According to the commentary for this episode given by Trey and Matt, the whole reason for the Crab People existing is litterally because they were completely out of ideas and had no idea how to complete the episode.

The crab people reveal was meant to be a placeholder but Matt & Trey couldn’t come up with a better idea for the twist

The crab people is just pure silliness, Matt and Trey don't like it in retrospect but I love when it just goes so silly and crazy and the crab people are pretty iconic. A good follow up to this one would be The Cissy which is more relevant now than when it aired back in 2014.

I love your South Park reactions. You always have really great insight. If you haven’t seen it, the South Park episode The F Word is one to look into, as it relates to the way language and slurs morph over time. Don’t over think the crab people. The writers have said it was their biggest cop out in terms of ending a storyline.

I’m lesbian and ever since my sister got a gay friend at work she walks into my apartment and announces “what’s up f*****?” Because that’s how her friend greets his friends. I know she has no ill intention but sometimes I wonder if I should tell her to be careful. I don’t even say the f word.

The “Put it down” episode is also great, where Tweek and Craig are working through a legit issue.

I mean this phenomena of straight men being "metrosexual" still has discourse today. Though now its more aimed at wanting a "bi looking man or nb" which mostly just means well dressed 🤣

Speaking of reclaiming the word, you should take a look at the South Park episode "The F Word".

I grew up with South Park, watched every episode as it aired since I was just a couple years old. People have been saying it's an offensive show for decades, one that "gets away with it" by "making fun of everyone". I'm so grateful to content creators like you reacting to this show and explaining to people that it was never offensive - it was subversive. It uses offensive language and ideas to communicate insightful truths about society. I've held very liberal views since I was a child, many of which were not accepted until more than a decade later, and I credit South Park with instilling that perspective in me. It's a fantastic work of social commentary that continues to pay dividends into the present day and I'm so incredibly grateful to see people finally recognizing the show for what it is and granting it a larger, wiser audience than it's ever had before.

It's kind of sad how quickly we forget things. Every decade, every generation, every child or adult has their own time where they experience something that they feel is important and yet due to our limited life span and how we have evolved we forget those important moments, or they get overtaken by future moments that distract us. Youth is such a wonderful experience because we don't have to pay attention to the good moments or important moments, we can simply just live in those moments without worrying if we will lose them mentally later on as we age. South Park reminds me a lot of those lost moments or important moments because of the humor and the fact that when I watch it I don't have to pay attention to the moment I can just experience it without the weighted pressure of needing to try and realize I'm enjoying that moment I can simply just be.

Catamites were the Roman version of the Greek eromenoi, teenage boys who took on older male lovers in a pederast relationship. Craig is saying that he's into older men, basically.

Talking about the importance of gay bars being a safe place for gays reminds me of another South Park episode you definitely should see, season 11 episode 6 “D-Yikes!” Also would really appreciate your opinion on season 13 episode 12 “The F Word”. GLAD criticized the episode but from what I’ve read online most gay people seem to like it.

I’m so autistic, i never realized you were apart of the lbgtq community until these past few episodes.

Im suprised you havent done the simpsons "gay episode" with john waters and how the only thing he had suggested was taking out the F slur for queer.

I'm still waiting for when you react to Craig and Tweek's relationship!

"You're a gay guy that likes women" - How my friends described me in high-school in the 90s 😂😂

Is being hairy now considered "unclean"...?

I understand the pop-slang language pipeline to be AAVE > gay circles and clubs > white women > anybody else Where does “stealing” become “normalizing”, when mainstream ≠ acceptance. I’m seeing a lot of discussion around straight or straight presenting couples using “partner” to refer to one another, and it being another example of LGBT+ culture being co-opted But isn’t normalizing such a gender-neutral term a positive? I feel so dumb when I can’t really see the issue

Apparently, some straight guys won't wash their bumholes in case it's gay. I was never a fashion gay, though I had my semi-cute and even occasionally sexy moments, but the sheer amount of time and energy (and money that I definitely didn't have) that keeping up with fads during the early 00s required was absurd. Living kink life is tough, unfortunately.

