The Guest Stars of
"Starvin' Marvin"
by Wild Willie Westwood
Mabin and the Ethiopians
Known to the boys as Starvin' Marvin, Mabin is an Ethiopian who was brought to the States instead of the Teiko watch the boys would get if they would send $5 a month to support him at home. The boys brought him to school as part of their Show and Tell report, but they were sent to the principal's office to clear things up. Mabin was allowed to take with him all the turkeys that were killed in the Braveheart battle scene between the people of South Park and the turkeys.
The Ethiopians are Mabin's people. Sally Struthers makes commercials asking people to donate some money to feed the Ethiopians, and donors will get a Teiko sportswatch. Little do the Ethiopians know that she keeps most of the money sent to them and indulges herself. Cartman spends some time among them, but can't communicate with them. When Mabin is returned, his kinsmen finally speak, and they sound just like he does.
Marvin returns when the Marklar visit Earth and are devoured by lions. Missionaries come to spread the Gospel in Marvin's town, but he's not swayed. After he finds the Marklars' ship he takes off to find a new place for his people to live in. The U.S. government goes into South Park to find Stan and the other boys, knowing they've met Marvin before. The boys direct the feds to Sally Struthers, who cuts a deal with them. Marvin crashes into Cartman's house and soon takes the boys flying... to a whole new area of space, via a wormhole. They reach the Marklar world and marvel at its beauty and peace, then return to Ethiopia to tell Marvin's people about it. Unfortunately the missionaries and the Feds are there to hear about it, and they give chase once the Ethiopians are in the ship and the ship takes off. Sally Struthers, working with the government, also gives chase. Cartman appeals to Sally's humanitarian efforts in the past to to allow him to do the same for the Ethiopians. She's persuaded and puts a tractor beam on the missionaries' ship. Marvin and his people go for the wormhole, but the other two ships follow them in. All three ships end up on Marklar, where Marvin's people are free to prosper.
A couple in love
This couple was among the first group of people attacked by the pissed-off Thanksgiving turkeys created by Dr. Mephesto. While she commented on the beauty of everything around them, he was sure to tell her none of it was as beautiful as she. She commented on how the foam on the turkeys' beaks reminded her of beautiful suds of beer, and he he complemented her, and… the turkeys attack.
FBI Agents and Red Cross Workers
Principal Victoria calls the Red Cross to report a mix-up concerning Mabin and the Teiko sportswatch the boys were supposed to have gotten. That night, the FBI agents show up at Cartman's house and ask the kid on the sofa to point to the kid they were to take back to Africa. Unfortunately, Mabin was the one on the sofa, and he pointed to Cartman's room. The agents took Cartman away in a bag. After some time in Ethiopia, Cartman runs into some Red Cross workers and tries to get back home with them, but they ran out of funds and can't take him back. Eventually, the FBI agents return to South Park with Mabin's picture, find him, and return him to Africa, and Cartman returns home.
Thanksgiving Turkeys
These are the turkeys Dr. Mephesto created to feed the poor. They got pissed off and escaped his ranch. They began attacking everyone they met, tore through Mr. Garrison's classroom and Chef's kitchen at school, and disrupted the Thanksgiving food grab. Chef organized the town to fight the turkeys, and the turkeys did the same against the town. Both Chef and the lead turkey were dressed like Braveheart leaders.
Sally Struthers
She is the spokeswoman for an organization feeding the needy in Ethiopia. The boys notice that she is big and fat, and so comment that she seems to have no trouble finding food. After Cartman, instead of Mabin, is accidentally sent to Ethiopia, he goes hungry and finds a storage shed filled with Cheesy Poofs, Snacky Cakes, Boogie Bars, and Veal Roll-ups. Then he finds a TV on, and later finds Sally snacking on some cake. She begins to shovel it down when Cartman alerts the Ethiopians to her hoarding all the food. She appears again in "Mecha-Streisand" in a movie studio with Sidney Poitier making a film.
She returns to help the government pursue Marvin and the boys to Marklar, and as a reward she is given Kenny in carbonite. After Cartman plays to her humanitarian efforts, though, she lets the boys go and pursues the missionaries of the 600 Club. One can assume that she returned Kenny unharmed to the boys as a way to thank them for reminding her who she was.