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#71: Scott Tenorman Must Die
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Show: South Park
Original airdate: July 11, 2001

"I came just in time to see Mr. Denkins giving his report to Officer Barbrady; and of course, to steal the bodies. After a night with the hacksaw, I was all ready to put on my Chili Con Carnival, so that I could tell you personally about your parents' demise! And of course, feed you my chili. Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it 'Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.'"

EVERY South Park fan remembers where they were when they saw this episode, the one that changed pretty much everything for the series and for the character of Eric Cartman. It started out so innocently, with an older kid messing with Cartman, leading to an escalating series of schemes and pranks in which Scott Tenorman always seemed to get the best of young Eric, and the elaborate scheme at the end of the episode was one in which we all thought Eric would take the biggest L of all, capping off what had, until this point, had been a fairly standard, amusing, but standard South Park episode... and then... yeah. That final speech, that final reveal, in which we all learned that Eric Cartman wasn't just a selfish spoiled brat racist jerk, but an evil sociopath capable of some of the most twisted deeds in television history. I remember sitting there after the episode, jaw dropped, wondering what the hell I'd just seen... and then laughing my ass off for a good thirty seconds or so. This episode took Cartman's antics and the show itself to a place even South Park had never been before, and Cartman's been a manipulative, evil little bastard ever since. I remember after the episode was over, wanting to rewatch it immediately, but in the days before on-demand, I had to wait for a rerun.. but yeah, I'll always watch this one every time it's on. Cartman's the character you love to hate, or maybe hate to love, and Scott Tenorman Must Die still ranks as one of his all time most memorable acts of evil.