Mr. Garrison's frustration over straight men co-opting all of the worst stereotypes of homosexuality came from a conversation Matt Stone and Trey Parker had with friend and Team America: World Police producer Scott Ruden, who himself is gay and hated that Queer Eye For The Straight Guy was reenforcing gay stereotypes that homosexuals were so desperate to discourage. So the episode's plot (aside from the Crab People twist, which Matt and Trey hated) was completely inspired by a gay man.

His reaction to crab people was great. Such a weird twist. I love South Park

I love these South Park analysis episodes, so good. Please delve into Tweek x Craig soon, it's one of my favourite episodes 😊

I'm 36 and when I grew up gay was used as a slur especially in school, when I started to doubt my sexuality I kind of decided that I wasn't going to be like that because I was terrified of being bullied again. I really hope that its better these days for all kids

Enjoyed the video as always and also loved seeing Gottmik behind you!

Southpark and you is just a banger. Thanks for the reaction.

It makes me happy to see there are mental health professionals with your level of compassion understanding and dedication to being a value to others. Thank you for the work you've done, those in the criminal justice system are truly often the "least of these" and so neglected. Thank you for inspiring me to be better.

Kinda funny watching this, knowing you're going to be agreeing with Mr Garrison. =)

14:47 As a straight Latino man, we don't get offended if people wear Mexican garments like ponchos, Sombreros, or even dress up like us if they look a little cholo. We see it as them acknowledging our culture. Unfortunately, we are not fond of using the term "Latinx". With the PC movement insuing, it feel like more a take away or insult on our ethnic background. We would rather keep being called Latinos

It absolutely cracks me up that you watch South Park 😂 what a legendary show

The safe space is the thing that always confused me. If acceptance is the goal why distance yourself from people that are accepting of it...

Thats why I love South Park they usually have a serious message in all there episodes more than just being silly. I tried explaining an episode to my friend "With Apologizes to Jessee Jackson" and she wouldn't watch it. I told her the whole thing has an important message, but you won't get it until you see the last minute. Sure, it dropped the N word way too much, but I had to make sure a someone I didn't want to get into a fight with watched it and it actually put a spark in his mind of not being ignorant even though he though he wasn't.

Well I'm a straight woman, but my partner is NB and bi, so I can't help anyone with rather straight men shave and wash their bodies well, all I can say is my partner does. He's also not feminine at all. Boxes and stereotypes are weird.

I just discovered your channel and I love your South Park reactions. I've binge watched them in a day. I love all the analysis and information you can get from a show that is sometimes seen as ridiculous (not by me, I think their satire touches serious topics very often)

I LOOOOOVE IT WHEN YOU COVER SOUTH PARK !!! You're awesome💗

How about safe spaces for women?

when i saw you analyzed this episode i clicked on it just to see your reaction to the crab people part xDD

I remember when I first saw this episode. About half of it went right over my head. Hahaha. I was a smidge too you to be watching south park.

10:36 in the safe queer spaces, this is brought up in crazy ex GF nathaniel and white josh go to a gay bar and white josh unleashes an epic rant about straight chicks at gay bars. Then they sing "fit, hot guys have problems too" which i guarantee you would probably like.

Omg yes, I love this video so much!

That was a very funny episode!

Well, a previous episode established that only gay people can say that particular 'f' word without being bleeped, so perhaps that was just foreshadowing Craig being gay in later seasons.

What do we make of Dr Carthy wearing a basic white shirt for this episode?

Oooo Timmy was the best part 🤣😂😂😂😂

Being a young teen in the 90s, I thought metros were actually gay people who used the term to start coming out of the closet. I recently came out as bi (been questioning since a young teen but repressed everything because of how I was raised so pretty much lived an outwardly cis life) but so many people told me they had a feeling based on my general mannerisms, like the way I sit or always wearing shorts under skirts/ dresses or because I'm not "ladylike" (I'm not a "tomboy" either). To be fair, I have seen some "If you do ___, you are bi" memes and I usually do whatever the blank space is, so maybe there are some subconscious Traits that can be viewed as stereotypes. Idk, just random thoughts before my morning coffee. 😅

Have you seen the movie split? I think it’d be fun content on here. Such a great movie 😊

Gotta love south park. There's always something interesting to me how animation can get away with screaming about societal prejudice in a way that 'real' shows can struggle with. As always, hearts to Elliott, really appreciate the time and effort you put in to make your videos.

