"South Park" Tsst (2006)

Writers:

Trey Parker (creator) &
Matt Stone (creator) ...

TV Series:

"South Park" (1997)

Original Air Date:

3 May 2006 (Season 10, Episode 7)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Eric's mom turns to a "dog whisperer" as a last resort to turn him to a good little boy. The whisperer is successful in making Eric calm and submissive, but he may have also turned him into a repressed killer.

Plot Keywords:

Nanny | Problem Child | Holocaust Joke | Training | Child Psychologist

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Stan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Mr. Herbert Garrison / Jimmy Swanson / Clyde (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Terra / Leopold 'Butters' Stotch (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gracie Lazar	...	Liane Cartman (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Mr. Mackey: Mrs. Cartman, we have had it with your son's behaviour, m'kay? Little Billy Turner is now being treated at the hospital!
Liane Cartman: Eric, why would you do such a thing?
Eric Cartman: [insincere] I'm sorry I handcuffed Billy Turner's ankle to the school flagpole.
Mr. Mackey: You know that's not the point.
Eric Cartman: [rolls eyes] Okay, I'm sorry I handcuffed Billy Turner's ankle to a flagpole and then gave him a hacksaw. And then told him I had poisoned his lunch milk and that the only way he could get to the antidote in time would be to saw through his leg.
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Movie Connections:

References The Omen (1976)

Excellent episode! Rings very true

This is a great South Park episode. In it, Eric Cartman has gotten so out of hand that his mom has resorted to TV show nannies to get him into line. But when those don't work (Cartman turns their own acts against them in some truly mean but truly funny ways), she hires a "dog whisperer" to help her train Eric Cartman into being a good boy.

I love South Park tremendously. I enjoy their crazy episodes, but I most love it when they focus on the wacky characters in their small town and stay away from the huge global action adventures (though, of course, there are rather a lot of episodes that are exceptions). This one not only stays focused in the town of South Park, and more specifically on Cartman and his mom, but also has a lot to say about parenting in general. If I was to show a group of parents one episode of South Park, it'd be this one. It is very funny, but it rings so very true!

P.S. I think what Eric needs most is a dominant father figure. Not that I want this to happen, because then we'd lose the Eric Cartman we all know and love, but if he WERE to reform...!