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+ | '''"Up the Down Steroid"''' is the second episode of [[Season Eight]], and the 113th overall episode of ''[[South Park]]''. It aired on March 24, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/episodes/s08e03-up-the-down-steroid|title=Up the Down Steroid (Season 8, Episode 3) - Episode Guide|publisher=southparkstudios.com}}</ref> |
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| + | [[Jimmy Valmer|Jimmy]] is in training for the upcoming Special Olympics and he is determined to win at any cost. Meanwhile, [[Eric Cartman|Cartman]] decides that he can easily take first place if he can convince the qualifying committee that he is handicapped. |
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| ⚫ | To pretend to be handicapped, Cartman undergoes a rigorous, [[ |
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| ⚫ | To pretend to be handicapped, Cartman undergoes a rigorous, "[[Push It to the Limit]]" montage, training regime of sitting on the special education bus while taking notes of how "retards" act, cutting his hair badly, studying a Kid Rock performance, modifying his shoes so it looks like he has a [[wikipedia:club foot|club foot]] and putting on a bicycle helmet too tight so his face is badly deformed. Cartman's plan works, at least to a point. He gets [[Liane Cartman|his mom]] to take him to the Special Olympics |
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| − | Cartman's plan works, at least to a point. He gets [[Liane Cartman|his mom]] to take him to the Special Olympics (despite protests from [[Kyle Broflovski|Kyle]]) but he fails to win any events because, even though he is obviously not handicapped, he is so out of shape and overweight that he is still unable to win any events against the handicapped children, who have all spent weeks in intensive training before the start of the competition. |
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| − | Meanwhile, Jimmy takes [[Wikipedia:anabolic steroid|steroids]] and ends up in a steroid temper, which causes him to be very violent to the point of attacking his girlfriend, ([[Nancy]]) and his mother (with [[Wikipedia:Samuel Barber|Samuel Barber]]'s "[[ |
+ | Meanwhile, Jimmy takes [[Wikipedia:anabolic steroid|steroids]] and ends up in a steroid temper, which causes him to be very violent to the point of attacking his girlfriend, ([[Nancy]]) and his mother (with [[Wikipedia:Samuel Barber|Samuel Barber]]'s "[[Adagio for Strings]]" playing as the atmospheric soundtrack as he loses his mind). Jimmy's training partner and best friend Timmy frowns on Jimmy's behavior, but being unable to say anything other than ''"Timmy!!"'' and ''"Jimmy!!"'', he was unable to explain the situation to the [[South Park Elementary|school]] counselor, [[Mr. Mackey]]. |
| − | Throughout the episode, Kyle tries to talk Cartman out of his plans. Kyle hates Cartman and has always seen him as a thoroughly ruthless boy, but Kyle sees Cartman's plans as so horrible that he seriously worries that Cartman will go to hell for his antics in this episode. He even goes as far as to call himself Cartman's friend. Cartman |
+ | Throughout the episode, Kyle tries to talk Cartman out of his plans. Kyle hates Cartman and has always seen him as a thoroughly ruthless and cruel boy, but Kyle sees Cartman's plans as so horrible that he seriously worries that Cartman will go to [[hell]] for his antics in this episode. He even goes as far as to call himself Cartman's friend. Cartman does not pay Kyle any attention, believing that Kyle is not in a position to preach morality because he is Jewish. |
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+ | Cartman's plan of course fails, having failed to consider that the handicapped contestants all had months of intensive training and are in great shape while he was not. He comes in last in the Special Olympics. However, he gets a spirit award in the form of a gift voucher to Shakey's Pizza. When he comes up to the stand to collect the prize, Jimmy realizes Cartman has been faking his "retardation" and ironically is about to beat him up for being a cheater, but Timmy scolds him for it. Jimmy learns his lesson, namely that taking steroids is cheating, on a par with pretending to be "retarded" in order to participate in the Special Olympics. This results in him giving back his medal and delivering a heartfelt speech to the audience, who applaud him for being honest. |
| + | The episode ends with Cartman trying to convince the rest of [[The Boys|the Boys]] that he was pretending to be retarded in order to teach Jimmy a lesson about steroids. [[The Boys|The boys]], however, do not fall for his deception. This results in Cartman telling them to "grow up", as he walks away. |
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| − | * There has been some controversy surrounding this episode and the movie ''[[Wikipedia:The Ringer (2005 film)|The Ringer]]'', as both feature the same plot: someone pretending to be mentally retarded in order to compete in the Special Olympics. ''The Ringer'' was written and filmed months before this episode was aired, although ''The Ringer'' was not released to the public until after this episode aired. According to the episode's commentary, Trey and Matt did not think it would be a big deal, since the idea to them did not seem hard to come up with, and it was only a secondary storyline to the episode. They even expressed concern to how someone could extend said storyline to two hours. |
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| − | * The episode title refers to the 1964 young adult novel ''[[Wikipedia:Up the Down Staircase|Up the Down Staircase]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Bel Kaufman|Bel Kaufman]], which was made into a 1967 movie starring [[Wikipedia:Sandy Dennis|Sandy Dennis]]. [[Trey Parker]] admitted he had to perform this story in a high school play and hated it. |
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| − | * This episode is based on an HBO ''[[Wikipedia:Lifestories: Families in Crisis|Lifestories: Families in Crisis]]'' episode entitled "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story" starring [[Ben Affleck]] as a steroid-abusing high school athlete who ends up beating up his girlfriend. |
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| − | * During the scenes in which Cartman and Jimmy are training for and also competing in the Special Olympics, a slightly remixed version of the song "Push It to the Limit", from the 1983 movie ''[[Wikipedia:Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'', is playing. |