Metro isn't a new idea. When Sweeney Todd came out, I Googled Fop, and it pretty much said that was the old definition of metrosexual

Seeing Carson in this, and then watching him on Roscoe's last week - just a legend ♥♥

While it might not have any real influence now, there was a form of slang begun by gay people in London in the 19th C, called Polari. Useful to have your own slang when your lifestyle is illegal. There are one or two interesting videos on it on this very site.

Perhaps the episode "Death Camp of Tolerance" would be a fun watch for you after this one

A wholesome follow up would be Tweek x Craig (s19e6) - the coming out episode.

On the topic of clean.. I forgot where I saw it, maybe The Click reading the dredges of Reddit, but you can find posts from doctors/nurses saying that cis-men are usually their least clean patients when it comes to hygiene. Others do better, to include gay men.

please do the episode called "Tssst", is where the dog whisperer "cures" Cartman 😂

8:22 Funny enough this etymology was a topic in the S13E12 The F Word and how that word has come to mean something else due to plain overuse.

I was watching this thinking "wow some of this was really surface level looking back....but Kenny looks incredible" 😂😂

Fantastic episode, thanks for the upload! 14:58-15:07 correct

3:17 that not in my face shit is so true

If you're looking more episodes to react to, the Futurama episode The Sting is definitely worth watching! But of course, it was crab people!

..Next week, St. Patricks day and made up Irish ancestries! (South-Park is catnip for my ADHD by the way)

In the commentary I think they mention that ether a staffer or a writer who is gay talked about his or her issues with the meterosexual stuff and how they were taking gay culture.

5:58 the only thing i can think of, is there's an episode of Seinfeld where Jerry and George and mistaken for gay, and people assume Jerry is gay because hes neat and tidy etc, its a funny episode, but take it with a grain of salt being '90s Sitcom etc

is this craig's origin story as a mean gay? I hope so!

You should check out the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode “Its only a paper moon” Its the episode that solidified DS9 as my favorite Trek series Its a great episode about PTSD

I'm so happy you brought up that our culture was borrowed from black trans women. It's so commonly left out in these discussions.

Do you remember the Channel 4 show Metrosexuality from like 2001? Would love to see a reaction video to this

Yes Craig later comes out as gay in Craig x Tweek

Dr Elliott has been an inspiration and a great content creator from whom I have learned a lot. Nevertheless, I have quite a few points to disagree with him on this video. 1) Queer spaces being safe spaces for queer people. When he points out that straight people can be allowed in those spaces, that sounds awesome. Nevertheless, he considers that straight men shouldn't be allowed to hit on straight women there: that would weaken the purpose of the place to begin with, because that wouldn't be a safe space for gay people and straight women anymore. It is as if being a straight man and behaving in a certain legal and moral way would hurt both gay people and straight women. But women doing that wouldn't have the same effect. 🤔 2) That takes me to the next thing, which is women tend to be more accepting of straight men in queer spaces in my experience. Why wouldn't men be able to act ethically and still try to have fun in those spaces where he is... Welcome? I don't know anymore. And can women hit on straight men there too? 3) There are certain biases and prejudice attached to being from a certain group. I'm not naive: I know what biases are attached to straight men that helps create that judgment I pointed out on number two. Now, it takes me to the cleanliness, narcissism, elitism and so on attached to the gay community. There is a bias towards them regarding those terms: I agree. Can I jump to a similar conclusion (straight men hitting on straight women in queer spaces as something harmful because straight men are... sus?...) and regard the gay community as generally narcissistic, elitist and clean? That doesn't sound so good, does it? Nevertheless, in my area at least, gay people are well known to have female friends, sure, but most if not all of them are overly beautiful (and only them). Even a gay friend of mine agreed that gay men tend to look only for beautiful women as female friends. Am I saying every gay person is like that? Not at all! But... I would like to know others' takes on this. My point is: you have to agree that every bias has maybe some justification or no bias has any justification at all. Or is it that one prefers to applaud the biases that only affect other communities but the ones i identify with/highly regard? 4) Cultural appropriation is something that is usually used in places where that culture in particular can't speak for itself because no members of that culture are around. It is usually an attack thrown at people who know a little bit of it by somebody who doesn't know that much. Any Mexican in Mexico will tell you that an American/Brit etc. wearing a sombrero is cultural appreciation, a hommage, or maybe just cool. Latinos complaining about cultural appropriation? Sure, they are the ones who were grown in the culture that uses that term to begin with. You won't see any Japanese complaining about anime all over the world. They appreciate the appreciation

