Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut
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"Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" is the second episode of the second season
of the animated series South Park
, and the 15th episode of the series overall. It premiered on Comedy Central
in the United States
on April 22, 1998. This episode concludes the storyline of the season one
episode "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
", where everyone was about to find out who Cartman
's father is, until Mephesto was shot. Rushing to save him, the four boys and Chef
drive him to Hell's Pass Hospital. Meanwhile, the town of South Park experiences a massive blizzard.
The episode premiered after the season premiere "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
" was aired in its place four weeks earlier as a April Fools' Day
prank. Upset viewers wrote over 2,000 complaints to Comedy Central within a week of its premiere date. "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" was originally to air on May 20, but it was moved up in response to the angry feedback.
's father is, the electricity goes out, the room is darkened, and two gunshots are fired. As the lights come back on, everyone discovers that Mephesto has been shot, which raises the question: Who shot Mephesto? Chef
feels his pulse, sees that he is still alive and rushes him to the hospital.
Upon entering the hospital, they meet Dr. Doctor, and a nurse with no arms named Nurse Goodley; they are the only ones working in the hospital. During that time, he manages to get Mephesto on a life support system, but has many other patients to tend to. Outside, a terrible snowstorm brews.
While the rest of the adults in town and a visiting television crew film a reenactment for America's Most Wanted
, a tree falls on the power line causing the power to go out. All of the adults are now stuck in a little building until the storm lets up. After only a few minutes, Jimbo comes up with the reckless solution of cannibalism
in order to stay alive, since no one has had any food in hours. They choose to eat Eric Roberts
first, and later the rest of the production crew. The power also goes out back in the hospital. Regardless, a plan must be made to put it back on. Dr. Doctor suggests that they split into two teams: team A, consisting of everyone in the room except Kenny and team B, consisting of Kenny. His job is to reconnect the generator, while Team A goes upstairs to a lounge, with Dr. Doctor giving advice to Kenny via walkie-talkie
. Kenny is later told by Doctor that there is a nice, heated path to the generator, but only after arriving, much to his annoyance.
Once Kenny gets to the generator, he discovers that there is no wire connecting the cords, so he decides to make the connection himself to restore the electricity, fatally electrocuting himself in the process. Thanks to his brave deed, the power is back on at the hospital so Mephesto can survive. He gathers everyone in the emergency room for a surprising revelation of Cartman's father: his mother Liane. The group is shocked upon hearing this and Mephesto explains that Liane is a hermaphrodite
, someone with both male and female genitals. He also reveals that hermaphrodites cannot have children, so Liane must have made another woman pregnant on her intercourse spree, and that woman gave birth to Eric, which prompts the narrator's final question: Who is Cartman's mother? An angered Cartman, however, refuses to pursue the issue further.
and David Goodman, and also directed by Trey Parker, "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" was rated TV-MA in the United States
. It originally aired in the United States on Comedy Central
on April 22, 1998. This episode continues the storyline from the season one
episode, "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
".
This episode was originally to air on April 1, 1998, four weeks after "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" was first broadcast, but instead of continuing the storyline from "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", Parker and co-creator Matt Stone
made an episode regarding the South Park minor characters Terrance and Philip, called Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
", as an April Fool's Day prank on viewers of the show. Upset fans wrote more than 2,000 angry e-mail complaints to Comedy Central within a week of the episode's original broadcast, and media outlets said some fans harbored a grudge against the show more than five years after the episode was broadcast. This episode was originally set to air on May 20, 1998, but Comedy Central moved up the airdate to April 22, 1998, in response to the angry feedback from fans.
The outcome of "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" was revisited in the season fourteen
episode, "200
", where it is revealed that Liane is not Cartman's father after all, as revealed by Cartman's hand puppet persona, Mitch Conner. In the following episode, "201
", it is revealed that Cartman's actual father is Jack Tenorman. Jack was also the father of Cartman's arch rival, Scott Tenorman. In the season five
episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die
", Cartman had Jack and Scott's mother killed, and fed their remains to Scott in the form of chili. Scott reveals that he is Cartman's half-brother, and he labels him responsible for his father's death
.
The episode also starts a running gag regarding Cartman, namely that whenever he hears the lyrics to the song "Come Sail Away
" by Styx
, he has an overriding compulsion to finish singing it, hinting that he may have some form of OCD
. The other kids use is as a source of amusement throughout the episode, in one case, when Kyle sings the first couple lines, and Cartman sings the remaining song in 37 seconds flat.
tape which also contained "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut
", in a third series of South Park home video releases. Volume 7 was sold along with Volume 8, which contained "Chickenlover
" and "Ike's Wee Wee
", and Volume 9, which contained "Conjoined Fetus Lady
" and "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
".
