<P> "It Hits the Fan" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 66th episode of the series overall . It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on June 20, 2001 . In the episode, the word "shit" is said uncensored on television on the crime show Cop Drama . After this, everyone starts saying "shit" over and over, which eventually brings over a mysterious plague that unleashes the ancient Knights of Standards and Practices, and only Chef and the boys can save the world . </P> <P> The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and is rated TV - MA in the United States . Throughout the episode, the profanity "shit" or "shitty" are exclaimed uncensored a total of 162 separate times; in syndicated or re-aired versions of this episode, a counter in the bottom left corner of the screen counts the number of times the word has been uttered . The written occurrences are not counted, but "shit" is written 38 times, which puts the "shit" s up to an even 200 . On a statistical average, the word "shit" is uttered roughly once for every eight seconds of showtime; one such count includes the episode's theme song in the calculation . </P> <P> Kyle has tickets to go to The Lion King on Stage, but Cartman tells him that the HBC crime show Cop Drama is going to use the word "shit" uncensored . The broadcast of the show leads to widespread acceptance of the word, even in schools, causing people to use it constantly, in casual and often out of context during conversations . Furthermore, Ms. Choksondik is forced to clarify the acceptable context of the word--as a noun or adjective meaning bad, or as an exclamation of disappointment, the word is acceptable, but as a noun or adjective referring to feces, it is apparently unacceptable--thoroughly confusing the children (this is a reference to the real - life FCC standards of indecency). A strange illness that causes people to spew up their intestines and die suddenly rises in South Park, so action is taken . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison teaches the kindergartners not only about the word "shit," but also about the word "fag," which he is allowed to say uncensored because he is homosexual . Later, in the local bar, he demonstrates this when he says the word uncensored, but any heterosexual who attempts to say the word is bleeped out . Finally, Jimbo also says the word, but is not bleeped . </P>

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