8:00 I think this comes from the fact that culture always comes out of the socially orchestrated. Since they don’t fit into the status quo, their self expression is more natural by default, which makes it stand out. Since it stands out, it gets noticed and finds traction in outside circles from the original group. Which in turn makes it culture. This is why things that “blow up overnight” are always weird things. Since if they weren’t weird, they wouldn’t get noticed in the first place

You make a very interesting point about safe spaces for queer culture and why it needs to be protected. Here in Sydney, we had lockout laws by a Conservative government, which basically shut down the red light district for nightclubbing etc. But what it did was send people who usually wouldn’t mix, with other groups into other suburbs. One of the suburbs was new town which historically is a very alternative kind of community in terms of music and cultures especially queer cultures. And what would you know. There was an uptick in confrontations between. Groups, in particular, confrontations by straight guys and the queer community. Because the straight guys could only see it as a bar or an area they wanted to drink in, and they wanted it to be what they wanted it to be. And they thought anybody who was queer was, killing their good time or being in their face. When they were the ones who literally decided to start going out in a predominant. Queer and alternative nightlife area. But it even involved into the usual jock morons picking on guys for having stretches in their ears because maybe they were hard-core or screamo fans. Just absolute high school bullshit.

I haven't been around that many people in my life in general, and probably as a result of that that I don't remember having homosexual people in my circle of friends or acquaintances for any length of time. While I'm a fervent believer in the "live and let live"-mentality, I struggle with coming to terms with overt, obviously ideological and incendiary homosexual or transsexual displays in media. Watching, reading, listening and talking and thinking about media is how I formed most of my philosophical and psychological understanding. That's including positive insight and knowledge (and acceptance) of homosexual and trans culture. That said, I find it distracting, sometimes even disturbing, to see regular old stories, such as Lord of the Rings for example, telling humanist, positive messages being lambasted and quite often actively ideologically attacked and subverted in the name of LGBT positivity. In my view, just like heterosexual people need to weed out the bad actors clinging to antagonist and suppressive mentalities and tactics on their side, so does the LGBT movement need to do the same. It's not okay to otherise, minimise, and even culturally appropriate established characters and IPs in an attempt to "gain ground" like it's some kind of warfare scenario. It's also not fair to hold centuries of grudges and oppression against me personally or the authors and creators I care about, no hurt you personally experienced justifies you (general you) hurting others in return. In my view, everyone needs to grow in acceptance and wisdom, storytellers should be allowed and incentivised to tell the stories they want, be they with gay, minority or female characters or not. I have my own personal challenges myself, which are partly the reason why I haven't met so many people. But for that reason I believe I can relate with the desire and the joy you feel when you are met with tolerance and acceptance. They are great and important qualities to have. But they should not be forced or intimidated. I have seen so much pain and damage caused by these social or economic pressures being put on people, studios, creators. While there is much left to be done, in some ways it has already come full circle, where people can be reverse-oppressed because they are white and straight, and that simply can't be the answer.

"I'm half bisexual." 😂

5:00 LMAO

April 11th never forget

As for the "is being clean gay?" question. I suppose straight guys can be seen as slobs, we're less likely to care about our appearance? Whether there's any truth to that, no idea. I assume that's where this comes from though. I know straight men who are clean and well-dressed, and I know gay men who aren't hyper-concerned with physical appearance and value being comfortable.

