| The Bad News Plastic Surgeons | |
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| Season 2, Episode {{{number}}} | |
| [[File:The Bad News Plastic Surgeons Title Card.png|250px]] | |
| Air date | March 24, 1998 |
| Storyboard by | Greg Emison |
| Written by | David Feiss |
| Directed by | David Feiss Robert Alvarez |
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The Karate Chick is the first of three segments from the episode "The Bad News Plastic Surgeons, The Exchange Stüdent, I.R. in Wrong Cartoon" the eleventh episode of the second season of Cow and Chicken, and the twenty-third episode overall. The episode premiered on March 24, 1998 on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis
Chicken becomes the star player of the Plastic Surgery team, with Cow as the head cheerleader.
Plot
At school, Teacher is holding an assembly. She points out that their school has won many sports championships, but none for Plastic Surgery. As such, the school has hired a new coach for the Plastic Surgery team, C.D. High Knee. Dr. High Knee enters the auditorium, saying that he will help them get the state championship. Chicken is interested and joins the team, with Cow following along.
Out on the football field, practice starts. Dr. High Knee tells Cow that she will not only be Chicken's assistant, but head cheerleader. The pantsless doctor grabs a student and puts her on the operating table, telling Chicken to change her face into that of a crab, holding up a picture for reference. Chicken gets to work, and Cow hands him the tools he needs. When he finishes, the student has a crab for a head. Dr. High Knee says that while Chicken did make a crab, it doesn't match the picture, and has him try again on Flem, saying to surprise him. Chicken performs the surgery, making Flem's face into that of a pretty girl. Dr. High Knee is pleased and enters the team in their first match. Shortly after, the first Grade School Plastic Surgery contest is underway. Chicken's team is against the 6th graders. Both teams are tasked with making their patient look like a banana slug. Chicken works hard while Cow cheers in the background. At the end of the contest, Chicken's team has successfully made their patient have the head of a banana slug, while the other team's patient's slug head looks infected and melted. Chicken's team qualifies for the state championships.
Dr. High Knee talks to Cow and Chicken in the locker room. He says that he is proud of them for their progress, but worries that the other team will definitely beat them if they are tasked with making their patient look like a photorealistic beaver. Dr. High Knee adds that beavers have always been their school's weakness. Later, at the championships, Chicken's team sees the team they will be up against: actual plastic surgeons who were still attending grade school (according to Dr. High Knee, the surgeons are terrible at math). For the first round, both teams must make their patients into sperm whales. They both do well, leading to a sudden death tie-breaker. The referee declares that the teams must make their patients into beavers. Chicken goes to Dr. High Knee for advice. But, before the doctor can offer it, police cars drive out onto the field. A cop asks High Knee for his plastic surgery license, but on reading it, the cop finds that High Knee is actually a plastic pipe salesman from Oregon. The cops take High Knee away, leaving Chicken in a panic. Cow slaps some sense into him, saying that Chicken was the one who performed the surgeries, not the fake doctor. Chicken realizes Cow is right, and preps for surgery, but Flem points out there are no volunteers for their side left. Chicken decides to do the surgery on himself.
The two teams get started with the surgeries. The opposing team is using a chainsaw, but it runs out of gas halfway through the procedure. The round ends, and the opposing team's beaver does not look good. Chicken, however, has made himself into a photorealistic beaver, winning the championship for their school.
The episode ends with a title card for the Cow and Photorealistic Beaver show, where Chicken is getting used to his new life as a photorealistic beaver.