high school [[prom]].
|-
|}

=== Season 6 ===

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|105
|6-1
|5ABE24
|11-Nov-2001
|Bobby Goes Nuts
|Bobby joins a women's self defense course.
|-
|106
|6-2
|5ABE21
|02-Dec-2001
|The Substitute Spanish Prisoner
|Peggy gets scammed when she buys a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree for $900.00.
|-
|107
|6-3
|6ABE02
|09-Dec-2001
|Soldier of Misfortune
|When Dale tries to run for re-election at The Arlen [[Gun Club]], his chances seem to backfire when he accidentally shoots the cash register.
|-
|108
|6-4
|5ABE13
|12-Dec-2001
|Lupe's Revenge
|Peggy accidently brings a Mexican girl in the [[United States]] after a field trip to [[Mexico]].
|-
|109
|6-5
|6ABE04
|16-Dec-2001
|The Father, the Son and J.C.
|While Hank is building a [[Habitat for Humanity]] house, he and Cotton get into an argument, which must be solved by [[Jimmy Carter]].
|-
|110
|6-6
|6ABE06
|06-Jan-2002
|Father of the Bribe
|Kahn attempts to bribe Bobby and Connie to break-up. They pretend to break-up to keep the money, but when Connie's grades fall, Kahn and Minh ask them to get back together.
|-
|111
|6-7
|6ABE09
|10-Feb-2002
|I'm with Cupid
|Bill creates trouble when he gives Bobby love advice after Bobby's break up with Connie.
|-
|112
|6-8
|6ABE12
|17-Feb-2002
|[[Torch Song]] Hillogy
|Hank is chosen to carry the [[Olympic Torch]] through Arlen.
|-
|113
|6-9
|6ABE03
|24-Feb-2002
|Joust like a Woman
|Peggy creates trouble at a [[Renaissance]] Fair, where Hank is trying to land a propane account.
|-
|114
|6-10
|6ABE14
|03-Mar-2002
|The [[Bluegrass]] is Always Greener
|Connie and the guys form a bluegrass band, against Kahn's wishes.
|-
|115
|6-11
|5ABE20
|10-Mar-2002
|Unfortunate Son
|Cotton's VFW is foreclosed.
|-
|116
|6-12
|6ABE07
|17-Mar-2002
|Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill
|Peggy must pretend she is a [[nun]] after she gets a job at a [[Catholic school]].
|-
|117
|6-13
|6ABE10
|31-Mar-2002
|Tankin' it to the Streets
|After Bill finds out the [[United States Army|Army]] performed secret medical experiments on him, he gets drunk and steals a tank.
|-
|118
|6-14
|6ABE08
|07-Apr-2002
|Of Mice and Little Green Men
|Dale comes to the conclusion that an [[alien]] is Joseph's dad.
|-
|119
|6-15
|6ABE11
|14-Apr-2002
|A Man Without a Country Club
|Hank is asked to join an all-Asian [[country club]] because he is white.
|-
|120
|6-16
|6ABE13
|14-Apr-2002
|Beer and Loathing
|Peggy lands a job at Alamo Beer, and she cannot tell Hank why the beer is making people sick.
|-
|121
|6-17
|6ABE15
|21-Apr-2002
|Fun with Jane and Jane
|Luanne and Peggy unwittingly join a cult.
|-
|122
|6-18
|6ABE16
|28-Apr-2002
|My Own Private Rodeo
|Dale and Nancy renew their wedding vows, and Nancy invites Dale's [[gay]] dad, whom Dale hates, to the wedding
|-
|123
|6-19
|6ABE05
|05-May-2002
|Sug Night
|Hank has an [[wet dream|erotic dream]] about grilling in the nude with Nancy.
|-
|124
|6-20
|6ABE17
|05-May-2002
|Dang Ol' Love
|Boomhauer falls in love with a woman who only wanted a [[one-night stand]].
|-
|125
|6-21
|6ABE20
|12-May-2002
|Returning Japanese (1)
|Cotton wants to return to [[Japan]] to apologize to a widow of a soldier he killed. It turns out he actually had an affair with the woman.
|-
|126
|6-22
|6ABE21
|12-May-2002
|Returning Japanese (2)
|Hank discovers he has a Japanese [[half-brother]]. They must prevent Cotton from spitting in the face of the [[Japanese Emperor]].
|-
|}

=== Season 7 ===

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|127
|7-1
|7ABE01
|03-Nov-2002
|Get Your [[Freak]] Off
|Hank is dismayed to see Bobby and a friend dancing inappropriately at a concert.
|-
|128
|7-2
|7ABE03
|10-Nov-2002
|The Fat and the Furious
|Bill becomes a competitive eater. [[Kid Rock]] guest stars,
|-
|129
|7-3
|6ABE19
|17-Nov-2002
|Bad Girls, Bad Girls Whatcha Gonna Do
|Bobby becomes a [[science fair]] partner to Connie's cousin, Tid Pau.
|-
|130
|7-4
|6ABE01
|24-Nov-2002
|Goodbye Normal Jeans
|Peggy becomes jealous when she thinks Bobby is replacing her in the kitchen.
|-
|131
|7-5
|7ABE02
|01-Dec-2002
|Dances With Dogs
|Bobby and Hank join a dog dancing contest.
|-
|132
|7-6
|6ABE22
|08-Dec-2002
|The Son Also Roses
|Bobby and Hank enter a rose growing contest.
|-
|133
|7-7
|6ABE18
|15-Dec-2002
|The Texas Skilsaw Massacre
|When Hank cuts Dale's finger off, the judge sentences him to an [[anger management]] class.

|-
|134
|7-8
|7ABE04
|05-Jan-2003
|Full Metal Dust Jacket
|Peggy takes over the lease of a bookstore, but when the bookstore's business is not so good, she allows Dale to sell guns at the store.
|-
|135
|7-9
|5ABE23
|12-Jan-2003
|Pigmalion
|Luanne becomes involved with a [[psychosis|psychotic]] owner of a pork processing plant.
|-
|136
|7-10
|7ABE05
|12-Jan-2003
|Megalo Dale
|Dale is hired to exterminate at the Mega Lo Mart, but it turns out the "pest" is [[Chuck Mangione]], the Mega Lo Mart spokesman.
|-
|137
|7-11
|7ABE07
|02-Feb-2003
|Boxing Luanne
|Luanne becomes a [[boxer]].
|-
|138
|7-12
|7ABE09
|09-Feb-2003
|Vision Quest
|John Redcorn is worried about how Dale is raising Joseph so he get Hank to takes Joesph on a "[[Vision Quest]]".

|-
|139
|7-13
|7ABE10
|16-Feb-2003
|Queasy Rider
|Hank and Peggy buy a [[motorcycle]] and then travel across country to a bike festival.
|-
|140
|7-14
|7ABE08
|02-Mar-2003
|Board Games
|Peggy, Nancy, and Minh run for school board against each other.
|-
|141
|7-15
|7ABE06
|09-Mar-2003
|An Officer and a Gentle Boy
|Hank sends Bobby to Cotton's old [[military academy]].
|-
|142
|7-16
|7ABE11
|16-Mar-2003
|The Miseducation of Bobby Hill
|Bobby becomes a salesman at Strickland Propane.
|-
|143
|7-17
|7ABE13
|30-Mar-2003
|The Good Buck
|Luanne tutors Buck on the [[Bible]].
|-
|144
|7-18
|7ABE14
|13-Apr-2003
|I Never Promised You an [[Organic]] Garden
|Peggy takes over the organic garden at the school, but she is caught using pesticides on the garden.
|-
|145
|7-19
|7ABE12
|27-Apr-2003
|Be True to Your Fool
|Bill gives all the guys [[lice]], and they are forced to shave their heads and Hank discovers that he has a [[tattoo]] on his head.
|-
|146
|7-20
|7ABE17
|04-May-2003
|Racist Dawg
|Hank hires a repairman who happens to be [[African-American]], who Ladybird attacks. Everyone in Arlen then believe Hank to be a [[racist]] who raised his dog to be racist.
|-
|147
|7-21
|7ABE16
|11-May-2003
|Night and Deity
|After Bill attracts pigeons to the alley, Dale must work with an attractive, female exterminator, who makes Nancy jealous.
|-
|148
|7-22
|7ABE18
|18-May-2003
|Maid in Arlen
|Bill and Laoma, Kahn's mother, enter into a romantic relationship.
|-
|149
|7-23
|7ABE20
|18-May-2003
|Witches of East Arlen
|Bobby gets involved with [[warlocks]] and [[tarot cards]].
|-
|}

=== Season 8 ===

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|150
|8-1
|8ABE01
|02-Nov-2003
|Patch Boomhauer
|Boomhauer's brother, Patch, is getting married to a woman Boomhauer has always been in love with.
|-
|151
|8-2
|8ABE02
|09-Nov-2003
|Reborn To Be Wild
|Hank starts to fear that Bobby is succumbing bad influences, so he takes him to a Christian youth group
|-
|152
|8-3
|7ABE15
|16-Nov-2003
|New Cowboy on the Block
|The guys are excited the a former [[Dallas Cowboys]] player is moving in the neighborhood, but he turns out to be a nuisance.
|-
|153
|8-4
|8ABE04
|23-Nov-2003
|The Incredible Hank
|Peggy secretly introduces testosterone pills into Hank's food, which causes him to go through puberty again. Meanwhile, Bobby is afraid of taking showers after gym class.
|-
|154
|8-5
|7ABE22
|30-Nov-2003
|Flirting With the Master
|Television star Monsingor Martinez invites Peggy to come to Mexico with him to teach his kids temporarily.
|-
|155
|8-6
|7ABE19
|07-Dec-2003
|After the Mold Rush
|Hank's house is declared uninhabitable due to [[mold]].
|-
|156
|8-7
|8ABE05
|14-Dec-2003
|Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane
|Hank rents an eighteen wheeler in order to deliver furniture to his mother. Meanwhile, Peggy and Luanne attempt to write a Christmas song.
|-
|157
|8-8
|7ABE21
|04-Jan-2004
|Rich Hank, Poor Hank
|Bobby thinks Hank is secretly a rich [[miser]], and Bobby steals Hank's credit card to go on a shopping spree.
|-
|158
|8-9
|8ABE03
|25-Jan-2004
|Ceci N'est Pas Une King of the Hill
|Peggy is hired to be an artist, but finds out the people who hired her think she is a [[hick]].
|-
|159
|8-10
|8ABE06
|08-Feb-2004
|That's What She Said
|A new Strickland Propane employee ([[Ben Stiller]]) makes Hank uncomfortable by making jokes of a sexual nature.
|-
|160
|8-11
|8ABE09
|15-Feb-2004
|My Hair Lady
|Luanne and Bill get hired at "Hottyz" the new salon in Arlen, and Bill pretends to be gay so that he can work there.
|-
|161
|8-12
|8ABE10
|22-Feb-2004
|Phish and Wild Life
|When Hank, Bobby, and the guys go camping, they discover they are camping during a [[hippie]] festival.
|-
|162
|8-13
|8ABE07
|07-Mar-2004
|Cheer Factor
|Peggy becomes the [[cheerleading]] coach at the school.
|-
|163
|8-14
|8ABE11
|14-Mar-2004
|Dale Be Not Proud
|An race car driver needs a kidney, and Dale is the only one that can give him one.
|-
|164
|8-15
|8ABE08
|21-Mar-2004
|Après Hank, le Deluge
|When a flood threatens Arlen, Bill becomes leader of the emergency shelter. Meanwhile, Hank must protect the town from a potential [[dam]] break.
|-
|165
|8-16
|8ABE12
|28-Mar-2004
|DaleTech
|Dale starts a security company called "DaleTech", but his business is threatened by Cotton.
|-
|166
|8-17
|8ABE14
|18-Apr-2004
|How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo
|When Hank finds out Bobby's new Texas history schoolbook is missing a chapter on [[The Alamo]], he attempts to produce a play about it.
|-
|167
|8-18
|8ABE16
|25-Apr-2004
|Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon
|Hank becomes outraged when he finds out that "The Texas State Grill-Off" doesn't include propane. He teams up with Luanne to protest, and she ends up making Hank more upset.
|-
|168
|8-19
|8ABE13
|02-May-2004
|Stressed For Success
|Bobby joins the school's [[Quiz Bowl]] team because of his extensive knowledge of [[pop culture]], but he becomes stressed out by the pressure.
|-
|169
|8-20
|8ABE15
|09-May-2004
|Hank's Back (a.k.a. [[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]] Hank)
|Hank suffers a back injury and none of his doctors can fix it, so he turns to [[Yoga]]. Meanwhile, Peggy tries to keep the "Pink and White" grocery store open.
|-
|170
|8-21
|8ABE17
|16-May-2004
|The Redneck on Rainey Street
|Kahn and Minh become [[rednecks]].
|-
|171
|8-22
|8ABE20
|23-May-2004
|Talking Shop
|Bobby signs up for peer counseling, but after a few days, Bobby is the one who needs counseling.
|-
|}

=== Season 9 ===

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|172
|9-1
|8ABE22
|7-Nov-2004
|A Rover Runs Through It
|The Hills travel to [[Montana]] to visit Peggy's mother. There, they find out the family is losing the ranch.
|-
|173
|9-2
|9ABE05
|19-Dec-2004
|Ms. Wakefield
|Ms. Wakefield, who grew up in the Hill's home, wants to die in the house.
|-
|174
|9-3
|8ABE18
|16-Jan-2005
|Death Buys a Timeshare
|Cotton wants to buy a timeshare in Mexico.
|-
|175
|9-4
|8ABE19
|23-Jan-2005
|Yard, She Blows!
|Peggy is jealous that Hank always gets complimented on his yard, so she starts a garden in the front yard. When that doesn't work she puts "Winklebottom" the [[garden gnome]] in their front yard, which drives Hank nuts!
|-
|176
|9-5
|9ABE02
|30-Jan-2005
|Dale To the Chief
|Conspiracy-theorist Dale is stunned to find out that the Government was right about who killed [[John F. Kennedy]]. Meanwhile, when Hank gets his new driver's license his sex is listed as "female"!
|-
|177
|9-6
|9ABE06
|13-Feb-2005
|The Petriot Act
|Hank agrees to pet-sit a pet for a soldier, but gets a cat--against his wishes.
|-
|178
|9-7
|9ABE12
|20-Feb-2005
|Enrique-cilable Differences
|Enrique, who is separating from his wife, becomes attached to Hill family and a burden to Hank.
|-
|179
|9-8
|9ABE03
|6-Mar-2005
|Mutual of Omabwah
|When Hank finds out his home insurance policy has lapsed, he and Bobby try and protect the home from damage. Peggy and Luanne must stay the weekend at a rest stop.
|-
|180
|9-9
|9ABE01
|13-Mar-2005
|Care-Takin' Care of Business
|When the long-time caretaker of the school football field starts being senile, the guys try to secretly take care of the football field.
|-
|181
|9-10
|9ABE07
|27-Mar-2005
|Arlen City Bomber
|Luanne starts skating with a [[roller derby]] team to pay off some debts, later Peggy joins too. They end up more in debt when they try to start their own team from money they borrowed.
|-
|182
|9-11
|9ABE09
|10-Apr-2005
|Redcorn Gambles With His Future
|John Redcorn opens a casino to promote his band, "Big Mountain Fudge Cake"
|-
|183
|9-12
|9ABE10
|17-Apr-2005
|Smoking and the Bandit
|When Arlen bans smoking in all restaurants and bars, Dale becomes the "Smoking Bandit" to impress Joseph.
|-
|184
|9-13
|9ABE08
|1-May-2005
|Gone with the Windstorm
|When Channel 84 hires a new [[meteorologist]], Irv Bennett, Nancy and her less-than-accurate weather reports are left out in the cold. Determined to remain an integral member of the news team, Nancy drives a stolen news van into a raging [[wildfire]], aiming to scoop the competition. Meanwhile, Bobby is always frightened at school by a boy who keeps jumping out and startling him.
|-
|185
|9-14
|9ABE13
|8-May-2005
|Bobby On Track
|Bobby is asked to join the track team to motivate the other player's because of his poor skills.
|-
|186
|9-15
|9ABE19
|15-May-2005
|It Ain't Over Till The Fat Neighbor Sings
|Bill joins an all-male chorus, when Bill goes [[AWOL]] to tour with the Harmonaholics, the guys go after him.
|-
|}

=== Season 10 ===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
|'''#'''
|'''S-E'''
|'''Code'''
|'''Airdate'''
|'''Title'''
|'''Summary'''
|-
|187
|10-1
|9ABE14
|18-Sep-2005
|Hank's on Board
|Hank finds out the other guys don't want to go on vacation with him.
|-
|188
|10-2
|8ABE21
|25-Sep-2005
|Bystand Me
|When the ''Arlen Bystander'' newspaper gets a new editor, Peggy gets a job writing a household hints column. Except, Peggy doesn't know any household hints. Meanwhile, Hank makes Bobby get a paper route.
|-
|189
|10-3
|9ABE15
|6-Nov-2005
|Bill's House
|Bill turns his house into a rehabilitation center for alcoholics. (Trivia: The official episode description states that Bill opens a [[halfway house]]. The people who stayed at Bill's house were not in prison; thus, the official episode descriptions use the term 'halfway house' incorrectly.
|-
|190
|10-4
|9ABE04
|20-Nov-2005
|Harlotttown
|Peggy and Hank protest when Arlen's [[city manager]] wants to open a Museum of Prostitution and host the Adult Video Awards.
|-
|191
|10-5
|9ABE16
|4-Dec-2005
|Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown
|Bobby goes to clown college and becomes a classical clown, but he discovers his new act isn't funny.
|-
|192
|10-6
|9ABE11
|11-Dec-2005
|Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana?
|Upon being told that he is too Americanized, Kahn vows to return to his Laotian roots.
|-
|193
|10-7
|9ABE17
|TBA
|You Gotta Believe (In Moderation)
|TBA
|-
|194
|10-8
|9ABE18
|TBA
|Business is Picking Up
|TBA
|-
|195
|10-9
|9ABE20
|TBA
|The Year of Washing Dangerously
|TBA
|-
|196
|10-10
|9ABE21
|TBA
|Hank Fixes Everything
|TBA
|-
|197
|10-11
|9ABE22
|TBA
|Church Hopping
|TBA
|-
|198
|10-12
|AABE01
|TBA
|24 Hour Propane People
|TBA
|-
|199
|10-13
|AABE02
|TBA
|The Texas Panhandler
|TBA
|-
|200
|10-14
|AABE03
|TBA
|Hank's Bully
|TBA
|-
|201
|10-15
|AABE04
|TBA
|Edu-macating Lucky
|TBA
|-
|202
|10-15
|AABE05
|TBA
|TBA ''(Series Finale)''
|TBA. ''Series Finale.''
|-
|}
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[[Category:King of the Hill]]

Mallika Sherawat

2005-12-14T09:43:16Z

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[[Image:MSherawat cover Cosmo.jpg|thumb|Mallika Sherawat on the April 2005 cover of Cosmopolitan India magazine]]
'''Mallika Sherawat''' (born [[October 24]], [[1981]] as '''Reema Lamba''') is an [[India]]n [[actor|actress]] and [[Model (person)|
model]].

Sherawat was born '''Reema Lamba''', but adopted the screen name of "Mallika", meaning "empress", to avoid confusion with other actresses named Reema. "Sherawat" is her mother's maiden name, and adopting the name was an acknowledgement of her mother's support in making Reema an actress. She is infamously known for her controversial sex-related statements, and is the first [[India]]n actress to work with [[Jackie Chan]]. She has a degree in [[philosophy]] from [[Miranda House]], [[Delhi University]].

In July 2004, the film producers' union [[IMPAA]] had banned Mallika from [[Bollywood]], after a complaint filed by filmmaker Ramesh Sharma over breach of contract, and refusal to turn up on the dates committed for the film ''Kab Kyun Kahan'' (started in 1999). [http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/2172004.htm]

Mallika acquired a [[sex symbol]] tag after the film ''Murder'' (2004) in which she starred, became one of the most successful films of the year.

==Filmography==
* ''[[Jeena Sirf Merre Liye]]'', [[2002]] (credited as Reema Lamba)
* ''[[Khwahish]]'', [[2003]]
* ''[[Murder (film)|Murder]]'', [[2004]]
* ''[[The Myth]]'', [[2005]]
* ''[[Ahankar]]'', 2005

==External links==
* [http://Mallika4u.blogspot.com The Sexy Mallika Sherawat Photo Blog]
* [http://www.vgreets.com/downloads/wallpapers/mallika-sherawat.htm Mallika Sherawat Pictures]

[[Category:1981 births|Sherawat,Mallika]]
[[Category:Indian actors|Sherawat,Mallika]]

Mallika Sherawat

2005-12-14T09:38:40Z

69.140.24.166: ACK!

[[Image:MSherawat cover Cosmo.jpg|thumb|Mallika Sherawat on the April 2005 cover of Cosmopolitan India magazine]]
'''Mallika Sherawat''' (born [[October 24]], [[1981]] as '''Reema Lamba''') is an [[India]][[actor|actress]] and [[Model (person)|
model]].

Sherawat was born '''Reema Lamba''', but adopted the screen name of "Mallika", meaning "empress", to avoid confusion with other actresses named Reema. "Sherawat" is her mother's maiden name, and adopting the name was an acknowledgement of her mother's support in making Reema an actress. She is infamously known for her controversial sex-related statements, and is the first [[India]]n actress to work with [[Jackie Chan]]. She has a degree in [[philosophy]] from [[Miranda House]], [[Delhi University]].

In July 2004, the film producers' union [[IMPAA]] had banned Mallika from [[Bollywood]], after a complaint filed by filmmaker Ramesh Sharma over breach of contract, and refusal to turn up on the dates committed for the film ''Kab Kyun Kahan'' (started in 1999). [http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/2172004.htm]

Mallika acquired a [[sex symbol]] tag after the film ''Murder'' (2004) in which she starred, became one of the most successful films of the year.

==Filmography==
* ''[[Jeena Sirf Merre Liye]]'', [[2002]] (credited as Reema Lamba)
* ''[[Khwahish]]'', [[2003]]
* ''[[Murder (film)|Murder]]'', [[2004]]
* ''[[The Myth]]'', [[2005]]
* ''[[Ahankar]]'', 2005

==External links==
* [http://Mallika4u.blogspot.com The Sexy Mallika Sherawat Photo Blog]
* [http://www.vgreets.com/downloads/wallpapers/mallika-sherawat.htm Mallika Sherawat Pictures]

[[Category:1981 births|Sherawat,Mallika]]
[[Category:Indian actors|Sherawat,Mallika]]

Chang Fei

2005-12-14T06:27:11Z

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{{dablink|For the leading general under the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China, see [[Zhang Fei (Three Kingdoms)]].}}

[[Image:Fei-Ge-and-Yu-Ching.jpg|frame|Zhang Fei (right) with brother [[Fei Yu Ching]]]]

'''Zhang Fei''' (Chinese: 張菲; also spelled '''Chang Fei''') or '''Fei Ge''' (菲哥), is a [[celebrity]] from [[Taiwan]]. His name is homophonous with the legendary hero [[Zhang Fei]] of [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]].

Zhang Fei is the host of the variety show [[Variety Big Brother]], also known as [[Zong Yi Da Ge Da]] (綜藝大哥大), and is also a singer who has recorded CDs. He is the brother of Taiwanese ballad singer [[Fei Yu Ching ]]. He also has a sister, who is a buddhist monk, known by the [[dharma name]] [[Heng Shu]] (恆述法師). He is associated with long-time friends including [[Gao Ling Feng]] and the late comedian [[Ni Min Jan]].
He enjoys an unusual popularity among some [[Trekkers]] for his uncanny resemblance to [[Commander Riker]].

[[Category:Taiwanese television personalities]]

{{Taiwan-stub}}

[[zh:張菲]]

Chang Fei

2005-12-14T06:26:41Z

69.140.24.166:

{{dablink|For the leading general under the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China, see [[Zhang Fei (Three Kingdoms)]].}}

[[Image:Fei-Ge-and-Yu-Ching.jpg|frame|Zhang Fei (right) with brother [[Fei Yu Ching]]]]

'''Zhang Fei''' (Chinese: 張菲; also spelled '''Chang Fei''') or '''Fei Ge''' (菲哥), is a [[celebrity]] from [[Taiwan]]. His name is homophonous with the legendary hero [[Zhang Fei]] of [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]].

Zhang Fei is the host of the variety show [[Variety Big Brother]], also known as [[Zong Yi Da Ge Da]] (綜藝大哥大), and is also a singer who has recorded CDs. He is the brother of Taiwanese ballad singer [[Fei Yu Ching ]]. He also has a sister, who is a buddhist monk with the [[dharma name]] [[Heng Shu]] (恆述法師). He is associated with long-time friends including [[Gao Ling Feng]] and the late comedian [[Ni Min Jan]].
He enjoys an unusual popularity among some [[Trekkers]] for his uncanny resemblance to [[Commander Riker]].

[[Category:Taiwanese television personalities]]

{{Taiwan-stub}}

[[zh:張菲]]

List of Drawn Together episodes

2005-12-14T04:02:42Z

69.140.24.166: /* 14. "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine" */

[[Image:Drawn Together.jpg|right|thumbnail|The ''Drawn Together'' cast (Counter-clockwise from upper left): Wooldoor, Toot, Ling-Ling, Foxxy, Xandir, Clara, Spanky, and Captain Hero]]

List of episodes of the [[animated]] [[television]] [[comedy]], ''[[Drawn Together]]''.

Several episodes contain full-blown musical numbers that tie into the action of the scene in which they appear.

== Season 1 ==

{{spoilers}}

===1. "Hot Tub"===
The houseguests arrive and meet one another, with immediate friction resulting not only from Spanky's tendency to defecate into and onto everything and everyone, but also from Princess Clara's assumption that Foxxy is the household slave. Meanwhile, Toot, struggling to retain her faltering self esteem, tries to seduce Xandir, who is more interested in saving his girlfriend, who is forever being kidnapped by evil wizards. Eventually, Foxxy and Clara bury the hatchet when Foxxy lures Clara into a series of sessions of lesbian sex, and Toot comes to terms with the fact that she is no longer a sex symbol by adopting the persona of the "household bitch."

'''Musical Number''': "Black Chick's Tongue", a parody of Disney's ''Aladdin''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[A Whole New World]]", sung by Clara as Foxxy makes out with her in a hot tub.

'''First Aired''': 10/27/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In the Deleted Scenes option on the first Season's DVD box, there is an introduction with each character getting to say a few lines.

* Even though Xandir isn't revealed to be a homosexual until episode three, the opening credits inform the viewer that he is gay.

* Seeing as how Toot dies numerous times over the course of the episode, the characters seem to inhabit a continuity similar to that of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', in which there is no continuity.

* When Clara speaks to the producers on the phone, the voice of the producer is a muted trumpet, the same sound effect used for adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

* In the beginning of the second act, a ''Flintstones''-like car drives by the house while a ''Jetsons''-ish UFO flies overhead.

* At one point, Xandir plays a magic flute that transports him away in a tornado. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link (the character upon which Xandir is based) would play a flute and then be transported by a cyclone. This ability was also referenced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' where Mario can play a whistle, and a tornado will come and take him to a new area.

* Concerning Xandir, there are two references to other (non-animated) role-playing games, particularly [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. When Xandir talks to his girlfriend on the phone, Spanky calls him "Dungeons and Douchebags"; and in his description of the tension following the fight between Foxxy and Clara, Xandir uses the term "+6 sword", which is a rather abstract value in role-playing games in general.

* In the booze party, [[Peyo]]'s [[Smurfs]] ([[les Schtroumpfs]]) have a very gory guest appearance as knife-wielding pit fighters.

* Ling-Ling's rule about saying his name three times over a short period of time to summon his ballistic behavior might be a reference to [[Beetlejuice]], who required someone to say his name three times in order to summon him up.

* Ling-Ling's comment about giving children [[seizures]] is a reference to the infamous ''Pokémon'' episode "Electric Hero Porygon" which popular urban legend says gave hundreds of children seizures when it aired in Japan (the children actually only showed symptoms of mass hysteria, several days after the fact). The show then spoofs the scene by showing Ling-Ling's picture with rapid flashing lights for a couple of seconds.

* Ling Ling's line to Toot before he kills her, "That'll do, pig, that'll do," is Farmer Hogget's closing line from ''[[Babe]]''.

* This episode may have been inspired in part by an episode of ''[[The Real World (Las Vegas)]]'', where Trishelle, who had appeared to be a straight-laced heterosexual, unexpectedly went to bed with a boy, Steven, and another girl, Brynn.

* Comedy Central demanded that the producers remove scenes of Toot intentionally cutting herself with a razor blade. However, after Frankie was shown doing something similar on [[The Real World (San Diego)]], they were allowed to keep them in.

===2. "Clara's Dirty Little Secret"===

Weeks have passed since Clara first had lesbian sex, and she's spent the entire time telling everyone the story non-stop (to the delight of all of the houseguests except for Toot). In revenge, Toot convinces Clara that she's pregnant and that Foxxy is the father. Foxxy, in turn, gives the houseguests a sex-ed class, which culminates in the revelation that Clara's vagina is a gigantic, tentacled monster, spawned by a curse placed upon her by her not-so-Evil Stepmother. Due to its sensitivity to loud noises, and Toot's insensitivity, Clara's enraged vagina destroys the furniture in the living room and consumes Wooldoor (and a cameraman). Despite Foxxy's attempts to protect her, the other housemates temporarily adopt desperate measures and chase Clara before an alternative is found.

According to the Stepmother, only the kiss of her true love can break the curse. During a ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]''-type contest in which men compete to be Clara's true love, she meets [[Prince Charming]], the man of her dreams; but his kiss, rather than curing her curse, causes his penis to turn into an octopus itself. Dismayed at his new condition, Prince Charming commits suicide. The houseguests eventually come to terms with Clara's 'octopussoire', and Clara makes peace with her Stepmother. The episode ends with Wooldoor escaping from Clara's vagina.

'''Musical Number''': "La-La-La-La-Labia", a [[Hanna Barbera]] style song sung by Foxxy and the houseguests a'la [[Josie and the Pussycats]] during a montage in which everyone chases Clara's vagina.

'''First Aired''': 11/3/2004

'''Trivia''':

* The scene in which a man begins crying in the back of a limo and rips open his shirt as he implores another man, "Make me feel good!" is a reference to the infamous [[Halle Berry]]/[[Billy Bob Thornton]] sex scene in ''[[Monster's Ball]]''.

* Prince Charming's penis transformation scene is a reference to ''[[Shrek]]''.

* The scene where Xandir cowers while Clara's vagina corners him and sticks out its tongue is taken from the films ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' and ''[[Aliens]]''.

* Toot tells Clara that the only way to stop herself from being pregnant is to be pushed down a flight of stairs. Toot does this on the stairs in the house, but says it didn't work. Clara suggests the [[M.C. Escher]] room; M.C. Escher was a painter famous for a picture depicting a room made up entirely of staircases, all of which lead to nowhere. The M.C. Escher room that Toot and Clara go to is a duplicate of this picture.

* Wooldoor's blocks spell out the message 2 PAC RIP, a reference to murdered rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].

* The scene in the screen splits into four frames depicting everyone in peril, with a time clock displayed, is a reference to ''[[24 (television)|24]]''.

* The houseguests' chant of "Kill the beast!" is a reference to the novel ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''. However, since Clara is involved, it may be more of a reference to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] [[Beauty and the Beast]].

* The scene where Wooldoor Sockbat gets pulled into Clara's vagina and nearly crushed to death is a spoof on the scene in ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope]]'', where Luke, Han, and Leia are trapped in one of the garbage smashers on the Death Star, but are saved from being crushed by C-3PO and R2-D2 shutting it down. When Clara's vagina begins to close in on Wooldoor, he calls out, "3-PO! 3-PO!"

* In Foxxy's flashback where Wooldoor is dressed as a priest, he gives Clara a Christian bible, but curiously has an Egyptian [[ankh]] symbol on his sash.

* Prince Charming's voice is provided by guest star [[Carlos Alazraqui]], who in addition to providing voices for [[Family Guy]], [[The Fairly OddParents]], and [[Rocko's Modern Life]], was the voice of the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in their long-running TV advertising campaign.

===3. "Gay Bash"===

A bizarre ritual involving an ancient monster reveals that Xandir is, in fact, a homosexual. To make him feel better, the other houseguests throw him a party attended exclusively by homosexuals (including [[Elmer Fudd]] and [[Snagglepuss]], their identities only somewhat concealed by pixelization), during which Xandir accepts that he's into kinky gay sex. Not all of the guests turn out to be friends, though: Bizarro Captain Hero, with whom Captain Hero once had a gay affair in a men's room, shows up, threatening to reveal their secret. Also, [[Pacman]], to whom Xandir confesses his homosexuality, turns out to be [[Ms. Pacman]] in drag. Foxxy convinces Xandir to call his girlfriend and tell her that he's gay, resulting in their breakup. In the end, Xandir, wanting to turn himself heterosexual, wishes on a lamp inhabited by a gay genie; the genie is promptly kidnapped, allowing Xandir to retain a sense of self worth by replacing his never ending quest to save his girlfriend with a never ending quest to save his boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Spanky, upon discovering that Ling-Ling is an expert craftsman, puts the creature to work as a one-man sweatshop, sewing [[Counterfeit|bootleg]] [[Nike]] basketball shoes. This angers the [[child labor|child laborers]] of Nike's [[sweatshop]], who show up and try to kill Spanky by turning themselves into a [[Transformer]]. Spanky convinces Ling-Ling that it would be honorable to save him, so Ling-Ling uses its super powers to blow up the sweatshop workers. Ling-Ling and Spanky earn a substantial amount of money by selling the immobilized children as basketball shoes, and Spanky gives Ling-Ling a paper hat reading "Honor."

'''Musical Number''': "Ling Ling's Lament", sung by Ling-Ling in pseudo-Japanese (without subtitles) as he mourns for his carefree days running around a fantasyland killing monsters with his master. As the song nears the end, Ling-Ling's reminisces suddenly turn violent, and he envisions himself brutally murdering Spanky.

Also, the "Ling Ling Battle Song" as a montage of scenes from Episodes 1, 3, and 5, in which Ling Ling leaps into battle, is presented in the end credits and - vocals inserted into the action - during his battle with the Chinese Transformer Kids.

'''First Aired''': 11/10/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Xandir is revealed to be gay; however, the writers already told the audience this in the opening credits of the series premier.

* The ritual in which Xandir is found to be gay is a parody of a scene in the [[1980]] film adaptation of ''[[Flash Gordon#Adaptations and other versions|Flash Gordon]]''.

* Perhaps for the first time ever in a syndicated cartoon show, God is depicted fondling a male penis.

* During the gay bash party, two characters with blurred faces join with Xandir. For those who don't watch cartoons too often, these are obviously [[Elmer Fudd]] from [[Looney Tunes]] (with a brown mustache) and [[Snagglepuss]].

* Xandir's new boyfriend is a parody of the genie from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]'' (the movie was previously parodied in the first episode). The voice actor providing the genie's voice is imitating [[Robin Williams]], who provided the voice for the genie in the titular film. Upon close inspection, the genies' chest hairs make interesting symbols depending on his emotion; when angry and confused, the hairs read "666", the [[Number of the Beast]]. When calm and at peace, the hairs form the Christian [[alpha]] symbol.

* Xandir's nemesis, Lord Slashstab, is quite similar to the animated [[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]] TV series' antagonist, [[Venger]].

* Spanky introduces himself to Ling-Ling and hands him his business card. In Japan, Ling-Ling's home, it is customary to exchange business cards (if you have one) with a new acquaintance, especially on a professional basis.

* When Spanky puts Ling-Ling to work in the [[sweatshop]] he tells him that they will be as successful a duo as Fatman and Little Boy. "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the code names of the atomic bombs dropped on [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hiroshima]], respectively.

* Captain Hero's line to Bizarro Captain Hero, "Hey, what happened on Bizarro World, stays on Bizarro World" is a reference to Las Vegas' marketing campaign, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Bizzaro Captain Hero himself is, of course, an homage to the [[Bizarro]] characters (mostly [[Superman]] and [[Lois Lane]]) of [[DC Comics]] fame, who were grotesque, odd, polar opposite clones/copies of the originals.

* Foxxy's line "Everything the light touches is gay!" is taken almost verbatim from Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''. The line is accompanied by the word "homo" being sung in a manner reminiscent of the movie, by an African choir.

* The pterodactyl-powered record player is a reference to TV's first animated sitcom, [[The Flintstones]], where many of the Flintstones' appliances were powered by minature prehistoric animals, some of whom were prone to making wisecracks like this

===4. "Requiem for a Reality Show"===

The house is divided into two teams who then compete in a contest to see who will be given control of the house's food supply for the rest of the week. Toot's team wins, and she celebrates by eating all the food she can get her hands on. Toot blimps up -literally - leaving her seriously depressed. Xandir tries to fix it by teaching Toot to regurgitate in order to lose weight rapidly - with rather disgusting results. Xandir, Foxxy, and Ling-Ling convince Toot to try the opposite approach, [[anorexia]], which causes Toot to become so thin that her body can no longer support the weight of her own head.

Meanwhile, the losing team - Clara, Spanky, Wooldoor and Hero - suffers from starvation. Spanky obtains food by bullying Wooldoor into trapping and killing the woodland animals that Clara is able to summon by her singing, and Foxxy and Captain Hero enter into a short-lived hardcore [[BDSM]] relationship.

'''Musical Number:''' "Bully", sung by Clara as she tries to convince Wooldoor to stand up to Spanky

'''First Aired:''' 11/17/2004

'''Trivia:'''

* When the contest begins, a [[UFO]] with a fishing pole and a traffic light attached aids them. This a parody of a [[Lakitu]] and a reference to the [[Super Mario Kart]] videogame.

* Spanky's comment "We'll eat like dingoes in a maternity ward!" is a reference to a 1980 [[Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance|incident]] that occurred in Australia in which [[Lindy Chamberlain]] was wrongfully accused of murdering her infant daughter, Azaria; she was exonerated when it was discovered the child was in fact killed and eaten by a [[dingo]]. The incident was immortalized in the 1988 film ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'', starring [[Meryl Streep]].

* As Wooldoor collects the leftover meat for a proper burial, a surviving chipmunk begs "Don't bury me... I'm not dead!" This was a tagline featured in a fairly well known marketing campaign for the film ''[[The Serpent and the Rainbow]]'', depicting a zombie tearing out of a casket. In the movie, [[Bill Pullman]]'s character utters the line when he collapses on the street, due to a drug that will induce a deathlike state and cause him to be buried alive.

* Xandir uses [[Acme Corporation|ACME]] liposuction on Toot. ACME is the ubiquitous brand name featured in Looney Toons cartoons in place of actual brands; it turned up most often in the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote shorts. It has since been used in several other cartoons and television shows as a generic brand.

* Captain Hero's quotes the H.W Longfellow poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn" while lamenting the breakup of he and Foxxy's relationship ("two ships passing in the night") There is a particular irony here, as the part of the poem Captain Hero quotes laments a relationship with a lack of communication; in fact, Captain Hero and Foxxy's relationship had no communication, as it was based purely around bondage.

* When Foxxy teases Captain Hero with the sandwich, several sounds (and matching panels) pop in. This is a reference to the 1960's [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]] TV series, starring [[Adam West]] in the titular role. The program's fight scenes were always accompanied by cartoonish sound effects and title cards displaying words like "pow" and "smash" (which was done to pay tribute to the heroes' [[comic book]] origins).

* After Foxxy and Captain Hero break up, Foxxy's new slave is [[Charlie Brown]], while Captain Hero's mistress is [[Natasha Fatale]] from ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. Foxxy calls Charlie Brown "blockhead," one of many nicknames given to him in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His reply to Foxxy, "Good grief!" was Charlie Brown's catch phrase in the strip.

* Toot says, "Pass me the Han Solo," and then eats something that looks like [[Han Solo]] frozen in carbonite at the end of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and beginning of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* The opening scene where Spanky is chasing Wooldoor, and the pair stop in a freezeframe with parenthesized Latin names below their own real ones, is a direct parody of most Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Spanky is "Pornus Interruptus." Wooldoor is "Ritalinus Shouldatakus." [[Ritalin]] is a drug used to treat [[attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]], which Wooldoor clearly has.

* Spanky's line, "For the love of Allah--who's Great and Merciful--haven't you gotten rid of that [[polio]] yet?", with its use of [[Allah]] in the place of [[God]], and the subsequent [[epithet]], indicates that he is a member of the [[Muslim]] faith. This is further confirmed and reinforced in Episode 7, "Dirty Pranking Number 2", where Spanky announces that he had inconveniently converted a month before the [[September 11 attack]]s. Further information on the website confirms that he is a [[Sunni]] Muslim. The ironic fact that pork is forbidden by [[Halaal|Islamic dietary law]] is not mentioned.

* Clara twists the [[chipmunk]]'s neck to prevent it from blurting around that she's indirectly responsible for the death of its fellows. In the first episode of the second season, there is a flashback of that scene, but in an altered version; there it is a close-up of their faces, and Clara is holding the chipmunk at the height of her face. In the original version, she held the rodent at the height of her belly.

===5. "The Other Cousin"===

Clara's mentally retarded cousin, Bleh, arrives, much to the consternation of the houseguests and Clara's annoyance. She always wears a football helmet, drools, can't look anyone in the eye, and almost always speaks in metaphors derived from critical reviews of the film ''[[I Am Sam]]''. The houseguests' attitudes change quickly, though, when Bleh takes off her clothes to reveal a perfectly sculpted body and enormous breasts. Captain Hero enters into a bet to de-virginize Bleh, which he does - although he does develop feelings for her -, infuriating Clara. Captain Hero and Bleh break up, and as Bleh boards a bus back home we discover that she had a bet with one of her friends in the mental institute to have sex with a television celebrity.

Meanwhile, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor become addicted to licking Ling-Ling when they discover that he secretes a powerful hallucinogen when disappointed. They finally abuse him to the point that Ling-Ling goes quasi-catatonic. In order to alleviate Ling-Ling's condition, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor invite his father to the house to cheer him up; but when the latter arrives, he expresses his disappointment about his son being in a reality TV show - and guess what happens!

'''Musical Number''': "Girly Girly", sung by an unseen chorus as a theme to Captain Hero and Bleh's courtship. Also, Captain Hero sings a version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Bleh on their date.

'''First Aired''': 12/1/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Although it's doubtful, the "Girly Girly" musical number might be an obscure reference to the film ''[[Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly]]''.

* In the scene where [[Ling-Ling]]'s hallucinogenic sweat wears off, [[Homer Simpson]] can be seen passed out in the background, scratching himself.

* In the DVD release, there is an extended version of the episode that fills in a few plot holes:
** Clara gives Captain Hero the antidote
** In the episode aired on TV, two Wooldoors suddenly appear to lick Ling Ling's father. In the extended version, we see Wooldoor split himself in two to give himself a hug.
**We see that the people on the bus are actually retarded versions of the cast, with Bleh being the retarded Clara. This explains a bizarre discrepency in the version aired on TV, in which it appears Toot is going shopping with Bleh during the closing montage: It's actually the retarded version of Toot.

*Ling Ling says his prayers to [[L. Ron Hubbard]] had come true. This implies Ling Ling is a [[Scientologist]].

* Clara says that she once had the chance to kill Foxxy, but she didn't. There is then a brief ''[[Family Guy]]''-style segue into a scene of Foxxy dangling from a precipe over a river of lava while Clara demands, "Give me the ring!" This is, of course, a reference to the conclusion of ''[[The Return of the King]]''

* While having his hallucinations in the room, Wooldoor sees a baby crawl across the ceiling and turn his head 180 degrees. This is a parody of a heroin withdrawl scene in the film ''[[Trainspotting]]''. In this episode, the baby on the ceiling is [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] from ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

* In the scene right before Wooldoor becomes the Professor, both Xandir and Toot have very visible penile erections while licking Ling-Ling. Most likely it's just a visual gag, but it could be taken to mean that Toot is supposed to be a [[hermaphrodite]].

* Captain Hero's date with Bleh ends with them flying back to the house. This is a reference to the first ''Superman'' movie, where Superman takes Lois flying with him.

* The title is a reference to the film ''[[The Other Sister]]'', in which a mentally retarded young woman tries to integrate into society after spending years in the institute where her family placed her due to their inability to cope with a handicapped child. In the film, the main character eventually marries a mentally retarded college student.

* The name Bleh is a reference to an episode of ''[[The Facts of Life]]'' where Blair was ashamed of her handicapped cousin. Because of a speech impediment, her cousin's pronounciation of Blair sounded like Bleh.

* Bleh has six toes on her right foot. It's not certain whether this is a mistake or whether it's a visual joke on the part of the animators (the character may have been made [[polydactyl]] on purpose in order to further emphasize her abnormality).

===6. "Terms of Endearment" (The Unaired Episode)===

Captain Hero inadvertently gives radiation poisoning to Foxxy by spying on her in the shower with his x-ray vision. Out of grief, he decides to strip himself of his super powers-- which can only be accomplished by riding a horse, being thrown from it, and snapping his neck, thus paralyzing him from the chin on down. Shortly thereafter, Foxxy's radiation poisoning causes her to start de-evolving into a [[minstrel show]] [[Aunt Jemima]] cartoon, causing agents from the bureau of Cartoon Political Correctness to arrive and take her away.

'''Musical Number''': Due to the lack of readily availible information about this episode, it is unknown whether or not it contains a musical number.

'''Trivia''':

* [[Christopher Reeve]] died shortly before this episode was supposed to be aired, resulting in Comedy Central deciding not to air it. Captain Hero's method of removing his powers is, of course, a mockery on the way that Reeve became permanently paralyzed.

* This episode was not included on the ''Drawn Together'' Season 1 DVD released on October 4th, 2005. However, it is expected to air as part of Season 2.

===7. "Dirty Pranking Number 2"===

Clara, desperately wanting to belong, becomes involved in a pranking game that Spanky and Foxxy play: They order a pizza, and when it arrives, Foxxy distracts the delivery man while Spanky defecates on the pizza. They then hand the pizza back to the delivery man and say, "I didn't order this...with ''sausage''!" Clara's first attempt at the game - and Foxxy's inability to intervene, due to braiding her fingers into her own [[cornrows]]- results in the pair being arrested and taken to jail. Clara's father, The King, bails them all out, on the condition that Clara never see Spanky again. Clara goes back to Spanky, though, resulting in Clara's father coming to the house to take her off the show. While they're preparing to leave, a pizza man shows up, and Clara defecates on the pizza; when Clara's father sees how happy it makes her, he lets her stay in the house.

Meanwhile, Captain Hero begins a quasi-homosexual relationship with Xandir, the latter of whom becomes upset when the former must keep cancelling their dates in order to save the world. Finally, Captain Hero forsakes his profession as a super hero to take Xandir to the zoo; without Captain Hero to protect the world, everyone - including the assembled cast - is blasted by robotic aliens, who take the pizza-defecation prank back to their own planet.

'''Musical Number''': "Time of My Life", from the film ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''. Plays during a parody of ''Dirty Dancing'', with Spanky standing in for [[Patrick Swayze]]. Due to a copyright battle, the song does not appear on the DVD. Instead, at the point when the song would normally begin, a parody entitled "This is Our Version" begins to play, explaining that the song sounds poor because the writers didn't spend much time on it and just wanted something that would act as filler for the scene.

'''First Aired''': 12/8/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In 2005, a group of Texas cheerleaders were arrested for defecating on a pizza and trying to give it back to a [[Domino's Pizza]] delivery man. They later admitted that they'd gotten the idea after seeing this episode. Comedy Central had no comment other than, "Oh, no!" [http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/bud_kennedy/11928512.htm Story here]

* In this episode, we learn that Spanky is a Muslim, although he regrets converting in August of 2001. This was implied in an earlier episode when he used the name of [[Allah]].

* According to The King, Clara apparently moans just like her mother when they french-kiss. This comment makes Clara the second character in the series (along with Foxxy) to have an implied incestuous relationship with their father.

* Spanky's line, "Nobody puts baby in the corner" is a reference to the movie, ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''; the ending sequence of this episode (sans the pizza defecation) is a parody of that film.

* The King's line, "That's what princesses do. They long for more. Or die in a car crash in France." is a reference to [[Princess Diana]], who died in a car crash in France in 1997, and to Princess Grace ([[Grace Kelly]]), who also died as a result of injuries sustained from a car crash in France.

* In this episode, it is revealed that Toot is an [[alcoholic]]. Spanky is revealed to have had a [[liver]] transplant, indicating that he has probably also done some heavy drinking in his time.

===8. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist"===

When Toot makes everyone realize that there isn't going to be a prize awarded at the end of the series and that everyone is in the house just for the sake of being there, the houseguests revolt and hold a sit-in. In response, the producers turn the show into a ripoff of ''[[The Apprentice]]'', which culminates in a semi-nude jelly-wrestling match between Foxxy and Toot. Foxxy wins, and the producers reveal her prize-- nothing. The producers simply told everyone that they'd win a prize in order to get them to end their sit in. Toot leads an armed rebellion, in which the house is blown up. The houseguests steal a helicopter, piloted by Wooldoor, and attempt to escape the producers, who pursue them on the back of a giant missile. As the first season comes to a conclusion, the producer [[suicide bomber|suicide bombs]] the helicopter, causing it to crash and explode on a desert island.

'''Musical Number''': "Cash Cash Cashety Cash", a parody of ''The Apprentice'' theme song, "For the Love of Money".

'''First Aired''': 12/15/2004

'''Trivia'''

* The episode title is a reference to the T.V. show ''[[Friends]]'', whose episode titles almost all begin with the words "The One With" or "The One Where" followed by a brief phrase describing the episode's main plot.

* This is the first episode to unite all of the characters in a single plotline. This is also the only episode to date featuring Toot as the main character.

* Not knowing if the show was going to be renewed, the creators made this episode to function as a possible series finale were it to be cancelled. Had the series not been renewed, it would have ended with everyone dying when the helicopter crashed; since the series was renewed, however, it was revealed that the houseguests survived the explosion, finding themselves on a desert island in a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''.

* At one point, all of the characters pull guns on one another in an homage to ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. When Wooldoor enters the fray, he produces over a dozen arms, each of them holding a different weapon, including a weapon from the video game ''[[Halo (video game)|Halo]]''. When Wooldoor produces an additional revolver that he aims at his own head, everyone abruptly shifts their arms so that their guns are pointed at Wooldoor.

* During the standoff, Spanky calls Clara "my woman," so it can be assumed that they are still a couple. To date, this is the last reference to any relationship between the two.

* The producer, Bucky Bucks, is a pastiche of [[Richie Rich]] and [[Donald Trump]].

* We learn that the producers are all Jewish.

* For her project, Clara produces a blatantly [[anti-Semitic]] parody of [[Mel Gibson]]'s [[The Passion of the Christ]], parodying the anti-Semitic controversy surrounding the movie.

* The episode was played as part of Comedy Central's Secret Stash (a Comedy Central feature in which R-rated films are shown uncensored after midnight) alongside ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]''. However, at one point during the Jell-o wrestling scene, the screen abruptly went black, and a title card appeared reading "DVD ONLY! Too hot for the Stash!" This marks the first time that Secret Stash has edited a program. The scene in question featured Spanky hanging off the side of the cage masturbating.

* Several of the fade-in and fade-out scenes show an outside shot of the house with a voiceover of Xandir exclaiming "What is going on?!". This is a reference to ''[[The Joe Schmo Show]]'', which featured a repeated shots of the house with the eponymous Joe Schmo asking confusedly, "What is going on!?" Foxxy mentions ''The Joe Schmo Show'' near the end of the program in her list of ways that reality TV stars have been "screwed."

* When Bucky Bucks powers up the helicopter near the end of the episode, you can clearly hear it make the "time circuits on" sound from the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' trilogy.

* Clara's invisibility ring is meant to be [[The One Ring]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

* Wooldoor calls "Tank" at the end of the episode, and suddenly gains the ability to fly a helicopter. This is a reference to ''[[The Matrix]]'' films, in which people inside a computer program called a hacker, Tank, who could hack the program and grant them superhuman abilities.

* After Princess Clara is fired for being tardy during 'The Apprentice' parody, the scene then cuts to a shot of the fired cast members and Toot, all snapping their fingers and danching in time with catchy, jazz style music. This is a direct referrence to the film and Broadway play, "[[Westside Story]]".

*The Season 1 DVD features two outtakes from this episode: an extended version of the jelly wrestling scene, and an alternate scene from the ''Apprentice'' parody in which Foxxy and Toot transport Mexican immigrants across the border by disguising them as road [[flares]] and car accessories. (In the aired version, Foxxy stuffs them in bags which Toot consumes and later passes.)

== Season 2 ==

===9. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist - Part II"===

The conclusion of the cliffhanger involves the cast crash landing on a supposedly deserted island, as a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''. When Foxxy tells the other houseguests that after a season on a reality TV show they're officially celebrities, they go to the airport located in the city on the other side of the island and head to Hollywood. Toot is left behind, where she becomes an object of veneration for the island's native people, who think that she's a beached whale. In order to please her, they begin feeding her everything--and everyone--they can get their hands on. In Hollywood, the houseguests discover that no one really cares about reality TV stars; Wooldoor, depressed, hangs himself. After the funeral, the other houseguests all head back to the Drawn Together House, the only place they really belong. The producer allows them to return, but demands that they find a new housemate to replace Wooldoor. After exhaustive interviews, they finally select Strawberry Sweetcake, an eighteen year old who looks eight, which satisfies Captain Hero's long dormant [[pedophile]] urges. Harmony is quickly broken, though, when Wooldoor--who was still alive--comes back to the house and reveals that his people were systematically slaughtered in a mass genocide by the Sweetcake people and turned into snackfoods. Strawberry Sweetcake says that she wants to let bygones be bygones, but then tries to cook Wooldoor. The rest of the houseguests try and stop her, but she gets ahold of Xandir's sword and prepares to kill them all. Back in the islands, the native people have given all they have to Toot, and have nothing left to feed her, so they pack her with dynamite and blow her across the ocean; the resulting rain of vomit from everything Toot ate destroys the island. Toot crash lands back in the ''Drawn Together'' House, where she saves the day by eating Sweetcake.

'''Musical Number:''' "Good Time Funderful Day", which plays while Sweetcake and the housemates enjoy a series of fun activities together, including [[kite flying|flying kites]] together, riding a [[seesaw]], playing [[Russian roulette]], having a massive group [[orgy]], and [[seal hunting|clubbing baby seals]].

'''First Aired:''' 10/19/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The blowing off of the helicopter's back and one of the passengers being sucked out is a spoof on the movie [[X-Men 2]]; in that scene [[Anna Paquin]] suffers the same fate. It's also widely believed to be a reference to the pilot for the hit ABC drama ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.

* The creators told TV Guide in their 2005 Fall Preview Issue that a main character would be killed off; this was fulfilled in a variety of ways, albeit not in the way fans expected. Wooldoor does appear to die, but then he's proven to be alive and well; Strawberry Sweetcake dies when Toot eats her, but she was technically only a main character for one episode.

* Captain Hero's line, "With my super powers, I easily could have saved us, but I couldn't react. Why not? Because I smoke marijuana. Still think it's cool?" is a reference to a series of advertisements in which marijuana use is shown to be directly responsible for horrific tragedies (often involving a child dying); all of the ads end with a brief voice-over commenting on marijuana's dangerousness in comparison to its public perception as a harmless anti-drug. As implied by the creators' using it in this situation, most people who have seen the commercials consider them to be ludicrous, over dramatic, and exaggerative.

* After the crash, Clara takes a roll call of the characters to see if anyone's missing. She refers to her fellow castmates as: "little retard, swine, rat, big retard, Xandir, blacky boo" and "fatty fatty two by four can't fit through the kitchen door".

* Apparently, the three-foot long penis of [[Jeff Probst]], Foxxy's breasts, and the island virgin's full frontal nudity were all actually animated into the episode and then covered with censor bars for airing; they will most likely appear in the unedited Season 2 DVD.

* An uncensored version of the "Simon Says" scene will likely appear on the Season 2 DVD.

* The situation between the Sweetcakes and Wooldoor's people is an obvious parody of the [[Holocaust]]; the constant references to pajamas are a reference to the striped, thin uniforms concentration camp prisoners were forced to wear. Sweetcake makes it plainly clear at the end of the episode that Wooldoor's people are supposed to represent the Jews when she refers to him as "hook nose," a common derogatory remark for Jews. After Wooldoor explains the [[genocide]] of his people to the housemates, Clara dismisses his story as part of a plot by the "Sockbat International Bankers," a satirical swipe at [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust revisionists]].

* When Wooldoor wakes up in his coffin, he says that he was able to escape because he'd seen ''[[Kill Bill]]''. The music that plays while he breaks out of the coffin is the exact same music that plays during the "buried alive" scene in ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2]]''. The following scene of Wooldoor digging back to the surface is a reference to the arcade game ''[[Dig Dug]]''.

* At the beginning of the episode, the corpses of [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Charlie Brown]], along with a [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]]-shaped crater can be seen amongst the wreckage on the beach.

* Toot's dynamiting by the natives is a parody of the [[exploding whale]] incident in Oregon, down to the view of the explosion and the smashed cars from the falling pieces.

* The scene where Wooldoor hangs himself is a parody of Brooks Hatlen's suicide in the movie ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''. The paperclip that offers Wooldoor advice while he writes a suicide note is a reference to the computer program [[Microsoft Office]], in which users can activate an animated [[Office Assistant]] that offers them advice; one of the icons users can choose from is an anthropomorphic paperclip nicknamed "Clippy".

* When Wooldoor "dies," the sceen fades to white and a title card appears listing Wooldoor's birthday and date of death. This is a reference is to the HBO show ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' where every episode begins with a death, and after the death the screen fades to white and the card gives the deceased's name and birthday.

* Xandir's special video game move is called the "reach around," a slang term in gay sex for the penetrating partner masturbating the penetrated partner.

* Among those interviewed by the houseguests as a potential roomate are [[Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)|Scorpion]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' (who performs his [[fatality]] on Xandir), [[Speedy Gonzales]] (who is a [[cocaine]] addict) and [[Wilma Flintstone]] (who uses a "prehistoric [[worm]]" as a [[tampon]]). Also, during a pan of the living room while the houseguests sort resumes, a resume can be seen with a picture of Blossom from the [[Powerpuff Girls]] attached.

* The way the Sockbats are turned into food is reminiscent of the film ''[[Soylent Green]]'', which involves the only affordable food in the future being made from people's corpses.

* Based on the "this season on ''Drawn Together''" teaser that airs at the end of this episode, Season Two will include the ''Terms of Endearment'' episode. Clips from the next four episodes (through "Clum Babies") are also included.

* When the houseguests fly away from the island and pass over Toot in the water, she yells "Wait!" while an instrumental piece from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' plays. At the end of that movie, [[Kate Winslet]]'s character yells "wait" to a departing search and rescue boat, only for them not to hear her.

* Spanky mentions that the houseguests interviewed "Two [[Claymation|claymated]] guys, and this finger puppet, and this [[Monty Python]] cutout thing." A giant cardboard foot then crushes him; the cardboard foot was a recurring gag in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. The "two claymated guys" may refer to [[Gumby]] and Pokey, or [[Wallace and Gromit]].

* One of the talent agencies that turns down the houseguests is Double Hemm, the production company that makes ''Drawn Together''.

* The soiled underwear in the vending machine and Ling-Ling's enthusiastic reaction is a reference to trend in Japan in the 1990s in which girls were paid money for their used underwear, which was then sold in vending machines. The panty-machines were eventually outlawed; they have since become objects of fetishism in Japan and can be found in underground and illegal pornography stores.

* After Sweetcakes is chosen as the new housemate we get to see a new opening. At the end of the opening we can see Toot jumping out of the water over a boy standing on a rock. This is a reference to the movie [[Free Willy]].

===10. "Foxxy Vs. The Board Of Education"===

Spanky contracts a virus, and "gay marries" Xandir in order to get life-saving health insurance. Clara tries to end the marriage, even calling the King of Insurance to have the pair busted. The King shows up, and after Xandir and Spanky fail to have gay sex, cancels Spanky's health coverage. Spanky makes a passionate if somewhat strange speech, which moves the king to grant Spanky health insurance for life. The boys also meet "Dumpy the Medical Waste Man," a parody of Frosty the Snow Man.

Meanwhile, it is discovered that Foxxy has been solving crimes without a license; she convinces Ling-Ling to take a racially biased test for her so that she can finish school and get her license. Clara makes clear that Asians excel at taking standardized tests. Ling-Ling is caught and is made an offer: fail the test for Foxxy, or have a goon come over and walk around the house without taking off his shoes. Ling-Ling fails the test, so Foxxy decides to solve the mystery of why black kids do so poorly on the SAT.

Foxxy is caught by the Board of Education, a knock off of Bill from the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] series. He explains that since there is no money in education, educators have conspired with manufacturers of bling to keep black kids out of college, so they will buy things like [[spinner rims]] and car mounted DVD players. Foxxy turns the Board of Education over to the police.

'''Musical Number:''' "Board Of Education," as sung by the Board of Education to Foxxy while explaining his plan to keep black people dumb.

'''First Aired''': 10/26/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The title of this episode is a reference to the landmark Supreme Court case [[Brown v. Board of Education]], which forced public schools to desegregate.

*In the background of the wedding, the Genie can be seen, implying that he is no longer captured by Lord Slashstab, nor is he apparently still with Xandir.

*Visible in the hospital waiting room (between both visits) are a pregnant [[Powerpuff Girls|PowerPuff Girl]] [[Bubbles]], the [[Little Mermaid]] being choked by a plastic six-pack ring, a wounded [[Bambi]], [[Rocky and Bullwinkle]] with Rocky stuck in Bullwinkle's anus, [[Cocoa Puffs|Sonny the Cuckoo Bird]] who was in a straight jacket, asking for puffs, as an addict would, and [[Joe Camel]] in an iron lung.
**The use of Bubbles is also an [[inside joke]]. Although she doesn't speak here, her voice on [[Powerpuff Girls]] is provided by [[Tara Strong]], who voices Toot and Clara.

* About the voice of Xandir and Spanky's Paper Baby, actually [[Tara Strong]]. In the sequence where a depressed Foxxy watches other famous animated mystery solvers in action, Strong voices Josie from [[Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon)|Josie and the Pussycats]], while [[Cree Summer]] voices [[Daphne Blake]] from [[Scooby-Doo]].

*The Hebrew writing on the Orthodox Jew's container of tablets he is putting in the well is the word [[Kosher]].

*The Board of Education's plan was to keep blacks from passing the SATs by giving them grape flavored, mentholated pencils. The students would not be able to resist eating their pencils and therefore would not be able to finish the test. When the Board of Education was in police custody, Foxxy herself couldn't resist eating the pencils. This is a reference to the popularity of mentholated cigarettes in the black community, causing some to speculate that they were created to do away with blacks.

* The floating ghost of Ling-Ling helping Foxxy is just like Obi-Wan helping Luke in the original [[Star Wars]] trilogy.

* The Board of Education is an obvious take on the Bill from the [[School House Rock]] cartoon of the '70's.

* Everytime someone pulled the lever, a trapdoor would open and drop the victim into a pit with a beast similar to the Rancor Beast from [[Return of the Jedi|Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi]] (though [[Ling-Ling]] called it a Zalganout beast).

* Some of the pictures from Xandir and Spanky's "honeymoon" reflected famous events/people, including [[Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]], [[Muhammad Ali]]/[[Sonny Liston]], [[Kerri Strug]], and [[Elian Gonzalez]].

* Foxxy's line about playing bouncy horse with her grandfather makes her the first and third person on the show to have an implied incestuous relationship.

* This is possibly misinterpretation, but when Ling-Ling's ghost talks to Foxxy, he calls her [[Oprah]].

* When Spanky throws an aluminum can at the [[Jumbotron]] scoreboard, the sound of cats screaming can be heard, even though there are no cats around. This would become a running gag on the show, utilized whenever an object is thrown or smashed.