I haven't watched the reaction yet but I want to say. I am from America and I've lived in the UK for the past 2 years. A lot of Gay people in America are exactly like this south park episode. Over here in the UK people don't seem to be as flamboyant or in your face about it. I've been to Brighton and kept getting hit on by dudes that seemed totally straight to me and it blew my mind that they were not overly flamboyant. Also when I told the British people I was straight they respected that. In America they would call you homophobic for being straight when being hit on and not being interested in them. I'm excited to watch this reaction and I'm interested in seeing your perspectives.

Can we do The Cissy next it's South Parks 18 th episode from the 18 th Season. The Cissy is the third episode of the eighteenth season of "South Park." The episode focuses on issues of gender identity and the treatment of transgender individuals. In the episode, Cartman claims he is transgender to gain access to the girls' bathroom at school, calling himself "Erica." The school, unsure how to handle the situation, decides to accommodate him by creating a special transgender bathroom, leading to a broader conversation about gender identity and rights. Meanwhile, Randy Marsh reveals his secret persona as the famous singer Lorde, which he uses to express his feminine side and cope with his mid-life crisis. His secret is accidentally revealed by his son, Stan, but instead of being ridiculed, Randy's alter ego is praised, highlighting society's evolving views on gender and identity. The episode uses humor to address serious and timely social issues, showcasing the complexities and challenges faced by transgender individuals in a comedic yet thought-provoking manner.

Would love to see you react to Hey Arnold! Season 4 episode 18, Helga on the Couch. Would love to see how a real psychiatrist reacts to Helga getting therapy on the show and how realistic the portrayal is. ❤

Anything that isn’t “toxicly masculine” has to be defended with this phrase “is it gay to …”. There is no more inbetween lol.

Hey Dr. Elliot you should watch the episode The F-word, they changed the definition of the word, "F*g"

Taste like crab, talk like people.

_"Doctor Analyzes to South Park Is Gay"_ No English.

I think in this context, gay isn't necessarily seen as cleaner - but as being more into self-care. I also think if we went back to the original series, a lot of messy apartments, or long beards, uncut hair etc was really related more to depression than any sort of lax hygiene. But I dont think we started using those terms until the reboot.

" Sooo Sept. 10th ..." ~ Crassly meaning olde school / a different era ...

I had to teach my dad and my husband about using face moisturizer. They had both been taught that skin care was for women and gay men. So a lot of the lack of hygiene comes from toxic masculinity.

As a straight person watching this video i have learnt lots , but I sense undertones of "us v them beliefs" . I think helping making LGBTQ issues aware to the public is great . A recommendation, take it or leave it. Lets not divide an already divided society.

I read that a girlfriend was talking to her boyfriend about showering properly because she was getting UTIs. He said that he doesn't wash his bum hole. That he let's the water wash down his back. That washing his bum is gay. He is a ex now.

By the way when Craig called himself a catamite, that means a young boy used for sex by a grown man

Randy in particular is suggestible, he's definitely the most suggestible out of everyone.

5:55 I think the “clean” thing that is associated with gay men is that it is “manly” to be a little dirty and all that. So I secretly suspect the whole clean thing is a jab at the whole gay men aren’t men thing. That’s just a guess though. 🤔

Dr elliot: 'do straight people have so little identity th' me: 'yes.'

We American LGBTQ+ have a lot to thank UK Queer folk for, mainly Camp. I didn't discover Polare until my 40s even though I'd watched Are You Being Served for years (still adore John Inman as Mr Humphries) and while in my late 20s watched The Naked Civil Servant with John Hurt doing a nearly flawless Quentin Crisp. Also Monty Python. So thanks! 😅🎉😂❤😊

i think people should think about their faults (to me these would be faults as they would be against my moral thinking/views) and understanding where they originate from. most important thing to do when trying to be less racist/homophobic is to understand where these thoughts came from. especially if the thoughts are emotion based and not just learned information wich is easier to discard. beign aware that there is something in the back of your head that can affect your thinking makes it easier to not fall to those feelings. i have had to unlearn alot of shit from childhood and from society in general. also alot of biases from my personal experiences.

