Poor and Stupid

 is the 203rd episode of Comedy Central's series South Park. It aired on October 6, 2010.

Synopsis
Cartman wants to race with the pros and he's ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. He's afraid that no matter how hard he tries, he'll never reach the the level of the other NASCAR drivers. Working with Butters as his pit boss, and Vagisil to make himself stupid, Cartman pulls out all the stops to compete in the race of his life.

Plot
The episode begins with Cartman crying in front of his locker. When Stan and Kyle approach him, he explains that he is upset over the fact that Mr. Garrison assigned an essay about what the students want to be when they grow up, and he does not like to think about that subject. He then explains that it is his dream to become a NASCAR driver, and that he believes that this could never happen to people like him. Stan and Kyle, believing him to be talking about his excessive weight, try to comfort him. He reveals that he was in fact referring to the fact that he is not poor and stupid, as he believes all NASCAR fans and racers are. The other boys, now disgusted at Cartman as he yet again reveals his tendency toward prejudice, effectively convince him that he is, in fact, very poor and very stupid.

Cartman takes their "encouragement" to heart and recruits Butters to be his pit boss, and sets out to become poorer and stupider than ever. He gives Butters all his money and watches Two and a Half Men upside down, and by chance sees a Vagisil commercial. One of the side effects of Vagisil is that it may cause temporary memory loss. Seizing the opportunity, Cartman eats many tubes of Vagisil at a pharmacy, claiming that it makes him "feel stupid".

On race day, Cartman manipulates his way onto the track by having Butters convince one of the racers that his wife was raped. The resulting catastrophic accident leaves 11 people dead and Cartman reconsidering his decision to be a racer. The doctor at the hospital tells Cartman that his accident was among the stupidest he'd ever seen, and Cartman is hopeful again. He buys tons of sumptuous things in debt with no money down for two years so he would always be poor. The creator of Vagisil gives Cartman a new car because he promoted his product accidently. He races again and is dumb as before. The Vagisil creator, one of the announcers, frequently references his wife's odor. Cartman leads in the beginning but is stopped by the Vagisil creator's wife, Patty. In the end he thinks that he wasn't poor and stupid enough to be a NASCAR driver. He apologizes to Kenny before demanding Butters gives back his money.

Trivia

 * After rehashing some of old South Park references in 200 and 201, Stone and Parker did this again by making Cartman exclaim "This is so tits!" when receiving the Vagisil NASCAR car. This goes back to the season four premiere, The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000, where Cartman uses 'tits' as an expression for 'cool' or 'awesome' whenever he gets money from the Tooth Fairy.
 * Cartman calls Butters by the nickname or petname 'B-Butts' or "B-Buds"for the first time (It is hard to tell which he said, but he definitely said one of these)
 * Memory loss is not a real side effect of Vagisil.
 * Matt and Trey trick the viewers into that Kenny is going to be killed when two drivers, driving at full speed, notice Kenny is on the tracks right in front of them. Just at they are about to hit him however, they swerve out of the way, crashing into the sides.
 * Ironically, despite Cartman believing that all Nascar racers are Poor and Stupid, they are shown to be quite intelligent when answering questions at a news conference. They also tend to make quite a bit of money as well. Cartman might've been thinking of the audience too as he believed it.

Goofs

 * Just moments after the doctor tells Cartman he has two fractured ribs, a broken femur, torn ligaments, two broken knees, and a level two concussion, Cartman walks out of his bed, and in the next scene, seems completely unharmed. However these injuries would make anyone immobile for a long period of time.
 * Cartman drives a race car on a live track. NASCAR would never allow a 9 year old to do that (minus the first time when Cartman obviously hijacked the vehicle).