Convinced that his dream is a message from God, Cartman corrals Stan, Kyle and Kenny into assembling a band called "Fingerbang".
Stan's father Randy inexplicably throws a fit when he discovers what his son is up to and forbids him to take part in the band.
Deeply in debt and properly shamed, Randy was forced to sell his possessions and return home with the remainder of his earnings to complete his education.
However, after a heart-to-heart father-to-son conversation, Randy agrees to let Stan play, deciding that his son has to make his own mistakes in order to learn.
Stan and Randy arrive in the nick of time but Kenny is crushed to death by an elevator, reducing their numbers once more to four.
Wendy's audition song—"Mrs. Landers was a health nut"—is an adaptation of the traditional schoolyard rhyme "Miss Susie."
Randy's fit of rage, ending in him head-bashing the glass doors of a china cabinet and shouting "No!
parodies a scene in Star Trek: First Contact, in which Captain Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, acts in a similar manner.