Cartman Sucks
| "Cartman Sucks" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 11 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 1102 |
| Original air date | March 14, 2007 |
"Cartman Sucks" is episode 1102 (#155) of Comedy Central's South Park and the second episode of the show's 11th season. It originally aired on March 14, 2007. The main plot deals with Eric Cartman's efforts to recover an incriminating photograph that may call his sexual orientation into question, whereas the subplot, which focuses on Butters Stotch, explores childhood gay conversion therapy.
Cartman has developed a hobby of getting Butters Stotch to spend the night at his house and taking degrading photos of him as he sleeps. Cartman then shows Stan, Kenny, and Kyle a photo of him with Butters' penis in his mouth, thinking that this makes Butters homosexual. However, Kyle points out that a male who performs oral sex on another male is the one who will be perceived to be the homosexual, thus making Cartman the homosexual. As a practical joke, Kyle then convinces a horrified Cartman that taking a similar picture with his and Butters's positions reversed would "reverse the gay polarity."
Cartman goes over to Butters' house, then tricks him into allowing himself to be blindfolded and opening his mouth. As he is about to insert his penis into Butters' mouth, Butters' dad Stephen walks in on them and panics. After Cartman flees without waiting to explain, Stephen declares that Butters is bi-curious. Butters, totally unaware of what Cartman was planning to do, just asks him what that means. Stephen explains that it means that Butters is "confused". Butters, having no idea what he is talking about, admits that this is so. Stephen takes him to a Christian conversion therapy camp, whose organizers repeatedly reinforce the idea that the boys there are "confused". Throughout the episode, it is never explained to Butters that homosexuality is the issue of discussion, and he accepts everything cheerfully and at face value.
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