Goobacks

"Goobacks"
South Park episode
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 7
Directed byTrey Parker
Written byTrey Parker
Production code806
Original air dateApril 28, 2004 (2004-04-28)
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"Goobacks" is the seventh episode of the eighth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 118th overall episode of the series. In production order it is the season's sixth episode. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 28, 2004.

In the episode, people from a poverty-stricken future year of 3045 travel back in time to find work, via a recently discovered time portal. When the boys try to earn some extra money, the time-traveling immigrants are willing to do the same work for next to nothing, causing the boys to lose their jobs. This affects the town's economy and the employment of the original occupants.

"Goobacks" serves as a satire of illegal immigration, and mocks both sides of the debate concerning it.[1] The episode is widely-remembered as the origin of the catchphrase "They took our jobs!".[2][3]

  1. ^ Travis Fickett (December 11, 2008). "South Park: 10 Great Moments in Diversity". IGN. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  2. ^ Thomas Anderson (March 15, 2010). "12 Best 'South Park' Political Parodies". ScreenJunkies. Break Media. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  3. ^ Jim Schembri (April 28, 2011). "The Day the Immigrants left, Wednesday, May 4". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2014-05-06.