===11. "Little Orphan Hero"===

Captain Hero has a nervous breakdown resulting from long-standing issues regarding the death of his parents, who perished when his home world of Zebulon crashed into a sun. With the help of Wooldoor and a whale fetus, he accepts their deaths and resolves to move on with his life, until the other houseguests clue him in to the fact that his home planet of Zebulon was never destroyed and that his parents are probably still alive. After raping a robot, Captain Hero contacts his homeworld, and his parents arrive to greet him. Captain Hero lives a second childhood, until his mother finally breaks down and reveals that he's actually an abortion that she had performed when psychics revealed that her child was going to be the lamest super-hero ever. Heartbroken, Captain Hero tries to prove to his parents that he's a great hero by having Xandir dress up as a serial killer and attack his mother, but the plan backfires when Captain Hero goes too far and tears out Xandir's intestines. Enraged that his parents still think he's not a good superhero, Captain Hero flies to Zebulon and throws the planet into the sun, murdering everyone on the planet. His parents, now homeless, have no choice but to rely on him for his love and support.

Meanwhile, Foxxy and the other houseguests form a suicide hotline, but everyone shirks it in favor of worshipping a dead frog as a god (much to the chagrin of Foxxy, who remains true to Salamander Jesus). When Foxxy gets a call from a depressed quadrapalegic plotting to end his own life, she and the other houseguests spring into action. They eventually find the man, Jeff, who begs them to pull the plug on the equipment that's keeping him alive. When the houseguests try to comply, he reveals that he's actually part of an undercover task force of quadrapalegics assigned to take down phony suicide hotlines run by reality show guests who then try to ignore their responsibilities and assist their callers in euthanasia. Disgusted with the fact that this sounds like a TV show plot written by a mentally retarded child, everyone goes home.

'''Musical Number''': "I Wanted You to Know" by Brooke Ramel, played as a theme to Captain Hero's second childhood and gang rape. (This song also plays over the end credits of the DVD version of the first season finale.)

'''First Aired''': 11/2/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Captain Hero's dressing like a woman and being gang-raped on a pinball machine is a reference to the film [[The Accused]] and the rape of [[Cheryl Araujo]].

* The men who [[gang rape]] Captain Hero are the same people who were featured in the ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]'' parody in Season 1 Episode 2, "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

* When Captain Hero comes home from being gang-raped at the keg party, the newspaper his father is reading has the headline "Best Kegger Ever".

* The [[Five for Fighting]] song that Captain Hero quotes throughout the episode is "Superman (It's not Easy)"

* Even though everyone refers to Five for Fighting in the plural, it is in fact the stage name of only one man, John Ondrasik.

* The crime count for this episode is high: Captain Hero rapes his sex robot, (presumably) rapes Xandir, (presumably) rapes his parents, and is himself gang raped. Xandir has his intestines torn out, Toot commits suicide, the houseguests try to kill Jeff, and Captain Hero murders billions of people by flinging their planet into the sun. Not to mention the houseguests' stealing cable TV (which has just been rendered useless from Zebulon's destruction).

* [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] make cameo appearances in this episode. There is a flashback where a drunk Captain Hero was making fun of the murder of Batman's parents at a party while Batman and Robin were present.

* The cover of ''Hero Comics'' is drawn to resemble the famous cover of ''[[Action Comics #1]]'' that introduced [[Superman]].

* Foxxy twirling around with a flash of light is a parody of the stock footage of [[Lynda Carter]] used in every episode of the 1970's [[Wonder Woman]] series when her character of Diana Prince turned into Wonder Woman.

* The question mark suit that Spanky Ham wears in the infomercial is a reference to "Government Grant Guru [[Matthew Lesko]]", who wears a simillar suit to promote his book ''[[Free Money to Pay Your Bills]]'' on late night television.

* [[Gonzo the Great|Gonzo]] and [[Kermit the Frog]] in their [[Muppet Babies]] form make cameos in this episode. They are being attacked by rabid [[pitbull|pitbulls]].

* Foxxy Love, Princess Clara, Spanky Ham and Ling Ling gather around the telephone, going "Yip yip yip yip yip...", with strange triangular mouths. This is a parody of a skit on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' featuring the [[Yip yip]] martians.

* The scene in which Captain Hero goes to contact Zebulon is a parody of several scenes from the movie ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.

* The scene in which Captain Hero's mysterious birth is revealed in a comic book, it cites a Supreme Court case called Roebot v Wade, which is a reference to [[Roe v Wade]] in 1973.

* In the first scene we see a montage of Captain Hero as an emotional wreck. In one of the shots we see him being unable to hug someone because of some huge scissor-like gloves he is wearing. This is a reference to the movie [[Edward Scissorhands]].

* Captain Hero keeps calling his mom ''imma'', which is ''mother'' in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. Zebulon might be the fictional homeworld of the [[tribe of Zebulun]], one of the [[Ten Lost Tribes]] of Israel.

* The scene in which Captain Hero argues with his mother as she rips his posters off the wall is a reference to [[Mark Wahlberg]] arguing with his mother in [[Boogie Nights]].

* The references that Captain Hero makes to erasing people's memories before tearing off his costume and presumably raping Xandir and his parents is likely a reference to Superman erasing Lois Lane's memories with a kiss in one of the Superman movies.

* When Captain Hero allegedly rapes his parents, he became the third person in the series to have an implied incestuous relationship with his parents, and the fourth in overall incest.

* The abbreviation "STOUTCPWSUSHBOARSCATDFTOTSTCTPWNTTTTMWRTNAPSBFTLSTTTASIE" doesn't match with Jeffrey's line: "Special Tactical Operations Unit To Catch People Who Set Up Suicide Hotlines Because Of A Reality Show Challenge And Then Didn't Follow Through On Them So They Cause The People Who Needed Them To Take Their '''Own Lives And Then They Change''' Minds When Realize That Not All People Should Be Forced to Live So They Try To Assist Someone In Euthanasia".

* When Clara jumps out the window screaming, "I can't go back to jail! I won't go back!", it is a reference to when she and Spanky went to jail in "Dirty Pranking No. 2".

* In this episode, Captain Hero's full name was revealed to be "Captain Leslie Hero". This might be a reference to Les Mutton in [[Zeroman]].

* The limbless cops are called Art, Mat, and Bob. This is a reference to an old joke: "What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging from the wall? Art! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs lying on the floor? Mat! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in the ocean? Bob!"

* Here we learn - thanks to the consideration of the producers - that Foxxy's taint is made of bacon.

===12. "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact" ===

Captain Hero gets a visit from his "back rub friend" UFG (Unusually Flexible Girl), who turns to him for rebound sex everytime she's dumped. In the middle of having sex, UFG reminds Hero that while in Super Hero school, they agreed to get married if they were both still single when they turned 30. As it turns out, it's UFG's 30th birthday, and she expects Hero to fulfill the pact. Hero panics, especially when he learns the next morning that UFG is in love with him and has been holding out so that she could marry him. Hero enlists Wooldoor to tell UFG for him that he doesn't intend to marry her; UFG has a breakdown, and so frightens Wooldoor with her fears about dying alone that he agrees to marry her so that he doesn't have to face that fate, either.

Meanwhile, Foxxy sees a "where are they at now?" special on TV that features The Foxxy 5, her old band from the 80s. Learning that the world considers her to be a one-hit-wonder (with "La-La-La-La-Labia," the musical number featured in episode #2), Foxxy tracks down her old bandmates and they reunite for a night of heavy drinking and lesbian sex. The next morning, Foxxy learns that her bandmates were killed in a [[hit and run car accident]] and that she's the only survivor because she wasn't there at the moment. With Spanky acting as her producer, Foxxy records a tribute song detailing her bandmates grisly demise, which revives her career; when she goes out to the garage, though, she discovers the twisted, still living remnants of her bandmates embedded in the grill of her van. She was so drunk that she didn't remember plowing them down. Realizing that if anyone finds out, her comeback will be ruined, Foxxy leaves them in the garage to die, but they escape with the van and record a song of their own, trumping Foxxy's comeback.

Hero, realizing that now that he can't have UFG, he wants her, plots to sabotage her and Wooldoor's marriage. He dresses up as Wooldoor and urinates on UFG, but it turns out that she's into [[urophilia]] and she becomes even more enamored with Wooldoor. When Hero reveals that it was actually him, she decides to go back to Hero; but now that Hero has her, he doesn't want her. When UFG finds out, she's despondent; Hero and Wooldoor, now unable to have her, both want her again. They confront her in the backyard and each grab her arms, and engage in a tug of war with her.

In the living room, Clara and Toot emerge from the basement, where they've spent the week building a high-powered potato gun bazooka. They fire it off, and the force of the gun propels a potato through the wall of the house and into the backyard, where it kills UFG. Hero notes that he and Wooldoor were holding onto UFG's arms when she died, meaning that her great wish was fulfilled: She didn't die alone. Wooldoor decides that this makes him and Captain Hero wonderful people, and they go inside, leaving UFG's corpse in the backyard with a potato embedded in its face.

'''Musical Number''': "Crashy Smashy Die Die Die", a warped tribute to Foxxy's bandmates, which features a naked Foxxy cavorting with a snake in a burnt-out city

'''First Aired''': 11/9/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Ling-Ling watches ''[[Bukkake]] Chef'' and complains that the secret ingredent is always the same. In Japan, bukkake is a method for preparing noodles. But it is also a form of Japanese pornography in which a woman is ejaculated on by numerous men. It is possible that the secret ingredient is semen.

*The tattoos on UFG read: "I'm holding out for a Hero", "I (heart) Hero", "Rent ''[[Memento]]''", and "I'm marrying Hero", with the final 'O' apparently formed by her anus. "Rent Memento" refers to a movie where the main character covered himself with tattoos to remember important things.

*[[Tara Strong]] provides the voice for Unusually Flexible Girl in this episode; this could be the reason Clara and Toot do not appear until the very end of the episode (since both characters are voiced by Strong).

*When Captain Hero is impersonating Wooldoor, he has a dead bird tied to his head for the head wings, a banana on his nose, and a chunk of door including the doorknob as a tail.

*There is a cutscene of a pink train going into a mountain tunnel. This is a reference to a movie convention where the train entering the tunnel signifies the two characters in question having sex. But, in this cutscene, mountain tunnel is too small and red liquid is coming from jammed tunnel - this can be mean that two characters may having gay-sex.
**The show also spoofs this convention by revealing that the train clip is just part of a movie Hero and Xandir are watching. This is similar to a [[Monty Python]] sketch in which we see a man and woman first embrace and fall back onto a bed. The camera then cuts to a sequence of [[stock footage]] which doubles as sexual metaphors (volcano erupting, rocket taking off, train going into a tunnel, etc.) before finally cutting back to the couple to reveal that all of the footage was actually just movies the man was showing the woman.

*Unusually Flexible Girl says that Wooldoor's pee cured her [[athlete's foot]]. There is an [[urban legend]] that urinating on your feet will cure your athlete's foot. [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] has espoused it on [[The Late Show with David Letterman]].

*The Foxxy 5 band members are: Foxxy Love, Foxxy Phat, Foxxy Dark, Foxxy Yella, and Lil Foxxy.

*Foxxy squats over the recycle bin, and while offscreen, releases five bottles of beer from her body, based on the sound effects.

*Foxxy Phat can only say "Girl" and "Hey hey hey!", a parody of [[Fat Albert]].

* Foxxy's music video is a parody of [[Britney Spears]] infamous MTV appearance wrapped in a [[boa constrictor]]

* Captain Hero's fantasy of an ideal wedding is a parody of the final scene in [[Star Wars: A New Hope]], with himself and UFG standing in for Han Solo and Luke. Princess Clara is [[Princess Leia]], Xandir is [[C3PO]], Wooldoor is [[R2-D2]] and Toot is [[Chewbacca]].

*The scene in which Foxxy discovers her bandmates embedded in the front of her van is a reference to an [[urban legend]] in which a man does not even realize he is the perpetrator of a hit and run accident until he discovers the body of a little girl in his car's grill the next morning. [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/bargrill.asp]

*Captain Hero's age was given as 28 in the first season. He is now at least 30, indicating that the housemates have lived together for over a year.

===13. "Clum Babies" ===
Wooldoor finally reaches puberty and can't stop [[masturbating]]. This leads to the "birth" of his magical Clum Babies, which have healing powers. Foxxy and Spanky decide to make a profit using Wooldoor's Clum Babies to heal people who are sick. Clara views it as an act against God and is on a mission to stop then. Clara recruits a group of Christian vegetables (a parody of the [[VeggieTales]]) who convince Wooldoor masturbation is a sin. Clara discovers shortly after that she is ill with [[tuberculosis]] and convinces Wooldoor to produce another Clum Baby to heal her. Two of the vegetables find Foxxy, Spanky, Clara, and Wooldoor ready to masturbate. When Foxxy says that [[The Bible]] is more of a guideline to live a good life than a set of rules, Bob the Cucumber is driven insane by this and goes on a killing spree.

In a second plotline, Ling Ling is revealed to be a regular clubgoer who has been picking up other battle monsters to fight with and abandon the next morning. Ling Ling receives a call from his father telling him that it's time to settle down and find one battle monster to fight with for the rest of his life. Ling Ling has a passionate fling with Ni-Pul, the battle monster his father arranges for him, but breaks it off when he realizes he doesn't want to be tied down to one opponent. Ni-Pul tells Ling Ling that they should just drop the metaphor and have sex. As the two are in bed, the insane Bob the Cucumber comes in and shoots them.

Bob has killed everyone else and is about to kill Wooldoor when one of the Clum Babies touches him, curing him of his [[psychosis]]. Bob is happy until he realizes how he went on a killing spree. Filled with grief, he kills himself. Wooldoor decides that God killed off everyone but him so that he could masturbate alone. It implies at the end of the episode that when Wooldoor is done masturbating he will use the Clum Babies to resurrect the others.

'''Musical Number''': "God Is Watching Everything You Do", a bouncy, menacing little ditty the VeggieFables sing to convince Wooldoor to stop masturbating.

'''First Aired''': 11/16/2005

'''Trivia'''

*Foxxy was teaching Wooldoor to masturbate by using [[Force (Star Wars)|force]] and a [[lightsaber]] vibrator.
*Foxxy's vibrator is a reference to the Jack Rabbit vibrator, famously seen in [[Sex and The City]]. The animal here, however, is a dolphin. The dolphin is a variation of the rabbit.
*When Wooldoor demostrates his masturbating skills and lifts a Clum Baby up after that, everybody bows down. This is reference to the famous scene in Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.
*Ling-Ling's father is heard to be speaking heavily accented English in this episode. In his previous appearance, he only spoke in the same subtitled dialect as Ling-Ling. Also, Ni-Pul and other "battle monsters" speak English, though somewhat accented; they are apparently able to understand Ling-Ling's "Japanese", though.
*After hearing the news that he has to have an "arranged battle," Ling-Ling seems to say something like "[[Yoko Ono]]," the pun being the "oh no!" in her name.
*[[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]] from [[Looney Tunes]] can be seen on Clum Babies sale. He needs a cure for his broken leg.
*Farmer Alfalfa, from Paul Terry's [[TerryToons]], also appears at the Clum Babies sale, wanting to be cured of his [[Alzheimer's disease]].
*When Spanky Ham introduces the Clum Babies to the public is a parody of the [[Leptoprin]] advertisements that ask, "When is a diet plan worth 153 dollars a bottle? When it works!"
*Bob the Cucumber seems to be based on two VeggieTales characters, host Bob the Tomato and supporting vegetable Larry the Cucumber. The tomato is likewise called Larry.
*Spanky and Foxxy kidnap Wooldoor by using car with numberplate "clm bb 1" - Clum Babies One.
*The scene in which Spanky and Foxxy convince Wooldoor to produce a Clum Baby for Clara is a parody of an infamous scene from the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film adaptation of ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', though in ''Clockwork'' the method was used to ''reduce'' a character's sexual inclinations. The movie shown to Wooldoor is a parody of the ''[[Girls Gone Wild]]'' video series.
*There are flying doves in scenes where Ling-Ling with Ni-Pul and Steve from Long Island are killed. This is a reference to [[John Woo]]'s use of doves in climactic gunfights in his movies.
*During Bob's killing spree, he is shown shooting while somersaulting in the air in [[Bullet Time|slow motion]], a technique found in many Hong Kong action movies.
*Better Homes and Gardens is a real magazine, available monthly in Australia featuring articles from the television show of the same name
*Wooldoor's masturbation technique: Rubs hands, tweeks nose, twists tail, turns and pokes eye, turns again, rubs head, breaks finger, bounces rapidly.
*Peter Cetera's "Glory Of Love" plays during Ling-Ling's battles with Ni-Pul. This is a parody of ''[[The Karate Kid, Part II]]''.
*Ni-Pul's voice is provided by [[Cree Summer]].
*The blind boy with hairy palms is a reference to an old wives' tale "Masturbation leads to blindness and hairy palms."
*Hootchie, the green, lizard like battle monster, greatly resembles a somewhat [[anthropomorphic]] [[Larvitar]].
*Foxxy's euphemisms for masturbation include: Going number 3, firing off knuckle children, and choking the chicken.

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===14. "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine"===

When the houseguests are terrorized by poltergeists, Foxxy discovers that the Drawn Together house was built on Indian burial ground, and is haunted by the ghosts of 1,000 Indians. In order to appease them, the backyard is given to a ghost Indian tribe, which builds a towering casino hotel (the Lost Indian Souls Casino) next to the house. When Captain Hero discovers that the casino takes bets on his superhero battles, he and Spanky pull a classic [[scam]] where they drive up the [[odds]] in Hero's favor, then clean up when Hero takes a [[dive]]. The plan goes awry when Hero decides to cut Spanky out of the deal. Spanky retaliates by ratting on Hero to the League of Heroes, who threaten to kick Captain Hero out of their ranks unless he can defeat them in battle. Hero and Spanky realize they can bet on this battle too, of course, so they mend their differences so Spanky can place one final bet and Hero can take one more dive. The plan fails when the other League members take dives as well. Captain Hero finally realizes how silly he's been acting, and everyone has a good laugh while he delivers the moral of the episode, that Indians shouldn't be allowed to have casinos because gambling brings out the worst in weak-minded white people.

Meanwhile, Foxxy tries to take advantage of the casino's overflow crowd by turning the Drawn Together house into a [[strip club]] (the Fox Hole) where she is the main attraction (and Ling-Ling is the [[DJ]]). Clara begs for the chance to dance at Foxxy's club, believing that it will finally make her father notice her, since in her youth, he seemed to be more interested in strippers than in her. Sure enough, her father comes to the club to watch Clara dance, and loves her performance, only to forget all about it the second he sees Foxxy dance. While Clara and Foxxy are fighting over his affections, they notice that he's not paying any attention to either one of them anymore- his attention is now focused on a gyrating Xandir. The two women solve the problem by reenacting their kiss from "Hot Tub", and creating an erotic dance to go along with it. The plan works, and Clara's father finally says the words she's been longing to hear all her life: "I love you both very much".

'''First Aired''': 11/30/2005

'''Trivia'''

*The mice on Toot's back (shaving it with tiny lawnmowers) are the various mice from the [[Speedy Gonzales]] cartoons. The song playing is [[La Cucaracha]] which was often played in those shows. Animated programs typically use the song to immediately suggest a [[Mexican]] atmosphere, as is being done here.

*After Wooldoor Sockbat announces that they are going to redecorate each other's personal spaces, they play a segment for about 2 or 3 seconds that displays the words [[Trading Spaces]]. this is, of course, in reference to the popular home decorating show of the same name. The song that plays during the ''Trading Spaces'' promo is a jazzy version of the ''Drawn Together'' theme.

*Movies parodied during the inital haunting: ''[[The Shining]]'' when the bathroom filled with [[blood]], and ''[[Poltergeist]]'' with the stacked chairs and the 'they're here' quote. The story of the Drawn Together house being built over an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] burial ground whose tombstones were moved but not the bodies is a direct reference to ''Poltergeist''.

*Foxxy's yelling hints to protagonists of horror movies, and an unknown guy shushing her, is based on a stereotype joke -- that African-American people talk, argue, etc. with the characters during movies.

*Foxxy was "the only one who could speak Indian" (though the "language" she spoke is obviously not from any [[Native American language]]). [[Cree Summer]], who plays Foxxy, is part-Native American.

*In the [[casino]], [[Marge Simpson]] is seen operating a [[slot machine]]. This is a reference to "[[$pringfield| $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]", in which Marge develops a gambling [[addiction]].

*Ling-Ling is seen pulling a [[rickshaw]] in yet another parody of Asian immigrants.

*Clara's father and her cousin Bleh make return appearances in this episode. They had previously appeared in "Dirty Pranking No. 2" and "The Other Cousin," respectively. Bleh's appearance is a parody of Dustin Hoffman's character in [[Rain Man]]. When Captain Hero and Spanky come down the escalator in suits, they are dressed like [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Tom Cruise]] were in the movie. In the movie, Hoffman played Raymond, an autistic man with a genius-level affinity for math. Tom Cruise's character uses Raymond to win big at blackjack in a casino. Captain Hero and Spanky attempt to use Bleh in a similar manner in this episode.

*Clara's reference to Toot as a single-joke character is followed by a scene in which Ling-Ling and Wooldoor tip Toot over while she is eating some grass, in a parody of [[cow tipping]].

*Spanky lets the Hulk do his taxes. [[The Hulk]] is [[Marvel Comics']] famous character of [[Bruce Banner]], a brilliant scientist who is hit by gamma radiation and, when angry, turns into the super strong (and super stupid) green goliath known as the Hulk.

*Other members of the League of Heroes include Captain Colonicus, Ethan Hawkman, Not Dressed For This Weather Woman, Exemplary Fellow, and Western-African Dwarf Crocodile Man. The name Ethan Hawkman is an amalgam of [[Ethan Hawke]], the actor, and [[Hawkman]], the [[DC Comics]] superhero. Exemplary Fellow is a reference to the [[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]], while Not Dressed For This Weather Woman is a parody of [[Wonder Woman]]. Captain Colonicus appears to be a generic superhero who can fly because he [[fart|breaks wind]]. The League of Heroes itself is a parody of the [[Justice League of America]].

*The title of this episode is taken from ''[[Ghost in the Machine]]'', the title of an album by [[The Police]], as well as a song by [[Blaze Bayley]]

*When Captain Hero begins the fight with the Mad Felcher, the Mad Felcher is doing something that is censored. [[Felching]] is a sexual practice in which one sucks semen out of another person's anus. This is obviously what the Mad Felcher is doing to Captain Hero at the fight. This is also referenced when Captain Hero tells Spanky that the Mad Felcher "sucks ass".

*One of Captain Hero's thrown "fights" is "Captain Hero v. Wade", an obvious reference to ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. In it, a judge refuses a pregnant Captain Hero an abortion. The baby that presumably resulted from this situation is seen when Captain Hero and Spanky revel in their ill-gotten cash.

*When Captain Hero goes to collect his prize money, he rips his costume to reveal a suit and refers to himself in the third person. This is a reference to Superman's mild-mannered secret alias of Clark Kent, who was a reporter for a metropolitan newspaper and hence, wore a suit. Clark/Superman sometimes even tripped over himself when referring to his alter egos just as Captain Hero does. The only difference is that Clark/Superman usually does it the other way around and rips his suit to reveal a costume.

*The spinning circles around Captain Hero were the same as those used in ''[[Superman II]]'' for [[General Zod]] and his associates.

* Ling-Ling announced that Foxxy's stripper name was "Ashee Simpson." This is a play on the name of famous rocker, [[Ashlee Simpson]]. Clara's stripper name is [[Adolf Hitler|Hitlerina]], a joking reference to her [[anti-Semitism]].

*Captain Hero is convicted of committing the crime of 24601, in reference to ''Les Miserables''. Jean Valjean's number throughout the musical is 24601.

*Hero becomes distressed when the league takes away his decoder ring. This is a reference to [[secret decoder ring]]s, a popular toy of the 1940's and 50's. These items were [[merchandising]] tie-ins that kids wanted to obtain because supposedly, the rings were just like the ones their [[superhero]] idols used.

*[[Marmaduke]] is a long-running newspaper comic strip about a big dog that does, well, big dog stuff that's kind of funny. Pulling his owner down the street on a leash is a common occurrence in the strip.

*The final shot of the episode is drawn from the ending of one of the ''[[Rocky (movie)|Rocky]]'' movies (likely ''[[Rocky IV]]'').

[[Image:GodzillaOnDrawnTogether.jpg|right|thumbnail|Godzilla, as seen in "Super Nanny"]]

===15. "Super Nanny"===

Upon seeing the reality TV show ''[[Super Nanny]]'', Captain Hero purposefully acts out so he can summon Super Nanny and challenge her once and for all, believing that anyone or anything with the word "super" in front of their name is a foe to him and must be defeated. Super Nanny proves to be more than a match for Hero, however. She responds to each and everyone of his tantrums by making him sit on the naughty stool. Hero starts behaving himself, gradually earning her approval.

Everything goes awry, though, when he angrily asserts that the [[barrette]] Toot is wearing is actually his. Toot tells Super Nanny that Captain Hero is trying to steal her barrette, and she sends him to the naughty stool once again. During his extended stay on the stool, Hero learns that the [[White House]] is being invaded by mini-troopers. He tries to call all of his superfriends, only to find that none of them can help because they're all stuck on the naughty stool as well. Captain Hero puts two and two together, and realizes that it's all part of Super Nanny's evil plot - she has rendered the world's superheroes helpless while she leads an invasion of mini-troopers (who are in fact, a bunch of super-disciplined children she has brainwashed) to take over the White House. Hero is reluctant to leave the stool, but after Foxxy proves that the barrette in Toot's hair really belongs to Captain Hero (because it has his [[logo]] on it), the housemates finally convince him that saving the world is more important than being a good boy, so he flies to Washington to foil Super Nanny's plot. He does this by stomping on her foot really hard, causing her to use foul language, and then sends her to the naughty stool. This breaks her spell over the children, and they promptly tear her to shreds. Having saved the day, Captain Hero flies off to seek out his next adversary - the evil [[Supercuts]].
[[Image:Tootfoxxy1.jpg|right|thumbnail|Toot and Foxxy as seen through Ling-Ling's (and other Asians in the Drawn Together universe) eyes]]
Meanwhile, Ling-Ling is trying to get his driver's license. He aces the written portion of the exam, but fails miserably at the driving test. Wooldoor explains that Ling-Ling is a bad driver because he is Asian (playing off a well-known [[stereotype]]), and decides to help Ling-Ling pass by making him more American - namely, by [[Scotch tape|Scotch-taping]] his eyes so that they are round instead of slanted. In addition to gaining the ability to speak perfect English, Ling-Ling now sees the world as everyone else does, and aces his driving test. By doing so, he inspires all Asians everywhere to do the same. The NAAYP even wishes to present Ling-Ling with an award for opening up everyone's eyes. However, at the award ceremony, [[Godzilla]] calls Ling-Ling out and accuses him of turning his back on his culture. Ling-Ling resists the notion, but finally comes to agree. He makes a speech to everyone present at the ceremony that they should just be themselves, and not to forget who they are. He removes the Scotch tape from his eyes and begins speaking his normal language again. All of the Asians in attendance listen to his words and do the same. Unfortunately, after leaving the ceremony, they all promptly crash their cars into the auditorium.

'''Musical Number''': "Who's That Guy", sung by Spanky and the crowd at the [[Department of Motor Vehicles]], expressing awe at Ling-Ling's successful driving test. The scene is a parody of ''[[Grease 2]]''.

'''First Aired''': 12/7/2005

'''Trivia'''

* This episode debuts a shorter opening credit sequence, eliminating the roll call of all the characters' names.

* The voice of Super Nanny is provided by [[Cree Summer]], which may explain Foxxy's smaller than usual role in this episode.

* The man taking photos at the DMV is the same man who shushed Foxxy in "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine".

* Ling-Ling pronouncing all the L's as R's during his eye exam is a reference to [[Engrish]].

* Captain Hero dressing in workout gear (with a T-shirt that hangs off one shoulder) is a reference to [[Jennifer Beals|Jennifer Beals's]] character in [[Flashdance]].

* The NAAYP is a parody of the [[NAACP]], the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Y in NAAYP stands for [[color metaphors for race|yellow]], a slang term for people of Asian race.

* When Wooldoor slants Clara's eyes so she sees things as Asians do, she identifies a picture of a cat as "beef and broccoli". This is a reference to how in some Asian cultures, animals that are considered pets in the Asian world are considered food instead. She also identifies a picture two obviously identical Asian men as "people who look completely different" (lampooning the perception that "all Asians look the same"), and is able to successfully solve an incredibly complex equation as "7".

* In this episode, we learn that Ling-Ling, and presumably all Asians in the ''Drawn Together'' universe, see everyone as [[anime]] characters, with Foxxy being portrayed as [[Misty (Pokemon)|Misty]] from the [[Pokemon]] anime.

* Wooldoor gets Ling-Ling's test results by breaking open a [[fortune cookie]]. He reads, "He has suffered a mild concussion. The best thing for him now is to get some rest." He then adds playfully, "in bed!" This is a reference to a well-traveled [[joke]] that you can add the words "in bed" to the end of any fortune cookie fortune to create a funny pun.

* The Asian man who operates his business in the high-crime area is [[Korean]], as indicated by the text on his sign. This may be a reference to the rampant destruction of Korean businesses in the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]].

* Among the shows Foxxy flips past before landing on ''Super Nanny'' are an exercise program (which Captain Hero watches later in the episode), a Godzilla movie (setting up his appearance later in the episode), "Now Where They At?" (from "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact"), and ''Drawn Together''.

* Captain Hero has a giant [[Israeli_new_sheqel|old Israeli sheqel]] coin in his crimefighting lair, similar to the giant coin that [[Batman]] keeps in his [[Batcave]]. Its color is wrong, but its design and text in both [[Hebrew_language|Hebrew]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] are correct (see [http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/bill_all_eng.htm?series_num=24&series_name=New%20Agora%20and%20Sheqel%20Series&pg_name=c030&pg_kot=1%20SHEQEL| original coin]). That's another hint regarding Captain Hero's roots.

* Godzilla disparagingly calls Ling-Ling a [[Twinkie]], a derogatory term for Asians who are perceived as not being true to their heritage. It's equivalent to an African-American being referred to as an [[Oreo]].

*Ling-Ling refers to Spanky as 'Honorable Pig Demon', which is what the Vietnamese children referred to him as in "Gay Bash".

*The way the children are animated disembowling and mutilating Super Nanny is a reference to [[Day of the Dead (film)|Day of the Dead]].

*The man lying on the massage table during the "Thank you, Ling-Ling!" montage is the same man who appeared in Foxxy's [[sex education|sex ed]] lesson in "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

*When Ling-Ling tells Spanky that he doesn't have a driver's license, Spanky immediately understands him. This confirms that Spanky Ham can indeed understand Ling-Ling's speech (previous episodes had only suggested it).

*The Super Nanny theme song in this episode, "Behave, Behave" is a parody of the real Super Nanny theme song, "Be Good Johnny" by [[Men At Work]].

*[[Batman]] and [[Spiderman]](Spidey) are both referenced in this episode. It should be noted that Batman is, apparently, now accepting phone calls from Captain Hero again. In "Little Orphan Hero", Hero states that Batman no longer returns his calls after impersonating the murder of Batman's parents.

List of Drawn Together characters

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[[Image:Drawn Together.jpg|right|thumbnail|The ''Drawn Together'' cast (Counter-clockwise from upper left): Wooldoor, Toot, Ling-Ling, Foxxy, Xandir, Clara, Spanky, and Captain Hero.]]

List of main characters appearing on the [[animated series]], ''[[Drawn Together]]''.

==Captain Hero==
Voiced by [[Jess Harnell]].

A chauvinistic and lecherous [[superhero]] with a frat-boy mentality, Captain Hero is a [[macho]] [[parody]] of [[comic book]] heroes like [[Superman]] (specifically, his design is a poke at [[Bruce Timm]]'s [[Superman: The Animated Series|animated version of Superman]]). His real name is Leslie. He is the creator of the League of Heroes, Earth's premier superhero team. Originally from the planet Zebulon (which he later destroyed in a misguided attempt to prove himself), his parents had him aborted and sent the fetus hurtling towards the sun when it was revealed that he would be the lamest superhero ever born; the pod carrying him went off course, though, and he ended up surviving and being raised on Earth. In his other life he solves crimes and reports to a city [[commissioner]] and has a cave, like [[Batman]].

Though he is attracted to women, Hero is also a devoteé of [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]] and [[men who have sex with men|crypto-homosexual]] behaviour; he is known to have had a [[one night stand]] with Bizarro Captain Hero, whom he later murdered to keep the affair a secret, carries on a continuing homosexual affair with [[The Green Lantern]], and harbors a quasi-homosexual interest in fellow housemate Xandir, whom he both mocks and yet seems to be good friends with. His homosexual interest in Xandir appears to have reached a peak when he drugged Xandir with [[chloroform]] and then apparently raped his unconscious body (Hero later did the same to his own parents); Hero seems to think doing this erases peoples' memories. He cries often, and frequently dresses and acts like a teenage girl. He also acts like a small child on occasion.

Hero is extremely dumb, prone to making bad jokes (whereas he says the same of the [[Qur'an]] in 'Dirty Pranking Number 2'), once tearing out Xandir's intestines because he thought Xandir was someone else, and dressing up as a girl to go to a keg party, which resulted in Hero being [[rape|gang raped]]. (This later made headlines, which announced "Best Kegger Ever") He is prone to rubbing his own nipples when excited. It is implied that he (and his parents) are [[Jewish]], as he calls his friends "brohim" and his mother "Ima" ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for "mother". Also in plural: "Imahot"), part of a [[running gag]] of Jewish in-jokes throughout the series (creators Matt Jeser and David Silverstein are both Jewish).

Hero has a variety of [[paraphilia]]s, including [[pedophilia]], [[bestiality]], and [[necrophilia]]. In the pilot episode, believing that the house will magically manifest anything he asks for, Hero says "I wish we had a twelve year old and a donkey." In the second season premier, he proclaims of Strawberry Sweetcake (a guest character who looks like an eight year old), "Here's to the teeniest ass you can tap without setting off an amber alert." In the same episode, he can be seen penetrating a giraffe during an orgy. In the episode "Super Nanny," the eponymous Super Nanny notes the presence of wadded up tissues and a book of crime scene photos under Hero's bed.

==Princess Clara==
Voiced by [[Tara Strong]].

She is pampered, naive racist royalty, and a spoof on [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]/storybook characters, specifically [[Ariel]] from ''[[The Little Mermaid (film)|The Little Mermaid]]''. She is [[bisexuality|bisexual]], though deeply in denial (of course, most of the housemates are). She represents a stereotypical upper class [[WASP]], and is ignorant towards minorities and those less fortunate than her; however, this is more the result of her upbringing than her own natural feelings.

She also seems to suffer from an unlucky streak: in several competitions held by the producers, she is always among the losers; her vagina curse (see below) remains unbroken; and she also once ends up in prison. She seems to be a natural target for physical violence by the other characters, having been punched out by both Foxxy and Captain Hero, given electrical shocks by Foxxy, and pushed down several flights of stairs by Toot. Her list of calamities even surpasses Ling-Ling's, though only in number (not in intensity).

She has a "special" cousin named Bleh, who is severely [[mentally retarded]] and must wear a football helmet at all times to protect her skull. Her genitalia, which she calls "Octopussoir," were cursed by her stepmother; it turned into a giant, tentacled monster which can speak. Her attempt to remove the curse resulted in [[Prince Charming]]'s penis turning into a similar monstrous creature.

She harbors crushes for rebels like Spanky and Foxxy. One episode implies that she was at one point involved in an [[incest|incestuous]] relationship with her father, The King. She is also something of a religious [[fanatic]], mentioning [[Jesus]] often and going off on crusades against things she considers abominations in God's eyes, such as Spanky's gay marriage to Xandir, or Wooldoor's chronic [[masturbating]]. In "Clum Babies", she is shown observing [[penance]], indicating that she is most likely [[Roman Catholic]].

==Ling-Ling==
Voiced by [[Abbey McBride]].

He is a spoof on [[Pikachu]] and speaks in an incomprehensible [[parody]] of [[Japanese language|Japanese]] with subtitles, along with broken "[[Engrish]]" (although his subtitles sometimes contain Engrish as well). Like [[Pokémon]], he is a creature who battles regularly, utilizing an array of supernatural powers (examples being his ability to glow in the dark, shoot lasers from his eyes, and create balls of energy capable of stunning or immobilizing his opponents). He is also able to use his tail as a sword, as seen in the episode "Foxxy vs. The Board of Education". However, unlike most Pokémon, this has made him prone to violent outbursts and killing sprees. He is in denial about having murdered his best friend (a parody of Pokemon's Ash, whom Ling Ling killed in an unprovoked, violent outburst). He resents being thought of as the household pet, although he has been shown using a litter box and being transported in a pet carrier (which is shaped like a box of [[take-out]] Chinese food). In "The Other Cousin" it is revealed that Ling-Ling prays to [[L. Ron Hubbard]], implying that Ling-Ling is a member of the Church of [[Scientology]].

Though most of the other characters cannot understand Ling-Ling, they often pretend he is saying what they want to hear. Spanky Ham can understand him, but doesn't bother to translate for the housemates; Foxxy Love seemed to have no trouble understanding him when he appeared to her in ghost form in "Foxxy vs. the Board of Education". He secretes a [[hallucinogen]] through the skin when disappointed, though he may not be able to do this anymore after Xandir, Toot, and Wooldoor licked him dry in "The Other Cousin". The ability seems to be [[hereditary]] since his father does it as well.

Ling-Ling also likes to go [[Nightclub|clubbing]] every night to battle female Pokémon-like monsters. In one episode, Ling-Ling had to submit to an [[arranged marriage|arranged battle]] with a beautiful purple cat-like monster named Ni-pul ''(pronounced "nipple")'', who was murdered at the end of the episode in a shooting rampage. She has not been seen or mentioned since this happened, indicating that apparently she was not brought back to life as the rest of the characters were using Wooldoor's "clum babies" (see below entry "Wooldoor Sockbat").

Ling-Ling is also the series's unluckiest character, having been killed off in a number of episodes. (''see also'' [[List of Ling-Ling deaths]])

Ling-Ling's race is Asian, but it is never stated explicitly what his particular ethnicity is. Japanese is usually indicated, but there are hints of Chinese ancestry as well, such as constant references to [[fortune cookies]], [[Chinese food]], and [[dry cleaning]]. In season 2, Ling-Ling takes on more Asian stereotypes, such as being unable to drive, always acing [[standardized tests]], and always pronouncing the letter "L" as "R". In fact, to Ling-Ling, the other housemates look like [[anime]] characters until Wooldoor rounds out his eyes with tape. Another consequence of this procedure was that Ling-Ling could speak perfect English, at least until he took the tape off and reverted back to his old self.

==Foxxy Love==
Voiced by [[Cree Summer]].

She is a sassy, promiscuous, [[African-American]] fox-girl, and a spoof on [[Valerie Brown|Valerie]] from ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon)|Josie and the Pussycats]]''. Foxxy is bisexual, though she leans more towards lesbianism (as evidenced by her relationship with Clara). Foxxy often hints at a deranged relationship with her father, with elements of abandonment and possibly [[incest]]. There are also hints that she gave up a child up on the [[black market]] and that she's had several [[abortion]]s.

Despite her role as the "Sassy, Trouble-Causing Black Woman" on reality TV shows, Foxxy ironically acts as the voice of reason on many episodes. This may only be a relative factor, as the other characters are obviously less stable than their reality TV counterparts.

She is perhaps the character that gets the most airtime and has some major part in almost every episode except for "The Other Cousin". Her middle name has been given as "Shaqwafafa," based on pronounciation. She is arguably the most intelligent of the housemates. She has an extremely elaborate [[masturbation]] ritual which involves heavy use of props, such as a [[lightsaber]]. When she masturbates, her [[orgasm|orgasms]] become fiery explosions.

Starting in Season 2, her character design was tweaked so now her nipples are always sticking out (in the first season they stuck out only when she was excited) when she is in her usual outfit. Most likely a [[fanservice]].

Her relationship with Princess Clara is extremely complex. She is repulsed by Clara's [[racism]], but doesn't hate her, acknowledging that it's not really Clara's fault. That hasn't stopped them from fighting visciously on occasion, however. In spite of this she seems to consider Clara a good friend, as evidenced by the episode "Clara's Dirty Little Secret", when she went to great lengths to protect her from the violent intentions of the other housemates. The two also seem to possess a strong sexual attraction to one another, as they have [[making out|made out]] on at least four occasions (three times in "Hot Tub" and once in "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine").

==Spanky Ham==
Voiced by [[Adam Carolla]].

He is a horny, crude pig (literally) with few social skills, who is a parody of the immature characters found on bad internet [[Macromedia Flash]] movies. A first season episode reveals that Spanky is a [[Muslim]] (which, in addition to serving as the punchline to a [[9/11]] joke in that episode, may be an in-joke itself, as [[Islam]] considers pigs to be especially unclean creatures that are to be avoided). The cartoon character is, in his "life" away from the show, an animated barker who inhabits an internet [[porn]] site, introducing the viewer to the various wares available.

He often bosses around the other characters for his personal gain. He is crudely animated and appears to be somewhat visually based on the [[South Park]], [[Retarded Animal Babies]], and killfrog.com characters. He also sometimes serves as a parody of [[porn]] star [[Ron Jeremy]] (complete with a gigantic [[penis]], which appears blurred out when he exposes himself), who was featured in the reality show ''[[The Surreal Life]]''. Like most of the other characters on the show, he has exhibited signs of being bisexual (he participates in a game of "spin the bottle" with other male houseguests in which the losers have to make out), though at the end of season one he was involved with Clara. Their relationship has not been referred to in season 2, however, indicating that most likely it is no longer current. He also once [[gay marriage|"gay married"]] Xandir for free [[health insurance]], but was unable to force himself to have sex with Xandir, which nearly prevented him from getting the insurance. Spanky's being willing to have sex with any woman but not Xandir may imply that he is [[straight]].

During the first few episodes of the series, Spanky was depicted as a [[villain]], committing such horrible deeds as making a slave out of Ling-Ling in "Gay Bash", and forcing Wooldoor to trick Clara into singing in "Requiem For a Reality Show" so he could kill and eat all the woodland creatures that inexplicably appeared whenever she did so. However, after bonding with Clara in "Dirty Pranking No. 2", he would quickly become more sympathetic. In the second season, he has even served as the voice of reason on a few occasions, such as when he gave advice to Foxxy in "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact" or came to Clara's defense in "Clum Babies".

==Xandir Whipplebottom==
Voiced by [[Jack Plotnick]].

Xandir P. Whipplebottom is 19 years old and represents the stereotypical [[Token character|token]] [[gay]] participant selected to appear in [[reality television]]. He is a caricature of [[Link (Legend of Zelda)|Link]] from ''[[The Legend of Zelda series|The Legend of Zelda]]''. At the outset of the show, he often valiantly proclaimed that "I'm on a never-ending quest to save my girlfriend!" The girlfriend is a spoof of the eponymous Zelda from ''The Legend of Zelda.'' Though he is wholly devoted to her, it is apparently more out of a sense of blind obligation rather then any sort of actual love or desire for her. After he comes "[[out of the closet]]" during episode three, he is on a never-ending quest to save his ''boyfriend,'' that boyfriend being a parody of [[Robin Williams]]'s portrayal of the animated [[Genie]] from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (movie)|Aladdin]]'', although the second episode of Season 2, where he was one of the guests at Xandir's [[marriage of convenience]], implied that they were no longer an item.

Girlfriend aside, he is one of the only houseguests who has not been implied to be bisexual (being fully and joyfully gay for most of the series). His name, which looks like a misspelled Xander, is a possible reference to [[Japan|Japanese]] video games that feature poor translation (i.e., [[All your base are belong to us]]). He shares his room in the house with Captain Hero, with whom he shares a friendship and much pseudo-sexual discussions. He is prone to cursing, has numerous extra lives (at least 50 in total), and is left-handed.

==Toot Braunstein==
Voiced by [[Tara Strong]].

She is a feisty black & white former [[sex symbol]] who had her glory days in the [[1920s]]; her character's age has been implied through her [[cellulite]] ridden buttocks and hips, [[liver spots]], distended [[labia]], and breasts which sag to her knees. She is a spoof on [[Betty Boop]] and [[Helen Kane]] (the woman on whom Betty Boop is based). She is a [[manic depression|manic depressive]] who copes with life through [[alcoholism]], [[binge eating]], and [[self mutilation]]. The episode "The Other Cousin" suggests that she is a [[hermaphrodite]].

When she was attracted to Xandir, her affections were refuted. When it was revealed that he was gay, she comforted herself by saying that was the only reason why he didn't want to go out with her, until Wooldor told her that "nobody likes fat people". Possibly due to this, Toot then became the show's designated "bitch," intentionally trying to cause friction amongst the houseguests by doing such things as convincing Clara that she is pregnant with Foxxy's child, and eating all the food in the house.
She is upset when other characters are getting a lot of attention; in fact, Toot is the character who had the least screen time in the first season, though it's unknown whether Toot's complaint resulted from the writers' lack of storylines/scenes for her, or if this was done intentionally as a plot device. Her role has not increased significantly in the second season; in fact, Clara claims that she is a one-joke character (that joke being how fat she is).

Toot is also an unlucky character much like Ling-Ling, in that she has also been killed off in a number of episodes. (see also [[List of Toot Braunstein deaths]]) One key difference is that many of her misfortunes are self-inflicted. A [[running gag]] involves the other characters making fun of her for being overweight, and her eating indigestible objects - like television sets and cell phones - if they do not function properly.

According to a statement by Tara Strong, Toot is her favorite role in the series.

==Wooldoor Sockbat==
Voiced by [[James Arnold Taylor]].

Wooldoor Jebediah Sockbat is a spoof on [[Spongebob Squarepants]], and is loud and annoying. Arguably, he is the only character not given a definite personality, with his character mainly serving as a wacky "filler" to serve as a sidekick to all the other characters. In Season Two we learn that most of his people, the Sockbats, were murdered in a Holocaust perpetuated by the Sweetcake people (themselves parodies of [[Strawberry Shortcake]]), who turned to eating the Sockbats as a remedy for an economic crisis.

Wooldoor is sometimes shown as a minister or priest, and in a scene from the un-aired episode 6 "Terms of Endearment" declares himself to be God (however, this was shown in a preview of all Season 1 episodes in the first episode). He was once married to his buttocks, but they separated after the baby (a piece of feces) didn't look like him.

Wooldoor is the most innocent of the characters, remaining somewhat oblivious to the depravity and chaos around him. Because of this, he is perhaps the most kind-hearted of the housemates (though he once insulted Toot, saying that "nobody likes fat people"). On the downside, he is rather gullible and prone to being pushed around by the other characters (Spanky Ham in particular bullies him relentlessly). He behaves very much like a hyperactive child. This may in fact be the case; he is shown reaching puberty in "Clum Babies", indicating that he is not yet an adult. His catchphrase is simply, "Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!"

When he masturbates, his semen comes out of his mouth in the form of "clum babies," giant [[anthropomorphic]] [[sperm]] that cure the diseases of anything they touch. When Clara had [[Tuberculosis|the consumption]], in a bittersweet irony, her life was saved by Wooldor's clum baby, although she had spent the entire episode condemning masturbation. At the end of the episode, (it is implied that) Wooldoor uses his clum babies to bring the rest of the houseguests back to life when he is the sole survivor of a shooting spree perpetuated by guest character Bob the Cucumber, who snaps when Foxxy and Spanky suggest that the Bible is open to interpretation.

==Recurring Characters==
Some characters who do not live in the ''Drawn Together'' house include:

*The Jew Producer
**Voiced by [[Jim Ward]]. Also known as "Mr. Jew Producer." He looks like a man in a suit, except with a speaker where his head should be. He is in charge of the reality show, and owns the house. He calls the housemates to inform them of the reality show challenges and can be contacted when they need him. In "The One Wherin There Is a Big Twist", he disguised himself as Bucky Bucks to give the housemates the challenge they wanted. In "The One Wherin There Is a Big Twist: Part 2", he made the housemates bow down to his [[penis]] in a game of [[Simon Says]] to allow them to return to the newly rebuilt house after they destroyed it. He would appear to be the in-show alter-ego of creators Matt Jeser and Dave Silverstein, both of whom are also Jewish.
*Bleh
**Voiced by [[Sarah Silverman]]. Bleh is Clara's mentally challenged cousin, her condition being the result of her mother [[fetal alcohol spectrum disorder|drinking while she was pregnant]]. She has to wear a football helmet to protect her head, her eyes are crossed, and she possesses a severe overbite, but her body below the neck is near perfect. She sleeps in a pet carrier, and had a short-lived relationship with Captain Hero, with neither of them realizing that the other entered into the relationship to win a bet. She possesses the ability to [[card counting|count cards]], as evidenced in "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine"; this ability may have been derived from [[Dustin Hoffman]]'s character in ''[[Rain Man]]''.
*Ling Ling's Father
**Voiced by [[Jess Harnell]]. Ling Ling's father made a brief debut in "The Other Cousin". He later appeared in the form of an answering machine message in "Clum Babies", where he informed Ling Ling of the arranged battle to Ni-Pul. In "The Other Cousin," he spoke in Ling Ling's language, but in "Clum Babies," he speaks English. He used to be a great battle monster like Ling Ling, but eventually retired and started a [[dry cleaning]] business. Although it has not been revealed on the show, the character's name, according to Jeser and Silverstein, is Jun-Jee (named after Jun Song and Jee Choe from [[Big Brother (USA TV series)|Big Brother IV]]).
*The King
**Voiced by [[Jonathan Kimmel]]. The King is Clara's father and possibly the reason Clara is so bigoted. For the most part, he shares the same beliefs as his daughter. He originally disliked Spanky Ham. Clara's Father drives a [[carriage]], sometimes while drunk (which, according to Evil Stepmother, is the reason Clara's mother is no longer around). When Clara was a child, he spent more time with [[strippers]] than he did with his daughter, always referring to the strippers' activities as "the ballet". He eventually told Clara (and Foxxy) that he loved her after watching his daughter simulate lesbian sex with Foxxy. He implies in one episode that he'd once had sex with Clara. His real name has not yet been revealed on the show. (Note: This character is not to be confused with the King of Insurance, a completely separate character from "Foxxy vs. the Board of Education".)
*The Sockbats
**The Sockbats are Wooldoor's people, who were wiped out in a holocaust by the [[Strawberry Shortcake|Sweetcakes]], who ate the Sockbats in the midst of a famine and ever since have been obsessed with cooking and eating Sockbats. Since that time, they have become proficient in making pornography. It is unknown how many Sockbats are still around, but certainly most (if not all) of Wooldoor's immediate family are now deceased.

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[[Image:Drawn Together.jpg|right|thumbnail|The ''Drawn Together'' cast (Counter-clockwise from upper left): Wooldoor, Toot, Ling-Ling, Foxxy, Xandir, Clara, Spanky, and Captain Hero]]

List of episodes of the [[animated]] [[television]] [[comedy]], ''[[Drawn Together]]''.

Several episodes contain full-blown musical numbers that tie into the action of the scene in which they appear.

== Season 1 ==

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===1. "Hot Tub"===
The houseguests arrive and meet one another, with immediate friction resulting not only from Spanky's tendency to defecate into and onto everything and everyone, but also from Princess Clara's assumption that Foxxy is the household slave. Meanwhile, Toot, struggling to retain her faltering self esteem, tries to seduce Xandir, who is more interested in saving his girlfriend, who is forever being kidnapped by evil wizards. Eventually, Foxxy and Clara bury the hatchet when Foxxy lures Clara into a series of sessions of lesbian sex, and Toot comes to terms with the fact that she is no longer a sex symbol by adopting the persona of the "household bitch."

'''Musical Number''': "Black Chick's Tongue", a parody of Disney's ''Aladdin''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[A Whole New World]]", sung by Clara as Foxxy makes out with her in a hot tub.

'''First Aired''': 10/27/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In the Deleted Scenes option on the first Season's DVD box, there is an introduction with each character getting to say a few lines.

* Even though Xandir isn't revealed to be a homosexual until episode three, the opening credits inform the viewer that he is gay.

* Seeing as how Toot dies numerous times over the course of the episode, the characters seem to inhabit a continuity similar to that of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', in which there is no continuity.

* When Clara speaks to the producers on the phone, the voice of the producer is a muted trumpet, the same sound effect used for adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

* In the beginning of the second act, a ''Flintstones''-like car drives by the house while a ''Jetsons''-ish UFO flies overhead.

* At one point, Xandir plays a magic flute that transports him away in a tornado. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link (the character upon which Xandir is based) would play a flute and then be transported by a cyclone. This ability was also referenced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' where Mario can play a whistle, and a tornado will come and take him to a new area.

* Concerning Xandir, there are two references to other (non-animated) role-playing games, particularly [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. When Xandir talks to his girlfriend on the phone, Spanky calls him "Dungeons and Douchebags"; and in his description of the tension following the fight between Foxxy and Clara, Xandir uses the term "+6 sword", which is a rather abstract value in role-playing games in general.

* In the booze party, [[Peyo]]'s [[Smurfs]] ([[les Schtroumpfs]]) have a very gory guest appearance as knife-wielding pit fighters.

* Ling-Ling's rule about saying his name three times over a short period of time to summon his ballistic behavior might be a reference to [[Beetlejuice]], who required someone to say his name three times in order to summon him up.

* Ling-Ling's comment about giving children [[seizures]] is a reference to the infamous ''Pokémon'' episode "Electric Hero Porygon" which popular urban legend says gave hundreds of children seizures when it aired in Japan (the children actually only showed symptoms of mass hysteria, several days after the fact). The show then spoofs the scene by showing Ling-Ling's picture with rapid flashing lights for a couple of seconds.

* Ling Ling's line to Toot before he kills her, "That'll do, pig, that'll do," is Farmer Hogget's closing line from ''[[Babe]]''.

* This episode may have been inspired in part by an episode of ''[[The Real World (Las Vegas)]]'', where Trishelle, who had appeared to be a straight-laced heterosexual, unexpectedly went to bed with a boy, Steven, and another girl, Brynn.

* Comedy Central demanded that the producers remove scenes of Toot intentionally cutting herself with a razor blade. However, after Frankie was shown doing something similar on [[The Real World (San Diego)]], they were allowed to keep them in.

===2. "Clara's Dirty Little Secret"===

Weeks have passed since Clara first had lesbian sex, and she's spent the entire time telling everyone the story non-stop (to the delight of all of the houseguests except for Toot). In revenge, Toot convinces Clara that she's pregnant and that Foxxy is the father. Foxxy, in turn, gives the houseguests a sex-ed class, which culminates in the revelation that Clara's vagina is a gigantic, tentacled monster, spawned by a curse placed upon her by her not-so-Evil Stepmother. Due to its sensitivity to loud noises, and Toot's insensitivity, Clara's enraged vagina destroys the furniture in the living room and consumes Wooldoor (and a cameraman). Despite Foxxy's attempts to protect her, the other housemates temporarily adopt desperate measures and chase Clara before an alternative is found.

According to the Stepmother, only the kiss of her true love can break the curse. During a ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]''-type contest in which men compete to be Clara's true love, she meets [[Prince Charming]], the man of her dreams; but his kiss, rather than curing her curse, causes his penis to turn into an octopus itself. Dismayed at his new condition, Prince Charming commits suicide. The houseguests eventually come to terms with Clara's 'octopussoire', and Clara makes peace with her Stepmother. The episode ends with Wooldoor escaping from Clara's vagina.

'''Musical Number''': "La-La-La-La-Labia", a [[Hanna Barbera]] style song sung by Foxxy and the houseguests a'la [[Josie and the Pussycats]] during a montage in which everyone chases Clara's vagina.

'''First Aired''': 11/3/2004

'''Trivia''':

* The scene in which a man begins crying in the back of a limo and rips open his shirt as he implores another man, "Make me feel good!" is a reference to the infamous [[Halle Berry]]/[[Billy Bob Thornton]] sex scene in ''[[Monster's Ball]]''.

* Prince Charming's penis transformation scene is a reference to ''[[Shrek]]''.

* The scene where Xandir cowers while Clara's vagina corners him and sticks out its tongue is taken from the films ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' and ''[[Aliens]]''.

* Toot tells Clara that the only way to stop herself from being pregnant is to be pushed down a flight of stairs. Toot does this on the stairs in the house, but says it didn't work. Clara suggests the [[M.C. Escher]] room; M.C. Escher was a painter famous for a picture depicting a room made up entirely of staircases, all of which lead to nowhere. The M.C. Escher room that Toot and Clara go to is a duplicate of this picture.

* Wooldoor's blocks spell out the message 2 PAC RIP, a reference to murdered rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].

* The scene in the screen splits into four frames depicting everyone in peril, with a time clock displayed, is a reference to ''[[24 (television)|24]]''.

* The houseguests' chant of "Kill the beast!" is a reference to the novel ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''. However, since Clara is involved, it may be more of a reference to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] [[Beauty and the Beast]].

* The scene where Wooldoor Sockbat gets pulled into Clara's vagina and nearly crushed to death is a spoof on the scene in ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope]]'', where Luke, Han, and Leia are trapped in one of the garbage smashers on the Death Star, but are saved from being crushed by C-3PO and R2-D2 shutting it down. When Clara's vagina begins to close in on Wooldoor, he calls out, "3-PO! 3-PO!"

* In Foxxy's flashback where Wooldoor is dressed as a priest, he gives Clara a Christian bible, but curiously has an Egyptian [[ankh]] symbol on his sash.

* Prince Charming's voice is provided by guest star [[Carlos Alazraqui]], who in addition to providing voices for [[Family Guy]], [[The Fairly OddParents]], and [[Rocko's Modern Life]], was the voice of the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in their long-running TV advertising campaign.

===3. "Gay Bash"===

A bizarre ritual involving an ancient monster reveals that Xandir is, in fact, a homosexual. To make him feel better, the other houseguests throw him a party attended exclusively by homosexuals (including [[Elmer Fudd]] and [[Snagglepuss]], their identities only somewhat concealed by pixelization), during which Xandir accepts that he's into kinky gay sex. Not all of the guests turn out to be friends, though: Bizarro Captain Hero, with whom Captain Hero once had a gay affair in a men's room, shows up, threatening to reveal their secret. Also, [[Pacman]], to whom Xandir confesses his homosexuality, turns out to be [[Ms. Pacman]] in drag. Foxxy convinces Xandir to call his girlfriend and tell her that he's gay, resulting in their breakup. In the end, Xandir, wanting to turn himself heterosexual, wishes on a lamp inhabited by a gay genie; the genie is promptly kidnapped, allowing Xandir to retain a sense of self worth by replacing his never ending quest to save his girlfriend with a never ending quest to save his boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Spanky, upon discovering that Ling-Ling is an expert craftsman, puts the creature to work as a one-man sweatshop, sewing [[Counterfeit|bootleg]] [[Nike]] basketball shoes. This angers the [[child labor|child laborers]] of Nike's [[sweatshop]], who show up and try to kill Spanky by turning themselves into a [[Transformer]]. Spanky convinces Ling-Ling that it would be honorable to save him, so Ling-Ling uses its super powers to blow up the sweatshop workers. Ling-Ling and Spanky earn a substantial amount of money by selling the immobilized children as basketball shoes, and Spanky gives Ling-Ling a paper hat reading "Honor."

'''Musical Number''': "Ling Ling's Lament", sung by Ling-Ling in pseudo-Japanese (without subtitles) as he mourns for his carefree days running around a fantasyland killing monsters with his master. As the song nears the end, Ling-Ling's reminisces suddenly turn violent, and he envisions himself brutally murdering Spanky.

Also, the "Ling Ling Battle Song" as a montage of scenes from Episodes 1, 3, and 5, in which Ling Ling leaps into battle, is presented in the end credits and - vocals inserted into the action - during his battle with the Chinese Transformer Kids.

'''First Aired''': 11/10/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Xandir is revealed to be gay; however, the writers already told the audience this in the opening credits of the series premier.

* The ritual in which Xandir is found to be gay is a parody of a scene in the [[1980]] film adaptation of ''[[Flash Gordon#Adaptations and other versions|Flash Gordon]]''.

* Perhaps for the first time ever in a syndicated cartoon show, God is depicted fondling a male penis.

* During the gay bash party, two characters with blurred faces join with Xandir. For those who don't watch cartoons too often, these are obviously [[Elmer Fudd]] from [[Looney Tunes]] (with a brown mustache) and [[Snagglepuss]].

* Xandir's new boyfriend is a parody of the genie from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]'' (the movie was previously parodied in the first episode). The voice actor providing the genie's voice is imitating [[Robin Williams]], who provided the voice for the genie in the titular film. Upon close inspection, the genies' chest hairs make interesting symbols depending on his emotion; when angry and confused, the hairs read "666", the [[Number of the Beast]]. When calm and at peace, the hairs form the Christian [[alpha]] symbol.

* Xandir's nemesis, Lord Slashstab, is quite similar to the animated [[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]] TV series' antagonist, [[Venger]].

* Spanky introduces himself to Ling-Ling and hands him his business card. In Japan, Ling-Ling's home, it is customary to exchange business cards (if you have one) with a new acquaintance, especially on a professional basis.

* When Spanky puts Ling-Ling to work in the [[sweatshop]] he tells him that they will be as successful a duo as Fatman and Little Boy. "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the code names of the atomic bombs dropped on [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hiroshima]], respectively.

* Captain Hero's line to Bizarro Captain Hero, "Hey, what happened on Bizarro World, stays on Bizarro World" is a reference to Las Vegas' marketing campaign, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Bizzaro Captain Hero himself is, of course, an homage to the [[Bizarro]] characters (mostly [[Superman]] and [[Lois Lane]]) of [[DC Comics]] fame, who were grotesque, odd, polar opposite clones/copies of the originals.

* Foxxy's line "Everything the light touches is gay!" is taken almost verbatim from Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''. The line is accompanied by the word "homo" being sung in a manner reminiscent of the movie, by an African choir.

* The pterodactyl-powered record player is a reference to TV's first animated sitcom, [[The Flintstones]], where many of the Flintstones' appliances were powered by minature prehistoric animals, some of whom were prone to making wisecracks like this

===4. "Requiem for a Reality Show"===

The house is divided into two teams who then compete in a contest to see who will be given control of the house's food supply for the rest of the week. Toot's team wins, and she celebrates by eating all the food she can get her hands on. Toot blimps up -literally - leaving her seriously depressed. Xandir tries to fix it by teaching Toot to regurgitate in order to lose weight rapidly - with rather disgusting results. Xandir, Foxxy, and Ling-Ling convince Toot to try the opposite approach, [[anorexia]], which causes Toot to become so thin that her body can no longer support the weight of her own head.

Meanwhile, the losing team - Clara, Spanky, Wooldoor and Hero - suffers from starvation. Spanky obtains food by bullying Wooldoor into trapping and killing the woodland animals that Clara is able to summon by her singing, and Foxxy and Captain Hero enter into a short-lived hardcore [[BDSM]] relationship.

'''Musical Number:''' "Bully", sung by Clara as she tries to convince Wooldoor to stand up to Spanky

'''First Aired:''' 11/17/2004

'''Trivia:'''

* When the contest begins, a [[UFO]] with a fishing pole and a traffic light attached aids them. This a parody of a [[Lakitu]] and a reference to the [[Super Mario Kart]] videogame.

* Spanky's comment "We'll eat like dingoes in a maternity ward!" is a reference to a 1980 [[Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance|incident]] that occurred in Australia in which [[Lindy Chamberlain]] was wrongfully accused of murdering her infant daughter, Azaria; she was exonerated when it was discovered the child was in fact killed and eaten by a [[dingo]]. The incident was immortalized in the 1988 film ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'', starring [[Meryl Streep]].

