Editing All About Mormons Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in!{{Episode_Infobox |Title=All About Mormons |Season=07 |Episode=12 |Author=Trey Parker |Director=Trey Parker |Airdate=2003-11-19 |Image=http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/images/shows/south-park/episode-thumbnails/season-7/south-park-s07e12-all-about-mormons.jpg |Number=108 |Prev=[[Casa Bonita (episode)|Casa Bonita]] |Next=[[Butt Out]] }} ==Story== ===Description=== A new student named [[Gary Harrison]] joins the boys' class. In addition to being a good student and mind-numbingly nice, Gary and his family are Mormons. Sick of Gary's do-good attitude, the boys nominate Stan to kick his ass. But instead of fighting, Stan winds up accepting an invitation to dinner at Gary's house. [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] is stunned by [[The Harrisons|the Harrison's]] "Family Home Evening," in which they tell stories, play music, sing, and most tellingly, share scriptures from the Book of Mormon. There's even a lengthy, dramatic retelling of the story of [[Joseph Smith]], the church's founder. [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] goes home and shares what he's seen with his own family. His dad, believing that some sort of cult is trying to indoctrinate his son, storms off to the Harrison home to kick ass. Instead, he too is disarmed by their kindness and hospitality. After hearing the highly improbable story of how [[Joseph Smith]] came to write the Book of Mormon (accompanied by flashbacks and a musical score that consists mostly of [http://southpark.cc.com/clips/104256/joseph-smith-part-2 "Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum."]), [[Randy Marsh|Randy]] returns home to announce that he's invited [[The Harrisons|the Harrisons]] over for dinner -- and that, more importantly, the [[Marsh Family|Marsh family]] is converting to the Mormon religion. The other boys soon make fun of [[Stan Marsh|Stan's]] new buddy-buddy relationship with [[Gary Harrison|Gary]]. The Marshes proceed to have the Harrisons over for their first "Family Home Evening." Stan's dad says he's having a crisis of faith, which prompts [[Gary Harrison Sr.|Mr. Harrison]] to tell him the "best" part of the [[Joseph Smith]] story, which allegedly "proves he wasn't making everything up" -- the tale of how publisher [[Martin Harris]] and his skeptical wife [[Lucy Harris|Lucy]] (accompanied on the soundtrack by [http://southpark.cc.com/clips/154257/joseph-smith-part-4 "smart, smart, smart"]) conveniently "lost" the first translation of the golden plates, to see if Smith could provide a word-for-word duplicate which he could not. Stan loses his temper over the absurdity of it all, stating that it's ridiculous to believe in something without proof. [[The Harrisons]], unbothered, assert that their views are a matter of faith, and agree to disagree with the Marshes about it. The only one who seems truly irritated is [[Gary Harrison|Gary]]. Next day at the bus stop, he tells [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] and the other boys that while his religion may not be strictly "true," it helps him and his family live good lives. Finally, he tells Stan to "suck my balls." ===What I Learned Today=== "The truth is, I don't care if [[Joseph Smith]] made it all up because what the church teaches now is loving your family, being nice, and helping people. And even though people in this town might think that's stupid, I still choose to believe in it." ===Memorable Quotes=== * "You were supposed to kick his ass, not lick his butthole!" [[Cartman]] * "Well, it looks like I don't have a class full of retards anymore, doesn't it children?" [[Mr. Garrison]] * "Hi! My name's Ura. Ura Fag." [[Cartman]] * "He's a pecker-face, that's what he is!" [[Butters]] * "This Mr. Harrison is a -- a white guy, right?" [[Randy]] * "That does it! From now on, our family is Mormon!" [[Randy]] * "My brother is a stupid turd." [[Shelly Marsh]] * "All you've got are a bunch of stories about some asswipe who read plates nobody ever saw out of a hat and then couldn't do it again when the translations were hidden!" [[Stan]] * "Damn, that kid is cool, huh?" [[Cartman]] ==Characters== {{Character list | Name = Stan Marsh | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/stan-marsh.png }} {{Character list | Name = Randy Marsh | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/randy-marsh.png }} {{Character list | Name = Sharon Marsh | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/sharon-marsh.png }} {{Character list | Name = The Harrisons | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/the-harrisons.png }} {{Character list | Name = Gary Harrison | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/gary-harrison.png }} {{Character list | Name = Joseph Smith | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/celebrities/joseph-smith.png }} ===Character Debuts=== Gary Harrison and his