Death

"Death" is episode 6 of Comedy Central's series South Park. It originally aired on September 17, 1997.

Plot
The Marsh family is celebrating Grandpa’s birthday but Grandpa isn’t having a good time. He wishes he was dead, and tries to accomplish this goal while he and Stan watch Terrance and Phillip after the birthday festivities. As Grandpa is too old to do it himself, however, he asks Stan to help, but he refuses.

Meanwhile at Kyle’s house, Kyle and Ike are also watching Terrance and Philip when their mother, Sheila, comes in and gets upset by the content of the program. The next day at school Kyle discovers that Sheila has called everyone else’s parents and is leading a boycott of Terrance and Phillip in front of "Cartoon Central"'s headquarters in New York City. During the school day, Stan seeks out various adults to find out whether or not he should assist his Grandpa in killing himself, but no one wishes to discuss the issue, so Stan talks to the guys about it.

Meanwhile still, Kenny's case of explosive diarrhea is spreading to the whole town, particularly to the adults protesting Terrance and Phillip. Despite their protest of the show, they are shown laughing at various bits of "real life" toilet humor.

At home, the boys have been left alone to watch Terrance and Phillip at their leisure, as most of the community has followed Sheila to Cartoon Central to demand the show be taken off the air. All the while Grandpa Marsh is trying to convince Stan to kill him. In order to show him what it's like to be live like him he traps Stan in a room playing Enya, at which point he and the rest of the boys agree they must do it. They hang a cow from a tree to drop on Grandpa when Death shows up. Although Grandpa is yelling, "I'm over here, you son-of-a-whore!" Death is really after Kenny. Back in New York, although a dozen people have been slingshotted and smeared on the face of the network building, the network refuses to take Terrance and Philip off the air until an executive comes out (in a gas mask) and announces; "Ladies and gentlemen, your nazi-esque tactics of trying to stink us out with rancid feces...has worked. Therefore, today we will be officially taking Terrance and Philip off the network and replacing it with reruns of She's the Sheriff staring Suzanne Somers."

In South Park, while chasing the boys, Death stops at the window of a TV store and watches an episode of Terrance and Philip. The boys join him in watching until the announcement of its cancellation.

After Death touches Kenny, Grandpa argues with Death about not taking him. Then, Grandpa’s Grandpa shows up and tells him to not kill himself or he'll end up in limbo like him. Taking his Grandpa's advice, Grandpa Marsh plans a trip to Africa where over 400 people are eaten by Lions every year.

At the end, Sheila sees the boys watching She's the Sherrif and is again upset with the content and prepares for another boycott.

Kenny's Death

 * Touched by Death.


 * A man by the name of Mr. McCormick is the first person to be slingshoted onto the Cartoon Central building, thus it is presumed that Kenny's father precedes his son in death.

Trivia

 * This episode pokes fun at the way some parents reacted when South Park was put on the air. The television network depicted, "Cartoon Central," is an obvious parody of Comedy Central, and Terrance and Phillip is a parody of South Park (they are also an obvious parody of Beavis and Butt-Head, which had previously received similar reaction from parents). This marks the first of many battles South Park's parents fight to protect their children. This episode, according to Trey Parker, was the model for the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
 * Both Stan and Kyle's mothers are referred to as "Carol" in this episode. Eventually they receive the names Sharon and Sheila. Cartman's mom calls Kyle's mom "Carol" in one scene, who in turn calls Stan's mom "Carol" in a following scene.
 * This is the first episode that features Stan's grandfather, Marvin Marsh.
 * Along with a few other episodes, this episode is never aired on Comedy Central anymore. The reasons are unknown. It is, however, aired on Syndication as well as in Canada on The Comedy Network.