* As Wooldoor collects the leftover meat for a proper burial, a surviving chipmunk begs "Don't bury me... I'm not dead!" This was a tagline featured in a fairly well known marketing campaign for the film ''[[The Serpent and the Rainbow]]'', depicting a zombie tearing out of a casket. In the movie, [[Bill Pullman]]'s character utters the line when he collapses on the street, due to a drug that will induce a deathlike state and cause him to be buried alive.

* Xandir uses [[Acme Corporation|ACME]] liposuction on Toot. ACME is the ubiquitous brand name featured in Looney Toons cartoons in place of actual brands; it turned up most often in the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote shorts. It has since been used in several other cartoons and television shows as a generic brand.

* Captain Hero's quotes the H.W Longfellow poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn" while lamenting the breakup of he and Foxxy's relationship ("two ships passing in the night") There is a particular irony here, as the part of the poem Captain Hero quotes laments a relationship with a lack of communication; in fact, Captain Hero and Foxxy's relationship had no communication, as it was based purely around bondage.

* When Foxxy teases Captain Hero with the sandwich, several sounds (and matching panels) pop in. This is a reference to the 1960's [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]] TV series, starring [[Adam West]] in the titular role. The program's fight scenes were always accompanied by cartoonish sound effects and title cards displaying words like "pow" and "smash" (which was done to pay tribute to the heroes' [[comic book]] origins).

* After Foxxy and Captain Hero break up, Foxxy's new slave is [[Charlie Brown]], while Captain Hero's mistress is [[Natasha Fatale]] from ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. Foxxy calls Charlie Brown "blockhead," one of many nicknames given to him in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His reply to Foxxy, "Good grief!" was Charlie Brown's catch phrase in the strip.

* Toot says, "Pass me the Han Solo," and then eats something that looks like [[Han Solo]] frozen in carbonite at the end of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and beginning of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* The opening scene where Spanky is chasing Wooldoor, and the pair stop in a freezeframe with parenthesized Latin names below their own real ones, is a direct parody of most Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Spanky is "Pornus Interruptus." Wooldoor is "Ritalinus Shouldatakus." [[Ritalin]] is a drug used to treat [[attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]], which Wooldoor clearly has.

* Spanky's line, "For the love of Allah--who's Great and Merciful--haven't you gotten rid of that [[polio]] yet?", with its use of [[Allah]] in the place of [[God]], and the subsequent [[epithet]], indicates that he is a member of the [[Muslim]] faith. This is further confirmed and reinforced in Episode 7, "Dirty Pranking Number 2", where Spanky announces that he had inconveniently converted a month before the [[September 11 attack]]s. Further information on the website confirms that he is a [[Sunni]] Muslim. The ironic fact that pork is forbidden by [[Halaal|Islamic dietary law]] is not mentioned.

* Clara twists the [[chipmunk]]'s neck to prevent it from blurting around that she's indirectly responsible for the death of its fellows. In the first episode of the second season, there is a flashback of that scene, but in an altered version; there it is a close-up of their faces, and Clara is holding the chipmunk at the height of her face. In the original version, she held the rodent at the height of her belly.

===5. "The Other Cousin"===

Clara's mentally retarded cousin, Bleh, arrives, much to the consternation of the houseguests and Clara's annoyance. She always wears a football helmet, drools, can't look anyone in the eye, and almost always speaks in metaphors derived from critical reviews of the film ''[[I Am Sam]]''. The houseguests' attitudes change quickly, though, when Bleh takes off her clothes to reveal a perfectly sculpted body and enormous breasts. Captain Hero enters into a bet to de-virginize Bleh, which he does - although he does develop feelings for her -, infuriating Clara. Captain Hero and Bleh break up, and as Bleh boards a bus back home we discover that she had a bet with one of her friends in the mental institute to have sex with a television celebrity.

Meanwhile, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor become addicted to licking Ling-Ling when they discover that he secretes a powerful hallucinogen when disappointed. They finally abuse him to the point that Ling-Ling goes quasi-catatonic. In order to alleviate Ling-Ling's condition, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor invite his father to the house to cheer him up; but when the latter arrives, he expresses his disappointment about his son being in a reality TV show - and guess what happens!

'''Musical Number''': "Girly Girly", sung by an unseen chorus as a theme to Captain Hero and Bleh's courtship. Also, Captain Hero sings a version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Bleh on their date.

'''First Aired''': 12/1/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Although it's doubtful, the "Girly Girly" musical number might be an obscure reference to the film ''[[Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly]]''.

* In the scene where [[Ling-Ling]]'s hallucinogenic sweat wears off, [[Homer Simpson]] can be seen passed out in the background, scratching himself.

* In the DVD release, there is an extended version of the episode that fills in a few plot holes:
** Clara gives Captain Hero the antidote
** In the episode aired on TV, two Wooldoors suddenly appear to lick Ling Ling's father. In the extended version, we see Wooldoor split himself in two to give himself a hug.
**We see that the people on the bus are actually retarded versions of the cast, with Bleh being the retarded Clara. This explains a bizarre discrepency in the version aired on TV, in which it appears Toot is going shopping with Bleh during the closing montage: It's actually the retarded version of Toot.

*Ling Ling says his prayers to [[L. Ron Hubbard]] had come true. This implies Ling Ling is a [[Scientologist]].

* Clara says that she once had the chance to kill Foxxy, but she didn't. There is then a brief ''[[Family Guy]]''-style segue into a scene of Foxxy dangling from a precipe over a river of lava while Clara demands, "Give me the ring!" This is, of course, a reference to the conclusion of ''[[The Return of the King]]''

* While having his hallucinations in the room, Wooldoor sees a baby crawl across the ceiling and turn his head 180 degrees. This is a parody of a heroin withdrawl scene in the film ''[[Trainspotting]]''. In this episode, the baby on the ceiling is [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] from ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

* In the scene right before Wooldoor becomes the Professor, both Xandir and Toot have very visible penile erections while licking Ling-Ling. Most likely it's just a visual gag, but it could be taken to mean that Toot is supposed to be a [[hermaphrodite]].

* Captain Hero's date with Bleh ends with them flying back to the house. This is a reference to the first ''Superman'' movie, where Superman takes Lois flying with him.

* The title is a reference to the film ''[[The Other Sister]]'', in which a mentally retarded young woman tries to integrate into society after spending years in the institute where her family placed her due to their inability to cope with a handicapped child. In the film, the main character eventually marries a mentally retarded college student.

* The name Bleh is a reference to an episode of ''[[The Facts of Life]]'' where Blair was ashamed of her handicapped cousin. Because of a speech impediment, her cousin's pronounciation of Blair sounded like Bleh.

* Bleh has six toes on her right foot. It's not certain whether this is a mistake or whether it's a visual joke on the part of the animators (the character may have been made [[polydactyl]] on purpose in order to further emphasize her abnormality).

===6. "Terms of Endearment" (The Unaired Episode)===

Captain Hero inadvertently gives radiation poisoning to Foxxy by spying on her in the shower with his x-ray vision. Out of grief, he decides to strip himself of his super powers-- which can only be accomplished by riding a horse, being thrown from it, and snapping his neck, thus paralyzing him from the chin on down. Shortly thereafter, Foxxy's radiation poisoning causes her to start de-evolving into a [[minstrel show]] [[Aunt Jemima]] cartoon, causing agents from the bureau of Cartoon Political Correctness to arrive and take her away.

'''Musical Number''': Due to the lack of readily availible information about this episode, it is unknown whether or not it contains a musical number.

'''Trivia''':

* [[Christopher Reeve]] died shortly before this episode was supposed to be aired, resulting in Comedy Central deciding not to air it. Captain Hero's method of removing his powers is, of course, a mockery on the way that Reeve became permanently paralyzed.

* This episode was not included on the ''Drawn Together'' Season 1 DVD released on October 4th, 2005. However, it is expected to air as part of Season 2.

===7. "Dirty Pranking Number 2"===

Clara, desperately wanting to belong, becomes involved in a pranking game that Spanky and Foxxy play: They order a pizza, and when it arrives, Foxxy distracts the delivery man while Spanky defecates on the pizza. They then hand the pizza back to the delivery man and say, "I didn't order this...with ''sausage''!" Clara's first attempt at the game - and Foxxy's inability to intervene, due to braiding her fingers into her own [[cornrows]]- results in the pair being arrested and taken to jail. Clara's father, The King, bails them all out, on the condition that Clara never see Spanky again. Clara goes back to Spanky, though, resulting in Clara's father coming to the house to take her off the show. While they're preparing to leave, a pizza man shows up, and Clara defecates on the pizza; when Clara's father sees how happy it makes her, he lets her stay in the house.

Meanwhile, Captain Hero begins a quasi-homosexual relationship with Xandir, the latter of whom becomes upset when the former must keep cancelling their dates in order to save the world. Finally, Captain Hero forsakes his profession as a super hero to take Xandir to the zoo; without Captain Hero to protect the world, everyone - including the assembled cast - is blasted by robotic aliens, who take the pizza-defecation prank back to their own planet.

'''Musical Number''': "Time of My Life", from the film ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''. Plays during a parody of ''Dirty Dancing'', with Spanky standing in for [[Patrick Swayze]]. Due to a copyright battle, the song does not appear on the DVD. Instead, at the point when the song would normally begin, a parody entitled "This is Our Version" begins to play, explaining that the song sounds poor because the writers didn't spend much time on it and just wanted something that would act as filler for the scene.

'''First Aired''': 12/8/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In 2005, a group of Texas cheerleaders were arrested for defecating on a pizza and trying to give it back to a [[Domino's Pizza]] delivery man. They later admitted that they'd gotten the idea after seeing this episode. Comedy Central had no comment other than, "Oh, no!" [http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/bud_kennedy/11928512.htm Story here]

* In this episode, we learn that Spanky is a Muslim, although he regrets converting in August of 2001. This was implied in an earlier episode when he used the name of [[Allah]].

* According to The King, Clara apparently moans just like her mother when they french-kiss. This comment makes Clara the second character in the series (along with Foxxy) to have an implied incestuous relationship with their father.

* Spanky's line, "Nobody puts baby in the corner" is a reference to the movie, ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''; the ending sequence of this episode (sans the pizza defecation) is a parody of that film.

* The King's line, "That's what princesses do. They long for more. Or die in a car crash in France." is a reference to [[Princess Diana]], who died in a car crash in France in 1997, and to Princess Grace ([[Grace Kelly]]), who also died as a result of injuries sustained from a car crash in France.

* In this episode, it is revealed that Toot is an [[alcoholic]]. Spanky is revealed to have had a [[liver]] transplant, indicating that he has probably also done some heavy drinking in his time.

===8. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist"===

When Toot makes everyone realize that there isn't going to be a prize awarded at the end of the series and that everyone is in the house just for the sake of being there, the houseguests revolt and hold a sit-in. In response, the producers turn the show into a ripoff of ''[[The Apprentice]]'', which culminates in a semi-nude jelly-wrestling match between Foxxy and Toot. Foxxy wins, and the producers reveal her prize-- nothing. The producers simply told everyone that they'd win a prize in order to get them to end their sit in. Toot leads an armed rebellion, in which the house is blown up. The houseguests steal a helicopter, piloted by Wooldoor, and attempt to escape the producers, who pursue them on the back of a giant missile. As the first season comes to a conclusion, the producer [[suicide bomber|suicide bombs]] the helicopter, causing it to crash and explode on a desert island.

'''Musical Number''': "Cash Cash Cashety Cash", a parody of ''The Apprentice'' theme song, "For the Love of Money".

'''First Aired''': 12/15/2004

'''Trivia'''

* The episode title is a reference to the T.V. show ''[[Friends]]'', whose episode titles almost all begin with the words "The One With" or "The One Where" followed by a brief phrase describing the episode's main plot.

* This is the first episode to unite all of the characters in a single plotline. This is also the only episode to date featuring Toot as the main character.

* Not knowing if the show was going to be renewed, the creators made this episode to function as a possible series finale were it to be cancelled. Had the series not been renewed, it would have ended with everyone dying when the helicopter crashed; since the series was renewed, however, it was revealed that the houseguests survived the explosion, finding themselves on a desert island in a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''.

* At one point, all of the characters pull guns on one another in an homage to ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. When Wooldoor enters the fray, he produces over a dozen arms, each of them holding a different weapon, including a weapon from the video game ''[[Halo (video game)|Halo]]''. When Wooldoor produces an additional revolver that he aims at his own head, everyone abruptly shifts their arms so that their guns are pointed at Wooldoor.

* During the standoff, Spanky calls Clara "my woman," so it can be assumed that they are still a couple. To date, this is the last reference to any relationship between the two.

* The producer, Bucky Bucks, is a pastiche of [[Richie Rich]] and [[Donald Trump]].

* We learn that the producers are all Jewish.

* For her project, Clara produces a blatantly [[anti-Semitic]] parody of [[Mel Gibson]]'s [[The Passion of the Christ]], parodying the anti-Semitic controversy surrounding the movie.

* The episode was played as part of Comedy Central's Secret Stash (a Comedy Central feature in which R-rated films are shown uncensored after midnight) alongside ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]''. However, at one point during the Jell-o wrestling scene, the screen abruptly went black, and a title card appeared reading "DVD ONLY! Too hot for the Stash!" This marks the first time that Secret Stash has edited a program. The scene in question featured Spanky hanging off the side of the cage masturbating.

* Several of the fade-in and fade-out scenes show an outside shot of the house with a voiceover of Xandir exclaiming "What is going on?!". This is a reference to ''[[The Joe Schmo Show]]'', which featured a repeated shots of the house with the eponymous Joe Schmo asking confusedly, "What is going on!?" Foxxy mentions ''The Joe Schmo Show'' near the end of the program in her list of ways that reality TV stars have been "screwed."

* When Bucky Bucks powers up the helicopter near the end of the episode, you can clearly hear it make the "time circuits on" sound from the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' trilogy.

* Clara's invisibility ring is meant to be [[The One Ring]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

* Wooldoor calls "Tank" at the end of the episode, and suddenly gains the ability to fly a helicopter. This is a reference to ''[[The Matrix]]'' films, in which people inside a computer program called a hacker, Tank, who could hack the program and grant them superhuman abilities.

* After Princess Clara is fired for being tardy during 'The Apprentice' parody, the scene then cuts to a shot of the fired cast members and Toot, all snapping their fingers and danching in time with catchy, jazz style music. This is a direct referrence to the film and Broadway play, "[[Westside Story]]".

*The Season 1 DVD features two outtakes from this episode: an extended version of the jelly wrestling scene, and an alternate scene from the ''Apprentice'' parody in which Foxxy and Toot transport Mexican immigrants across the border by disguising them as road [[flares]] and car accessories. (In the aired version, Foxxy stuffs them in bags which Toot consumes and later passes.)

== Season 2 ==

===9. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist - Part II"===

The conclusion of the cliffhanger involves the cast crash landing on a supposedly deserted island, as a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''. When Foxxy tells the other houseguests that after a season on a reality TV show they're officially celebrities, they go to the airport located in the city on the other side of the island and head to Hollywood. Toot is left behind, where she becomes an object of veneration for the island's native people, who think that she's a beached whale. In order to please her, they begin feeding her everything--and everyone--they can get their hands on. In Hollywood, the houseguests discover that no one really cares about reality TV stars; Wooldoor, depressed, hangs himself. After the funeral, the other houseguests all head back to the Drawn Together House, the only place they really belong. The producer allows them to return, but demands that they find a new housemate to replace Wooldoor. After exhaustive interviews, they finally select Strawberry Sweetcake, an eighteen year old who looks eight, which satisfies Captain Hero's long dormant [[pedophile]] urges. Harmony is quickly broken, though, when Wooldoor--who was still alive--comes back to the house and reveals that his people were systematically slaughtered in a mass genocide by the Sweetcake people and turned into snackfoods. Strawberry Sweetcake says that she wants to let bygones be bygones, but then tries to cook Wooldoor. The rest of the houseguests try and stop her, but she gets ahold of Xandir's sword and prepares to kill them all. Back in the islands, the native people have given all they have to Toot, and have nothing left to feed her, so they pack her with dynamite and blow her across the ocean; the resulting rain of vomit from everything Toot ate destroys the island. Toot crash lands back in the ''Drawn Together'' House, where she saves the day by eating Sweetcake.

'''Musical Number:''' "Good Time Funderful Day", which plays while Sweetcake and the housemates enjoy a series of fun activities together, including [[kite flying|flying kites]] together, riding a [[seesaw]], playing [[Russian roulette]], having a massive group [[orgy]], and [[seal hunting|clubbing baby seals]].

'''First Aired:''' 10/19/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The blowing off of the helicopter's back and one of the passengers being sucked out is a spoof on the movie [[X-Men 2]]; in that scene [[Anna Paquin]] suffers the same fate. It's also widely believed to be a reference to the pilot for the hit ABC drama ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.

* The creators told TV Guide in their 2005 Fall Preview Issue that a main character would be killed off; this was fulfilled in a variety of ways, albeit not in the way fans expected. Wooldoor does appear to die, but then he's proven to be alive and well; Strawberry Sweetcake dies when Toot eats her, but she was technically only a main character for one episode.

* Captain Hero's line, "With my super powers, I easily could have saved us, but I couldn't react. Why not? Because I smoke marijuana. Still think it's cool?" is a reference to a series of advertisements in which marijuana use is shown to be directly responsible for horrific tragedies (often involving a child dying); all of the ads end with a brief voice-over commenting on marijuana's dangerousness in comparison to its public perception as a harmless anti-drug. As implied by the creators' using it in this situation, most people who have seen the commercials consider them to be ludicrous, over dramatic, and exaggerative.

* After the crash, Clara takes a roll call of the characters to see if anyone's missing. She refers to her fellow castmates as: "little retard, swine, rat, big retard, Xandir, blacky boo" and "fatty fatty two by four can't fit through the kitchen door".

* Apparently, the three-foot long penis of [[Jeff Probst]], Foxxy's breasts, and the island virgin's full frontal nudity were all actually animated into the episode and then covered with censor bars for airing; they will most likely appear in the unedited Season 2 DVD.

* An uncensored version of the "Simon Says" scene will likely appear on the Season 2 DVD.

* The situation between the Sweetcakes and Wooldoor's people is an obvious parody of the [[Holocaust]]; the constant references to pajamas are a reference to the striped, thin uniforms concentration camp prisoners were forced to wear. Sweetcake makes it plainly clear at the end of the episode that Wooldoor's people are supposed to represent the Jews when she refers to him as "hook nose," a common derogatory remark for Jews. After Wooldoor explains the [[genocide]] of his people to the housemates, Clara dismisses his story as part of a plot by the "Sockbat International Bankers," a satirical swipe at [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust revisionists]].

* When Wooldoor wakes up in his coffin, he says that he was able to escape because he'd seen ''[[Kill Bill]]''. The music that plays while he breaks out of the coffin is the exact same music that plays during the "buried alive" scene in ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2]]''. The following scene of Wooldoor digging back to the surface is a reference to the arcade game ''[[Dig Dug]]''.

* At the beginning of the episode, the corpses of [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Charlie Brown]], along with a [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]]-shaped crater can be seen amongst the wreckage on the beach.

* Toot's dynamiting by the natives is a parody of the [[exploding whale]] incident in Oregon, down to the view of the explosion and the smashed cars from the falling pieces.

* The scene where Wooldoor hangs himself is a parody of Brooks Hatlen's suicide in the movie ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''. The paperclip that offers Wooldoor advice while he writes a suicide note is a reference to the computer program [[Microsoft Office]], in which users can activate an animated [[Office Assistant]] that offers them advice; one of the icons users can choose from is an anthropomorphic paperclip nicknamed "Clippy".

* When Wooldoor "dies," the sceen fades to white and a title card appears listing Wooldoor's birthday and date of death. This is a reference is to the HBO show ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' where every episode begins with a death, and after the death the screen fades to white and the card gives the deceased's name and birthday.

* Xandir's special video game move is called the "reach around," a slang term in gay sex for the penetrating partner masturbating the penetrated partner.

* Among those interviewed by the houseguests as a potential roomate are [[Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)|Scorpion]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' (who performs his [[fatality]] on Xandir), [[Speedy Gonzales]] (who is a [[cocaine]] addict) and [[Wilma Flintstone]] (who uses a "prehistoric [[worm]]" as a [[tampon]]). Also, during a pan of the living room while the houseguests sort resumes, a resume can be seen with a picture of Blossom from the [[Powerpuff Girls]] attached.

* The way the Sockbats are turned into food is reminiscent of the film ''[[Soylent Green]]'', which involves the only affordable food in the future being made from people's corpses.

* Based on the "this season on ''Drawn Together''" teaser that airs at the end of this episode, Season Two will include the ''Terms of Endearment'' episode. Clips from the next four episodes (through "Clum Babies") are also included.

* When the houseguests fly away from the island and pass over Toot in the water, she yells "Wait!" while an instrumental piece from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' plays. At the end of that movie, [[Kate Winslet]]'s character yells "wait" to a departing search and rescue boat, only for them not to hear her.

* Spanky mentions that the houseguests interviewed "Two [[Claymation|claymated]] guys, and this finger puppet, and this [[Monty Python]] cutout thing." A giant cardboard foot then crushes him; the cardboard foot was a recurring gag in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. The "two claymated guys" may refer to [[Gumby]] and Pokey, or [[Wallace and Gromit]].

* One of the talent agencies that turns down the houseguests is Double Hemm, the production company that makes ''Drawn Together''.

* The soiled underwear in the vending machine and Ling-Ling's enthusiastic reaction is a reference to trend in Japan in the 1990s in which girls were paid money for their used underwear, which was then sold in vending machines. The panty-machines were eventually outlawed; they have since become objects of fetishism in Japan and can be found in underground and illegal pornography stores.

* After Sweetcakes is chosen as the new housemate we get to see a new opening. At the end of the opening we can see Toot jumping out of the water over a boy standing on a rock. This is a reference to the movie [[Free Willy]].

===10. "Foxxy Vs. The Board Of Education"===

Spanky contracts a virus, and "gay marries" Xandir in order to get life-saving health insurance. Clara tries to end the marriage, even calling the King of Insurance to have the pair busted. The King shows up, and after Xandir and Spanky fail to have gay sex, cancels Spanky's health coverage. Spanky makes a passionate if somewhat strange speech, which moves the king to grant Spanky health insurance for life. The boys also meet "Dumpy the Medical Waste Man," a parody of Frosty the Snow Man.

Meanwhile, it is discovered that Foxxy has been solving crimes without a license; she convinces Ling-Ling to take a racially biased test for her so that she can finish school and get her license. Clara makes clear that Asians excel at taking standardized tests. Ling-Ling is caught and is made an offer: fail the test for Foxxy, or have a goon come over and walk around the house without taking off his shoes. Ling-Ling fails the test, so Foxxy decides to solve the mystery of why black kids do so poorly on the SAT.

Foxxy is caught by the Board of Education, a knock off of Bill from the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] series. He explains that since there is no money in education, educators have conspired with manufacturers of bling to keep black kids out of college, so they will buy things like [[spinner rims]] and car mounted DVD players. Foxxy turns the Board of Education over to the police.

'''Musical Number:''' "Board Of Education," as sung by the Board of Education to Foxxy while explaining his plan to keep black people dumb.

'''First Aired''': 10/26/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The title of this episode is a reference to the landmark Supreme Court case [[Brown v. Board of Education]], which forced public schools to desegregate.

*In the background of the wedding, the Genie can be seen, implying that he is no longer captured by Lord Slashstab, nor is he apparently still with Xandir.

*Visible in the hospital waiting room (between both visits) are a pregnant [[Powerpuff Girls|PowerPuff Girl]] [[Bubbles]], the [[Little Mermaid]] being choked by a plastic six-pack ring, a wounded [[Bambi]], [[Rocky and Bullwinkle]] with Rocky stuck in Bullwinkle's anus, [[Cocoa Puffs|Sonny the Cuckoo Bird]] who was in a straight jacket, asking for puffs, as an addict would, and [[Joe Camel]] in an iron lung.
**The use of Bubbles is also an [[inside joke]]. Although she doesn't speak here, her voice on [[Powerpuff Girls]] is provided by [[Tara Strong]], who voices Toot and Clara.

* About the voice of Xandir and Spanky's Paper Baby, actually [[Tara Strong]]. In the sequence where a depressed Foxxy watches other famous animated mystery solvers in action, Strong voices Josie from [[Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon)|Josie and the Pussycats]], while [[Cree Summer]] voices [[Daphne Blake]] from [[Scooby-Doo]].

*The Hebrew writing on the Orthodox Jew's container of tablets he is putting in the well is the word [[Kosher]].

*The Board of Education's plan was to keep blacks from passing the SATs by giving them grape flavored, mentholated pencils. The students would not be able to resist eating their pencils and therefore would not be able to finish the test. When the Board of Education was in police custody, Foxxy herself couldn't resist eating the pencils. This is a reference to the popularity of mentholated cigarettes in the black community, causing some to speculate that they were created to do away with blacks.

* The floating ghost of Ling-Ling helping Foxxy is just like Obi-Wan helping Luke in the original [[Star Wars]] trilogy.

* The Board of Education is an obvious take on the Bill from the [[School House Rock]] cartoon of the '70's.

* Everytime someone pulled the lever, a trapdoor would open and drop the victim into a pit with a beast similar to the Rancor Beast from [[Return of the Jedi|Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi]] (though [[Ling-Ling]] called it a Zalganout beast).

* Some of the pictures from Xandir and Spanky's "honeymoon" reflected famous events/people, including [[Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]], [[Muhammad Ali]]/[[Sonny Liston]], [[Kerri Strug]], and [[Elian Gonzalez]].

* Foxxy's line about playing bouncy horse with her grandfather makes her the first and third person on the show to have an implied incestuous relationship.

* This is possibly misinterpretation, but when Ling-Ling's ghost talks to Foxxy, he calls her [[Oprah]].

* When Spanky throws an aluminum can at the [[Jumbotron]] scoreboard, the sound of cats screaming can be heard, even though there are no cats around. This would become a running gag on the show, utilized whenever an object is thrown or smashed.

===11. "Little Orphan Hero"===

Captain Hero has a nervous breakdown resulting from long-standing issues regarding the death of his parents, who perished when his home world of Zebulon crashed into a sun. With the help of Wooldoor and a whale fetus, he accepts their deaths and resolves to move on with his life, until the other houseguests clue him in to the fact that his home planet of Zebulon was never destroyed and that his parents are probably still alive. After raping a robot, Captain Hero contacts his homeworld, and his parents arrive to greet him. Captain Hero lives a second childhood, until his mother finally breaks down and reveals that he's actually an abortion that she had performed when psychics revealed that her child was going to be the lamest super-hero ever. Heartbroken, Captain Hero tries to prove to his parents that he's a great hero by having Xandir dress up as a serial killer and attack his mother, but the plan backfires when Captain Hero goes too far and tears out Xandir's intestines. Enraged that his parents still think he's not a good superhero, Captain Hero flies to Zebulon and throws the planet into the sun, murdering everyone on the planet. His parents, now homeless, have no choice but to rely on him for his love and support.

Meanwhile, Foxxy and the other houseguests form a suicide hotline, but everyone shirks it in favor of worshipping a dead frog as a god (much to the chagrin of Foxxy, who remains true to Salamander Jesus). When Foxxy gets a call from a depressed quadrapalegic plotting to end his own life, she and the other houseguests spring into action. They eventually find the man, Jeff, who begs them to pull the plug on the equipment that's keeping him alive. When the houseguests try to comply, he reveals that he's actually part of an undercover task force of quadrapalegics assigned to take down phony suicide hotlines run by reality show guests who then try to ignore their responsibilities and assist their callers in euthanasia. Disgusted with the fact that this sounds like a TV show plot written by a mentally retarded child, everyone goes home.

'''Musical Number''': "I Wanted You to Know" by Brooke Ramel, played as a theme to Captain Hero's second childhood and gang rape. (This song also plays over the end credits of the DVD version of the first season finale.)

'''First Aired''': 11/2/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Captain Hero's dressing like a woman and being gang-raped on a pinball machine is a reference to the film [[The Accused]] and the rape of [[Cheryl Araujo]].

* The men who [[gang rape]] Captain Hero are the same people who were featured in the ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]'' parody in Season 1 Episode 2, "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

* When Captain Hero comes home from being gang-raped at the keg party, the newspaper his father is reading has the headline "Best Kegger Ever".

* The [[Five for Fighting]] song that Captain Hero quotes throughout the episode is "Superman (It's not Easy)"

* Even though everyone refers to Five for Fighting in the plural, it is in fact the stage name of only one man, John Ondrasik.

* The crime count for this episode is high: Captain Hero rapes his sex robot, (presumably) rapes Xandir, (presumably) rapes his parents, and is himself gang raped. Xandir has his intestines torn out, Toot commits suicide, the houseguests try to kill Jeff, and Captain Hero murders billions of people by flinging their planet into the sun. Not to mention the houseguests' stealing cable TV (which has just been rendered useless from Zebulon's destruction).

* [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] make cameo appearances in this episode. There is a flashback where a drunk Captain Hero was making fun of the murder of Batman's parents at a party while Batman and Robin were present.

* The cover of ''Hero Comics'' is drawn to resemble the famous cover of ''[[Action Comics #1]]'' that introduced [[Superman]].

* Foxxy twirling around with a flash of light is a parody of the stock footage of [[Lynda Carter]] used in every episode of the 1970's [[Wonder Woman]] series when her character of Diana Prince turned into Wonder Woman.

* The question mark suit that Spanky Ham wears in the infomercial is a reference to "Government Grant Guru [[Matthew Lesko]]", who wears a simillar suit to promote his book ''[[Free Money to Pay Your Bills]]'' on late night television.

* [[Gonzo the Great|Gonzo]] and [[Kermit the Frog]] in their [[Muppet Babies]] form make cameos in this episode. They are being attacked by rabid [[pitbull|pitbulls]].

* Foxxy Love, Princess Clara, Spanky Ham and Ling Ling gather around the telephone, going "Yip yip yip yip yip...", with strange triangular mouths. This is a parody of a skit on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' featuring the [[Yip yip]] martians.

* The scene in which Captain Hero goes to contact Zebulon is a parody of several scenes from the movie ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.

* The scene in which Captain Hero's mysterious birth is revealed in a comic book, it cites a Supreme Court case called Roebot v Wade, which is a reference to [[Roe v Wade]] in 1973.

* In the first scene we see a montage of Captain Hero as an emotional wreck. In one of the shots we see him being unable to hug someone because of some huge scissor-like gloves he is wearing. This is a reference to the movie [[Edward Scissorhands]].

* Captain Hero keeps calling his mom ''imma'', which is ''mother'' in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. Zebulon might be the fictional homeworld of the [[tribe of Zebulun]], one of the [[Ten Lost Tribes]] of Israel.

* The scene in which Captain Hero argues with his mother as she rips his posters off the wall is a reference to [[Mark Wahlberg]] arguing with his mother in [[Boogie Nights]].

* The references that Captain Hero makes to erasing people's memories before tearing off his costume and presumably raping Xandir and his parents is likely a reference to Superman erasing Lois Lane's memories with a kiss in one of the Superman movies.

* When Captain Hero allegedly rapes his parents, he became the third person in the series to have an implied incestuous relationship with his parents, and the fourth in overall incest.

* The abbreviation "STOUTCPWSUSHBOARSCATDFTOTSTCTPWNTTTTMWRTNAPSBFTLSTTTASIE" doesn't match with Jeffrey's line: "Special Tactical Operations Unit To Catch People Who Set Up Suicide Hotlines Because Of A Reality Show Challenge And Then Didn't Follow Through On Them So They Cause The People Who Needed Them To Take Their '''Own Lives And Then They Change''' Minds When Realize That Not All People Should Be Forced to Live So They Try To Assist Someone In Euthanasia".

* When Clara jumps out the window screaming, "I can't go back to jail! I won't go back!", it is a reference to when she and Spanky went to jail in "Dirty Pranking No. 2".

* In this episode, Captain Hero's full name was revealed to be "Captain Leslie Hero". This might be a reference to Les Mutton in [[Zeroman]].

* The limbless cops are called Art, Mat, and Bob. This is a reference to an old joke: "What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging from the wall? Art! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs lying on the floor? Mat! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in the ocean? Bob!"

* Here we learn - thanks to the consideration of the producers - that Foxxy's taint is made of bacon.

===12. "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact" ===

Captain Hero gets a visit from his "back rub friend" UFG (Unusually Flexible Girl), who turns to him for rebound sex everytime she's dumped. In the middle of having sex, UFG reminds Hero that while in Super Hero school, they agreed to get married if they were both still single when they turned 30. As it turns out, it's UFG's 30th birthday, and she expects Hero to fulfill the pact. Hero panics, especially when he learns the next morning that UFG is in love with him and has been holding out so that she could marry him. Hero enlists Wooldoor to tell UFG for him that he doesn't intend to marry her; UFG has a breakdown, and so frightens Wooldoor with her fears about dying alone that he agrees to marry her so that he doesn't have to face that fate, either.

Meanwhile, Foxxy sees a "where are they at now?" special on TV that features The Foxxy 5, her old band from the 80s. Learning that the world considers her to be a one-hit-wonder (with "La-La-La-La-Labia," the musical number featured in episode #2), Foxxy tracks down her old bandmates and they reunite for a night of heavy drinking and lesbian sex. The next morning, Foxxy learns that her bandmates were killed in a [[hit and run car accident]] and that she's the only survivor because she wasn't there at the moment. With Spanky acting as her producer, Foxxy records a tribute song detailing her bandmates grisly demise, which revives her career; when she goes out to the garage, though, she discovers the twisted, still living remnants of her bandmates embedded in the grill of her van. She was so drunk that she didn't remember plowing them down. Realizing that if anyone finds out, her comeback will be ruined, Foxxy leaves them in the garage to die, but they escape with the van and record a song of their own, trumping Foxxy's comeback.

Hero, realizing that now that he can't have UFG, he wants her, plots to sabotage her and Wooldoor's marriage. He dresses up as Wooldoor and urinates on UFG, but it turns out that she's into [[urophilia]] and she becomes even more enamored with Wooldoor. When Hero reveals that it was actually him, she decides to go back to Hero; but now that Hero has her, he doesn't want her. When UFG finds out, she's despondent; Hero and Wooldoor, now unable to have her, both want her again. They confront her in the backyard and each grab her arms, and engage in a tug of war with her.

In the living room, Clara and Toot emerge from the basement, where they've spent the week building a high-powered potato gun bazooka. They fire it off, and the force of the gun propels a potato through the wall of the house and into the backyard, where it kills UFG. Hero notes that he and Wooldoor were holding onto UFG's arms when she died, meaning that her great wish was fulfilled: She didn't die alone. Wooldoor decides that this makes him and Captain Hero wonderful people, and they go inside, leaving UFG's corpse in the backyard with a potato embedded in its face.

'''Musical Number''': "Crashy Smashy Die Die Die", a warped tribute to Foxxy's bandmates, which features a naked Foxxy cavorting with a snake in a burnt-out city

'''First Aired''': 11/9/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Ling-Ling watches ''[[Bukkake]] Chef'' and complains that the secret ingredent is always the same. In Japan, bukkake is a method for preparing noodles. But it is also a form of Japanese pornography in which a woman is ejaculated on by numerous men. It is possible that the secret ingredient is semen.

*The tattoos on UFG read: "I'm holding out for a Hero", "I (heart) Hero", "Rent ''[[Memento]]''", and "I'm marrying Hero", with the final 'O' apparently formed by her anus. "Rent Memento" refers to a movie where the main character covered himself with tattoos to remember important things.

*[[Tara Strong]] provides the voice for Unusually Flexible Girl in this episode; this could be the reason Clara and Toot do not appear until the very end of the episode (since both characters are voiced by Strong).

*When Captain Hero is impersonating Wooldoor, he has a dead bird tied to his head for the head wings, a banana on his nose, and a chunk of door including the doorknob as a tail.

*There is a cutscene of a pink train going into a mountain tunnel. This is a reference to a movie convention where the train entering the tunnel signifies the two characters in question having sex. But, in this cutscene, mountain tunnel is too small and red liquid is coming from jammed tunnel - this can be mean that two characters may having gay-sex.
**The show also spoofs this convention by revealing that the train clip is just part of a movie Hero and Xandir are watching. This is similar to a [[Monty Python]] sketch in which we see a man and woman first embrace and fall back onto a bed. The camera then cuts to a sequence of [[stock footage]] which doubles as sexual metaphors (volcano erupting, rocket taking off, train going into a tunnel, etc.) before finally cutting back to the couple to reveal that all of the footage was actually just movies the man was showing the woman.

*Unusually Flexible Girl says that Wooldoor's pee cured her [[athlete's foot]]. There is an [[urban legend]] that urinating on your feet will cure your athlete's foot. [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] has espoused it on [[The Late Show with David Letterman]].

*The Foxxy 5 band members are: Foxxy Love, Foxxy Phat, Foxxy Dark, Foxxy Yella, and Lil Foxxy.

*Foxxy squats over the recycle bin, and while offscreen, releases five bottles of beer from her body, based on the sound effects.

*Foxxy Phat can only say "Girl" and "Hey hey hey!", a parody of [[Fat Albert]].

* Foxxy's music video is a parody of [[Britney Spears]] infamous MTV appearance wrapped in a [[boa constrictor]]

* Captain Hero's fantasy of an ideal wedding is a parody of the final scene in [[Star Wars: A New Hope]], with himself and UFG standing in for Han Solo and Luke. Princess Clara is [[Princess Leia]], Xandir is [[C3PO]], Wooldoor is [[R2-D2]] and Toot is [[Chewbacca]].

*The scene in which Foxxy discovers her bandmates embedded in the front of her van is a reference to an [[urban legend]] in which a man does not even realize he is the perpetrator of a hit and run accident until he discovers the body of a little girl in his car's grill the next morning. [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/bargrill.asp]

*Captain Hero's age was given as 28 in the first season. He is now at least 30, indicating that the housemates have lived together for over a year.

===13. "Clum Babies" ===
Wooldoor finally reaches puberty and can't stop [[masturbating]]. This leads to the "birth" of his magical Clum Babies, which have healing powers. Foxxy and Spanky decide to make a profit using Wooldoor's Clum Babies to heal people who are sick. Clara views it as an act against God and is on a mission to stop then. Clara recruits a group of Christian vegetables (a parody of the [[VeggieTales]]) who convince Wooldoor masturbation is a sin. Clara discovers shortly after that she is ill with [[tuberculosis]] and convinces Wooldoor to produce another Clum Baby to heal her. Two of the vegetables find Foxxy, Spanky, Clara, and Wooldoor ready to masturbate. When Foxxy says that [[The Bible]] is more of a guideline to live a good life than a set of rules, Bob the Cucumber is driven insane by this and goes on a killing spree.

In a second plotline, Ling Ling is revealed to be a regular clubgoer who has been picking up other battle monsters to fight with and abandon the next morning. Ling Ling receives a call from his father telling him that it's time to settle down and find one battle monster to fight with for the rest of his life. Ling Ling has a passionate fling with Ni-Pul, the battle monster his father arranges for him, but breaks it off when he realizes he doesn't want to be tied down to one opponent. Ni-Pul tells Ling Ling that they should just drop the metaphor and have sex. As the two are in bed, the insane Bob the Cucumber comes in and shoots them.

Bob has killed everyone else and is about to kill Wooldoor when one of the Clum Babies touches him, curing him of his [[psychosis]]. Bob is happy until he realizes how he went on a killing spree. Filled with grief, he kills himself. Wooldoor decides that God killed off everyone but him so that he could masturbate alone. It implies at the end of the episode that when Wooldoor is done masturbating he will use the Clum Babies to resurrect the others.

'''Musical Number''': "God Is Watching Everything You Do", a bouncy, menacing little ditty the VeggieFables sing to convince Wooldoor to stop masturbating.

'''First Aired''': 11/16/2005

'''Trivia'''

*Foxxy was teaching Wooldoor to masturbate by using [[Force (Star Wars)|force]] and a [[lightsaber]] vibrator.
*Foxxy's vibrator is a reference to the Jack Rabbit vibrator, famously seen in [[Sex and The City]]. The animal here, however, is a dolphin. The dolphin is a variation of the rabbit.
*When Wooldoor demostrates his masturbating skills and lifts a Clum Baby up after that, everybody bows down. This is reference to the famous scene in Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.
*Ling-Ling's father is heard to be speaking heavily accented English in this episode. In his previous appearance, he only spoke in the same subtitled dialect as Ling-Ling. Also, Ni-Pul and other "battle monsters" speak English, though somewhat accented; they are apparently able to understand Ling-Ling's "Japanese", though.
*After hearing the news that he has to have an "arranged battle," Ling-Ling seems to say something like "[[Yoko Ono]]," the pun being the "oh no!" in her name.
*[[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]] from [[Looney Tunes]] can be seen on Clum Babies sale. He needs a cure for his broken leg.
*Farmer Alfalfa, from Paul Terry's [[TerryToons]], also appears at the Clum Babies sale, wanting to be cured of his [[Alzheimer's disease]].
*When Spanky Ham introduces the Clum Babies to the public is a parody of the [[Leptoprin]] advertisements that ask, "When is a diet plan worth 153 dollars a bottle? When it works!"
*Bob the Cucumber seems to be based on two VeggieTales characters, host Bob the Tomato and supporting vegetable Larry the Cucumber. The tomato is likewise called Larry.
*Spanky and Foxxy kidnap Wooldoor by using car with numberplate "clm bb 1" - Clum Babies One.
*The scene in which Spanky and Foxxy convince Wooldoor to produce a Clum Baby for Clara is a parody of an infamous scene from the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film adaptation of ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', though in ''Clockwork'' the method was used to ''reduce'' a character's sexual inclinations. The movie shown to Wooldoor is a parody of the ''[[Girls Gone Wild]]'' video series.
*There are flying doves in scenes where Ling-Ling with Ni-Pul and Steve from Long Island are killed. This is a reference to [[John Woo]]'s use of doves in climactic gunfights in his movies.
*During Bob's killing spree, he is shown shooting while somersaulting in the air in [[Bullet Time|slow motion]], a technique found in many Hong Kong action movies.
*Better Homes and Gardens is a real magazine, available monthly in Australia featuring articles from the television show of the same name
*Wooldoor's masturbation technique: Rubs hands, tweeks nose, twists tail, turns and pokes eye, turns again, rubs head, breaks finger, bounces rapidly.
*Peter Cetera's "Glory Of Love" plays during Ling-Ling's battles with Ni-Pul. This is a parody of ''[[The Karate Kid, Part II]]''.
*Ni-Pul's voice is provided by [[Cree Summer]].
*The blind boy with hairy palms is a reference to an old wives' tale "Masturbation leads to blindness and hairy palms."
*Hootchie, the green, lizard like battle monster, greatly resembles a somewhat [[anthropomorphic]] [[Larvitar]].
*Foxxy's euphemisms for masturbation include: Going number 3, firing off knuckle children, and choking the chicken.

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===14. "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine"===

When the houseguests are terrorized by poltergeists, Foxxy discovers that the Drawn Together house was built on Indian burial ground, and is haunted by the ghosts of 1,000 Indians. In order to appease them, the backyard is given to a ghost Indian tribe, which builds a towering casino hotel (the Lost Indian Souls Casino) next to the house. When Captain Hero discovers that the casino takes bets on his superhero battles, he and Spanky pull a classic [[scam]] where they drive up the [[odds]] in Hero's favor, then clean up when Hero takes a [[dive]]. The plan goes awry when Hero decides to cut Spanky out of the deal. Spanky retaliates by ratting on Hero to the League of Heroes, who threaten to kick Captain Hero out of their ranks unless he can defeat them in battle. Hero and Spanky realize they can bet on this battle too, of course, so they mend their differences so Spanky can place one final bet and Hero can take one more dive. The plan fails when the other League members take dives as well. Captain Hero finally realizes how silly he's been acting, and everyone has a good laugh while he delivers the moral of the episode, that Indians shouldn't be allowed to have casinos because gambling brings out the worst in weak-minded white people.

Meanwhile, Foxxy tries to take advantage of the casino's overflow crowd by turning the Drawn Together house into a [[strip club]] (the Fox Hole) where she is the main attraction (and Ling-Ling is the [[DJ]]). Clara begs for the chance to dance at Foxxy's club, believing that it will finally make her father notice her, since in her youth, he seemed to be more interested in strippers than in her. Sure enough, her father comes to the club to watch Clara dance, and loves her performance, only to forget all about it the second he sees Foxxy dance. While Clara and Foxxy are fighting over his affections, they notice that he's not paying any attention to either one of them anymore- his attention is now focused on a gyrating Xandir. The two women solve the problem by reenacting their kiss from "Hot Tub", and creating an erotic dance to go along with it. The plan works, and Clara's father finally says the words she's been longing to hear all her life: "I love you both very much".

'''First Aired''': 11/30/2005

'''Trivia'''

*The mice on Toot's back (shaving it with tiny lawnmowers) are the various mice from the [[Speedy Gonzales]] cartoons. The song playing is [[La Cucaracha]] which was often played in those shows. Animated programs typically use the song to immediately suggest a [[Mexican]] atmosphere, as is being done here.

*After Wooldoor Sockbat announces that they are going to redecorate each other's personal spaces, they play a segment for about 2 or 3 seconds that displays the words [[Trading Spaces]]. this is, of course, in reference to the popular home decorating show of the same name. The song that plays during the ''Trading Spaces'' promo is a jazzy version of the ''Drawn Together'' theme.

*Movies parodied during the inital haunting: ''[[The Shining]]'' when the bathroom filled with [[blood]], and ''[[Poltergeist]]'' with the stacked chairs and the 'they're here' quote. The story of the Drawn Together house being built over an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] burial ground whose tombstones were moved but not the bodies is a direct reference to ''Poltergeist''.

*Foxxy's yelling hints to protagonists of horror movies, and an unknown guy shushing her, is based on a stereotype joke -- that African-American people talk, argue, etc. with the characters during movies.

*In the [[casino]], [[Marge Simpson]] is seen operating a [[slot machine]]. This is a reference to "[[$pringfield| $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]", in which Marge develops a gambling [[addiction]].

*Ling-Ling is seen pulling a [[rickshaw]] in yet another parody of Asian immigrants.

*Clara's father and her cousin Bleh make return appearances in this episode. They had previously appeared in "Dirty Pranking No. 2" and "The Other Cousin," respectively. Bleh's appearance is a parody of Dustin Hoffman's character in [[Rain Man]]. When Captain Hero and Spanky come down the escalator in suits, they are dressed like [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Tom Cruise]] were in the movie. In the movie, Hoffman played Raymond, an autistic man with a genius-level affinity for math. Tom Cruise's character uses Raymond to win big at blackjack in a casino. Captain Hero and Spanky attempt to use Bleh in a similar manner in this episode.

*Clara's reference to Toot as a single-joke character is followed by a scene in which Ling-Ling and Wooldoor tip Toot over while she is eating some grass, in a parody of [[cow tipping]].

*Spanky lets the Hulk do his taxes. [[The Hulk]] is [[Marvel Comics']] famous character of [[Bruce Banner]], a brilliant scientist who is hit by gamma radiation and, when angry, turns into the super strong (and super stupid) green goliath known as the Hulk.

*Other members of the League of Heroes include Captain Colonicus, Ethan Hawkman, Not Dressed For This Weather Woman, Exemplary Fellow, and Western-African Dwarf Crocodile Man. The name Ethan Hawkman is an amalgam of [[Ethan Hawke]], the actor, and [[Hawkman]], the [[DC Comics]] superhero. Exemplary Fellow is a reference to the [[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]], while Not Dressed For This Weather Woman is a parody of [[Wonder Woman]]. Captain Colonicus appears to be a generic superhero who can fly because he [[fart|breaks wind]]. The League of Heroes itself is a parody of the [[Justice League of America]].

*The title of this episode is taken from ''[[Ghost in the Machine]]'', the title of an album by [[The Police]], as well as a song by [[Blaze Bayley]]

*When Captain Hero begins the fight with the Mad Felcher, the Mad Felcher is doing something that is censored. [[Felching]] is a sexual practice in which one sucks semen out of another person's anus. This is obviously what the Mad Felcher is doing to Captain Hero at the fight. This is also referenced when Captain Hero tells Spanky that the Mad Felcher "sucks ass".

*One of Captain Hero's thrown "fights" is "Captain Hero v. Wade", an obvious reference to ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. In it, a judge refuses a pregnant Captain Hero an abortion. The baby that presumably resulted from this situation is seen when Captain Hero and Spanky revel in their ill-gotten cash.

*When Captain Hero goes to collect his prize money, he rips his costume to reveal a suit and refers to himself in the third person. This is a reference to Superman's mild-mannered secret alias of Clark Kent, who was a reporter for a metropolitan newspaper and hence, wore a suit. Clark/Superman sometimes even tripped over himself when referring to his alter egos just as Captain Hero does. The only difference is that Clark/Superman usually does it the other way around and rips his suit to reveal a costume.

*The spinning circles around Captain Hero were the same as those used in ''[[Superman II]]'' for [[General Zod]] and his associates.

* Ling-Ling announced that Foxxy's stripper name was "Ashee Simpson." This is a play on the name of famous rocker, [[Ashlee Simpson]]. Clara's stripper name is [[Adolf Hitler|Hitlerina]], a joking reference to her [[anti-Semitism]].

*Captain Hero is convicted of committing the crime of 24601, in reference to ''Les Miserables''. Jean Valjean's number throughout the musical is 24601.

*Hero becomes distressed when the league takes away his decoder ring. This is a reference to [[secret decoder ring]]s, a popular toy of the 1940's and 50's. These items were [[merchandising]] tie-ins that kids wanted to obtain because supposedly, the rings were just like the ones their [[superhero]] idols used.

*[[Marmaduke]] is a long-running newspaper comic strip about a big dog that does, well, big dog stuff that's kind of funny. Pulling his owner down the street on a leash is a common occurrence in the strip.

*The final shot of the episode is drawn from the ending of one of the ''[[Rocky (movie)|Rocky]]'' movies (likely ''[[Rocky IV]]'').

[[Image:GodzillaOnDrawnTogether.jpg|right|thumbnail|Godzilla, as seen in "Super Nanny"]]

===15. "Super Nanny"===

Upon seeing the reality TV show ''[[Super Nanny]]'', Captain Hero purposefully acts out so he can summon Super Nanny and challenge her once and for all, believing that anyone or anything with the word "super" in front of their name is a foe to him and must be defeated. Super Nanny proves to be more than a match for Hero, however. She responds to each and everyone of his tantrums by making him sit on the naughty stool. Hero starts behaving himself, gradually earning her approval.

Everything goes awry, though, when he angrily asserts that the [[barrette]] Toot is wearing is actually his. Toot tells Super Nanny that Captain Hero is trying to steal her barrette, and she sends him to the naughty stool once again. During his extended stay on the stool, Hero learns that the [[White House]] is being invaded by mini-troopers. He tries to call all of his superfriends, only to find that none of them can help because they're all stuck on the naughty stool as well. Captain Hero puts two and two together, and realizes that it's all part of Super Nanny's evil plot - she has rendered the world's superheroes helpless while she leads an invasion of mini-troopers (who are in fact, a bunch of super-disciplined children she has brainwashed) to take over the White House. Hero is reluctant to leave the stool, but after Foxxy proves that the barrette in Toot's hair really belongs to Captain Hero (because it has his [[logo]] on it), the housemates finally convince him that saving the world is more important than being a good boy, so he flies to Washington to foil Super Nanny's plot. He does this by stomping on her foot really hard, causing her to use foul language, and then sends her to the naughty stool. This breaks her spell over the children, and they promptly tear her to shreds. Having saved the day, Captain Hero flies off to seek out his next adversary - the evil [[Supercuts]].
[[Image:Tootfoxxy1.jpg|right|thumbnail|Toot and Foxxy as seen through Ling-Ling's (and other Asians in the Drawn Together universe) eyes]]
Meanwhile, Ling-Ling is trying to get his driver's license. He aces the written portion of the exam, but fails miserably at the driving test. Wooldoor explains that Ling-Ling is a bad driver because he is Asian (playing off a well-known [[stereotype]]), and decides to help Ling-Ling pass by making him more American - namely, by [[Scotch tape|Scotch-taping]] his eyes so that they are round instead of slanted. In addition to gaining the ability to speak perfect English, Ling-Ling now sees the world as everyone else does, and aces his driving test. By doing so, he inspires all Asians everywhere to do the same. The NAAYP even wishes to present Ling-Ling with an award for opening up everyone's eyes. However, at the award ceremony, [[Godzilla]] calls Ling-Ling out and accuses him of turning his back on his culture. Ling-Ling resists the notion, but finally comes to agree. He makes a speech to everyone present at the ceremony that they should just be themselves, and not to forget who they are. He removes the Scotch tape from his eyes and begins speaking his normal language again. All of the Asians in attendance listen to his words and do the same. Unfortunately, after leaving the ceremony, they all promptly crash their cars into the auditorium.

'''Musical Number''': "Who's That Guy", sung by Spanky and the crowd at the [[Department of Motor Vehicles]], expressing awe at Ling-Ling's successful driving test. The scene is a parody of ''[[Grease 2]]''.

'''First Aired''': 12/7/2005

'''Trivia'''

* This episode debuts a shorter opening credit sequence, eliminating the roll call of all the characters' names.

* The voice of Super Nanny is provided by [[Cree Summer]], which may explain Foxxy's smaller than usual role in this episode.

* The man taking photos at the DMV is the same man who shushed Foxxy in "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine".

* Ling-Ling pronouncing all the L's as R's during his eye exam is a reference to [[Engrish]].

* Captain Hero dressing in workout gear (with a T-shirt that hangs off one shoulder) is a reference to [[Jennifer Beals|Jennifer Beals's]] character in [[Flashdance]].

* The NAAYP is a parody of the [[NAACP]], the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Y in NAAYP stands for [[color metaphors for race|yellow]], a slang term for people of Asian race.

* When Wooldoor slants Clara's eyes so she sees things as Asians do, she identifies a picture of a cat as "beef and broccoli". This is a reference to how in some Asian cultures, animals that are considered pets in the Asian world are considered food instead. She also identifies a picture two obviously identical Asian men as "people who look completely different" (lampooning the perception that "all Asians look the same"), and is able to successfully solve an incredibly complex equation as "7".

* In this episode, we learn that Ling-Ling, and presumably all Asians in the ''Drawn Together'' universe, see everyone as [[anime]] characters, with Foxxy being portrayed as [[Misty (Pokemon)|Misty]] from the [[Pokemon]] anime.

* Wooldoor gets Ling-Ling's test results by breaking open a [[fortune cookie]]. He reads, "He has suffered a mild concussion. The best thing for him now is to get some rest." He then adds playfully, "in bed!" This is a reference to a well-traveled [[joke]] that you can add the words "in bed" to the end of any fortune cookie fortune to create a funny pun.

* The Asian man who operates his business in the high-crime area is [[Korean]], as indicated by the text on his sign. This may be a reference to the rampant destruction of Korean businesses in the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]].

* Among the shows Foxxy flips past before landing on ''Super Nanny'' are an exercise program (which Captain Hero watches later in the episode), a Godzilla movie (setting up his appearance later in the episode), "Now Where They At?" (from "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact"), and ''Drawn Together''.

* Captain Hero has a giant [[Israeli_new_sheqel|old Israeli sheqel]] coin in his crimefighting lair, similar to the giant coin that [[Batman]] keeps in his [[Batcave]]. Its color is wrong, but its design and text in both [[Hebrew_language|Hebrew]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] are correct (see [http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/bill_all_eng.htm?series_num=24&series_name=New%20Agora%20and%20Sheqel%20Series&pg_name=c030&pg_kot=1%20SHEQEL| original coin]). That's another hint regarding Captain Hero's roots.

* Godzilla disparagingly calls Ling-Ling a [[Twinkie]], a derogatory term for Asians who are perceived as not being true to their heritage. It's equivalent to an African-American being referred to as an [[Oreo]].

*Ling-Ling refers to Spanky as 'Honorable Pig Demon', which is what the Vietnamese children referred to him as in "Gay Bash".

*The way the children are animated disembowling and mutilating Super Nanny is a reference to [[Day of the Dead (film)|Day of the Dead]].

*The man lying on the massage table during the "Thank you, Ling-Ling!" montage is the same man who appeared in Foxxy's [[sex education|sex ed]] lesson in "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

*When Ling-Ling tells Spanky that he doesn't have a driver's license, Spanky immediately understands him. This confirms that Spanky Ham can indeed understand Ling-Ling's speech (previous episodes had only suggested it).

*The Super Nanny theme song in this episode, "Behave, Behave" is a parody of the real Super Nanny theme song, "Be Good Johnny" by [[Men At Work]].

*[[Batman]] and [[Spiderman]](Spidey) are both referenced in this episode. It should be noted that Batman is, apparently, now accepting phone calls from Captain Hero again. In "Little Orphan Hero", Hero states that Batman no longer returns his calls after impersonating the murder of Batman's parents.

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[[Image:Drawn Together.jpg|right|thumbnail|The ''Drawn Together'' cast (Counter-clockwise from upper left): Wooldoor, Toot, Ling-Ling, Foxxy, Xandir, Clara, Spanky, and Captain Hero]]

List of episodes of the [[animated]] [[television]] [[comedy]], ''[[Drawn Together]]''.

Several episodes contain full-blown musical numbers that tie into the action of the scene in which they appear.

== Season 1 ==

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===1. "Hot Tub"===
The houseguests arrive and meet one another, with immediate friction resulting not only from Spanky's tendency to defecate into and onto everything and everyone, but also from Princess Clara's assumption that Foxxy is the household slave. Meanwhile, Toot, struggling to retain her faltering self esteem, tries to seduce Xandir, who is more interested in saving his girlfriend, who is forever being kidnapped by evil wizards. Eventually, Foxxy and Clara bury the hatchet when Foxxy lures Clara into a series of sessions of lesbian sex, and Toot comes to terms with the fact that she is no longer a sex symbol by adopting the persona of the "household bitch."

'''Musical Number''': "Black Chick's Tongue", a parody of Disney's ''Aladdin''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[A Whole New World]]", sung by Clara as Foxxy makes out with her in a hot tub.

'''First Aired''': 10/27/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In the Deleted Scenes option on the first Season's DVD box, there is an introduction with each character getting to say a few lines.

* Even though Xandir isn't revealed to be a homosexual until episode three, the opening credits inform the viewer that he is gay.

* Seeing as how Toot dies numerous times over the course of the episode, the characters seem to inhabit a continuity similar to that of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', in which there is no continuity.

* When Clara speaks to the producers on the phone, the voice of the producer is a muted trumpet, the same sound effect used for adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

* In the beginning of the second act, a ''Flintstones''-like car drives by the house while a ''Jetsons''-ish UFO flies overhead.

* At one point, Xandir plays a magic flute that transports him away in a tornado. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link (the character upon which Xandir is based) would play a flute and then be transported by a cyclone. This ability was also referenced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' where Mario can play a whistle, and a tornado will come and take him to a new area.

* Concerning Xandir, there are two references to other (non-animated) role-playing games, particularly [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. When Xandir talks to his girlfriend on the phone, Spanky calls him "Dungeons and Douchebags"; and in his description of the tension following the fight between Foxxy and Clara, Xandir uses the term "+6 sword", which is a rather abstract value in role-playing games in general.

* In the booze party, [[Peyo]]'s [[Smurfs]] ([[les Schtroumpfs]]) have a very gory guest appearance as knife-wielding pit fighters.

* Ling-Ling's rule about saying his name three times over a short period of time to summon his ballistic behavior might be a reference to [[Beetlejuice]], who required someone to say his name three times in order to summon him up.

* Ling-Ling's comment about giving children [[seizures]] is a reference to the infamous ''Pokémon'' episode "Electric Hero Porygon" which popular urban legend says gave hundreds of children seizures when it aired in Japan (the children actually only showed symptoms of mass hysteria, several days after the fact). The show then spoofs the scene by showing Ling-Ling's picture with rapid flashing lights for a couple of seconds.

* Ling Ling's line to Toot before he kills her, "That'll do, pig, that'll do," is Farmer Hogget's closing line from ''[[Babe]]''.

* This episode may have been inspired in part by an episode of ''[[The Real World (Las Vegas)]]'', where Trishelle, who had appeared to be a straight-laced heterosexual, unexpectedly went to bed with a boy, Steven, and another girl, Brynn.

* Comedy Central demanded that the producers remove scenes of Toot intentionally cutting herself with a razor blade. However, after Frankie was shown doing something similar on [[The Real World (San Diego)]], they were allowed to keep them in.

===2. "Clara's Dirty Little Secret"===

Weeks have passed since Clara first had lesbian sex, and she's spent the entire time telling everyone the story non-stop (to the delight of all of the houseguests except for Toot). In revenge, Toot convinces Clara that she's pregnant and that Foxxy is the father. Foxxy, in turn, gives the houseguests a sex-ed class, which culminates in the revelation that Clara's vagina is a gigantic, tentacled monster, spawned by a curse placed upon her by her not-so-Evil Stepmother. Due to its sensitivity to loud noises, and Toot's insensitivity, Clara's enraged vagina destroys the furniture in the living room and consumes Wooldoor (and a cameraman). Despite Foxxy's attempts to protect her, the other housemates temporarily adopt desperate measures and chase Clara before an alternative is found.

According to the Stepmother, only the kiss of her true love can break the curse. During a ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]''-type contest in which men compete to be Clara's true love, she meets [[Prince Charming]], the man of her dreams; but his kiss, rather than curing her curse, causes his penis to turn into an octopus itself. Dismayed at his new condition, Prince Charming commits suicide. The houseguests eventually come to terms with Clara's 'octopussoire', and Clara makes peace with her Stepmother. The episode ends with Wooldoor escaping from Clara's vagina.

'''Musical Number''': "La-La-La-La-Labia", a [[Hanna Barbera]] style song sung by Foxxy and the houseguests a'la [[Josie and the Pussycats]] during a montage in which everyone chases Clara's vagina.

'''First Aired''': 11/3/2004

'''Trivia''':

* The scene in which a man begins crying in the back of a limo and rips open his shirt as he implores another man, "Make me feel good!" is a reference to the infamous [[Halle Berry]]/[[Billy Bob Thornton]] sex scene in ''[[Monster's Ball]]''.

* Prince Charming's penis transformation scene is a reference to ''[[Shrek]]''.

* The scene where Xandir cowers while Clara's vagina corners him and sticks out its tongue is taken from the films ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' and ''[[Aliens]]''.

* Toot tells Clara that the only way to stop herself from being pregnant is to be pushed down a flight of stairs. Toot does this on the stairs in the house, but says it didn't work. Clara suggests the [[M.C. Escher]] room; M.C. Escher was a painter famous for a picture depicting a room made up entirely of staircases, all of which lead to nowhere. The M.C. Escher room that Toot and Clara go to is a duplicate of this picture.

* Wooldoor's blocks spell out the message 2 PAC RIP, a reference to murdered rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].

* The scene in the screen splits into four frames depicting everyone in peril, with a time clock displayed, is a reference to ''[[24 (television)|24]]''.

* The houseguests' chant of "Kill the beast!" is a reference to the novel ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''. However, since Clara is involved, it may be more of a reference to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] [[Beauty and the Beast]].

* The scene where Wooldoor Sockbat gets pulled into Clara's vagina and nearly crushed to death is a spoof on the scene in ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope]]'', where Luke, Han, and Leia are trapped in one of the garbage smashers on the Death Star, but are saved from being crushed by C-3PO and R2-D2 shutting it down. When Clara's vagina begins to close in on Wooldoor, he calls out, "3-PO! 3-PO!"

* In Foxxy's flashback where Wooldoor is dressed as a priest, he gives Clara a Christian bible, but curiously has an Egyptian [[ankh]] symbol on his sash.

* Prince Charming's voice is provided by guest star [[Carlos Alazraqui]], who in addition to providing voices for [[Family Guy]], [[The Fairly OddParents]], and [[Rocko's Modern Life]], was the voice of the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in their long-running TV advertising campaign.