I know what I’m about to say will be extremely controversial, but when he said “do the straights really have so little identity…” I was like, well nowadays it’s kinda become the norm to belittle specifically straight white men, and then they feel like their identity is bad or wrong in some way so they try to adopt another to stop feeling so miserable. Nobody wants to talk about it because every time it’s brought up people say in a sarcastic voice “oh those poor straight white men” but to be honest at this point I honestly would hate to be a straight white man in the current area since they seem to get blamed for everything wrong with the world and then have their own identity belittled only to then be made fun of for trying to latch on to other identities. Sorry for the tangent but that’s just how I’ve started seeing things lately.

Jack and Karen are what made Will and Grace funny.

Having a ton of beauty products and spending a great amount of time with polishing their looks outside the fitness studio is just not something straight men do nowadays. Still remember the shit my collegues gave me for tying a ponytail when i let my hair grow long, When i felt like painting my nails black as a grown straight guy, women scoffed at me, asking how old i think i am. When i bleached and manic panicked my hair orange for a month, strangers drove by me in their car to shout at me that red hair is gay. Or i was asked by macho men in muscle shirts if i knew that a guy like could get fucked if he waited in the bathroom stall for a minute. When i pierced both my ears, the reminder cards and invoices from my dentist were changed from Mr. to ms. without ever asking me. And i got a bouquet of flowers every time i got a new inlay from them. ... I'm into women and i'm a soft and quiet guy wearing old jeans and hoodies. And i always have a scraggly beard. Does changing your looks from the norm make you seem gay to everyone else? you tell me. PS: ... getting flowers is oddly nice, so i never complained. :D

Hey Doctor Elliott I love your videos and have been watching a long time You mentioned several times throughout this video about LGTBQ+ individuals being able to maintain their safe spaces. I agree with you, but I'm wondering what you think about women being able to keep their safe spaces such as locker rooms or women's league sports.

This is a serious issue/question, so please, no one get too offended. I’m a straight man, so I acknowledge that this is an outside looking in perspective. This dramatic increase in the numbers of the LGBTQ community, especially in the “T” & “Gender”community goes way beyond any data we’ve previously had. Why would it suddenly increase tenfold? I don’t believe the surge can be explained simply by increased acceptance, social contagion, etc. alone. I have a hunch that many Cluster B’s are infiltrating the Gay community due to particular social advantages they can use and manipulate at this precise moment in time. Some also may be completely unaware themselves, to quote the renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter “Billy hates his own identity and he thinks that makes him a Transsexual”. I think Gender Affirming care has removed some needed safeguards, that helped get people the appropriate help they needed and are currently allowing them to essentially self-diagnose. I’m not sure about the UK, but this seems to be an issue in the USA, where Doctors aren’t supposed to question their patients self-diagnosis, which is terribly concerning. There’s been far more incidents of behaviors & treatment of others that were extremely rare to see in the Gay community, but are trademark Cluster B behaviors. The Gay community has always been extremely supportive and welcoming and I believe that some people, with not the best intentions, are taking advantage of that. I’ve seen behaviors, especially amongst the “activist” class, abuse of power, manipulation, control, etc. I’m not sure what the solution is, I hope we don’t need statistics of dramatically increased violence of LGBTQ on LGBTQ before this is investigated or noticed? I just see a potential for a perfect storm, with people from the Gay community being so sensitive to stereotyping and ostracizing, that they may not recognize or ignore clear warning signs and allow very dangerous people into their social circles and things going very badly. I’d just hate to see that happen. Like I said, I have no idea what the solution is, but it’s a potential issue I see and NO ONE is going to talk about this for fear of being labeled an -ist or a -phobe. Just so we’re clear, I’m not talking about people with legitimate Gender concerns, I’m talking about predatory Cluster B’s., this can be differentiated with proper unbiased testing.

If you want to see aggressive acceptance of homosexuality in the mid 2010s and how it can be toxic, I suggest tweekxcraig!

Just for the sake of my own curiosity; can someone choose to have or to not have a phobia? Isn't a phobia an irrational fear? That term ( homophobia ) has always confused me. It's like choosing to be a theist or an atheist. You're either convinced or you're not convinced that a god exists. The only choice a person has is how they decide to act,

Craig x Tweek next. One of the great episodes.