The Biggest Douche in the Universe
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| “The Biggest Douche in the Universe” | |
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 Cartman runs out of time... |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 94 |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Production no. | 615 |
| Original airdate | November 27, 2002 |
| Season 6 episodes | |
| South Park - Season 6 March 6, 2002 – December 11, 2002 |
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"The Biggest Douche in the Universe" is episode the 15th episode of the 6th season of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. It was first broadcast on November 27, 2002 and was the last in a mini-arc depicting Cartman being occasionally possessed by Kenny. The episode is centered around the alleged psychic John Edward, who the entire crew of South Park Studios agreed to be "the biggest douche in the universe." On TV Guide and some cable listings, the episode’s title is shortened to “The Biggest” in order to keep the listings family-friendly.
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[edit] Plot
Cartman is rushed to the hospital after again being possessed by Kenny, the first occurrence of which was in the episode "A Ladder to Heaven" when he mistook Kenny's ashes for chocolate milk mix. The doctor tells his mother Liane that Cartman is "running out of time," which apparently is an actual disease that can be treated with a "time transplant." Upon hearing of all this, Chef decides to take Cartman to the Crossing Over TV Show and have John Edward talk to Kenny from beyond the grave. Stan, Kyle and Liane travel to New York to be in the audience. At the show, Edward merely makes uselessly vague statements about Kenny, and advises Kyle that his grandmother wants him to "look for four white doves".
Disappointed with Edward, Chef takes Cartman to his parents in Scotland and have them perform an exorcism. Kyle and Stan are about to fly back to Colorado when Kyle spots a poster advertising a school called Jewleeard. He decides that since its logo incorporates four white birds his grandmother's spirit wants him to attend the school, so he rushes off to enroll himself. Stan goes to Edward's house, and asks him to tell Kyle that what he does isn't real, which only serves to greatly offend Edward, who insists that he has the special power to communicate with the dead. Annoyed, Stan calls Edward a "douche" causing Edward to lock himself in his panic room. Before Stan leaves Edward's house, he steals four of Edward's books, to learn more about cold reading (and "How to 69 with Yourself").
In an attempt to persuade Kyle, who is now decked out in a long beard, that what Edward does is just a trick, Stan demonstrates cold reading on some passers-by as they stand in the street outside Jewleeard. But this backfires when the crowd believes that Stan actually has psychic powers, and he is immediately given his own show. Edward becomes jealous at the competition from Stan, but Stan continues to insist that Edward is a liar, a fake, and a douche. This prompts Edward to challenge Stan to a psychic showdown.
Meanwhile, Chef's parents successfully exorcise Kenny's spirit from Cartman, but since Chef has not brought a "victim child" into which to transfer the spirit, it flies around their house before occupying a pot roast. Cartman returns to his normal self and Chef's parents give him the roast to take back to South Park.
At the psychic showdown, Stan finally convinces Kyle and much of the audience that, although it may be comforting to think of their deceased relatives talking to them, such a fate isn't a particularly desirable one- especially if it means that they have to talk to Edward. Edward continues to claim that he is special so he is obviously overjoyed when a large spacecraft suddenly crashes through the studio roof, and several bizarre-looking occupants emerge, asking especially for him. Much to his chagrin, however, he discovers that the aliens are actually the nomination committee for the annual "Biggest Douche in the Universe" awards, and have come to take him to the award ceremony. Once taken there, Edward wins the prize — beating out a variety of aliens including one that is literally a giant douche. He earns a trophy, flowers, and a sash, and as the credits roll the Miss America theme music plays, with the words changed to match the situation.
[edit] Kenny / Rob Schneider’s death
Having seen trailers for Rob Schneider’s latest comedy vehicles (The Stapler, A Carrot and Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb, all rated PG-13), we see Schneider pick up the pot roast at the airport — and when he eats it, he is possessed by Kenny. It is turned into a movie, Kenny, wherein he plays himself, possessed by an eight year old boy from Colorado named, surprisingly enough, Kenny. Kenny “dies” after Rob Schneider is shot in the head and impaled by a flagpole, reminiscent of his death in the episode “Weight Gain 4000.”
[edit] References to other works
- After Chef’s mother exorcises Kenny’s soul from Cartman’s body, she says, “This child is clean.” This is a reference to the movie Poltergeist.
- The music played at the very end of this episode, just before the Biggest Douche in the Universe Award Ceremony, is actually the sample played in the Heroes of Might and Magic III computer game. Many other audio samples from this game have been used in South Park episodes.
- When Chef announces that they will be going to New York, Cartman’s mother mentions that Hairspray is playing. This musical contains music and lyrics written by composer/lyricist Marc Shaiman, who helped Trey Parker with the music and lyrics for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, as well as the Christmas songs episode.
- At the time of this episode’s original broadcast, Rob Schneider was about to star in The Hot Chick. The running gag is that all of the fictional trailers follow the same basic plot: a very successful or unsuccessful man is somehow transformed, whether it be into an animal, a woman, a stapler, or a carrot. This point is furthered in the episode with a trailer clearly showing a plot exactly the same as these, but with almost every word spoken in complete gibberish. The term “derp” that is used in one of the Rob Schneider trailers was invented when South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were shooting the movie BASEketball to describe "a stupid joke that you could see a mile away," commenting on their criticism of Schneider’s movies. Mr. Derp, for example, was the name of Chef’s replacement in “The Succubus.” Asked about being parodied on South Park, Schneider responded in an About.com interview: "I loved it. That was genius. I thought the only thing, they were too nice to me...When you’re spoofed by the best people in the business, that’s an honor."[1]
- “The Biggest Douche in the Universe,” a term used to describe the supposed psychic John Edward, was used again by Penn Jillette in his and Teller’s show, Bullshit!. According to the commentary for this episode, Trey Parker described the creation of the episode as being centered around John Edward who the entire crew of South Park Studios agreed was "the biggest douche in the universe." That was until Matt Stone asked the question “Well, what about Rob Schneider?” leading to the fictional trailers.
- During the scene where the boys are at the taping of the John Edward show, a Visitor can be seen behind the woman between Chef and Cartman's mom. Another Visitor is a member of the Biggest Douche in the Universe committee.
[edit] Goofs
In the scene where they are at the show of John Edwards, a figure of an alien appears on one of the bodies behind the children. This happens when there is a close up of the children when John Edwards is talking to them. You can see a faded outline of an alien on the person behind the children.
| Preceded by “The Death Camp of Tolerance” |
South Park episodes | Followed by “My Future Self n' Me” |
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
- The Biggest Douche in the Universe at the South Park Studios Episode Guide