===3. "Gay Bash"===

A bizarre ritual involving an ancient monster reveals that Xandir is, in fact, a homosexual. To make him feel better, the other houseguests throw him a party attended exclusively by homosexuals (including [[Elmer Fudd]] and [[Snagglepuss]], their identities only somewhat concealed by pixelization), during which Xandir accepts that he's into kinky gay sex. Not all of the guests turn out to be friends, though: Bizarro Captain Hero, with whom Captain Hero once had a gay affair in a men's room, shows up, threatening to reveal their secret. Also, [[ Pacman]], to whom Xandir confesses his homosexuality, turns out to be [[Ms. Pacman]] in drag. Foxxy convinces Xandir to call his girlfriend and tell her that he's gay, resulting in their breakup. In the end, Xandir, wanting to turn himself heterosexual, wishes on a lamp inhabited by a gay genie; the genie is promptly kidnapped, allowing Xandir to retain a sense of self worth by replacing his never ending quest to save his girlfriend with a never ending quest to save his boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Spanky, upon discovering that Ling-Ling is an expert craftsman, puts the creature to work as a one-man sweatshop, sewing [[Counterfeit|bootleg]] [[Nike]] basketball shoes. This angers the [[child labor|child laborers]] of Nike's [[sweatshop]], who show up and try to kill Spanky by turning themselves into a [[Transformer]]. Spanky convinces Ling-Ling that it would be honorable to save him, so Ling-Ling uses its super powers to blow up the sweatshop workers. Ling-Ling and Spanky earn a substantial amount of money by selling the immobilized children as basketball shoes, and Spanky gives Ling-Ling a paper hat reading "Honor."

'''Musical Number''': "Ling Ling's Lament", sung by Ling-Ling in pseudo-Japanese (without subtitles) as he mourns for his carefree days running around a fantasyland killing monsters with his master. As the song nears the end, Ling-Ling's reminisces suddenly turn violent, and he envisions himself brutally murdering Spanky.

Also, the "Ling Ling Battle Song" as a montage of scenes from Episodes 1, 3, and 5, in which Ling Ling leaps into battle, is presented in the end credits and - vocals inserted into the action - during his battle with the Chinese Transformer Kids.

'''First Aired''': 11/10/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Xandir is revealed to be gay; however, the writers already told the audience this in the opening credits of the series premier.

* The ritual in which Xandir is found to be gay is a parody of a scene in the [[1980]] film adaptation of ''[[Flash Gordon#Adaptations and other versions|Flash Gordon]]''.

* Perhaps for the first time ever in a syndicated cartoon show, God is depicted fondling a male penis.

* During the gay bash party, two characters with blurred faces join with Xandir. For those who don't watch cartoons too often, these are obviously [[Elmer Fudd]] from [[Looney Tunes]] (with a brown mustache) and [[Snagglepuss]].

* Xandir's new boyfriend is a parody of the genie from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]'' (the movie was previously parodied in the first episode). The voice actor providing the genie's voice is imitating [[Robin Williams]], who provided the voice for the genie in the titular film. Upon close inspection, the genies' chest hairs make interesting symbols depending on his emotion; when angry and confused, the hairs read "666", the [[Number of the Beast]]. When calm and at peace, the hairs form the Christian [[alpha]] symbol.

* Xandir's nemesis, Lord Slashstab, is quite similar to the animated [[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]] TV series' antagonist, [[Venger]].

* Spanky introduces himself to Ling-Ling and hands him his business card. In Japan, Ling-Ling's home, it is customary to exchange business cards (if you have one) with a new acquaintance, especially on a professional basis.

* When Spanky puts Ling-Ling to work in the [[sweatshop]] he tells him that they will be as successful a duo as Fatman and Little Boy. "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the code names of the atomic bombs dropped on [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hiroshima]], respectively.

* Captain Hero's line to Bizarro Captain Hero, "Hey, what happened on Bizarro World, stays on Bizarro World" is a reference to Las Vegas' marketing campaign, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Bizzaro Captain Hero himself is, of course, an homage to the [[Bizarro]] characters (mostly [[Superman]] and [[Lois Lane]]) of [[DC Comics]] fame, who were grotesque, odd, polar opposite clones/copies of the originals.

* Foxxy's line "Everything the light touches is gay!" is taken almost verbatim from Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.

* The pterodactyl-powered record player is a reference to TV's first animated sitcom, [[The Flintstones]], where many of the Flintstones' appliances were powered by minature prehistoric animals, some of whom were prone to making wisecracks like this

===4. "Requiem for a Reality Show"===

The house is divided into two teams who then compete in a contest to see who will be given control of the house's food supply for the rest of the week. Toot's team wins, and she celebrates by eating all the food she can get her hands on. Toot blimps up -literally - leaving her seriously depressed. Xandir tries to fix it by teaching Toot to regurgitate in order to lose weight rapidly - with rather disgusting results. Xandir, Foxxy, and Ling-Ling convince Toot to try the opposite approach, [[anorexia]], which causes Toot to become so thin that her body can no longer support the weight of her own head.

Meanwhile, the losing team - Clara, Spanky, Wooldoor and Hero - suffers from starvation. Spanky obtains food by bullying Wooldoor into trapping and killing the woodland animals that Clara is able to summon by her singing, and Foxxy and Captain Hero enter into a short-lived hardcore [[BDSM]] relationship.

'''Musical Number:''' "Bully", sung by Clara as she tries to convince Wooldoor to stand up to Spanky

'''First Aired:''' 11/17/2004

'''Trivia:'''

* When the contest begins, a [[UFO]] with a fishing pole and a traffic light attached aids them. This a parody of a [[Lakitu]] and a reference to the [[Super Mario Kart]] videogame.

* Spanky's comment "We'll eat like dingoes in a maternity ward!" is a reference to a 1980 [[Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance|incident]] that occurred in Australia in which [[Lindy Chamberlain]] was wrongfully accused of murdering her infant daughter, Azaria; she was exonerated when it was discovered the child was in fact killed and eaten by a [[dingo]]. The incident was immortalized in the 1988 film ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'', starring [[Meryl Streep]].

* As Wooldoor collects the leftover meat for a proper burial, a surviving chipmunk begs "Don't bury me... I'm not dead!" This was a tagline featured in a fairly well known marketing campaign for the film ''[[The Serpent and the Rainbow]]'', depicting a zombie tearing out of a casket. In the movie, [[Bill Pullman]]'s character utters the line when he collapses on the street, due to a drug that will induce a deathlike state and cause him to be buried alive.

* Xandir uses [[Acme Corporation|ACME]] liposuction on Toot. ACME is the ubiquitous brand name featured in Looney Toons cartoons in place of actual brands; it turned up most often in the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote shorts. It has since been used in several other cartoons and television shows as a generic brand.

* Captain Hero's quotes the H.W Longfellow poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn" while lamenting the breakup of he and Foxxy's relationship ("two ships passing in the night") There is a particular irony here, as the part of the poem Captain Hero quotes laments a relationship with a lack of communication; in fact, Captain Hero and Foxxy's relationship had no communication, as it was based purely around bondage.

* When Foxxy teases Captain Hero with the sandwich, several sounds (and matching panels) pop in. This is a reference to the 1960's [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]] TV series, starring [[Adam West]] in the titular role. The program's fight scenes were always accompanied by cartoonish sound effects and title cards displaying words like "pow" and "smash" (which was done to pay tribute to the heroes' [[comic book]] origins).

* After Foxxy and Captain Hero break up, Foxxy's new slave is [[Charlie Brown]], while Captain Hero's mistress is [[Natasha Fatale]] from ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. Foxxy calls Charlie Brown "blockhead," one of many nicknames given to him in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His reply to Foxxy, "Good grief!" was Charlie Brown's catch phrase in the strip.

* Toot says, "Pass me the Han Solo," and then eats something that looks like [[Han Solo]] frozen in carbonite at the end of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and beginning of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* The opening scene where Spanky is chasing Wooldoor, and the pair stop in a freezeframe with parenthesized Latin names below their own real ones, is a direct parody of most Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Spanky is "Pornus Interruptus." Wooldoor is "Ritalinus Shouldatakus." [[Ritalin]] is a drug used to treat [[attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]], which Wooldoor clearly has.

* Spanky's line, "For the love of Allah--who's Great and Merciful--haven't you gotten rid of that [[polio]] yet?", with its use of [[Allah]] in the place of [[God]], and the subsequent [[epithet]], indicates that he is a member of the [[Muslim]] faith. This is further confirmed and reinforced in Episode 7, "Dirty Pranking Number 2", where Spanky announces that he had inconveniently converted a month before the [[September 11 attack]]s. Further information on the website confirms that he is a [[Sunni]] Muslim. The ironic fact that pork is forbidden by [[Halaal|Islamic dietary law]] is not mentioned.

* Clara twists the [[chipmunk]]'s neck to prevent it from blurting around that she's indirectly responsible for the death of its fellows. In the first episode of the second season, there is a flashback of that scene, but in an altered version; there it is a close-up of their faces, and Clara is holding the chipmunk at the height of her face. In the original version, she held the rodent at the height of her belly.

===5. "The Other Cousin"===

Clara's mentally retarded cousin, Bleh, arrives, much to the consternation of the houseguests and Clara's annoyance. She always wears a football helmet, drools, can't look anyone in the eye, and almost always speaks in metaphors derived from critical reviews of the film ''[[I Am Sam]]''. The houseguests' attitudes change quickly, though, when Bleh takes off her clothes to reveal a perfectly sculpted body and enormous breasts. Captain Hero enters into a bet to de-virginize Bleh, which he does - although he does develop feelings for her -, infuriating Clara. Captain Hero and Bleh break up, and as Bleh boards a bus back home we discover that she had a bet with one of her friends in the mental institute to have sex with a television celebrity.

Meanwhile, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor become addicted to licking Ling-Ling when they discover that he secretes a powerful hallucinogen when disappointed. They finally abuse him to the point that Ling-Ling goes quasi-catatonic. In order to alleviate Ling-Ling's condition, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor invite his father to the house to cheer him up; but when the latter arrives, he expresses his disappointment about his son being in a reality TV show - and guess what happens!

'''Musical Number''': "Girly Girly", sung by an unseen chorus as a theme to Captain Hero and Bleh's courtship. Also, Captain Hero sings a version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Bleh on their date.

'''First Aired''': 12/1/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Although it's doubtful, the "Girly Girly" musical number might be an obscure reference to the film ''[[Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly]]''.

* In the scene where [[Ling-Ling]]'s hallucinogenic sweat wears off, [[Homer Simpson]] can be seen passed out in the background, scratching himself.

* In the DVD release, there is an extended version of the episode that fills in a few plot holes:
** Clara gives Captain Hero the antidote
** In the episode aired on TV, two Wooldoors suddenly appear to lick Ling Ling's father. In the extended version, we see Wooldoor split himself in two to give himself a hug.
**We see that the people on the bus are actually retarded versions of the cast, with Bleh being the retarded Clara. This explains a bizarre discrepency in the version aired on TV, in which it appears Toot is going shopping with Bleh during the closing montage: It's actually the retarded version of Toot.

*Ling Ling says his prayers to [[L. Ron Hubbard]] had come true. This implies Ling Ling is a [[Scientologist]].

* Clara says that she once had the chance to kill Foxxy, but she didn't. There is then a brief ''[[Family Guy]]''-style segue into a scene of Foxxy dangling from a precipe over a river of lava while Clara demands, "Give me the ring!" This is, of course, a reference to the conclusion of ''[[The Return of the King]]''

* While having his hallucinations in the room, Wooldoor sees a baby crawl across the ceiling and turn his head 180 degrees. This is a parody of a heroin withdrawl scene in the film ''[[Trainspotting]]''. In this episode, the baby on the ceiling is [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] from ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

* In the scene right before Wooldoor becomes the Professor, both Xandir and Toot have very visible penile erections while licking Ling-Ling. Most likely it's just a visual gag, but it could be taken to mean that Toot is supposed to be a [[hermaphrodite]].

* Captain Hero's date with Bleh ends with them flying back to the house. This is a reference to the first ''Superman'' movie, where Superman takes Lois flying with him.

* The title is a reference to the film ''[[The Other Sister]]'', in which a mentally retarded young woman tries to integrate into society after spending years in the institute where her family placed her due to their inability to cope with a handicapped child. In the film, the main character eventually marries a mentally retarded college student.

* The name Bleh is a reference to an episode of ''[[The Facts of Life]]'' where Blair was ashamed of her handicapped cousin. Because of a speech impediment, her cousin's pronounciation of Blair sounded like Bleh.

* Bleh has six toes on her right foot. It's not certain whether this is a mistake or whether it's a visual joke on the part of the animators (the character may have been made [[polydactyl]] on purpose in order to further emphasize her abnormality).

===6. "Terms of Endearment" (The Unaired Episode)===

Captain Hero inadvertently gives radiation poisoning to Foxxy by spying on her in the shower with his x-ray vision. Out of grief, he decides to strip himself of his super powers-- which can only be accomplished by riding a horse, being thrown from it, and snapping his neck, thus paralyzing him from the chin on down. Shortly thereafter, Foxxy's radiation poisoning causes her to start de-evolving into a [[minstrel show]] [[Aunt Jemima]] cartoon, causing agents from the bureau of Cartoon Political Correctness to arrive and take her away.

'''Musical Number''': Due to the lack of readily availible information about this episode, it is unknown whether or not it contains a musical number.

'''Trivia''':

* [[Christopher Reeve]] died shortly before this episode was supposed to be aired, resulting in Comedy Central deciding not to air it. Captain Hero's method of removing his powers is, of course, a mockery on the way that Reeve became permanently paralyzed.

* This episode was not included on the ''Drawn Together'' Season 1 DVD released on October 4th, 2005. However, it is expected to air as part of Season 2.

===7. "Dirty Pranking Number 2"===

Clara, desperately wanting to belong, becomes involved in a pranking game that Spanky and Foxxy play: They order a pizza, and when it arrives, Foxxy distracts the delivery man while Spanky defecates on the pizza. They then hand the pizza back to the delivery man and say, "I didn't order this...with ''sausage''!" Clara's first attempt at the game - and Foxxy's inability to intervene, due to braiding her fingers into her own [[cornrows]]- results in the pair being arrested and taken to jail. Clara's father, The King, bails them all out, on the condition that Clara never see Spanky again. Clara goes back to Spanky, though, resulting in Clara's father coming to the house to take her off the show. While they're preparing to leave, a pizza man shows up, and Clara defecates on the pizza; when Clara's father sees how happy it makes her, he lets her stay in the house.

Meanwhile, Captain Hero begins a quasi-homosexual relationship with Xandir, the latter of whom becomes upset when the former must keep cancelling their dates in order to save the world. Finally, Captain Hero forsakes his profession as a super hero to take Xandir to the zoo; without Captain Hero to protect the world, everyone - including the assembled cast - is blasted by robotic aliens, who take the pizza-defecation prank back to their own planet.

'''Musical Number''': "Time of My Life", from the film ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''. Plays during a parody of ''Dirty Dancing'', with Spanky standing in for [[Patrick Swayze]]. Due to a copyright battle, the song does not appear on the DVD. Instead, at the point when the song would normally begin, a parody entitled "This is Our Version" begins to play, explaining that the song sounds poor because the writers didn't spend much time on it and just wanted something that would act as filler for the scene.

'''First Aired''': 12/8/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In 2005, a group of Texas cheerleaders were arrested for defecating on a pizza and trying to give it back to a [[Domino's Pizza]] delivery man. They later admitted that they'd gotten the idea after seeing this episode. Comedy Central had no comment other than, "Oh, no!" [http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/bud_kennedy/11928512.htm Story here]

* In this episode, we learn that Spanky is a Muslim, although he regrets converting in August of 2001. This was implied in an earlier episode when he used the name of [[Allah]].

* According to The King, Clara apparently moans just like her mother when they french-kiss. This comment makes Clara the second character in the series (along with Foxxy) to have an implied incestuous relationship with their father.

* Spanky's line, "Nobody puts baby in the corner" is a reference to the movie, ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''; the ending sequence of this episode (sans the pizza defecation) is a parody of that film.

* The King's line, "That's what princesses do. They long for more. Or die in a car crash in France." is a reference to [[Princess Diana]], who died in a car crash in France in 1997, and to Princess Grace ([[Grace Kelly]]), who also died as a result of injuries sustained from a car crash in France.

* In this episode, it is revealed that Toot is an [[alcoholic]]. Spanky is revealed to have had a [[liver]] transplant, indicating that he has probably also done some heavy drinking in his time.

===8. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist"===

When Toot makes everyone realize that there isn't going to be a prize awarded at the end of the series and that everyone is in the house just for the sake of being there, the houseguests revolt and hold a sit-in. In response, the producers turn the show into a ripoff of ''[[The Apprentice]]'', which culminates in a semi-nude jelly-wrestling match between Foxxy and Toot. Foxxy wins, and the producers reveal her prize-- nothing. The producers simply told everyone that they'd win a prize in order to get them to end their sit in. Toot leads an armed rebellion, in which the house is blown up. The houseguests steal a helicopter, piloted by Wooldoor, and attempt to escape the producers, who pursue them on the back of a giant missile. As the first season comes to a conclusion, the producer [[suicide bomber|suicide bombs]] the helicopter, causing it to crash and explode on a desert island.

'''Musical Number''': "Cash Cash Cashety Cash", a parody of ''The Apprentice'' theme song, "For the Love of Money".

'''First Aired''': 12/15/2004

'''Trivia'''

* The episode title is a reference to the T.V. show ''[[Friends]]'', whose episode titles almost all begin with the words "The One With" or "The One Where" followed by a brief phrase describing the episode's main plot.

* This is the first episode to unite all of the characters in a single plotline. This is also the only episode to date featuring Toot as the main character.

* Not knowing if the show was going to be renewed, the creators made this episode to function as a possible series finale were it to be cancelled. Had the series not been renewed, it would have ended with everyone dying when the helicopter crashed; since the series was renewed, however, it was revealed that the houseguests survived the explosion, finding themselves on a desert island in a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''.

* At one point, all of the characters pull guns on one another in an homage to ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. When Wooldoor enters the fray, he produces over a dozen arms, each of them holding a different weapon, including a weapon from the video game ''[[Halo (video game)|Halo]]''. When Wooldoor produces an additional revolver that he aims at his own head, everyone abruptly shifts their arms so that their guns are pointed at Wooldoor.

* During the standoff, Spanky calls Clara "my woman," so it can be assumed that they are still a couple. To date, this is the last reference to any relationship between the two.

* The producer, Bucky Bucks, is a pastiche of [[Richie Rich]] and [[Donald Trump]].

* We learn that the producers are all Jewish.

* For her project, Clara produces a blatantly [[anti-Semitic]] parody of [[Mel Gibson]]'s [[The Passion of the Christ]], parodying the anti-Semitic controversy surrounding the movie.

* The episode was played as part of Comedy Central's Secret Stash (a Comedy Central feature in which R-rated films are shown uncensored after midnight) alongside ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]''. However, at one point during the Jell-o wrestling scene, the screen abruptly went black, and a title card appeared reading "DVD ONLY! Too hot for the Stash!" This marks the first time that Secret Stash has edited a program. The scene in question featured Spanky hanging off the side of the cage masturbating.

* Several of the fade-in and fade-out scenes show an outside shot of the house with a voiceover of Xandir exclaiming "What is going on?!". This is a reference to ''[[The Joe Schmo Show]]'', which featured a repeated shots of the house with the eponymous Joe Schmo asking confusedly, "What is going on!?" Foxxy mentions ''The Joe Schmo Show'' near the end of the program in her list of ways that reality TV stars have been "screwed."

* When Bucky Bucks powers up the helicopter near the end of the episode, you can clearly hear it make the "time circuits on" sound from the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' trilogy.

* Clara's invisibility ring is meant to be [[The One Ring]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

* Wooldoor calls "Tank" at the end of the episode, and suddenly gains the ability to fly a helicopter. This is a reference to ''[[The Matrix]]'' films, in which people inside a computer program called a hacker, Tank, who could hack the program and grant them superhuman abilities.

* After Princess Clara is fired for being tardy during 'The Apprentice' parody, the scene then cuts to a shot of the fired cast members and Toot, all snapping their fingers and danching in time with catchy, jazz style music. This is a direct referrence to the film and Broadway play, "[[Westside Story]]".

*The Season 1 DVD features two outtakes from this episode: an extended version of the jelly wrestling scene, and an alternate scene from the ''Apprentice'' parody in which Foxxy and Toot transport Mexican immigrants across the border by disguising them as road [[flares]] and car accessories. (In the aired version, Foxxy stuffs them in bags which Toot consumes and later passes.)

== Season 2 ==

===9. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist - Part II"===

The conclusion of the cliffhanger involves the cast crash landing on a supposedly deserted island, as a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''. When Foxxy tells the other houseguests that after a season on a reality TV show they're officially celebrities, they go to the airport located in the city on the other side of the island and head to Hollywood. Toot is left behind, where she becomes an object of veneration for the island's native people, who think that she's a beached whale. In order to please her, they begin feeding her everything--and everyone--they can get their hands on. In Hollywood, the houseguests discover that no one really cares about reality TV stars; Wooldoor, depressed, hangs himself. After the funeral, the other houseguests all head back to the Drawn Together House, the only place they really belong. The producer allows them to return, but demands that they find a new housemate to replace Wooldoor. After exhaustive interviews, they finally select Strawberry Sweetcake, an eighteen year old who looks eight, which satisfies Captain Hero's long dormant [[pedophile]] urges. Harmony is quickly broken, though, when Wooldoor--who was still alive--comes back to the house and reveals that his people were systematically slaughtered in a mass genocide by the Sweetcake people and turned into snackfoods. Strawberry Sweetcake says that she wants to let bygones be bygones, but then tries to cook Wooldoor. The rest of the houseguests try and stop her, but she gets ahold of Xandir's sword and prepares to kill them all. Back in the islands, the native people have given all they have to Toot, and have nothing left to feed her, so they pack her with dynamite and blow her across the ocean; the resulting rain of vomit from everything Toot ate destroys the island. Toot crash lands back in the ''Drawn Together'' House, where she saves the day by eating Sweetcake.

'''Musical Number:''' "Good Time Funderful Day", which plays while Sweetcake and the housemates enjoy a series of fun activities together, including [[kite flying|flying kites]] together, riding a [[seesaw]], playing [[Russian roulette]], having a massive group [[orgy]], and [[seal hunting|clubbing baby seals]].

'''First Aired:''' 10/19/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The blowing off of the helicopter's back and one of the passengers being sucked out is a spoof on the movie [[X-Men 2]]; in that scene [[Anna Paquin]] suffers the same fate. It's also widely believed to be a reference to the pilot for the hit ABC drama ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.

* The creators told TV Guide in their 2005 Fall Preview Issue that a main character would be killed off; this was fulfilled in a variety of ways, albeit not in the way fans expected. Wooldoor does appear to die, but then he's proven to be alive and well; Strawberry Sweetcake dies when Toot eats her, but she was technically only a main character for one episode.

* Captain Hero's line, "With my super powers, I easily could have saved us, but I couldn't react. Why not? Because I smoke marijuana. Still think it's cool?" is a reference to a series of advertisements in which marijuana use is shown to be directly responsible for horrific tragedies (often involving a child dying); all of the ads end with a brief voice-over commenting on marijuana's dangerousness in comparison to its public perception as a harmless anti-drug. As implied by the creators' using it in this situation, most people who have seen the commercials consider them to be ludicrous, over dramatic, and exaggerative.

* After the crash, Clara takes a roll call of the characters to see if anyone's missing. She refers to her fellow castmates as: "little retard, swine, rat, big retard, Xandir, blacky boo" and "fatty fatty two by four can't fit through the kitchen door".

* Apparently, the three-foot long penis of [[Jeff Probst]], Foxxy's breasts, and the island virgin's full frontal nudity were all actually animated into the episode and then covered with censor bars for airing; they will most likely appear in the unedited Season 2 DVD.

* An uncensored version of the "Simon Says" scene will likely appear on the Season 2 DVD.

* The situation between the Sweetcakes and Wooldoor's people is an obvious parody of the [[Holocaust]]; the constant references to pajamas are a reference to the striped, thin uniforms concentration camp prisoners were forced to wear. Sweetcake makes it plainly clear at the end of the episode that Wooldoor's people are supposed to represent the Jews when she refers to him as "hook nose," a common derogatory remark for Jews. After Wooldoor explains the [[genocide]] of his people to the housemates, Clara dismisses his story as part of a plot by the "Sockbat International Bankers," a satirical swipe at [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust revisionists]].

* When Wooldoor wakes up in his coffin, he says that he was able to escape because he'd seen ''[[Kill Bill]]''. The music that plays while he breaks out of the coffin is the exact same music that plays during the "buried alive" scene in ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2]]''. The following scene of Wooldoor digging back to the surface is a reference to the arcade game ''[[Dig Dug]]''.

* At the beginning of the episode, the corpses of [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Charlie Brown]], along with a [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]]-shaped crater can be seen amongst the wreckage on the beach.

* Toot's dynamiting by the natives is a parody of the [[exploding whale]] incident in Oregon, down to the view of the explosion and the smashed cars from the falling pieces.

* The scene where Wooldoor hangs himself is a parody of Brooks Hatlen's suicide in the movie ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''. The paperclip that offers Wooldoor advice while he writes a suicide note is a reference to the computer program [[Microsoft Office]], in which users can activate an animated [[Office Assistant]] that offers them advice; one of the icons users can choose from is an anthropomorphic paperclip nicknamed "Clippy".

* When Wooldoor "dies," the sceen fades to white and a title card appears listing Wooldoor's birthday and date of death. This is a reference is to the HBO show ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' where every episode begins with a death, and after the death the screen fades to white and the card gives the deceased's name and birthday.

* Xandir's special video game move is called the "reach around," a slang term in gay sex for the penetrating partner masturbating the penetrated partner.

* Among those interviewed by the houseguests as a potential roomate are [[Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)|Scorpion]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' (who performs his [[fatality]] on Xandir), [[Speedy Gonzales]] (who is a [[cocaine]] addict) and [[Wilma Flintstone]] (who uses a "prehistoric [[worm]]" as a [[tampon]]). Also, during a pan of the living room while the houseguests sort resumes, a resume can be seen with a picture of Blossom from the [[Powerpuff Girls]] attached.

* The way the Sockbats are turned into food is reminiscent of the film ''[[Soylent Green]]'', which involves the only affordable food in the future being made from people's corpses.

* Based on the "this season on ''Drawn Together''" teaser that airs at the end of this episode, Season Two will include the ''Terms of Endearment'' episode. Clips from the next four episodes (through "Clum Babies") are also included.

* When the houseguests fly away from the island and pass over Toot in the water, she yells "Wait!" while an instrumental piece from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' plays. At the end of that movie, [[Kate Winslet]]'s character yells "wait" to a departing search and rescue boat, only for them not to hear her.

* Spanky mentions that the houseguests interviewed "Two [[Claymation|claymated]] guys, and this finger puppet, and this [[Monty Python]] cutout thing." A giant cardboard foot then crushes him; the cardboard foot was a recurring gag in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. The "two claymated guys" may refer to [[Gumby]] and Pokey, or [[Wallace and Gromit]].

* One of the talent agencies that turns down the houseguests is Double Hemm, the production company that makes ''Drawn Together''.

* The soiled underwear in the vending machine and Ling-Ling's enthusiastic reaction is a reference to trend in Japan in the 1990s in which girls were paid money for their used underwear, which was then sold in vending machines. The panty-machines were eventually outlawed; they have since become objects of fetishism in Japan and can be found in underground and illegal pornography stores.

* After Sweetcakes is chosen as the new housemate we get to see a new opening. At the end of the opening we can see Toot jumping out of the water over a boy standing on a rock. This is a reference to the movie [[Free Willy]].

===10. "Foxxy Vs. The Board Of Education"===

Spanky contracts a virus, and "gay marries" Xandir in order to get life-saving health insurance. Clara tries to end the marriage, even calling the King of Insurance to have the pair busted. The King shows up, and after Xandir and Spanky fail to have gay sex, cancels Spanky's health coverage. Spanky makes a passionate if somewhat strange speech, which moves the king to grant Spanky health insurance for life. The boys also meet "Dumpy the Medical Waste Man," a parody of Frosty the Snow Man.

Meanwhile, it is discovered that Foxxy has been solving crimes without a license; she convinces Ling-Ling to take a racially biased test for her so that she can finish school and get her license. Clara makes clear that Asians excel at taking standardized tests. Ling-Ling is caught and is made an offer: fail the test for Foxxy, or have a goon come over and walk around the house without taking off his shoes. Ling-Ling fails the test, so Foxxy decides to solve the mystery of why black kids do so poorly on the SAT.

Foxxy is caught by the Board of Education, a knock off of Bill from the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] series. He explains that since there is no money in education, educators have conspired with manufacturers of bling to keep black kids out of college, so they will buy things like [[spinner rims]] and car mounted DVD players. Foxxy turns the Board of Education over to the police.

'''Musical Number:''' "Board Of Education," as sung by the Board of Education to Foxxy while explaining his plan to keep black people dumb.

'''First Aired''': 10/26/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The title of this episode is a reference to the landmark Supreme Court case [[Brown v. Board of Education]], which forced public schools to desegregate.

*In the background of the wedding, the Genie can be seen, implying that he is no longer captured by Lord Slashstab, nor is he apparently still with Xandir.

*Visible in the hospital waiting room (between both visits) are a pregnant [[Powerpuff Girls|PowerPuff Girl]] [[Bubbles]], the [[Little Mermaid]] being choked by a plastic six-pack ring, a wounded [[Bambi]], [[Rocky and Bullwinkle]] with Rocky stuck in Bullwinkle's anus, [[Cocoa Puffs|Sonny the Cuckoo Bird]] who was in a straight jacket, asking for puffs, as an addict would, and [[Joe Camel]] in an iron lung.
**The use of Bubbles is also an [[inside joke]]. Although she doesn't speak here, her voice on [[Powerpuff Girls]] is provided by [[Tara Strong]], who voices Toot and Clara.

* About the voice of Xandir and Spanky's Paper Baby, actually [[Tara Strong]]. In the sequence where a depressed Foxxy watches other famous animated mystery solvers in action, Strong voices Josie from [[Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon)|Josie and the Pussycats]], while [[Cree Summer]] voices [[Daphne Blake]] from [[Scooby-Doo]].

*The Hebrew writing on the Orthodox Jew's container of tablets he is putting in the well is the word [[Kosher]].

*The Board of Education's plan was to keep blacks from passing the SATs by giving them grape flavored, mentholated pencils. The students would not be able to resist eating their pencils and therefore would not be able to finish the test. When the Board of Education was in police custody, Foxxy herself couldn't resist eating the pencils. This is a reference to the popularity of mentholated cigarettes in the black community, causing some to speculate that they were created to do away with blacks.

* The floating ghost of Ling-Ling helping Foxxy is just like Obi-Wan helping Luke in the original [[Star Wars]] trilogy.

* The Board of Education is an obvious take on the Bill from the [[School House Rock]] cartoon of the '70's.

* Everytime someone pulled the lever, a trapdoor would open and drop the victim into a pit with a beast similar to the Rancor Beast from [[Return of the Jedi|Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi]] (though [[Ling-Ling]] called it a Zalganout beast).

* Some of the pictures from Xandir and Spanky's "honeymoon" reflected famous events/people, including [[Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]], [[Muhammad Ali]]/[[Sonny Liston]], [[Kerri Strug]], and [[Elian Gonzalez]].

* Foxxy's line about playing bouncy horse with her grandfather makes her the first and third person on the show to have an implied incestuous relationship.

* This is possibly misinterpretation, but when Ling-Ling's ghost talks to Foxxy, he calls her [[Oprah]].

* When Spanky throws an aluminum can at the [[Jumbotron]] scoreboard, the sound of cats screaming can be heard, even though there are no cats around. This would become a running gag on the show, utilized whenever an object is thrown or smashed.

===11. "Little Orphan Hero"===

Captain Hero has a nervous breakdown resulting from long-standing issues regarding the death of his parents, who perished when his home world of Zebulon crashed into a sun. With the help of Wooldoor and a whale fetus, he accepts their deaths and resolves to move on with his life, until the other houseguests clue him in to the fact that his home planet of Zebulon was never destroyed and that his parents are probably still alive. After raping a robot, Captain Hero contacts his homeworld, and his parents arrive to greet him. Captain Hero lives a second childhood, until his mother finally breaks down and reveals that he's actually an abortion that she had performed when psychics revealed that her child was going to be the lamest super-hero ever. Heartbroken, Captain Hero tries to prove to his parents that he's a great hero by having Xandir dress up as a serial killer and attack his mother, but the plan backfires when Captain Hero goes too far and tears out Xandir's intestines. Enraged that his parents still think he's not a good superhero, Captain Hero flies to Zebulon and throws the planet into the sun, murdering everyone on the planet. His parents, now homeless, have no choice but to rely on him for his love and support.

Meanwhile, Foxxy and the other houseguests form a suicide hotline, but everyone shirks it in favor of worshipping a dead frog as a god (much to the chagrin of Foxxy, who remains true to Salamander Jesus). When Foxxy gets a call from a depressed quadrapalegic plotting to end his own life, she and the other houseguests spring into action. They eventually find the man, Jeff, who begs them to pull the plug on the equipment that's keeping him alive. When the houseguests try to comply, he reveals that he's actually part of an undercover task force of quadrapalegics assigned to take down phony suicide hotlines run by reality show guests who then try to ignore their responsibilities and assist their callers in euthanasia. Disgusted with the fact that this sounds like a TV show plot written by a mentally retarded child, everyone goes home.

'''Musical Number''': "I Wanted You to Know" by Brooke Ramel, played as a theme to Captain Hero's second childhood and gang rape. (This song also plays over the end credits of the DVD version of the first season finale.)

'''First Aired''': 11/2/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Captain Hero's dressing like a woman and being gang-raped on a pinball machine is a reference to the film [[The Accused]] and the rape of [[Cheryl Araujo]].

* The men who [[gang rape]] Captain Hero are the same people who were featured in the ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]'' parody in Season 1 Episode 2, "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

* When Captain Hero comes home from being gang-raped at the keg party, the newspaper his father is reading has the headline "Best Kegger Ever".

* The [[Five for Fighting]] song that Captain Hero quotes throughout the episode is "Superman (It's not Easy)"

* Even though everyone refers to Five for Fighting in the plural, it is in fact the stage name of only one man, John Ondrasik.

* The crime count for this episode is high: Captain Hero rapes his sex robot, (presumably) rapes Xandir, (presumably) rapes his parents, and is himself gang raped. Xandir has his intestines torn out, Toot commits suicide, the houseguests try to kill Jeff, and Captain Hero murders billions of people by flinging their planet into the sun. Not to mention the houseguests' stealing cable TV (which has just been rendered useless from Zebulon's destruction).

* [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] make cameo appearances in this episode. There is a flashback where a drunk Captain Hero was making fun of the murder of Batman's parents at a party while Batman and Robin were present.

* The cover of ''Hero Comics'' is drawn to resemble the famous cover of ''[[Action Comics #1]]'' that introduced [[Superman]].

* Foxxy twirling around with a flash of light is a parody of the stock footage of [[Lynda Carter]] used in every episode of the 1970's [[Wonder Woman]] series when her character of Diana Prince turned into Wonder Woman.

* The question mark suit that Spanky Ham wears in the infomercial is a reference to "Government Grant Guru [[Matthew Lesko]]", who wears a simillar suit to promote his book ''[[Free Money to Pay Your Bills]]'' on late night television.

* [[Gonzo the Great|Gonzo]] and [[Kermit the Frog]] in their [[Muppet Babies]] form make cameos in this episode. They are being attacked by rabid [[pitbull|pitbulls]].

* Foxxy Love, Princess Clara, Spanky Ham and Ling Ling gather around the telephone, going "Yip yip yip yip yip...", with strange triangular mouths. This is a parody of a skit on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' featuring the [[Yip yip]] martians.

* The scene in which Captain Hero goes to contact Zebulon is a parody of several scenes from the movie ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.

* The scene in which Captain Hero's mysterious birth is revealed in a comic book, it cites a Supreme Court case called Roebot v Wade, which is a reference to [[Roe v Wade]] in 1973.

* In the first scene we see a montage of Captain Hero as an emotional wreck. In one of the shots we see him being unable to hug someone because of some huge scissor-like gloves he is wearing. This is a reference to the movie [[Edward Scissorhands]].

* Captain Hero keeps calling his mom ''imma'', which is ''mother'' in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. Zebulon might be the fictional homeworld of the [[tribe of Zebulun]], one of the [[Ten Lost Tribes]] of Israel.

* The scene in which Captain Hero argues with his mother as she rips his posters off the wall is a reference to [[Mark Wahlberg]] arguing with his mother in [[Boogie Nights]].

* The references that Captain Hero makes to erasing people's memories before tearing off his costume and presumably raping Xandir and his parents is likely a reference to Superman erasing Lois Lane's memories with a kiss in one of the Superman movies.

* When Captain Hero allegedly rapes his parents, he became the third person in the series to have an implied incestuous relationship with his parents, and the fourth in overall incest.

* The abbreviation "STOUTCPWSUSHBOARSCATDFTOTSTCTPWNTTTTMWRTNAPSBFTLSTTTASIE" doesn't match with Jeffrey's line: "Special Tactical Operations Unit To Catch People Who Set Up Suicide Hotlines Because Of A Reality Show Challenge And Then Didn't Follow Through On Them So They Cause The People Who Needed Them To Take Their '''Own Lives And Then They Change''' Minds When Realize That Not All People Should Be Forced to Live So They Try To Assist Someone In Euthanasia".

* When Clara jumps out the window screaming, "I can't go back to jail! I won't go back!", it is a reference to when she and Spanky went to jail in "Dirty Pranking No. 2".

* In this episode, Captain Hero's full name was revealed to be "Captain Leslie Hero". This might be a reference to Les Mutton in [[Zeroman]].

* The limbless cops are called Art, Mat, and Bob. This is a reference to an old joke: "What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging from the wall? Art! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs lying on the floor? Mat! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in the ocean? Bob!"

* Here we learn - thanks to the consideration of the producers - that Foxxy's taint is made of bacon.

===12. "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact" ===

Captain Hero gets a visit from his "back rub friend" UFG (Unusually Flexible Girl), who turns to him for rebound sex everytime she's dumped. In the middle of having sex, UFG reminds Hero that while in Super Hero school, they agreed to get married if they were both still single when they turned 30. As it turns out, it's UFG's 30th birthday, and she expects Hero to fulfill the pact. Hero panics, especially when he learns the next morning that UFG is in love with him and has been holding out so that she could marry him. Hero enlists Wooldoor to tell UFG for him that he doesn't intend to marry her; UFG has a breakdown, and so frightens Wooldoor with her fears about dying alone that he agrees to marry her so that he doesn't have to face that fate, either.

Meanwhile, Foxxy sees a "where are they at now?" special on TV that features The Foxxy 5, her old band from the 80s. Learning that the world considers her to be a one-hit-wonder (with "La-La-La-La-Labia," the musical number featured in episode #2), Foxxy tracks down her old bandmates and they reunite for a night of heavy drinking and lesbian sex. The next morning, Foxxy learns that her bandmates were killed in a [[hit and run car accident]] and that she's the only survivor because she wasn't there at the moment. With Spanky acting as her producer, Foxxy records a tribute song detailing her bandmates grisly demise, which revives her career; when she goes out to the garage, though, she discovers the twisted, still living remnants of her bandmates embedded in the grill of her van. She was so drunk that she didn't remember plowing them down. Realizing that if anyone finds out, her comeback will be ruined, Foxxy leaves them in the garage to die, but they escape with the van and record a song of their own, trumping Foxxy's comeback.

Hero, realizing that now that he can't have UFG, he wants her, plots to sabotage her and Wooldoor's marriage. He dresses up as Wooldoor and urinates on UFG, but it turns out that she's into [[urophilia]] and she becomes even more enamored with Wooldoor. When Hero reveals that it was actually him, she decides to go back to Hero; but now that Hero has her, he doesn't want her. When UFG finds out, she's despondent; Hero and Wooldoor, now unable to have her, both want her again. They confront her in the backyard and each grab her arms, and engage in a tug of war with her.

In the living room, Clara and Toot emerge from the basement, where they've spent the week building a high-powered potato gun bazooka. They fire it off, and the force of the gun propels a potato through the wall of the house and into the backyard, where it kills UFG. Hero notes that he and Wooldoor were holding onto UFG's arms when she died, meaning that her great wish was fulfilled: She didn't die alone. Wooldoor decides that this makes him and Captain Hero wonderful people, and they go inside, leaving UFG's corpse in the backyard with a potato embedded in its face.

'''Musical Number''': "Crashy Smashy Die Die Die", a warped tribute to Foxxy's bandmates, which features a naked Foxxy cavorting with a snake in a burnt-out city

'''First Aired''': 11/9/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Ling-Ling watches ''[[Bukkake]] Chef'' and complains that the secret ingredent is always the same. In Japan, bukkake is a method for preparing noodles. But it is also a form of Japanese pornography in which a woman is ejaculated on by numerous men. It is possible that the secret ingredient is semen.

*The tattoos on UFG read: "I'm holding out for a Hero", "I (heart) Hero", "Rent ''[[Memento]]''", and "I'm marrying Hero", with the final 'O' apparently formed by her anus. "Rent Memento" refers to a movie where the main character covered himself with tattoos to remember important things.

*[[Tara Strong]] provides the voice for Unusually Flexible Girl in this episode; this could be the reason Clara and Toot do not appear until the very end of the episode (since both characters are voiced by Strong).

*When Captain Hero is impersonating Wooldoor, he has a dead bird tied to his head for the head wings, a banana on his nose, and a chunk of door including the doorknob as a tail.

*There is a cutscene of a pink train going into a mountain tunnel. This is a reference to a movie convention where the train entering the tunnel signifies the two characters in question having sex. But, in this cutscene, mountain tunnel is too small and red liquid is coming from jammed tunnel - this can be mean that two characters may having gay-sex.
**The show also spoofs this convention by revealing that the train clip is just part of a movie Hero and Xandir are watching. This is similar to a [[Monty Python]] sketch in which we see a man and woman first embrace and fall back onto a bed. The camera then cuts to a sequence of [[stock footage]] which doubles as sexual metaphors (volcano erupting, rocket taking off, train going into a tunnel, etc.) before finally cutting back to the couple to reveal that all of the footage was actually just movies the man was showing the woman.

*Unusually Flexible Girl says that Wooldoor's pee cured her [[athlete's foot]]. There is an [[urban legend]] that urinating on your feet will cure your athlete's foot. [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] has espoused it on [[The Late Show with David Letterman]].

*The Foxxy 5 band members are: Foxxy Love, Foxxy Phat, Foxxy Dark, Foxxy Yella, and Lil Foxxy.

*Foxxy squats over the recycle bin, and while offscreen, releases five bottles of beer from her body, based on the sound effects.

*Foxxy Phat can only say "Girl" and "Hey hey hey!", a parody of [[Fat Albert]].

* Foxxy's music video is a parody of [[Britney Spears]] infamous MTV appearance wrapped in a [[boa constrictor]]

* Captain Hero's fantasy of an ideal wedding is a parody of the final scene in [[Star Wars: A New Hope]], with himself and UFG standing in for Han Solo and Luke. Princess Clara is [[Princess Leia]], Xandir is [[C3PO]], Wooldoor is [[R2-D2]] and Toot is [[Chewbacca]].

*The scene in which Foxxy discovers her bandmates embedded in the front of her van is a reference to an [[urban legend]] in which a man does not even realize he is the perpetrator of a hit and run accident until he discovers the body of a little girl in his car's grill the next morning. [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/bargrill.asp]

*Captain Hero's age was given as 28 in the first season. He is now at least 30, indicating that the housemates have lived together for over a year.

===13. "Clum Babies" ===
Wooldoor finally reaches puberty and can't stop [[masturbating]]. This leads to the "birth" of his magical Clum Babies, which have healing powers. Foxxy and Spanky decide to make a profit using Wooldoor's Clum Babies to heal people who are sick. Clara views it as an act against God and is on a mission to stop then. Clara recruits a group of Christian vegetables (a parody of the [[VeggieTales]]) who convince Wooldoor masturbation is a sin. Clara discovers shortly after that she is ill with [[tuberculosis]] and convinces Wooldoor to produce another Clum Baby to heal her. Two of the vegetables find Foxxy, Spanky, Clara, and Wooldoor ready to masturbate. When Foxxy says that [[The Bible]] is more of a guideline to live a good life than a set of rules, Bob the Cucumber is driven insane by this and goes on a killing spree.

In a second plotline, Ling Ling is revealed to be a regular clubgoer who has been picking up other battle monsters to fight with and abandon the next morning. Ling Ling receives a call from his father telling him that it's time to settle down and find one battle monster to fight with for the rest of his life. Ling Ling has a passionate fling with Ni-Pul, the battle monster his father arranges for him, but breaks it off when he realizes he doesn't want to be tied down to one opponent. Ni-Pul tells Ling Ling that they should just drop the metaphor and have sex. As the two are in bed, the insane Bob the Cucumber comes in and shoots them.

Bob has killed everyone else and is about to kill Wooldoor when one of the Clum Babies touches him, curing him of his [[psychosis]]. Bob is happy until he realizes how he went on a killing spree. Filled with grief, he kills himself. Wooldoor decides that God killed off everyone but him so that he could masturbate alone. It implies at the end of the episode that when Wooldoor is done masturbating he will use the Clum Babies to resurrect the others.

'''Musical Number''': "God Is Watching Everything You Do", a bouncy, menacing little ditty the VeggieFables sing to convince Wooldoor to stop masturbating.

'''First Aired''': 11/16/2005

'''Trivia'''

*Foxxy was teaching Wooldoor to masturbate by using [[Force (Star Wars)|force]] and a [[lightsaber]] vibrator.
*Foxxy's vibrator is a reference to the Jack Rabbit vibrator, famously seen in [[Sex and The City]]. The animal here, however, is a dolphin. The dolphin is a variation of the rabbit.
*When Wooldoor demostrates his masturbating skills and lifts a Clum Baby up after that, everybody bows down. This is reference to the famous scene in Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.
*Ling-Ling's father is heard to be speaking heavily accented English in this episode. In his previous appearance, he only spoke in the same subtitled dialect as Ling-Ling. Also, Ni-Pul and other "battle monsters" speak English, though somewhat accented; they are apparently able to understand Ling-Ling's "Japanese", though.
*After hearing the news that he has to have an "arranged battle," Ling-Ling seems to say something like "[[Yoko Ono]]," the pun being the "oh no!" in her name.
*[[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]] from [[Looney Tunes]] can be seen on Clum Babies sale. He needs a cure for his broken leg.
*Farmer Alfalfa, from Paul Terry's [[TerryToons]], also appears at the Clum Babies sale, wanting to be cured of his [[Alzheimer's disease]].
*When Spanky Ham introduces the Clum Babies to the public is a parody of the [[Leptoprin]] advertisements that ask, "When is a diet plan worth 153 dollars a bottle? When it works!"
*Bob the Cucumber seems to be based on two VeggieTales characters, host Bob the Tomato and supporting vegetable Larry the Cucumber. The tomato is likewise called Larry.
*Spanky and Foxxy kidnap Wooldoor by using car with numberplate "clm bb 1" - Clum Babies One.
*The scene in which Spanky and Foxxy convince Wooldoor to produce a Clum Baby for Clara is a parody of an infamous scene from the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film adaptation of ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', though in ''Clockwork'' the method was used to ''reduce'' a character's sexual inclinations. The movie shown to Wooldoor is a parody of the ''[[Girls Gone Wild]]'' video series.
*There are flying doves in scenes where Ling-Ling with Ni-Pul and Steve from Long Island are killed. This is a reference to [[John Woo]]'s use of doves in climactic gunfights in his movies.
*During Bob's killing spree, he is shown shooting while somersaulting in the air in [[Bullet Time|slow motion]], a technique found in many Hong Kong action movies.
*Better Homes and Gardens is a real magazine, available monthly in Australia featuring articles from the television show of the same name
*Wooldoor's masturbation technique: Rubs hands, tweeks nose, twists tail, turns and pokes eye, turns again, rubs head, breaks finger, bounces rapidly.
*Peter Cetera's "Glory Of Love" plays during Ling-Ling's battles with Ni-Pul. This is a parody of ''[[The Karate Kid, Part II]]''.
*Ni-Pul's voice is provided by [[Cree Summer]].
*The blind boy with hairy palms is a reference to an old wives' tale "Masturbation leads to blindness and hairy palms."
*Hootchie, the green, lizard like battle monster, greatly resembles a somewhat [[anthropomorphic]] [[Larvitar]].
*Foxxy's euphemisms for masturbation include: Going number 3, firing off knuckle children, and choking the chicken.

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===14. "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine"===

When the houseguests are terrorized by poltergeists, Foxxy discovers that the Drawn Together house was built on Indian burial ground, and is haunted by the ghosts of 1,000 Indians. In order to appease them, the backyard is given to a ghost Indian tribe, which builds a towering casino hotel (the Lost Indian Souls Casino) next to the house. When Captain Hero discovers that the casino takes bets on his superhero battles, he and Spanky pull a classic [[scam]] where they drive up the [[odds]] in Hero's favor, then clean up when Hero takes a [[dive]]. The plan goes awry when Hero decides to cut Spanky out of the deal. Spanky retaliates by ratting on Hero to the League of Heroes, who threaten to kick Captain Hero out of their ranks unless he can defeat them in battle. Hero and Spanky realize they can bet on this battle too, of course, so they mend their differences so Spanky can place one final bet and Hero can take one more dive. The plan fails when the other League members take dives as well. Captain Hero finally realizes how silly he's been acting, and everyone has a good laugh while he delivers the moral of the episode, that Indians shouldn't be allowed to have casinos because gambling brings out the worst in weak-minded white people.

Meanwhile, Foxxy tries to take advantage of the casino's overflow crowd by turning the Drawn Together house into a [[strip club]] (the Fox Hole) where she is the main attraction (and Ling-Ling is the [[DJ]]). Clara begs for the chance to dance at Foxxy's club, believing that it will finally make her father notice her, since in her youth, he seemed to be more interested in strippers than in her. Sure enough, her father comes to the club to watch Clara dance, and loves her performance, only to forget all about it the second he sees Foxxy dance. While Clara and Foxxy are fighting over his affections, they notice that he's not paying any attention to either one of them anymore- his attention is now focused on a gyrating Xandir. The two women solve the problem by reenacting their kiss from "Hot Tub", and creating an erotic dance to go along with it. The plan works, and Clara's father finally says the words she's been longing to hear all her life: "I love you both very much".

'''First Aired''': 11/30/2005

'''Trivia'''

*The mice on Toot's back (shaving it with tiny lawnmowers) are the various mice from the [[Speedy Gonzales]] cartoons. The song playing is [[La Cucaracha]] which was often played in those shows. Animated programs typically use the song to immediately suggest a [[Mexican]] atmosphere, as is being done here.

*After Wooldoor Sockbat announces that they are going to redecorate each other's personal spaces, they play a segment for about 2 or 3 seconds that displays the words [[Trading Spaces]]. this is, of course, in reference to the popular home decorating show of the same name. The song that plays during the ''Trading Spaces'' promo is a jazzy version of the ''Drawn Together'' theme.

*Movies parodied during the inital haunting: ''[[The Shining]]'' when the bathroom filled with [[blood]], and ''[[Poltergeist]]'' with the stacked chairs and the 'they're here' quote. The story of the Drawn Together house being built over an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] burial ground whose tombstones were moved but not the bodies is a direct reference to ''Poltergeist''.

*Foxxy's yelling hints to protagonists of horror movies, and an unknown guy shushing her, is based on a stereotype joke -- that African-American people talk, argue, etc. with the characters during movies.

*In the [[casino]], [[Marge Simpson]] is seen operating a [[slot machine]]. This is a reference to "[[$pringfield| $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]", in which Marge develops a gambling [[addiction]].

*Ling-Ling is seen pulling a [[rickshaw]] in yet another parody of Asian immigrants.

*Clara's father and her cousin Bleh make return appearances in this episode. They had previously appeared in "Dirty Pranking No. 2" and "The Other Cousin," respectively. Bleh's appearance is a parody of Dustin Hoffman's character in [[Rain Man]]. When Captain Hero and Spanky come down the escalator in suits, they are dressed like [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Tom Cruise]] were in the movie. In the movie, Hoffman played Raymond, an autistic man with a genius-level affinity for math. Tom Cruise's character uses Raymond to win big at blackjack in a casino. Captain Hero and Spanky attempt to use Bleh in a similar manner in this episode.

*Clara's reference to Toot as a single-joke character is followed by a scene in which Ling-Ling and Wooldoor tip Toot over while she is eating some grass, in a parody of [[cow tipping]].

*Spanky lets the Hulk do his taxes. [[The Hulk]] is [[Marvel Comics']] famous character of [[Bruce Banner]], a brilliant scientist who is hit by gamma radiation and, when angry, turns into the super strong (and super stupid) green goliath known as the Hulk.

*Other members of the League of Heroes include Captain Colonicus, Ethan Hawkman, Not Dressed For This Weather Woman, Exemplary Fellow, and Western-African Dwarf Crocodile Man. The name Ethan Hawkman is an amalgam of [[Ethan Hawke]], the actor, and [[Hawkman]], the [[DC Comics]] superhero. Exemplary Fellow is a reference to the [[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]], while Not Dressed For This Weather Woman is a parody of [[Wonder Woman]]. Captain Colonicus appears to be a generic superhero who can fly because he [[fart|breaks wind]]. The League of Heroes itself is a parody of the [[Justice League of America]].

*The title of this episode is taken from ''[[Ghost in the Machine]]'', the title of an album by [[The Police]], as well as a song by [[Blaze Bayley]]

*When Captain Hero begins the fight with the Mad Felcher, the Mad Felcher is doing something that is censored. [[Felching]] is a sexual practice in which one sucks semen out of another person's anus. This is obviously what the Mad Felcher is doing to Captain Hero at the fight. This is also referenced when Captain Hero tells Spanky that the Mad Felcher "sucks ass".

*One of Captain Hero's thrown "fights" is "Captain Hero v. Wade", an obvious reference to ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. In it, a judge refuses a pregnant Captain Hero an abortion. The baby that presumably resulted from this situation is seen when Captain Hero and Spanky revel in their ill-gotten cash.

*When Captain Hero goes to collect his prize money, he rips his costume to reveal a suit and refers to himself in the third person. This is a reference to Superman's mild-mannered secret alias of Clark Kent, who was a reporter for a metropolitan newspaper and hence, wore a suit. Clark/Superman sometimes even tripped over himself when referring to his alter egos just as Captain Hero does. The only difference is that Clark/Superman usually does it the other way around and rips his suit to reveal a costume.

*The spinning circles around Captain Hero were the same as those used in ''[[Superman II]]'' for [[General Zod]] and his associates.

* Ling-Ling announced that Foxxy's stripper name was "Ashee Simpson." This is a play on the name of famous rocker, [[Ashlee Simpson]]. Clara's stripper name is [[Adolf Hitler|Hitlerina]], a joking reference to her [[anti-Semitism]].

*Captain Hero is convicted of committing the crime of 24601, in reference to ''Les Miserables''. Jean Valjean's number throughout the musical is 24601.

*Hero becomes distressed when the league takes away his decoder ring. This is a reference to [[secret decoder ring]]s, a popular toy of the 1940's and 50's. These items were [[merchandising]] tie-ins that kids wanted to obtain because supposedly, the rings were just like the ones their [[superhero]] idols used.

*[[Marmaduke]] is a long-running newspaper comic strip about a big dog that does, well, big dog stuff that's kind of funny. Pulling his owner down the street on a leash is a common occurrence in the strip.

*The final shot of the episode is drawn from the ending of one of the ''[[Rocky (movie)|Rocky]]'' movies (likely ''[[Rocky IV]]'').

[[Image:GodzillaOnDrawnTogether.jpg|right|thumbnail|Godzilla, as seen in "Super Nanny"]]

===15. "Super Nanny"===

Upon seeing the reality TV show ''[[Super Nanny]]'', Captain Hero purposefully acts out so he can summon Super Nanny and challenge her once and for all, believing that anyone or anything with the word "super" in front of their name is a foe to him and must be defeated. Super Nanny proves to be more than a match for Hero, however. She responds to each and everyone of his tantrums by making him sit on the naughty stool. Hero starts behaving himself, gradually earning her approval.

Everything goes awry, though, when he angrily asserts that the [[barrette]] Toot is wearing is actually his. Toot tells Super Nanny that Captain Hero is trying to steal her barrette, and she sends him to the naughty stool once again. During his extended stay on the stool, Hero learns that the [[White House]] is being invaded by mini-troopers. He tries to call all of his superfriends, only to find that none of them can help because they're all stuck on the naughty stool as well. Captain Hero puts two and two together, and realizes that it's all part of Super Nanny's evil plot - she has rendered the world's superheroes helpless while she leads an invasion of mini-troopers (who are in fact, a bunch of super-disciplined children she has brainwashed) to take over the White House. Hero is reluctant to leave the stool, but after Foxxy proves that the barrette in Toot's hair really belongs to Captain Hero (because it has his [[logo]] on it), the housemates finally convince him that saving the world is more important than being a good boy, so he flies to Washington to foil Super Nanny's plot. He does this by stomping on her foot really hard, causing her to use foul language, and then sends her to the naughty stool. This breaks her spell over the children, and they promptly tear her to shreds. Having saved the day, Captain Hero flies off to seek out his next adversary - the evil [[Supercuts]].
[[Image:Tootfoxxy1.jpg|right|thumbnail|Toot and Foxxy as seen through Ling-Ling's (and other Asians in the Drawn Together universe) eyes]]
Meanwhile, Ling-Ling is trying to get his driver's license. He aces the written portion of the exam, but fails miserably at the driving test. Wooldoor explains that Ling-Ling is a bad driver because he is Asian (playing off a well-known [[stereotype]]), and decides to help Ling-Ling pass by making him more American - namely, by [[Scotch tape|Scotch-taping]] his eyes so that they are round instead of slanted. In addition to gaining the ability to speak perfect English, Ling-Ling now sees the world as everyone else does, and aces his driving test. By doing so, he inspires all Asians everywhere to do the same. The NAAYP even wishes to present Ling-Ling with an award for opening up everyone's eyes. However, at the award ceremony, [[Godzilla]] calls Ling-Ling out and accuses him of turning his back on his culture. Ling-Ling resists the notion, but finally comes to agree. He makes a speech to everyone present at the ceremony that they should just be themselves, and not to forget who they are. He removes the Scotch tape from his eyes and begins speaking his normal language again. All of the Asians in attendance listen to his words and do the same. Unfortunately, after leaving the ceremony, they all promptly crash their cars into the auditorium.

'''Musical Number''': "Who's That Guy", sung by Spanky and the crowd at the [[Department of Motor Vehicles]], expressing awe at Ling-Ling's successful driving test. The scene is a parody of ''[[Grease 2]]''.

'''First Aired''': 12/7/2005

'''Trivia'''

* This episode debuts a shorter opening credit sequence, eliminating the roll call of all the characters' names.

* The voice of Super Nanny is provided by [[Cree Summer]], which may explain Foxxy's smaller than usual role in this episode.

* The man taking photos at the DMV is the same man who shushed Foxxy in "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine".

* Ling-Ling pronouncing all the L's as R's during his eye exam is a reference to [[Engrish]].

* Captain Hero dressing in workout gear (with a T-shirt that hangs off one shoulder) is a reference to [[Jennifer Beals|Jennifer Beals's]] character in [[Flashdance]].

* The NAAYP is a parody of the [[NAACP]], the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Y in NAAYP stands for [[color metaphors for race|yellow]], a slang term for people of Asian race.

* When Wooldoor slants Clara's eyes so she sees things as Asians do, she identifies a picture of a cat as "beef and broccoli". This is a reference to how in some Asian cultures, animals that are considered pets in the Asian world are considered food instead. She also identifies a picture two obviously identical Asian men as "people who look completely different" (lampooning the perception that "all Asians look the same"), and is able to successfully solve an incredibly complex equation as "7".

* In this episode, we learn that Ling-Ling, and presumably all Asians in the ''Drawn Together'' universe, see everyone as [[anime]] characters, with Foxxy being portrayed as [[Misty (Pokemon)|Misty]] from the [[Pokemon]] anime.

* Wooldoor gets Ling-Ling's test results by breaking open a [[fortune cookie]]. He reads, "He has suffered a mild concussion. The best thing for him now is to get some rest." He then adds playfully, "in bed!" This is a reference to a well-traveled [[joke]] that you can add the words "in bed" to the end of any fortune cookie fortune to create a funny pun.

* The Asian man who operates his business in the high-crime area is [[Korean]], as indicated by the text on his sign. This may be a reference to the rampant destruction of Korean businesses in the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]].

* Among the shows Foxxy flips past before landing on ''Super Nanny'' are an exercise program (which Captain Hero watches later in the episode), a Godzilla movie (setting up his appearance later in the episode), "Now Where They At?" (from "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact"), and ''Drawn Together''.

* Captain Hero has a giant [[Israeli_new_sheqel|old Israeli sheqel]] coin in his crimefighting lair, similar to the giant coin that [[Batman]] keeps in his [[Batcave]]. Its color is wrong, but its design and text in both [[Hebrew_language|Hebrew]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] are correct (see [http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/bill_all_eng.htm?series_num=24&series_name=New%20Agora%20and%20Sheqel%20Series&pg_name=c030&pg_kot=1%20SHEQEL| original coin]). That's another hint regarding Captain Hero's roots.

* Godzilla disparagingly calls Ling-Ling a [[Twinkie]], a derogatory term for Asians who are perceived as not being true to their heritage. It's equivalent to an African-American being referred to as an [[Oreo]].

*Ling-Ling refers to Spanky as 'Honorable Pig Demon', which is what the Vietnamese children referred to him as in "Gay Bash".

*The way the children are animated disembowling and mutilating Super Nanny is a reference to [[Day of the Dead (film)|Day of the Dead]].

*The man lying on the massage table during the "Thank you, Ling-Ling!" montage is the same man who appeared in Foxxy's [[sex education|sex ed]] lesson in "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

*When Ling-Ling tells Spanky that he doesn't have a driver's license, Spanky immediately understands him. This confirms that Spanky Ham can indeed understand Ling-Ling's speech (previous episodes had only suggested it).

*The Super Nanny theme song in this episode, "Behave, Behave" is a parody of the real Super Nanny theme song, "Be Good Johnny" by [[Men At Work]].

*[[Batman]] and [[Spiderman]](Spidey) are both referenced in this episode. It should be noted that Batman is, apparently, now accepting phone calls from Captain Hero again. In "Little Orphan Hero", Hero states that Batman no longer returns his calls after impersonating the murder of Batman's parents.

List of Drawn Together episodes

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[[Image:Drawn Together.jpg|right|thumbnail|The ''Drawn Together'' cast (Counter-clockwise from upper left): Wooldoor, Toot, Ling-Ling, Foxxy, Xandir, Clara, Spanky, and Captain Hero]]

List of episodes of the [[animated]] [[television]] [[comedy]], ''[[Drawn Together]]''.

Several episodes contain full-blown musical numbers that tie into the action of the scene in which they appear.

== Season 1 ==

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===1. "Hot Tub"===
The houseguests arrive and meet one another, with immediate friction resulting not only from Spanky's tendency to defecate into and onto everything and everyone, but also from Princess Clara's assumption that Foxxy is the household slave. Meanwhile, Toot, struggling to retain her faltering self esteem, tries to seduce Xandir, who is more interested in saving his girlfriend, who is forever being kidnapped by evil wizards. Eventually, Foxxy and Clara bury the hatchet when Foxxy lures Clara into a series of sessions of lesbian sex, and Toot comes to terms with the fact that she is no longer a sex symbol by adopting the persona of the "household bitch."

