The Death of Eric Cartman/Trivia

General

Trivia

Images

Script

Extras

Watch Episode

"The Losing Edge/Trivia"

"The Death of Eric Cartman/Trivia"

"Erection Day/Trivia"

This page contains trivia for "The Death of Eric Cartman". Remember, trivia must be factual, provable, and it is always best to cite your source for not-so-obvious trivia. If you would like to dispute a trivia point, please discuss it in the talk page.

Trivia[]

The idea of having Cartman eat the skin off of every piece of fried chicken came from a similar script meeting one evening when the writing staff were sitting around a table having a bucket of KFC for dinner while they discussed ideas and someone mentioned how terrible it would be if someone stole all the skins when everyone else was out of the room.^[1]
This episode contains cameos of Sally Struthers, Ms. Claridge and Scott Tenorman during Cartman's song "Make It Right".
When Cartman gives a fruit basket to Ms. Claridge, there are two preschoolers fighting over a toy on the far left of the screenshot. One of them looks very similar to Butters by his hair and clothes.
Sally Struthers has been dieting since her appearance in "Starvin' Marvin in Space" - she is back to her original appearance, as opposed to looking like Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars.
There are two graves near the Tenorman's that say "A. Kutch(last part is blocked by Scott's head)" and "K.Bryant".
- As of 2020, Kobe Bryant is deceased, but Ashton Kutcher is still alive.
In bed, Butters is wearing a Chinpokomon shirt instead of his usual pajamas.
This is one of the few episodes in which Sharon appears without Randy.
Eric Cartman hands out fruit baskets to try to redeem himself:
- Principal Victoria - For various misdeeds over the course of the series like taking a dump in her purse seven times
- Ms. Claridge - For setting her on fire maiming her for life. Though it should be noted that Stan, Kyle, and Kenny were just as responsible for that as he was.
- A Jewish Synagogue - For his anti-Semitism and intolerance of other cultures, which even included convincing the town to exterminate them all.
- Scott Tenorman - For having his parents murdered and then tricking Scott into eating them.
- An Abortion Clinic - For when he convinced mothers to abort their babies so he could make a stem cell replica of Shakey's Pizza in "Kenny Dies".
- Mr. Anderson - Fixes his fence instead of giving a fruit basket, he broke it and never told him about it.
- The Special Olympics - For impersonating a mentally handicapped child in order to compete in the games.
- Sally Struthers - For exposing her malfeasance to the Ethiopians.

References to Popular Culture[]

When Butters hides himself in the kitchen cabinet, he mentions he saw a ghost like "that boy in the movie". Butters is referring to Cole Sear from the M. Night Shyamalan movie The Sixth Sense.
When Cartman and Butters visit Scott Tenorman in the graveyard there is a gravestone that reads "A. Kutcher" on it, in the background. This a reference to actor Ashton Kutcher and the movie he was in called The Butterfly Effect.
- Other names on the tombstones that can be seen next to A. Kutcher include:
  - K. Bryant - Kobe Bryant
  - J. Jameson - Jenna Jameson
  - L. Lohan - Lindsay Lohan
  - P. Hilton - Paris Hilton
In Butter's room during Cartman's rampage, several games can be seen on the bookshelf. Among them are:
- Ollie Otter, is a reference to the Talking Critters Series of books for kids.
- Sink My Ship, a reference to Battleship.
When Butters writes Cartman's list, the 'broke Mr Anderson's fence' text references the TV show Beavis and Butt-Head.

