It’s also one that feeds very nicely into the current season’s recurring focus on school shootings. But given the recent news headlines about how the world is basically screwed on the climate change front now, it’s a gag that feels more timely and more meaningful than ever. This episode marks the third time the series has focused on the Al Gore/ManBearPig rivalry.
If it wasn’t obvious already that Manbearpig is basically just a metaphor for climate change and the public’s reluctance to take activists like Al Gore cereal, this episode made that pretty darned explicit.