'''Musical Number''': "Black Chick's Tongue", a parody of Disney's ''Aladdin''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[A Whole New World]]", sung by Clara as Foxxy makes out with her in a hot tub.

'''First Aired''': 10/27/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In the Deleted Scenes option on the first Season's DVD box, there is an introduction with each character getting to say a few lines.

* Even though Xandir isn't revealed to be a homosexual until episode three, the opening credits inform the viewer that he is gay.

* Seeing as how Toot dies numerous times over the course of the episode, the characters seem to inhabit a continuity similar to that of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', in which there is no continuity.

* When Clara speaks to the producers on the phone, the voice of the producer is a muted trumpet, the same sound effect used for adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

* In the beginning of the second act, a ''Flintstones''-like car drives by the house while a ''Jetsons''-ish UFO flies overhead.

* At one point, Xandir plays a magic flute that transports him away in a tornado. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link (the character upon which Xandir is based) would play a flute and then be transported by a cyclone. This ability was also referenced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' where Mario can play a whistle, and a tornado will come and take him to a new area.

* Concerning Xandir, there are two references to other (non-animated) role-playing games, particularly [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. When Xandir talks to his girlfriend on the phone, Spanky calls him "Dungeons and Douchebags"; and in his description of the tension following the fight between Foxxy and Clara, Xandir uses the term "+6 sword", which is a rather abstract value in role-playing games in general.

* In the booze party, [[Peyo]]'s [[Smurfs]] ([[les Schtroumpfs]]) have a very gory guest appearance as knife-wielding pit fighters.

* Ling-Ling's rule about saying his name three times over a short period of time to summon his ballistic behavior might be a reference to [[Beetlejuice]], who required someone to say his name three times in order to summon him up.

* Ling-Ling's comment about giving children [[seizures]] is a reference to the infamous ''Pokémon'' episode "Electric Hero Porygon" which popular urban legend says gave hundreds of children seizures when it aired in Japan (the children actually only showed symptoms of mass hysteria, several days after the fact). The show then spoofs the scene by showing Ling-Ling's picture with rapid flashing lights for a couple of seconds.

* Ling Ling's line to Toot before he kills her, "That'll do, pig, that'll do," is Farmer Hogget's closing line from ''[[Babe]]''.

* This episode may have been inspired in part by an episode of ''[[The Real World (Las Vegas)]]'', where Trishelle, who had appeared to be a straight-laced heterosexual, unexpectedly went to bed with a boy, Steven, and another girl, Brynn.

* Comedy Central demanded that the producers remove scenes of Toot intentionally cutting herself with a razor blade. However, after Frankie was shown doing something similar on [[The Real World (San Diego)]], they were allowed to keep them in.

===2. "Clara's Dirty Little Secret"===

Weeks have passed since Clara first had lesbian sex, and she's spent the entire time telling everyone the story non-stop (to the delight of all of the houseguests except for Toot). In revenge, Toot convinces Clara that she's pregnant and that Foxxy is the father. Foxxy, in turn, gives the houseguests a sex-ed class, which culminates in the revelation that Clara's vagina is a gigantic, tentacled monster, spawned by a curse placed upon her by her not-so-Evil Stepmother. Due to its sensitivity to loud noises, and Toot's insensitivity, Clara's enraged vagina destroys the furniture in the living room and consumes Wooldoor (and a cameraman). Despite Foxxy's attempts to protect her, the other housemates temporarily adopt desperate measures and chase Clara before an alternative is found.

According to the Stepmother, only the kiss of her true love can break the curse. During a ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]''-type contest in which men compete to be Clara's true love, she meets [[Prince Charming]], the man of her dreams; but his kiss, rather than curing her curse, causes his penis to turn into an octopus itself. Dismayed at his new condition, Prince Charming commits suicide. The houseguests eventually come to terms with Clara's 'octopussoire', and Clara makes peace with her Stepmother. The episode ends with Wooldoor escaping from Clara's vagina.

'''Musical Number''': "La-La-La-La-Labia", a [[Hanna Barbera]] style song sung by Foxxy and the houseguests a'la [[Josie and the Pussycats]] during a montage in which everyone chases Clara's vagina.

'''First Aired''': 11/3/2004

'''Trivia''':

* The scene in which a man begins crying in the back of a limo and rips open his shirt as he implores another man, "Make me feel good!" is a reference to the infamous [[Halle Berry]]/[[Billy Bob Thornton]] sex scene in ''[[Monster's Ball]]''.

* Prince Charming's penis transformation scene is a reference to ''[[Shrek]]''.

* The scene where Xandir cowers while Clara's vagina corners him and sticks out its tongue is taken from the films ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' and ''[[Aliens]]''.

* Toot tells Clara that the only way to stop herself from being pregnant is to be pushed down a flight of stairs. Toot does this on the stairs in the house, but says it didn't work. Clara suggests the [[M.C. Escher]] room; M.C. Escher was a painter famous for a picture depicting a room made up entirely of staircases, all of which lead to nowhere. The M.C. Escher room that Toot and Clara go to is a duplicate of this picture.

* Wooldoor's blocks spell out the message 2 PAC RIP, a reference to murdered rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].

* The scene in the screen splits into four frames depicting everyone in peril, with a time clock displayed, is a reference to ''[[24 (television)|24]]''.

* The houseguests' chant of "Kill the beast!" is a reference to the novel ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''. However, since Clara is involved, it may be more of a reference to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] [[Beauty and the Beast]].

* The scene where Wooldoor Sockbat gets pulled into Clara's vagina and nearly crushed to death is a spoof on the scene in ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope]]'', where Luke, Han, and Leia are trapped in one of the garbage smashers on the Death Star, but are saved from being crushed by C-3PO and R2-D2 shutting it down. When Clara's vagina begins to close in on Wooldoor, he calls out, "3-PO! 3-PO!"

* In Foxxy's flashback where Wooldoor is dressed as a priest, he gives Clara a Christian bible, but curiously has an Egyptian [[ankh]] symbol on his sash.

* Prince Charming's voice is provided by guest star [[Carlos Alazraqui]], who in addition to providing voices for [[Family Guy]], [[The Fairly OddParents]], and [[Rocko's Modern Life]], was the voice of the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in their long-running TV advertising campaign.

===3. "Gay Bash"===

A bizarre ritual involving an ancient monster reveals that Xandir is, in fact, a homosexual. To make him feel better, the other houseguests throw him a party attended exclusively by homosexuals (including [[Elmer Fudd]] and [[Snagglepuss]], their identities only somewhat concealed by pixelization), during which Xandir accepts that he's into kinky gay sex. Not all of the guests turn out to be friends, though: Bizarro Captain Hero, with whom Captain Hero once had a gay affair in a men's room, shows up, threatening to reveal their secret. Also, [[ Pacman]], to whom Xandir confesses his homosexuality, turns out to be [[Ms. Pacman]] in drag. Foxxy convinces Xandir to call his girlfriend and tell her that he's gay, resulting in their breakup. In the end, Xandir, wanting to turn himself heterosexual, wishes on a lamp inhabited by a gay genie; the genie is promptly kidnapped, allowing Xandir to retain a sense of self worth by replacing his never ending quest to save his girlfriend with a never ending quest to save his boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Spanky, upon discovering that Ling-Ling is an expert craftsman, puts the creature to work as a one-man sweatshop, sewing [[Counterfeit|bootleg]] [[Nike]] basketball shoes. This angers the [[child labor|child laborers]] of Nike's [[sweatshop]], who show up and try to kill Spanky by turning themselves into a [[Transformer]]. Spanky convinces Ling-Ling that it would be honorable to save him, so Ling-Ling uses its super powers to blow up the sweatshop workers. Ling-Ling and Spanky earn a substantial amount of money by selling the immobilized children as basketball shoes, and Spanky gives Ling-Ling a paper hat reading "Honor."

'''Musical Number''': "Ling Ling's Lament", sung by Ling-Ling in pseudo-Japanese (without subtitles) as he mourns for his carefree days running around a fantasyland killing monsters with his master. As the song nears the end, Ling-Ling's reminisces suddenly turn violent, and he envisions himself brutally murdering Spanky.

Also, the "Ling Ling Battle Song" as a montage of scenes from Episodes 1, 3, and 5, in which Ling Ling leaps into battle, is presented in the end credits and - vocals inserted into the action - during his battle with the Chinese Transformer Kids.

'''First Aired''': 11/10/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Xandir is revealed to be gay; however, the writers already told the audience this in the opening credits of the series premier.

* The ritual in which Xandir is found to be gay is a parody of a scene in the [[1980]] film adaptation of ''[[Flash Gordon#Adaptations and other versions|Flash Gordon]]''.

* Perhaps for the first time ever in a syndicated cartoon show, God is depicted fondling a male penis.

* During the gay bash party, two characters with blurred faces join with Xandir. For those who don't watch cartoons too often, these are obviously [[Elmer Fudd]] from [[Looney Tunes]] (with a brown mustache) and [[Snagglepuss]].

* Xandir's new boyfriend is a parody of the genie from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]'' (the movie was previously parodied in the first episode). The voice actor providing the genie's voice is imitating [[Robin Williams]], who provided the voice for the genie in the titular film. Upon close inspection, the genies' chest hairs make interesting symbols depending on his emotion; when angry and confused, the hairs read "666", the [[Number of the Beast]]. When calm and at peace, the hairs form the Christian [[alpha]] symbol.

* Xandir's nemesis, Lord Slashstab, is quite similar to the animated [[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]] TV series' antagonist, [[Venger]].

* Spanky introduces himself to Ling-Ling and hands him his business card. In Japan, Ling-Ling's home, it is customary to exchange business cards (if you have one) with a new acquaintance, especially on a professional basis.

* When Spanky puts Ling-Ling to work in the [[sweatshop]] he tells him that they will be as successful a duo as Fatman and Little Boy. "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the code names of the atomic bombs dropped on [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hiroshima]], respectively.

* Captain Hero's line to Bizarro Captain Hero, "Hey, what happened on Bizarro World, stays on Bizarro World" is a reference to Las Vegas' marketing campaign, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Bizzaro Captain Hero himself is, of course, an homage to the [[Bizarro]] characters (mostly [[Superman]] and [[Lois Lane]]) of [[DC Comics]] fame, who were grotesque, odd, polar opposite clones/copies of the originals.

* Foxxy's line "Everything the light touches is gay!" is taken almost verbatim from Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.

* The pterodactyl-powered record player is a reference to TV's first animated sitcom, [[The Flintstones]], where many of the Flintstones' appliances were powered by minature prehistoric animals, some of whom were prone to making wisecracks like this

===4. "Requiem for a Reality Show"===

The house is divided into two teams who then compete in a contest to see who will be given control of the house's food supply for the rest of the week. Toot's team wins, and she celebrates by eating all the food she can get her hands on. Toot blimps up -literally - leaving her seriously depressed. Xandir tries to fix it by teaching Toot to regurgitate in order to lose weight rapidly - with rather disgusting results. Xandir, Foxxy, and Ling-Ling convince Toot to try the opposite approach, [[anorexia]], which causes Toot to become so thin that her body can no longer support the weight of her own head.

Meanwhile, the losing team - Clara, Spanky, Wooldoor and Hero - suffers from starvation. Spanky obtains food by bullying Wooldoor into trapping and killing the woodland animals that Clara is able to summon by her singing, and Foxxy and Captain Hero enter into a short-lived hardcore [[BDSM]] relationship.

'''Musical Number:''' "Bully", sung by Clara as she tries to convince Wooldoor to stand up to Spanky

'''First Aired:''' 11/17/2004

'''Trivia:'''

* When the contest begins, a [[UFO]] with a fishing pole and a traffic light attached aids them. This a parody of a [[Lakitu]] and a reference to the [[Super Mario Kart]] videogame.

* Spanky's comment "We'll eat like dingoes in a maternity ward!" is a reference to a 1980 [[Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance|incident]] that occurred in Australia in which [[Lindy Chamberlain]] was wrongfully accused of murdering her infant daughter, Azaria; she was exonerated when it was discovered the child was in fact killed and eaten by a [[dingo]]. The incident was immortalized in the 1988 film ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'', starring [[Meryl Streep]].

* As Wooldoor collects the leftover meat for a proper burial, a surviving chipmunk begs "Don't bury me... I'm not dead!" This was a tagline featured in a fairly well known marketing campaign for the film ''[[The Serpent and the Rainbow]]'', depicting a zombie tearing out of a casket. In the movie, [[Bill Pullman]]'s character utters the line when he collapses on the street, due to a drug that will induce a deathlike state and cause him to be buried alive.

* Xandir uses [[Acme Corporation|ACME]] liposuction on Toot. ACME is the ubiquitous brand name featured in Looney Toons cartoons in place of actual brands; it turned up most often in the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote shorts. It has since been used in several other cartoons and television shows as a generic brand.

* Captain Hero's quotes the H.W Longfellow poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn" while lamenting the breakup of he and Foxxy's relationship ("two ships passing in the night") There is a particular irony here, as the part of the poem Captain Hero quotes laments a relationship with a lack of communication; in fact, Captain Hero and Foxxy's relationship had no communication, as it was based purely around bondage.

* When Foxxy teases Captain Hero with the sandwich, several sounds (and matching panels) pop in. This is a reference to the 1960's [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]] TV series, starring [[Adam West]] in the titular role. The program's fight scenes were always accompanied by cartoonish sound effects and title cards displaying words like "pow" and "smash" (which was done to pay tribute to the heroes' [[comic book]] origins).

* After Foxxy and Captain Hero break up, Foxxy's new slave is [[Charlie Brown]], while Captain Hero's mistress is [[Natasha Fatale]] from ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. Foxxy calls Charlie Brown "blockhead," one of many nicknames given to him in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His reply to Foxxy, "Good grief!" was Charlie Brown's catch phrase in the strip.

* Toot says, "Pass me the Han Solo," and then eats something that looks like [[Han Solo]] frozen in carbonite at the end of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and beginning of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* The opening scene where Spanky is chasing Wooldoor, and the pair stop in a freezeframe with parenthesized Latin names below their own real ones, is a direct parody of most Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Spanky is "Pornus Interruptus." Wooldoor is "Ritalinus Shouldatakus." [[Ritalin]] is a drug used to treat [[attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]], which Wooldoor clearly has.

* Spanky's line, "For the love of Allah--who's Great and Merciful--haven't you gotten rid of that [[polio]] yet?", with its use of [[Allah]] in the place of [[God]], and the subsequent [[epithet]], indicates that he is a member of the [[Muslim]] faith. This is further confirmed and reinforced in Episode 7, "Dirty Pranking Number 2", where Spanky announces that he had inconveniently converted a month before the [[September 11 attack]]s. Further information on the website confirms that he is a [[Sunni]] Muslim. The ironic fact that pork is forbidden by [[Halaal|Islamic dietary law]] is not mentioned.

* Clara twists the [[chipmunk]]'s neck to prevent it from blurting around that she's indirectly responsible for the death of its fellows. In the first episode of the second season, there is a flashback of that scene, but in an altered version; there it is a close-up of their faces, and Clara is holding the chipmunk at the height of her face. In the original version, she held the rodent at the height of her belly.

===5. "The Other Cousin"===

Clara's mentally retarded cousin, Bleh, arrives, much to the consternation of the houseguests and Clara's annoyance. She always wears a football helmet, drools, can't look anyone in the eye, and almost always speaks in metaphors derived from critical reviews of the film ''[[I Am Sam]]''. The houseguests' attitudes change quickly, though, when Bleh takes off her clothes to reveal a perfectly sculpted body and enormous breasts. Captain Hero enters into a bet to de-virginize Bleh, which he does - although he does develop feelings for her -, infuriating Clara. Captain Hero and Bleh break up, and as Bleh boards a bus back home we discover that she had a bet with one of her friends in the mental institute to have sex with a television celebrity.

Meanwhile, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor become addicted to licking Ling-Ling when they discover that he secretes a powerful hallucinogen when disappointed. They finally abuse him to the point that Ling-Ling goes quasi-catatonic. In order to alleviate Ling-Ling's condition, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor invite his father to the house to cheer him up; but when the latter arrives, he expresses his disappointment about his son being in a reality TV show - and guess what happens!

'''Musical Number''': "Girly Girly", sung by an unseen chorus as a theme to Captain Hero and Bleh's courtship. Also, Captain Hero sings a version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Bleh on their date.

'''First Aired''': 12/1/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Although it's doubtful, the "Girly Girly" musical number might be an obscure reference to the film ''[[Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly]]''.

* In the scene where [[Ling-Ling]]'s hallucinogenic sweat wears off, [[Homer Simpson]] can be seen passed out in the background, scratching himself.

* In the DVD release, there is an extended version of the episode that fills in a few plot holes:
** Clara gives Captain Hero the antidote
** In the episode aired on TV, two Wooldoors suddenly appear to lick Ling Ling's father. In the extended version, we see Wooldoor split himself in two to give himself a hug.
**We see that the people on the bus are actually retarded versions of the cast, with Bleh being the retarded Clara. This explains a bizarre discrepency in the version aired on TV, in which it appears Toot is going shopping with Bleh during the closing montage: It's actually the retarded version of Toot.

*Ling Ling says his prayers to [[L. Ron Hubbard]] had come true. This implies Ling Ling is a [[Scientologist]].

* Clara says that she once had the chance to kill Foxxy, but she didn't. There is then a brief ''[[Family Guy]]''-style segue into a scene of Foxxy dangling from a precipe over a river of lava while Clara demands, "Give me the ring!" This is, of course, a reference to the conclusion of ''[[The Return of the King]]''

* While having his hallucinations in the room, Wooldoor sees a baby crawl across the ceiling and turn his head 180 degrees. This is a parody of a heroin withdrawl scene in the film ''[[Trainspotting]]''. In this episode, the baby on the ceiling is [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] from ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

* In the scene right before Wooldoor becomes the Professor, both Xandir and Toot have very visible penile erections while licking Ling-Ling. Most likely it's just a visual gag, but it could be taken to mean that Toot is supposed to be a [[hermaphrodite]].

* Captain Hero's date with Bleh ends with them flying back to the house. This is a reference to the first ''Superman'' movie, where Superman takes Lois flying with him.

* The title is a reference to the film ''[[The Other Sister]]'', in which a mentally retarded young woman tries to integrate into society after spending years in the institute where her family placed her due to their inability to cope with a handicapped child. In the film, the main character eventually marries a mentally retarded college student.

* The name Bleh is a reference to an episode of ''[[The Facts of Life]]'' where Blair was ashamed of her handicapped cousin. Because of a speech impediment, her cousin's pronounciation of Blair sounded like Bleh.

* Bleh has six toes on her right foot. It's not certain whether this is a mistake or whether it's a visual joke on the part of the animators (the character may have been made [[polydactyl]] on purpose in order to further emphasize her abnormality).

===6. "Terms of Endearment" (The Unaired Episode)===

Captain Hero inadvertently gives radiation poisoning to Foxxy by spying on her in the shower with his x-ray vision. Out of grief, he decides to strip himself of his super powers-- which can only be accomplished by riding a horse, being thrown from it, and snapping his neck, thus paralyzing him from the chin on down. Shortly thereafter, Foxxy's radiation poisoning causes her to start de-evolving into a [[minstrel show]] [[Aunt Jemima]] cartoon, causing agents from the bureau of Cartoon Political Correctness to arrive and take her away.

'''Musical Number''': Due to the lack of readily availible information about this episode, it is unknown whether or not it contains a musical number.

'''Trivia''':

* [[Christopher Reeve]] died shortly before this episode was supposed to be aired, resulting in Comedy Central deciding not to air it. Captain Hero's method of removing his powers is, of course, a mockery on the way that Reeve became permanently paralyzed.

* This episode was not included on the ''Drawn Together'' Season 1 DVD released on October 4th, 2005. However, it is expected to air as part of Season 2.

===7. "Dirty Pranking Number 2"===

Clara, desperately wanting to belong, becomes involved in a pranking game that Spanky and Foxxy play: They order a pizza, and when it arrives, Foxxy distracts the delivery man while Spanky defecates on the pizza. They then hand the pizza back to the delivery man and say, "I didn't order this...with ''sausage''!" Clara's first attempt at the game - and Foxxy's inability to intervene, due to braiding her fingers into her own [[cornrows]]- results in the pair being arrested and taken to jail. Clara's father, The King, bails them all out, on the condition that Clara never see Spanky again. Clara goes back to Spanky, though, resulting in Clara's father coming to the house to take her off the show. While they're preparing to leave, a pizza man shows up, and Clara defecates on the pizza; when Clara's father sees how happy it makes her, he lets her stay in the house.

Meanwhile, Captain Hero begins a quasi-homosexual relationship with Xandir, the latter of whom becomes upset when the former must keep cancelling their dates in order to save the world. Finally, Captain Hero forsakes his profession as a super hero to take Xandir to the zoo; without Captain Hero to protect the world, everyone - including the assembled cast - is blasted by robotic aliens, who take the pizza-defecation prank back to their own planet.

'''Musical Number''': "Time of My Life", from the film ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''. Plays during a parody of ''Dirty Dancing'', with Spanky standing in for [[Patrick Swayze]]. Due to a copyright battle, the song does not appear on the DVD. Instead, at the point when the song would normally begin, a parody entitled "This is Our Version" begins to play, explaining that the song sounds poor because the writers didn't spend much time on it and just wanted something that would act as filler for the scene.

'''First Aired''': 12/8/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In 2005, a group of Texas cheerleaders were arrested for defecating on a pizza and trying to give it back to a [[Domino's Pizza]] delivery man. They later admitted that they'd gotten the idea after seeing this episode. Comedy Central had no comment other than, "Oh, no!" [http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/bud_kennedy/11928512.htm Story here]

* In this episode, we learn that Spanky is a Muslim, although he regrets converting in August of 2001. This was implied in an earlier episode when he used the name of [[Allah]].

* According to The King, Clara apparently moans just like her mother when they french-kiss. This comment makes Clara the second character in the series (along with Foxxy) to have an implied incestuous relationship with their father.

* Spanky's line, "Nobody puts baby in the corner" is a reference to the movie, ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''; the ending sequence of this episode (sans the pizza defecation) is a parody of that film.

* The King's line, "That's what princesses do. They long for more. Or die in a car crash in France." is a reference to [[Princess Diana]], who died in a car crash in France in 1997, and to Princess Grace ([[Grace Kelly]]), who also died as a result of injuries sustained from a car crash in France.

* In this episode, it is revealed that Toot is an [[alcoholic]]. Spanky is revealed to have had a [[liver]] transplant, indicating that he has probably also done some heavy drinking in his time.

===8. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist"===

When Toot makes everyone realize that there isn't going to be a prize awarded at the end of the series and that everyone is in the house just for the sake of being there, the houseguests revolt and hold a sit-in. In response, the producers turn the show into a ripoff of ''[[The Apprentice]]'', which culminates in a semi-nude jelly-wrestling match between Foxxy and Toot. Foxxy wins, and the producers reveal her prize-- nothing. The producers simply told everyone that they'd win a prize in order to get them to end their sit in. Toot leads an armed rebellion, in which the house is blown up. The houseguests steal a helicopter, piloted by Wooldoor, and attempt to escape the producers, who pursue them on the back of a giant missile. As the first season comes to a conclusion, the producer [[suicide bomber|suicide bombs]] the helicopter, causing it to crash and explode on a desert island.

'''Musical Number''': "Cash Cash Cashety Cash", a parody of ''The Apprentice'' theme song, "For the Love of Money".

'''First Aired''': 12/15/2004

'''Trivia'''

* The episode title is a reference to the T.V. show ''[[Friends]]'', whose episode titles almost all begin with the words "The One With" or "The One Where" followed by a brief phrase describing the episode's main plot.

* This is the first episode to unite all of the characters in a single plotline. This is also the only episode to date featuring Toot as the main character.

* Not knowing if the show was going to be renewed, the creators made this episode to function as a possible series finale were it to be cancelled. Had the series not been renewed, it would have ended with everyone dying when the helicopter crashed; since the series was renewed, however, it was revealed that the houseguests survived the explosion, finding themselves on a desert island in a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''.

* At one point, all of the characters pull guns on one another in an homage to ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. When Wooldoor enters the fray, he produces over a dozen arms, each of them holding a different weapon, including a weapon from the video game ''[[Halo (video game)|Halo]]''. When Wooldoor produces an additional revolver that he aims at his own head, everyone abruptly shifts their arms so that their guns are pointed at Wooldoor.

* During the standoff, Spanky calls Clara "my woman," so it can be assumed that they are still a couple. To date, this is the last reference to any relationship between the two.

* The producer, Bucky Bucks, is a pastiche of [[Richie Rich]] and [[Donald Trump]].

* We learn that the producers are all Jewish.

* For her project, Clara produces a blatantly [[anti-Semitic]] parody of [[Mel Gibson]]'s [[The Passion of the Christ]], parodying the anti-Semitic controversy surrounding the movie.

* The episode was played as part of Comedy Central's Secret Stash (a Comedy Central feature in which R-rated films are shown uncensored after midnight) alongside ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]''. However, at one point during the Jell-o wrestling scene, the screen abruptly went black, and a title card appeared reading "DVD ONLY! Too hot for the Stash!" This marks the first time that Secret Stash has edited a program. The scene in question featured Spanky hanging off the side of the cage masturbating.

* Several of the fade-in and fade-out scenes show an outside shot of the house with a voiceover of Xandir exclaiming "What is going on?!". This is a reference to ''[[The Joe Schmo Show]]'', which featured a repeated shots of the house with the eponymous Joe Schmo asking confusedly, "What is going on!?" Foxxy mentions ''The Joe Schmo Show'' near the end of the program in her list of ways that reality TV stars have been "screwed."

* When Bucky Bucks powers up the helicopter near the end of the episode, you can clearly hear it make the "time circuits on" sound from the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' trilogy.

* Clara's invisibility ring is meant to be [[The One Ring]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

* Wooldoor calls "Tank" at the end of the episode, and suddenly gains the ability to fly a helicopter. This is a reference to ''[[The Matrix]]'' films, in which people inside a computer program called a hacker, Tank, who could hack the program and grant them superhuman abilities.

* After Princess Clara is fired for being tardy during 'The Apprentice' parody, the scene then cuts to a shot of the fired cast members and Toot, all snapping their fingers and danching in time with catchy, jazz style music. This is a direct referrence to the film and Broadway play, "[[Westside Story]]".

*The Season 1 DVD features two outtakes from this episode: an extended version of the jelly wrestling scene, and an alternate scene from the ''Apprentice'' parody in which Foxxy and Toot transport Mexican immigrants across the border by disguising them as road [[flares]] and car accessories. (In the aired version, Foxxy stuffs them in bags which Toot consumes and later passes.)

== Season 2 ==

===9. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist - Part II"===

The conclusion of the cliffhanger involves the cast crash landing on a supposedly deserted island, as a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''. When Foxxy tells the other houseguests that after a season on a reality TV show they're officially celebrities, they go to the airport located in the city on the other side of the island and head to Hollywood. Toot is left behind, where she becomes an object of veneration for the island's native people, who think that she's a beached whale. In order to please her, they begin feeding her everything--and everyone--they can get their hands on. In Hollywood, the houseguests discover that no one really cares about reality TV stars; Wooldoor, depressed, hangs himself. After the funeral, the other houseguests all head back to the Drawn Together House, the only place they really belong. The producer allows them to return, but demands that they find a new housemate to replace Wooldoor. After exhaustive interviews, they finally select Strawberry Sweetcake, an eighteen year old who looks eight, which satisfies Captain Hero's long dormant [[pedophile]] urges. Harmony is quickly broken, though, when Wooldoor--who was still alive--comes back to the house and reveals that his people were systematically slaughtered in a mass genocide by the Sweetcake people and turned into snackfoods. Strawberry Sweetcake says that she wants to let bygones be bygones, but then tries to cook Wooldoor. The rest of the houseguests try and stop her, but she gets ahold of Xandir's sword and prepares to kill them all. Back in the islands, the native people have given all they have to Toot, and have nothing left to feed her, so they pack her with dynamite and blow her across the ocean; the resulting rain of vomit from everything Toot ate destroys the island. Toot crash lands back in the ''Drawn Together'' House, where she saves the day by eating Sweetcake.

'''Musical Number:''' "Good Time Funderful Day", which plays while Sweetcake and the housemates enjoy a series of fun activities together, including [[kite flying|flying kites]] together, riding a [[seesaw]], playing [[Russian roulette]], having a massive group [[orgy]], and [[seal hunting|clubbing baby seals]].

'''First Aired:''' 10/19/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The blowing off of the helicopter's back and one of the passengers being sucked out is a spoof on the movie [[X-Men 2]]; in that scene [[Anna Paquin]] suffers the same fate. It's also widely believed to be a reference to the pilot for the hit ABC drama ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.

* The creators told TV Guide in their 2005 Fall Preview Issue that a main character would be killed off; this was fulfilled in a variety of ways, albeit not in the way fans expected. Wooldoor does appear to die, but then he's proven to be alive and well; Strawberry Sweetcake dies when Toot eats her, but she was technically only a main character for one episode.

* Captain Hero's line, "With my super powers, I easily could have saved us, but I couldn't react. Why not? Because I smoke marijuana. Still think it's cool?" is a reference to a series of advertisements in which marijuana use is shown to be directly responsible for horrific tragedies (often involving a child dying); all of the ads end with a brief voice-over commenting on marijuana's dangerousness in comparison to its public perception as a harmless anti-drug. As implied by the creators' using it in this situation, most people who have seen the commercials consider them to be ludicrous, over dramatic, and exaggerative.

* After the crash, Clara takes a roll call of the characters to see if anyone's missing. She refers to her fellow castmates as: "little retard, swine, rat, big retard, Xandir, blacky boo" and "fatty fatty two by four can't fit through the kitchen door".

* Apparently, the three-foot long penis of [[Jeff Probst]], Foxxy's breasts, and the island virgin's full frontal nudity were all actually animated into the episode and then covered with censor bars for airing; they will most likely appear in the unedited Season 2 DVD.

* An uncensored version of the "Simon Says" scene will likely appear on the Season 2 DVD.

* The situation between the Sweetcakes and Wooldoor's people is an obvious parody of the [[Holocaust]]; the constant references to pajamas are a reference to the striped, thin uniforms concentration camp prisoners were forced to wear. Sweetcake makes it plainly clear at the end of the episode that Wooldoor's people are supposed to represent the Jews when she refers to him as "hook nose," a common derogatory remark for Jews. After Wooldoor explains the [[genocide]] of his people to the housemates, Clara dismisses his story as part of a plot by the "Sockbat International Bankers," a satirical swipe at [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust revisionists]].

* When Wooldoor wakes up in his coffin, he says that he was able to escape because he'd seen ''[[Kill Bill]]''. The music that plays while he breaks out of the coffin is the exact same music that plays during the "buried alive" scene in ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2]]''. The following scene of Wooldoor digging back to the surface is a reference to the arcade game ''[[Dig Dug]]''.

* At the beginning of the episode, the corpses of [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Charlie Brown]], along with a [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]]-shaped crater can be seen amongst the wreckage on the beach.

* Toot's dynamiting by the natives is a parody of the [[exploding whale]] incident in Oregon, down to the view of the explosion and the smashed cars from the falling pieces.

* The scene where Wooldoor hangs himself is a parody of Brooks Hatlen's suicide in the movie ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''. The paperclip that offers Wooldoor advice while he writes a suicide note is a reference to the computer program [[Microsoft Office]], in which users can activate an animated [[Office Assistant]] that offers them advice; one of the icons users can choose from is an anthropomorphic paperclip nicknamed "Clippy".

* When Wooldoor "dies," the sceen fades to white and a title card appears listing Wooldoor's birthday and date of death. This is a reference is to the HBO show ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' where every episode begins with a death, and after the death the screen fades to white and the card gives the deceased's name and birthday.

* Xandir's special video game move is called the "reach around," a slang term in gay sex for the penetrating partner masturbating the penetrated partner.

* Among those interviewed by the houseguests as a potential roomate are [[Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)|Scorpion]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' (who performs his [[fatality]] on Xandir), [[Speedy Gonzales]] (who is a [[cocaine]] addict) and [[Wilma Flintstone]] (who uses a "prehistoric [[worm]]" as a [[tampon]]). Also, during a pan of the living room while the houseguests sort resumes, a resume can be seen with a picture of Blossom from the [[Powerpuff Girls]] attached.

* The way the Sockbats are turned into food is reminiscent of the film ''[[Soylent Green]]'', which involves the only affordable food in the future being made from people's corpses.

* Based on the "this season on ''Drawn Together''" teaser that airs at the end of this episode, Season Two will include the ''Terms of Endearment'' episode. Clips from the next four episodes (through "Clum Babies") are also included.

* When the houseguests fly away from the island and pass over Toot in the water, she yells "Wait!" while an instrumental piece from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' plays. At the end of that movie, [[Kate Winslet]]'s character yells "wait" to a departing search and rescue boat, only for them not to hear her.

* Spanky mentions that the houseguests interviewed "Two [[Claymation|claymated]] guys, and this finger puppet, and this [[Monty Python]] cutout thing." A giant cardboard foot then crushes him; the cardboard foot was a recurring gag in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. The "two claymated guys" may refer to [[Gumby]] and Pokey, or [[Wallace and Gromit]].

* One of the talent agencies that turns down the houseguests is Double Hemm, the production company that makes ''Drawn Together''.

* The soiled underwear in the vending machine and Ling-Ling's enthusiastic reaction is a reference to trend in Japan in the 1990s in which girls were paid money for their used underwear, which was then sold in vending machines. The panty-machines were eventually outlawed; they have since become objects of fetishism in Japan and can be found in underground and illegal pornography stores.

* After Sweetcakes is chosen as the new housemate we get to see a new opening. At the end of the opening we can see Toot jumping out of the water over a boy standing on a rock. This is a reference to the movie [[Free Willy]].

===10. "Foxxy Vs. The Board Of Education"===

Spanky contracts a virus, and "gay marries" Xandir in order to get life-saving health insurance. Clara tries to end the marriage, even calling the King of Insurance to have the pair busted. The King shows up, and after Xandir and Spanky fail to have gay sex, cancels Spanky's health coverage. Spanky makes a passionate if somewhat strange speech, which moves the king to grant Spanky health insurance for life. The boys also meet "Dumpy the Medical Waste Man," a parody of Frosty the Snow Man.

Meanwhile, it is discovered that Foxxy has been solving crimes without a license; she convinces Ling-Ling to take a racially biased test for her so that she can finish school and get her license. Clara makes clear that Asians excel at taking standardized tests. Ling-Ling is caught and is made an offer: fail the test for Foxxy, or have a goon come over and walk around the house without taking off his shoes. Ling-Ling fails the test, so Foxxy decides to solve the mystery of why black kids do so poorly on the SAT.

Foxxy is caught by the Board of Education, a knock off of Bill from the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] series. He explains that since there is no money in education, educators have conspired with manufacturers of bling to keep black kids out of college, so they will buy things like [[spinner rims]] and car mounted DVD players. Foxxy turns the Board of Education over to the police.

'''Musical Number:''' "Board Of Education," as sung by the Board of Education to Foxxy while explaining his plan to keep black people dumb.

'''First Aired''': 10/26/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The title of this episode is a reference to the landmark Supreme Court case [[Brown v. Board of Education]], which forced public schools to desegregate.

*In the background of the wedding, the Genie can be seen, implying that he is no longer captured by Lord Slashstab, nor is he apparently still with Xandir.

*Visible in the hospital waiting room (between both visits) are a pregnant [[Powerpuff Girls|PowerPuff Girl]] [[Bubbles]], the [[Little Mermaid]] being choked by a plastic six-pack ring, a wounded [[Bambi]], [[Rocky and Bullwinkle]] with Rocky stuck in Bullwinkle's anus, [[Cocoa Puffs|Sonny the Cuckoo Bird]] who was in a straight jacket, asking for puffs, as an addict would, and [[Joe Camel]] in an iron lung.
**The use of Bubbles is also an [[inside joke]]. Although she doesn't speak here, her voice on [[Powerpuff Girls]] is provided by [[Tara Strong]], who voices Toot and Clara.

* About the voice of Xandir and Spanky's Paper Baby, actually [[Tara Strong]]. In the sequence where a depressed Foxxy watches other famous animated mystery solvers in action, Strong voices Josie from [[Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon)|Josie and the Pussycats]], while [[Cree Summer]] voices [[Daphne Blake]] from [[Scooby-Doo]].

*The Hebrew writing on the Orthodox Jew's container of tablets he is putting in the well is the word [[Kosher]].

*The Board of Education's plan was to keep blacks from passing the SATs by giving them grape flavored, mentholated pencils. The students would not be able to resist eating their pencils and therefore would not be able to finish the test. When the Board of Education was in police custody, Foxxy herself couldn't resist eating the pencils. This is a reference to the popularity of mentholated cigarettes in the black community, causing some to speculate that they were created to do away with blacks.

* The floating ghost of Ling-Ling helping Foxxy is just like Obi-Wan helping Luke in the original [[Star Wars]] trilogy.

* The Board of Education is an obvious take on the Bill from the [[School House Rock]] cartoon of the '70's.

* Everytime someone pulled the lever, a trapdoor would open and drop the victim into a pit with a beast similar to the Rancor Beast from [[Return of the Jedi|Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi]] (though [[Ling-Ling]] called it a Zalganout beast).

* Some of the pictures from Xandir and Spanky's "honeymoon" reflected famous events/people, including [[Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]], [[Muhammad Ali]]/[[Sonny Liston]], [[Kerri Strug]], and [[Elian Gonzalez]].

* Foxxy's line about playing bouncy horse with her grandfather makes her the first and third person on the show to have an implied incestuous relationship.

* This is possibly misinterpretation, but when Ling-Ling's ghost talks to Foxxy, he calls her [[Oprah]].

* When Spanky throws an aluminum can at the [[Jumbotron]] scoreboard, the sound of cats screaming can be heard, even though there are no cats around. This would become a running gag on the show, utilized whenever an object is thrown or smashed.

===11. "Little Orphan Hero"===

Captain Hero has a nervous breakdown resulting from long-standing issues regarding the death of his parents, who perished when his home world of Zebulon crashed into a sun. With the help of Wooldoor and a whale fetus, he accepts their deaths and resolves to move on with his life, until the other houseguests clue him in to the fact that his home planet of Zebulon was never destroyed and that his parents are probably still alive. After raping a robot, Captain Hero contacts his homeworld, and his parents arrive to greet him. Captain Hero lives a second childhood, until his mother finally breaks down and reveals that he's actually an abortion that she had performed when psychics revealed that her child was going to be the lamest super-hero ever. Heartbroken, Captain Hero tries to prove to his parents that he's a great hero by having Xandir dress up as a serial killer and attack his mother, but the plan backfires when Captain Hero goes too far and tears out Xandir's intestines. Enraged that his parents still think he's not a good superhero, Captain Hero flies to Zebulon and throws the planet into the sun, murdering everyone on the planet. His parents, now homeless, have no choice but to rely on him for his love and support.

Meanwhile, Foxxy and the other houseguests form a suicide hotline, but everyone shirks it in favor of worshipping a dead frog as a god (much to the chagrin of Foxxy, who remains true to Salamander Jesus). When Foxxy gets a call from a depressed quadrapalegic plotting to end his own life, she and the other houseguests spring into action. They eventually find the man, Jeff, who begs them to pull the plug on the equipment that's keeping him alive. When the houseguests try to comply, he reveals that he's actually part of an undercover task force of quadrapalegics assigned to take down phony suicide hotlines run by reality show guests who then try to ignore their responsibilities and assist their callers in euthanasia. Disgusted with the fact that this sounds like a TV show plot written by a mentally retarded child, everyone goes home.

'''Musical Number''': "I Wanted You to Know" by Brooke Ramel, played as a theme to Captain Hero's second childhood and gang rape. (This song also plays over the end credits of the DVD version of the first season finale.)

'''First Aired''': 11/2/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Captain Hero's dressing like a woman and being gang-raped on a pinball machine is a reference to the film [[The Accused]] and the rape of [[Cheryl Araujo]].

* The men who [[gang rape]] Captain Hero are the same people who were featured in the ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]'' parody in Season 1 Episode 2, "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

* When Captain Hero comes home from being gang-raped at the keg party, the newspaper his father is reading has the headline "Best Kegger Ever".

* The [[Five for Fighting]] song that Captain Hero quotes throughout the episode is "Superman (It's not Easy)"

* Even though everyone refers to Five for Fighting in the plural, it is in fact the stage name of only one man, John Ondrasik.

* The crime count for this episode is high: Captain Hero rapes his sex robot, (presumably) rapes Xandir, (presumably) rapes his parents, and is himself gang raped. Xandir has his intestines torn out, Toot commits suicide, the houseguests try to kill Jeff, and Captain Hero murders billions of people by flinging their planet into the sun. Not to mention the houseguests' stealing cable TV (which has just been rendered useless from Zebulon's destruction).

* [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] make cameo appearances in this episode. There is a flashback where a drunk Captain Hero was making fun of the murder of Batman's parents at a party while Batman and Robin were present.

* The cover of ''Hero Comics'' is drawn to resemble the famous cover of ''[[Action Comics #1]]'' that introduced [[Superman]].

* Foxxy twirling around with a flash of light is a parody of the stock footage of [[Lynda Carter]] used in every episode of the 1970's [[Wonder Woman]] series when her character of Diana Prince turned into Wonder Woman.

* The question mark suit that Spanky Ham wears in the infomercial is a reference to "Government Grant Guru [[Matthew Lesko]]", who wears a simillar suit to promote his book ''[[Free Money to Pay Your Bills]]'' on late night television.

* [[Gonzo the Great|Gonzo]] and [[Kermit the Frog]] in their [[Muppet Babies]] form make cameos in this episode. They are being attacked by rabid [[pitbull|pitbulls]].

* Foxxy Love, Princess Clara, Spanky Ham and Ling Ling gather around the telephone, going "Yip yip yip yip yip...", with strange triangular mouths. This is a parody of a skit on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' featuring the [[Yip yip]] martians.

* The scene in which Captain Hero goes to contact Zebulon is a parody of several scenes from the movie ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.

* The scene in which Captain Hero's mysterious birth is revealed in a comic book, it cites a Supreme Court case called Roebot v Wade, which is a reference to [[Roe v Wade]] in 1973.

* In the first scene we see a montage of Captain Hero as an emotional wreck. In one of the shots we see him being unable to hug someone because of some huge scissor-like gloves he is wearing. This is a reference to the movie [[Edward Scissorhands]].

* Captain Hero keeps calling his mom ''imma'', which is ''mother'' in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. Zebulon might be the fictional homeworld of the [[tribe of Zebulun]], one of the [[Ten Lost Tribes]] of Israel.

* The scene in which Captain Hero argues with his mother as she rips his posters off the wall is a reference to [[Mark Wahlberg]] arguing with his mother in [[Boogie Nights]].

* The references that Captain Hero makes to erasing people's memories before tearing off his costume and presumably raping Xandir and his parents is likely a reference to Superman erasing Lois Lane's memories with a kiss in one of the Superman movies.

* When Captain Hero allegedly rapes his parents, he became the third person in the series to have an implied incestuous relationship with his parents, and the fourth in overall incest.

* The abbreviation "STOUTCPWSUSHBOARSCATDFTOTSTCTPWNTTTTMWRTNAPSBFTLSTTTASIE" doesn't match with Jeffrey's line: "Special Tactical Operations Unit To Catch People Who Set Up Suicide Hotlines Because Of A Reality Show Challenge And Then Didn't Follow Through On Them So They Cause The People Who Needed Them To Take Their '''Own Lives And Then They Change''' Minds When Realize That Not All People Should Be Forced to Live So They Try To Assist Someone In Euthanasia".

* When Clara jumps out the window screaming, "I can't go back to jail! I won't go back!", it is a reference to when she and Spanky went to jail in "Dirty Pranking No. 2".

* In this episode, Captain Hero's full name was revealed to be "Captain Leslie Hero". This might be a reference to Les Mutton in [[Zeroman]].

* The limbless cops are called Art, Mat, and Bob. This is a reference to an old joke: "What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging from the wall? Art! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs lying on the floor? Mat! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in the ocean? Bob!"

* Here we learn - thanks to the consideration of the producers - that Foxxy's taint is made of bacon.

===12. "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact" ===

Captain Hero gets a visit from his "back rub friend" UFG (Unusually Flexible Girl), who turns to him for rebound sex everytime she's dumped. In the middle of having sex, UFG reminds Hero that while in Super Hero school, they agreed to get married if they were both still single when they turned 30. As it turns out, it's UFG's 30th birthday, and she expects Hero to fulfill the pact. Hero panics, especially when he learns the next morning that UFG is in love with him and has been holding out so that she could marry him. Hero enlists Wooldoor to tell UFG for him that he doesn't intend to marry her; UFG has a breakdown, and so frightens Wooldoor with her fears about dying alone that he agrees to marry her so that he doesn't have to face that fate, either.

Meanwhile, Foxxy sees a "where are they at now?" special on TV that features The Foxxy 5, her old band from the 80s. Learning that the world considers her to be a one-hit-wonder (with "La-La-La-La-Labia," the musical number featured in episode #2), Foxxy tracks down her old bandmates and they reunite for a night of heavy drinking and lesbian sex. The next morning, Foxxy learns that her bandmates were killed in a [[hit and run car accident]] and that she's the only survivor because she wasn't there at the moment. With Spanky acting as her producer, Foxxy records a tribute song detailing her bandmates grisly demise, which revives her career; when she goes out to the garage, though, she discovers the twisted, still living remnants of her bandmates embedded in the grill of her van. She was so drunk that she didn't remember plowing them down. Realizing that if anyone finds out, her comeback will be ruined, Foxxy leaves them in the garage to die, but they escape with the van and record a song of their own, trumping Foxxy's comeback.

Hero, realizing that now that he can't have UFG, he wants her, plots to sabotage her and Wooldoor's marriage. He dresses up as Wooldoor and urinates on UFG, but it turns out that she's into [[urophilia]] and she becomes even more enamored with Wooldoor. When Hero reveals that it was actually him, she decides to go back to Hero; but now that Hero has her, he doesn't want her. When UFG finds out, she's despondent; Hero and Wooldoor, now unable to have her, both want her again. They confront her in the backyard and each grab her arms, and engage in a tug of war with her.

In the living room, Clara and Toot emerge from the basement, where they've spent the week building a high-powered potato gun bazooka. They fire it off, and the force of the gun propels a potato through the wall of the house and into the backyard, where it kills UFG. Hero notes that he and Wooldoor were holding onto UFG's arms when she died, meaning that her great wish was fulfilled: She didn't die alone. Wooldoor decides that this makes him and Captain Hero wonderful people, and they go inside, leaving UFG's corpse in the backyard with a potato embedded in its face.

'''Musical Number''': "Crashy Smashy Die Die Die", a warped tribute to Foxxy's bandmates, which features a naked Foxxy cavorting with a snake in a burnt-out city

'''First Aired''': 11/9/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Ling-Ling watches ''[[Bukkake]] Chef'' and complains that the secret ingredent is always the same. In Japan, bukkake is a method for preparing noodles. But it is also a form of Japanese pornography in which a woman is ejaculated on by numerous men. It is possible that the secret ingredient is semen.

*The tattoos on UFG read: "I'm holding out for a Hero", "I (heart) Hero", "Rent ''[[Memento]]''", and "I'm marrying Hero", with the final 'O' apparently formed by her anus. "Rent Memento" refers to a movie where the main character covered himself with tattoos to remember important things.

*[[Tara Strong]] provides the voice for Unusually Flexible Girl in this episode; this could be the reason Clara and Toot do not appear until the very end of the episode (since both characters are voiced by Strong).

*When Captain Hero is impersonating Wooldoor, he has a dead bird tied to his head for the head wings, a banana on his nose, and a chunk of door including the doorknob as a tail.

*There is a cutscene of a pink train going into a mountain tunnel. This is a reference to a movie convention where the train entering the tunnel signifies the two characters in question having sex. But, in this cutscene, mountain tunnel is too small and red liquid is coming from jammed tunnel - this can be mean that two characters may having gay-sex.
**The show also spoofs this convention by revealing that the train clip is just part of a movie Hero and Xandir are watching. This is similar to a [[Monty Python]] sketch in which we see a man and woman first embrace and fall back onto a bed. The camera then cuts to a sequence of [[stock footage]] which doubles as sexual metaphors (volcano erupting, rocket taking off, train going into a tunnel, etc.) before finally cutting back to the couple to reveal that all of the footage was actually just movies the man was showing the woman.

*Unusually Flexible Girl says that Wooldoor's pee cured her [[athlete's foot]]. There is an [[urban legend]] that urinating on your feet will cure your athlete's foot. [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] has espoused it on [[The Late Show with David Letterman]].

*The Foxxy 5 band members are: Foxxy Love, Foxxy Phat, Foxxy Dark, Foxxy Yella, and Lil Foxxy.

*Foxxy squats over the recycle bin, and while offscreen, releases five bottles of beer from her body, based on the sound effects.

*Foxxy Phat can only say "Girl" and "Hey hey hey!", a parody of [[Fat Albert]].

* Foxxy's music video is a parody of [[Britney Spears]] infamous MTV appearance wrapped in a [[boa constrictor]]

* Captain Hero's fantasy of an ideal wedding is a parody of the final scene in [[Star Wars: A New Hope]], with himself and UFG standing in for Han Solo and Luke. Princess Clara is [[Princess Leia]], Xandir is [[C3PO]], Wooldoor is [[R2-D2]] and Toot is [[Chewbacca]].

*The scene in which Foxxy discovers her bandmates embedded in the front of her van is a reference to an [[urban legend]] in which a man does not even realize he is the perpetrator of a hit and run accident until he discovers the body of a little girl in his car's grill the next morning. [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/bargrill.asp]

*Captain Hero's age was given as 28 in the first season. He is now at least 30, indicating that the housemates have lived together for over a year.

===13. "Clum Babies" ===
Wooldoor finally reaches puberty and can't stop [[masturbating]]. This leads to the "birth" of his magical Clum Babies, which have healing powers. Foxxy and Spanky decide to make a profit using Wooldoor's Clum Babies to heal people who are sick. Clara views it as an act against God and is on a mission to stop then. Clara recruits a group of Christian vegetables (a parody of the [[VeggieTales]]) who convince Wooldoor masturbation is a sin. Clara discovers shortly after that she is ill with [[tuberculosis]] and convinces Wooldoor to produce another Clum Baby to heal her. Two of the vegetables find Foxxy, Spanky, Clara, and Wooldoor ready to masturbate. When Foxxy says that [[The Bible]] is more of a guideline to live a good life than a set of rules, Bob the Cucumber is driven insane by this and goes on a killing spree.

In a second plotline, Ling Ling is revealed to be a regular clubgoer who has been picking up other battle monsters to fight with and abandon the next morning. Ling Ling receives a call from his father telling him that it's time to settle down and find one battle monster to fight with for the rest of his life. Ling Ling has a passionate fling with Ni-Pul, the battle monster his father arranges for him, but breaks it off when he realizes he doesn't want to be tied down to one opponent. Ni-Pul tells Ling Ling that they should just drop the metaphor and have sex. As the two are in bed, the insane Bob the Cucumber comes in and shoots them.

Bob has killed everyone else and is about to kill Wooldoor when one of the Clum Babies touches him, curing him of his [[psychosis]]. Bob is happy until he realizes how he went on a killing spree. Filled with grief, he kills himself. Wooldoor decides that God killed off everyone but him so that he could masturbate alone. It implies at the end of the episode that when Wooldoor is done masturbating he will use the Clum Babies to resurrect the others.

'''Musical Number''': "God Is Watching Everything You Do", a bouncy, menacing little ditty the VeggieFables sing to convince Wooldoor to stop masturbating.

'''First Aired''': 11/16/2005

'''Trivia'''

*Foxxy was teaching Wooldoor to masturbate by using [[Force (Star Wars)|force]] and a [[lightsaber]] vibrator.
*Foxxy's vibrator is a reference to the Jack Rabbit vibrator, famously seen in [[Sex and The City]]. The animal here, however, is a dolphin. The dolphin is a variation of the rabbit.
*When Wooldoor demostrates his masturbating skills and lifts a Clum Baby up after that, everybody bows down. This is reference to the famous scene in Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.
*Ling-Ling's father is heard to be speaking heavily accented English in this episode. In his previous appearance, he only spoke in the same subtitled dialect as Ling-Ling. Also, Ni-Pul and other "battle monsters" speak English, though somewhat accented; they are apparently able to understand Ling-Ling's "Japanese", though.
*After hearing the news that he has to have an "arranged battle," Ling-Ling seems to say something like "[[Yoko Ono]]," the pun being the "oh no!" in her name.
*[[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]] from [[Looney Tunes]] can be seen on Clum Babies sale. He needs a cure for his broken leg.
*Farmer Alfalfa, from Paul Terry's [[TerryToons]], also appears at the Clum Babies sale, wanting to be cured of his [[Alzheimer's disease]].
*When Spanky Ham introduces the Clum Babies to the public is a parody of the [[Leptoprin]] advertisements that ask, "When is a diet plan worth 153 dollars a bottle? When it works!"
*Bob the Cucumber seems to be based on two VeggieTales characters, host Bob the Tomato and supporting vegetable Larry the Cucumber. The tomato is likewise called Larry.
*Spanky and Foxxy kidnap Wooldoor by using car with numberplate "clm bb 1" - Clum Babies One.
*The scene in which Spanky and Foxxy convince Wooldoor to produce a Clum Baby for Clara is a parody of an infamous scene from the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film adaptation of ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', though in ''Clockwork'' the method was used to ''reduce'' a character's sexual inclinations. The movie shown to Wooldoor is a parody of the ''[[Girls Gone Wild]]'' video series.
*There are flying doves in scenes where Ling-Ling with Ni-Pul and Steve from Long Island are killed. This is a reference to [[John Woo]]'s use of doves in climactic gunfights in his movies.
*During Bob's killing spree, he is shown shooting while somersaulting in the air in [[Bullet Time|slow motion]], a technique found in many Hong Kong action movies.
*Better Homes and Gardens is a real magazine, available monthly in Australia featuring articles from the television show of the same name
*Wooldoor's masturbation technique: Rubs hands, tweeks nose, twists tail, turns and pokes eye, turns again, rubs head, breaks finger, bounces rapidly.
*Peter Cetera's "Glory Of Love" plays during Ling-Ling's battles with Ni-Pul. This is a parody of ''[[The Karate Kid, Part II]]''.
*Ni-Pul's voice is provided by [[Cree Summer]].
*The blind boy with hairy palms is a reference to an old wives' tale "Masturbation leads to blindness and hairy palms."
*Hootchie, the green, lizard like battle monster, greatly resembles a somewhat [[anthropomorphic]] [[Larvitar]].
*Foxxy's euphemisms for masturbation include: Going number 3, firing off knuckle children, and choking the chicken.

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===14. "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine"===

When the houseguests are terrorized by poltergeists, Foxxy discovers that the Drawn Together house was built on Indian burial ground, and is haunted by the ghosts of 1,000 Indians. In order to appease them, the backyard is given to a ghost Indian tribe, which builds a towering casino hotel (the Lost Indian Souls Casino) next to the house. When Captain Hero discovers that the casino takes bets on his superhero battles, he and Spanky pull a classic [[scam]] where they drive up the [[odds]] in Hero's favor, then clean up when Hero takes a [[dive]]. The plan goes awry when Hero decides to cut Spanky out of the deal. Spanky retaliates by ratting on Hero to the League of Heroes, who threaten to kick Captain Hero out of their ranks unless he can defeat them in battle. Hero and Spanky realize they can bet on this battle too, of course, so they mend their differences so Spanky can place one final bet and Hero can take one more dive. The plan fails when the other League members take dives as well. Captain Hero finally realizes how silly he's been acting, and everyone has a good laugh while he delivers the moral of the episode, that Indians shouldn't be allowed to have casinos because gambling brings out the worst in weak-minded white people.

Meanwhile, Foxxy tries to take advantage of the casino's overflow crowd by turning the Drawn Together house into a [[strip club]] (the Fox Hole) where she is the main attraction (and Ling-Ling is the [[DJ]]). Clara begs for the chance to dance at Foxxy's club, believing that it will finally make her father notice her, since in her youth, he seemed to be more interested in strippers than in her. Sure enough, her father comes to the club to watch Clara dance, and loves her performance, only to forget all about it the second he sees Foxxy dance. While Clara and Foxxy are fighting over his affections, they notice that he's not paying any attention to either one of them anymore- his attention is now focused on a gyrating Xandir. The two women solve the problem by reenacting their kiss from "Hot Tub", and creating an erotic dance to go along with it. The plan works, and Clara's father finally says the words she's been longing to hear all her life: "I love you both very much".

'''First Aired''': 11/30/2005

'''Trivia'''

*The mice on Toot's back (shaving it with tiny lawnmowers) are the various mice from the [[Speedy Gonzales]] cartoons. The song playing is [[La Cucaracha]] which was often played in those shows. Animated programs typically use the song to immediately suggest a [[Mexican]] atmosphere, as is being done here.

*After Wooldoor Sockbat announces that they are going to redecorate each other's personal spaces, they play a segment for about 2 or 3 seconds that displays the words [[Trading Spaces]]. this is, of course, in reference to the popular home decorating show of the same name. The song that plays during the ''Trading Spaces'' promo is a jazzy version of the ''Drawn Together'' theme.

*Movies parodied during the inital haunting: ''[[The Shining]]'' when the bathroom filled with [[blood]], and ''[[Poltergeist]]'' with the stacked chairs and the 'they're here' quote. The story of the Drawn Together house being built over an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] burial ground whose tombstones were moved but not the bodies is a direct reference to ''Poltergeist''.

*Foxxy's yelling hints to protagonists of horror movies, and an unknown guy shushing her, is based on a stereotype joke -- that African-American people talk, argue, etc. with the characters during movies.

*In the [[casino]], [[Marge Simpson]] is seen operating a [[slot machine]]. This is a reference to "[[$pringfield| $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]", in which Marge develops a gambling [[addiction]].

*Ling-Ling is seen pulling a [[rickshaw]] in yet another parody of Asian immigrants.

*Clara's father and her cousin Bleh make return appearances in this episode. They had previously appeared in "Dirty Pranking No. 2" and "The Other Cousin," respectively. Bleh's appearance is a parody of Dustin Hoffman's character in [[Rain Man]]. When Captain Hero and Spanky come down the escalator in suits, they are dressed like [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Tom Cruise]] were in the movie. In the movie, Hoffman played Raymond, an autistic man with a genius-level affinity for math. Tom Cruise's character uses Raymond to win big at blackjack in a casino. Captain Hero and Spanky attempt to use Bleh in a similar manner in this episode.

*Clara's reference to Toot as a single-joke character is followed by a scene in which Ling-Ling and Wooldoor tip Toot over while she is eating some grass, in a parody of [[cow tipping]].

*Spanky lets the Hulk do his taxes. [[The Hulk]] is [[Marvel Comics']] famous character of [[Bruce Banner]], a brilliant scientist who is hit by gamma radiation and, when angry, turns into the super strong (and super stupid) green goliath known as the Hulk.

*Other members of the League of Heroes include Captain Colonicus, Ethan Hawkman, Not Dressed For This Weather Woman, Exemplary Fellow, and Western-African Dwarf Crocodile Man. The name Ethan Hawkman is an amalgam of [[Ethan Hawke]], the actor, and [[Hawkman]], the [[DC Comics]] superhero. Exemplary Fellow is a reference to the [[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]], while Not Dressed For This Weather Woman is a parody of [[Wonder Woman]]. Captain Colonicus appears to be a generic superhero who can fly because he [[fart|breaks wind]]. The League of Heroes itself is a parody of the [[Justice League of America]].

*The title of this episode is taken from ''[[Ghost in the Machine]]'', the title of an album by [[The Police]], as well as a song by [[Blaze Bayley]]

*When Captain Hero begins the fight with the Mad Felcher, the Mad Felcher is doing something that is censored. [[Felching]] is a sexual practice in which one sucks semen out of another person's anus. This is obviously what the Mad Felcher is doing to Captain Hero at the fight. This is also referenced when Captain Hero tells Spanky that the Mad Felcher "sucks ass".

*One of Captain Hero's thrown "fights" is "Captain Hero v. Wade", an obvious reference to ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. In it, a judge refuses a pregnant Captain Hero an abortion. The baby that presumably resulted from this situation is seen when Captain Hero and Spanky revel in their ill-gotten cash.

*When Captain Hero goes to collect his prize money, he rips his costume to reveal a suit and refers to himself in the third person. This is a reference to Superman's mild-mannered secret alias of Clark Kent, who was a reporter for a metropolitan newspaper and hence, wore a suit. Clark/Superman sometimes even tripped over himself when referring to his alter egos just as Captain Hero does. The only difference is that Clark/Superman usually does it the other way around and rips his suit to reveal a costume.

*The spinning circles around Captain Hero were the same as those used in ''[[Superman II]]'' for [[General Zod]] and his associates.

* Ling-Ling announced that Foxxy's stripper name was "Ashee Simpson." This is a play on the name of famous rocker, [[Ashlee Simpson]]. Clara's stripper name is [[Adolf Hitler|Hitlerina]], a joking reference to her [[anti-Semitism]].

*Captain Hero is convicted of committing the crime of 24601, in reference to ''Les Miserables''. Jean Valjean's number throughout the musical is 24601.

*Hero becomes distressed when the league takes away his decoder ring. This is a reference to [[secret decoder ring]]s, a popular toy of the 1940's and 50's. These items were [[merchandising]] tie-ins that kids wanted to obtain because supposedly, the rings were just like the ones their [[superhero]] idols used.

*[[Marmaduke]] is a long-running newspaper comic strip about a big dog that does, well, big dog stuff that's kind of funny. Pulling his owner down the street on a leash is a common occurrence in the strip.

*The final shot of the episode is drawn from the ending of one of the ''[[Rocky (movie)|Rocky]]'' movies (likely ''[[Rocky IV]]'').

[[Image:GodzillaOnDrawnTogether.jpg|right|thumbnail|Godzilla, as seen in "Super Nanny"]]

===15. "Super Nanny"===

Upon seeing the reality TV show ''[[Super Nanny]]'', Captain Hero purposefully acts out so he can summon Super Nanny and challenge her once and for all, believing that anyone or anything with the word "super" in front of their name is a foe to him and must be defeated. Super Nanny proves to be more than a match for Hero, however. She responds to each and everyone of his tantrums by making him sit on the naughty stool. Hero starts behaving himself, gradually earning her approval.

Everything goes awry, though, when he angrily asserts that the [[barrette]] Toot is wearing is actually his. Toot tells Super Nanny that Captain Hero is trying to steal her barrette, and she sends him to the naughty stool once again. During his extended stay on the stool, Hero learns that the [[White House]] is being invaded by mini-troopers. He tries to call all of his superfriends, only to find that none of them can help because they're all stuck on the naughty stool as well. Captain Hero puts two and two together, and realizes that it's all part of Super Nanny's evil plot - she has rendered the world's superheroes helpless while she leads an invasion of mini-troopers (who are in fact, a bunch of super-disciplined children she has brainwashed) to take over the White House. Hero is reluctant to leave the stool, but after Foxxy proves that the barrette in Toot's hair really belongs to Captain Hero (because it has his [[logo]] on it), the housemates finally convince him that saving the world is more important than being a good boy, so he flies to Washington to foil Super Nanny's plot. He does this by stomping on her foot really hard, causing her to use foul language, and then sends her to the naughty stool. This breaks her spell over the children, and they promptly tear her to shreds. Having saved the day, Captain Hero flies off to seek out his next adversary - the evil [[Supercuts]].
[[Image:Tootfoxxy1.jpg|right|thumbnail|Toot and Foxxy as seen through Ling-Ling's (and other Asians in the Drawn Together universe) eyes]]
Meanwhile, Ling-Ling is trying to get his driver's license. He aces the written portion of the exam, but fails miserably at the driving test. Wooldoor explains that Ling-Ling is a bad driver because he is Asian (playing off a well-known [[stereotype]]), and decides to help Ling-Ling pass by making him more American - namely, by [[Scotch tape|Scotch-taping]] his eyes so that they are round instead of slanted. In addition to gaining the ability to speak perfect English, Ling-Ling now sees the world as everyone else does, and aces his driving test. By doing so, he inspires all Asians everywhere to do the same. The NAAYP even wishes to present Ling-Ling with an award for opening up everyone's eyes. However, at the award ceremony, [[Godzilla]] calls Ling-Ling out and accuses him of turning his back on his culture. Ling-Ling resists the notion, but finally comes to agree. He makes a speech to everyone present at the ceremony that they should just be themselves, and not to forget who they are. He removes the Scotch tape from his eyes and begins speaking his normal language again. All of the Asians in attendance listen to his words and do the same. Unfortunately, after leaving the ceremony, they all promptly crash their cars into the auditorium.

