"Pulp Addiction" (パルプ・アディクション, Parupu Adikushon) is the sixth episode of season 1 and the sixth overall episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. It first aired on October 15, 2010.
Vengeful sperm Ghosts cause a shortage of tissue paper.
Plot[]
The soldiers running across the battlefield.
The episode starts with the narration of a random soldier, named Portschach, who is in the middle of a war zone. He says he can't wait for the war to end, and that all he really wishes is to go back home and start a family. Most of the soldiers, including Portschach, are told by a disturbed (nearly mad) soldier they must defeat general Scottie, in order to live. Upon landing, they are ordered by their general to run up a hill, but suddenly, gigantic tissue boxes appear from within the horizon, disintegrating most of the soldiers upon contact. Portschach, barely alive, assures that if it weren't for the tissues, they would have 'finished'.
The setting changes to the church's front yard, where the milkman is seen rolling Chuck over and crashing his bike. Garterbelt, whose afro is completely inflated, tell Panty and Stocking the tissues are gone, making it impossible for him to relieve himself. Panty tells him that's what the mouth is for, but Garterbelt assures her it's nowhere near the same satisfaction. Garterbelt than proceeds to explain it is not only the tissue paper, but that many other types of papers are missing. Garterbelt climaxes in the middle of his explanation, causing Heaven to send them a clue to a Ghost's whereabouts.
Panty and Stocking being surrounded by the Cowpers.
The Anarchy sisters are sent to the Paper Plant, in order to investigate the matter further. Upon arriving, they are greeted by the Cowpers. Stocking proceeds to remark how cute she thinks they are, while the Cowpers explain that if it weren't for the evil tissues, they would have finished their mission. The Cowpers, enraged at the angels' indifferent attitude towards their issue, attack Panty and Stocking, but are easily defeated by them.
The setting changes back to Portschach's narration, where he repeats he can't wait for the war to come to an end. This time gigantic tissue boxes doesn't appear from the within the horizon, however, they soon realize they can't complete their mission, because they're trapped inside a condom.
In the English sub, Stocking says that Panty's breath smells like squid. In Japan, many people believe that semen smells like squid.
This episode marks the first time that Panty is not shown having sex with someone.
The censor bar seen at the top of the hill.
The uncensored version.
During broadcasts of the episode, three camera angles of the hill seen at the end of the episode are covered with a censor bar. However, the English dub removes the censorship entirely.
In the DVD extra, "Outtakes", Jamie Marchi revealed that the "tiny dancer" line was written before she was even casted onto the show's English dub.
Cultural references[]
The episode's title is a reference to the 1994 American film Pulp Fiction.
Furthermore, in the English dub, Panty says "Yada, yada, with great vengeance and furious anger!", which is a reference to a line from Pulp Fiction.
The episode's prologue is a direct reference to the 1998 American war film Saving Private Ryan.
