2011/06/22

Crack Baby Athletic Association

Crack Baby Athletic Association

"Crack Baby Athletic Association"
South Park episode
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Cartman, Kyle and Butters are shocked to discover Slash is not real.
Episode no. Season 15
Episode 5
Directed by Trey Parker
Written by Trey Parker
Production code 1505
Original air date May 25, 2011
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"Crack Baby Athletic Association" is the fifth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 214th episode of the series overall. "Crack Baby Athletic Association" premiered in the United States on Comedy Central on May 25, 2011. "Crack Baby Athletic Association" was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA L in the United States.

Plot

After seeing the "saddest commercial ever" presented by Sarah McLachlan about crack babies, Kyle goes to help volunteer at the hospital, but finds Cartman already volunteering there. Suspicious, Kyle follows Cartman and finds that he, Craig, Clyde and Butters have gathered together to form a new business called "Crack Baby Basketball", in which crack-addicted babies fight each other for a piece of crack, with the fights being broadcast on the Internet. Kyle is shocked and horrified at what Cartman has done, but Cartman convinces him it is a win-win situation for everybody and persuades him to work for the business as its accountant. Kyle, troubled by his conscience as he becomes a version of Gordon Gekko, repeatedly justifies himself to Stan, who just listens to him in silence.

The business quickly prospers, and the group prepares to cut a deal with EA Sports for a video game based upon their sport. Cartman, looking for ways to get away with exploiting the babies for his own profit, goes to the athletic department at the University of Colorado dressed as a Southern slave owner. He refers to the University's student athletes as slaves, but gets no advice on how to treat his own "slaves" from the affronted president. Kyle presents Cartman with a plan to spend 30% of the money from the deal on a state-of-the-art orphanage for the crack babies, he first believes that Cartman will not support it, but Cartman actually approves of, due to all the goodwill it will generate, much to Kyle's surprise. Meanwhile, Clyde and Craig try to get in touch with Slash in an attempt to have him play at half-time of an upcoming crack baby fight. However, they discover that Slash is actually a make-believe character based on a Dutch legend named "Vunter Slaush". This explains why Slash appears to be everywhere at once, even playing a show in Moscow and in Colorado Springs in the same afternoon. Once the deal with EA Sports is signed, the head of EA Sports, Peter Moore, points out that his company now owns the rights to the Crack Baby Athletic Association and will keep all the revenue. Kyle is crushed over the end of his orphanage project, while Cartman and Butters are mostly still in shock about the revelation that Slash does not exist.

At the end of the episode, Kyle and Stan discover that the orphanage has been miraculously built. They also find a guitar and hat belonging to Slash inside. Kyle is overjoyed and everyone's faith in Slash is restored.

Reception

Ramsey Isler of IGN gave the episode a rating of 7.0 of 10, stating that it was "an average episode -- not terribly bad, but not very good either". He criticized the show for its lack of depth regarding the controversy with the NCAA not compensating its players.

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