Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000
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| Episode no. | 50 |
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| Airdate | April 12, 2000 |
| South Park - Season 4 April 5, 2000 – December 20, 2000 |
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"Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" is episode 50 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on April 12, 2000.
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[edit] Plot
It all starts when Cartman throws a rock at Token, the only African American child at South Park Elementary. While not racially motivated (despite the fact that Cartman is clearly a racist in other episodes), Cartman is charged with a hate crime and thrown in juvenile hall. There, he tries to avoid being beaten up by the other, tougher inmates, and tries to smuggle in supplies to his cell mate, Romper Stomper, who promises to help him break out. To do this, Cartman has his friends bring supplies, which he sneaks past the guards by forcing items backwards through the anus and storing them in his rectum. Unfortunately, when Cartman sneaks in another object (Tic-Tac-Throw) Romper Stomper tells him there is no way out. Cartman bursts into tears and Romper Stomper, filled with remorse, decides to help Cartman.
Meanwhile, the boys are trying to deal with an upcoming sled race down the Phil Collins hill with the South Park girls (led by Lizzie), and realize that, without Cartman's extra (and excessive) weight on the back of their sled, they cannot go as fast. They decide to break Cartman out, and ask Token to forgive Cartman. Token is perfectly willing to do this, and his father helps the boys make a presentation to show the governor. In their presentation, the boys declare that hate crime legislation is illogical and "a savage hypocrisy" since all crimes are based on some kind of hate, and inflicting worse punishments for crimes against certain groups simply works to promote the idea that these groups are separate and not the same. Meanwhile, Romper Stomper helps Cartman sneak out. Cartman ruins the escape scene. When Romper Stomper falls over, he tells Cartman to keep going, Cartman does so. An annoyed Romper Stomper tells him to say "I can't leave without you" and then tells him to take his Stompers. Cartman takes them, says thank you and walks away. An annoyed Romper without Stompers tells him to say "no. I can't take these, they are too special." Cartman does so and keeps going, leaving an annoyed Romper Stomper to feel relieved.
The governor, confessing that the three eight-year-olds Stan, Kyle and Token (Kenny has already been killed at this point) had given the most logical presentation he had seen in years, agrees to pardon Cartman. Cartman helps them to win the sled race, and Lizzie is eaten by a bear. Meanwhile, Cartman goes back to jail to visit Romper Stomper. He then complies with his wish of going to Disneyland by literally crapping it out on the toilet.
[edit] Trivia
- Cartman is confined in the Alamosa Juvenile Hall. However, according to Colorado's Division of Youth Services there is no juvenile hall in Alamosa, Colorado.
- During the chase, a reference is made to the "285 corridor" highway. This is a refernce to the 285 highway, an actual highway in Colorado.
- Though many people think this is the first new episode of the new millennium, the actual first episode of the 2000s was the Season 3 finale "World Wide Recorder Concert."
- This was the first of the four South Park episodes to have "2000" at the end of the title, spoofing the fact that, in early 2000, seemingly every piece of media had the year 2000 behind it.
- The girl who insults the boys throughout the episode who later gets eaten by a bear could be a female version of Kenny. She wears her parka hood over her head the whole time and has a sexually advanced vocabulary. She also dies at the end of the episode.
- Because this was first episode in which Token speaks, Matt Stone and Trey Parker assumed one of them would do his voice. After numerous failed attempts they both agreed they couldn't get the "black" inflection down. This prompted them to recruit Adrien Beard to provide the voice because "he was the only black person in the building at the time."[citation needed]
- This episode marks the first time Pip swears (he calls Cartman a "Fat ass,").
- During this episode, Clyde is being remarked as the "second fattest" kid of the 8-year old boys, next to Cartman.
- Kyle's rant in Pig Latin (They on't-day? Why the ell-hay ot-nay? It ook-tay our-fay hours-ay to ake-bay this oddamn-gay ake-cay, and now we're otally-tay ewed-scray!) translates to "They don't? Why the hell not? It took four hours to bake this goddamn cake, and now we're totally screwed!"
- During the boy's presentation to the mayor, their drawing of the sled race includes Kenny on the sled, even though he has already died in the episode.
- During the scene where the FBI come in to arrest Cartman, his chair moves around the room as we switch from shot to shot. Fistly he is sitting on a chair to Token's right (our left), then he is standing as there appears to be no chair, he is then sitting again, later in the scene another chair appears on Token's left (our right), this appears to be a mistake.
- Cartman's prison number is 24601, but after he and Romper Stomper break out, the back of Cartman's orange prison uniform says 26354.
[edit] References to Pop culture
- This episode is a spoof of the HBO series Oz, which borrows the theme for the prison.
- The name of Cartman's cell mate, Romper Stomper, is a reference to the toy stilts he wore which was a popular toy made by Romper Room. It is more appropriately a reference to the Australian film Romper Stomper
- Similarly, the Tic Tac Throw game that was played in the prison is a reference to Mattel's Toss Across
- Cartman's cell number is 24601, a tribute to Les Misérables.
- Cartman trying to run away from the police with Kenny's Bronco is a reference to O.J. Simpson's famous low-speed chase with police through the Los Angeles area.
- The confusion of the location of highway 285 in this episode is due to the sign used in the episode. The 285 in Colorado is a US Route, which is represented by a white shield on a black background. The 285 in Georgia is a US Interstate, which is represented by a red and blue shield. The red and blue shield sign for a US Interstate was improperly used in the episode.
[edit] Kenny's Death
Kyle, Stan and Kenny try putting some bricks on the sleigh to match Cartman's weight, but they spin out of control. Stan and Kyle jump off, but Kenny flies off the sleigh and into a tree, where he gets smashed by the bricks.
Stan: (almost casually) Oh my god. We killed Kenny.
Kyle: We killed Kenny?
Stan: Yep, we killed Kenny. We're bastards.
| Preceded by: "World Wide Recorder Concert" |
South Park episodes | Followed by: "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000" |
