Cartman Gets an Anal Probe

Cartman Gets an Anal Probe is the first episode of the first season of South Park. It is noted as being the first episode, (not including the unaired pilot episode).

Synopsis
Eric Cartman is abducted by aliens, who give him an anal probe. The aliens also kidnap Ike Broflovski when Kyle Broflovski abandons him at the bus stop and he must get him back. Meanwhile, Stan Marsh has a date with Wendy Testaburger.

Plot
In this episode, Cartman details his dream of being abducted and receiving an anal probe. The others try to convince him it was real, but Cartman dismissed it as them just trying to scare him. Chef then pulls up he asks if they saw an alien spaceship, inadvertently confirming the reality behind Cartman's "dream." After Chef leaves, the school bus shows up, introducing Mrs. Veronica Crabtree, a scary-looking, loudmouthed, middle aged school bus driver who constantly tells the children to "sit down and shut up." As the bus is driving away Kyle looks back and sees his brother, Ike, being held by two aliens.

Several other aliens try to lure away cows by whistling and offering straw. The cows aren't falling for the trap as several of them have been turned inside out. Officer Barbrady explains that cows turning inside out is nothing unusual, clearly revealing that he's an incompetent law officer.

Worried about his brother, Kyle asks his teacher, Herbert Garrison, if he can be excused to find his brother. After being asked Mr. Garrison tells Kyle he has to ask Mr. Garrison's puppet, Mr. Hat. This is when Mr. Garrison and Mr. Hat's shared catchphrase of, "You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!" is introduced.

After class, the four are standing in line when Stan's love for Wendy is revealed by him vomiting when Wendy talks to him. When asked of Chef what to do when someone doesn't believe you, he breaks out into a sultry, erotic, (but off-topic) song.

After being told Kyle's brother was abducted by aliens, Chef freaks out and says, "What the hell do you think you're doing in school eating Salisbury steak? Go find him, dammit!" This is when a cycloptic robot pops up from behind Cartman and quickly retreats from whence it came. To help the children find Kyle's brother, Chef pulls the fire alarm.

To lure the aliens back, Stan, Kyle, and Wendy tie Cartman up to a tree. After Cartman farts flames several times, an 80-foot satellite dish protrudes from his butt. After the alien spaceships show up, Ike is revealed behind a door on a ship. Kyle, in trying to get his brother to jump down, tells him to do his impersonation of David Caruso's career. Before jumping out, the aliens talk to the cows. The aliens explain the inside-out thing was "Carl's fault" and gives them a device that makes people sing.

The next morning, Cartman lands at the bus stop with pinkeye that was given to him by Scott Baio.

Kenny's Death
The visitors' UFO blasts Kenny after Kyle throws a rock at it, and Kenny is flung into the road. He survives, but a herd of cows run him over. He survives that, but Officer Barbrady runs him over with his police car and kills him. The boys later mess with Kenny's bloodied corpse, with Stan tapping it with a stick while Kyle removes his head.

Goofs

 * When Cartman is tied up at the tree you see cartman "far away" three times. the first and second time, Cartman says "really? uuh... i dont think i had to fart anymore tonight" And "i dont wanna", and in the background, it is seen small stars, but in the third, when he says"ok.. that does it", you see a big star between the small.


 * When Kyle shouts to the visitors "COME DOWN HERE YOU STINKING ALIENS!" his voice sounds exactly to Stan's. The same mistake was also made in Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society


 * Rebecca can be seen two places at once in the classroom


 * When Officer Barbrady gets hit by the cow's device that was given to them by the visitors, his inside left ear turned pink

Mr. Garrison's Learning Plan

 * According to Mr. Garrison, Christopher Columbus discovered America and was "good friends" with the Indians, that he had helped them win a war against Frederick Douglass, then apparently freed the Hebrews from Napoleon all this before the year 1492.


 * On the chalkboard, there is an insult to Cathy Lee Gifford,(he mispelled her name) which Garrison tries to kill in the next episode.

Cartman's Diet

 * Powdered Doughnut Pancake Surprise


 * Chocolate Chicken Pot Pie

Trivia

 * This episode made #9 on the list of 10 South Parks That Changed The World.
 * This episode was parodied in an episode of the children's show Arthur titled "The Contest", along with other shows such as Beavis and Butt-Head, and Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.

Remarks

 * In this episode, Mr. Hat lacks eyes. In later episodes, Mr. Hat is given eyes that can even move.


 * In a pan shot of the cafeteria, a voice identical to Kyle's Cousin, Kyle Schwartz can be heard, talking about his bad gas. Cousin Kyle would not be introduced until several seasons in the future.


 * Two Hasidic boys can be seen in the cafeteria, one of which resembles Jason, who was formally introduced in season 6. They would make a reappearance in An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig, when a deleted scene from the original pilot wound up recycled.


 * In the original pilot, Wendy and Pip are nowhere to be found in the classroom, another red-haired girl and a blonde girl filling their respective seats. In the aired version, the two girls remain in the classroom until Cartman farts fire, and are replaced by Wendy and Pip after that.


 * Bebe and Rebecca are shown on the bus, wearing much different outfits than what they would wear for the rest of the series.


 * In the original pilot of this episode, Chef gives the boys Super Hot Tamales, instead of pulling the fire alarm to let the boys sneak out.
 * In the original pilot, Pip is flung off a slide, where he hits his head on a pole, and Kenny laughs the same way he laughed when he told Stan something he could do on His date. When that sceen happens when he tells Stan, he laughes differently.

Pop-Culture References

 * When Officer Barbrady investigates the mutilated cattle, the farmer mentions seeing black CIA and army helecopters in the area. Black or unmarked military helicopters (usually belonging to some US government department) are common trademarks of UFO and alien abduction lore, that suggest that the UFO phenomenon is being covered up by the government.


 * When Stan sees Wendy in the cafeteria, his smile is similar to Charlie Brown's smile when he sees the Little Red Haired Girl in the Peanuts.


 * I Love to Singa, the song that plays when Cartman and Officer Barbrady are being put under alien control, is originally from a Tex AveryMerrie Melodies short. The song was written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg.


 * Cartman says that the crop circle looks like Tom Selleck, the actor best known for playing the character Thomas Magnum in the show Magnum P.I.
 * When seeing Cartman farting fire, she says that he's "just like Rudolph!", referring to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the popular Christmas character that had a nose that would shine red light.


 * When Chef is calling out to the aliens to visit him, he asks them to hurry up because the TV show "Sanford and Son" is about to come on.


 * To goad Ike into jumping out of the alien's UFO, Kyle tells him to do an impersonation of David Caruso's career. At the time this episode was made, David Caruso had just recently ended an unsuccessful stint on the TV series "NYPD Blue."
 * At the end of the episode, Cartman claims that actor Scott Baio, who got his claim to fame playing Chachi on the TV series "Joanie Loves Chachi", was aboard the UFO and gave him pink eye.

Fast Forward

 * In a later episode, Canceled, the first part of this episode is redone, with harsher language, with the boys thinking that they are experiencing déjà vu.