'Put a chick in it, make it lame and gay!' 'South Park: Joining the Panderverse' review

The widely advertised "South Park" special titled "Joining the Panderverse" was yet another series of shots fired at Disney and its executives for pumping out woke content.

The latest from Matt Stone and Trey Parker features two main storylines. The first is that there exists another universe where every character in the town of South Park has been replaced by "diverse women complaining about the patriarchy," including the 10-year-old boys.

The inclusion of alternative timelines is a nod to Marvel's consistent reliance on different timelines and multiverses that allows writers to change the fate of characters or bring back old actors in new movies.

Early in the episode, Cartman switches timelines, placing him as the only "white boy" in a universe of diverse women, while a black, female Cartman is now in his world.

The focus of the plot is that Disney President Kathleen Kennedy, in response to hate mail about her movies, made it a point to enact revenge through an increased level of diversity. The more harsh the complaints, the more she responded with diversity in her films.

The story reveals that Kennedy became addicted to pandering instead of coming up with new stories. She relied an a form of artificial intelligence to come up with plots so often that every movie idea boiled down to "put a chick in it. Make her gay!"

As Cartman is attempting to escape Kennedy, the story jumps back and forth, showing a Cartman version of Kennedy wreaking havoc at Disney.

When other board members ask for a "different route" from what was done with "Indiana Jones," Cartman/Kennedy screams her often-used tagline, "F**k Indiana Jones! Put a chick in it! Make her lame and gay!"

The second plot begins with Stan's dad teaching his kids how to fix things around the house.

"It has come to my attention lately that young people today don't know how to do shit," Randy tells Stan and his sister Shelley. "You got your phones and your AI and you kids haven't learned to actually be able to do anything."

To teach them to fix the oven door, Randy explains, "It's very simple, you gotta make the hinges tighter so the oven door is more secure. So, whatcha do is, you take out your phone and you call the handyman."

It becomes apparent that the men in the town don't know how to fix anything and rely on a small group of handymen who become increasingly rich as lawyers, accountants, and even Randy (who is a geologist) have become useless.

The out-of-work professionals blame their education and the internet for why they have been rendered jobless, then enact a plan to destroy a local university.

Meanwhile, Cartman's friends are forced to deal with the new version of him and are accused of being racist and sexist if they don't like it.

"I bet you don't like that Indiana Jones was replaced by a female either, huh?" the principal accused the boys. "Probably have a problem with black Spider-Man too!"

Disney executives work with the group of boys (and the strong black woman) to try to close the portal between the two universes, while Randy continuously attempts to find someone to fix his oven.

While much of the firepower is right on target, the episode seems to give a bit of a pass to woke propaganda, explaining that perhaps attacking woke movies takes up too much cultural focus.

The conclusion to Randy's problem is far less of a teaching moment, but the final scene of the episode lacks the typical punch seen in specials of the past.

Ranking it among "South Park" specials like "Go God Go," "Imagination Land," and "The Cartoon Wars," "Joining the Panderverse" unfortunately ranks toward the bottom.

However, it does deliver some hilarious short segments that suggest it would have benefited from being a regular-length episode.

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