Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers
| "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 17 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 1704 |
| Original air date | October 23, 2013 |
"Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers" is the fourth episode in the seventeenth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 241st episode of the series overall, it premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on October 23, 2013. It was originally scheduled to air October 16, but a power outage that occurred at South Park Studios prevented the episode from being finished in time. The episode satirizes the goth, emo and vampire teen subcultures, and uses plot elements from the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The episode received a mixed critical reception.
Henrietta, the female member of the Goth kids, is informed by her parents that she is being sent to Troubled Acres, a two-week camp for teenagers with emotional problems. At Troubled Acres, Henrietta is locked in a cell that is monitored by a security camera. Her only contact with anyone comes when a trapdoor opens on the floor of her cell, and a potted plant is deposited before her, vibrating as if it is alive.
Two weeks later, much to the horror of her her male Goth friends, Michael, Pete, and Firkle, Henrietta returns to South Park as an emo. When Michael confronts Henrietta over what the camp did to her, he realizes that Troubled Acres is part of a plot to turn the entire world emo, and is himself transported by his father to Troubled Acres. Realizing that goths are being "body-snatched" by emos, Pete and Firkle attend a meeting of their sworn enemies, the Vampire Kids, and explain the problem to them. Mike, the lead Vamp Kid, and an adult black male member of the Vamp Kids agree to help, and during a séance, summon the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe, whom both the Vamp Kids and the Goth Kids regard as their spiritual progenitor. Poe thinks little of emos, vampires or goths, but agrees to help anyway.
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