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| − | * The trio of American baseball players who present the awards at the end of the Special Olympics are [[Jason Giambi]], [[Barry Bonds]], and [[Mark McGwire]], all of whom have been linked, or allegedly linked, to use of steroids in [[wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]]. In the scene in which Jimmy confesses his use of steroids, the camera cuts to the baseball players, implying that they used steroids as well. This scene is reminiscent of the scene in "[[Butters' Very Own Episode]]" where Mr. Stotch screams about "slimy scumbag liars" and "murdering murderers" while the camera cuts to [[Gary Condit]], [[O.J. Simpson]], and [[John and Patricia Ramsey]]. |
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| − | * In the opening scene, the boys are playing the same "Investigative Reports with [[wikipedia:Bill Kurtis|Bill Kurtis]]" funtime game as they did in [[Cartman Joins NAMBLA]]. |
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| − | * The scene when Jimmy's father asks Jimmy if he was masturbating is reminiscent of a scene in the American comedy film ''[[Wikipedia:American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'', when the father of one of the main characters asks his son, Jim Levenstein, if he was masturbating before he entered the room. |
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| − | * During Cartman and Jimmy's training montage scenes, Cartman can be seen using a Mac, however the [[Wikipedia:Theme (computing)|theme]] of [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Word|Microsoft Word]] is from [[Wikipedia:Windows|Windows 2000]]. |
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| − | * The use of Samuel Barber's ''Adagio for Strings'' in a scene of violence mirrors ''[[Wikipedia:Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' and the episode of ''[[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'' "[[Wikipedia:Strong Arms of The Ma|Strong Arms of The Ma]]." |
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| − | * In Cartman's room, there's a poster of [[Mel Gibson]] in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Braveheart|Braveheart]]'' as seen in the episode ''[[The Passion of the Jew]]''. |
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| − | * During the training montage, Cartman studies the movements of singer Kid Rock. This is not Kid Rock's only connection to South Park, as he was also featured in the soundtrack to ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut]]''. |
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| − | * In the shots of Jimmy's bedroom, there is a "The Six Billion Dollar Man" poster on the wall |
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| − | *This is the second time Cartman's mom lies to get him onto/into something. The first time was in [[Freak Strike]]. |
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| − | * [http://www.tv.com/south-park/up-the-down-steroid/episode/319264/summary.html "Up the Down Steroid" entry at TV.com] |
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"Up the Down Steroid" is the second episode of Season Eight, and the 113th overall episode of South Park. It aired on March 24, 2004.[1]
Synopsis
Jimmy is in training for the upcoming Special Olympics and he is determined to win at any cost. Meanwhile, Cartman decides that he can easily take first place if he can convince the qualifying committee that he is handicapped.
Plot
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Timmy and Jimmy, the two disabled children in South Park, are due to participate in the Special Olympics in Denver.
Cartman decides to fake being disabled and beat all the handicapped children in the events and win the $1,000 prize. Stan tells Cartman that it is a relatively terrible idea.
To pretend to be handicapped, Cartman undergoes a rigorous, "Push It to the Limit" montage, training regime of sitting on the special education bus while taking notes of how "retards" act, cutting his hair badly, studying a Kid Rock performance, modifying his shoes so it looks like he has a club foot and putting on a bicycle helmet too tight so his face is badly deformed. Cartman's plan works, at least to a point. He gets his mom to take him to the Special Olympics
Meanwhile, Jimmy takes steroids and ends up in a steroid temper, which causes him to be very violent to the point of attacking his girlfriend, (Nancy) and his mother (with Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" playing as the atmospheric soundtrack as he loses his mind). Jimmy's training partner and best friend Timmy frowns on Jimmy's behavior, but being unable to say anything other than "Timmy!!" and "Jimmy!!", he was unable to explain the situation to the school counselor, Mr. Mackey.
Throughout the episode, Kyle tries to talk Cartman out of his plans. Kyle hates Cartman and has always seen him as a thoroughly ruthless and cruel boy, but Kyle sees Cartman's plans as so horrible that he seriously worries that Cartman will go to hell for his antics in this episode. He even goes as far as to call himself Cartman's friend. Cartman does not pay Kyle any attention, believing that Kyle is not in a position to preach morality because he is Jewish.
Cartman's plan of course fails, having failed to consider that the handicapped contestants all had months of intensive training and are in great shape while he was not. He comes in last in the Special Olympics. However, he gets a spirit award in the form of a gift voucher to Shakey's Pizza. When he comes up to the stand to collect the prize, Jimmy realizes Cartman has been faking his "retardation" and ironically is about to beat him up for being a cheater, but Timmy scolds him for it. Jimmy learns his lesson, namely that taking steroids is cheating, on a par with pretending to be "retarded" in order to participate in the Special Olympics. This results in him giving back his medal and delivering a heartfelt speech to the audience, who applaud him for being honest.
The episode ends with Cartman trying to convince the rest of the Boys that he was pretending to be retarded in order to teach Jimmy a lesson about steroids. The boys, however, do not fall for his deception. This results in Cartman telling them to "grow up", as he walks away.
References
- ↑ Up the Down Steroid (Season 8, Episode 3) - Episode Guide. southparkstudios.com.
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Timmy Burch • Jimmy Valmer • Eric Cartman • Nancy • Nathan • "Adagio for Strings" • "Push It to the Limit" | ||||
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South Park: The Complete Eighth Season • South Park: The Cult of Cartman | ||||