Reception
Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz of The Star-Ledger thought it was "terrific, especially the vote for kindergarten class president, and the recount-recount-recount bit." Sepinwall added that he was "pretty amazed myself that the South Park guys were able to put together such a sharp election satire so quickly. I called up Comedy Central and found out that they do all the animation in-house on computers that allow them to work much faster than shows like The Simpsons, which contract out all the animation to firms in Korea that take months to complete an episode." Bill Gibron of DVD Verdict described "Trapper Keeper" as "a clever attack on the entire Florida voting debacle in the 2000 election—the show's take on the entire childish nature of the fighting is fantastic. As a Terminator knock-off 'Trapper Keeper' is a lot of fun. But adding in the political element really increases the deliciously derogatory tone."
DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson characterized "Trapper Keeper" as "a clever riff" on Terminator and the controversy of the 2000 election. He thought both plots "work really well, as the show tosses in lots of cool little moments. It's funny and smart, and a good ." IGN's David Galindo called the episode "great", and Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Lisa Davis named Mr. Garrison line "You're all acting like a bunch of kids!" the "best line of the week".
"Trapper Keeper" originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 15, 2000. Though a rerun of the episode aired in the middle of the night on WPIX because of offensive content, a The Star-Ledger critic did not think it was "that dirty to begin with." The episode was included in the UMD South Park: When Technology Attacks that was released on October 11, 2005 for the PlayStation Portable. Other episodes included in the collection were "Best Friends Forever", "Cancelled", "Simpsons Already Did It", and "Towelie".
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