Mr Garrison was in part inspired by a kindergarten teacher who taught Trey Parker and who used a puppet named Mr Hat as a teaching resource.
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Mr Garrison was in part inspired by a kindergarten teacher who taught Trey Parker and who used a puppet named Mr Hat as a teaching resource.
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Mr Garrison was inspired by a British literature professor Parker had at the University of Colorado.
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Mr Garrison was portrayed as a closeted homosexual and was ashamed and afraid to be open about it as a result of this.
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Mr Garrison pretended to have extremely negative views on homosexuality in earlier episodes, not unlike his racism .
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Mr Garrison constantly held a puppet known as "Mr Hat", which he used as a sort of second, more aggressive personality, as well as for emoting his internal conflicts.
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Mr Garrison first announced he was gay in the season four episode "4th Grade".
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At some point after the release of his book and its winning the Gay Pulitzer Prize, Mr Garrison had a nervous breakdown and fled South Park to become a hermit, where he eventually came to terms with his gay tendencies.
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Mr Garrison even went so far as to cheerfully proclaim himself a "fag" repeatedly to anyone he encountered.
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Mr Garrison was rehired by South Park Elementary but as the kindergarten teacher since his old job was then held by Ms.
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However, when Mr Garrison found that he could sue the school for substantial compensation if he were discriminated against, he attempted to be so offensive he would be fired.
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Mr Garrison's plan did not succeed, and he was instead praised for being "courageous".
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In "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" as well as "Jakovasaurs", it was implied that Mr Garrison has practiced bestiality with Cartman's pig and a pigeon, respectively.
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Mr Garrison fails to punish Cartman for making jokes about breast cancer in "Breast Cancer Show Ever" and only punishes him when he defecates on his desk.
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Mr Garrison carries a gun and badge with him in class at all times, despite being told the teachers do not carry guns.
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Mrs Mr Garrison realizes that there have been no menstrual periods after the operation, leading her to believe that she is pregnant.
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Mr Garrison goes to go talk with Dr Biber and demands her genitals back, but he says that he made her scrotum into a dorsal fin for Gerald and implanted her testicles into Kyle.
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Mr Garrison finally accepts her new situation after Kyle causes her testicles to explode during a basketball game, when they were used as kneecap implants that Kyle put too much stress on.
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Mr Garrison even claims that whoever cannot make babies is a male, including infertile women.
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Cartman was intersex and Cartman's father are a lie – while Mr Garrison tries to steer Cartman away, Cartman convinces him to bring out Mr Hat, and Mr Hat confesses the declaration of Ms.
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The episode ends with an abrupt cliff-hanger while Mr Garrison is about to reveal the identity of Cartman's father.
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Mr Garrison realizes that he will be incapable of actually performing his duties as the president if he were to be elected, and tries repeatedly to sabotage his own campaign, even outright telling his audience to vote for Hillary Clinton instead of him.
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Mr Garrison plays a role in the season's conclusion by helping to defeat the season's other antagonists, but remains in power, flanked by member berries.
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Mr Garrison was intended to play a role in resolving the conflict between the male and female students in his classroom that had developed over the course of the season, taking responsibility for causing their behavior.
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Parker and Stone were forced to rewrite the season's final episodes to accommodate Mr Garrison being elected as president, and felt that they could not resolve some of the season's storylines in a satisfying way as a result.
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In Season 21, while claiming he can handle societal psychology despite being informed his approval ratings are very low as depicted in the episode "Doubling Down", a desperate Mr Garrison ends up running back to South Park after launching a nuclear weapon at Toronto that killed a million Canadians in the end of "Super Hard PCness".
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Mr Garrison was absent in Season 22 with the exception of a scene in the season finale, "Bike Parade" where he was in handcuffs.
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President Mr Garrison reappears in "The Pandemic Special" episode as an antagonist who wants the virus to continue killing people, because it is killing Mexicans.
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In Season 23, Randy calls him Mr Garrison before correcting himself with "Mr President", reminding viewers that he is still Garrison and not Donald Trump.
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In "Weight Gain 4000", furious at Kathie Lee Gifford for a talent show he and Mr Garrison had lost years ago, Mr Hat convinces Mr Garrison to kill her, which he attempts to do.
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Mr Garrison rejected this, and Katz was never able to counterpoint because he was killed shortly afterward by a gigantic novelty firework.
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Mr Hat was not seen again until the climax of the episode "200", when Eric Cartman demands to speak with him, at which point Mr Garrison produces Mr Hat from a dresser drawer, and despite his initial reluctance, Garrison again seems to illustrate an inability to control Mr Hat, and again addresses him separately.
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Mr Garrison temporarily replaced Mr Hat with Mr Twig, who consisted of a twig wearing a purple shirt with a pink triangle symbol.
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Mr Garrison's voice was identical to Mr Hat's until his final scene in "Chef Aid", where he spoke with a French accent.
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Mr Garrison got back with Mr Hat after Mr Twig advised him to follow his heart.
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