'''Musical Number''': "Who's That Guy", sung by Spanky and the crowd at the [[Department of Motor Vehicles]], expressing awe at Ling-Ling's successful driving test. The scene is a parody of ''[[Grease 2]]''.

'''First Aired''': 12/7/2005

'''Trivia'''

* This episode debuts a shorter opening credit sequence, eliminating the roll call of all the characters' names.

* The voice of Super Nanny is provided by [[Cree Summer]], which may explain Foxxy's smaller than usual role in this episode.

* The man taking photos at the DMV is the same man who shushed Foxxy in "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine".

* Ling-Ling pronouncing all the L's as R's during his eye exam is a reference to [[Engrish]].

* Captain Hero dressing in workout gear (with a T-shirt that hangs off one shoulder) is a reference to [[Jennifer Beals|Jennifer Beals's]] character in [[Flashdance]].

* The NAAYP is a parody of the [[NAACP]], the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Y in NAAYP stands for [[color metaphors for race|yellow]], a slang term for people of Asian race.

* When Wooldoor slants Clara's eyes so she sees things as Asians do, she identifies a picture of a cat as "beef and broccoli". This is a reference to how in some Asian cultures, cats are considered food rather than pets.

* In this episode, we learn that Ling-Ling, and presumably all Asians in the ''Drawn Together'' universe, see everyone as [[anime]] characters, with Foxxy being portrayed as [[Misty (Pokemon)|Misty]] from the [[Pokemon]] anime.

* Wooldoor gets Ling-Ling's test results by breaking open a [[fortune cookie]]. He reads, "He has suffered a mild concussion. The best thing for him now is to get some rest." He then adds playfully, "in bed!" This is a reference to a well-traveled [[joke]] that you can add the words "in bed" to the end of any fortune cookie fortune to create a funny pun.

* Among the shows Foxxy flips past before landing on ''Super Nanny'' are an exercise program (which Captain Hero watches later in the episode), a Godzilla movie (setting up his appearance later in the episode), "Now Where They At?" (from "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact"), and ''Drawn Together''.

* Captain Hero has a giant [[Israeli_new_sheqel|old Israeli sheqel]] coin in his crimefighting lair, similar to the giant coin that [[Batman]] keeps in his [[Batcave]]. Its color is wrong, but its design and text in both [[Hebrew_language|Hebrew]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] are correct (see [http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/bill_all_eng.htm?series_num=24&series_name=New%20Agora%20and%20Sheqel%20Series&pg_name=c030&pg_kot=1%20SHEQEL| original coin]). That's another hint regarding Captain Hero's roots.

* Godzilla disparagingly calls Ling-Ling a [[Twinkie]], a derogatory term for Asians who are perceived as not being true to their heritage. It's equivalent to an African-American being referred to as an [[Oreo]].

*Ling-Ling refers to Spanky as 'Honorable Pig Demon', which is what the Vietnamese children referred to him as in "Gay Bash"

*The way the children are animated disembowling and mutilating Super Nanny is a reference to [[Day of the Dead (film)|Day of the Dead]].

*The man lying on the massage table during the "Thank you, Ling-Ling!" montage is the same man who appeared in Foxxy's [[sex education|sex ed]] lesson in "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

*When Ling-Ling tells Spanky that he doesn't have a driver's license, Spanky immediately understands him. This confirms that Spanky Ham can indeed understand Ling-Ling's speech (previous episodes had only suggested it).

*The Super Nanny theme song in this episode, "Behave, Behave" is a parody of the real Super Nanny theme song, "Be Good Johnny" by [[Men At Work]].

*[[Batman]] and [[Spiderman]](Spidey) are both referenced in this episode. It should be noted that Batman is, apparently, now accepting phone calls from Captain Hero again. In "Little Orphan Hero", Hero states that Batman no longer returns his calls after impersonating the murder of Batman's parents.

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[[Image:Drawn Together.jpg|right|thumbnail|The ''Drawn Together'' cast (Counter-clockwise from upper left): Wooldoor, Toot, Ling-Ling, Foxxy, Xandir, Clara, Spanky, and Captain Hero]]

List of episodes of the [[animated]] [[television]] [[comedy]], ''[[Drawn Together]]''.

Several episodes contain full-blown musical numbers that tie into the action of the scene in which they appear.

== Season 1 ==

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===1. "Hot Tub"===
The houseguests arrive and meet one another, with immediate friction resulting not only from Spanky's tendency to defecate into and onto everything and everyone, but also from Princess Clara's assumption that Foxxy is the household slave. Meanwhile, Toot, struggling to retain her faltering self esteem, tries to seduce Xandir, who is more interested in saving his girlfriend, who is forever being kidnapped by evil wizards. Eventually, Foxxy and Clara bury the hatchet when Foxxy lures Clara into a series of sessions of lesbian sex, and Toot comes to terms with the fact that she is no longer a sex symbol by adopting the persona of the "household bitch."

'''Musical Number''': "Black Chick's Tongue", a parody of Disney's ''Aladdin''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[A Whole New World]]", sung by Clara as Foxxy makes out with her in a hot tub.

'''First Aired''': 10/27/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In the Deleted Scenes option on the first Season's DVD box, there is an introduction with each character getting to say a few lines.

* Even though Xandir isn't revealed to be a homosexual until episode three, the opening credits inform the viewer that he is gay.

* Seeing as how Toot dies numerous times over the course of the episode, the characters seem to inhabit a continuity similar to that of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', in which there is no continuity.

* When Clara speaks to the producers on the phone, the voice of the producer is a muted trumpet, the same sound effect used for adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

* In the beginning of the second act, a ''Flintstones''-like car drives by the house while a ''Jetsons''-ish UFO flies overhead.

* At one point, Xandir plays a magic flute that transports him away in a tornado. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', Link (the character upon which Xandir is based) would play a flute and then be transported by a cyclone. This ability was also referenced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' where Mario can play a whistle, and a tornado will come and take him to a new area.

* Concerning Xandir, there are two references to other (non-animated) role-playing games, particularly [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. When Xandir talks to his girlfriend on the phone, Spanky calls him "Dungeons and Douchebags"; and in his description of the tension following the fight between Foxxy and Clara, Xandir uses the term "+6 sword", which is a rather abstract value in role-playing games in general.

* In the booze party, [[Peyo]]'s [[Smurfs]] ([[les Schtroumpfs]]) have a very gory guest appearance as knife-wielding pit fighters.

* Ling-Ling's rule about saying his name three times over a short period of time to summon his ballistic behavior might be a reference to [[Beetlejuice]], who required someone to say his name three times in order to summon him up.

* Ling-Ling's comment about giving children [[seizures]] is a reference to the infamous ''Pokémon'' episode "Electric Hero Porygon" which popular urban legend says gave hundreds of children seizures when it aired in Japan (the children actually only showed symptoms of mass hysteria, several days after the fact). The show then spoofs the scene by showing Ling-Ling's picture with rapid flashing lights for a couple of seconds.

* Ling Ling's line to Toot before he kills her, "That'll do, pig, that'll do," is Farmer Hogget's closing line from ''[[Babe]]''.

* This episode may have been inspired in part by an episode of ''[[The Real World (Las Vegas)]]'', where Trishelle, who had appeared to be a straight-laced heterosexual, unexpectedly went to bed with a boy, Steven, and another girl, Brynn.

* Comedy Central demanded that the producers remove scenes of Toot intentionally cutting herself with a razor blade. However, after Frankie was shown doing something similar on [[The Real World (San Diego)]], they were allowed to keep them in.

===2. "Clara's Dirty Little Secret"===

Weeks have passed since Clara first had lesbian sex, and she's spent the entire time telling everyone the story non-stop (to the delight of all of the houseguests except for Toot). In revenge, Toot convinces Clara that she's pregnant and that Foxxy is the father. Foxxy, in turn, gives the houseguests a sex-ed class, which culminates in the revelation that Clara's vagina is a gigantic, tentacled monster, spawned by a curse placed upon her by her not-so-Evil Stepmother. Due to its sensitivity to loud noises, and Toot's insensitivity, Clara's enraged vagina destroys the furniture in the living room and consumes Wooldoor (and a cameraman). Despite Foxxy's attempts to protect her, the other housemates temporarily adopt desperate measures and chase Clara before an alternative is found.

According to the Stepmother, only the kiss of her true love can break the curse. During a ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]''-type contest in which men compete to be Clara's true love, she meets [[Prince Charming]], the man of her dreams; but his kiss, rather than curing her curse, causes his penis to turn into an octopus itself. Dismayed at his new condition, Prince Charming commits suicide. The houseguests eventually come to terms with Clara's 'octopussoire', and Clara makes peace with her Stepmother. The episode ends with Wooldoor escaping from Clara's vagina.

'''Musical Number''': "La-La-La-La-Labia", a [[Hanna Barbera]] style song sung by Foxxy and the houseguests a'la [[Josie and the Pussycats]] during a montage in which everyone chases Clara's vagina.

'''First Aired''': 11/3/2004

'''Trivia''':

* The scene in which a man begins crying in the back of a limo and rips open his shirt as he implores another man, "Make me feel good!" is a reference to the infamous [[Halle Berry]]/[[Billy Bob Thornton]] sex scene in ''[[Monster's Ball]]''.

* Prince Charming's penis transformation scene is a reference to ''[[Shrek]]''.

* The scene where Xandir cowers while Clara's vagina corners him and sticks out its tongue is taken from the films ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' and ''[[Aliens]]''.

* Toot tells Clara that the only way to stop herself from being pregnant is to be pushed down a flight of stairs. Toot does this on the stairs in the house, but says it didn't work. Clara suggests the [[M.C. Escher]] room; M.C. Escher was a painter famous for a picture depicting a room made up entirely of staircases, all of which lead to nowhere. The M.C. Escher room that Toot and Clara go to is a duplicate of this picture.

* Wooldoor's blocks spell out the message 2 PAC RIP, a reference to murdered rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].

* The scene in the screen splits into four frames depicting everyone in peril, with a time clock displayed, is a reference to ''[[24 (television)|24]]''.

* The houseguests' chant of "Kill the beast!" is a reference to the novel ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''. However, since Clara is involved, it may be more of a reference to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] [[Beauty and the Beast]].

* The scene where Wooldoor Sockbat gets pulled into Clara's vagina and nearly crushed to death is a spoof on the scene in ''[[Star Wars: A New Hope]]'', where Luke, Han, and Leia are trapped in one of the garbage smashers on the Death Star, but are saved from being crushed by C-3PO and R2-D2 shutting it down. When Clara's vagina begins to close in on Wooldoor, he calls out, "3-PO! 3-PO!"

* In Foxxy's flashback where Wooldoor is dressed as a priest, he gives Clara a Christian bible, but curiously has an Egyptian [[ankh]] symbol on his sash.

* Prince Charming's voice is provided by guest star [[Carlos Alazraqui]], who in addition to providing voices for [[Family Guy]], [[The Fairly OddParents]], and [[Rocko's Modern Life]], was the voice of the [[Taco Bell chihuahua]] in their long-running TV advertising campaign.

===3. "Gay Bash"===

A bizarre ritual involving an ancient monster reveals that Xandir is, in fact, a homosexual. To make him feel better, the other houseguests throw him a party attended exclusively by homosexuals (including [[Elmer Fudd]] and [[Snagglepuss]], their identities only somewhat concealed by pixelization), during which Xandir accepts that he's into kinky gay sex. Not all of the guests turn out to be friends, though: Bizarro Captain Hero, with whom Captain Hero once had a gay affair in a men's room, shows up, threatening to reveal their secret. Also, [[ Pacman]], to whom Xandir confesses his homosexuality, turns out to be [[Ms. Pacman]] in drag. Foxxy convinces Xandir to call his girlfriend and tell her that he's gay, resulting in their breakup. In the end, Xandir, wanting to turn himself heterosexual, wishes on a lamp inhabited by a gay genie; the genie is promptly kidnapped, allowing Xandir to retain a sense of self worth by replacing his never ending quest to save his girlfriend with a never ending quest to save his boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Spanky, upon discovering that Ling-Ling is an expert craftsman, puts the creature to work as a one-man sweatshop, sewing [[Counterfeit|bootleg]] [[Nike]] basketball shoes. This angers the [[child labor|child laborers]] of Nike's [[sweatshop]], who show up and try to kill Spanky by turning themselves into a [[Transformer]]. Spanky convinces Ling-Ling that it would be honorable to save him, so Ling-Ling uses its super powers to blow up the sweatshop workers. Ling-Ling and Spanky earn a substantial amount of money by selling the immobilized children as basketball shoes, and Spanky gives Ling-Ling a paper hat reading "Honor."

'''Musical Number''': "Ling Ling's Lament", sung by Ling-Ling in pseudo-Japanese (without subtitles) as he mourns for his carefree days running around a fantasyland killing monsters with his master. As the song nears the end, Ling-Ling's reminisces suddenly turn violent, and he envisions himself brutally murdering Spanky.

Also, the "Ling Ling Battle Song" as a montage of scenes from Episodes 1, 3, and 5, in which Ling Ling leaps into battle, is presented in the end credits and - vocals inserted into the action - during his battle with the Chinese Transformer Kids.

'''First Aired''': 11/10/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Xandir is revealed to be gay; however, the writers already told the audience this in the opening credits of the series premier.

* The ritual in which Xandir is found to be gay is a parody of a scene in the [[1980]] film adaptation of ''[[Flash Gordon#Adaptations and other versions|Flash Gordon]]''.

* Perhaps for the first time ever in a syndicated cartoon show, God is depicted fondling a male penis.

* During the gay bash party, two characters with blurred faces join with Xandir. For those who don't watch cartoons too often, these are obviously [[Elmer Fudd]] from [[Looney Tunes]] (with a brown mustache) and [[Snagglepuss]].

* Xandir's new boyfriend is a parody of the genie from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]'' (the movie was previously parodied in the first episode). The voice actor providing the genie's voice is imitating [[Robin Williams]], who provided the voice for the genie in the titular film. Upon close inspection, the genies' chest hairs make interesting symbols depending on his emotion; when angry and confused, the hairs read "666", the [[Number of the Beast]]. When calm and at peace, the hairs form the Christian [[alpha]] symbol.

* Xandir's nemesis, Lord Slashstab, is quite similar to the animated [[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]] TV series' antagonist, [[Venger]].

* Spanky introduces himself to Ling-Ling and hands him his business card. In Japan, Ling-Ling's home, it is customary to exchange business cards (if you have one) with a new acquaintance, especially on a professional basis.

* When Spanky puts Ling-Ling to work in the [[sweatshop]] he tells him that they will be as successful a duo as Fatman and Little Boy. "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the code names of the atomic bombs dropped on [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hiroshima]], respectively.

* Captain Hero's line to Bizarro Captain Hero, "Hey, what happened on Bizarro World, stays on Bizarro World" is a reference to Las Vegas' marketing campaign, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Bizzaro Captain Hero himself is, of course, an homage to the [[Bizarro]] characters (mostly [[Superman]] and [[Lois Lane]]) of [[DC Comics]] fame, who were grotesque, odd, polar opposite clones/copies of the originals.

* Foxxy's line "Everything the light touches is gay!" is taken almost verbatim from Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.

* The pterodactyl-powered record player is a reference to TV's first animated sitcom, [[The Flintstones]], where many of the Flintstones' appliances were powered by minature prehistoric animals, some of whom were prone to making wisecracks like this

===4. "Requiem for a Reality Show"===

The house is divided into two teams who then compete in a contest to see who will be given control of the house's food supply for the rest of the week. Toot's team wins, and she celebrates by eating all the food she can get her hands on. Toot blimps up -literally - leaving her seriously depressed. Xandir tries to fix it by teaching Toot to regurgitate in order to lose weight rapidly - with rather disgusting results. Xandir, Foxxy, and Ling-Ling convince Toot to try the opposite approach, [[anorexia]], which causes Toot to become so thin that her body can no longer support the weight of her own head.

Meanwhile, the losing team - Clara, Spanky, Wooldoor and Hero - suffers from starvation. Spanky obtains food by bullying Wooldoor into trapping and killing the woodland animals that Clara is able to summon by her singing, and Foxxy and Captain Hero enter into a short-lived hardcore [[BDSM]] relationship.

'''Musical Number:''' "Bully", sung by Clara as she tries to convince Wooldoor to stand up to Spanky

'''First Aired:''' 11/17/2004

'''Trivia:'''

* When the contest begins, a [[UFO]] with a fishing pole and a traffic light attached aids them. This a parody of a [[Lakitu]] and a reference to the [[Super Mario Kart]] videogame.

* Spanky's comment "We'll eat like dingoes in a maternity ward!" is a reference to a 1980 [[Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance|incident]] that occurred in Australia in which [[Lindy Chamberlain]] was wrongfully accused of murdering her infant daughter, Azaria; she was exonerated when it was discovered the child was in fact killed and eaten by a [[dingo]]. The incident was immortalized in the 1988 film ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'', starring [[Meryl Streep]].

* As Wooldoor collects the leftover meat for a proper burial, a surviving chipmunk begs "Don't bury me... I'm not dead!" This was a tagline featured in a fairly well known marketing campaign for the film ''[[The Serpent and the Rainbow]]'', depicting a zombie tearing out of a casket. In the movie, [[Bill Pullman]]'s character utters the line when he collapses on the street, due to a drug that will induce a deathlike state and cause him to be buried alive.

* Xandir uses [[Acme Corporation|ACME]] liposuction on Toot. ACME is the ubiquitous brand name featured in Looney Toons cartoons in place of actual brands; it turned up most often in the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote shorts. It has since been used in several other cartoons and television shows as a generic brand.

* Captain Hero's quotes the H.W Longfellow poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn" while lamenting the breakup of he and Foxxy's relationship ("two ships passing in the night") There is a particular irony here, as the part of the poem Captain Hero quotes laments a relationship with a lack of communication; in fact, Captain Hero and Foxxy's relationship had no communication, as it was based purely around bondage.

* When Foxxy teases Captain Hero with the sandwich, several sounds (and matching panels) pop in. This is a reference to the 1960's [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]] TV series, starring [[Adam West]] in the titular role. The program's fight scenes were always accompanied by cartoonish sound effects and title cards displaying words like "pow" and "smash" (which was done to pay tribute to the heroes' [[comic book]] origins).

* After Foxxy and Captain Hero break up, Foxxy's new slave is [[Charlie Brown]], while Captain Hero's mistress is [[Natasha Fatale]] from ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''. Foxxy calls Charlie Brown "blockhead," one of many nicknames given to him in the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His reply to Foxxy, "Good grief!" was Charlie Brown's catch phrase in the strip.

* Toot says, "Pass me the Han Solo," and then eats something that looks like [[Han Solo]] frozen in carbonite at the end of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and beginning of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.

* The opening scene where Spanky is chasing Wooldoor, and the pair stop in a freezeframe with parenthesized Latin names below their own real ones, is a direct parody of most Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Spanky is "Pornus Interruptus." Wooldoor is "Ritalinus Shouldatakus." [[Ritalin]] is a drug used to treat [[attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]], which Wooldoor clearly has.

* Spanky's line, "For the love of Allah--who's Great and Merciful--haven't you gotten rid of that [[polio]] yet?", with its use of [[Allah]] in the place of [[God]], and the subsequent [[epithet]], indicates that he is a member of the [[Muslim]] faith. This is further confirmed and reinforced in Episode 7, "Dirty Pranking Number 2", where Spanky announces that he had inconveniently converted a month before the [[September 11 attack]]s. Further information on the website confirms that he is a [[Sunni]] Muslim. The ironic fact that pork is forbidden by [[Halaal|Islamic dietary law]] is not mentioned.

* Clara twists the [[chipmunk]]'s neck to prevent it from blurting around that she's indirectly responsible for the death of its fellows. In the first episode of the second season, there is a flashback of that scene, but in an altered version; there it is a close-up of their faces, and Clara is holding the chipmunk at the height of her face. In the original version, she held the rodent at the height of her belly.

===5. "The Other Cousin"===

Clara's mentally retarded cousin, Bleh, arrives, much to the consternation of the houseguests and Clara's annoyance. She always wears a football helmet, drools, can't look anyone in the eye, and almost always speaks in metaphors derived from critical reviews of the film ''[[I Am Sam]]''. The houseguests' attitudes change quickly, though, when Bleh takes off her clothes to reveal a perfectly sculpted body and enormous breasts. Captain Hero enters into a bet to de-virginize Bleh, which he does - although he does develop feelings for her -, infuriating Clara. Captain Hero and Bleh break up, and as Bleh boards a bus back home we discover that she had a bet with one of her friends in the mental institute to have sex with a television celebrity.

Meanwhile, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor become addicted to licking Ling-Ling when they discover that he secretes a powerful hallucinogen when disappointed. They finally abuse him to the point that Ling-Ling goes quasi-catatonic. In order to alleviate Ling-Ling's condition, Toot, Xandir, and Wooldoor invite his father to the house to cheer him up; but when the latter arrives, he expresses his disappointment about his son being in a reality TV show - and guess what happens!

'''Musical Number''': "Girly Girly", sung by an unseen chorus as a theme to Captain Hero and Bleh's courtship. Also, Captain Hero sings a version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Bleh on their date.

'''First Aired''': 12/1/2004

'''Trivia''':

* Although it's doubtful, the "Girly Girly" musical number might be an obscure reference to the film ''[[Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly]]''.

* In the scene where [[Ling-Ling]]'s hallucinogenic sweat wears off, [[Homer Simpson]] can be seen passed out in the background, scratching himself.

* In the DVD release, there is an extended version of the episode that fills in a few plot holes:
** Clara gives Captain Hero the antidote
** In the episode aired on TV, two Wooldoors suddenly appear to lick Ling Ling's father. In the extended version, we see Wooldoor split himself in two to give himself a hug.
**We see that the people on the bus are actually retarded versions of the cast, with Bleh being the retarded Clara. This explains a bizarre discrepency in the version aired on TV, in which it appears Toot is going shopping with Bleh during the closing montage: It's actually the retarded version of Toot.

*Ling Ling says his prayers to [[L. Ron Hubbard]] had come true. This implies Ling Ling is a [[Scientologist]].

* Clara says that she once had the chance to kill Foxxy, but she didn't. There is then a brief ''[[Family Guy]]''-style segue into a scene of Foxxy dangling from a precipe over a river of lava while Clara demands, "Give me the ring!" This is, of course, a reference to the conclusion of ''[[The Return of the King]]''

* While having his hallucinations in the room, Wooldoor sees a baby crawl across the ceiling and turn his head 180 degrees. This is a parody of a heroin withdrawl scene in the film ''[[Trainspotting]]''. In this episode, the baby on the ceiling is [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] from ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

* In the scene right before Wooldoor becomes the Professor, both Xandir and Toot have very visible penile erections while licking Ling-Ling. Most likely it's just a visual gag, but it could be taken to mean that Toot is supposed to be a [[hermaphrodite]].

* Captain Hero's date with Bleh ends with them flying back to the house. This is a reference to the first ''Superman'' movie, where Superman takes Lois flying with him.

* The title is a reference to the film ''[[The Other Sister]]'', in which a mentally retarded young woman tries to integrate into society after spending years in the institute where her family placed her due to their inability to cope with a handicapped child. In the film, the main character eventually marries a mentally retarded college student.

* The name Bleh is a reference to an episode of ''[[The Facts of Life]]'' where Blair was ashamed of her handicapped cousin. Because of a speech impediment, her cousin's pronounciation of Blair sounded like Bleh.

* Bleh has six toes on her right foot. It's not certain whether this is a mistake or whether it's a visual joke on the part of the animators (the character may have been made [[polydactyl]] on purpose in order to further emphasize her abnormality).

===6. "Terms of Endearment" (The Unaired Episode)===

Captain Hero inadvertently gives radiation poisoning to Foxxy by spying on her in the shower with his x-ray vision. Out of grief, he decides to strip himself of his super powers-- which can only be accomplished by riding a horse, being thrown from it, and snapping his neck, thus paralyzing him from the chin on down. Shortly thereafter, Foxxy's radiation poisoning causes her to start de-evolving into a [[minstrel show]] [[Aunt Jemima]] cartoon, causing agents from the bureau of Cartoon Political Correctness to arrive and take her away.

'''Musical Number''': Due to the lack of readily availible information about this episode, it is unknown whether or not it contains a musical number.

'''Trivia''':

* [[Christopher Reeve]] died shortly before this episode was supposed to be aired, resulting in Comedy Central deciding not to air it. Captain Hero's method of removing his powers is, of course, a mockery on the way that Reeve became permanently paralyzed.

* This episode was not included on the ''Drawn Together'' Season 1 DVD released on October 4th, 2005. However, it is expected to air as part of Season 2.

===7. "Dirty Pranking Number 2"===

Clara, desperately wanting to belong, becomes involved in a pranking game that Spanky and Foxxy play: They order a pizza, and when it arrives, Foxxy distracts the delivery man while Spanky defecates on the pizza. They then hand the pizza back to the delivery man and say, "I didn't order this...with ''sausage''!" Clara's first attempt at the game - and Foxxy's inability to intervene, due to braiding her fingers into her own [[cornrows]]- results in the pair being arrested and taken to jail. Clara's father, The King, bails them all out, on the condition that Clara never see Spanky again. Clara goes back to Spanky, though, resulting in Clara's father coming to the house to take her off the show. While they're preparing to leave, a pizza man shows up, and Clara defecates on the pizza; when Clara's father sees how happy it makes her, he lets her stay in the house.

Meanwhile, Captain Hero begins a quasi-homosexual relationship with Xandir, the latter of whom becomes upset when the former must keep cancelling their dates in order to save the world. Finally, Captain Hero forsakes his profession as a super hero to take Xandir to the zoo; without Captain Hero to protect the world, everyone - including the assembled cast - is blasted by robotic aliens, who take the pizza-defecation prank back to their own planet.

'''Musical Number''': "Time of My Life", from the film ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''. Plays during a parody of ''Dirty Dancing'', with Spanky standing in for [[Patrick Swayze]]. Due to a copyright battle, the song does not appear on the DVD. Instead, at the point when the song would normally begin, a parody entitled "This is Our Version" begins to play, explaining that the song sounds poor because the writers didn't spend much time on it and just wanted something that would act as filler for the scene.

'''First Aired''': 12/8/2004

'''Trivia''':

* In 2005, a group of Texas cheerleaders were arrested for defecating on a pizza and trying to give it back to a [[Domino's Pizza]] delivery man. They later admitted that they'd gotten the idea after seeing this episode. Comedy Central had no comment other than, "Oh, no!" [http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/bud_kennedy/11928512.htm Story here]

* In this episode, we learn that Spanky is a Muslim, although he regrets converting in August of 2001. This was implied in an earlier episode when he used the name of [[Allah]].

* According to The King, Clara apparently moans just like her mother when they french-kiss. This comment makes Clara the second character in the series (along with Foxxy) to have an implied incestuous relationship with their father.

* Spanky's line, "Nobody puts baby in the corner" is a reference to the movie, ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''; the ending sequence of this episode (sans the pizza defecation) is a parody of that film.

* The King's line, "That's what princesses do. They long for more. Or die in a car crash in France." is a reference to [[Princess Diana]], who died in a car crash in France in 1997, and to Princess Grace ([[Grace Kelly]]), who also died as a result of injuries sustained from a car crash in France.

* In this episode, it is revealed that Toot is an [[alcoholic]]. Spanky is revealed to have had a [[liver]] transplant, indicating that he has probably also done some heavy drinking in his time.

===8. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist"===

When Toot makes everyone realize that there isn't going to be a prize awarded at the end of the series and that everyone is in the house just for the sake of being there, the houseguests revolt and hold a sit-in. In response, the producers turn the show into a ripoff of ''[[The Apprentice]]'', which culminates in a semi-nude jelly-wrestling match between Foxxy and Toot. Foxxy wins, and the producers reveal her prize-- nothing. The producers simply told everyone that they'd win a prize in order to get them to end their sit in. Toot leads an armed rebellion, in which the house is blown up. The houseguests steal a helicopter, piloted by Wooldoor, and attempt to escape the producers, who pursue them on the back of a giant missile. As the first season comes to a conclusion, the producer [[suicide bomber|suicide bombs]] the helicopter, causing it to crash and explode on a desert island.

'''Musical Number''': "Cash Cash Cashety Cash", a parody of ''The Apprentice'' theme song, "For the Love of Money".

'''First Aired''': 12/15/2004

'''Trivia'''

* The episode title is a reference to the T.V. show ''[[Friends]]'', whose episode titles almost all begin with the words "The One With" or "The One Where" followed by a brief phrase describing the episode's main plot.

* This is the first episode to unite all of the characters in a single plotline. This is also the only episode to date featuring Toot as the main character.

* Not knowing if the show was going to be renewed, the creators made this episode to function as a possible series finale were it to be cancelled. Had the series not been renewed, it would have ended with everyone dying when the helicopter crashed; since the series was renewed, however, it was revealed that the houseguests survived the explosion, finding themselves on a desert island in a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''.

* At one point, all of the characters pull guns on one another in an homage to ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''. When Wooldoor enters the fray, he produces over a dozen arms, each of them holding a different weapon, including a weapon from the video game ''[[Halo (video game)|Halo]]''. When Wooldoor produces an additional revolver that he aims at his own head, everyone abruptly shifts their arms so that their guns are pointed at Wooldoor.

* During the standoff, Spanky calls Clara "my woman," so it can be assumed that they are still a couple. To date, this is the last reference to any relationship between the two.

* The producer, Bucky Bucks, is a pastiche of [[Richie Rich]] and [[Donald Trump]].

* We learn that the producers are all Jewish.

* For her project, Clara produces a blatantly [[anti-Semitic]] parody of [[Mel Gibson]]'s [[The Passion of the Christ]], parodying the anti-Semitic controversy surrounding the movie.

* The episode was played as part of Comedy Central's Secret Stash (a Comedy Central feature in which R-rated films are shown uncensored after midnight) alongside ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]''. However, at one point during the Jell-o wrestling scene, the screen abruptly went black, and a title card appeared reading "DVD ONLY! Too hot for the Stash!" This marks the first time that Secret Stash has edited a program. The scene in question featured Spanky hanging off the side of the cage masturbating.

* Several of the fade-in and fade-out scenes show an outside shot of the house with a voiceover of Xandir exclaiming "What is going on?!". This is a reference to ''[[The Joe Schmo Show]]'', which featured a repeated shots of the house with the eponymous Joe Schmo asking confusedly, "What is going on!?" Foxxy mentions ''The Joe Schmo Show'' near the end of the program in her list of ways that reality TV stars have been "screwed."

* When Bucky Bucks powers up the helicopter near the end of the episode, you can clearly hear it make the "time circuits on" sound from the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' trilogy.

* Clara's invisibility ring is meant to be [[The One Ring]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

* Wooldoor calls "Tank" at the end of the episode, and suddenly gains the ability to fly a helicopter. This is a reference to ''[[The Matrix]]'' films, in which people inside a computer program called a hacker, Tank, who could hack the program and grant them superhuman abilities.

* After Princess Clara is fired for being tardy during 'The Apprentice' parody, the scene then cuts to a shot of the fired cast members and Toot, all snapping their fingers and danching in time with catchy, jazz style music. This is a direct referrence to the film and Broadway play, "[[Westside Story]]".

*The Season 1 DVD features two outtakes from this episode: an extended version of the jelly wrestling scene, and an alternate scene from the ''Apprentice'' parody in which Foxxy and Toot transport Mexican immigrants across the border by disguising them as road [[flares]] and car accessories. (In the aired version, Foxxy stuffs them in bags which Toot consumes and later passes.)

== Season 2 ==

===9. "The One Wherein There is a Big Twist - Part II"===

The conclusion of the cliffhanger involves the cast crash landing on a supposedly deserted island, as a parody of ''[[Survivor]]''. When Foxxy tells the other houseguests that after a season on a reality TV show they're officially celebrities, they go to the airport located in the city on the other side of the island and head to Hollywood. Toot is left behind, where she becomes an object of veneration for the island's native people, who think that she's a beached whale. In order to please her, they begin feeding her everything--and everyone--they can get their hands on. In Hollywood, the houseguests discover that no one really cares about reality TV stars; Wooldoor, depressed, hangs himself. After the funeral, the other houseguests all head back to the Drawn Together House, the only place they really belong. The producer allows them to return, but demands that they find a new housemate to replace Wooldoor. After exhaustive interviews, they finally select Strawberry Sweetcake, an eighteen year old who looks eight, which satisfies Captain Hero's long dormant [[pedophile]] urges. Harmony is quickly broken, though, when Wooldoor--who was still alive--comes back to the house and reveals that his people were systematically slaughtered in a mass genocide by the Sweetcake people and turned into snackfoods. Strawberry Sweetcake says that she wants to let bygones be bygones, but then tries to cook Wooldoor. The rest of the houseguests try and stop her, but she gets ahold of Xandir's sword and prepares to kill them all. Back in the islands, the native people have given all they have to Toot, and have nothing left to feed her, so they pack her with dynamite and blow her across the ocean; the resulting rain of vomit from everything Toot ate destroys the island. Toot crash lands back in the ''Drawn Together'' House, where she saves the day by eating Sweetcake.

'''Musical Number:''' "Good Time Funderful Day", which plays while Sweetcake and the housemates enjoy a series of fun activities together, including [[kite flying|flying kites]] together, riding a [[seesaw]], playing [[Russian roulette]], having a massive group [[orgy]], and [[seal hunting|clubbing baby seals]].

'''First Aired:''' 10/19/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The blowing off of the helicopter's back and one of the passengers being sucked out is a spoof on the movie [[X-Men 2]]; in that scene [[Anna Paquin]] suffers the same fate. It's also widely believed to be a reference to the pilot for the hit ABC drama ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.

* The creators told TV Guide in their 2005 Fall Preview Issue that a main character would be killed off; this was fulfilled in a variety of ways, albeit not in the way fans expected. Wooldoor does appear to die, but then he's proven to be alive and well; Strawberry Sweetcake dies when Toot eats her, but she was technically only a main character for one episode.

* Captain Hero's line, "With my super powers, I easily could have saved us, but I couldn't react. Why not? Because I smoke marijuana. Still think it's cool?" is a reference to a series of advertisements in which marijuana use is shown to be directly responsible for horrific tragedies (often involving a child dying); all of the ads end with a brief voice-over commenting on marijuana's dangerousness in comparison to its public perception as a harmless anti-drug. As implied by the creators' using it in this situation, most people who have seen the commercials consider them to be ludicrous, over dramatic, and exaggerative.

* After the crash, Clara takes a roll call of the characters to see if anyone's missing. She refers to her fellow castmates as: "little retard, swine, rat, big retard, Xandir, blacky boo" and "fatty fatty two by four can't fit through the kitchen door".

* Apparently, the three-foot long penis of [[Jeff Probst]], Foxxy's breasts, and the island virgin's full frontal nudity were all actually animated into the episode and then covered with censor bars for airing; they will most likely appear in the unedited Season 2 DVD.

* An uncensored version of the "Simon Says" scene will likely appear on the Season 2 DVD.

* The situation between the Sweetcakes and Wooldoor's people is an obvious parody of the [[Holocaust]]; the constant references to pajamas are a reference to the striped, thin uniforms concentration camp prisoners were forced to wear. Sweetcake makes it plainly clear at the end of the episode that Wooldoor's people are supposed to represent the Jews when she refers to him as "hook nose," a common derogatory remark for Jews. After Wooldoor explains the [[genocide]] of his people to the housemates, Clara dismisses his story as part of a plot by the "Sockbat International Bankers," a satirical swipe at [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust revisionists]].

* When Wooldoor wakes up in his coffin, he says that he was able to escape because he'd seen ''[[Kill Bill]]''. The music that plays while he breaks out of the coffin is the exact same music that plays during the "buried alive" scene in ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 2]]''. The following scene of Wooldoor digging back to the surface is a reference to the arcade game ''[[Dig Dug]]''.

* At the beginning of the episode, the corpses of [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Charlie Brown]], along with a [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]]-shaped crater can be seen amongst the wreckage on the beach.

* Toot's dynamiting by the natives is a parody of the [[exploding whale]] incident in Oregon, down to the view of the explosion and the smashed cars from the falling pieces.

* The scene where Wooldoor hangs himself is a parody of Brooks Hatlen's suicide in the movie ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''. The paperclip that offers Wooldoor advice while he writes a suicide note is a reference to the computer program [[Microsoft Office]], in which users can activate an animated [[Office Assistant]] that offers them advice; one of the icons users can choose from is an anthropomorphic paperclip nicknamed "Clippy".

* When Wooldoor "dies," the sceen fades to white and a title card appears listing Wooldoor's birthday and date of death. This is a reference is to the HBO show ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' where every episode begins with a death, and after the death the screen fades to white and the card gives the deceased's name and birthday.

* Xandir's special video game move is called the "reach around," a slang term in gay sex for the penetrating partner masturbating the penetrated partner.

* Among those interviewed by the houseguests as a potential roomate are [[Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)|Scorpion]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' (who performs his [[fatality]] on Xandir), [[Speedy Gonzales]] (who is a [[cocaine]] addict) and [[Wilma Flintstone]] (who uses a "prehistoric [[worm]]" as a [[tampon]]). Also, during a pan of the living room while the houseguests sort resumes, a resume can be seen with a picture of Blossom from the [[Powerpuff Girls]] attached.

* The way the Sockbats are turned into food is reminiscent of the film ''[[Soylent Green]]'', which involves the only affordable food in the future being made from people's corpses.

* Based on the "this season on ''Drawn Together''" teaser that airs at the end of this episode, Season Two will include the ''Terms of Endearment'' episode. Clips from the next four episodes (through "Clum Babies") are also included.

* When the houseguests fly away from the island and pass over Toot in the water, she yells "Wait!" while an instrumental piece from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' plays. At the end of that movie, [[Kate Winslet]]'s character yells "wait" to a departing search and rescue boat, only for them not to hear her.

* Spanky mentions that the houseguests interviewed "Two [[Claymation|claymated]] guys, and this finger puppet, and this [[Monty Python]] cutout thing." A giant cardboard foot then crushes him; the cardboard foot was a recurring gag in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. The "two claymated guys" may refer to [[Gumby]] and Pokey, or [[Wallace and Gromit]].

* One of the talent agencies that turns down the houseguests is Double Hemm, the production company that makes ''Drawn Together''.

* The soiled underwear in the vending machine and Ling-Ling's enthusiastic reaction is a reference to trend in Japan in the 1990s in which girls were paid money for their used underwear, which was then sold in vending machines. The panty-machines were eventually outlawed; they have since become objects of fetishism in Japan and can be found in underground and illegal pornography stores.

* After Sweetcakes is chosen as the new housemate we get to see a new opening. At the end of the opening we can see Toot jumping out of the water over a boy standing on a rock. This is a reference to the movie [[Free Willy]].

===10. "Foxxy Vs. The Board Of Education"===

Spanky contracts a virus, and "gay marries" Xandir in order to get life-saving health insurance. Clara tries to end the marriage, even calling the King of Insurance to have the pair busted. The King shows up, and after Xandir and Spanky fail to have gay sex, cancels Spanky's health coverage. Spanky makes a passionate if somewhat strange speech, which moves the king to grant Spanky health insurance for life. The boys also meet "Dumpy the Medical Waste Man," a parody of Frosty the Snow Man.

Meanwhile, it is discovered that Foxxy has been solving crimes without a license; she convinces Ling-Ling to take a racially biased test for her so that she can finish school and get her license. Clara makes clear that Asians excel at taking standardized tests. Ling-Ling is caught and is made an offer: fail the test for Foxxy, or have a goon come over and walk around the house without taking off his shoes. Ling-Ling fails the test, so Foxxy decides to solve the mystery of why black kids do so poorly on the SAT.

Foxxy is caught by the Board of Education, a knock off of Bill from the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] series. He explains that since there is no money in education, educators have conspired with manufacturers of bling to keep black kids out of college, so they will buy things like [[spinner rims]] and car mounted DVD players. Foxxy turns the Board of Education over to the police.

'''Musical Number:''' "Board Of Education," as sung by the Board of Education to Foxxy while explaining his plan to keep black people dumb.

'''First Aired''': 10/26/2005

'''Trivia'''

* The title of this episode is a reference to the landmark Supreme Court case [[Brown v. Board of Education]], which forced public schools to desegregate.

*In the background of the wedding, the Genie can be seen, implying that he is no longer captured by Lord Slashstab, nor is he apparently still with Xandir.

*Visible in the hospital waiting room (between both visits) are a pregnant [[Powerpuff Girls|PowerPuff Girl]] [[Bubbles]], the [[Little Mermaid]] being choked by a plastic six-pack ring, a wounded [[Bambi]], [[Rocky and Bullwinkle]] with Rocky stuck in Bullwinkle's anus, [[Cocoa Puffs|Sonny the Cuckoo Bird]] who was in a straight jacket, asking for puffs, as an addict would, and [[Joe Camel]] in an iron lung.
**The use of Bubbles is also an [[inside joke]]. Although she doesn't speak here, her voice on [[Powerpuff Girls]] is provided by [[Tara Strong]], who voices Toot and Clara.

* About the voice of Xandir and Spanky's Paper Baby, actually [[Tara Strong]]. In the sequence where a depressed Foxxy watches other famous animated mystery solvers in action, Strong voices Josie from [[Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon)|Josie and the Pussycats]], while [[Cree Summer]] voices [[Daphne Blake]] from [[Scooby-Doo]].

*The Hebrew writing on the Orthodox Jew's container of tablets he is putting in the well is the word [[Kosher]].

*The Board of Education's plan was to keep blacks from passing the SATs by giving them grape flavored, mentholated pencils. The students would not be able to resist eating their pencils and therefore would not be able to finish the test. When the Board of Education was in police custody, Foxxy herself couldn't resist eating the pencils. This is a reference to the popularity of mentholated cigarettes in the black community, causing some to speculate that they were created to do away with blacks.

* The floating ghost of Ling-Ling helping Foxxy is just like Obi-Wan helping Luke in the original [[Star Wars]] trilogy.

* The Board of Education is an obvious take on the Bill from the [[School House Rock]] cartoon of the '70's.

* Everytime someone pulled the lever, a trapdoor would open and drop the victim into a pit with a beast similar to the Rancor Beast from [[Return of the Jedi|Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi]] (though [[Ling-Ling]] called it a Zalganout beast).

* Some of the pictures from Xandir and Spanky's "honeymoon" reflected famous events/people, including [[Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]], [[Muhammad Ali]]/[[Sonny Liston]], [[Kerri Strug]], and [[Elian Gonzalez]].

* Foxxy's line about playing bouncy horse with her grandfather makes her the first and third person on the show to have an implied incestuous relationship.

* This is possibly misinterpretation, but when Ling-Ling's ghost talks to Foxxy, he calls her [[Oprah]].

* When Spanky throws an aluminum can at the [[Jumbotron]] scoreboard, the sound of cats screaming can be heard, even though there are no cats around. This would become a running gag on the show, utilized whenever an object is thrown or smashed.

===11. "Little Orphan Hero"===

Captain Hero has a nervous breakdown resulting from long-standing issues regarding the death of his parents, who perished when his home world of Zebulon crashed into a sun. With the help of Wooldoor and a whale fetus, he accepts their deaths and resolves to move on with his life, until the other houseguests clue him in to the fact that his home planet of Zebulon was never destroyed and that his parents are probably still alive. After raping a robot, Captain Hero contacts his homeworld, and his parents arrive to greet him. Captain Hero lives a second childhood, until his mother finally breaks down and reveals that he's actually an abortion that she had performed when psychics revealed that her child was going to be the lamest super-hero ever. Heartbroken, Captain Hero tries to prove to his parents that he's a great hero by having Xandir dress up as a serial killer and attack his mother, but the plan backfires when Captain Hero goes too far and tears out Xandir's intestines. Enraged that his parents still think he's not a good superhero, Captain Hero flies to Zebulon and throws the planet into the sun, murdering everyone on the planet. His parents, now homeless, have no choice but to rely on him for his love and support.

Meanwhile, Foxxy and the other houseguests form a suicide hotline, but everyone shirks it in favor of worshipping a dead frog as a god (much to the chagrin of Foxxy, who remains true to Salamander Jesus). When Foxxy gets a call from a depressed quadrapalegic plotting to end his own life, she and the other houseguests spring into action. They eventually find the man, Jeff, who begs them to pull the plug on the equipment that's keeping him alive. When the houseguests try to comply, he reveals that he's actually part of an undercover task force of quadrapalegics assigned to take down phony suicide hotlines run by reality show guests who then try to ignore their responsibilities and assist their callers in euthanasia. Disgusted with the fact that this sounds like a TV show plot written by a mentally retarded child, everyone goes home.

'''Musical Number''': "I Wanted You to Know" by Brooke Ramel, played as a theme to Captain Hero's second childhood and gang rape. (This song also plays over the end credits of the DVD version of the first season finale.)

'''First Aired''': 11/2/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Captain Hero's dressing like a woman and being gang-raped on a pinball machine is a reference to the film [[The Accused]] and the rape of [[Cheryl Araujo]].

* The men who [[gang rape]] Captain Hero are the same people who were featured in the ''[[The Bachelorette|Bachelorette]]'' parody in Season 1 Episode 2, "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

* When Captain Hero comes home from being gang-raped at the keg party, the newspaper his father is reading has the headline "Best Kegger Ever".

* The [[Five for Fighting]] song that Captain Hero quotes throughout the episode is "Superman (It's not Easy)"

* Even though everyone refers to Five for Fighting in the plural, it is in fact the stage name of only one man, John Ondrasik.

* The crime count for this episode is high: Captain Hero rapes his sex robot, (presumably) rapes Xandir, (presumably) rapes his parents, and is himself gang raped. Xandir has his intestines torn out, Toot commits suicide, the houseguests try to kill Jeff, and Captain Hero murders billions of people by flinging their planet into the sun. Not to mention the houseguests' stealing cable TV (which has just been rendered useless from Zebulon's destruction).

* [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] make cameo appearances in this episode. There is a flashback where a drunk Captain Hero was making fun of the murder of Batman's parents at a party while Batman and Robin were present.

* The cover of ''Hero Comics'' is drawn to resemble the famous cover of ''[[Action Comics #1]]'' that introduced [[Superman]].

* Foxxy twirling around with a flash of light is a parody of the stock footage of [[Lynda Carter]] used in every episode of the 1970's [[Wonder Woman]] series when her character of Diana Prince turned into Wonder Woman.

* The question mark suit that Spanky Ham wears in the infomercial is a reference to "Government Grant Guru [[Matthew Lesko]]", who wears a simillar suit to promote his book ''[[Free Money to Pay Your Bills]]'' on late night television.

* [[Gonzo the Great|Gonzo]] and [[Kermit the Frog]] in their [[Muppet Babies]] form make cameos in this episode. They are being attacked by rabid [[pitbull|pitbulls]].

* Foxxy Love, Princess Clara, Spanky Ham and Ling Ling gather around the telephone, going "Yip yip yip yip yip...", with strange triangular mouths. This is a parody of a skit on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' featuring the [[Yip yip]] martians.

* The scene in which Captain Hero goes to contact Zebulon is a parody of several scenes from the movie ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.

* The scene in which Captain Hero's mysterious birth is revealed in a comic book, it cites a Supreme Court case called Roebot v Wade, which is a reference to [[Roe v Wade]] in 1973.

* In the first scene we see a montage of Captain Hero as an emotional wreck. In one of the shots we see him being unable to hug someone because of some huge scissor-like gloves he is wearing. This is a reference to the movie [[Edward Scissorhands]].

* Captain Hero keeps calling his mom ''imma'', which is ''mother'' in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]. Zebulon might be the fictional homeworld of the [[tribe of Zebulun]], one of the [[Ten Lost Tribes]] of Israel.

* The scene in which Captain Hero argues with his mother as she rips his posters off the wall is a reference to [[Mark Wahlberg]] arguing with his mother in [[Boogie Nights]].

* The references that Captain Hero makes to erasing people's memories before tearing off his costume and presumably raping Xandir and his parents is likely a reference to Superman erasing Lois Lane's memories with a kiss in one of the Superman movies.

* When Captain Hero allegedly rapes his parents, he became the third person in the series to have an implied incestuous relationship with his parents, and the fourth in overall incest.

* The abbreviation "STOUTCPWSUSHBOARSCATDFTOTSTCTPWNTTTTMWRTNAPSBFTLSTTTASIE" doesn't match with Jeffrey's line: "Special Tactical Operations Unit To Catch People Who Set Up Suicide Hotlines Because Of A Reality Show Challenge And Then Didn't Follow Through On Them So They Cause The People Who Needed Them To Take Their '''Own Lives And Then They Change''' Minds When Realize That Not All People Should Be Forced to Live So They Try To Assist Someone In Euthanasia".

* When Clara jumps out the window screaming, "I can't go back to jail! I won't go back!", it is a reference to when she and Spanky went to jail in "Dirty Pranking No. 2".

* In this episode, Captain Hero's full name was revealed to be "Captain Leslie Hero". This might be a reference to Les Mutton in [[Zeroman]].

* The limbless cops are called Art, Mat, and Bob. This is a reference to an old joke: "What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs hanging from the wall? Art! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs lying on the floor? Mat! What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in the ocean? Bob!"

* Here we learn - thanks to the consideration of the producers - that Foxxy's taint is made of bacon.

===12. "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact" ===

Captain Hero gets a visit from his "back rub friend" UFG (Unusually Flexible Girl), who turns to him for rebound sex everytime she's dumped. In the middle of having sex, UFG reminds Hero that while in Super Hero school, they agreed to get married if they were both still single when they turned 30. As it turns out, it's UFG's 30th birthday, and she expects Hero to fulfill the pact. Hero panics, especially when he learns the next morning that UFG is in love with him and has been holding out so that she could marry him. Hero enlists Wooldoor to tell UFG for him that he doesn't intend to marry her; UFG has a breakdown, and so frightens Wooldoor with her fears about dying alone that he agrees to marry her so that he doesn't have to face that fate, either.

Meanwhile, Foxxy sees a "where are they at now?" special on TV that features The Foxxy 5, her old band from the 80s. Learning that the world considers her to be a one-hit-wonder (with "La-La-La-La-Labia," the musical number featured in episode #2), Foxxy tracks down her old bandmates and they reunite for a night of heavy drinking and lesbian sex. The next morning, Foxxy learns that her bandmates were killed in a [[hit and run car accident]] and that she's the only survivor because she wasn't there at the moment. With Spanky acting as her producer, Foxxy records a tribute song detailing her bandmates grisly demise, which revives her career; when she goes out to the garage, though, she discovers the twisted, still living remnants of her bandmates embedded in the grill of her van. She was so drunk that she didn't remember plowing them down. Realizing that if anyone finds out, her comeback will be ruined, Foxxy leaves them in the garage to die, but they escape with the van and record a song of their own, trumping Foxxy's comeback.

Hero, realizing that now that he can't have UFG, he wants her, plots to sabotage her and Wooldoor's marriage. He dresses up as Wooldoor and urinates on UFG, but it turns out that she's into [[urophilia]] and she becomes even more enamored with Wooldoor. When Hero reveals that it was actually him, she decides to go back to Hero; but now that Hero has her, he doesn't want her. When UFG finds out, she's despondent; Hero and Wooldoor, now unable to have her, both want her again. They confront her in the backyard and each grab her arms, and engage in a tug of war with her.

In the living room, Clara and Toot emerge from the basement, where they've spent the week building a high-powered potato gun bazooka. They fire it off, and the force of the gun propels a potato through the wall of the house and into the backyard, where it kills UFG. Hero notes that he and Wooldoor were holding onto UFG's arms when she died, meaning that her great wish was fulfilled: She didn't die alone. Wooldoor decides that this makes him and Captain Hero wonderful people, and they go inside, leaving UFG's corpse in the backyard with a potato embedded in its face.

'''Musical Number''': "Crashy Smashy Die Die Die", a warped tribute to Foxxy's bandmates, which features a naked Foxxy cavorting with a snake in a burnt-out city

'''First Aired''': 11/9/2005

'''Trivia'''

* Ling-Ling watches ''[[Bukkake]] Chef'' and complains that the secret ingredent is always the same. In Japan, bukkake is a method for preparing noodles. But it is also a form of Japanese pornography in which a woman is ejaculated on by numerous men. It is possible that the secret ingredient is semen.

*The tattoos on UFG read: "I'm holding out for a Hero", "I (heart) Hero", "Rent ''[[Memento]]''", and "I'm marrying Hero", with the final 'O' apparently formed by her anus. "Rent Memento" refers to a movie where the main character covered himself with tattoos to remember important things.

*[[Tara Strong]] provides the voice for Unusually Flexible Girl in this episode; this could be the reason Clara and Toot do not appear until the very end of the episode (since both characters are voiced by Strong).

*When Captain Hero is impersonating Wooldoor, he has a dead bird tied to his head for the head wings, a banana on his nose, and a chunk of door including the doorknob as a tail.

*There is a cutscene of a pink train going into a mountain tunnel. This is a reference to a movie convention where the train entering the tunnel signifies the two characters in question having sex. But, in this cutscene, mountain tunnel is too small and red liquid is coming from jammed tunnel - this can be mean that two characters may having gay-sex.
**The show also spoofs this convention by revealing that the train clip is just part of a movie Hero and Xandir are watching. This is similar to a [[Monty Python]] sketch in which we see a man and woman first embrace and fall back onto a bed. The camera then cuts to a sequence of [[stock footage]] which doubles as sexual metaphors (volcano erupting, rocket taking off, train going into a tunnel, etc.) before finally cutting back to the couple to reveal that all of the footage was actually just movies the man was showing the woman.

*Unusually Flexible Girl says that Wooldoor's pee cured her [[athlete's foot]]. There is an [[urban legend]] that urinating on your feet will cure your athlete's foot. [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] has espoused it on [[The Late Show with David Letterman]].

*The Foxxy 5 band members are: Foxxy Love, Foxxy Phat, Foxxy Dark, Foxxy Yella, and Lil Foxxy.

*Foxxy squats over the recycle bin, and while offscreen, releases five bottles of beer from her body, based on the sound effects.

*Foxxy Phat can only say "Girl" and "Hey hey hey!", a parody of [[Fat Albert]].

* Foxxy's music video is a parody of [[Britney Spears]] infamous MTV appearance wrapped in a [[boa constrictor]]

* Captain Hero's fantasy of an ideal wedding is a parody of the final scene in [[Star Wars: A New Hope]], with himself and UFG standing in for Han Solo and Luke. Princess Clara is [[Princess Leia]], Xandir is [[C3PO]], Wooldoor is [[R2-D2]] and Toot is [[Chewbacca]].

*The scene in which Foxxy discovers her bandmates embedded in the front of her van is a reference to an [[urban legend]] in which a man does not even realize he is the perpetrator of a hit and run accident until he discovers the body of a little girl in his car's grill the next morning. [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/bargrill.asp]

*Captain Hero's age was given as 28 in the first season. He is now at least 30, indicating that the housemates have lived together for over a year.

===13. "Clum Babies" ===
Wooldoor finally reaches puberty and can't stop [[masturbating]]. This leads to the "birth" of his magical Clum Babies, which have healing powers. Foxxy and Spanky decide to make a profit using Wooldoor's Clum Babies to heal people who are sick. Clara views it as an act against God and is on a mission to stop then. Clara recruits a group of Christian vegetables (a parody of the [[VeggieTales]]) who convince Wooldoor masturbation is a sin. Clara discovers shortly after that she is ill with [[tuberculosis]] and convinces Wooldoor to produce another Clum Baby to heal her. Two of the vegetables find Foxxy, Spanky, Clara, and Wooldoor ready to masturbate. When Foxxy says that [[The Bible]] is more of a guideline to live a good life than a set of rules, Bob the Cucumber is driven insane by this and goes on a killing spree.

In a second plotline, Ling Ling is revealed to be a regular clubgoer who has been picking up other battle monsters to fight with and abandon the next morning. Ling Ling receives a call from his father telling him that it's time to settle down and find one battle monster to fight with for the rest of his life. Ling Ling has a passionate fling with Ni-Pul, the battle monster his father arranges for him, but breaks it off when he realizes he doesn't want to be tied down to one opponent. Ni-Pul tells Ling Ling that they should just drop the metaphor and have sex. As the two are in bed, the insane Bob the Cucumber comes in and shoots them.

Bob has killed everyone else and is about to kill Wooldoor when one of the Clum Babies touches him, curing him of his [[psychosis]]. Bob is happy until he realizes how he went on a killing spree. Filled with grief, he kills himself. Wooldoor decides that God killed off everyone but him so that he could masturbate alone. It implies at the end of the episode that when Wooldoor is done masturbating he will use the Clum Babies to resurrect the others.

'''Musical Number''': "God Is Watching Everything You Do", a bouncy, menacing little ditty the VeggieFables sing to convince Wooldoor to stop masturbating.

'''First Aired''': 11/16/2005

'''Trivia'''

*Foxxy was teaching Wooldoor to masturbate by using [[Force (Star Wars)|force]] and a [[lightsaber]] vibrator.
*Foxxy's vibrator is a reference to the Jack Rabbit vibrator, famously seen in [[Sex and The City]]. The animal here, however, is a dolphin. The dolphin is a variation of the rabbit.
*When Wooldoor demostrates his masturbating skills and lifts a Clum Baby up after that, everybody bows down. This is reference to the famous scene in Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]''.
*Ling-Ling's father is heard to be speaking heavily accented English in this episode. In his previous appearance, he only spoke in the same subtitled dialect as Ling-Ling. Also, Ni-Pul and other "battle monsters" speak English, though somewhat accented; they are apparently able to understand Ling-Ling's "Japanese", though.
*After hearing the news that he has to have an "arranged battle," Ling-Ling seems to say something like "[[Yoko Ono]]," the pun being the "oh no!" in her name.
*[[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]] from [[Looney Tunes]] can be seen on Clum Babies sale. He needs a cure for his broken leg.
*Farmer Alfalfa, from Paul Terry's [[TerryToons]], also appears at the Clum Babies sale, wanting to be cured of his [[Alzheimer's disease]].
*When Spanky Ham introduces the Clum Babies to the public is a parody of the [[Leptoprin]] advertisements that ask, "When is a diet plan worth 153 dollars a bottle? When it works!"
*Bob the Cucumber seems to be based on two VeggieTales characters, host Bob the Tomato and supporting vegetable Larry the Cucumber. The tomato is likewise called Larry.
*Spanky and Foxxy kidnap Wooldoor by using car with numberplate "clm bb 1" - Clum Babies One.
*The scene in which Spanky and Foxxy convince Wooldoor to produce a Clum Baby for Clara is a parody of an infamous scene from the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film adaptation of ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', though in ''Clockwork'' the method was used to ''reduce'' a character's sexual inclinations. The movie shown to Wooldoor is a parody of the ''[[Girls Gone Wild]]'' video series.
*There are flying doves in scenes where Ling-Ling with Ni-Pul and Steve from Long Island are killed. This is a reference to [[John Woo]]'s use of doves in climactic gunfights in his movies.
*During Bob's killing spree, he is shown shooting while somersaulting in the air in [[Bullet Time|slow motion]], a technique found in many Hong Kong action movies.
*Better Homes and Gardens is a real magazine, available monthly in Australia featuring articles from the television show of the same name
*Wooldoor's masturbation technique: Rubs hands, tweeks nose, twists tail, turns and pokes eye, turns again, rubs head, breaks finger, bounces rapidly.
*Peter Cetera's "Glory Of Love" plays during Ling-Ling's battles with Ni-Pul. This is a parody of ''[[The Karate Kid, Part II]]''.
*Ni-Pul's voice is provided by [[Cree Summer]].
*The blind boy with hairy palms is a reference to an old wives' tale "Masturbation leads to blindness and hairy palms."
*Hootchie, the green, lizard like battle monster, greatly resembles a somewhat [[anthropomorphic]] [[Larvitar]].
*Foxxy's euphemisms for masturbation include: Going number 3, firing off knuckle children, and choking the chicken.

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===14. "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine"===

When the houseguests are terrorized by poltergeists, Foxxy discovers that the Drawn Together house was built on Indian burial ground, and is haunted by the ghosts of 1,000 Indians. In order to appease them, the backyard is given to a ghost Indian tribe, which builds a towering casino hotel (the Lost Indian Souls Casino) next to the house. When Captain Hero discovers that the casino takes bets on his superhero battles, he and Spanky pull a classic [[scam]] where they drive up the [[odds]] in Hero's favor, then clean up when Hero takes a [[dive]]. The plan goes awry when Hero decides to cut Spanky out of the deal. Spanky retaliates by ratting on Hero to the League of Heroes, who threaten to kick Captain Hero out of their ranks unless he can defeat them in battle. Hero and Spanky realize they can bet on this battle too, of course, so they mend their differences so Spanky can place one final bet and Hero can take one more dive. The plan fails when the other League members take dives as well. Captain Hero finally realizes how silly he's been acting, and everyone has a good laugh while he delivers the moral of the episode, that Indians shouldn't be allowed to have casinos because gambling brings out the worst in weak-minded white people.

Meanwhile, Foxxy tries to take advantage of the casino's overflow crowd by turning the Drawn Together house into a [[strip club]] (the Fox Hole) where she is the main attraction (and Ling-Ling is the [[DJ]]). Clara begs for the chance to dance at Foxxy's club, believing that it will finally make her father notice her, since in her youth, he seemed to be more interested in strippers than in her. Sure enough, her father comes to the club to watch Clara dance, and loves her performance, only to forget all about it the second he sees Foxxy dance. While Clara and Foxxy are fighting over his affections, they notice that he's not paying any attention to either one of them anymore- his attention is now focused on a gyrating Xandir. The two women solve the problem by reenacting their kiss from "Hot Tub", and creating an erotic dance to go along with it. The plan works, and Clara's father finally says the words she's been longing to hear all her life: "I love you both very much".

'''First Aired''': 11/30/2005

'''Trivia'''

*The mice on Toot's back (shaving it with tiny lawnmowers) are the various mice from the [[Speedy Gonzales]] cartoons. The song playing is [[La Cucaracha]] which was often played in those shows. Animated programs typically use the song to immediately suggest a [[Mexican]] atmosphere, as is being done here.

*After Wooldoor Sockbat announces that they are going to redecorate each other's personal spaces, they play a segment for about 2 or 3 seconds that displays the words [[Trading Spaces]]. this is, of course, in reference to the popular home decorating show of the same name. The song that plays during the ''Trading Spaces'' promo is a jazzy version of the ''Drawn Together'' theme.

*Movies parodied during the inital haunting: ''[[The Shining]]'' when the bathroom filled with [[blood]], and ''[[Poltergeist]]'' with the stacked chairs and the 'they're here' quote. The story of the Drawn Together house being built over an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] burial ground whose tombstones were moved but not the bodies is a direct reference to ''Poltergeist''.

*Foxxy's yelling hints to protagonists of horror movies, and an unknown guy shushing her, is based on a stereotype joke -- that African-American people talk, argue, etc. with the characters during movies.

