South Park's Highest-Rated Episode Released Over 20 Years Ago
While SouthPark is now in its 25th season, its highest-rated episode is still season 5's «Scott Tenorman Must Die,» released over 20 years ago in 2001. That is according to IMDb, where the episode has a score of 9.6. The episode prominently features Eric Cartman, who has been the central focus of more South Park episodes than any other character. Eric was the main character of the show's first episode «Cartman Gets An Anal Probe» and has been the focus of classic episodes, including «Casa Bonita» and "Make Love, Not Warcraft." However, none of them top «Scott Tenorman Must Die» in terms of ratings.
«Scott Tenorman Must Die» is the ultimate revenge plot. The episode starts with Cartman gloating to Stan, Kyle, and Kenny that he has got his first pubic hairs, only to reveal that rather than growing them, he bought them from 8th grader Scott Tenorman. Once Cartman finds out he has been duped, he plans to get revenge on Scott. Try as he might, Scott keeps outsmarting Cartman, as he tricks Cartman into handing over money $16.12, sends him on a 200-mile round trip to Fort Collins, and humiliates him by making him dance like a little piggy. Eventually, Cartman gets his revenge by feeding an unknowing Scott his own parents at the Chili Con Carnival, who then, in one of South Park's best celebrity guest appearances, is mocked for being a crybaby by his favorite band Radiohead.
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It is South Park's greatest episode perhaps because it marks the turning point for Cartman, turning him from an arrogant bully to a full-blown psychopath who is willing to ruin lives and commit unforgivable acts if he has been wronged. The shock twist ending, feeding Scott his own
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