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Episode no.	Season 14 Episode 3
Production no.	1403
Original airdate	March 31, 2010
Episode chronology Previous Next "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" "You have 0 Friends"
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Medicinal Fried Chicken is the third episode of Season Fourteen, and the 198th overall episode of South Park. It aired on Comedy Central on March 31, 2010.

Synopsis

Cartman's favorite restaurant, Kentucky Fried Chicken, has been shut down and replaced by a store that sells medical marijuana for cancer patients. Cartman will do anything to get his beloved fried chicken back. Meanwhile, Randy gets self-induced testicular cancer to get a prescription card to buy pot.

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New state laws prohibiting fast food restaurants in low-income neighborhoods result in the closure of all KFC eateries in Colorado, much to the dismay of Cartman, who is addicted to the food. When Randy Marsh learns a former KFC outlet has become a medical cannabis dispensary, he attempts to give himself cancer to get a doctor's referral for marijuana (after first gaining a clean bill of health from his doctor since he had assumed permits are given to the healthy). By irradiating his testicles with a microwave oven, Randy successfully gives himself testicular cancer, making his testicles so large that he has to use a wheelbarrow to carry them. Randy obtains his medical referral and starts smoking marijuana regularly. Meanwhile, his testicles continue to grow to the point that he uses them as a space hopper for movement. Randy found that larger testicles are attractive to women, so he encourages his friends to also get testicular cancer. The local doctor, unaware of the men's self-irradiation, becomes convinced that a recent change in South Park is responsible for the cancer outbreak.

Cartman seeks KFC chicken on the black market by working for a local boy who runs a small KFC cartel from his home. After finally settling his debt with the boy, Cartman is eventually sent to Corbin, Kentucky to buy chicken directly from Colonel Sanders. When the boy accompanying Cartman is revealed to be an informant for healthy foods advocate Jamie Oliver, he is quickly executed by the Colonel's men. Cartman wins over the Colonel's trust, but is warned to never betray him: "Remember this, Eric. I will only tell you one time. Don't fuck me, Eric. Don't you ever try to fuck me." Cartman eventually betrays his previous boss by telling the boss's mom that he got a F on his social studies test, which allows Cartman to take over the South Park cartel and the operation himself. Other than being in charge of the South Park cartel and its operation, Cartman is also given to task by the Colonel to assassinate Oliver to prevent him from giving his speech in the United Nations. However, Cartman immediately disregards all of the Colonel's orders and instead eats most of the KFC chicken supplied to him for distribution, putting the operation in danger. The Colonel, furious at Cartman's betrayal, sends a squad of gunmen to kill Cartman in retaliation. A firefight between the gunmen and police then breaks out at Cartman's cartel headquarters, but he escapes unscathed.

Randy's testicles grow so large that he is unable to fit through the doors of the marijuana dispensary. Prohibited by law from purchasing marijuana outside the premises, Randy and the other self-irradiated men begin protesting for larger dispensary doors. As some politicians present start to discuss ways to get around the problem, the dispensary owner simply suggests that marijuana be legalized, arguing that "people are just abusing this medicinal system anyway." The doctor interrupts by claiming the recent ban on KFC had led to the rise in testicular cancer because the chicken somehow prevented the illness. Colorado bans marijuana once again and reopens KFC, which has now been re-branded as "Medicinal Fried Chicken". Randy has his cancerous testicles removed and replaced with prostheses, and has the skin from his removed enlarged scrotum made into a new coat for his wife Sharon.

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"[[The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs]]"

"Medicinal Fried Chicken"

"[[You have 0 Friends]]"