Cartman's Incredible Gift
| "Cartman's Incredible Gift" | |
|---|---|
| South Park episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Production code | 813 |
| Original air date | December 8, 2004 |
"Cartman's Incredible Gift" is episode 124 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired December 8, 2004 as part of the series' eighth season. In the episode, local police become convinced that Eric Cartman has psychic abilities, which Cartman exploits for personal gain, much to the ire of Kyle Broflovski, other psychic detectives, and the true serial killer behind a series of murders that Cartman falsely attributes to others.
The episode's story continues South Park's critical view of psychics, previously seen in the episode "The Biggest Douche in the Universe", while also acting as a parody of several films, including Red Dragon and The Dead Zone.
Though a minor part of the episode, it marks the last appearance of the seldom-seen South Park Elementary school bus driver Mrs. Veronica Crabtree.
Cartman attempts to fly by jumping off of his roof with cardboard wings attached to his arms. He emerges from a brief coma in the hospital, where he shares a room with a victim of a serial killer who cuts off his victims' left hands. When Cartman manages to deduce some obvious routine things, like the food the hospital is serving, a gullible local police detective, Sergeant Yates believes that Cartman has developed psychic powers. Cartman plays along and is taken to the scene of one of the murders. Where Yates asks him if he is "seeing anything" Cartman closes his eyes and vocalizes his cravings for ice cream and Oreo cookies, prompting Yates to arrest ice cream shop owner Tom Johannsen with extreme brutality. Cartman receives a cash reward.
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