Handicar

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"Handicar"
South Park episode
Episode no.Season 18
Episode 4
Directed byTrey Parker
Written byTrey Parker
Production code1804
Original air dateOctober 15, 2014 (2014-10-15)
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"Handicar" is the fourth episode in the

Not Without My Anus, Pip, and A Million Little Fibers) not to feature any of the four main characters of South Park: Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick
.

Plot

As

Timmy Burch. The Handicar is Timmy's motorized wheelchair pulling a decorated wagon behind it. Meanwhile, a South Park resident rides in a taxi driven by an angry Russian driver who complains that taxi service has been declining, as Timmy drives by in his Handicar. Also, a Hummer
salesman cannot get customers to come to his sales event, as nearby pedestrians are instead picked up by Timmy.

A group of disabled children are fundraising for summer camp, and Timmy is the leading fundraiser due to his Handicar business. But Nathan, along with his sidekick Mimsy, does not want to go to

rapes Nathan in a restroom worse than the shark. Gerald and Sheila hire a Handicar, but they get a normal driver who discloses that Timmy has expanded to anyone who can get a wheelchair and a "handi-cap" (referring to the hat worn as part of the driver uniform). Multiple people are now drivers for Handicar, as Nathan delivers a line reminiscent of Matthew McConaughey's celebrity endorsement of Lincoln Motor Company
.

A Tesla event hosted by Elon Musk flops, as the audience only wants to know about Handicar. Musk is met by Nathan and Mimsy who suggest that Handicar be proven inferior to Tesla. Nathan and Musk drive up alongside Timmy and challenge Timmy to a race as a fundraising event. Other vehicle groups join in the race and the news reports the return of the Wacky Races, which have been banned due to their brutality. Timmy is unsure about the race, but the other Handicar drivers (now joined by McConaughey) convince him that it will be best for his fundraising.

The Wacky Races begin and the competitors are: a Lyft car, a Zipcar now driven by McConaughey, the angry Russian and his taxi, the Hummer salesman in a Hummer, Elon Musk with Nathan and Mimsy in a Tesla D (equipped with technology that parodies Professor Pat Pending's Convert-a-Car), Canadian actress Neve Campbell in a pink car with square wheels powered by queefs (who resemble Penelope Pitstop), Timmy and his Handicar, a Japanese self-driving car, and the Wacky Racers characters Dick Dastardly and Muttley. South Park residents watch the live coverage on CNN throughout the morning.

The race rules are to race to a passenger waiting to be picked up and then cross the finish line with the passenger to win. After multiple cartoon incidents in the style of Wacky Races are referenced, Dick Dastardly and Muttley cut down a tree, causing multiple cars to crash, but Timmy picks up the passenger and avoids the roadblock. Nathan, Mimsy, and Musk close in, as Nathan attempts to detonate a bomb placed on Timmy's car, but a fleet of Handicar drivers run the Tesla off the road. Nathan and Mimsy steal Dastardly's car and pass Timmy, but as Nathan activates the bomb, instead the Zipcar is blown up causing McConaughey to be thrown into a wormhole, as Mimsy has planted the bomb on the wrong "fake, soft-spoken douche bag that everyone loves". Timmy wins the race.

As a result of his victory, Timmy sells the rights to Handicar to Elon Musk for $2.3 billion, becoming the summer camp's fundraising champion and making the summer camp fundraiser a huge success. At home, Nathan finally tells his mom directly that he does not want to go to summer camp. However, his mom fakes being unable to understand Nathan, as she and her husband have already planned a trip to Italy while he's at camp and she's determined not to let her son ruin it.

Cultural references

Many of the lines by Matthew McConaughey are references to the 2014 Lincoln Motor Company commercials, which he starred in.

Reception

The episode received mixed reviews from critics. The episode received a C+ rating from The A.V. Club's David Kallison.[1] IGN's contributor Max Nicholson gave the episode a 5.0 out of 10.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kallison, David (October 15, 2014). "Review: South Park: "Handicar"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Nicholson, Max (October 15, 2014). "South Park: "Handicar" Review". IGN.

External links

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