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"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?"
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Episode no. Season 4
Episode 9
Production no. 410
Original airdate July 19, 2000
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"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" is the ninth episode of Season Four and the 57th overall episode of South Park. It aired on July 19, 2000.[1]

Synopsis[]

The boys learn in Sunday school that they must confess their sins, but worry about Timmy since all he can say is his own name.[1]

Plot[]

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As Stan Marsh, Cartman, and Kenny are joking around in Church, they are warned by priest Father Maxi that they will be damned if they do not embrace their religious values more. They begin attending Sunday School classes with a nun named Sister Anne, who teaches them about Communion and confession. Unfortunately, the children become confused, thinking Jesus was made of crackers, and eating crackers and drinking wine is enough to stop them from going to hell. The boys do their first confessions, during which Cartman tells them that while he was in the confessional making his confessions, God’s vengeful arm reached out, grabbed him, and shook him about (which was actually Father Maxi, enraged upon finding out that Cartman was the one who had done all those terrible things to him in the past), and the children get more scared than ever before.

The children notice that Kyle and Timmy cannot confess their sins, as Kyle is Jewish and Timmy, being disabled, can say little more than his own name. Father Maxi guarantees them that these boys will go to Hell if they are unable to confess their sins much to the distress of the Sunday school teacher. The boys then try to help Kyle, Ike, and Timmy by baptizing them. However, when Cartman says "ass" causing Stan and Kenny to also swear, they rush off to confess their latest sins for fear of going to Hell. The end up running into several other frightened kids, also fearful of Hell. As they attempt to cross the street, Kenny is run down by a bus headed to Mexico, causing the kids to become even more afraid of dying with sins unconfessed. As it happens, when they get to the Church, they catch the priest having sex with a woman named Mrs. Donovan in the confessional. Horrified by this sudden display of sinfulness, they break out of their church, and Cartman begins directing the children to the creation of a new Christian community, which he himself is leading.

In the subplot, Satan's relationship with Chris, an overly sensitive man, is throw into the air when his ex-boyfriend, Saddam Hussein, shows up wanting him back. Satan, however, is confused by this, as the last time he saw him, he himself threw him into a rocky crag due to a combination of his emotional abuse and his attempt to usurp his authority during an attempted takeover of Earth; Saddam points out that, as he was already dead, the worst that could happen to him was that he'd be revived in Hell. Despite Saddam's attempts to ruin dinner between him and Chris, Satan realizes that he still finds Saddam attractive, and he struggles to decide which man he would rather be with. Things get even worse for Satan when, during bedtime, he reveals his true thoughts to Chris unconsciously; he makes an excuse for leaving but ends up standing outside Saddam's hotel room.

References[]


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Story Elements

Father MaxiSister AnnChris • "Hukilau" • "I Walk Hand in Hand with Jesus"

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Release

South Park: The Complete Fourth Season

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