The Death of Eric Cartman
| "The Death of Eric Cartman" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 906 |
| Original air date | April 13, 2005 |
"The Death of Eric Cartman" is the sixth episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 131st episode overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 13, 2005.
In the episode, the other boys begin ignoring Cartman, leading to him concluding that he must be a ghost. Cartman tries to get into heaven by doing "good deeds", but fails in the end.
Plot
Stan's mom to come home with KFC for dinner. When she arrives, the boys help her unload her groceries, but Cartman remains behind, eats all the chicken skin, and goes home to sit on the toilet and read comic books. Enraged, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny decide Cartman has finally crossed the line and start to ignore him. The other kids in their class go along. Cartman, unable to conceive that anyone would ignore him, thinks he has died and become a ghost. Cartman's mother has a new toilet installed after Cartman destroys it with his chicken skin defecations
. Cartman goes home and mistakenly believes that the toilet is his body when he sees a box being carried out of the house by plumbers. He also hears his mother cry, and believes that she is crying over his death. However, she is actually having sex with one of the other plumbers.
anal probing
). Now genuinely traumatized, Butters accepts that he has been imagining Cartman's visits, but Cartman breaks into the asylum to get his help again.
The two consult a
Butters' parents
arrive with the doctor with the probe, and Butters realizes he is going back to the asylum.
Production
Tasmania, Australia. This is significant because Parker felt it was refreshing to have an idea just come to him rather than having to actively try to come up with ideas with the rest of the writing staff. Parker said he instantly had everything worked out except for what it would be that Cartman did to anger the other boys. It wasn't until late in the production of the episode, when nearly all animation was finished, that the opening scene was finalized. Parker, Matt Stone, and the rest of the writing crew were eating KFC one day when somebody mentioned how annoying it would have been if somebody just ate all the skin off the chicken before they ate it. They decided to go ahead with this idea because it seemed to slot in so perfectly.[1]
The series' running gag of Cartman waking up Butters by calling his name out menacingly while standing next to his bed originated in this episode. The episode is included on the two-disc DVD collection The Cult of Cartman.[2]
References
- ^ Parker, Trey; Stone, Matt (2005). South Park season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "The Death of Eric Cartman" (DVD). Comedy Central.
- ^ Monfette, Christopher (October 2, 2008). "The Cult of Cartman DVD Review". IGN. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
External links
- "The Death of Eric Cartman" Full episode at South Park Studios
- "The Death of Eric Cartman" at IMDb
