<P> Stan's Uncle Jimbo and his Vietnam War buddy Ned take Stan, Kenny, Kyle, and Cartman on a hunting trip in the mountains . As they arrive, Jimbo explains to the boys how to hunt . Whenever they see a creature, they shoot it after yelling, "It's coming right for us!", so they can claim the shooting was in self - defense . Stan does not have the proper temperament to enjoy hunting, and finds himself unable to shoot a living target . Unlike Stan, Kenny is able to shoot animals, impressing Jimbo . Meanwhile, South Park geologist Randy discovers that the mountain on which the boys are hunting is a volcano that is about to erupt . He reports his findings to the Mayor, who directs one of her aides to make appropriate decisions about the crisis . </P> <P> During the hunting trip, Jimbo proclaims Kenny his honorary nephew, upsetting Stan . When night falls, Cartman tells the story of Scuzzlebutt, a creature that has a piece of celery in place of one of its hands and Patrick Duffy for a leg . The boys are skeptical, so Cartman decides to dress up as the creature the next morning in order to convince and scare them . When he disappears the next morning, the others set out to find him . They then see Cartman disguised as Scuzzlebutt and start shooting at him . When they catch up with Cartman at the base of the mountain, Stan tries to shoot him in order to redeem himself in his uncle's eyes . However, he is unable to do so and the delay gives Cartman time to remove the costume . At a lower elevation, Randy orders the South Park residents to dig a trench to divert the lava away from the town . </P> <P> Suddenly the volcano erupts . The hunters try to flee, but find themselves trapped on the other side of the trench . The real Scuzzlebutt then appears, and Jimbo apologizes to the boys for their seemingly imminent deaths, just before realizing that Scuzzlebutt is weaving a wicker basket to carry the hunting party to safety . The lava then flows through the trench just as Randy planned, but due to a miscalculation he made, the trench leads the lava to Denver, destroying it . However, in a misguided attempt to prove he can kill something and impress his uncle, Stan kills Scuzzlebutt . Jimbo is less than impressed, telling Stan that "some things you do kill and some you don't". Ned states that he now understands the folly of guns and drops his rifle, which accidentally fires, killing Kenny . Stan does not understand, since Jimbo tried to kill Scuzzlebutt earlier and other animals and wanted to impress Jimbo like Kenny did, Jimbo points out that Kenny is dead and that Stan will always be Jimbo's nephew . Finally, the boys decide that hunting is stupid and confusing, thus decided to go home to watch cartoons . </P> <P> "Volcano" was written and directed by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone . The episode was inspired by volcano - related Hollywood disaster films, such as Dante's Peak (1997) and Volcano (1997), which came out around the time they were writing the script; Parker and Stone considered the films two of the worst ever made . Stone said, "If you watch this episode and then go watch Volcano, this makes more sense than Volcano does ." Debbie Liebling, who served as a South Park producer at the time of the episode's broadcast, said the volcano erupting in South Park helped establish the setting as a place where "anything can happen". Although Stone and Parker acknowledged that a volcano could not actually erupt in this Colorado town, they felt they were entitled to create the episode anyway because the Volcano film was set in Los Angeles; Stone said, "If they could do it, we could ." Similarly, the duo acknowledge the tunnel built in the episode would not really divert the lava, but they included it because Parker said, "Any movie today, that's basically how dumb they are ." </P>

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