*In the [[casino]], [[Marge Simpson]] is seen operating a [[slot machine]]. This is a reference to "[[$pringfield| $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]", in which Marge develops a gambling [[addiction]].

*Ling-Ling is seen pulling a [[rickshaw]] in yet another parody of Asian immigrants.

*Clara's father and her cousin Bleh make return appearances in this episode. They had previously appeared in "Dirty Pranking No. 2" and "The Other Cousin," respectively. Bleh's appearance is a parody of Dustin Hoffman's character in [[Rain Man]]. When Captain Hero and Spanky come down the escalator in suits, they are dressed like [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Tom Cruise]] were in the movie. In the movie, Hoffman played Raymond, an autistic man with a genius-level affinity for math. Tom Cruise's character uses Raymond to win big at blackjack in a casino. Captain Hero and Spanky attempt to use Bleh in a similar manner in this episode.

*Clara's reference to Toot as a single-joke character is followed by a scene in which Ling-Ling and Wooldoor tip Toot over while she is eating some grass, in a parody of [[cow tipping]].

*Spanky lets the Hulk do his taxes. [[The Hulk]] is [[Marvel Comics']] famous character of [[Bruce Banner]], a brilliant scientist who is hit by gamma radiation and, when angry, turns into the super strong (and super stupid) green goliath known as the Hulk.

*Other members of the League of Heroes include Captain Colonicus, Ethan Hawkman, Not Dressed For This Weather Woman, Exemplary Fellow, and Western-African Dwarf Crocodile Man. The name Ethan Hawkman is an amalgam of [[Ethan Hawke]], the actor, and [[Hawkman]], the [[DC Comics]] superhero. Exemplary Fellow is a reference to the [[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]], while Not Dressed For This Weather Woman is a parody of [[Wonder Woman]]. Captain Colonicus appears to be a generic superhero who can fly because he [[fart|breaks wind]]. The League of Heroes itself is a parody of the [[Justice League of America]].

*The title of this episode is taken from ''[[Ghost in the Machine]]'', the title of an album by [[The Police]], as well as a song by [[Blaze Bayley]]

*When Captain Hero begins the fight with the Mad Felcher, the Mad Felcher is doing something that is censored. [[Felching]] is a sexual practice in which one sucks semen out of another person's anus. This is obviously what the Mad Felcher is doing to Captain Hero at the fight. This is also referenced when Captain Hero tells Spanky that the Mad Felcher "sucks ass".

*When Captain Hero goes to collect his prize money, he rips his costume to reveal a suit and refers to himself in the third person. This is a reference to Superman's mild-mannered secret alias of Clark Kent, who was a reporter for a metropolitan newspaper and hence, wore a suit. Clark/Superman sometimes even tripped over himself when referring to his alter egos just as Captain Hero does. The only difference is that Clark/Superman usually does it the other way around and rips his suit to reveal a costume.

*The spinning circles around Captain Hero were the same as those used in ''[[Superman II]]'' for [[General Zod]] and his associates.

* Ling-Ling announced that Foxxy's stripper name was "Ashee Simpson." This is a play on the name of famous rocker, [[Ashlee Simpson]]. Clara's stripper name is [[Adolf Hitler|Hitlerina]], a joking reference to her [[anti-Semitism]].

*Captain Hero is convicted of committing the crime of 24601, in reference to ''Les Miserables''. Jean Valjean's number throughout the musical is 24601.

*Hero becomes distressed when the league takes away his decoder ring. This is a reference to [[secret decoder ring]]s, a popular toy of the 1940's and 50's. These items were [[merchandising]] tie-ins that kids wanted to obtain because supposedly, the rings were just like the ones their [[superhero]] idols used.

*[[Marmaduke]] is a long-running newspaper comic strip about a big dog that does, well, big dog stuff that's kind of funny. Pulling his owner down the street on a leash is a common occurrence in the strip.

*The final shot of the episode is drawn from the ending of one of the ''[[Rocky (movie)|Rocky]]'' movies (likely ''[[Rocky IV]]'').

[[Image:GodzillaOnDrawnTogether.jpg|right|thumbnail|Godzilla, as seen in "Super Nanny"]]

===15. "Super Nanny"===

Upon seeing the reality TV show ''[[Super Nanny]]'', Captain Hero purposefully acts out so he can summon Super Nanny and challenge her once and for all, believing that anyone or anything with the word "super" in front of their name is a foe to him and must be defeated. Super Nanny proves to be more than a match for Hero, however. She responds to each and everyone of his tantrums by making him sit on the naughty stool. Hero starts behaving himself, gradually earning her approval.

Everything goes awry, though, when he angrily asserts that the [[barrette]] Toot is wearing is actually his. Toot tells Super Nanny that Captain Hero is trying to steal her barrette, and she sends him to the naughty stool once again. During his extended stay on the stool, Hero learns that the [[White House]] is being invaded by mini-troopers. He tries to call all of his superfriends, only to find that none of them can help because they're all stuck on the naughty stool as well. Captain Hero puts two and two together, and realizes that it's all part of Super Nanny's evil plot - she has rendered the world's superheroes helpless while she leads an invasion of mini-troopers (who are in fact, a bunch of super-disciplined children she has brainwashed) to take over the White House. Hero is reluctant to leave the stool, but after Foxxy proves that the barrette in Toot's hair really belongs to Captain Hero (because it has his [[logo]] on it), the housemates finally convince him that saving the world is more important than being a good boy, so he flies to Washington to foil Super Nanny's plot. He does this by stomping on her foot really hard, causing her to use foul language, and then sends her to the naughty stool. This breaks her spell over the children, and they promptly tear her to shreds. Having saved the day, Captain Hero flies off to seek out his next adversary - the evil [[Supercuts]].
[[Image:Tootfoxxy1.jpg|right|thumbnail|Toot and Foxxy as seen through Ling-Ling's (and other Asians in the Drawn Together universe) eyes]]
Meanwhile, Ling-Ling is trying to get his driver's license. He aces the written portion of the exam, but fails miserably at the driving test. Wooldoor explains that Ling-Ling is a bad driver because he is Asian (playing off a well-known [[stereotype]]), and decides to help Ling-Ling pass by making him more American - namely, by [[Scotch tape|Scotch-taping]] his eyes so that they are round instead of slanted. In addition to gaining the ability to speak perfect English, Ling-Ling now sees the world as everyone else does, and aces his driving test. By doing so, he inspires all Asians everywhere to do the same. The NAAYP even wishes to present Ling-Ling with an award for opening up everyone's eyes. However, at the award ceremony, [[Godzilla]] calls Ling-Ling out and accuses him of turning his back on his culture. Ling-Ling resists the notion, but finally comes to agree. He makes a speech to everyone present at the ceremony that they should just be themselves, and not to forget who they are. He removes the Scotch tape from his eyes and begins speaking his normal language again. All of the Asians in attendance listen to his words and do the same. Unfortunately, after leaving the ceremony, they all promptly crash their cars into the auditorium.

'''Musical Number''': "Who's That Guy", sung by Spanky and the crowd at the [[Department of Motor Vehicles]], expressing awe at Ling-Ling's successful driving test. The scene is a parody of ''[[Grease 2]]''.

'''First Aired''': 12/7/2005

'''Trivia'''

* This episode debuts a shorter opening credit sequence, eliminating the roll call of all the characters' names.

* The voice of Super Nanny is provided by [[Cree Summer]], which may explain Foxxy's smaller than usual role in this episode.

* The man taking photos at the DMV is the same man who shushed Foxxy in "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine".

* Ling-Ling pronouncing all the L's as R's during his eye exam is a reference to [[Engrish]].

* Captain Hero dressing in workout gear (with a T-shirt that hangs off one shoulder) is a reference to [[Jennifer Beals|Jennifer Beals's]] character in [[Flashdance]].

* The NAAYP is a parody of the [[NAACP]], the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The Y in NAAYP stands for [[color metaphors for race|yellow]], a slang term for people of Asian race.

* When Wooldoor slants Clara's eyes so she sees things as Asians do, she identifies a picture of a cat as "beef and broccoli". This is a reference to how in some Asian cultures, cats are considered food rather than pets.

* In this episode, we learn that Ling-Ling, and presumably all Asians in the ''Drawn Together'' universe, see everyone as [[anime]] characters, with Foxxy being portrayed as [[Misty (Pokemon)|Misty]] from the [[Pokemon]] anime.

* Wooldoor gets Ling-Ling's test results by breaking open a [[fortune cookie]]. He reads, "He has suffered a mild concussion. The best thing for him now is to get some rest." He then adds playfully, "in bed!" This is a reference to a well-traveled [[joke]] that you can add the words "in bed" to the end of any fortune cookie fortune to create a funny pun.

* Among the shows Foxxy flips past before landing on ''Super Nanny'' are an exercise program (which Captain Hero watches later in the episode), a Godzilla movie (setting up his appearance later in the episode), "Now Where They At?" (from "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact"), and ''Drawn Together''.

* Captain Hero has a giant [[Israeli_new_sheqel|old Israeli sheqel]] coin in his crimefighting lair, similar to the giant coin that [[Batman]] keeps in his [[Batcave]]. Its color is wrong, but its design and text in both [[Hebrew_language|Hebrew]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] are correct (see [http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/bill_all_eng.htm?series_num=24&series_name=New%20Agora%20and%20Sheqel%20Series&pg_name=c030&pg_kot=1%20SHEQEL| original coin]). That's another hint regarding Captain Hero's roots.

* Godzilla disparagingly calls Ling-Ling a [[Twinkie]], a derogatory term for Asians who are perceived as not being true to their heritage. It's equivalent to an African-American being referred to as an [[Oreo]].

*Ling-Ling refers to Spanky as 'Honorable Pig Demon', which is what the Vietnamese children referred to him as in "Gay Bash"

*The way the children are animated disembowling and mutilating Super Nanny is a reference to [[Day of the Dead (film)|Day of the Dead]].

*The man lying on the massage table during the "Thank you, Ling-Ling!" montage is the same man who appeared in Foxxy's [[sex education|sex ed]] lesson in "Clara's Dirty Little Secret".

*When Ling-Ling tells Spanky that he doesn't have a driver's license, Spanky immediately understands him. This confirms that Spanky Ham can indeed understand Ling-Ling's speech (previous episodes had only suggested it).

*The Super Nanny theme song in this episode, "Behave, Behave" is a parody of the real Super Nanny theme song, "Be Good Johnny" by [[Men At Work]].

*[[Batman]] and [[Spiderman]](Spidey) are both referenced in this episode. It should be noted that Batman is, apparently, now accepting phone calls from Captain Hero again. In "Little Orphan Hero", Hero states that Batman no longer returns his calls after impersonating the murder of Batman's parents.

Jim Ward

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There are several pages in [[Wikipedia]] that refer to persons named '''Jim Ward'''.

* [[Jim Ward (body piercing pioneer)|Jim Ward]], pioneer in the field of [[body piercing]] when he opened [[Gauntlet (body piercing store)|The Gauntlet]] in [[1975]].
* [[Jim Ward (musician)|Jim Ward]], a [[Rock and roll|rock musician]] who has performed with the bands [[At the Drive-In]] and [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]].
* [[Jim Ward (advertising executive)|Jim Ward]], [[president]] of [[LucasArts]] and Senior [[vice president]] of [[Lucasfilm]]. [http://www.lucasfilm.com/inside/bio/jimward.html]
* [[Jim Ward (voice actor)|Jim Ward]], a [[voice actor]] who co-hosts ''[[The Stephanie Miller Show]]''.

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List of YTMND fads

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The website '''[[YTMND|ytmnd.com]]''' [http://ytmnd.com] is known for its tendency to propagate a great number of [[List of fads|fads]] and [[in-joke|in-jokes]]. Note that the fads almost never consist of only the elements indicated for them; indeed, the fads could not be as popular without variation. Also, these variations tend to include elements from other fads.
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==[[Intertextuality]]==
'''Intertextuality''' is a relationship between two or more texts that quote from one another, allude to one another, or otherwise connect. It is common for YTMND fads to be used in conjunction with each other. Some of them also rely on having an element in one YTMND being replaced by another one, sometimes another fad (most notably the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] and [[David Hasselhoff|Hasselhoff]] ones). It is also not uncommon to see fad YTMNDs redone in the style of older [[computer|computers]] or [[Video game console|video game consoles]], or even in [[Tiger Electronics|Tiger]] [[handheld]] gaming devices.

===Examples===
As ideas, the subject matter of YTMNDs are constantly evolving and producing new combinations as mass replication continues by the second. A prime example is the ''[[What Is Love|What is love?]]'' YTMND. It was soon followed by ''What is NES?'', made to look as if the clip was playing on a [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES), complete with an NES version of the [[Haddaway]] song. This was then followed by ''What is a-ha?'', a scene done up in pencil along with the song [[Take on Me]]. This idea was then merged with the Tiger Handheld YTMND theme with ''What is Tiger?''. It was even mixed with the HBP Spoiler fad for ''What is [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]]?''.

In some cases, a YTMND is deliberately framed to pay homage, borrow or incorporate as many fads as possible. One such example is the [http://ytmndgameboy.ytmnd.com "YTMND: For Gameboy"] site, which is not a fad on its own but communicates the popularity and nature of borrowing from past and current fads. Another is [http://ytmndamacy.ytmnd.com/ "YTMN Damacy"], which involves [[Katamari Damacy]] style rolling balls of other fad images, combined with numerous fad sound clips.

==Fads==
Follows the actual fads in lists and divided by category.

===Most Popular YTMNDs===
*[http://mybike.ytmnsfw.com/ Nigga Stole My Bike] has spawned a vast number of different "nigga stole" scenarios; e.g. "Nigga stole my Yoshi," "Yonder moor coveted mine steed," etc.
*[http://whatsnewkhan.ytmnd.com/ KHAN!] The infamous [[Khan Noonien Singh|KHAN!]] scream from [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]].
::''This was the first major fad on YTMND.''
*[http://picard.ytmnd.com/ "The Picard Tribute"], based on "The Picard Song" by DarkMateria, a song using samples from [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], centering on quotes from [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]].
::''This site was the first YTMND to have passed 1 million views as of August 2005.''
*[http://stapler.ytmnd.com/ "I believe you have my stapler?"] Milton Waddams's catchphrase from the movie [[Office Space]].
*[http://dvnooooo.ytmnd.com/ "NOOOOO"] [[Darth Vader]] screaming [[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"Nooo!"|"NOOOOO"]], taken from [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]].
*[http://wonka.ytmnd.com/ "You lose! Good day sir!"] [[Gene Wilder]]'s line from [[Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory]]
::''Sometimes combined with the "failing horns" from [[The Price is Right]].''
*[http://conangator.ytmnd.com/ Conan O'Brien waving his arms like an alligator's jaws], paired with a loop of the song "Straight Ahead" by [[Tube & Berger]].

*[http://ckjcwf.ytmnd.com/ The Night at the Roxbury SNL skit] featuring [[Will Ferrell]], [[Chris Kattan]], and [[Jim Carrey]] in a car, accompanied by [[Haddaway]]'s song "What is Love" playing in the background.
*[http://sonicsez.ytmnd.com/ "Sonic Says"], a line from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV show in which Sonic would give advice on sexual harassment.
*[http://ualuealuealeuale.ytmnd.com/ "Batman: ualuealuealeuale"], where the song "Macaron Chacarron" by [[El Mudo]], more precisely the "ualuealuealeuale" excerpt, is played alongside an animated GIF of [[Batman]] as depicted in [[Batman (TV series)|the '60s TV series]].
::''As of November 2005, the original version featuring Batman surpassed every other YTMND on the site with over 1,300,000 views, making it the most popular YTMND of all time. In December of the same year, it became the first YTMND to surpass the 2 million mark.''
*[http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/ "Blue Ball Machine"], an "endless" .gif of blue balls rolling through various odd components of a machine, set to music from [[Pee Wee's Big Adventure]].
::''On December 2, 2005, it overtook The Emo Song as the second-most viewed YTMND, only to Batman.''

===Popular YTMND Songs===

''Many of the popular YTMND songs have been made available to download in a compiled soundtrack by fyrestorm. There are currently 6 Volumes availible, with Volume 7 planned for release on Christmas. http://ytmnd-soundtrack.ytmnd.com''

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* Music from the band - [[Kronos Quartet]] and [[Nightwish]]
* "[[Requiem for a Dream]]/Tower" - referenced film and [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (movie)]] trailer
* "[[Yakety Sax]]" - [[The Benny Hill Show]]
* "Spanish Flea" - [[Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]]
* Varied - ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''
* "The 900 Number" - [[The 45 King]] (aka "The Ed Lover Dance" "Let Me Clear My Throat")
* "Heut ist Mein Tag" - [[Blümchen]]
* "Moskau" - [[Dschinghis Khan]]

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* "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk
* "U Can't Touch This" - [[MC Hammer]]
* "Only Time" - [[Enya]]
* "Stop the Rock" - [[Apollo 440]]
* "Untitled" - [[Simple Plan]]
* "Dragostea Din Tei" - [[O-zone]]
* "O Fortuna" - [[Carl Orff- Carmina Burana]]
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===Movie-related fads===

*The scene in [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]] where [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob]] and [[Patrick Star|Patrick]] meet [[David Hasselhoff]].

*[[Admiral Ackbar]]'s popular [[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"It's a trap!"|"It's a trap!"]] line from [[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]. ''Originally, this fad came from [[fark.com]], but it has been used often.''

*An image of [[Indiana Jones]], running from a boulder in the movie [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]] as well as other images of people running with boulders. ''Usually accompanied by the song "[[Can't Stop the Rock]]" by [[Apollo 440]]. Sometimes, images of WWE wrestler [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] will be used.''

*[[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]]'s scream from the movie [[Home Alone]], where Kevin McCallister played by [[Macaulay Culkin]] places a tarantula on his face.

*"Uber Hax!!1", Dramatic depictions of or scenes from real life, movies, or television. This fad pairs the sequence chronologically with semi-related [[leet|leetspeak]] These usually have dramatic music (most commonly a looping clip from E.S. Posthumus - Pompeii).

===Television-related fads===

*Various advertisements by [[Burger King]]
**[[Ugoff]], a self-important character in [[Burger King]] commercials who would say lines such as "Please. I am Ugoff." and "Ugoff is hungry!" Ugoff appeared to be a highly demanding model for some kind of fashion company.
**Various YTMNDs showing the infamous Burger King "[[Burger King Kingdom|King]]" along with the phrase "Where is your God now?". Often, "Requiem for a Tower" plays in the background.
**[[Darius Rucker]]'s [[Burger King]] [[Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch]] ad

 

*A scene from an episode of [[The Simpsons]] involving a [[Planet of the Apes]] musical play, including a parody of [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]'s [[Rock Me Amadeus]] about [[Dr. Zaius]].

*[[Bill Cosby]] from a fictional [[Kids Say the Darndest Things]] skit shown on [[The Simpsons]]  where he asks a child what he likes to play. The child says "[[Pokémon]]," which Cosby then rambles about incoherently.

*Osaka (Ayumu Kasuga) of [[Azumanga Daioh]], a popular [[anime]] , throwing her shoe off into the street with her foot. In the anime, the shoe is hit by a truck, but this sequence has been replaced by various other outcomes in the fad.

*The phrase "It's Time to D-D-D-D-D-Duel" from the anime [[Yu-gi-oh!]].

*[[Michael Palin]], [[Terry Gilliam]], and [[Terry Jones]]'s cry of "Nobody Expects the [[The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)|Spanish Inquisition]]!" from [[Monty Python]].

*[[Takeshi Kaga]] from [[Iron Chef]] eating various objects, the original being Kaga eating a bell pepper. This fad is always accompanied with an excerpt from "Fury of the Storm" by [[Dragonforce]].

*[[Wayne Brady]]'s line "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?" from a sketch on [[Chappelle's Show]]. Words from a different phrase usually replace "choke a bitch" and/or the name [[Wayne Brady]].

*[[Glen Quagmire]]'s popular "Giggity Giggity" line from [[Family Guy]].

*[http://hassan.ytmnd.com/ "Hassan"], featuring [[Mark Copani]] (a wrestler with a [[Arab]] in-ring persona named Muhammad Hassan) suddenly appearing in unexpected places with his theme song (sometimes referred to as "ALEAALEA," etc).

*[[Tom Cruise]]'s infamous couch incident on the [[Oprah]] show as well a GIF of Cruise getting squirted at during an interview.

*[[Marguerite Perrin]]'s rant on [[Trading Spouses]], concerning the un-Christian practices of the D'Amico Flisher family, the presence of Jeanne D'Amico Flisher in her home, and what Marguerite believed Jeanne had planned to spend the $50,000 reward on. The highlight of this rant was her exclamation, "Everything's ungodly!"

*[[Olmec]], from the show [[Legends of the Hidden Temple]], explaining how to get through the temple. The phrases are replaced to different things.

===Music-related fads===

*[[Raffi Cavoukian|Raffi]]'s "[[Bananaphone]]" song

* Two comical songs about [[AIDS]], the original from the movie [[Team America: World Police]] and the other from the TV series [[Family Guy]] as well as a line from [[Walker, Texas Ranger]] made popular from [[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] and its Walker, Texas Ranger Lever, where Haley Joel Osment says "Walker told me I have AIDS". ''They are often accompanied by pictures having to do with [[Africa]], [[food]], etc.''

*[[Dschinghis Khan]]'s hit song "[[Moskau (Dschinghis Khan)|Moskau]]", usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video.

*Various usages of [[emo]] music to parody the culture of its target audience. The 2 most popular choices are [[Linkin Park]]'s "Crawling" and [[Simple Plan]]'s "Untitled".

*[[Liam Lynch]]'s song "[[United States of Whatever]]".

*Günther's "Ding Dong Song"

*Various famous songs being played in reverse to show hidden messages, such as celebrities are "[[Nazi]]s". Some are just fake with a voice mixed in, such as an already-famous YTMND.

*Daft Punk's "[[Technologic]]", usually accomapnied by a person opening his/her mouth back and forth to the lyrics. The original featured Osaka from [[Azumanga Daioh]].

*The song from the movie soundtrack [[Space Jam]] by [[Quad City DJs]], though almost exclusively referred to as "Super Slam" and associated with [[Randy Poffo|Randy Savage]]. Derived from a Flash animation made popular on 4chan.

*[[Biz Markie]]'s "OH SNAP!" from his hit song, "[[Just a Friend]]."

*The song "Running in the 90's," a song featured in the anime show [[Initial D]]. Other songs featured in Initial D have been popping up lately as well, such as "Speedy Speed Boy". It is normally used in sites featuring vehicles as well as some rave sites.

*Various parodies and recreations of the [[A-ha]] music video "Take on Me."

*Other countries' versions/dubs/languages of popular cartoon theme songs, the lyrics of which have been "interpreted" phonetically to English. The [[German language|German]] version of the ending to ''[[Super Mario Bros. Super Show#The Super Mario Bros. Super Show.21|Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' ("Do the Mario") is to be emphasized as the one that has the most interpretations. The original interpretation involved the Finnish version of [[DuckTales]]. Some of the misinterpreted lines from the Finnish Ducktales version were used for many sites ("Your arms are broken" and "Taco Nazi" are the best examples of it).

*Two songs involving spinning:
**The song "Ridin' Spinnaz" by [[Three 6 Mafia]]. Its original use was a GIF of male [[anal sex]] ([[List of shock sites#Klerck.org|Spin.gif]]), where the receiver's penis was spinning clockwise. It is now used in animations involving someone randomly spinning around something, with zoomed text reading "also" and the name of what the person is spinning around.
**The song "You Spin Me Right Round" by new wave British band [[Dead or Alive]].

*A short clip from "Evolution (Time is Pop Mix)" by [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], which is used as the token song in sites depicting [[rave]] culture.

*The lyrics "Die motherfucker, die motherfuckers still fool" from the song "Still" by [[Geto Boys]] usually to people dancing or getting beaten up.

*The [[Vengaboys]] song "We Like to Party" is often used in racist YTMNDs.
**At one time, the advertising mascot for the [[Six Flags]] theme parks ([[Mr. Six]]) was compared to [[Edgar Ray Killen]], an 80-year-old man that was recently charged for killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. Six Flags then threatened to sue anybody that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was then taken down, but today, the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist.


*The [[a capella]] version of [[Snoop Dogg]]'s song [[Drop It Like It's Hot]] combined with other songs with similar beats.

*The song "The Internet is for Porn" from the Broadway puppet musical [[Avenue Q]], and its various lyrics.

*Pictures of plane, train, automobile and boat crashes called "Great Moments in _____ History." These are set to a music clip from [[Gorillaz]]' "[[Feel Good, Inc.]]"—in particular, the line, "watch the way I navigate—ha ha ha ha ha!"

*[[Ludacris]]'s song "Move Bitch", accompanied with pictures of things running into each other.

*GIFs of people dancing to [[O-Zone]]'s song "Dragostea Din Tei" (commonly called "[[Numa Numa]]" after the Internet phenomenon of the same name).

*"Get Low" by [[Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz]], usually used for things related to both terms of "skeet" (orgasm and skeet shooting), or people "getting low".

*"X Gonna Give it to Ya" by [[DMX]], accompanied by anything named X or "Ex", sometimes accompanied by pictures of FedEx trucks, packages, and caps.

*[[Oogie Boogie]]'s "You're Joking! You're Joking! I can't believe my eyes!" line from [[The Nightmare Before Christmas]], usually accompanied with an image of an overweight, male in female costume, extremely old, or ugly person is cosplay.

*Various songs slowed down to sound like [[Darth Vader]]'s deep voice is singing them.

*The song "Jurassic Rhythm" from [[Chrono Trigger]]. Originally used in the Brian Peppers fad, this song is now used for any site involving the theme of sexual perverts, specifically ones based on Harry Potter.

===Video game-related fads===

*A sped-up version of the ending theme from [[Super Mario World]], usually accompanying something wacky (typically with "lol" as the site's phrase).

*[[Blob (comics)|The Blob]] from [[X-Men (arcade game)|the X-men arcade game]], along with the phrase "Nothing moves the Blob!"

*A GIF of a [[PlayStation Portable]] ejecting its disc automatically, usually with a loop of [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand's]] "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" playing in the background. ''"Take Me Out" was used in the PSP commercials in the [[United States]].''

*Parodies of the death sequence in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. The sequence is random, but most involve a main character calling out for [[Solid Snake]] in a memorable way: "Snake? ...''Snake?'' ...''SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!''" This is the death sequence that is most commonly parodied.

*A scene from ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out]]'' (a.k.a. Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream) of Doc Louis riding a bike in front of Little Mac, accompanied by the statement "Nigga stole my bike!" The original image [http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1351&p=3 (third one down)] was made by a member of [[Something Awful]] in a [[Photoshop]] Phriday. (the original message that displayed the game passcode was changed to "Nigga Stole My Bike")  Currently, this fad is being moderated due to offensive language.
**There was a rumor that the quote "Nigga stole my bike" came from the game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. However, on the original YTMND that started the fad, the recording of the quote was made by the site's creator, Duezce, and it is Duezce himself speaking it.

 

*[[Peppy Hare]]'s [[catch phrase]], "Do a barrel roll!" This has been joined with his other lines.

*A scene from [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]] in which Link opens a treasure chest to find various objects.

*A [[Thwomp]] crashing into a character, usually with the [[Super Mario Bros.]] "thwomp" and "death" sounds. This is commonly used to interrupt in a manner similar to the Hassan fad.

*The [[World of Warcraft]] [[Leeroy Jenkins]] video.

*"WRYYYYYY", a scream associated with the series [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] and popularized in a Flash video disseminated widely through [[4chan]]. The original video combined [[Dio Brando]]'s "The World" super move, which could stop time; Dio's "Road Roller", in which he crushed his opponent with a [[steamroller]], and Shadow Dio's "Charisma", in which he screams and sends sparks toward the opponent. Of these, the "Charisma" scream is most prevalent, followed by the "Road Roller" steamroller.

*A [[Dark Age of Camelot]] player, incorrectly depicted as a [[World of Warcraft]] player, screaming at a fellow complaining that he stole his Cloudsong. Note that the first "cloudsong" YTMND depicted the player as playing [[World of Warcraft]] which has caused some confusion.

*Rolling balls of various random objects, similar to [[Katamari Damacy]], usually accompanied with the theme song.

===Politics related fads===

*Democrat [[Howard Dean]]'s [[Howard Dean#Iowa results and the campaign's collapse|infamous speech and frenzied scream]] at the Iowa Caucus.

*President [[George W. Bush|Bush]]'s "[[You forgot Poland]]" statement at the 2004 Presidential debate.

*[[Terri Schiavo]]. Sites usually made fun of her and combined her with other fads.

*[[Kanye West]]'s comment that "George Bush doesn't care about black people".

*The disappearance of [[Natalee Holloway]]. The fad also included forum users invading Natalee Holloway [[message boards]].
**Pictures of the FBI, SWAT team or other covert and/or tactical law enforcement agencies accompanied with the text "BRB FBI." This fad grew from the forum due to repeated threats of FBI involvement against its users made in reprisal for raids on Natalee Holloway sites.

===YTMND-related fads===
*The [[YTMND|original site]] ("You're the man now, dog!")

*Spoof of new shirts being sold by the webmaster of YTMND. Usually saying "You '''will''' buy a shirt!" while hypnotic additions are made.

*Screenshots of the YTMND homepage with varying captions.

*Having pictures (modified or otherwise) of a page stating that "You can't see this YTMND!", which is currently being used to replace inappropriate YTMND sites.

*The "Batman and Picard" war, referring to the the Batman fad replacing the Picard fad as the most viewed YTMND. These also refer to both the ''YTMND Conference'' and ''YTMND Civil War'' where all of the most popular YTMND icons gather together in historical events such as the [[Yalta Conference]] or the surrender at [[Appomattox Courthouse]]. These scenes are usually accompanied by the theme song of [[Battlefield 1942]].

===Miscellaneous fads===
*Various characters in moving objects with a speech bubble saying "lol, <insert word here>", accompanied to a loop of Running in the 90s by Initial D

*Relatively new is the "mindf*ck" fad. This fad has nothing to do with anything sexual; rather it involves a 3D animated looping image that repeats and/or runs into itself in such a way as would be physically impossible. Much like the artwork of [[Salvador Dali]] in animated form.

*Pictures of people doing pathetic things is accompanied by [[The Price is Right]] losing sound.[http://www.geocities.com/gamecubefreak2004/myhostedcrap/loser.wav]

*[[Gay Fuel]], an energy drink marketed to [[homosexuality|gays]]. Usually paired on YTMND with [[Baltimora]]'s song "[[Tarzan Boy]]." The "Tarzan Boy" song is considered equivalent to homosexuality on YTMND now. This was a forced fad started by inkdrinker (creator of the Asiacopter fad,) and was expanded on by forum members.

* A YTMND featuring Bethany Massamilla, a.k.a. BethanyM, an administrator for [[GameFAQs]]/[[GameSpot]]'s forums. She became the prey of GameFAQs forum users, due to their hostility towards [[CJayC]] "selling his soul to GameSpot". One such example of BethanyM is "I AM BETHANYM", in which a picture of her is accompanied by an obviously male voice.

*Summoning, consisting of a picture of someone "summoning" a fire spirit into existence. Usually it appears between their hands.

* [[Spoiler]] of an [[Harry Potter trolling|important plot point]] from [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]. Borrowing from the "Gay Fuel" fad, this fad is also usually paired with the "Tarzan Boy" song. When not, it is the audio from the "Potter bookstore crash" video hosted online, in where a male drives by people outside a Barnes and Noble at the hour the book was released, shouting the spoiler out loud to them.

*[[Brian Peppers]], a sex offender in Ohio with an abnormal appearance, due to a disease linked to [[Treacher Collins Syndrome]]. Typically accompanied with song "Burn Bobonga" from the SNES game [[Chrono Trigger]].

*A picture from the [[Ultimate X-Men]] comic showing the wheelchair bound [[Professor X]] getting pushed down the stairs by [[Mr. Sinister|Sinister]], declaring stairs as Professor X's only weakness. These sites are usually accompanied by the instrumental "[[Axel F]]" by [[Harold Faltermeyer]].

*An animation of an Asian man appearing to spin in the air like a helicopter. This is referred to as "AsiaCopter" or "AzNCopter". These clips are frequently accompanied by an orchestrated version of the [[Final Fantasy VII]] airship theme "Highwind Takes to the Skies," or songs about spinning.

*A hypothetical fight created from GoogleFight, usually to show who would win by most popular vote. Often, fights created on GoogleFight are between two popular fads.

*Parodies of the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season|2004]] and [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005]] Atlantic hurricane seasons.

*"Butt Racing", which consists of various animated GIFs of teenagers racing around parks, houses, etc. edited to look as if they were racing on the ground while sitting down. This is usually accompanied by "Speedy Speed Boy" by [[Marko Polo]].

*Various remakes of fads based on the [[Apple iPod silhouette commercials|iPod commercial]], usually with the black silhouette of the characters listening to an ipod.

*The Internet lingo "[[O RLY?|O RLY]]", sometimes accompanied by a snowy owl. YA RLY is also used, with a great horned owl. ORLY sites as they are called are mainly accompanied by either the B52's "Rock Lobster" or "Popcorn".

*Various remakes of fads in a medieval tapestry form, generated with [http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php this program]. Usually set to Heather Dale's recording of "This Endris Night", a Catholic hymn.

*The face of [[Patrick Duffy]] shooting laser from his eyes at various things, causing them to fall or crash.

*A gif of [[Michael Moore]] pounding his fists on a podium. The original was set to a soundclip of Homer Simpson saying "Where's My Burrito?"

*Hiding a [[swastika]] in a picture and adding a seizure-inducing flashing picture of a person (usually Hitler) to the corner, usually accompanied by the title "OMG, Secret Nazi *insert object here*". Accompanied by the song [[Heut Ist Mein Tag]] by [[Blümchen]]. The fad originated from an article about a hidden swastika in a German forest. [http://naziforest.ytmnd.com/]

*Fast moving animated GIFs of the same person in different photos, showing that the person has the same expression in every one of the pictures, accompanied by [[Eric Prydz]]'s song "Call on Me". In more recent versions the picture may also be static. It probably originated from a flash file that was found in an update (on May 24, 2005) at [[Albino Blacksheep]] called [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/face 'The Face'].

*A loop GIF. That is a GIF that seems to be endless. The blue ball machine and the domain called simply "loopy" are to be highlighted.

*The [[ten bell salute]], a tradition in [[professional wrestling]] in which ten ring bell tolls are sounded at the beginning of a show to honor a wrestler who has recently died. This fad started as a tribute for late [[WWE]] Superstar [[Eddie Guerrero]], who died in November 2005. The salute has been adopted for other YTMND-releated items such as Little Mac's Bike, Milton's Stapler and [[Dumbledore]].

*A [[Myspace]] bulletin that has to do with a male teen ([[Joshua Anson Ballard]]) from Mission Viejo, California warning people that he's about to commit suicide. This fad is usually accompanied with the song "Untitled" by Simple Plan, and is intended to mock the [[Emo]] subculture. Variations of this fad usually have to do with other YTMND fads, such as a [[Photoshopped]] Myspace bulletin about Captain Jean Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Adolf Hitler, General Zod, or Batman commiting suicide, often with an altered message and date, and screen name. This is one of the fastest growing fads with about 270 sites in about 3 days.

*[[Jesus]], usually in modified bible illustrations. Most notable are those of Jesus with a [[Velociraptor|Raptor]] head, or saying [[LOL (Internet slang)|LOL]], sometimes accompanied by the song "[[Our God is an Awesome God]]".

==The YTMND Forums==
The YTMND forum community has, on occasion, pushed several invented fads to the front page users, with the occasional successes including reaching the Top 15 Viewed YTMNDs list as well as the Top 5 Rated YTMNDs. Forum fads, by definition, begin on the YTMND forums.

The first of the forum fads, Mike Done, was created with the intention of taking an inside joke even the forum users did not get and thrusting it into the spotlight to confuse or annoy front-page users. Other forum fads followed, including "Tennis Man," and Gay Fuel.

Asiacopter was an odd fad. Its popularity was sparked only by the remake of a YTMND (originally made by Inkdrinker) by DrWorm, but set to [[Final Fantasy VII]] music, plus a thread calling for a [[Zerg Rush]] of asiacopters. A select few ytmnd users took it upon themselves to get the fad going, and sparked a huge battle with the big fad at the time "Professor X had one weakness." Eventually the front page was filled with ____copters and weaknesses. Some notorious Asiacopters are Freakasianzoidcopter, Vadercopter (a cult classic), and Stairs had one weakness.

Another such forum fad is where users gather together at a certain time and start producing sites with sound and text, but no image. The purpose of this is to confuse the users who only look at the front page of ytmnd. They will think that there is something wrong with their computer, that YTMND is broken, etc. The forum members then up-vote the site by giving it 5's and they post such comments like 'hahahah this is the best ever!'. Most of the time, they combine loads of fads together in the title and some put a (refresh), indicating that once the page is loaded that the viewer must refresh the page to sync it all up. When the forum members do this, it confuses some of the front page people, but it does not confuse many. This is usually because not everyone participates and sites are not made fast enough, so the 5 recently made sites could have two blanks and 3 regular YTMNDs.

As some forum members have explained, the unifying purpose of forum fads is not humor as much as the attempt to interfere with the fad-heavy business as usual on the front page. Despite this, however, this has led to many arguments between forums members, usually between people joining simply to express their annoyance with seemingly non-sensical series of YTMND's and regular users of the forums. It has even led to arguments between other regular users themselves, which as a result some users have put images of fights and with the words "YTMND FORUMS" displayed in several users' signatures (this can also be attributed to the general childishness of some users). It has also led to a YTMND itself entitled "THE OFFICIAL YTMND FORUMS YTMND[http://loolytmndforums.ytmnd.com]" with an excerpt of the trailer for the film ''Green Street Hooligans'' edited with the avatars of some users to give people an idea of how disorganised the forums can be.


==Viewhacking==
Unfortunately, a new way to garner votes and views is to change the name of the site or to change the substance of the site to trick people into clicking the site and bumping it up to the top of the YTMND list. Since its inception and spread, the term "viewhacking" was coined for this practice and thus became the general phrase. The original person to do this, TDP, only did it to see how long it would take to get 100,000 views; he was successful, and the final version now lists the site's previous incarnations. However, several others followed after that, and has since become a fairly imminent nuisance. In November 2005, a group of users from the North Carolina State University forums led by the user 'justkeepthatinmind' artificially raised the number of views on their sites in order to get into the top 15 most viewed. When called on their actions by other YTMND users, they viewhacked their critics' sites as well in an attempt to confuse people. Such actions are generally frowned upon and subjected to low votes, much along with the practice of using misleading search terms or titles to attract viewers to a page. On rare occasion, the titles are updated to keep in relation to a site that has been only moderately changed, such as an update, fix, or response to attention.

==See also==
*[[Internet phenomenon]]
*[[YTMND]]
*[[Fad]]

[[Category:Internet-related lists]]
[[Category:Internet culture]]

Cameroonian cuisine

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The [[cuisine]] of [[Cameroon]] is one of the most varied in [[Cuisine of Africa|Africa]] due to its location on the crossroads between North, West and Central Africa and a profound influence from French cuisine.

The staple foods include [[cassava]], [[yam]], [[rice]], [[plantain]], [[potato]], [[maize]], [[bean]]s and [[millet]]. The French introduced French [[bread]] and Italian [[pasta]], which are not as widely consumed, though, due to their price.

The soil of most of the country is very fertile and a wide variety of [[vegetable]]s and [[fruit]]s, both domestic and imported species, are grown.

The main protein source for most inhabitants is fish, with poultry and meat being too expensive for other than special occasions. [[Bush meat]] is also commonly consumed. One of the most sought after species being the [[Gambian pouch rat|giant rat]].

Among Cameroonian specialties are brochettes (a kind of chicken kebab) and a spicy spinach stew containing meat, shrimp, pork rind and groundnut paste.

[[Category:African cuisine]]

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Okra

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'''Okra''', also called '''gumbo''', '''lady fingers''' or '''bhindi''' in Indian cuisine, is a [[flowering plant]] in the mallow family [[Malvaceae]], native to tropical [[Africa]]. It was formerly considered a species of ''[[Hibiscus]]'', but is now classified in the genus ''[[Abelmoschus]]''. The word okra is of African origin and means "lady's fingers" in [[Igbo language|Igbo]], a language spoken in what is now known as [[Nigeria]].

It is an [[annual plant|annual]] or [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plant, growing to 2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10-20 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with 5-7 lobes. The [[flower]]s are 4-8 cm diameter, with five white to yellow petals, often with a red or purple spot at the base of each petal. The [[fruit]] is a capsule, 5-20 cm long, containing numerous [[seed]]s.

==Cultivation and uses==
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Okra is grown throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world for its fibrous pods full of round, white seeds, which, when picked young, are eaten as a [[vegetable]]. It was brought to the [[United States]] via the [[African slave trade]] route, and can be grown in the southern states as an annual crop. It is also one of the most popular vegetables in late 20th century [[Japanese cuisine]]. In [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Jordan]] and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean, okra, known in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] as bamia, is widely used in a thick stew made with vegetables and meat.

Okra seeds should be soaked overnight before planting. They should then be planted 1-2 cm deep when the ground is warm; it will tolerate poor [[soil]]s with heavy [[clay]] and intermittent moisture. [[Germination]] ranges from six days (soaked seeds) to three weeks (dry seeds watered in followed by cool spell). Water seedlings well. Okra is among the most heat- and drought-tolerant vegetables in the world; once established, it can survive severe drought conditions.

The best okra, like almost all vegetables, is young and fresh right out of the garden. Okra gets very woody when it gets too mature, so it is best to pick often, and refrigerate for a few days until it is required.

Okra may be steamed until tender, either whole or sliced about 1 cm thick. Okra can also be boiled with tomatoes, fried in a cornmeal batter, or simply [[stir-fried]]. Okra can also be the thickening agent in [[gumbo]]; when cooked, it has the same [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] properties as [[nopal]]es (the pads of the [[Opuntia|prickly pear cactus]]). It can also be pickled. In the southern United States it is occasionally breaded and fried or served au gratin.

== Other food plants called okra ==
Some other food plants have been given common names alluding to their similarities to okra:
* [[Molokhiya]], also called "bush okra"
* [[Luffa]], also called "Chinese okra"

== References ==
* [http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21770 ITIS 21770]
* [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23877&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html origines]

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List of Drawn Together episodes

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List of Drawn Together episodes

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List of YTMND fads

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==YTMND.com==
The website '''[[YTMND|ytmnd.com]]''' [http://ytmnd.com] is known for its tendency to propagate a great number of [[List_of_fads|fads]] and [[in-joke|in-jokes]]. The list that follows identifies several major such fads; as such, it may be incomplete. Note that the fads almost never consist of only the elements indicated for them; indeed, the fads could not be as popular without variation. Also, these variations tend to include elements from other fads.
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===[[Intertextuality]]===
It is common for these fads to be used in conjunction with each other. Some of them also rely on having an element in the original YTMND getting replaced by another one, usually another fad (most notably the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] and [[David Hasselhoff|Hasselhoff]] ones). It is also not uncommon to see fad YTMNDs redone in the style of older [[computer|computers]] or [[Video game console|video game consoles]], or even in various physical forms (such as a [[Tiger Electronics|Tiger]] [[handheld]] gaming device). As ideas, the subject matters of YTMNDs are constantly evolving and producing new combinations as mass self-replication continues by the second. A prime example is the ''[[What Is Love|What is love?]]'' YTMND. It was soon followed by ''What is NES?'', made to look as if the clip was playing on a [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES), complete with an NES version of the [[Haddaway]] song. This was then followed by ''What is a-ha?'', a scene done up in pencil along with the song [[Take on Me]]. This idea was then merged with the [[Tiger Handheld]] YTMND theme with ''What is tiger?''. It was even mixed with the HBP Spoiler fad for ''What is Dumbledore?''.

In some cases, a YTMND is deliberately framed to pay homage, borrow or incorporate as many fads as possible. One such example is the [http://ytmndgameboy.ytmnd.com "YTMND: For Gameboy"] site, which is not a fad on its own but communicates the popularity and nature of borrowing from past and current fads. Another is [http://ytmndamacy.ytmnd.com/ "YTMN Damacy"], which involves [[Katamari Damacy]] style rolling balls of other fad images, combined with numerous fad sound clips.

==Fads==
Follows the actual fads in lists and divided by category.

===Most Popular YTMNDs===
*The infamous [[Khan Noonien Singh|KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!]] scream from [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]. ''This was the first major fad on YTMND''
*"The Picard Tribute", based on "The Picard Song" by DarkMateria, a song using samples from [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], centering on quotes from [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]]. ''This site was the first YTMND to have passed 1 million views as of August 2005.''
*Milton Waddams's line "I believe you have my stapler?" from the movie [[Office Space]].
*[[Darth Vader]] screaming [[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"Nooo!"|"NOOOOO"]], taken from [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]], toward the end of the movie.
*[[Gene Wilder]]'s line, "'''You lose! Good day sir!'''" from [[Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory]] ''(Sometimes combined with the failing horns from [[The Price is Right]])''
*[[Conan O'Brien]] waving his arms like an alligator's jaws, paired with a loop of the song "Straight Ahead" by [[Tube & Berger]]. 
*A [[Saturday Night Live]] skit featuring [[Will Ferrell]], [[Chris Kattan]], and [[Jim Carrey]] in a car, accompanied by [[Haddaway]]'s song "What is Love" playing in the background. ''This would originate the movie [[A Night at the Roxbury]].''
*"Batman: ualuealuealeuale", where the song "Macaron Chacarron" by [[El Mudo]], more precisely the "ualuealuealeuale" excerpt, is played alongside an animated GIF of [[Batman]] as depicted in [[Batman (TV series)|the '60s TV series]]. ''As of November 2005, the original version featuring Batman surpassed every other YTMND on the site with over 1,300,000 views, making it the most popular YTMND of all time.''
*A line from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV show in which Sonic would give advice on sexual harassment.

===Popular YTMND Songs===

* Music from the band - [[Kronos Quartet]] and [[Nightwish]]
* "Requiem of a Dream" - [[The Fire Spirit]] Song
* "[[Yakety Sax]]" - [[The Benny Hill Show]]
* "Spanish Flea" - [[Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]]
* Varied - ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''
* "The 900 Number" - [[The 45 King]] (aka "The Ed Lover Dance" "Let Me Clear My Throat")
* "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk
* "U Can't Touch This" - [[MC Hammer]]
* "Only Time" - [[Enya]]
* "Stop the Rock" - [[Apollo 440]]
* "Untitled" - [[A Simple Plan]] (aka "The Emo Song")

''Many of the popular YTMND songs have been made availible to download in a compiled soundtrack by fyrestorm via bittorrent. http://ytmnd-soundtrack.ytmnd.com''

===Movie-related fads===

* Two comical songs about [[AIDS]], the original from the movie [[Team America: World Police]] and the other from the TV series [[Family Guy]] as well as a line from [[Walker, Texas Ranger]] made popular from [[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] and its Walker, Texas Ranger Lever, where Haley Joel Osment says "Walker told me I have AIDS". ''They are often accompanied by pictures having to do with [[Africa]], [[food]], etc.''

*The scene in [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]] where [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob]] and [[Patrick Star|Patrick]] meet [[David Hasselhoff]].

*[[Admiral Ackbar]]'s popular [[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"It's a trap!"|"It's a trap!"]] line from [[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]. ''Originally, this fad came from [[fark.com]], but it has been used often.''

*An image of [[Indiana Jones]], running from a boulder in the movie [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]] as well as other images of people running with boulders. ''Usually accompanied by the song "[[Stop the Rock]]" by [[Apollo 440]]. Sometimes, images of WWE wrestler [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] will be used.''

*"Uber Hax!!1", Dramatic depictions of or scenes from real life, movies, or television. This fad pairs the sequence chronologically with semi-related [[leet|leetspeak]] These usually have dramatic music (most commonly a looping clip from E.S. Posthumus - Pompeii).

===Television-related fads===

*Various advertisements by [[Burger King]]
**[[Ugoff]], a self-important character in [[Burger King]] commercials who would say lines such as "Please. I am Ugoff." and "Ugoff is hungry!" Ugoff appeared to be a highly demanding model for some kind of fashion company.
**Various YTMNDs showing the infamous Burger King "[[Burger King Kingdom|King]]" along with the phrase "Where is your God now?". Often, "Requiem for a Tower" plays in the background.
**[[Darius Rucker]]'s [[Burger King]] [[Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch]] ad

 

*A scene from an episode of [[The Simpsons]] involving a [[Planet of the Apes]] musical play, including a parody of [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]'s [[Rock Me Amadeus]] about [[Dr. Zaius]].

*[[Bill Cosby]] from a fictional [[Kids Say the Darndest Things]] skit shown on [[The Simpsons]]  where he asks a child what he likes to play. The child says "[[Pokémon]]," which Cosby then rambles about incoherently.

*Osaka (Ayumu Kasuga) of [[Azumanga Daioh]], a popular [[anime]] , throwing her shoe off into the street with her foot. In the anime, the shoe is hit by a truck, but this sequence has been replaced by various other outcomes in the fad.

*The phrase "It's Time to D-D-D-D-D-Duel" from the anime [[Yu-gi-oh!]].

*[[Monty Python]], [[Michael Palin]], [[Terry Gilliam]], and [[Terry Jones]]'s cry of "Nobody Expects the [[The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)|Spanish Inquisition]]!".

*[[Takeshi Kaga]] from [[Iron Chef]] eating various objects, the original being Kaga eating a bell pepper. This fad is always accompanied with an excerpt from "Fury of the Storm" by [[Dragonforce]].

*[[Wayne Brady]]'s line "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?" from a sketch on [[Chappelle's Show]]. Words from a different phrase usually replace "choke a bitch" and/or the name [[Wayne Brady]].

*[[Glen Quagmire]]'s popular "Giggity Giggity" line from [[Family Guy]].

*[[Tom Cruise]]'s infamous couch incident on the [[Oprah]] show as well a GIF of Cruise getting squirted at during an interview.

===Music-related fads===

*[[Raffi Cavoukian|Raffi]]'s "[[Bananaphone]]" song

*[[Dschinghis Khan]]'s hit song "[[Moskau (Dschinghis Khan)|Moskau]]", usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video.

*Various usages of [[emo]] music to parody the culture of its target audience. The 2 most popular choices are [[Linkin Park]]'s "Crawling" and [[Simple Plan]]'s "Untitled".

*[[Liam Lynch]]'s song "[[United States of Whatever]]".

*Günther's "Ding Dong Song"

*Various famous songs being played in reverse to show hidden messages, such as celebrities are "[[Nazi]]s". Some are just fake with a voice mixed in, such as an already-famous YTMND.

*Daft Punk's "[[Technologic]]", usually accomapnied by a person opening his/her mouth back and forth to the lyrics. The original featured Osaka (from Azumanga Diaoh).

*The song from the movie soundtrack [[Space Jam]] by [[Quad City DJs]], though almost exclusively referred to as "Super Slam" and associated with [[Randy Poffo|Randy Savage]]. Derived from a Flash animation made popular on 4chan.

*[[Biz Markie]]'s "OH SNAP!" from his hit song, "[[Just a Friend]]."

*The song "Running in the 90's," a song featured in the anime show [[Initial D]]. Other songs featured in Initial D have been popping up lately as well, such as "Speedy Speed Boy". It is normally used in sites featuring vehicles as well as some rave sites.

*Various parodies and recreations of the [[A-ha]] music video "Take on Me."

*Other countries' versions/dubs/languages of popular cartoon theme songs, the lyrics of which have been "interpreted" phonetically to English. The [[German language|German]] version of the ending to ''[[Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show#The_Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show.21|Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' is to be emphasized as the one that has the most interpretations. The original interpretation involved the Finnish version of [[DuckTales]]. Some of its misinterpreted lines were used for many sites ("Your arms are broken" and "Taco Nazi" are the best examples of it).

*Two songs involving spinning:
**The song "Ridin' Spinnaz" by [[Three 6 Mafia]]. Its original use was a GIF of male [[anal sex]] ([[List of shock sites#Klerck.org|Spin.gif]]), where the receiver's penis was spinning.
**The song "You Spin Me Right Round" by new wave British band [[Dead or Alive]].

*A short clip from "Evolution (Time is Pop Mix)" by [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], which is used as the token song in sites depicting [[rave]] culture.

*The lyrics "Die motherfucker, die motherfuckers still fool" from the song "Still" by [[Geto Boys]] usually to people dancing or getting beaten up.

*The [[Vengaboys]] song "We Like to Party" is often used in racist YTMNDs.
**At one time, the advertising mascot for the [[Six Flags]] theme parks ([[Mr. Six]]) was compared to [[Edgar Ray Killen]], an 80-year-old man that was recently charged for killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. Six Flags then threatened to sue anybody that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was then taken down, but today, the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist.


*The [[a capella]] version of [[Snoop Dogg]]'s song [[Drop It Like It's Hot]] combined with other songs with similar beats.

*The song "The Internet is for Porn" from the Broadway puppet musical [[Avenue Q]], and its various lyrics.

*Pictures of plane, train, automobile and boat crashes called "Great Moments in _____ History." These are set to a music clip from [[Gorillaz]]' "[[Feel Good, Inc.]]"—in particular, the line, "watch the way I navigate—ha ha ha ha ha!"

*GIFs of people dancing to [[O-Zone]]'s song "Dragostea Din Tei" (commonly called "[[Numa Numa]]" after the Internet phenomenon of the same name).

===Video game-related fads===

*A sped-up version of the ending theme from [[Super Mario World]], usually accompanying something wacky (typically with "lol" as the site's phrase).

*[[Blob (comics)|The Blob]] from [[X-Men (arcade game)|the X-men arcade game]], along with the phrase "Nothing moves the Blob!"

*A GIF of a [[PlayStation Portable]] ejecting its disc automatically, usually with a loop of [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand's]] "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" playing in the background. ''"Take Me Out" was used in the PSP commercials in the [[United States]].''

*Parodies of the death sequence in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. The sequence is random, but most involve a main character calling out for [[Solid Snake]] in a memorable way: "Snake? ...''Snake?'' ...''SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!''" This is the death sequence that is most commonly parodied.

*A scene from ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out]]'' (a.k.a. Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream) of Doc Louis riding a bike in front of Little Mac, accompanied by the statement "Nigga stole my bike!" The original image [http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1351&p=3 (third one down)] was made by a member of [[Something Awful]] in a [[Photoshop]] Phriday. (the original message that displayed the game passcode was changed to "Nigga Stole My Bike")  Currently, this fad is being moderated due to offensive language.
**There was a rumor that the quote "Nigga stole my bike" came from the game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. However, on the original YTMND that started the fad, the recording of the quote was made by the site's creator, Duezce, and it is Duezce himself speaking it.

 

*[[Peppy Hare]]'s [[catch phrase]], "Do a barrel roll!" This has been joined with his other lines.

*A scene from [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]] in which Link opens a treasure chest to find various objects.

*A [[Thwomp]] crashing into a character, usually with the [[Super Mario Bros.]] "thwomp" and "death" sounds. This is commonly used to interrupt in a manner similiar to the Hassan fad.

*The [[World of Warcraft]] [[Leeroy Jenkins]] video.

*"WRYYYYYY", a scream associated with the series [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] and popularized in a Flash video disseminated widely through [[4chan]]. The original video combined [[Dio Brando]]'s "The World" super move, which could stop time; Dio's "Road Roller", in which he crushed his opponent with a [[steamroller]], and Shadow Dio's "Charisma", in which he screams and sends sparks toward the opponent. Of these, the "Charisma" scream is most prevalent, followed by the "Road Roller" steamroller.

*A [[Dark Age of Camelot]] player, incorrectly depicted as a [[World of Warcraft]] player, screaming at a fellow complaining that he stole his Cloudsong. Note that the first "cloudsong" YTMND depicted the player as playing [[World of Warcraft]] which has caused some confusion.

*Rolling balls of various random objects, similar to [[Katamari Damacy]], usually accompanied with the theme song.

===Politics related fads===

*Democrat [[Howard Dean]]'s [[Howard Dean#Iowa results and the campaign's collapse|infamous speech and frenzied scream]] at the Iowa Caucus.

*President [[George W. Bush|Bush]]'s "[[You forgot Poland]]" statement at the 2004 Presidential debate.

*[[Terri Schiavo]]. Sites usually made fun of her and combined her with other fads.

*[[Kanye West]]'s comment that "George Bush doesn't care about black people".

*The disappearance of [[Natalee Holloway]]. The fad also included forum users invading Natalee Holloway [[message boards]].
**Pictures of the FBI, SWAT team or other covert and/or tactical law enforcement agencies accompanied with the text "BRB FBI." This fad grew from the forum due to repeated threats of FBI involvement against its users made in reprisal for raids on Natalee Holloway sites.

===YTMND-related fads===
*The [[YTMND|original site]] ("You're the man now, dog!")

*Spoof of new shirts being sold by the webmaster of YTMND. Usually saying "You '''will''' buy a shirt!" while hypnotic additions are made.

*Screenshots of the YTMND homepage with varying captions.

*Having pictures (modified or otherwise) of a page stating that "You can't see this YTMND!", which is currently being used to replace inappropriate YTMND sites.

*The "Batman and Picard" war, referring to the the Batman fad replacing the Picard fad as the most viewed YTMND. These also refer to both the ''YTMND Conference'' and ''YTMND Civil War'' where all of the most popular YTMND icons gather together.

===Miscellaneous fads===
*Pictures of people doing pathetic things is accompanied by [[The Price is Right]] losing sound.[http://www.geocities.com/gamecubefreak2004/myhostedcrap/loser.wav]

*[[Mark Copani|Muhammad Hassan]] interrupting a scene, using his theme song that consists of some chants in an Arabic language, "Alleyliaaliaaa!". Hassan is known for interrupting people during his wrestling shows, which obviously inspired the fad.

*[[Gay Fuel]], an energy drink marketed to [[homosexuality|gays]]. Usually paired on YTMND with [[Baltimora]]'s song "[[Tarzan Boy]]." The "Tarzan Boy" song is considered equivalent to homosexuality on YTMND now. This was a forced fad made by forum members.

* A YTMND featuring Bethany Massamilla, a.k.a. BethanyM, an administrator for [[GameFAQs]]/[[GameSpot]]'s forums. She became the prey of GameFAQs forum users, due to their hostility towards [[CJayC]] "selling his soul to GameSpot". One such example of BethanyM is "I AM BETHANYM", in which a picture of her is accompanied by an obviously male voice.

*Summoning, consisting of a picture of someone "summoning" a fire spirit into existance. Usually it appears between their hands.

* [[Spoiler]] of an [[Harry Potter trolling|important plot point]] from [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]. Borrowing from the "Gay Fuel" fad, this fad is also usually paired with the "Tarzan Boy" song. When not, it is the audio from the "Potter bookstore crash" video hosted online, in where a male drives by people outside a Barnes and Noble at the hour the book was released, shouting the spoiler out loud to them.

*[[Brian Peppers]], a sex offender in Ohio with an abnormal appearance, due to a disease linked to [[Treacher Collins Syndrome]]. Typically accompanied with song "Burn Bobonga" from the SNES game [[Chrono Trigger]].

*A picture from the [[Ultimate X-Men]] comic showing the wheelchair bound [[Professor X]] getting pushed down the stairs by [[Mr. Sinister|Sinister]], declaring stairs as Professor X's only weakness. These sites are usually accompanied by the instrumental "[[Axel F]]" by [[Harold Faltermeyer]].

*An animation of an Asian man appearing to spin in the air like a helicopter. This is referred to as "AsiaCopter" or "AzNCopter". These clips are frequently accompanied by an orchestrated version of the [[Final Fantasy VII]] airship theme "Highwind Takes to the Skies," or songs about spinning.

*A hypothetical fight created from GoogleFight, usually to show who would win by most popular vote. Often, fights created on GoogleFight are between two popular fads.

*Parodies of the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season|2004]] and [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005]] Atlantic hurricane seasons.

*"Butt Racing", which consists of various animated GIFs of teenagers racing around parks, houses, etc. edited to look as if they were racing on the ground while sitting down. This is usually accompanied by "Speedy Speed Boy" by [[Marko Polo]].

*Various remakes of fads based on the [[Apple iPod silhouette commercials|iPod commercial]], usually with the black shilloutte of the characters listening to an ipod.

*The Internet lingo "O RLY", sometimes accompanied by a snowy owl. YA RLY is also used, with a great horned owl.

*Various remakes of fads in a medieval tapestry form, generated with [http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php this program]. Usually set to Heather Dale's recording of "This Endris Night", a Catholic hymn.

*The face of [[Patrick Duffy]] shooting laser from his eyes at various things, causing them to fall or crash.

*Hiding a [[swastika]] in a picture and adding a seizure-inducing flashing picture of a person (usually Hitler) to the corner, usually accompanied by the title "OMG, Secret Nazi *insert object here*". Accompanied by the song [[Heut Ist Mein Tag]] by [[Blümchen]]. The fad originated from an article about a hidden swastika in a German forest. [http://naziforest.ytmnd.com/]

*Fast moving animated GIFs of the same person in different photos, showing that the person has the same expression in every one of the pictures, accompanied by [[Eric Prydz]]'s song "Call on Me". In more recent versions the picture may also be static. It probably originated from a flash file that was found in an update (on May 24, 2005) at [[Albino Blacksheep]] called [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/face 'The Face'].

*A loop GIF. That is a GIF that seems to be endless. The blue ball machine and the domain called simply "loopy" are to be highlighted.

==The YTMND Forums==
The YTMND forum community has, on occasion, pushed several invented fads to the front page users, with the occasional successes including reaching the Top 15 Viewed YTMNDs list as well as the Top 5 Rated YTMNDs. Forum fads, by definition, begin on the YTMND forums. The first of the forum fads, Mike Done, was created with the intention of taking an inside joke even the forum users did not get and thrusting it into the spotlight to confuse or annoy front-page users. Other forum fads followed, including "Tennis Man," and Gay Fuel. Asiacopter was an odd fad. Its popularity was sparked only by the remake of a YTMND (originally made by Inkdrinker) by DrWorm, but set to [[FFVII]] music, plus a thread calling for a [[Zerg Rush]] of asiacopters. A select few ytmnd users took it upon themselves to get the fad going, and sparked a huge battle with the big fad at the time "Professor X had one weakness." Eventually the front page was filled with ____copters and weaknesses. Some notorious Asiacopters are Freakasianzoidcopter, Vadercopter (a cult classic), and Stairs had one weakness. Another such forum fad is where users gather together at a certain time and start producing sites with sound and text, but no image. The purpose of this is to confuse the users who only look at the front page of ytmnd. They will think that there is something wrong with their computer, that YTMND is broken, etc. The forum members then up-vote the site by giving it 5's and they post such comments like 'hahahah this is the best ever!'. Most of the time, they combine loads of fads together in the title and some put a (refresh), indicating that once the page is loaded that the viewer must refresh the page to sync it all up. When the forum members do this, it confuses some of the front page people, but it does not confuse many. This is usually because not everyone participates and sites are not made fast enough, so the 5 recently made sites could have two blanks and 3 regular YTMNDs.

As some forum members have explained, the unifying purpose of forum fads is not humor as much as the attempt to interfere with the fad-heavy business as usual on the front page. Despite this, however, this has led to many arguments between forums members, usually between people joining simply to express their annoyance with seemingly non-sensical series of YTMND's and regular users of the forums. It has even led to arguments between other regular users themselves, which as a result some users have put images of fights and with the words "YTMND FORUMS" displayed in several users' signatures (this can also be attributed to the general childishness of some users). It has also led to a YTMND itself entitled "THE OFFICIAL YTMND FORUMS YTMND[http://loolytmndforums.ytmnd.com]" with an excerpt of the trailer for the film ''Green Street Hooligans'' edited with the avatars of some users to give people an idea of how disorganised the forums can be.



