Spontaneous Combustion (South Park)
| "Spontaneous Combustion" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Matt Stone |
| Written by |
Trey Parker Matt Stone David Goodman |
| Production code | 302 |
| Original air date | April 14, 1999 |
"Spontaneous Combustion" is the 33rd episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired in the United States on April 14, 1999.
Kyle discovers that his dad and his mom are having marital difficulties caused by his dad's erectile dysfunction, and he and the others (Kenny, Stan, and Cartman) try to "give him an erection" (which the boys confuse with "a resurrection"), unaware of what it actually is. Meanwhile, various members of the town, beginning with Kenny, start to spontaneously combust, which causes the townspeople to attend church more, and compels Mayor McDaniels to order Randy Marsh to discern the cause for the explosions.
The boys get drawn into presenting the Stations of the Cross in church, with Cartman tied to the cross in the role of Jesus, after repeated pleading that he could not play any other role. Afterwards, the boys take the cross and put it up outside the church, with Cartman still attached, so that he will die and get a "res-erection" to give to Kyle's dad. Meanwhile, Randy manages to find out that the combustions are caused by people refusing to fart in front of their partners (Kenny was spending some time with Kelly, his girlfriend from the previous episode) and so he encourages everyone in town to fart every few seconds. For this, he wins the Nobel Prize and a statue is made for him, much to the ire of South Park's only other scientist, Dr. Mephesto, who wanted to win the prize for creating a Galapagos turtle with seven ; he then plots revenge.
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