Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
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| Episode no. | 57 |
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| Airdate | July 19, 2000 |
| South Park - Season 4 April 5, 2000 – December 20, 2000 |
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"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" is episode 410 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on July 19, 2000.
[edit] Plot
This episode deals with the South Park boys going to their local Catholic Church, where their priest, Father Maxi, showed his ultra-conservative views of religion when he began to warn the children that they were doomed to Hell on the condition that they did not become more religious. They therefore began Sunday School classes with a nun named Sister Anne; she teaches them about Communion and confession, and the kids attempt to become more religious. This leads to confusion among the kids who think that Jesus was made of crackers, and that they have to eat crackers and drink wine or else they go to hell.
Issues arise when the kids begin to question some of their classmates (particularly Kyle, who is Jewish, and Timmy, who is disabled and can say little more than his own name). The priest explains that both will go to Hell if they cannot confess their sins, and as a result all the boys try to get these two to a point where they can be given salvation.
While all this is going on, down in Hell, Satan is in a dilemma when he is caught up between two possible boyfriends: Chris, an overly-sensitive man he is living with, and Saddam Hussein, Satan's emotionally abusive ex-lover (from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut). Satan is shocked because he had killed Saddam. Saddam tells him "Well, where was I gonna go, Detroit?", and does his best to butt in on their relationship. It is apparent that Satan is still attracted to Saddam, and he struggles to figure out which man to be with. He even turns to one of his smaller, more obnoxious demons for advice, but gets nowhere.
Back in South Park, the boys were rushing to confession, when Kenny seemingly dies while being run over by a bus, which makes everyone all the more terrified of death while in sin. However, when they get to the church, they discover Father Maxi performing sodomy with a local (and married) trollop in the confessional. The kids, horrified at the priest's sinfulness, decide to break out of their church, and the episode ends with Cartman directing the children to the creation of a new Christian community, with him at its head.
[edit] Trivia
- The woman Priest Maxi had anal sex with was named "Ms. Donovan," who could likely be Clyde's mother.
- The celebrities in Hell during the Hawaiian party are:
- Sister Anne is named after, and voiced by Anne Garefino, who is one of the shows producers, and a devout Catholic herself.
- Chris is voiced by Dian Bachar, better known as Choda Boy in the movie Orgazmo.
[edit] Goofs
- Kenny's parents aren't in Mass with him in the beginning of the episode.
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