vote in order for the giant douche to win, and Kyle demands that he change his vote. Disgusted with the electoral process, Stan once again refuses to vote. The school administration decides that Stan must be banished from the town for all eternity or until he decides that voting is important. He is literally spat on by the townspeople and his shirt is ripped off piece by piece, before he is placed on a horse, bound with a bucket over his head, and sent off into the woods, much to Stan's irritation about how far they'll go to prove their point, with Butters' father blowing a horn to signal the horse to escort Stan. Stan's horse randomly takes him to a PETA compound where he finds that PETA's members live closely with animals, practicing zoophilia and even interbreeding with them. Stan explains his banishment to the PETA members, who tell him that an election "is always between a douche and a turd" because they are the only people who suck up enough to make it that far in politics. Combs shows up at the camp to kill Stan, but is distracted by a PETA member who throws a bucket of red paint on his fur coat. Combs and his posse retaliate by gunning down all the PETA members. The animals flee, and Stan manages to escape but gets shot in his arm. Returning to South Park, Stan is finally convinced to vote and chooses turd sandwich. Despite his vote, giant douche still wins the election, 1,410 to 36. Stan initially points out that his vote did not matter, but his parents inform their son that all votes matter, even if it is for the losing side. Suddenly, Mr. Garrison runs in with the news that the PETA members have been discovered murdered. As a result, the cow is reinstated as South Park Elementary School's mascot. Randy tells Stan that now his vote did not matter, leaving Stan with an appalled expression as he went through so much trouble for nothing. Reception and release Slate described the episode as being "the epitome of everything great about the show". "Douche and Turd", along with the thirteen other episodes from South Parks eighth season, was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on August 29, 2006. The set includes brief audio commentaries by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone