Yeah, it was one of those moments that made me think Cartman didn't actually care about who his father was. He just wanted answers because he was ticked that people were lying to him because how dare they lie to Eric T. Cartman. After all, Mitch the hand puppet is just something Cartman made up. It's an extension of himself, meaning Cartman knew deep down that people were lying and he just needed an excuse to find answers.
I kinda get why they would cover up the truth. I get that you shouldn't keep shit from Cartman if it's something he'll care about but given how gingers are treated in SP, I can't blame the fact that he might suffer from the ginger gene along with his kids in the future that's probably non-existant.
I love it because theres still a balance of both. Like yeah he’s a whole sociopath, BUT what makes it so funny is that he IS still a bratty little kid.
@@nicholasaugello2534 Yeah, I'd argue the season before this was showing Cartman's shift into a heartless little shit. Trying to steal a dying kids' operation money or refusing to give his kidney to Kyle, both with gloating. As Stan spells out to the audience, he is SO going to hell when he dies.
I'm not saying what Cartman did was right but it was in a way a satisfying comeuppance for Scott for manipulating and stealing from a naive kid and not giving him back his money
@@albertthepeacock8020Yeah honestly this all was just a lesson on how you shouldnt mess with people you dont know what theyre capable off. This reminds me of some news i heard were some dude was talking on phone verte loudly and an old man told him to shut up but the guy made fin of him, kept talking and throwed popcorn to his head, which made the old man pull out a gun and kill with five shots the guy (the old man was a retired cop)
“Cartman is arguably the most iconic character in the show” I don’t think it’s arguable, he is. Maybe Kenny is a close 2nd because he’s very recognisable and unique.
Kenny was definitely always the notable star of the show in the early days, but if we were to break up the show into distinct eras, I'd say Cartman is the most iconic in the middle and possibly later seasons. Randy might take 1st place for the modern seasons, either serialized or post-serialized. But like yeah, overall I'd say Kenny is the most iconic, with Cartman at no. 2, and probably Randy in 3rd place.
There is versatility in Cartman being both "casual racist" evil and "feed you your own parents" evil. Cartman doing reprehensible things can be funny, karma kicking him in the nuts is even funnier.
Honestly, I prefer episodes where he's actually the hero. Mostly because it's a direct subversion of his character, such as Make Love Not Warcraft. He is inarguably the hero in that episode due to leading the charge against that massive butthole griefer.
The reveal, with Cartman saying "what, that you put pubes in your chili?" still sends chills down my spine. To this day, it's some of the most effective television writing I've ever seen, and the subject matter is literally about putting Pubic Hair into chili.
While I’m not the biggest South Park fan, I’m more of a casual fan who only watches it once in a blue moon, I think this episode is amazing and it is definitely one of my favorites.
@@danhentschelfan I think the lady running it probably thought cartoons was only for children so didn’t think twice; I think the channel was Comedy Central 😭
I still think you should do a full breakdown of 200 & 201, and the story surrounding them. They are two of, in my opinion, the greatest episodes in all of South Park!
I've always seen this episode as South Park's "Homer's Enemy". Maybe not my favorite episode ever, but one with an ending and buildup to that ending so shocking that it ups the ante for the show as a whole.
the episode cartman went from being the bad egg of south park to the cruel, evil, sociopathic bastard we all know and love. and it would also help make this episode 1 of the 2 most beloved episodes rivalled only by make love not warcraft
Weirdly my favorite part of this was that when I was binging through the full series back when they were all free on southparkstudios was the very next episode OPENS with a joke that you shouldn't piss Cartman off because he'll make you eat your parents. And the other boys back it up.
I was hoping he talked about the twist that Scott Tenorman was Eric's half-brother because even though it's from a banned episode, it's a huge twist. I do hope they try to revist it since the banned episodes are really difficult to find a way to watch, so many people probably don't even know the twist. It would be nice for them to bring the story back up again, so people can find out even if they haven't seen the banned episodes and it would be perfect for current south park since they do serialized stories pretty often or at least elements and Scott could make for a good story or even a good idea for one of the paramount movies.
Aswell as how genuinely psychotic Eric is in this episode, as he laughs and licks his tears at the end, it’s just a good episode. It’s so funny and the humour is on point 😂!
This was definitely the episode that showed me how irredeemable Cartman truly is. This as well as his actions in The Passion of the Jew have to be the worst things that Eric has ever done.
I know someone watching the show for the first time. They are on season 2 right now. Can’t wait till they get to this episode to see their reaction ti how they took Cartman
I've heard a lot of people say that if the show had ended sooner or if this had happened later it would have been viewed as Flanderization. In any other show a character going from 'casual prick' to 'evil mass murderer' would be viewed as massive Flanderization. But due partially to the show running so long afterwards and partially because the first 3 seasons get ignored so often it somehow worked and became the new norm
(The only times prior to this Cartman was anywhere near that bad were the Church two-parter in S4 where he founds a cult, and the Re-enactment episode in S3 where he tries to rebuild the CSA. And in both cases there were mitigating circumstances and other people pushing things along as well).
That’s not really what Flanderization is, though. Flanderization is slow and happens for very specific reasons. As shows get longer and creators leave and writers come and go, some newer writers will interpret a character by one of their more distinguishable traits and over time it slowly warps the character until they’re defined entirely by that one trait. I think Flanderization with Cartman would’ve been more like, Matt and Trey leave, new writers come in, they know Cartman is anti-Semitic and over time that becomes Cartman’s ONLY character trait. Every second he’s on screen it’s always about “Oh Cartman is anti-Semitic,” and everything else about the character is thrown to the wayside.
Man I remember when I kind of hated this episode not because it’s bad it’s honestly pretty great, but because watch mojo would always put this in every of there South Park top 10 or top 20 videos.
Eh, better off without Bratty Shithead Cartman. As dumb as he can be, Evil Petty Cartman is way better and shows that even adorable bastards are virtually demons even with their moments of humanity.
You forgot to mention that Cartman once threatened Phillip (from Terrence and Phillip) that he'll make him eat his parents in the episode "Earth Day" and Stan backed him up by saying "He'll do it dude"
Haha, I almost pissed myself when I first saw that one. The way he gets fucked over again and again I was on the floor. And then the end happend. I lost it. Hilarious
Man this episode truly was a once in a lifetime gamechanger. And I'm glad it is because Cartman truly is one of the most I love to hate characters of all time.
I thought Johny2Cozy was just some random person who made edits of your work and I was lowkey mad that they took yours for their own channel. I'm happy I know now it's you and now I can watch it finally to fall asleep to
i cant believe they brought this whole thing back as well cartman real dad in 200 & 201 where its revealed that Cartman's real Dad was Jack tenorman who played for the Denver broncos and is also Scotts dad as well making him and cartman brothers the craziest call back twist in my entire life
This episode is a core memory with my parents 💀😂 Years ago, this episode came on, and my dad tells me and my mom, “you have to watch this! Wait for it!” and so my mom and I are sitting through the episode, asking my dad what gives, and he just keeps saying “wait for it!” Then finally, there’s the big reveal, and my mom and I are just sitting there like 😳😳😳 while my dad is laughing his ass off, and my mom and I are like “you made us sit through 20 minutes of this episode so we could see Cartman feed this kid chili made with his parents?!?!” I’ll never forget it 😂😂
A detail that's actually pretty overlooked about Cartman's excuse over his grandma being in the hospital; two episodes in and his grandma actually did die and he inherited her state That's actually a neat attention to detail on top of making Cartman look more like an ass
In the ep before this (super best friends), Cartman says he doesn’t wanna die yet bc he hasn’t gotten his pubes. Which is why he goes to buy them from Scott
I've got to admit, I'm very mixed on this episode. There's a part of me that truly thinks that this episode would've been a bit funnier if Cartman actually ate Scott's Pube chilli, almost like in Cartman's messed up head, he's thinking "me eating pubes is nothing compared to what I'm about to do to you!" So even though he comes out on top, he still looks like a bit of a jackass. Like at the end when he says "That's all, Folks" show him smiling with pubes in his teeth. The biggest issue that I have with this episode, is that it showcases that Cartman can never lose. He'll always have the upper hand. And even when he doesn't, he'll either still think that he does, or someone else (normally Kyle) will end up suffering for it more than Cartman. Strangely even in episodes where that isn't really the focus. I kind of miss episodes like Awesome-O and Cartman sucks where Cartman loses and looks like a fool, with no one to blame but himself.
I remember seeing this episode the night it premiered. I was 15 watching it by myself on my bedroom TV. For those last 30 seconds my mouth was literally hanging open 😦 When the credits started rolling I yelled “WHAT?!?!” at no one.
I think, while shocking during the time it aired, that scene holds a lot less weight when you consider how many people most south park characters hurt or killed. Heck Randy himself is literally mexican joker and spread Covid to everyone.
I love that this episode makes you feel bad for rooting for Cartman at the end, like you want to see him get the better of scott but then it gets escalated to an insane level
Has much as 200 and 201 have a special place in my heart, the twist kinda conflicts with the simplicity that made Scott Tenorman Must Die so effective in my opinion. Having the members of Radio Head call you a pussy after just learning your parents been mutilated over $10 is the most depressing yet funniest shit ever.
They should make a follow up episode showing flashbacks to the big dad reveal with Scott. So future casual fans will be caught up with this important update.
I think I’ll always remember watching this for the first time. It was summer, I was home alone, a new South Park episode was on, and I was having a great time. Cut to the end, where I was utterly horrified. Just shocked and horrified. Of course I watched it again the next night with my dad and I thought it was just hilarious the second time.
The genius of this episode is how it almost seems to be going the other way and punishing Cartman with a kid so much crueller than him that we almost feel bad for him and want him to take revenge. Even the other kids are rooting for Scott to humiliate Cartman and sabotage his supposed scheme, not even for any provoked reason like in most episodes they are warring with Cartman. As much incompetent scheming he does in this episode, Cartman didn't start this one, he is trying to fight back against a bully and is pretty pitiful for most of the episode and it seems all built up to finalize this episode long parade of misery. And then he gets his payback...with HEAVY interest. The audience sure got what they wanted, right?....Right?.... :P
While i understand the things that happened to scott in this episode was insane, I’m surprised the pony had nothing to do with it. I know it was sorta a red herring to cartman’s real plans, but it would’ve been a nice cherry on top for the pony to do what Cartmantrain it to do at the end instead of cartman licking his tears.
Great points about how Cartman became the sociopath we all know and love, and sidenote: I love how the 201 Chili Con Carnival was modelled after the Joker's twisted theme park ride seen in the famous Batman comic The Killing Joke. And please let's not start a comment chain about the bad animated movie adaption.
Something that Matt and Trey have mastered beautifully and makes South Park great even now, is their ability to escalate a situation. Most eps are about one or more of the boys wanting something or to do something. And then the episode continues, hilarity following suit. This ep just started off with Cartman being scammed and ending with him feeding a boy his own parents and humiliating him in front of his idols. Just my writing that sounds insane, yet the episode builds up to it perfectly. Especially if you already have the context of future and even more evil Cartman in your mind while watching. At that point your just waiting for the shoe to drop.
At the show's beginning, Eric was indeed just an annoying little asshole. He didn't do anything any other kid in South Park wouldn't do. He was just brat seeking attention because his mom didn't actually love him. But everyone made fun of him because he was fat, even the main cast that are supposed to be his friends. Scott Tenorman was only a breaking point. Maybe if people hadn't made fun of him he wouldn't have become that monster he is now known for. Not justifying all the horrible things modern Cartman has done, but all those things happened because he never recieved the love evryone (that kids) need and deserve. The Covid special shows that, when Eric gets out of that toxic environment and finds people that unconditionally love him, he can be a good person. But we'll never see that, because no one ever gave Eric a chance. Not even before he became an actual monster. Society loves pointing at monsters, but does nothing to prevent those monsters from existing in the first place.
This is easily my favorite SP episode. We spend most of it seeing Cartman getting shit, and we end it with one of the best twists in television, that pushes Cartman from a racist, homophobic, sexist, whiny, spoiled brat, to an actual violent sociopath. 10/10.
This is what the Pure Evil Wiki (and Near Pure Evil Wiki) calls the Moral Event Horizon (MEH). It’s when a villain does something so horrible that they have completely lost all chances of redemption.
Episode 200 and 201 being banned episodes is such a shame. They are two of the best episodes of the entire show not just because of the pay off but they’re just hilarious episodes that some fans done know exist
I have this belief Eric's real father is Dr. Alphonse Mephesto. They look similar, they are both mad scientist level crazy, and Mephesto conducted the DNA test.
The most genious thing is that even though this development was definitely more evil than anything he'd done in the past, it didn't feel inconsistent with his character.
I own the very first South Park season box sets and I have the uncensored version of the super best friends episode. I feel so powerful when I watch it lol
Hi Johnny, if you’re looking for South Park video ideas, I’m personally interested in a video on season 19. This was South Park’s first full attempt at serialization in my opinion, and it was way better than their next attempt with season 20. While some hints at serialization were in previous seasons like 6 and 18, this is a full-on story about the entire town looking back on their past and doing a fresh start thanks to PC culture, with different plots about immigration, Yelp reviewers, safe spaces, the LGBTQ+ community, and an entire 3 part finale about advertising as well as gun control later on. This one is particularly special because a lot of episodes here were genuinely really good like Tweek X Craig and Safe Space (The City Part of Town is also an underrated highlight for me), and also they sprinkle in callbacks and foreshadowing every chance they get to connect all these otherwise slightly episodic episodes together. The City Part of Town, for instance, takes place after Garrison announced he was running for president (Where’s My Country Gone), had some jokes about Kyle being asked not to give speeches (also Where’s My Country Gone) and Craig being called homosexual (Tweek X Craig), and the ending at Whole Foods features David and his family who would later appear in You’re Not Yelping. I could go on with the synergy all these episodes have but I’m interested hearing your take on this part of South Park history.
I think what kinda pulls it all together is the horrific tone of cartman’s reveal (the music, the characters’ reactions, etc) being kept up while Cartman childishly mocks scott and brags abt tasting his tears as if he just beat him at connect four or smth lol
The craziest thing about the half brother reveal is that apparently being a narcissistic obsessive psychopath is apparently biological and run in Eric's father's side of the family
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i want to add that what horrified Cartman the most out of Scott's reveal was that he was part ginger.
And what redeems his biological relationship in his eyes is that he’s also half Denver bronco’s 😂😂
Yeah, it was one of those moments that made me think Cartman didn't actually care about who his father was. He just wanted answers because he was ticked that people were lying to him because how dare they lie to Eric T. Cartman.
After all, Mitch the hand puppet is just something Cartman made up. It's an extension of himself, meaning Cartman knew deep down that people were lying and he just needed an excuse to find answers.
The only thing worse would be Cartman finding out he’s Jewish.
I kinda get why they would cover up the truth. I get that you shouldn't keep shit from Cartman if it's something he'll care about but given how gingers are treated in SP, I can't blame the fact that he might suffer from the ginger gene along with his kids in the future that's probably non-existant.
@@dnmstarsito be fair, the way gingers are treated in SP mostly boils down to Cartman treating them like that.
He was a bratty little kid in the early seasons but now, He’s a whole sociopath, I love this change a lot actually
It's a very gradual shift in how he devolves into a villain
I love it because theres still a balance of both. Like yeah he’s a whole sociopath, BUT what makes it so funny is that he IS still a bratty little kid.
South Park is the only show that can Flanderize their characters and still be entertaining
@@nicholasaugello2534 Yeah, I'd argue the season before this was showing Cartman's shift into a heartless little shit. Trying to steal a dying kids' operation money or refusing to give his kidney to Kyle, both with gloating. As Stan spells out to the audience, he is SO going to hell when he dies.
Well Scott was going to make him eat pubes, humiliated him and just wouldn’t give him his money back.
That is actually Radiohead voice acting in the episode, which makes the laziness of the voices even funnier!
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@@KingQuantShi this episode came out WAYYYY before ai became popular, dont start pulling the "its ai" card
@@alienbonez wtf how did this comment end up here lol, this was meant for the new jcs video lol. RUclips must of glitched.
"Nuh nuh nuh nu nuh nuh nu, I made you eat your parents!" - Eric Cartman
I'm not saying what Cartman did was right but it was in a way a satisfying comeuppance for Scott for manipulating and stealing from a naive kid and not giving him back his money
I watched this episode in my daycare 😭😭
@@albertthepeacock8020Yeah honestly this all was just a lesson on how you shouldnt mess with people you dont know what theyre capable off.
This reminds me of some news i heard were some dude was talking on phone verte loudly and an old man told him to shut up but the guy made fin of him, kept talking and throwed popcorn to his head, which made the old man pull out a gun and kill with five shots the guy (the old man was a retired cop)
“201”
Scott: You killed your own father, and then you fed him to your half-BROTHER!!!
Cartman: No! NOOOO!!!!
“Cartman is arguably the most iconic character in the show”
I don’t think it’s arguable, he is. Maybe Kenny is a close 2nd because he’s very recognisable and unique.
Yeah I'd say Kenny is the argument, esp given the early days of "you killed Kenny"
Kenny is only known because he's the subject of one of the most iconic running gags in tv history
Kenny was definitely always the notable star of the show in the early days, but if we were to break up the show into distinct eras, I'd say Cartman is the most iconic in the middle and possibly later seasons. Randy might take 1st place for the modern seasons, either serialized or post-serialized.
But like yeah, overall I'd say Kenny is the most iconic, with Cartman at no. 2, and probably Randy in 3rd place.
You just said it's not arguable, then proceeded to offer an argument against it.
@@dan7478 yeah but they acknowledged it's not a good counter
There is versatility in Cartman being both "casual racist" evil and "feed you your own parents" evil.
Cartman doing reprehensible things can be funny, karma kicking him in the nuts is even funnier.
Like when Wendy beat the shit out of him
@@jurgenparkour9337 or when he became school (or class idr) president
Shouldn't he go to prison for inderect menslaughter. I mean he did planed the whole thing, and he addmited it?
@GabeKis-fz8tn bro you're looking way too into it 😂
Honestly, I prefer episodes where he's actually the hero. Mostly because it's a direct subversion of his character, such as Make Love Not Warcraft. He is inarguably the hero in that episode due to leading the charge against that massive butthole griefer.
The reveal, with Cartman saying "what, that you put pubes in your chili?" still sends chills down my spine. To this day, it's some of the most effective television writing I've ever seen, and the subject matter is literally about putting Pubic Hair into chili.
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We all make mistakes, even RUclipsrs like Jerry 2 Chellos.
While I’m not the biggest South Park fan, I’m more of a casual fan who only watches it once in a blue moon, I think this episode is amazing and it is definitely one of my favorites.
I watched this episode for the first time in daycare 😭 I didn’t even know parents could die let alone someone can feed them to you 😭😭
@@Jordan64852what kinda daycare did you go to tf?? why would they play south park in a daycare 😭😭
@@danhentschelfan I think the lady running it probably thought cartoons was only for children so didn’t think twice; I think the channel was Comedy Central 😭
I still think you should do a full breakdown of 200 & 201, and the story surrounding them. They are two of, in my opinion, the greatest episodes in all of South Park!
Definitely going to!
Blooms actually already did that if you need that right now
He did
I've always seen this episode as South Park's "Homer's Enemy". Maybe not my favorite episode ever, but one with an ending and buildup to that ending so shocking that it ups the ante for the show as a whole.
Speaking of a "shocking end" relating to Homer's enemy... pun intended?
@@Appolyon No and that's the funny part!
the episode cartman went from being the bad egg of south park to the cruel, evil, sociopathic bastard we all know and love. and it would also help make this episode 1 of the 2 most beloved episodes rivalled only by make love not warcraft
This is the Cartman episode, which completly stopped the possibility of a Redemption Arc for him.
Post-Covid comes pretty close, tbh.
Weirdly my favorite part of this was that when I was binging through the full series back when they were all free on southparkstudios was the very next episode OPENS with a joke that you shouldn't piss Cartman off because he'll make you eat your parents. And the other boys back it up.
I was hoping he talked about the twist that Scott Tenorman was Eric's half-brother because even though it's from a banned episode, it's a huge twist. I do hope they try to revist it since the banned episodes are really difficult to find a way to watch, so many people probably don't even know the twist. It would be nice for them to bring the story back up again, so people can find out even if they haven't seen the banned episodes and it would be perfect for current south park since they do serialized stories pretty often or at least elements and Scott could make for a good story or even a good idea for one of the paramount movies.
@@jessaminemanchesterit was because they depict the prophet Muhammad and an Islamic extremist group threatened the studio
I still use the insult, "You are so goddam stupid, it's unbelievable."
Aswell as how genuinely psychotic Eric is in this episode, as he laughs and licks his tears at the end, it’s just a good episode. It’s so funny and the humour is on point 😂!
I would love to see an It's A Wonderful Life special where Cartman is raised with his older half-brother.
One of the best episodes of the series and the moment Eric become a monster of pure evil
Yeah
I agree
I watched this episode for the first time in my daycare 😭 scared me for life 💀
Fun fact: They actually brought Scott back as a background character (in season 24 episode 2) dancing in the cematary
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This was definitely the episode that showed me how irredeemable Cartman truly is. This as well as his actions in The Passion of the Jew have to be the worst things that Eric has ever done.
I watched this episode in my daycare and it scared me for life 😭
I would strongly beg to differ minus the chilli con carnival
What about him making that one therapists wife kill herself in the TMI ep?
I know someone watching the show for the first time. They are on season 2 right now. Can’t wait till they get to this episode to see their reaction ti how they took Cartman
I've heard a lot of people say that if the show had ended sooner or if this had happened later it would have been viewed as Flanderization. In any other show a character going from 'casual prick' to 'evil mass murderer' would be viewed as massive Flanderization.
But due partially to the show running so long afterwards and partially because the first 3 seasons get ignored so often it somehow worked and became the new norm
(The only times prior to this Cartman was anywhere near that bad were the Church two-parter in S4 where he founds a cult, and the Re-enactment episode in S3 where he tries to rebuild the CSA. And in both cases there were mitigating circumstances and other people pushing things along as well).
I hate the word Flanderization.
@@fictionalmediabully9830 Yeah, the Word is such a stupid thing and plus the characters don't even change like that like people claim they do
@@chancedream1583
Is it really that hard for people to just say, "this character has been simplified/exaggerated/recontextualised."?
That’s not really what Flanderization is, though. Flanderization is slow and happens for very specific reasons. As shows get longer and creators leave and writers come and go, some newer writers will interpret a character by one of their more distinguishable traits and over time it slowly warps the character until they’re defined entirely by that one trait. I think Flanderization with Cartman would’ve been more like, Matt and Trey leave, new writers come in, they know Cartman is anti-Semitic and over time that becomes Cartman’s ONLY character trait. Every second he’s on screen it’s always about “Oh Cartman is anti-Semitic,” and everything else about the character is thrown to the wayside.
Man I remember when I kind of hated this episode not because it’s bad it’s honestly pretty great, but because watch mojo would always put this in every of there South Park top 10 or top 20 videos.
NOT WATCH MOJO 😭😭
This guy sounds like he might have 2 cellos
I Heard his name was johnny
Cartman going from a little brat to a murderous lunatic just makes seeing him get what's coming to him more satisfying.
Cartman was such a cute character the first four seasons. And now that Cartman is gone.
Eh, better off without Bratty Shithead Cartman. As dumb as he can be, Evil Petty Cartman is way better and shows that even adorable bastards are virtually demons even with their moments of humanity.
You forgot to mention that Cartman once threatened Phillip (from Terrence and Phillip) that he'll make him eat his parents in the episode "Earth Day" and Stan backed him up by saying "He'll do it dude"
Haha, I almost pissed myself when I first saw that one. The way he gets fucked over again and again I was on the floor. And then the end happend. I lost it. Hilarious
Man this episode truly was a once in a lifetime gamechanger.
And I'm glad it is because Cartman truly is one of the most I love to hate characters of all time.
Somehow, what shocked me the most about this scene is how detailed the severed finger Scott Tenorman pulled out of his bowl of chili.
i caught the scene where cartman explains his entire scheme in its entirety, by accident when i was 8 :)
I love that it was Matt and Trey trying to get people to understand that he isn't a good person.
I thought Johny2Cozy was just some random person who made edits of your work and I was lowkey mad that they took yours for their own channel. I'm happy I know now it's you and now I can watch it finally to fall asleep to
It’s very disturbing how far Cartman was willing to go to get back at Scott Tenorman.
Kyle: Dude, I think it’s best we never piss Cartman off again.
Stan: Good idea.
i cant believe they brought this whole thing back as well cartman real dad in 200 & 201 where its revealed that Cartman's real Dad was Jack tenorman who played for the Denver broncos and is also Scotts dad as well making him and cartman brothers
the craziest call back twist in my entire life
Such a south park thing to do 😂
Loving all the south park content. I still haven't watched it since I was a kid, but I like seeing the show from your perspective.
Carmen will die, but who will pull the trigger?"
This episode is a core memory with my parents 💀😂
Years ago, this episode came on, and my dad tells me and my mom, “you have to watch this! Wait for it!” and so my mom and I are sitting through the episode, asking my dad what gives, and he just keeps saying “wait for it!”
Then finally, there’s the big reveal, and my mom and I are just sitting there like 😳😳😳 while my dad is laughing his ass off, and my mom and I are like “you made us sit through 20 minutes of this episode so we could see Cartman feed this kid chili made with his parents?!?!”
I’ll never forget it 😂😂
Oddly enough, this episode brought me and a childhood friend together and we realized we share a dark sense of humor.
i binged south park, never really grew up watching it
but when i watched this episode i was like
oh shit there it is south park is gonna go wild
A detail that's actually pretty overlooked about Cartman's excuse over his grandma being in the hospital; two episodes in and his grandma actually did die and he inherited her state
That's actually a neat attention to detail on top of making Cartman look more like an ass
In the ep before this (super best friends), Cartman says he doesn’t wanna die yet bc he hasn’t gotten his pubes. Which is why he goes to buy them from Scott
I love that of my ten favorite South Park episodes, only about two of them are among the most popular episodes.
I've got to admit, I'm very mixed on this episode. There's a part of me that truly thinks that this episode would've been a bit funnier if Cartman actually ate Scott's Pube chilli, almost like in Cartman's messed up head, he's thinking "me eating pubes is nothing compared to what I'm about to do to you!" So even though he comes out on top, he still looks like a bit of a jackass. Like at the end when he says "That's all, Folks" show him smiling with pubes in his teeth.
The biggest issue that I have with this episode, is that it showcases that Cartman can never lose. He'll always have the upper hand. And even when he doesn't, he'll either still think that he does, or someone else (normally Kyle) will end up suffering for it more than Cartman. Strangely even in episodes where that isn't really the focus. I kind of miss episodes like Awesome-O and Cartman sucks where Cartman loses and looks like a fool, with no one to blame but himself.
5:32 the joke of radiohead calling somebody a crybaby when their music is peak crybaby is still one of the funniest jokes in this episode im ngl
the irony of Thom Yorke saying "everyone has problems" is one of the funniest things in the episode actually
I remember seeing this episode the night it premiered. I was 15 watching it by myself on my bedroom TV. For those last 30 seconds my mouth was literally hanging open 😦 When the credits started rolling I yelled “WHAT?!?!” at no one.
Cartman's character development into 2024 will be amazing.
I think, while shocking during the time it aired, that scene holds a lot less weight when you consider how many people most south park characters hurt or killed. Heck Randy himself is literally mexican joker and spread Covid to everyone.
I love that this episode makes you feel bad for rooting for Cartman at the end, like you want to see him get the better of scott but then it gets escalated to an insane level
Hands down the BEST Cartman episode.
Johnathan Double String Instruments back at it again
You know you've got it bad when Thom Yorke of all people is calling you a crybaby. 😂
When the only Radiohead song you know is Creep
I wonder what the public reception of this episode was back in the day
We laughed and proceeded to try to catch every episode of the show.
What a great episode, thanks for the breakdown Johnny, what a great recap
Has much as 200 and 201 have a special place in my heart, the twist kinda conflicts with the simplicity that made Scott Tenorman Must Die so effective in my opinion. Having the members of Radio Head call you a pussy after just learning your parents been mutilated over $10 is the most depressing yet funniest shit ever.
I think it was the additional $6 that pushed Eric😂
the twist in this episode is like something form Agatha Christie
Cartman is the only character I know who got flanderized for the better
9:52
Scott: You killed your own father, and then you fed him to your half-BROTHER!!!
I’m getting a south park tattoo on Monday probably gonna rewatch your videos during it
Cartman wasn't crying because his dad got killed because of him. He was crying because he had the ginger gene. 😂
They should make a follow up episode showing flashbacks to the big dad reveal with Scott. So future casual fans will be caught up with this important update.
This has always been my favorite South Park Episode.
I think I’ll always remember watching this for the first time. It was summer, I was home alone, a new South Park episode was on, and I was having a great time. Cut to the end, where I was utterly horrified. Just shocked and horrified.
Of course I watched it again the next night with my dad and I thought it was just hilarious the second time.
Cartman really went from “that annoying kid who keeps bugging you in class” to “person that will ruin you over 10 dollars”
Do you think you can do a retrospective on 200 and 201?
Yep I actually mention in this video that I plan to!
Episodes like these are why I will never be perfectly okay with Cartman having a happy ending in life, Post COVID or not.
This was my first episode, my uncles introduced me to the show on a late night over 20 years ago. Good times.
The genius of this episode is how it almost seems to be going the other way and punishing Cartman with a kid so much crueller than him that we almost feel bad for him and want him to take revenge. Even the other kids are rooting for Scott to humiliate Cartman and sabotage his supposed scheme, not even for any provoked reason like in most episodes they are warring with Cartman. As much incompetent scheming he does in this episode, Cartman didn't start this one, he is trying to fight back against a bully and is pretty pitiful for most of the episode and it seems all built up to finalize this episode long parade of misery.
And then he gets his payback...with HEAVY interest. The audience sure got what they wanted, right?....Right?.... :P
While i understand the things that happened to scott in this episode was insane, I’m surprised the pony had nothing to do with it. I know it was sorta a red herring to cartman’s real plans, but it would’ve been a nice cherry on top for the pony to do what Cartmantrain it to do at the end instead of cartman licking his tears.
Great points about how Cartman became the sociopath we all know and love, and sidenote: I love how the 201 Chili Con Carnival was modelled after the Joker's twisted theme park ride seen in the famous Batman comic The Killing Joke.
And please let's not start a comment chain about the bad animated movie adaption.
Something that Matt and Trey have mastered beautifully and makes South Park great even now, is their ability to escalate a situation.
Most eps are about one or more of the boys wanting something or to do something. And then the episode continues, hilarity following suit.
This ep just started off with Cartman being scammed and ending with him feeding a boy his own parents and humiliating him in front of his idols. Just my writing that sounds insane, yet the episode builds up to it perfectly. Especially if you already have the context of future and even more evil Cartman in your mind while watching. At that point your just waiting for the shoe to drop.
