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"King Joseph!” is the 977th episode of SML Movies.
Synopsis[]
Joseph is the KING of Africa!
Plot[]
Junior, Cody, and Joseph suggest to go to the movies to watch Godzilla vs. King Kong, but Cody think Godzilla and King Kong join forces to fight evil King Kong. Suddenly, a doorbell ring, Junior and Cody get a visit from Eswatini citizen Shabala Kuami, wanting to see Joseph. When he finds him, he explains how his great-grandfather led the country of Eswatini years ago, but passed on while serving and left his throne behind. Istanbul Hisfriendfromschool is the glorious king of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) for over 60 years. He's a master of killing hippopotamuses with his bare hands, killing a man with snake bite, performing miracles, and being the number one elephant racer in Africa. Tragically, Istanbul didn't die in a series of unfortunate events like an elephant race accident, a lion attack, and a fire that burned down his hut. Later, he ultimately lead to his death from a common cold due to the lack of medicine in Eswatini. He flies them out to the country and appoints Joseph to the king of Eswatini, giving him the throne and several other privileges.
Joseph's new bodyguard, Teri Yaki, finds a young kid unconscious and brings him to Joseph. He spits on him as requested by Shabala but fails to save his life. Teri then takes him away to a tiger, and brings Shabala, Junior, and Cody to hunt for food for Joseph only to find the same tiger. The tiger corners Junior and Cody, who manage to counter-entrap and kill it to be brought back.
Despite killing the tiger, Joseph refuses to eat it and prefers Popeyes over a tiger. Teri then receives an alert from the Wachuchu tribe, the most endangering group to Eswatini. Shabala then begs for all of the kids' credit card information from their parents to prevent the inevitable genocide, but when pressed for an answer, Shabala admits that he is actually Tyrone in disguise and schemed the whole plan with Cody's family to scam everyone's parents so that they can pay the bills.
Back at home, Junior is disappointed as he says he thought Joseph was the King of Eswatini. Joseph then says he actually thought he had a purpose in life, which Junior agrees as he says that it actually looked really cool for him to be the King of Africa, but then notices Cody, texting on his phone. Junior asks Cody who he's texting, which Cody says that he's texting his mom to let her know that blackface is offensive, and asking who Uncle Leroy is, and who he killed. Junior then talks to him about "Leroy and Stitch", which confuses Cody.
Characters[]
- Joseph
- Junior
- Cody
- Tyrone (Shabala Kuami)
- Judy (Rashiki)
- Uncle Leroy (Teri Yaki) (debut)
- The Tiger (actually a man in a costume)
- Jamal
- Istanbul Hisfriendfromschool (animation)
Trivia[]
- This episode was uploaded a year after "Breaking Bad!", three years after "Taken To Court!", four years after "Black Yoshi's Big Bamboozle!", five years after "The Science Fair!", eleven years after "Delta Shrimpo", and fifteen years after "The Nintendo DSi".
- This video was also uploaded on the 15th anniversary of SML Movies.
- This is Jamal's first appearance in 2024, his first appearance in the Human Puppet Era, and his first appearance since "Black Yoshi's Chicken Sandwich!" nearly four years prior.
- The country of Eswatini has the lowest life expectancy in the world with a measly 33 years of age.
- This is the first 2024 episode to have Joseph's name on the title.
- Joseph's crown is used from King Strongbottom.
- This is the first episode since "Cody Goes To Kindergarten! Part 2" where Brooklyn Guy doesn't appear.
- This is Judy's first appearance since "Bad Super Bowl Commercials!".
- Boukisha's puppet is used for Judy's blackface form.
- This video was uploaded a day before the Solar Eclipse happened on April 8, 2024.
- In Chilly's vlog, Logan was originally going to make a video about Jeffy, Marvin, and Rose seeing the Solar Eclipse but was cancelled due to rain in San Antonio and Austin, Texas.
References[]
- The song "Cucumber" is a parody of the traditional African folk song "Kumbayah".
- At 7:07, Junior references the Frosted Flakes mascot, Tony the Tiger's catchphrase: "They're grrreat!"
Errors[]
- There are no tigers in Africa, they are found in Southern and Eastern Asia. Though, this was likely done for stereotypical purposes.
- Joseph's crown in the thumbnail was nothing like the one in the video. Additionally, the crown was worn over his hat.
- At 6:01, an Amazon box can be seen.
- In the description, Joseph's name is misspelled as "Joesph".
- Eswatini is not the poorest country in Africa, the poorest country in Africa is South Sudan.
Poll[]
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