All thirteen episodes of the second season, including "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut", were released on a DVD box set on June 3, 2003.
South Park (season 2)
Season two of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on April 1, 1998. The second season concluded after 18 episodes on January 20, 1999...
of the animated series South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
, and the 15th episode of the series overall. It premiered on Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on April 22, 1998. This episode concludes the storyline of the season one
South Park (season 1)
The first season of the American animated television series South Park initially ran for 13 episodes on the US network Comedy Central, from August 13, 1997 to February 25, 1998. The creators of the series, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, wrote and directed most of the season's episodes, while Dan...
episode "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
"Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut" is the first season finale of the animated television series South Park, and the 13th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 25, 1998. It is part one of a two-episode story arc, which concluded with...
", where everyone was about to find out who Cartman
Eric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name...
's father is, until Mephesto was shot. Rushing to save him, the four boys and Chef
Chef (South Park)
Jerome "Chef" McElroy is a fictional character on the Comedy Central series South Park. He was voiced by Isaac Hayes. A cafeteria worker at the local elementary school in the town of South Park, Colorado, Chef was generally portrayed as more level-headed than the other adult residents of the town...
drive him to Hell's Pass Hospital. Meanwhile, the town of South Park experiences a massive blizzard.
The episode premiered after the season premiere "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
"Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" is the second season premiere of the animated television series South Park, and the 14th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 1, 1998...
" was aired in its place four weeks earlier as a April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness...
prank. Upset viewers wrote over 2,000 complaints to Comedy Central within a week of its premiere date. "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" was originally to air on May 20, but it was moved up in response to the angry feedback.
Plot
Right as Mephesto is about to announce who CartmanEric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name...
's father is, the electricity goes out, the room is darkened, and two gunshots are fired. As the lights come back on, everyone discovers that Mephesto has been shot, which raises the question: Who shot Mephesto? Chef
Chef (South Park)
Jerome "Chef" McElroy is a fictional character on the Comedy Central series South Park. He was voiced by Isaac Hayes. A cafeteria worker at the local elementary school in the town of South Park, Colorado, Chef was generally portrayed as more level-headed than the other adult residents of the town...
feels his pulse, sees that he is still alive and rushes him to the hospital.
Upon entering the hospital, they meet Dr. Doctor, and a nurse with no arms named Nurse Goodley; they are the only ones working in the hospital. During that time, he manages to get Mephesto on a life support system, but has many other patients to tend to. Outside, a terrible snowstorm brews.
While the rest of the adults in town and a visiting television crew film a reenactment for America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...
, a tree falls on the power line causing the power to go out. All of the adults are now stuck in a little building until the storm lets up. After only a few minutes, Jimbo comes up with the reckless solution of cannibalism
Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy...
in order to stay alive, since no one has had any food in hours. They choose to eat Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
first, and later the rest of the production crew. The power also goes out back in the hospital. Regardless, a plan must be made to put it back on. Dr. Doctor suggests that they split into two teams: team A, consisting of everyone in the room except Kenny and team B, consisting of Kenny. His job is to reconnect the generator, while Team A goes upstairs to a lounge, with Dr. Doctor giving advice to Kenny via walkie-talkie
Walkie-talkie
A walkie-talkie is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald L. Hings, radio engineer Alfred J. Gross, and engineering teams at Motorola...
. Kenny is later told by Doctor that there is a nice, heated path to the generator, but only after arriving, much to his annoyance.
Once Kenny gets to the generator, he discovers that there is no wire connecting the cords, so he decides to make the connection himself to restore the electricity, fatally electrocuting himself in the process. Thanks to his brave deed, the power is back on at the hospital so Mephesto can survive. He gathers everyone in the emergency room for a surprising revelation of Cartman's father: his mother Liane. The group is shocked upon hearing this and Mephesto explains that Liane is a hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite
In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes.Many taxonomic groups of animals do not have separate sexes. In these groups, hermaphroditism is a normal condition, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which both...
, someone with both male and female genitals. He also reveals that hermaphrodites cannot have children, so Liane must have made another woman pregnant on her intercourse spree, and that woman gave birth to Eric, which prompts the narrator's final question: Who is Cartman's mother? An angered Cartman, however, refuses to pursue the issue further.