==Viewhacking==
Unfortunately, a new, cheap way to garner votes and views is to change the name of the site or to change the substance of the site to trick people into clicking the site and bumping it up to the top of the YTMND list. Since its inception and spread, the term "viewhacking" was coined for this practice and thus became the general phrase. The original person to do this, TDP, only did it to see how long it would take to get 100,000 views; he was successful, and the final version now lists the site's previous incarnations. However, several others followed after that, and has since become a fairly imminent nuisance. Such actions are generally frowned upon and subjected to low votes, much along with the practice of using misleading search terms or titles to attract viewers to a page. On rare occasion, the titles are updated to keep in relation to a site that has been only moderately changed, such as an update, fix, or response to attention.

==See also==
*[[Internet phenomenon]]
*[[YTMND]]
*[[Fad]]

[[Category:Internet-related lists]]
[[Category:Internet culture]]

List of YTMND fads

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==YTMND.com==
The website '''[[YTMND|ytmnd.com]]''' [http://ytmnd.com] is known for its tendency to propagate a great number of [[List_of_fads|fads]] and [[in-joke|in-jokes]]. The list that follows identifies several major such fads; as such, it may be incomplete. Note that the fads almost never consist of only the elements indicated for them; indeed, the fads could not be as popular without variation. Also, these variations tend to include elements from other fads.
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===[[Intertextuality]]===
It is common for these fads to be used in conjunction with each other. Some of them also rely on having an element in the original YTMND getting replaced by another one, usually another fad (most notably the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] and [[David Hasselhoff|Hasselhoff]] ones). It is also not uncommon to see fad YTMNDs redone in the style of older [[computer|computers]] or [[Video game console|video game consoles]], or even in various physical forms (such as a [[Tiger Electronics|Tiger]] [[handheld]] gaming device). As ideas, the subject matters of YTMNDs are constantly evolving and producing new combinations as mass self-replication continues by the second. A prime example is the ''[[What Is Love|What is love?]]'' YTMND. It was soon followed by ''What is NES?'', made to look as if the clip was playing on a [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES), complete with an NES version of the [[Haddaway]] song. This was then followed by ''What is a-ha?'', a scene done up in pencil along with the song [[Take on Me]]. This idea was then merged with the [[Tiger Handheld]] YTMND theme with ''What is tiger?''. It was even mixed with the HBP Spoiler fad for ''What is Dumbledore?''.

In some cases, a YTMND is deliberately framed to pay homage, borrow or incorporate as many fads as possible. One such example is the [http://ytmndgameboy.ytmnd.com "YTMND: For Gameboy"] site, which is not a fad on its own but communicates the popularity and nature of borrowing from past and current fads. Another is [http://ytmndamacy.ytmnd.com/ "YTMN Damacy"], which involves [[Katamari Damacy]] style rolling balls of other fad images, combined with numerous fad sound clips.

==Fads==
Follows the actual fads in lists and divided by category.

===Most Popular YTMNDs===
*The infamous [[Khan Noonien Singh|KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!]] scream from [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]. ''This was the first major fad on YTMND''
*"The Picard Tribute", based on "The Picard Song" by DarkMateria, a song using samples from [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], centering on quotes from [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]]. ''This site was the first YTMND to have passed 1 million views as of August 2005.''
*Milton Waddams's line "I believe you have my stapler?" from the movie [[Office Space]].
*[[Darth Vader]] screaming [[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"Nooo!"|"NOOOOO"]], taken from [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]], toward the end of the movie.
*[[Gene Wilder]]'s line, "'''You lose! Good day sir!'''" from [[Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory]] ''(Sometimes combined with the failing horns from [[The Price is Right]])''
*[[Conan O'Brien]] waving his arms like an alligator's jaws, paired with a loop of the song "Straight Ahead" by [[Tube & Berger]]. 
*A [[Saturday Night Live]] skit featuring [[Will Ferrell]], [[Chris Kattan]], and [[Jim Carrey]] in a car, accompanied by [[Haddaway]]'s song "What is Love" playing in the background. ''This would originate the movie [[A Night at the Roxbury]].''
*"Batman: ualuealuealeuale", where the song "Macaron Chacarron" by [[El Mudo]], more precisely the "ualuealuealeuale" excerpt, is played alongside an animated GIF of [[Batman]] as depicted in [[Batman (TV series)|the '60s TV series]]. ''As of November 2005, the original version featuring Batman surpassed every other YTMND on the site with over 1,300,000 views, making it the most popular YTMND of all time.''
*A line from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog TV show in which Sonic would give advice on sexual harassment.

===Popular YTMND Songs===

* Music from the band - [[Kronos Quartet]] and [[Nightwish]]
* "Requiem of a Dream" - [[The Fire Spirit]] Song
* "[[Yakety Sax]]" - [[The Benny Hill Show]]
* "Spanish Flea" - [[Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]]
* Varied - ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''
* "The 900 Number" - [[The 45 King]] (aka "The Ed Lover Dance" "Let Me Clear My Throat")
* "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" - Daft Punk
* "U Can't Touch This" - [[MC Hammer]]
* "Only Time" - [[Enya]]
* "Stop the Rock" - [[Apollo 440]]
* "Untitled" - [[A Simple Plan]] (aka "The Emo Song")

''Many of the popular YTMND songs have been made availible to download in a compiled soundtrack by fyrestorm via bittorrent. http://ytmnd-soundtrack.ytmnd.com''

===Movie-related fads===

* Two comical songs about [[AIDS]], the original from the movie [[Team America: World Police]] and the other from the TV series [[Family Guy]] as well as a line from [[Walker, Texas Ranger]] made popular from [[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] and its Walker, Texas Ranger Lever, where Haley Joel Osment says "Walker told me I have AIDS". ''They are often accompanied by pictures having to do with [[Africa]], [[food]], etc.''

*The scene in [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]] where [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob]] and [[Patrick Star|Patrick]] meet [[David Hasselhoff]].

*[[Admiral Ackbar]]'s popular [[Notable lines in the Star Wars series#"It's a trap!"|"It's a trap!"]] line from [[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]. ''Originally, this fad came from [[fark.com]], but it has been used often.''

*An image of [[Indiana Jones]], running from a boulder in the movie [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]] as well as other images of people running with boulders. ''Usually accompanied by the song "[[Stop the Rock]]" by [[Apollo 440]]. Sometimes, images of WWE wrestler [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] will be used.''

*"Uber Hax!!1", Dramatic depictions of or scenes from real life, movies, or television. This fad pairs the sequence chronologically with semi-related [[leet|leetspeak]] These usually have dramatic music (most commonly a looping clip from E.S. Posthumus - Pompeii).

===Television-related fads===

*Various advertisements by [[Burger King]]
**[[Ugoff]], a self-important character in [[Burger King]] commercials who would say lines such as "Please. I am Ugoff." and "Ugoff is hungry!" Ugoff appeared to be a highly demanding model for some kind of fashion company.
**Various YTMNDs showing the infamous Burger King "[[Burger King Kingdom|King]]" along with the phrase "Where is your God now?". Often, "Requiem for a Tower" plays in the background.
**[[Darius Rucker]]'s [[Burger King]] [[Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch]] ad

 

*A scene from an episode of [[The Simpsons]] involving a [[Planet of the Apes]] musical play, including a parody of [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]'s [[Rock Me Amadeus]] about [[Dr. Zaius]].

*[[Bill Cosby]] from a fictional [[Kids Say the Darndest Things]] skit shown on [[The Simpsons]]  where he asks a child what he likes to play. The child says "[[Pokémon]]," which Cosby then rambles about incoherently.

*Osaka (Ayumu Kasuga) of [[Azumanga Daioh]], a popular [[anime]] , throwing her shoe off into the street with her foot. In the anime, the shoe is hit by a truck, but this sequence has been replaced by various other outcomes in the fad.

*The phrase "It's Time to D-D-D-D-D-Duel" from the anime [[Yu-gi-oh!]].

*[[Monty Python]], [[Michael Palin]], [[Terry Gilliam]], and [[Terry Jones]]'s cry of "Nobody Expects the [[The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)|Spanish Inquisition]]!".

*[[Takeshi Kaga]] from [[Iron Chef]] eating various objects, the original being Kaga eating a bell pepper. This fad is always accompanied with an excerpt from "Fury of the Storm" by [[Dragonforce]].

*[[Wayne Brady]]'s line "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?" from a sketch on [[Chappelle's Show]]. Words from a different phrase usually replace "choke a bitch" and/or the name [[Wayne Brady]].

*[[Glen Quagmire]]'s popular "Giggity Giggity" line from [[Family Guy]].

*[[Tom Cruise]]'s infamous couch incident on the [[Oprah]] show as well a GIF of Cruise getting squirted at during an interview.

===Music-related fads===

*[[Raffi Cavoukian|Raffi]]'s "[[Bananaphone]]" song

*[[Dschinghis Khan]]'s hit song "[[Moskau (Dschinghis Khan)|Moskau]]", usually accompanied by synchronized dancing as seen in the original video.

*Various usages of [[emo]] music to parody the culture of its target audience. The 2 most popular choices are [[Linkin Park]]'s "Crawling" and [[Simple Plan]]'s "Untitled".

*[[Liam Lynch]]'s song "[[United States of Whatever]]".

*Günther's "Ding Dong Song"

*Various famous songs being played in reverse to show hidden messages, such as celebrities are "[[Nazi]]s". Some are just fake with a voice mixed in, such as an already-famous YTMND.

*Daft Punk's "[[Technologic]]", usually accomapnied by a person opening his/her mouth back and forth to the lyrics. The original featured Osaka (from Azumanga Diaoh).

*The song from the movie soundtrack [[Space Jam]] by [[Quad City DJs]], though almost exclusively referred to as "Super Slam" and associated with [[Randy Poffo|Randy Savage]]. Derived from a Flash animation made popular on 4chan.

*[[Biz Markie]]'s "OH SNAP!" from his hit song, "[[Just a Friend]]."

*The song "Running in the 90's," a song featured in the anime show [[Initial D]]. Other songs featured in Initial D have been popping up lately as well, such as "Speedy Speed Boy". It is normally used in sites featuring vehicles as well as some rave sites.

*Various parodies and recreations of the [[A-ha]] music video "Take on Me."

*Other countries' versions/dubs/languages of popular cartoon theme songs, the lyrics of which have been "interpreted" phonetically to English. The [[German language|German]] version of the ending to ''[[Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show#The_Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show.21|Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' is to be emphasized as the one that has the most interpretations. The original interpretation involved the Finnish version of [[DuckTales]]. Some of its misinterpreted lines were used for many sites ("Your arms are broken" and "Taco Nazi" are the best examples of it).

*Two songs involving spinning:
**The song "Ridin' Spinnaz" by [[Three 6 Mafia]]. Its original use was a GIF of male [[anal sex]] ([[List of shock sites#Klerck.org|Spin.gif]]), where the receiver's penis was spinning.
**The song "You Spin Me Right Round" by new wave British band [[Dead or Alive]].

*A short clip from "Evolution (Time is Pop Mix)" by [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], which is used as the token song in sites depicting [[rave]] culture.

*The lyrics "Die motherfucker, die motherfuckers still fool" from the song "Still" by [[Geto Boys]] usually to people dancing or getting beaten up.

*The [[Vengaboys]] song "We Like to Party" is often used in racist YTMNDs.
**At one time, the advertising mascot for the [[Six Flags]] theme parks ([[Mr. Six]]) was compared to [[Edgar Ray Killen]], an 80-year-old man that was recently charged for killing three civil rights workers in the 1960s while he was in the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. Six Flags then threatened to sue anybody that made the comparison on YTMND. The site was then taken down, but today, the song is used on YTMNDs that declare something or someone to be racist.


*The [[a capella]] version of [[Snoop Dogg]]'s song [[Drop It Like It's Hot]] combined with other songs with similar beats.

*The song "The Internet is for Porn" from the Broadway puppet musical [[Avenue Q]], and its various lyrics.

*Pictures of plane, train, automobile and boat crashes called "Great Moments in _____ History." These are set to a music clip from [[Gorillaz]]' "[[Feel Good, Inc.]]"—in particular, the line, "watch the way I navigate—ha ha ha ha ha!"

*GIFs of people dancing to [[O-Zone]]'s song "Dragostea Din Tei" (commonly called "[[Numa Numa]]" after the Internet phenomenon of the same name).

===Video game-related fads===

*A sped-up version of the ending theme from [[Super Mario World]], usually accompanying something wacky (typically with "lol" as the site's phrase).

*[[Blob (comics)|The Blob]] from [[X-Men (arcade game)|the X-men arcade game]], along with the phrase "Nothing moves the Blob!"

*A GIF of a [[PlayStation Portable]] ejecting its disc automatically, usually with a loop of [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand's]] "[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" playing in the background. ''"Take Me Out" was used in the PSP commercials in the [[United States]].''

*Parodies of the death sequence in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. The sequence is random, but most involve a main character calling out for [[Solid Snake]] in a memorable way: "Snake? ...''Snake?'' ...''SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!''" This is the death sequence that is most commonly parodied.

*A scene from ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out]]'' (a.k.a. Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream) of Doc Louis riding a bike in front of Little Mac, accompanied by the statement "Nigga stole my bike!" The original image [http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1351&p=3 (third one down)] was made by a member of [[Something Awful]] in a [[Photoshop]] Phriday. (the original message that displayed the game passcode was changed to "Nigga Stole My Bike")  Currently, this fad is being moderated due to offensive language.
**There was a rumor that the quote "Nigga stole my bike" came from the game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. However, on the original YTMND that started the fad, the recording of the quote was made by the site's creator, Duezce, and it is Duezce himself speaking it.

 

*[[Peppy Hare]]'s [[catch phrase]], "Do a barrel roll!" This has been joined with his other lines.

*A scene from [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]] in which Link opens a treasure chest to find various objects.

*A [[Thwomp]] crashing into a character, usually with the [[Super Mario Bros.]] "thwomp" and "death" sounds. This is commonly used to interrupt in a manner similiar to the Hassan fad.

*The [[World of Warcraft]] [[Leeroy Jenkins]] video.

*"WRYYYYYY", a scream associated with the series [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] and popularized in a Flash video disseminated widely through [[4chan]]. The original video combined [[Dio Brando]]'s "The World" super move, which could stop time; Dio's "Road Roller", in which he crushed his opponent with a [[steamroller]], and Shadow Dio's "Charisma", in which he screams and sends sparks toward the opponent. Of these, the "Charisma" scream is most prevalent, followed by the "Road Roller" steamroller.

*A [[Dark Age of Camelot]] player, incorrectly depicted as a [[World of Warcraft]] player, screaming at a fellow complaining that he stole his Cloudsong. Note that the first "cloudsong" YTMND depicted the player as playing [[World of Warcraft]] which has caused some confusion.

*Rolling balls of various random objects, similar to [[Katamari Damacy]], usually accompanied with the theme song.

===Politics related fads===

*Democrat [[Howard Dean]]'s [[Howard Dean#Iowa results and the campaign's collapse|infamous speech and frenzied scream]] at the Iowa Caucus.

*President [[George W. Bush|Bush]]'s "[[You forgot Poland]]" statement at the 2004 Presidential debate.

*[[Terri Schiavo]]. Sites usually made fun of her and combined her with other fads.

*[[Kanye West]]'s comment that "George Bush doesn't care about black people".

*The disappearance of [[Natalee Holloway]]. The fad also included forum users invading Natalee Holloway [[message boards]].
**Pictures of the FBI, SWAT team or other covert and/or tactical law enforcement agencies accompanied with the text "BRB FBI." This fad grew from the forum due to repeated threats of FBI involvement against its users made in reprisal for raids on Natalee Holloway sites.

===YTMND-related fads===
*The [[YTMND|original site]] ("You're the man now, dog!")

*Spoof of new shirts being sold by the webmaster of YTMND. Usually saying "You '''will''' buy a shirt!" while hypnotic additions are made.

*Screenshots of the YTMND homepage with varying captions.

*Having pictures (modified or otherwise) of a page stating that "You can't see this YTMND!", which is currently being used to replace inappropriate YTMND sites.

*The "Batman and Picard" war, referring to the the Batman fad replacing the Picard fad as the most viewed YTMND. These also refer to both the ''YTMND Conference'' and ''YTMND Civil War'' where all of the most popular YTMND icons gather together.

===Miscellaneous fads===
*Pictures of people doing pathetic things is accompanied by [[The Price is Right]] losing sound.[http://www.geocities.com/gamecubefreak2004/myhostedcrap/loser.wav]

*[[Mark Copani|Muhammad Hassan]] interrupting a scene, using his theme song that consists of some chants in an Arabic language, "Alleyliaaliaaa!". Hassan is known for interrupting people during his wrestling shows, which obviously inspired the fad.

*[[Gay Fuel]], an energy drink marketed to [[homosexuality|gays]]. Usually paired on YTMND with [[Baltimora]]'s song "[[Tarzan Boy]]." The "Tarzan Boy" song is considered equivalent to homosexuality on YTMND now. This was a forced fad made by forum members.

* A YTMND featuring Bethany Massamilla, a.k.a. BethanyM, an administrator for [[GameFAQs]]/[[GameSpot]]'s forums. She became the prey of GameFAQs forum users, due to their hostility towards [[CJayC]] "selling his soul to GameSpot". One such example of BethanyM is "I AM BETHANYM", in which a picture of her is accompanied by an obviously male voice.

*Summoning, consisting of a picture of someone "summoning" a fire spirit into existance. Usually it appears between their hands.

* [[Spoiler]] of an [[Harry Potter trolling|important plot point]] from [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]. Borrowing from the "Gay Fuel" fad, this fad is also usually paired with the "Tarzan Boy" song. When not, it is the audio from the "Potter bookstore crash" video hosted online, in where a male drives by people outside a Barnes and Noble at the hour the book was released, shouting the spoiler out loud to them.

*[[Brian Peppers]], a sex offender in Ohio with an abnormal appearance, due to a disease linked to [[Treacher Collins Syndrome]]. Typically accompanied with song "Burn Bobonga" from the SNES game [[Chrono Trigger]].

*A picture from the [[Ultimate X-Men]] comic showing the wheelchair bound [[Professor X]] getting pushed down the stairs by [[Mr. Sinister|Sinister]], declaring stairs as Professor X's only weakness. These sites are usually accompanied by the instrumental "[[Axel F]]" by [[Harold Faltermeyer]].

*An animation of an Asian man appearing to spin in the air like a helicopter. This is referred to as "AsiaCopter" or "AzNCopter". These clips are frequently accompanied by an orchestrated version of the [[Final Fantasy VII]] airship theme "Highwind Takes to the Skies," or songs about spinning.

*A hypothetical fight created from GoogleFight, usually to show who would win by most popular vote. Often, fights created on GoogleFight are between two popular fads.

*Parodies of the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season|2004]] and [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005]] Atlantic hurricane seasons.

*"Butt Racing", which consists of various animated GIFs of teenagers racing around parks, houses, etc. edited to look as if they were racing on the ground while sitting down. This is usually accompanied by "Speedy Speed Boy" by [[Marko Polo]].

*Various remakes of fads based on the [[Apple iPod silhouette commercials|iPod commercial]], usually with the black shilloutte of the characters listening to an ipod.

*The Internet lingo "O RLY", sometimes accompanied by a snowy owl. YA RLY is also used, with a great horned owl.

*Various remakes of fads in a medieval tapestry form, generated with [http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php this program]. Usually set to Heather Dale's recording of "This Endris Night", a Catholic hymn.

*The face of [[Patrick Duffy]] shooting laser from his eyes at various things, causing them to fall or crash.

*Hiding a [[swastika]] in a picture and adding a seizure-inducing flashing picture of a person (usually Hitler) to the corner, usually accompanied by the title "OMG, Secret Nazi *insert object here*". Accompanied by the song [[Heut Ist Mein Tag]] by [[Blümchen]].

*Fast moving animated GIFs of the same person in different photos, showing that the person has the same expression in every one of the pictures, accompanied by [[Eric Prydz]]'s song "Call on Me". In more recent versions the picture may also be static. It probably originated from a flash file that was found in an update (on May 24, 2005) at [[Albino Blacksheep]] called [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/face 'The Face'].

*A loop GIF. That is a GIF that seems to be endless. The blue ball machine and the domain called simply "loopy" are to be highlighted.

==The YTMND Forums==
The YTMND forum community has, on occasion, pushed several invented fads to the front page users, with the occasional successes including reaching the Top 15 Viewed YTMNDs list as well as the Top 5 Rated YTMNDs. Forum fads, by definition, begin on the YTMND forums. The first of the forum fads, Mike Done, was created with the intention of taking an inside joke even the forum users did not get and thrusting it into the spotlight to confuse or annoy front-page users. Other forum fads followed, including "Tennis Man," and Gay Fuel. Asiacopter was an odd fad. Its popularity was sparked only by the remake of a YTMND (originally made by Inkdrinker) by DrWorm, but set to [[FFVII]] music, plus a thread calling for a [[Zerg Rush]] of asiacopters. A select few ytmnd users took it upon themselves to get the fad going, and sparked a huge battle with the big fad at the time "Professor X had one weakness." Eventually the front page was filled with ____copters and weaknesses. Some notorious Asiacopters are Freakasianzoidcopter, Vadercopter (a cult classic), and Stairs had one weakness. Another such forum fad is where users gather together at a certain time and start producing sites with sound and text, but no image. The purpose of this is to confuse the users who only look at the front page of ytmnd. They will think that there is something wrong with their computer, that YTMND is broken, etc. The forum members then up-vote the site by giving it 5's and they post such comments like 'hahahah this is the best ever!'. Most of the time, they combine loads of fads together in the title and some put a (refresh), indicating that once the page is loaded that the viewer must refresh the page to sync it all up. When the forum members do this, it confuses some of the front page people, but it does not confuse many. This is usually because not everyone participates and sites are not made fast enough, so the 5 recently made sites could have two blanks and 3 regular YTMNDs.

As some forum members have explained, the unifying purpose of forum fads is not humor as much as the attempt to interfere with the fad-heavy business as usual on the front page. Despite this, however, this has led to many arguments between forums members, usually between people joining simply to express their annoyance with seemingly non-sensical series of YTMND's and regular users of the forums. It has even led to arguments between other regular users themselves, which as a result some users have put images of fights and with the words "YTMND FORUMS" displayed in several users' signatures (this can also be attributed to the general childishness of some users). It has also led to a YTMND itself entitled "THE OFFICIAL YTMND FORUMS YTMND[http://loolytmndforums.ytmnd.com]" with an excerpt of the trailer for the film ''Green Street Hooligans'' edited with the avatars of some users to give people an idea of how disorganised the forums can be.



==Viewhacking==
Unfortunately, a new, cheap way to garner votes and views is to change the name of the site or to change the substance of the site to trick people into clicking the site and bumping it up to the top of the YTMND list. Since its inception and spread, the term "viewhacking" was coined for this practice and thus became the general phrase. The original person to do this, TDP, only did it to see how long it would take to get 100,000 views; he was successful, and the final version now lists the site's previous incarnations. However, several others followed after that, and has since become a fairly imminent nuisance. Such actions are generally frowned upon and subjected to low votes, much along with the practice of using misleading search terms or titles to attract viewers to a page. On rare occasion, the titles are updated to keep in relation to a site that has been only moderately changed, such as an update, fix, or response to attention.

==See also==
*[[Internet phenomenon]]
*[[YTMND]]
*[[Fad]]

[[Category:Internet-related lists]]
[[Category:Internet culture]]

Stuart Smalley

2005-11-15T04:00:14Z

69.140.24.166:

[[Image:Stuart_smalley.JPG|273px|right|thumb|Al Franken as Stuart Smalley (right) with "Muggsy B." and "Charles B."]]
'''Stuart Smalley''' is a fictional character that was invented and performed by actor, comedian, author, and political activist [[Al Franken]]. The character originated on the television show [[Saturday Night Live]], in a mock [[self-help]] show called "Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley."

The character was a spoof on individuals who are obsessed with [[twelve-step program]]s and become addicted to the actual act of going to [[therapy]] for addiction. Stuart is a member of many (sometimes fictional) twelve-step groups, including [[Overeaters Anonymous]], Children of Alcoholic Parents Anonymous, and Children of Rageaholic Parents Anonymous. He is an [[effeminate]] man with a perfectly coiffed bleached-blonde hairdo, who regularly wears a yellow button down shirt with a powder blue cardigan.

It is frequently hinted that Stuart may be [[gay]], but his sexual preference is never clearly stated in the sketches, movie, or [[novel]]. All his romantic partners, past, present or potential, have names which could be male or female, like Dale, Chris, or Merle. One character who becomes a romantic interest for Stuart in the novel appears in the movie, where the character is played by a man -- however, in the movie, nothing indicates that the two characters ever meet outside the courtroom, let alone develop romantic interest in each other.

Within the context of the show, Stuart is quick to point out that he is ''not'' a trained therapist. However, he does his misguided best to help his on-air guests (very often celebrities) to work out what he wrongly perceives to be their problems. In fact, Smalley often projects his own problems onto others; thus he will attempt to solve an issue that is not really there. (For example, in what may have been the most amusing Smalley skit, he tried to help Michael Jordan resolve nonexistent doubts about his basketball-playing ability.) In the end he almost always ends up breaking down and putting himself down, and the guest usually ends up comforting him instead.

The character was popular enough to spawn a novel, ''I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me! : Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley''. The book keeps in line with the concept of the character, and is presented ([[tongue-in-cheek]]) as a legitimate day-to-day affirmation book. Each page is dated and the reader is "supposed" to follow through as if they were actually seeking help. Naturally, however, things go wrong in the writing process, and thus the affirmations branch off into Stuart's own commentary about what a hard time he is having writing it, etc. He also discusses his past relationship with ex-significant-other Dale, "the Rageaholic".

An [[audiobook]] was also released, ''You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You''. The content of this audio book was completely different than the printed one, but followed through on the same gag. The tapes played guided visualizations meant to help the listener relax and focus; however, Stuart makes a vow at the beginning not to make any edits or corrections in the recording process because "I'm a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I'll never stop." As such it is full with humorous errors, including one gag in which Stuart tells his listeners who are driving to work to "close their eyes and envision..." something. (As such, there is a warning label on the box that says, "Do not listen while driving," a joke that doesn't make sense until one has actually listened to the tape.)

As the character's popularity increased, a film was released called ''[[Stuart Saves His Family]]''. A commercial failure, it chronicled the life Stuart leads and his relationship with a very dysfunctional family. His alcoholic father and enabling mother, overweight sister and equally alcoholic brother call upon him when an aunt dies. He is asked to oversee the sale of her home, bringing much-needed money to all of the family. At the same time, his public access self-help show is cancelled. Naturally, things go amuck, and he must learn to deal with himself and his own life before he can attempt to help others.

In Franken's book ''Why Not Me? The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency'', Franken states that the character of Stuart Smalley is based on one Stewart Smiley, whom he met at an [[Al-Anon]] meeting. It is presumed this anecdote is merely inserted for comic effect and is not true.

The character effectively disappeared after the box-office failure of the film and Franken's exit from ''Saturday Night Live''. Al Franken did do the character again when [[Al Gore]] hosted, and the character shows up from time to time on [[The Al Franken Show]].

[[Bill O'Reilly]] now refers to Al Franken as Stuart Smalley rather than calling him by his actual name.

==[[Catchphrases]]==
* "That's just stinkin' thinkin!"
* "You're should-ing all over yourself."
* "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."
* "I am a worthy human being."
* "I'm going to die homeless, penniless, and 30 pounds overweight."

==See also==
* [[Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches]]

[[Category:Saturday Night Live|Smalley, Stuart]]
[[Category:Fictional comedy characters|Smalley, Stuart]]
[[Category:Fictional LGBT characters|Smalley, Stuart]]
[[Category:SNL sketches|Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley]]

Talk:Killer game

2005-11-15T03:19:19Z

69.140.24.166: One question

Kingdom Hearts is not a killer game, it should be removed from the list.
:I definitely agree. Please do not post games just because they are very popular. Killer games MUST have a large impact on SYSTEM SALES. For the PS2, Final Fantasy and GTA clearly have, but the others, I just don't believe so. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 15:15, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:I agree with both of you. --[[User:MadMoses|MadMoses]] 09:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

What about adding the Resident Evil series on the Gamecube. I would never have bought a system if it wasn't for RE 4 coming out on it.
: Yes, but would hundreds of thousands feel the same? I don't think RE4 is going to drive many sales. However, if it turns out to do so in the next year or so, then we can add it. We can't speculate that it will or won't at this point, it was just released a few months ago. If there's a big spike in gamecube sales, then we can search for a potential killer game that caused it. No spike, no killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 22:19, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Methodology questions ==

Look - it's really hard to determine what ACTUALLY makes a game "killer". I added that warning to the FF7 section because it simply smelled fallacious. Just because sales rose for the PS and FF7 at the same period does not mean that one caused the other. Many games were released for the PS at that time, too. For us to be able to know if FF7 is a killer game FOR SURE, we would need to conduct surveying on whether or not people bought a PS mostly or solely for FF7.
However, for Mario 64 and Nintendogs, the jury is in. Being a launch title, Mario 64's popularity brought with it many console sales during the launch period. The same could be applied to Halo. And Nintendogs, despite not being a launch title, contributed to large DS sales due to a confirmed fact that many people bought a DS solely for Nintendogs. The fact that some DS units are bundled with Nintendogs only enhances this assertion.

That said, I would like to know if Mortal Kombat for the Genesis is a killer title for that console, due to Nintendo's draconian censorship policies. I've heard assertions that people bought a Genesis over the SNES soley for the uncensored version of MK, but I cannot confirm them.

== Killer is NOT the same as popular ==

A killer game is a game that causes a great deal of people to buy the hardware. Many popular games are not killer, and perhaps even a non-popular game can be a killer. Also, if sales for a console were never all that high (Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar, Dreamcast, etc) there by definition is no killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 22:34, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It seems that fans of certain videogames come here and post video games that they think are popular. I propose that the entire list be deleted and that any new list of an example of killer game be provided with statistics that show a [[correlation]] of game sales with hardware sales, as well as a source that said statistics might be validated/confirmed. It would be also good to offer explanations of why the correlation is not an example of a [[spurious relationship]]. In the absence of correlative statistics, [[authoritative opinion]] (sales commentary from industry leaders, etc...) that a game caused a lot of hardware sales would be a good alternative. Until a major change occurs, the list of killer games here is highly dubious. I am sick of policing this article and I won't do it anymore. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

A exclusive game is a killer game!
: Uhhh, what? --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:17, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

I propose we get rid of the Online multiplayer gaming and online gaming because they fall under PC gaming and the nuon and video arcade categories because they are dedicated consoles. also I am not sure if SW KOTOR should be on the list as it is also released as a computer game and is seemingly popular with only star wars fans. i'm just asking for confirmating on the game's impact is all. --[[User:Philip Laurence|Philip Laurence]] 10:26, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
: An online game could be considered a killer game only if it '''caused''' hardware (or service) sales. For example, if Half-Life Counter Strike caused millions to upgrade to broadbamd, and you could give evidence that this was so, it could be considered a killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 20:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Hearing no discussion, I am deleting the list. If you wish to supply examples of killer, please provide statistics or authoritative industry opinion in the article. This is in accordance with [[Wikipedia:No original research]]. Hypothetical Example: "Joe Soandso, Vice Executive Poobah of Nintendo of America, said that the appeal of [[Super Mario Bros.]] was the largest factor in selling the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] from 1985 to 1989." would be a good contribution; "Super Mario Bros. was obviously a killer game" would not be a good contribution. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 20:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

One could say that this isn't original research. The social impact of some games, like Mario Kart 64, is well known to many college students. Also take Doom, which has been ported to many systems. What about Final Fantasy 7, which definately helped play a serious role in solidifying the Playstation? Or how about Halo, which basically gave the X-Box instant credibility, and is still a game that if you have an X-Box, and you don't have, people think that it is odd (I know this from numerous experiences). Grand Theft Auto III, if not it's two follow ups, is a perfect killer game. Name one other game in the past five years that has affect pop culture so much?

When talking about the social impact of any thing, one simply can go out into the streets to see it. Look at the newspapers. One does not need authority to say that "Yes - that was a killer game." Pointing out the facts, like I did (though I didn't do a perfect job. I left a lot blank, and left a lot of half write ups, but I had class), such as how the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat outsold the SNES because of the blood, helps.

Take for instance - at least until recently (I don't know how much the latest Grand Theft Autos have sold), Super Mario 3, for the NES, was the best selling game of all time with 7 million units sold. While my edits were far from perfect, I have to say that they greatly help the artical become more encyclopedic, since it actual listed reasons why the said games could be considered killer. I didn't do a perfect job, but the artical could be improved. If you cannot see a real reason for keeping a game, find, delete it.

A killer game, by its basic definition, is a game that simply is not good, but held in an extremely high regard, and helped shape videogames in general. Take Metal Gear Solid, without that - no Splinter Cell. --[[User:198.7.245.93|198.7.245.93]] 22:10, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
:You have missed the whole definition of the term, how many times does it have to be said? POPULARITY is irrelevant when determining what is/isn't a killer game. Social impact is irrelevant in determining what is/isn't a killer game. '''A killer game, sometimes called a "system seller," is a video game which causes many to buy a particular video game console or upgrade their computer hardware simply to play such a game.''' --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 17:04, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I think we can establish that super mario 64, mario 3, final fantasy 7 and halo are killer games.
: Mario 3 is not a killer game, because most who bought it already had a NES. For the others, I'd agree, BUT WE NEED EVIDENCE. I'm once again deleting the list--evidence or testimony that a game caused system sales is required. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:28, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

== Nintendogs ==

There's been a rise in [[Nintendo DS]] console sales due to [[Nintendogs]]:
"This title game also boosted the Nintendo DS system sales by over 4.2 times the previous week to 95,000 units, up from 22,000 ([1]). In that one week, the DS sales were more than the combined total of PSP and PS2 sales for the month of March in Japan. These record sales were related to a combination of the release of four chart topping DS titles (three of them being the Nintendogs titles, and the other being a Naruto game that sold 87,000 units) and the release of pink and blue DS systems."

Does this qualify as a killer game? Probably could do with some sources, like a games site saying "it's a killer game" or something. --[[User:Sum0|Sum0]] 17:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
: Yes, if it is sustained for another few months, which I suspect it will. If you cite the source for your quote above, that would be an excellent quote to supply as evidence of "killer-gameness". --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 15:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

::Ah, well, that quote is taken directly from our own [[Nintendogs]] page, which links to [http://ds.ign.com/articles/608/608232p1.html]. --[[User:Sum0|Sum0]] 20:47, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
::: I've used the IGN article as the evidence for this example and added it to the article. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:47, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

== Xbox and Halo ==

I have no particular evidence that Halo was a killer game for Xbox, but nearly everyone I know with an Xbox got it primarily to play Halo. Personally when I first read the definition of a killer game, Halo came to mind
: I definitely agree, and I appreciate your contribution. I hope you can appreciate the need for evidence for each example. Go out and scour the net for some statistics that prove it, or an industry contact or journalist who said that it was a killer game or drove XBox sales. Wikipedia will be better for it.

== what about games that sell old consoles? ==

What about games that were not killer games when they were released, but because they are multiplayer and timeless classics they still sell old consoles today?
Do they deserve killer game status?
Notice how all most SNESs sell on ebay with Mariokart? Also Goldeneye for the N64 --bitplane
: Used consoles sold would probably not be considered, because "killer game" is a marketing term and has to do with market share and the state of the industry. Since all used consoles were once new consoles, a "used" sale does nothing to increase sales--especially for consoles where new sales have ceased. A "used" sales only moves a console between consumers. If Nintendo were all of a sudden start manufacturing and selling [[Super Mario Kart]] and people start buying used [[SNES]] consoles to play it, then we might have a different story. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 13:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Look, Halo 2 was a high-selling product, but the game itself does not have that kind of impact. Halo 2 mostly is an FPS medium for Xbox Live!

Talk:Killer game

2005-11-15T03:15:07Z

69.140.24.166: /* Methodology questions */

Kingdom Hearts is not a killer game, it should be removed from the list.
:I definitely agree. Please do not post games just because they are very popular. Killer games MUST have a large impact on SYSTEM SALES. For the PS2, Final Fantasy and GTA clearly have, but the others, I just don't believe so. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 15:15, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:I agree with both of you. --[[User:MadMoses|MadMoses]] 09:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

What about adding the Resident Evil series on the Gamecube. I would never have bought a system if it wasn't for RE 4 coming out on it.
: Yes, but would hundreds of thousands feel the same? I don't think RE4 is going to drive many sales. However, if it turns out to do so in the next year or so, then we can add it. We can't speculate that it will or won't at this point, it was just released a few months ago. If there's a big spike in gamecube sales, then we can search for a potential killer game that caused it. No spike, no killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 22:19, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Methodology questions ==

Look - it's really hard to determine what ACTUALLY makes a game "killer". I added that warning to the FF7 section because it simply smelled fallacious. Just because sales rose for the PS and FF7 at the same period does not mean that one caused the other. Many games were released for the PS at that time, too. For us to be able to know if FF7 is a killer game FOR SURE, we would need to conduct surveying on whether or not people bought a PS mostly or solely for FF7.
However, for Mario 64 and Nintendogs, the jury is in. Being a launch title, Mario 64's popularity brought with it many console sales during the launch period. The same could be applied to Halo. And Nintendogs, despite not being a launch title, contributed to large DS sales due to a confirmed fact that many people bought a DS solely for Nintendogs. The fact that some DS units are bundled with Nintendogs only enhances this assertion.

== Killer is NOT the same as popular ==

A killer game is a game that causes a great deal of people to buy the hardware. Many popular games are not killer, and perhaps even a non-popular game can be a killer. Also, if sales for a console were never all that high (Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar, Dreamcast, etc) there by definition is no killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 22:34, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It seems that fans of certain videogames come here and post video games that they think are popular. I propose that the entire list be deleted and that any new list of an example of killer game be provided with statistics that show a [[correlation]] of game sales with hardware sales, as well as a source that said statistics might be validated/confirmed. It would be also good to offer explanations of why the correlation is not an example of a [[spurious relationship]]. In the absence of correlative statistics, [[authoritative opinion]] (sales commentary from industry leaders, etc...) that a game caused a lot of hardware sales would be a good alternative. Until a major change occurs, the list of killer games here is highly dubious. I am sick of policing this article and I won't do it anymore. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

A exclusive game is a killer game!
: Uhhh, what? --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:17, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

I propose we get rid of the Online multiplayer gaming and online gaming because they fall under PC gaming and the nuon and video arcade categories because they are dedicated consoles. also I am not sure if SW KOTOR should be on the list as it is also released as a computer game and is seemingly popular with only star wars fans. i'm just asking for confirmating on the game's impact is all. --[[User:Philip Laurence|Philip Laurence]] 10:26, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
: An online game could be considered a killer game only if it '''caused''' hardware (or service) sales. For example, if Half-Life Counter Strike caused millions to upgrade to broadbamd, and you could give evidence that this was so, it could be considered a killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 20:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Hearing no discussion, I am deleting the list. If you wish to supply examples of killer, please provide statistics or authoritative industry opinion in the article. This is in accordance with [[Wikipedia:No original research]]. Hypothetical Example: "Joe Soandso, Vice Executive Poobah of Nintendo of America, said that the appeal of [[Super Mario Bros.]] was the largest factor in selling the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] from 1985 to 1989." would be a good contribution; "Super Mario Bros. was obviously a killer game" would not be a good contribution. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 20:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

One could say that this isn't original research. The social impact of some games, like Mario Kart 64, is well known to many college students. Also take Doom, which has been ported to many systems. What about Final Fantasy 7, which definately helped play a serious role in solidifying the Playstation? Or how about Halo, which basically gave the X-Box instant credibility, and is still a game that if you have an X-Box, and you don't have, people think that it is odd (I know this from numerous experiences). Grand Theft Auto III, if not it's two follow ups, is a perfect killer game. Name one other game in the past five years that has affect pop culture so much?

When talking about the social impact of any thing, one simply can go out into the streets to see it. Look at the newspapers. One does not need authority to say that "Yes - that was a killer game." Pointing out the facts, like I did (though I didn't do a perfect job. I left a lot blank, and left a lot of half write ups, but I had class), such as how the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat outsold the SNES because of the blood, helps.

Take for instance - at least until recently (I don't know how much the latest Grand Theft Autos have sold), Super Mario 3, for the NES, was the best selling game of all time with 7 million units sold. While my edits were far from perfect, I have to say that they greatly help the artical become more encyclopedic, since it actual listed reasons why the said games could be considered killer. I didn't do a perfect job, but the artical could be improved. If you cannot see a real reason for keeping a game, find, delete it.

A killer game, by its basic definition, is a game that simply is not good, but held in an extremely high regard, and helped shape videogames in general. Take Metal Gear Solid, without that - no Splinter Cell. --[[User:198.7.245.93|198.7.245.93]] 22:10, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
:You have missed the whole definition of the term, how many times does it have to be said? POPULARITY is irrelevant when determining what is/isn't a killer game. Social impact is irrelevant in determining what is/isn't a killer game. '''A killer game, sometimes called a "system seller," is a video game which causes many to buy a particular video game console or upgrade their computer hardware simply to play such a game.''' --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 17:04, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I think we can establish that super mario 64, mario 3, final fantasy 7 and halo are killer games.
: Mario 3 is not a killer game, because most who bought it already had a NES. For the others, I'd agree, BUT WE NEED EVIDENCE. I'm once again deleting the list--evidence or testimony that a game caused system sales is required. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:28, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

== Nintendogs ==

There's been a rise in [[Nintendo DS]] console sales due to [[Nintendogs]]:
"This title game also boosted the Nintendo DS system sales by over 4.2 times the previous week to 95,000 units, up from 22,000 ([1]). In that one week, the DS sales were more than the combined total of PSP and PS2 sales for the month of March in Japan. These record sales were related to a combination of the release of four chart topping DS titles (three of them being the Nintendogs titles, and the other being a Naruto game that sold 87,000 units) and the release of pink and blue DS systems."

Does this qualify as a killer game? Probably could do with some sources, like a games site saying "it's a killer game" or something. --[[User:Sum0|Sum0]] 17:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
: Yes, if it is sustained for another few months, which I suspect it will. If you cite the source for your quote above, that would be an excellent quote to supply as evidence of "killer-gameness". --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 15:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

::Ah, well, that quote is taken directly from our own [[Nintendogs]] page, which links to [http://ds.ign.com/articles/608/608232p1.html]. --[[User:Sum0|Sum0]] 20:47, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
::: I've used the IGN article as the evidence for this example and added it to the article. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:47, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

== Xbox and Halo ==

I have no particular evidence that Halo was a killer game for Xbox, but nearly everyone I know with an Xbox got it primarily to play Halo. Personally when I first read the definition of a killer game, Halo came to mind
: I definitely agree, and I appreciate your contribution. I hope you can appreciate the need for evidence for each example. Go out and scour the net for some statistics that prove it, or an industry contact or journalist who said that it was a killer game or drove XBox sales. Wikipedia will be better for it.

== what about games that sell old consoles? ==

What about games that were not killer games when they were released, but because they are multiplayer and timeless classics they still sell old consoles today?
Do they deserve killer game status?
Notice how all most SNESs sell on ebay with Mariokart? Also Goldeneye for the N64 --bitplane
: Used consoles sold would probably not be considered, because "killer game" is a marketing term and has to do with market share and the state of the industry. Since all used consoles were once new consoles, a "used" sale does nothing to increase sales--especially for consoles where new sales have ceased. A "used" sales only moves a console between consumers. If Nintendo were all of a sudden start manufacturing and selling [[Super Mario Kart]] and people start buying used [[SNES]] consoles to play it, then we might have a different story. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 13:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Look, Halo 2 was a high-selling product, but the game itself does not have that kind of impact. Halo 2 mostly is an FPS medium for Xbox Live!

Talk:Killer game

2005-11-15T03:11:35Z

69.140.24.166: Methodology

Kingdom Hearts is not a killer game, it should be removed from the list.
:I definitely agree. Please do not post games just because they are very popular. Killer games MUST have a large impact on SYSTEM SALES. For the PS2, Final Fantasy and GTA clearly have, but the others, I just don't believe so. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 15:15, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:I agree with both of you. --[[User:MadMoses|MadMoses]] 09:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

What about adding the Resident Evil series on the Gamecube. I would never have bought a system if it wasn't for RE 4 coming out on it.
: Yes, but would hundreds of thousands feel the same? I don't think RE4 is going to drive many sales. However, if it turns out to do so in the next year or so, then we can add it. We can't speculate that it will or won't at this point, it was just released a few months ago. If there's a big spike in gamecube sales, then we can search for a potential killer game that caused it. No spike, no killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 22:19, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

== Methodology questions ==

Look - it's really hard to determine what ACTUALLY makes a game "killer". I added that warning to the FF7 section because it simply smelled fallacious. Just because sales rose for the PS and FF7 at the same period does not mean that one caused the other. Many games were released for the PS at that time, too. For us to be able to know if FF7 is a killer game FOR SURE, we would need to conduct surveying on whether or not people bought a PS solely for FF7.
However, for Mario 64 and Nintendogs, the jury is in. Being a launch title, Mario 64's popularity brought with it many console sales during the launch period. The same could be applied to Halo. And Nintendogs, despite not being a launch title, contributed to large DS sales due to a confirmed fact that many people bought a DS solely for Nintendogs. The fact that some DS units are bundled with Nintendogs only enhances this assertion.

== Killer is NOT the same as popular ==

A killer game is a game that causes a great deal of people to buy the hardware. Many popular games are not killer, and perhaps even a non-popular game can be a killer. Also, if sales for a console were never all that high (Saturn, 3DO, Jaguar, Dreamcast, etc) there by definition is no killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 22:34, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It seems that fans of certain videogames come here and post video games that they think are popular. I propose that the entire list be deleted and that any new list of an example of killer game be provided with statistics that show a [[correlation]] of game sales with hardware sales, as well as a source that said statistics might be validated/confirmed. It would be also good to offer explanations of why the correlation is not an example of a [[spurious relationship]]. In the absence of correlative statistics, [[authoritative opinion]] (sales commentary from industry leaders, etc...) that a game caused a lot of hardware sales would be a good alternative. Until a major change occurs, the list of killer games here is highly dubious. I am sick of policing this article and I won't do it anymore. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

A exclusive game is a killer game!
: Uhhh, what? --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:17, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

I propose we get rid of the Online multiplayer gaming and online gaming because they fall under PC gaming and the nuon and video arcade categories because they are dedicated consoles. also I am not sure if SW KOTOR should be on the list as it is also released as a computer game and is seemingly popular with only star wars fans. i'm just asking for confirmating on the game's impact is all. --[[User:Philip Laurence|Philip Laurence]] 10:26, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
: An online game could be considered a killer game only if it '''caused''' hardware (or service) sales. For example, if Half-Life Counter Strike caused millions to upgrade to broadbamd, and you could give evidence that this was so, it could be considered a killer game. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 20:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Hearing no discussion, I am deleting the list. If you wish to supply examples of killer, please provide statistics or authoritative industry opinion in the article. This is in accordance with [[Wikipedia:No original research]]. Hypothetical Example: "Joe Soandso, Vice Executive Poobah of Nintendo of America, said that the appeal of [[Super Mario Bros.]] was the largest factor in selling the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] from 1985 to 1989." would be a good contribution; "Super Mario Bros. was obviously a killer game" would not be a good contribution. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 20:03, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

One could say that this isn't original research. The social impact of some games, like Mario Kart 64, is well known to many college students. Also take Doom, which has been ported to many systems. What about Final Fantasy 7, which definately helped play a serious role in solidifying the Playstation? Or how about Halo, which basically gave the X-Box instant credibility, and is still a game that if you have an X-Box, and you don't have, people think that it is odd (I know this from numerous experiences). Grand Theft Auto III, if not it's two follow ups, is a perfect killer game. Name one other game in the past five years that has affect pop culture so much?

When talking about the social impact of any thing, one simply can go out into the streets to see it. Look at the newspapers. One does not need authority to say that "Yes - that was a killer game." Pointing out the facts, like I did (though I didn't do a perfect job. I left a lot blank, and left a lot of half write ups, but I had class), such as how the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat outsold the SNES because of the blood, helps.

Take for instance - at least until recently (I don't know how much the latest Grand Theft Autos have sold), Super Mario 3, for the NES, was the best selling game of all time with 7 million units sold. While my edits were far from perfect, I have to say that they greatly help the artical become more encyclopedic, since it actual listed reasons why the said games could be considered killer. I didn't do a perfect job, but the artical could be improved. If you cannot see a real reason for keeping a game, find, delete it.

A killer game, by its basic definition, is a game that simply is not good, but held in an extremely high regard, and helped shape videogames in general. Take Metal Gear Solid, without that - no Splinter Cell. --[[User:198.7.245.93|198.7.245.93]] 22:10, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
:You have missed the whole definition of the term, how many times does it have to be said? POPULARITY is irrelevant when determining what is/isn't a killer game. Social impact is irrelevant in determining what is/isn't a killer game. '''A killer game, sometimes called a "system seller," is a video game which causes many to buy a particular video game console or upgrade their computer hardware simply to play such a game.''' --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 17:04, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I think we can establish that super mario 64, mario 3, final fantasy 7 and halo are killer games.
: Mario 3 is not a killer game, because most who bought it already had a NES. For the others, I'd agree, BUT WE NEED EVIDENCE. I'm once again deleting the list--evidence or testimony that a game caused system sales is required. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:28, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

== Nintendogs ==

There's been a rise in [[Nintendo DS]] console sales due to [[Nintendogs]]:
"This title game also boosted the Nintendo DS system sales by over 4.2 times the previous week to 95,000 units, up from 22,000 ([1]). In that one week, the DS sales were more than the combined total of PSP and PS2 sales for the month of March in Japan. These record sales were related to a combination of the release of four chart topping DS titles (three of them being the Nintendogs titles, and the other being a Naruto game that sold 87,000 units) and the release of pink and blue DS systems."

Does this qualify as a killer game? Probably could do with some sources, like a games site saying "it's a killer game" or something. --[[User:Sum0|Sum0]] 17:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
: Yes, if it is sustained for another few months, which I suspect it will. If you cite the source for your quote above, that would be an excellent quote to supply as evidence of "killer-gameness". --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 15:27, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

::Ah, well, that quote is taken directly from our own [[Nintendogs]] page, which links to [http://ds.ign.com/articles/608/608232p1.html]. --[[User:Sum0|Sum0]] 20:47, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
::: I've used the IGN article as the evidence for this example and added it to the article. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 14:47, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

== Xbox and Halo ==

I have no particular evidence that Halo was a killer game for Xbox, but nearly everyone I know with an Xbox got it primarily to play Halo. Personally when I first read the definition of a killer game, Halo came to mind
: I definitely agree, and I appreciate your contribution. I hope you can appreciate the need for evidence for each example. Go out and scour the net for some statistics that prove it, or an industry contact or journalist who said that it was a killer game or drove XBox sales. Wikipedia will be better for it.

== what about games that sell old consoles? ==

What about games that were not killer games when they were released, but because they are multiplayer and timeless classics they still sell old consoles today?
Do they deserve killer game status?
Notice how all most SNESs sell on ebay with Mariokart? Also Goldeneye for the N64 --bitplane
: Used consoles sold would probably not be considered, because "killer game" is a marketing term and has to do with market share and the state of the industry. Since all used consoles were once new consoles, a "used" sale does nothing to increase sales--especially for consoles where new sales have ceased. A "used" sales only moves a console between consumers. If Nintendo were all of a sudden start manufacturing and selling [[Super Mario Kart]] and people start buying used [[SNES]] consoles to play it, then we might have a different story. --[[User:PSzalapski|Locarno]] 13:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Look, Halo 2 was a high-selling product, but the game itself does not have that kind of impact. Halo 2 mostly is an FPS medium for Xbox Live!

Killer game

2005-11-15T02:58:38Z

69.140.24.166: /* Examples */

A '''killer game''' is a [[video game]] that is so popular, that many buy a particular [[video game console]] or upgrade their [[computer]] [[hardware]] simply to play it. "Killer game" is a marketing term used to describe the commercial success of a game in causing sales of hardware, not a colloquial term to describe popularity. A killer game is one type of [[killer application]].

==Importance==
To a video game console manufacturer, having such a game available for its platform is critical to a platform's market success. The failure of home video game systems such as the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], as well as handhelds like the [[Atari Lynx]] and the [[Game.com]] can be attributed to the fact that no killer game emerged for those systems.

A killer game can also have great impact on competing hardware in the market. If a killer title is available for one console or set of hardware but not the other, consumers may be unlikely to purchase the second console in anticipation of the killer game on the first console, even if there are other reasons to purchase the second console.

==Examples==


For the original [[Sony PlayStation]], ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' was a killer game, having sold over 3.5 million copies in Japan alone by the end of [[1997]], with similar sales to be achieved a few months later in the United States. Sales of PlayStations were rising likewise at this time, reaching 12 million worldwide by the end of 1997. [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Z_8cOm8wXtEJ:n-sider.com/articleview.php%3Farticleid%3D280+1995+] This status is dubious due to the [[Correlation implies causation (logical fallacy)|correlation implies causation]] fallacy: The rise of console sales may be due to extraneous factors rather than solely due to Final Fantasy VII's high sales.

However, the following examples are true examples of "killer games".

The [[Nintendo 64]]'s first killer game was ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', [[launch game|available at system launch]]. The game sold a million copies in its first three months, and nearly everyone who bought a Nintendo 64 in its first year bought a copy of ''Super Mario 64'', according to [[N-Sider Media]] [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Z_8cOm8wXtEJ:n-sider.com/articleview.php%3Farticleid%3D280+1995+]. The game was widely regarded as one of the best in the history of video games, and demand for the console to play it was so high that Nintendo was not able (or perhaps willing) to supply enough hardware during the first few months of release.

For the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[Nintendogs]]'' has caused a large upswing in sales of the handheld system in Japan. According to Anoop Gantayat of [[IGN]], the jump in DS sales in [[August]] [[2005]] was due in large part to the popularity of the several versions of ''Nintendogs''. [http://ds.ign.com/articles/608/608232p1.html]

==See also==
*[[Launch game]]

[[Category:Computer and video game marketing]]
[[Category:Killer games|*]]

[[ja:キラーソフト]]

Killer game

2005-11-15T02:57:45Z

69.140.24.166: /* Examples */ FallacyWatch

A '''killer game''' is a [[video game]] that is so popular, that many buy a particular [[video game console]] or upgrade their [[computer]] [[hardware]] simply to play it. "Killer game" is a marketing term used to describe the commercial success of a game in causing sales of hardware, not a colloquial term to describe popularity. A killer game is one type of [[killer application]].

==Importance==
To a video game console manufacturer, having such a game available for its platform is critical to a platform's market success. The failure of home video game systems such as the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], as well as handhelds like the [[Atari Lynx]] and the [[Game.com]] can be attributed to the fact that no killer game emerged for those systems.

A killer game can also have great impact on competing hardware in the market. If a killer title is available for one console or set of hardware but not the other, consumers may be unlikely to purchase the second console in anticipation of the killer game on the first console, even if there are other reasons to purchase the second console.

==Examples==


For the original [[Sony PlayStation]], ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' was a killer game, having sold over 3.5 million copies in Japan alone by the end of [[1997]], with similar sales to be achieved a few months later in the United States. Sales of PlayStations were rising likewise at this time, reaching 12 million worldwide by the end of 1997. [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Z_8cOm8wXtEJ:n-sider.com/articleview.php%3Farticleid%3D280+1995+] This status is dubious due to the [[correlation implies causation|Correlation implies causation (logical fallacy)]] fallacy: The rise of console sales may be due to extraneous factors rather than solely due to Final Fantasy VII's high sales.

However, the following examples are true examples of "killer games".

The [[Nintendo 64]]'s first killer game was ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', [[launch game|available at system launch]]. The game sold a million copies in its first three months, and nearly everyone who bought a Nintendo 64 in its first year bought a copy of ''Super Mario 64'', according to [[N-Sider Media]] [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Z_8cOm8wXtEJ:n-sider.com/articleview.php%3Farticleid%3D280+1995+]. The game was widely regarded as one of the best in the history of video games, and demand for the console to play it was so high that Nintendo was not able (or perhaps willing) to supply enough hardware during the first few months of release.

For the [[Nintendo DS]], ''[[Nintendogs]]'' has caused a large upswing in sales of the handheld system in Japan. According to Anoop Gantayat of [[IGN]], the jump in DS sales in [[August]] [[2005]] was due in large part to the popularity of the several versions of ''Nintendogs''. [http://ds.ign.com/articles/608/608232p1.html]

==See also==
*[[Launch game]]

[[Category:Computer and video game marketing]]
[[Category:Killer games|*]]

[[ja:キラーソフト]]

Dschinghis Khan

2005-11-15T02:01:23Z

69.140.24.166: /* External links */ Removed repetition

[[Image:Dschinghis KhanpegMan.jpg|thumb|250px|Dschinghis Khan performing their song "Moskau"]]
'''''Dschinghis Khan''''' (Pronounced "Jingis" Khan) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Pop music|pop]] band created in [[1979]] to compete in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. The name of the band is the [[German language|German]] spelling of "[[Genghis Khan]]" (with an added "h"), and was chosen to fit the song of the same name written and produced by [[Ralph Siegel]] with lyrics by [[Bernd Meinunger]].

Members of the group were:
*[[Steve Bender]]
*Wolfgang Heichel
*Henriette Heichel
*[[Leslie Mándoki]]
*Edina Pop
*[[Louis Hendrik Potgieter]] ([[1951]]-[[1996]])

==History==
[[Image:D-khan.jpg|right|frame|Back row: Wolfgang Heichel, Henriette Heichel, Louis Hendrik Potgieter
Front row: Edina Pop, Leslie Mándoki, Steve Bender]]
They took fourth place in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1979]], and their song was a big national and [[Europe]]an hit. Even though the band was most successful in Germany and all the songs were in German, the producer Ralph Siegel also made an [[English language|English]] version of every released song (including Moskau). The band was most successful (apart from German-speaking countries) in [[Eastern Europe]], [[Australia]] and [[Japan]].

In [[1985]] the band dissolved after they released several more albums without much commercial success. In [[1987]] they attempted a comeback with a slightly different lineup and the new name ''Dschinghis Khan Family''. However they failed to qualify for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1987]], and dissolved again shortly after that.

The band's lead singer, Louis Potgieter, died of complications from [[AIDS]] in [[1996]].

In [[2004]], Dschinghis Khan's 1979 single "Moskau" became a surprise hit on the [[Internet]] due to the sharing of a performance of the song from the band's glory days. [[Blog|Blogging]] viewers of the video have commented that the wild [[disco]] dances, retro instrumentation, and happy German vocals are hilarious or oddly uplifting. The song has also become one of the longest-running and most popular features on [[YTMND]].

The band's first hit single, "Dschinghis Khan", is still well-known around Japan; it is one of two German-language songs available in every [[karaoke]]-box (the other is "[[99 Luftballons]]" by [[Nena]]). The song also appeared in Konami's [[Bemani]] arcade game ''Pop'n Music 10''. The evident resemblance of "Koi-no dance site", one of the smash hits of [[J-pop]] band [[Morning Musume]] released in [[2000]], to "Dschinghis Khan" suggested to many observers [[plagiarism]].

==Discography==
===Longplay===
*''Dschinghis Khan'' (1979) (''"[[Genghis Khan]]"'')
*''Rom'' ([[1980]]) (''"[[Rome]]"'')
*''Viva'' (1980)
**Re-release of ''Rom'' without bonus tracks
*''Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot'' ([[1981]])
*''Helden, Schurken & der Dudelmoser'' ([[1982]])
*''Corrida'' ([[1983]]) (''"[[Bullfighting]]"'')
*''Die Großen Erfolge'' ([[1999]])

===Singles===
(only German releases)
*Dschinghis Khan (1979)
*[[Moskau]] (1979) ("[[Moscow]]")
*Hadschi Halef Omar (1979) ("[[Hadschi Halef Omar]]")
*Rom (1980)
*Pistolero (1981)
*Loreley (1981) ("[[Lorelei]]")
*Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot (1981)
*Klabautermann (1982)
*Der Dudelmoser (1982)
*Himalaja (1983) ("[[Himalaya]]")
*Olé Olé ([[1984]])
*Mexiko (1985) ("[[Mexico]]")

==External links==
*[http://www.dschinghis-khan.de German fan page]
*[http://www6.plala.or.jp/arabesque/candy_pop/dschinghis_khan.htm Dschinghis Khan Japanese Page]
*[http://members.surfeu.at/dschinghis.khan/main.htm Austrian fan page (German)]
*[http://opendir.mine.nu/stuff/week_26/Dschinghis%20Khan%20-%20Moskau.mpg Dschinghis Khan video for "Moskau"]
*[http://www.unbuffered.com/moskau.html Flash version of Moskau video]
*[http://moskaudance.ytmnd.com/ Dschinghis Khan YTMND!]
*[http://moskautothefullest.ytmnd.com/ Dschinghis Khan YTMND! (Full Version)]
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/mrtorture/97885.html Moskau - The long lost forgotten hit (blog entry dedicated to the several findings related to the song "Moskau")]

[[de:Dschinghis Khan]]
[[fr:Dschinghis Khan]]
[[it:Dschinghis Khan]]
[[ja:ジンギスカン (グループ)]]
[[sv:Dschinghis Khan]]

[[Category:Internet memes]]
[[Category:Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest]]
[[Category:German musical groups]]

Popcorn (instrumental)

2005-11-15T01:46:29Z

69.140.24.166: /* In the media */ Incorrect point eliminated

"'''Popcorn'''" is a reasonably famous early [[synthpop]] [[instrumental]].
Composer [[Gershon Kingsley]] (of [[Perrey and Kingsley]]) first recorded it for his [[1969]] album ''[[Music To Moog By]]''. [[Stan Free]] rerecorded the instrumental and released it under the name "[[Hot Butter]]" in [[1971]]. The record was one of a rash of [[Moog]] based releases that define "early synth-pop" for many people born in the 60's and 70's. It has been then covered by various artists, including [[Aphex Twin]], [[Jean-Michel Jarre]] (though the version shared on various p2p networks was made by [[M&H Band]] rather than him), DJ [[Fant%C3%B4mas_%28band%29|Fantomas]], [[Gi Gi D'Agostino]], [[Afrosound]] and [[Crazy Frog]].

The title refers to the short [[staccato]], or sharp "popping", sound used. Also, the snares and shaker possibly represent the shaking of the popcorn over a stove.

[[Media:Hot Butter Popcorn Melody.mp3]]

==In the media==
*''[[Detroit Rock City]]'' ([[1999]]).
*''[[Dick (movie)|Dick]]'' ([[1999]]).
*''[[Drowning Mona]]'' ([[2000]]).
*Featured in an advertisement on the BBC Freeview channel Cbeebies.
*Popular in Iran.
*Popcorn was used as background music in the original CGA version of the classic computer game ''[[Digger (computer game)|Digger]]''.
*Popcorn was used in the arcade version of the [[Sega]] game ''[[Pengo]]'', but for the [[Atari 2600]] console version, to avoid royalties, Atari created its own music.
*Popcorn was used in the [[Commodore 64]] game ''[[Trollie Wallie]]'', along with two songs by [[Jean-Michel Jarre]].
*Popcorn was also used as the theme for "Snipets", a children's educational program that usually lasted 3-5 minutes, and ran during the early 1970's.
*Popcorn was the theme for the Michigan State Lottery's televised number drawings in the 1970's.
*Popcorn is used in a Spanish car commercial for the [[Renault Clio]].
*Popcorn became associated with a popular [[YTMND]] based on the O RLY [[internet phenomenon]] called "Year of the Owl"

==External links==
*[http://www.popcorn-song.com Popcorn Song]

[[Category:Instrumentals]]
{{song-stub}}

[[fr:Popcorn]]
[[sv:Popcorn (låt)]]