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"Gnomes" is the seventeenth episode in the second season of the American animated television series South Park. The 30th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 16, 1998. The episode was written by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Pam Brady, and directed by Parker. This episode marks the first appearance of Tweek Tweak and his parents.
In the episode, Harbucks plans to enter the South Park coffee market, posing a threat to the local coffee business owners, the Tweak Parents. Mr. Tweak, scheming to use the boys’ school report as a platform to fight Harbucks, convinces the boys to deliver their school report on the supposed threat corporatism poses to small businesses, moving the South Park community to take action against Harbucks.
"Gnomes" satirizes the common complaint that large corporations lack consciences and drive seemingly wholesome smaller independent companies out of business. Paul Cantor described the episode as "the most fully developed defense of capitalism" ever produced by the show, because of various themes in the episode. In the episode, smaller businesses are portrayed as being at least as greedy as their corporate counterparts, while their products are of lower quality compared to the products offered by large corporations.
Original Release
12/16/1998
US Release
12/16/1998
Cast
Name | Character |
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Trey Parker | Stan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Mr. Garrison / Mr. Tweek / Officer Barbrady / Johnson / Public Access Host / Prop 10 Commercial Voice-Over / Other Sign Hanger / Gnomes / Toto Fan / Coffee Customer #2 / Stan Marsh (voice) |
Matt Stone | Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Tweek / Customer / John Postum / Ted / Public Access Announcer / Gnomes / Sanchez / Coffee Customer #1 / Kenny McCormick (voice) |
Mary Kay Bergman | Mrs. Tweek / Committee Woman #1 / Committee Woman #2 / Mayor McDaniels / Protester #1 / Protester #2 / Billy's Mother / Ms. Cartman (voice) |
Jennifer Howell | (voice) |
Isaac Hayes | Chef (voice) |
Mona Marshall | Sheila Broflovski (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, David R. Goodman, Nancy M. Pimental, Brian Graden, Pam Brady
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Trey Parker | Stan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Mr. Garrison / Mr. Tweek / Officer Barbrady / Johnson / Public Access Host / Prop 10 Commercial Voice-Over / Other Sign Hanger / Gnomes / Toto Fan / Coffee Customer #2 / Stan Marsh (voice) |
Matt Stone | Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Tweek / Customer / John Postum / Ted / Public Access Announcer / Gnomes / Sanchez / Coffee Customer #1 / Kenny McCormick (voice) |
Mary Kay Bergman | Mrs. Tweek / Committee Woman #1 / Committee Woman #2 / Mayor McDaniels / Protester #1 / Protester #2 / Billy's Mother / Ms. Cartman (voice) |
Jennifer Howell | (voice) |
Isaac Hayes | Chef (voice) |
Mona Marshall | Sheila Broflovski (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Trey Parker | Executive Producer |
Matt Stone | Executive Producer |
Anne Garefino | Executive Producer |
Deborah Liebling | Executive Producer |
Jennifer Howell | Producer |
Pam Brady | Producer |
Frank C. Agnone II | Producer |