Culture Shock

Culture Shock is the first episode of Season 5 of the 90's series

## Characters

* Kim Choi
* Jeung Choi
* Otto
* Antoni
* Marie (mentioned)
* Kim Choi
* Walter
* Seoung-Cho (flashback)
* Rhino
* Antoni's Family
* Baxter the Parrot
* Nico the Dog
* Topi
* Kang-Il (mentioned)

## Plot

Kim swaps households with a Colombian family. Once Otto overcomes worries that Kim is missing, he learns to appreciate a culture he knew very little about.

## Summary

Following the Events of the previous episode, Jeung Choi is seen flying through the sky, only to fall in a rhino farm, Jeung Choi wakes up from his dream, Otto is looking through a telescope, it seems like their in the US,

while Otto plays some tennis at a GYM. When Otto finds himself losing, he lashes out and gets thrown off the court.

then finally arrive to briefly admire the Staute Of Liberty before boarding a hovercraft that will cross a TV Channel. They eventually arrive in Pennsylvania. Jeung Choi uses his Texas skills to get a rental car for the group (resulting in some humorous scenes where he curses out other drivers during a traffic jam), and Otto buys some French bread. they drive to a Hispanic neighborhood where Jeung Choi will be staying with Kang-Il's pen pal Antoni Lopez

Antoni is a gracious host who appreciates Jeung Choi making an effort to learn his native tongue, but Antoni's abuela thinks he must have an obvious crush on his sister. Antoni then gets worried that Otto went to his Pen Pal who is on vacation, as it must be some mistake as no one has ever stayed at the Pen Pal. When Jeung Choi asks about it, Antoni says Topi's Vacation Resort is owned by the Baron, a vile reclusive man who hates everybody, especially foreigners. Antoni makes some phone calls in an attempt to find Otto, but no one has seen him and Otto says he is afraid he cannot help Otto until they meet up at school.

The next morning, Kim sleeps in the car to avoid being humiliated, but the Rooster wakes her up catches on to her ruse and makes it clear she's going to take part whether she likes it or not. Also, when Jeung tries to remind Kim to wake up,

At Antoni's school, Antoni's friends are excited for their exchanges, save for Tubby Ripps (Seoung Cho's pen pal), who would rather quit if he was not on the honor roll, and refuses to trade places with Antoni under the thought of hiding his beautiful face under a head scarf. Jeung Choi tries to correct her with saying the Lopezs are from Colombia, not Bolivia, but ends up having to insult Tubby Ripps when he tries to pun on him. After the teacher silences everyone again to say what she wanted to say, everyone goes with their new families to begin their week of cultural exchanges.

## Background Information

* This is the seventh *Happy Family* episode to tackle a serious issue, which is discrimination and racism. The first was "It's The End Of The World as We Knew It" which discusses Misinformation, "Seoung's Crazy Car" which discusses Addiction "Jeung Choi and the Stinky Smoke" which discusses Smoking and Cigarettes, *Otto And The Poor Family*, which discusses poverty, The Shivering Wind, Which discusses Child Abuse, and The Refugee Neighbor, which discusses war and refugee,
* This is the first season to be animated by D'Ocon Films in Spain, The animation studio behind The Fruitties,
* In Germany, this episode was banned from airing on Junior (a channel owned by Studio 100) although it does air the episode of *The Smurfs*, *Lure Of The Orb*, where Poet, Painter, Harmony, Handy, and Farmer use an orb that Poet got from a witch to get inspiration and energy,
* On 2019, The Official Happy Family YouTube Channel cuts the scene where Tubby Ripps says Antoni's family came from Mexico due to racism

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