Continuity[]

The graves of Mr. and Mrs. Tenorman say that they died in 2003, however the "Scott Tenorman Must Die" episode aired in 2001. This is due to South Park's "floating timeline", wherein dates are fluid, as the characters do not age over time.
This is the third instance of Butters' signature song, "I've Got Some Apples".
The text that is visible on the list are references to past episodes:
- ELECTROCUTED TEACHER - "Pre-School"
- LIED ABOUT ASTEROID HITTING EARTH - "Casa Bonita"
- PRETENDED TO BE JLO - "Fat Butt and Pancake Head"
- FAKED BEING A ROBOT - "AWESOM-O"
- TRIED TO KILL KENNY FOR PSP - "Best Friends Forever"
- EXTERMINATED HIPPIES - "Die Hippie, Die"
- DRESSED UP BUTTERS AS A FREAK - "Freak Strike"
- TRIED TO TAKE OVER THE EARTH - "Trapper Keeper"
- MADE PEOPLE THINK I WAS PSYCHIC - "Cartman's Incredible Gift"
- KICKED MISTER KITTY
- BROKE ANDERSONS^[sic] GATE
- CRAPPED IN PRINCIPALS^[sic] PURSE
- CONVINCED WOMAN TO GET ABORTION - "Kenny Dies"
- EXTERMINATED JEWS - "The Passion of the Jew"
- FED PARENTS TO THEIR SON - "Scott Tenorman Must Die"
- PRETENDED TO BE ******ED - "Up the Down Steroid"
- SALLY STRUTHERS INCIDENT - "Starvin' Marvin in Space"

Goofs[]

In the HD version, Kevin does not move his mouth when he agrees to ignore Cartman with the rest of the boys.
The list that Butters writes out is full of inconsistencies:
- When Butters helps Cartman write out the list, the list is made on a long scroll of paper with only the incidents written on it in pencil.
- After they give the gift basket to Sally Struthers, a close up shot of the list is shown and is now on a shorter sheet of paper that has a check box next to each incident.
- After Butters checks off the last item with a pencil, the camera changes angles to show the room and the list is now on a spiral bound notepad and the check marks are made with a red crayon instead of the pencil that Butters had just used.
- When Cartman lists off incidents to Butters, the last three he says are "I pretended to be r******* and joined the Special Olympics. I tried to have all the Jew exterminated last spring. Uhh, oh yeah, and there's this one kid whose parents I had killed and then made into chili which I fed to the kid. " and he writes them down in that order.
  - When Butters pulls the upper portion of the list towards himself and tells Cartman that he has a lot to atone for, the text "FED PARENTS TO THEIR SON" is at the top of the list, even though that was the last incident Cartman mentioned.
  - Then, after visiting Sally Struthers, the list in the close up now reads "EXTERMINATED JEWS", "FED PARENTS TO THEIR SON", "PRETENDED TO BE ******ED" and "SALLY STRUTHERS INCIDENT" in that order.

Dubbing Changes[]

International Titles[]

Language	Title	Translation
Czech	Cartmanův život po životě	Cartman's Life after Life
French	La Mort d'Eric Cartman	The Death of Eric Cartman
German	Der Tod von Eric Cartman	The Death of Eric Cartman
Hungarian	Eric Cartman halála	The Death of Eric Cartman
Italian	La morte di Eric Cartman	The Death of Eric Cartman
Polish	Śmierć Erica Cartmana	The Death of Eric Cartman
Portuguese (Brazil)	A morte de Eric Cartman	The Death of Eric Cartman
Spanish (Latin America)	La muerte de Eric Cartman	The Death of Eric Cartman
Spanish (Spain)
Ukrainian	Смерть Еріка Картмана (Smertʹ Erika Kartmana)	The Death of Eric Cartman

Common[]

While Cartman is listing down his sins, Shakey's Pizza is not mentioned by name in the Brazilian Portuguese, Hungarian, Latin Spanish and Ukrainian dubs. Of these dubs, the Latin Spanish has this location named in "Kenny Dies".

Hungarian[]

When Jimmy asks where Cartman had went, Stan replies with Butters' voice.

Spanish (Latin America)[]

Broadcasting sound effects are added onto all of the news reports on the kidnappers.

Ukrainian[]

Butters' reaction as the anal probe gets inserted is heard prematurely.
The news report on the kidnappers contains an additional comment on the ransom, Невеликі гроші здавалося б але їх немає ("It seems like a small amount of money, but it's not").
All of the voice effects by the officers as they arrest the convicts are removed.