Editing Fishsticks

{{Episode_Infobox
|Title=Fishsticks
|Season=13
|Episode=05
|Author=Trey Parker
|Director=Trey Parker
|Airdate=2009-04-08
|Image=http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/images/shows/south-park/episode-thumbnails/season-13/south-park-s13e05-fishsticks.jpg
|Number=186
|Prev=[[Eat, Pray, Queef]]
|Next=[[Pinewood Derby]]
}}

==Story==

===Description===
Cartman decides to help Jimmy with his comedy routine.  They come up with the funniest joke of all time.  All the late-night talk show hosts pick it up, and the whole country loves it - everyone except for Kanye West, who is immediately offended and confounded by the insinuation that he is a gay fish.

===What I Learned Today===
"For so long I’ve considered myself God’s gift to the world that I couldn’t take it when people made fun of me. But they weren’t making fun of me. They were trying to help me."

===Memorable Quotes===
*"Hey man, I'm a GENIUS alright. I'm the most talented musician in the WORLD. If I was a homosexual OR a fish I would know!" ([[Kanye West]])
*"You hear that? NO GILLS. So I can't be a fish. And I'm a genius voice of a generation so I'm not gay." ([[Kanye West]])
*I DON'T NEED ANYBODY TELLING ME PLAY ON WORDS I'M A MOTHERFUCKING LYRICAL WORDSMITH MOTHERFUCKING GENIUS! ([[Kanye West]])
*"Hello Eric, have some chips because you're totally not fat at all." ([[Sarah Valmer]])
*HEY LOOK! ERIC KILLED A DRAGON!!! ([[Butters Stotch]])
*"Look at me maaan...I'm not funny, I steal jokes, my dick don't work, man...I got to piss in a plastic bag, man, I got no dick!" (Carlos Mencia)
*Wow Eric! Incredible! Too bad I'm a dick and I'm gonna take all the credit. S-s-suck it, bitch!
*"Do you like fishsticks?" [[Jimmy Valmer]]
*"You like putting fishsticks in your mouth?" ([[Eric Cartman]])
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<em>"Yup. And and if I had wheels, I'd be a wagon."</em>

==Characters==

{{Character list
| Name = Kanye West
| Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/celebrities/kanye-west.png
}}
{{Character list
| Name = Jimmy Valmer
| Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/jimmy-valmer.png
}}
{{Character list
| Name = Eric Cartman
| Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/eric-cartman.png
}}
{{Character list
| Name = Kyle Broflovski
| Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/kyle-broflovski.png
}}
{{Character list
| Name = Sarah Valmer
| Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/sarah-valmer.png
}}

==Locations==
{{Location list
| Name = South Park Elementary
| Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/school.jpg
}}
{{Location list
| Name = Valmer Residence
| Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/valmer-house.jpg
}}

==Behind The Scenes==
*"The whole idea started on a Writer’s Retreat, visiting the Ballard Locks in Seattle- which is this place where you can see salmon jumping."
*From Matt: "On the Writers Retreat, we typed in 'fish dicks' to see if anybody made that stupid joke before. NO ONE had."
*From Matt and Trey: "That whole point of the episode was like: Kanye, get a sense of humor. You seem so humorless about yourself."
*According to Trey: "I’d never used AutoTune before, like Kanye uses.  And I realized if you can actually sing, it doesn’t work -- it doesn’t do anything to your voice. So you HAVE to sing off-key."


===Character Art: Kanye===
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The art department created a number of different outfits for Kanye. Almost all got used.{{-}}

===Storyboard: Genius===
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Check out the storyboard from this "genius" scene...{{-}}

===Character Art: Kanye Swimming===
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A number of specialty poses needed to be made to create this scene with Kanye swimming.{{-}}

===Character Art: Cartman===
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Cartman got a fresh "perm" character design for his appearance on Ellen.{{-}}

===Character Art: Fish Costume===
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All costumes on background characters must be designed and approved, prior to animation.{{-}}

===Character Art: Cartman===
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Check out the character design for this super-cool version of Cartman:.{{-}}

===Character Art: Carlos Mencia===
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A special sitting position was created for this shot of Mencia.{{-}}

===Script Excerpt===
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The show is always written a scene or two at a time. This was the first scene written:{{-}}

===Production Art: Gay Fish===
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Even something as small as a sign has to be designed and approved, prior to animation.{{-}}

==Pop Culture References==
*Besides this episode, Jay Leno has made 3 prior cameos in South Park -- in "[[Funnybot]]" & "City On The Edge of Forever", and also in a 1997 Thanksgiving Special.
*In addition to Fishsticks, [[Puff Daddy]] has appeared several times in South Park -- most notably with his Vote or Die campaign in "[[Douche and Turd]]".




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Conan got an updated look in this episode. His first cameo was 10 years earlier (above), when he appeared/died in the movie "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut".{{-}}

==Bonus Factoids==
*In 2011, Fishsticks was ranked by fans as #6 on their list of all-time favorite #SouthPark episodes.
*Matt & Trey: If someone told us #Fishsticks would be a fan favorite when we were coming up with the idea, we would've been like “no way”.
*Most fans don't realize this episode actually aired WAY BEFORE Kanye’s infamous "Imma let you finish" stage crash at the VMAs.
*Kanye made another cameo as a "recovering gay fish" during Season 17's season finale "[[The Hobbit]]".
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