Up the Down Steroid
| "Up the Down Steroid" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 2 |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Featured music | "Push It to the Limit" from Scarface by Paul Engemann |
| Production code | 803 |
| Original air date | March 24, 2004 |
"Up the Down Steroid" is the 113th episode of the Comedy Central series South Park. The title is a parody of the book Up the Down Staircase. This episode originally aired on March 24, 2004.
Timmy and Jimmy, the two disabled children in South Park, are eager to participate in the Special Olympics in Denver. Cartman decides to fake being disabled and attempt to beat all the handicapped children in the events to win the $1,000 prize.
To pretend to be handicapped, Cartman undergoes a rigorous sports training-esque montage that shows a training regime of sitting on the while taking notes of how "retards" act, cutting his hair badly, studying a Kid Rock performance, modifying his shoes so it looks like he has a club foot, and wearing a bicycle helmet with the strap pulled so tightly around his face that it both deforms it and affects his ability to speak.
Meanwhile, Jimmy is talked into taking steroids by Nathan to increase his chances of winning. He manages to keep his use of it a secret from everyone except for his training partner and best friend, Timmy. While Timmy frowns on this, being unable to say anything other than his name, Jimmy's name and the quote "Livin' a lie!", he is unable to fully explain the situation to his school counselor, Mr. Mackey. Soon Jimmy begins to neglect his girlfriend and studies. When his girlfriend grows tired of neglect and announces she is leaving him, Jimmy flies into a steroid rage and savagely attacks his girlfriend and mother.
Throughout the episode, Kyle tries to talk Cartman out of his plans. Kyle hates Cartman and has always seen him as a thoroughly ruthless boy, but this time he seriously worries that Cartman will go to hell. He even goes as far as to call himself Cartman's friend. Cartman dismisses Kyle, claiming that he is the one who is going to hell because he is Jewish using Mel Gibson's The Passion as an example.
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