Marklar

:For the x86 version of Mac OS X, see Marklar project.

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The Marklars are a fictional alien race that featured in an episode of the animated series South Park. The word marklar is also a generic word used by the Marklars, similar but not entirely unlike smurf.

Related Topics:
Alien - Animated series - South Park - Generic - Smurf

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In South Park episode 311 (Starvin' Marvin in Space) much of the action involves the Marklars, who use the word "marklar" to represent the meaning of any adjective, verb, or noun, including proper nouns. For example, all Marklars are named Marklar, and everything on the planet Marklar (or the "marklar Marklar") is also called Marklar. This technique was previously used, to a greater extent, by the Smurfs, but they did it to verbs. Marklar refer to all people, places and things as Marklar. If you would smurf all the marklars, there won't be a single marklar that would smurf what you just smurfed.

Related Topics:
Starvin' Marvin in Space - Adjective - Verb - Noun - Proper noun - Smurf

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For some reason, the variety of meanings of marklar was no problem for the Marklars; just as humans are able to understand homophones based on context, the Marklars seemed to understand their language fine. This was demonstrated when the Marklar leader, Marklar, simply said, "Hey, Marklar," and one particular Marklar stepped out of the crowd, knowing somehow that he was the one being referenced.

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Marklar is not used as a conjunction or article, nor is it normally used in the place of a pronoun, although pronouns may reference marklar. Unlike a pronoun, the referenced word need not appear in the same sentence, nor even ever have been used by the speaker at any time. The plural form is marklars.

Related Topics:
Conjunction - Article - Pronoun - Plural

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On being welcomed to the planet, Marklar (the leader of the Marklars) said: "Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar."

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Other examples:

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:"You see, young marklar. Those marklars don't care about marklar marklar. They just want to take your marklar and marklar their own marklar. The only marklar for this is to marklar."

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Or:

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:Kyle: "Marklar, these marklars want to change your marklar. They don't want this Marklar or any of his marklars to live here because it's bad for their marklar. They use Marklar to try and force marklars to believe their marklar. If you let them stay here, they will build marklars and marklars. They will take all your marklars and replace them with Marklar. These marklars have no good marklar to live on, so they must come here to Marklar. Please, let these marklars stay where they can grow and prosper without any marklars, marklars, or marklars."

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Physically, the Marklar species is similar to humans, but with orangish skin, large, bald heads and somewhat large hands. They seem to be a fairly kind race, in that they allowed the starving Ethiopians to move to their planet. They were seen briefly in another episode, "The Red Badge of Gayness," and were mentioned in the episode "Cancelled," where it was revealed that they hate the unnamed aliens from the Horsehead Nebula.

Related Topics:
The Red Badge of Gayness - Cancelled - Horsehead Nebula

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