Production
Written by series co-creator Trey ParkerTrey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
and David Goodman, and also directed by Trey Parker, "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" was rated TV-MA in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It originally aired in the United States on Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
on April 22, 1998. This episode continues the storyline from the season one
South Park (season 1)
The first season of the American animated television series South Park initially ran for 13 episodes on the US network Comedy Central, from August 13, 1997 to February 25, 1998. The creators of the series, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, wrote and directed most of the season's episodes, while Dan...
episode, "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
"Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut" is the first season finale of the animated television series South Park, and the 13th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 25, 1998. It is part one of a two-episode story arc, which concluded with...
".
This episode was originally to air on April 1, 1998, four weeks after "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" was first broadcast, but instead of continuing the storyline from "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", Parker and co-creator Matt Stone
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....
made an episode regarding the South Park minor characters Terrance and Philip, called Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
"Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" is the second season premiere of the animated television series South Park, and the 14th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 1, 1998...
", as an April Fool's Day prank on viewers of the show. Upset fans wrote more than 2,000 angry e-mail complaints to Comedy Central within a week of the episode's original broadcast, and media outlets said some fans harbored a grudge against the show more than five years after the episode was broadcast. This episode was originally set to air on May 20, 1998, but Comedy Central moved up the airdate to April 22, 1998, in response to the angry feedback from fans.
The outcome of "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" was revisited in the season fourteen
South Park (season 14)
The fourteenth season of South Park, an American animated television comedy series, originally aired in the United States on Comedy Central between March 17 and November 17, 2010. The season was headed by the series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who served as executive producers along with...
episode, "200
200 (South Park)
"200" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 200th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 14, 2010...
", where it is revealed that Liane is not Cartman's father after all, as revealed by Cartman's hand puppet persona, Mitch Conner. In the following episode, "201
201 (South Park)
"201" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 201st overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 21, 2010. The episode continued multiple storylines from the previous episode, "200", in which a group of angry...
", it is revealed that Cartman's actual father is Jack Tenorman. Jack was also the father of Cartman's arch rival, Scott Tenorman. In the season five
South Park (season 5)
Season five of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on June 20, 2001. The fifth season concluded after 14 episodes on December 12, 2001...
episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die
Scott Tenorman Must Die
"Scott Tenorman Must Die" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 69th episode of the series overall. "Scott Tenorman Must Die" originally aired in the United States on July 11, 2001 on Comedy Central. English rock band Radiohead guest star in...
", Cartman had Jack and Scott's mother killed, and fed their remains to Scott in the form of chili. Scott reveals that he is Cartman's half-brother, and he labels him responsible for his father's death
Patricide
Patricide is the act of killing one's father, or a person who kills his or her father. The word patricide derives from the Latin word pater and the Latin suffix -cida...
.
The episode also starts a running gag regarding Cartman, namely that whenever he hears the lyrics to the song "Come Sail Away
Come Sail Away
"Come Sail Away" is a song by American progressive rock group Styx, featured on the band's seventh album The Grand Illusion . Upon its release as the lead single from the album, "Come Sail Away" charted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and helped The Grand Illusion achieve multi-platinum...
" by Styx
Styx (band)
Styx is an American rock band that became famous for its albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Chicago band is known for melding the style of prog-rock with the power of hard rock guitar, strong ballads, and elements of American musical theater....
, he has an overriding compulsion to finish singing it, hinting that he may have some form of OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Obsessive–compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the associated anxiety, or by a combination of such obsessions and compulsions...
. The other kids use is as a source of amusement throughout the episode, in one case, when Kyle sings the first couple lines, and Cartman sings the remaining song in 37 seconds flat.
Home release
On April 27, 1999, "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" was released on the "South Park: Volume 7" VHSVHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
tape which also contained "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut
Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
"Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut" is the first season finale of the animated television series South Park, and the 13th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 25, 1998. It is part one of a two-episode story arc, which concluded with...
", in a third series of South Park home video releases. Volume 7 was sold along with Volume 8, which contained "Chickenlover
Chickenlover
"Chickenlover" is the third episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 16th episode of the series overall. It aired on Comedy Central in the United States on May 20, 1998.-Plot:...
" and "Ike's Wee Wee
Ike's Wee Wee
"Ike's Wee Wee" is the fourth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 17th episode of the series overall. It aired on Comedy Central in the United States on May 27, 1998.-Plot:...
", and Volume 9, which contained "Conjoined Fetus Lady
Conjoined Fetus Lady
"Conjoined Fetus Lady" is the fifth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 18th episode of the series overall. "Conjoined Fetus Lady" originally aired in the United States on June 3, 1998 on Comedy Central....
" and "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
"The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" is the sixth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 19th episode of the series overall...
".
All thirteen episodes of the second season, including "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut", were released on a DVD box set on June 3, 2003.
External links
- "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" Full Episode at South Park Studios
- "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" Episode Guide at South Park Studios