The Death of Eric Cartman
| "The Death of Eric Cartman" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 6 |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 906 |
| Original air date | April 13, 2005 |
"The Death of Eric Cartman" is the sixth episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 131st episode overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 13, 2005.
Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny wait at Stan's house for Sharon, Stan's mother to come home with KFC. When she arrives, the boys help her unload her groceries, but Cartman remains behind, eats all the crispy skins, and goes home to sit on the toilet. Enraged, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny decide Cartman has finally crossed the line and decide to start ignoring him. The other kids in their class go along. Cartman, unable to conceive that anyone would ignore him, thinks he has died and become a ghost.
Butters, however, is not privy to the plan and greets Cartman as he passes by in a state of despair. Cartman convinces Butters that he is a ghost, terrifying him. Cartman threatens to haunt Butters unless he helps his soul achieve peace. Cartman first has Butters apologize to everyone on his behalf, which fails to impress his ex-friends but gets his mother crying. Cartman makes emotional goodbyes to Butters, believing that he will now be permitted to go to Heaven. When this fails, Butters suggests he might need to atone for all the terrible things he has done. Cartman draws up a long list and delivers gift baskets to all his victims, including Sally Struthers, Scott Tenorman, and Kyle's synagogue. When this, too, fails, Cartman destroys Butters' room with a baseball bat and disappears before his parents turn up. A doctor is called and decides that Butters might suffer from a deep trauma. To make sure, Butters is taken to a mental institution and subjected to a terrifying series of tests. Now genuinely traumatized, Butters accepts that he has been imagining Cartman's visits, but Cartman breaks into the asylum to get his help again.
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