"It Hits the Fan" (or "Shitesode") 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.
The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and is rated TV-MA L in the United States. Throughout the episode, "shit" or "shitty" are exclaimed uncensored 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 "shits" up to an even 200. "Shit" is uttered roughly once every eight seconds, if one includes the show's theme song in calculations.
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