Rick Bentley of "The Fresno Bee" said the biggest laughs from the episode come from the song Chef sings to the elephant and pig. In 2008, Alicia Wade of the "Daily Egyptian" said the episode and its theme about genetic engineering still felt fresh more than 10 years after its original broadcast. In 2009, Travis Fickett from IGN rated the episode an 8.3 out of 10, and concluded, "It's a bit shocking, perhaps offensive to some, but in the context of murdering mutants and five-assed monkeys created by Brando parodies in Hawaiian moo-moos – it all makes perfect sense. And it's all quintessentially South Park."