Cripple Fight
| "Cripple Fight" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 503 |
| Original air date | June 27, 2001 |
"Cripple Fight" (also known as "Cripple Fight!") is the second episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and 67th episode of the series overall. It originally aired in the United States on June 27, 2001 on Comedy Central.
In the episode, the boys join a Mountain Scouts troop originally led by Big Gay Al, who is fired due to his homosexuality. The episode is based on the controversy over scoutmaster James Dale and the Supreme Court case Boy Scouts of America v. Dale. The episode also introduces the character Jimmy.
Stan, Cartman, Kenny, and Timmy have joined Mountain Scouts troop number 69 and are on their way to their first meeting. When they arrive, they find that their scoutmaster is Big Gay Al. The boys enjoy themselves at the meeting and decide that they like Mountain Scouts, but some parents fear that Big Gay Al will be a poor influence on the boys and that he may be a pedophile.
After a lifetime of membership, Big Gay Al is thrown out of Mountain Scouts by the Head. A new, masculine, scoutmaster named Mr. Grazier is appointed and he promises the parents he will whip the boys into line and make them good scouts, but proceeds to force them to pose for naked pictures with a threat to beat them up if they let this slip.
Meanwhile, Jimmy, a new handicapped boy, comes to town and also joins Mountain Scouts. Jimmy is a stand-up comedian and immediately becomes very popular. Timmy, the other handicapped boy in town, becomes incredibly jealous of the adoration given to the new kid. Timmy tries to undermine Jimmy in any way possible, including offering him an orange parka as a gift, in order to make him resemble Kenny (playing off the running gag that Kenny dies in almost every episode in the first few seasons) and even though Jimmy is nearly killed by a falling safe, a hawk, a fire, a stampede of cows, one of the American Space Shuttles, and gunshots from Jimbo and Ned, his efforts proved futile.
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