family: Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, his brother Mark, sister Jenny, little brother Dave, and baby sister Amanda -- all perfect specimens of human kindness. {{Character list | Name = Gary Harrison | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/gary-harrison.png }} {{Character list | Name = The Harrisons | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/adults/the-harrisons.png }} {{Character list | Name = Amanda Harrison | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/amanda-harrison.png }} {{Character list | Name = Jennifer Harrison | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/5th-9th-grader-jennifer-harrison.png }} {{Character list | Name = Mark Harrison | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/5th-9th-grader-mark-harrison.png }} {{Character list | Name = David Harrison | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/kids/kindergartener-david-harrison.png }} <br clear="left"> We also meet a number of people essential in the creation of the Book of Mormon and the Mormon church. {{Character list | Name = Lucy Harris | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/non-human/religious-figures-lucy-harris.png }} {{Character list | Name = Martin Harris | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/non-human/religious-figures-martin-harris.png }} {{Character list | Name = Moroni | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/non-human/religious-figures-moroni.png }} ===Character Returns=== Joseph Smith previously appeared in Super Best Friends {{Character list | Name = Joseph Smith | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/characters/celebrities/joseph-smith.png }} ==Locations== {{Location list | Name = Harrison Residence | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/houses-harrison-house.png }} {{Location list | Name = Marsh Residence | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/marsh-house.jpg }} {{Location list | Name = Smith's Log Home Residence | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/other-smiths-log-home-residence.png }} {{Location list | Name = Smith's Frame Home Residence | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/other-smiths-frame-home-residence.png }} {{Location list | Name = Harris' Residence | Image = http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/locations/other-harris-residence.png }} ==Original Songs== The Harrison kids all pick up instruments and jam out a brief bit of their original song [http://southpark.cc.com/clips/154244/garys-family "I Love My Family."] Also, Joseph Smith's creationist tale of The Book of Mormon is told throughout the episode with the help of the song [http://southpark.cc.com/clips/104256/joseph-smith-part-2 "Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum."] ==Behind The Scenes== ===Where Did The Idea Come From=== Trey knows a lot about Mormonism, both through his work on the film Orgazmo (where he plays one) and the fact that his high school girlfriend was Mormon. "Every Mormon I know is a really good person," he says. However, just like any other religion, it gets harder to accept the closer you study it. ==Pop Culture References== ===Shout Outs=== Gary's family plays a board game called Living, which is a parody of the classic board game Life. When Stan's family is sitting around watching TV, Shelly yells, "Shut up, Turd! We're watching Friends!" This is not the first time Shelly has displayed her affection for the sitcom; she forcefully puts it on in "Cat Orgy." After returning from Gary's house, Sharon asks Randy, "So how'd it go, Clubber Lang?" Clubber Lang was the name of Rocky's rival (played by Mr. T) in the film Rocky III. Many fans thought that the segments explaining the Mormon faith were outrageous fabrications cooked up by Matt and Trey, but every bit of it was an accurate representation of the Mormon paradigm even "Family Home Evening" or "FHE" (a fun-games-and-religion monday night evening for the whole family) is a real, weekly activity encouraged by the leaders of the LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Church. ==Bonus Factoids== ===Pointless Observations=== During the Harrison's family home evening, Gary's brother [[Mark Harrison|Mark]] performs a bit of Shakespeare's Hamlet. [[Gary Harrison|Gary]] gives [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] a homemade leather wallet, with a picture of Denver Broncos' quarterback [[John Elway]] carved into the front. Elway has been mentioned repeatedly throughout the series, dating all the way back to "[[Cartman's Mom Is A Dirty Slut]]." {{Season_List_07|Episode=12}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to South Park Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see South Park Wiki:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Templates used on this page: Template:Character list (edit) Template:Episode Infobox (edit) Template:Location list (edit) Template:Season List 07 (edit)