TMC
05-09-2023, 12:58 AM
https://www.looper.com/1275118/south-park-theory-cartman-part-mafia/
Cartman has a history in organized crime
Hilariously, this isn't the first time that Eric Cartman has been involved in an organized crime ring –- although fans will remember his previous offense was related to Kentucky Fried Chicken, not the actual Mafia.
In the Season 14 episode "Medicinal Fried Chicken," every Kentucky Fried Chicken in Colorado is banned as a result of a new state law, causing Cartman to seek out illicit means of getting his "fix" for Colonel Sanders' (Trey Parker) chicken. He eventually starts smuggling the chicken in and out of South Park alongside another accomplice named Billy Miller (Trey Parker), and from there, the plot of the episode directly parodies the 1983 film "Scarface," with Cartman embodying the role of Al Pacino's Tony Montana and Colonel Sanders taking on the role of Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa.
Billy is later hanged from a helicopter over the Colonel's immense villa (recreating a similar scene from "Scarface") and Cartman's operation later crumbles when Colonel Sanders sends hitmen to kill him. Though Cartman escapes once again from any wrongdoing, this is yet another example of criminal activity that could be linked back to the Mafia, or at least mirrors the smuggling and drug running known to occur under organized crime.
Although Eric Cartman has never specifically acted under Mafia orders within "South Park," the fact that he always escapes justice is still very suspicious. There's no question that this sadistic fourth-grader would absolutely join the Mafia should the opportunity arise.
Cartman has a history in organized crime
Hilariously, this isn't the first time that Eric Cartman has been involved in an organized crime ring –- although fans will remember his previous offense was related to Kentucky Fried Chicken, not the actual Mafia.
In the Season 14 episode "Medicinal Fried Chicken," every Kentucky Fried Chicken in Colorado is banned as a result of a new state law, causing Cartman to seek out illicit means of getting his "fix" for Colonel Sanders' (Trey Parker) chicken. He eventually starts smuggling the chicken in and out of South Park alongside another accomplice named Billy Miller (Trey Parker), and from there, the plot of the episode directly parodies the 1983 film "Scarface," with Cartman embodying the role of Al Pacino's Tony Montana and Colonel Sanders taking on the role of Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa.
Billy is later hanged from a helicopter over the Colonel's immense villa (recreating a similar scene from "Scarface") and Cartman's operation later crumbles when Colonel Sanders sends hitmen to kill him. Though Cartman escapes once again from any wrongdoing, this is yet another example of criminal activity that could be linked back to the Mafia, or at least mirrors the smuggling and drug running known to occur under organized crime.
Although Eric Cartman has never specifically acted under Mafia orders within "South Park," the fact that he always escapes justice is still very suspicious. There's no question that this sadistic fourth-grader would absolutely join the Mafia should the opportunity arise.