Damien

"Damien" is episode 108 of Comedy Central's series South Park. It originally aired on February 4, 1998.

Synopsis
As Cartman's birthday approaches, a new student transfers into the boys class. His arrival signifies the foretold battle between Jesus and Satan, which may ruin the birthday party.

Plot
In anticipation for his birthday party, Cartman hands out invitations during class.

After he hands out the invitations, Mr. Garrison announces that a new student is joining the class. Damien introduces himself as from "the seventh level of hell". He continues that "now is the beginning of the end and the new reign of [his] father: the Prince of Darkness". After Cartman tanuts him with a birthday invitation, Damien's eyes flame and he telekeneticly throws Cartman's desk out the window, prompting Mr. Garrison to ask if he needs a "time out."

At lunch it's revealed that the birthday invitations are marked with a gift that each student is to buy Cartman:
 * Stan: Green Mega Man
 * Kyle: Red Mega Man
 * Kenny: Yellow Mega Man

The boys continue to mock Damien throughout lunch, and he turns Kenny into a Duck Billed Platypus before going into a rage and destroying the lunch room, demanding Jesus be brought to him.

While the rest of the boys go and find Jesus, Cartman revises his birthday gift list, making it clear that he needs all the Mega Men in order to combine them and create Ultra Mega Mega Man.
 * Wendy: Yellow Mega Man (formerly Mega Man Power Chopper)
 * Clyde: The Mega Cycle
 * (Unnamed children): Mega Man Beach House ("Two people at once since it costs more money")

Meanwhile Damien's wrath continues on the playground during recess. When Jesus arrives he tells Damien to let Satan come and he will face him. While waiting for Satan, the whole town manages to gather at the playground. Although Satan does not physically show, he informs everyone (through Damian) that the arrangements for the final battle will be made the next day, prompting Jimbo to make his way to his bookie, followed by the rest of the town.

It is decided that the final battle will be held at the South Park Forum and can be watched on pay-per-view for $49.95. Naturally, Cartman is angered that the final fight between good and evil will be held on his birthday. In anticipation of the fight, the entire town bets that Jesus will win the fight, until Satan appears fot the weigh in, appearing much larger than Jesus, which sends the town back to the bookie to change their bets. The boys take it upon themself to train Jesus, drafting Chef into sparring with him. Chef reluctantly knocks out Jesus with a single punch.

At Cartman's party, Damien and Pip show up. In order for Damien to "warm up" to the boys, he opens a pit of fire and lets black ghosts throw Pip in the air where he is engulfed in flames. Impressed by the fireworks display, the boys welcome him to join the party. While opening his presents, Kyle, who was supposed to give Cartman a red Mega Man, gives him the game Ants in the Pants, saying the stores were all out of red Mega Men. Enraged that he can't get the Ultra Mega Mega Man, Cartman attacks Kyle and promptly cancels the party, ordering everyone out; they all go to see the fight.

At the fight, the referee informs Satan and Jesus that he, "want[s] a good clean fight, guys. No punching below the belt, holding, or miracles." Satan lands punch after punch on Jesus. Jesus is disheartened by the town's lack of faith in him and does not attempt to retaliate as Satan wears him down. When Stan shows up from Cartman's party, he gives Jesus a small pep talk about how Nancy Kerrigan wouldn't give up until she was #1. Kyle interrupts him to tell him that Nancy got the silver medal (second place). Instead, Stan tells him, "Don't try to be a great man, just be a man." When Jesus asks who said that, Stan tells Jesus that he did (but Stan later admits he heard it on Star Trek).

Inspired by Stan's words, Jesus punches Satan in the lower-forearm and Satan takes a dive, throwing the match. It is revealed that the only person who bet on Jesus to win was Satan. He had planned to inspire the crowd to bet on himself and get rich off their folly (and buy some real estate). The town asks for Jesus' forgiveness and he replies, "Aww heck, do I have a choice?"

Kenny's death

 * Shot by Jimbo Kern when he was a duck-billed platypus, on the usual grounds that "He's coming right for us!"

Trivia

 * Whenever Damien appears onscreen, a choir of voices chants in what sounds like Latin. The voices say "Rectus… Dominus… Cheesy Poofs…" ("Rectus Dominus" is dog Latin for "Ass Master" which is an often used insult on the show, and Cheesy Poofs is Cartman's favorite snack)
 * Throughout the episode, whenever a shot of the 3rd grade class is shown the numbers "666" appear in red with the rest of the numbers on the wall. The black board reads some calculations and mathematical formulas, amongst them 2x + 3y + 1 = 666
 * Damien was originally going to be voiced by Beavis and Butt-Head/King of the Hill creator and voice actor Mike Judge. Due to the fast production on South Park, however, Judge was unable to record new lines.
 * According to the DVD commentary, Pip was originally supposed to die in this episode but they decided not to kill him off because they needed him for crowd scenes.

Goofs
Stan gives Cartman a Blue Mega Man at the party, though he was supposed to give him a green one.