Chickenpox (South Park episode)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Chickenpox
Series = South Park


Caption = Cartman and Kyle rest after getting "chicken herpes".
Season = 2
Episode = 23
Airdate = August 26, 1998
Production = 210
Writer = Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Trisha Nixon
Director = Trey Parker
Guests =
Episode list = List of "South Park" episodes
Season list = Infobox South Park season 2 episode list
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Next ="Chickenpox" is the 23rd episode of Comedy Central's animated series "South Park". It originally aired on August 26, 1998.

Plot synopsis

Chickenpox begins to spread throughout South Park, and infects Stan's sister Shelley and Kenny; though Stan, Kyle and Cartman are not sickened by it. The moms begin to think that maybe the other boys should be exposed to it too, so as to get it while they're young and it's easier to deal with. They agree, and the other boys stay over at Kenny's house. The boys are less than enthusiastic about spending the night over at Kenny's because his family lives in poverty. The dinner is a meager waffle per person. Strangely enough, Kenny's bedroom has a clapper-activated light (It seems that the rats in the room are trained to switch the light on and off). The next day, Cartman and Stan get sick, but not Kyle. Stan's chicken pox gets so bad he has to be brought to the hospital with Shelley, and around this time Kyle also finds out his mom was trying to get them all infected.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Broflovski, after discovering that her husband and Mr. McCormick had once been close friends, decides to try to patch things up between them by setting them both up on a fishing trip. However, the trip doesn't work out well and the two men come to blows. Apparently, Kenny's dad Stuart is jealous of Kyle's dad Gerald's success, while Gerald makes a speech to Kyle about how some people need to be poorer than others as part of a capitalist society, what he calls the hierarchy of "gods and clods." This leads Kyle to coming up with a plan to eliminate all the clods in the world to make it a better place, which makes Gerald realize the callousness of his beliefs.

Stan breaks out of the hospital, and all of the boys go to try to get revenge on the adults for what they did; unaware that Stan is so sick that he might die. The parents begin a frantic search. Learning that chickenpox is a form of herpes, the boys go see Old Frida, a local prostitute who has a herpes infection in her mouth, who they pay to go to their homes and lick, touch and otherwise mess with their parents' stuff to give them all herpes. The parents find them and bring them back to the hospital; where Kyle also reports being sick and suddenly passes out, making Sheila realize what a horrible thing she has done.

All the boys wind up in the hospital, and the parents get herpes, which they agree was fair idea for what they tried to do. They all have a laugh about it, and then Kenny dies. There is a brief, solemn pause before everyone starts laughing again.

External links

* [http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/210 Chickenpox] at South Park Studios Episode Guide