At the show's beginning, Eric was indeed just an annoying little asshole. He didn't do anything any other kid in South Park wouldn't do. He was just brat seeking attention because his mom didn't actually love him. But everyone made fun of him because he was fat, even the main cast that are supposed to be his friends. Scott Tenorman was only a breaking point. Maybe if people hadn't made fun of him he wouldn't have become that monster he is now known for.
Not justifying all the horrible things modern Cartman has done, but all those things happened because he never recieved the love evryone (that kids) need and deserve. The Covid special shows that, when Eric gets out of that toxic environment and finds people that unconditionally love him, he can be a good person. But we'll never see that, because no one ever gave Eric a chance. Not even before he became an actual monster.
Society loves pointing at monsters, but does nothing to prevent those monsters from existing in the first place.
This was the moment Cartman became Heisenberg
This was like one of the few south park episodes i saw as a kid lmao
I just barely saw 200 and 201 a lil over year ago. Can't wait for a 2Cellos video on it!!!!
This is easily my favorite SP episode. We spend most of it seeing Cartman getting shit, and we end it with one of the best twists in television, that pushes Cartman from a racist, homophobic, sexist, whiny, spoiled brat, to an actual violent sociopath. 10/10.
Cartman is Half ginger was a neat twist
Well post covid proved that there was a point of return for cartman somehow.
Yeah but Cartman's point of return is the literal downfall of everything else.
Saying something isn't shocking if it's expected is some real deep analysis
They show Cartman can be a genuine when he wants to or when someone pisses him off
This is what the Pure Evil Wiki (and Near Pure Evil Wiki) calls the Moral Event Horizon (MEH). It’s when a villain does something so horrible that they have completely lost all chances of redemption.
Episode 200 and 201 being banned episodes is such a shame. They are two of the best episodes of the entire show not just because of the pay off but they’re just hilarious episodes that some fans done know exist
I had no idea they banned 200 and 201 wild
I have this belief Eric's real father is Dr. Alphonse Mephesto. They look similar, they are both mad scientist level crazy, and Mephesto conducted the DNA test.
the key to a good subversion isnt to be subversive, but to make a compelling sort of sense when the change is revealed.
The most genious thing is that even though this development was definitely more evil than anything he'd done in the past, it didn't feel inconsistent with his character.
This episode was the first one I ever watched at age 12. Let's just say it left an impression 😅
The point when Eric became Heisenberg
I own the very first South Park season box sets and I have the uncensored version of the super best friends episode. I feel so powerful when I watch it lol
If you described the premise of these episodes without mentioning Cartman, you’d basically be talking about a Greek tragedy
That was Cartman's moment of Walter White becoming Heisenberg
any chance you could do video of Chef? we all miss him 😩
Yes it’s been on my list for awhile! Will probably do that later in the year, around the new season
Oh wow! I peaced out of the show before Tenorman came back, and that is an AMAZING reversal.
Hi Johnny, if you’re looking for South Park video ideas, I’m personally interested in a video on season 19. This was South Park’s first full attempt at serialization in my opinion, and it was way better than their next attempt with season 20. While some hints at serialization were in previous seasons like 6 and 18, this is a full-on story about the entire town looking back on their past and doing a fresh start thanks to PC culture, with different plots about immigration, Yelp reviewers, safe spaces, the LGBTQ+ community, and an entire 3 part finale about advertising as well as gun control later on. This one is particularly special because a lot of episodes here were genuinely really good like Tweek X Craig and Safe Space (The City Part of Town is also an underrated highlight for me), and also they sprinkle in callbacks and foreshadowing every chance they get to connect all these otherwise slightly episodic episodes together.
The City Part of Town, for instance, takes place after Garrison announced he was running for president (Where’s My Country Gone), had some jokes about Kyle being asked not to give speeches (also Where’s My Country Gone) and Craig being called homosexual (Tweek X Craig), and the ending at Whole Foods features David and his family who would later appear in You’re Not Yelping. I could go on with the synergy all these episodes have but I’m interested hearing your take on this part of South Park history.
Why is this video age restricted?
Still one of my favorite eposides. Possibly still my fave
I think what kinda pulls it all together is the horrific tone of cartman’s reveal (the music, the characters’ reactions, etc) being kept up while Cartman childishly mocks scott and brags abt tasting his tears as if he just beat him at connect four or smth lol
The craziest thing about the half brother reveal is that apparently being a narcissistic obsessive psychopath is apparently biological and run in Eric's father's side of the family
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