Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
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| “Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?” | |
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| South Park episode | |
 The boys ask Sister Anne if the handicapped go to Hell. |
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 57 |
| Written by | Trey Parker Matt Stone |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Production no. | 410 |
| Original airdate | July 19, 2000 |
| Season 4 episodes | |
| South Park - Season 4 April 5, 2000 – December 20, 2000 |
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"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" is episode 57 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on July 19, 2000. It is part 1 of a 2 Part Episode. It links the events and some of the characters of the South Park movie into the animated series.
[edit] Plot
This episode deals with the South Park boys going to their local Catholic Church, where their priest, Father Maxi, shows his ultra-conservative views of religion when he begins to warn the children that they are doomed to Hell on the condition that they do not become more religious. They therefore begin Sunday School classes with a nun named Sister Anne; she teaches them about Communion and confession, and the kids attempt to become more religious. This leads to confusion among the kids who think that Jesus was made of crackers, and that they have to eat crackers and drink wine or else they go to hell.
Issues arise when the kids begin to question some of their classmates (particularly Kyle, who is Jewish, and Timmy, who is disabled and can say little more than his own name). The priest explains that both will go to Hell if they cannot confess their sins, and as a result all the boys try to get these two to a point where they can be given salvation. A little later, as Cartman is in the confessional confessing his sins, Father Maxi starts to grab hold of his neck after hearing about what Cartman has done to him in the past. Cartman thinks that it is God's angry hand, which scares the children even more.
While all this is going on, down in Hell, Satan is in a dilemma when he is caught up between two possible boyfriends: Chris, an overly sensitive man he is living with (voiced by Dian Bachar), and Saddam Hussein, Satan's emotionally abusive ex-lover (from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut). Satan is shocked because he had killed Saddam. Saddam tells him "Well, where was I gonna go, Detroit?", and does his best to butt in on their relationship. It is apparent that Satan is still attracted to Saddam, and he struggles to figure out which man to be with. He even turns to one of his smaller, more obnoxious demons for advice, but gets nowhere.
Back in South Park, the boys are rushing to confession, when Kenny seemingly dies while being run over by a bus, which makes everyone all the more terrified of death while in sin. However, when they get to the church, they discover Father Maxi performing sex with a local (and married) trollop in the confessional. The kids, horrified at the priest's sinfulness, decide to break out of their church, and the episode ends with Cartman directing the children to the creation of a new Christian community, with him at its head.
[edit] Cultural references
- Kyle uses Pascal's Wager to explain why he should adopt Christian practices.
| Preceded by “Something You Can Do with Your Finger” |
South Park episodes | Followed by “Probably” |
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