Chickenpox (South Park)
| "Chickenpox" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker Matt Stone Trisha Nixon |
| Featured music | "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees |
| Production code | 210 |
| Original air date | August 26, 1998 |
"Chickenpox" is the tenth episode in the second season of the American animated television series South Park. The 23rd episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on August 26, 1998. The episode was written by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Trisha Nixon, and directed by Parker. In the episode, the parents of South Park intentional expose their children to the chickenpox disease.
Chickenpox infects Stan's sister Shelley and Kenny. The other boys' mothers begin to think that maybe the other boys should be exposed to it too, so as to get it while they are young, when it is easier to deal with. They agree and have the other boys stay at Kenny's house. The boys are unenthusiastic about spending the night at Kenny's house because he is poor. The next day, Cartman and Stan get sick, but not Kyle. Stan's chickenpox gets so bad he has to be brought to the hospital with Shelley. Mrs. Broflovski tries sending Kyle over to Kenny's house again, much to Kyle's protests, but he still fails to catch the disease.
Mrs. Broflovski, after learning from Mrs. McCormick that her husband, Mr. McCormick, and Gerald, Mrs. Broflovski's husband, had once been close friends, decides to try to patch things up between them by setting them both up on a fishing trip. However, the trip does not go well and the two fight. Apparently, Mr. McCormick is jealous of Gerald's success, while Gerald makes a speech to Kyle about how some people need to be poorer than others as part of a capitalist society. As part of his homework assignment, this makes Kyle come up with a plan to eliminate all the poor people in the world to make it a better place: by putting them in camps; this makes Gerald realize the callousness of his beliefs.
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