Fat Camp

Season 4, Episode 15, Aired
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The adults are concerned for Cartman's health, so they arrange for him to go to fat camp. Once he's there, he arranges for another kid to stand in for him and sneak food into the camp from the school. At the same time, the kid shows that Cartman has been losing weight, but Kyle gets suspicious, as he knows no one gets skinny as quickly as Cartman seems to have done. Meanwhile, Cartman is found out and banned from the camp. The kid is sent in to replace Kenny in the Krazy Kenny show, as Kenny himself seems to have been arrested for ... indecent behavior with Howard Sternmoreless
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  • Trey Parker

    Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma

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    Matt Stone

    Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others

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    Isaac Hayes

    Voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy

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  • superb

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By futuramarama, Jul 31, 2011 Report Abuse
    What I liked- The Krazy Kenny show, Kenny being arrested, Chef singing about what prostitution is to the kids, Kyle and Stan forcing the kid to pretend to be Kenny, Cartman being kicked out of fat camp, Garrison saying he was only at the intervention because he wanted to see Cartman's face when they told him, amongst other things.

    Good episode. Kenny's plot started off good but got kind of boring ,but the main plot was pretty good with many humorous moments, so because of all of this my final grade is going to be a B+ or so, I think is fairmoreless

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  • cartman in fatcamp kenny eats things for money

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    By Gibson3445, Feb 13, 2010 Report Abuse
    Cartmans mom the teachers from the school and his friends give cartman an intervention and send him to fat camp. While in fatcamp cartman sells junk food his think look a like gives him to the other fat kids making a big profit.Eventually is he kicked out of the fat camp.I liked this story

    Kenny eats digusting things for money eventually getting his own tv show. his final stunt is going inside the busdriver uterus for 6 hours the boy sswitch cartmans thin look alike for kenny the lookalike dies inside her solving all the problems.I didnt like this story as much as the fat camp story.But chef did sing a prostitute song so it was ok.

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  • I love the song Chef sings about prostitutes

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    By casabonita83, Sep 05, 2009 Report Abuse
    The adults are concerned for Cartman's health, so they arrange for him to go to fat camp. Once he's there, he arranges for another kid to stand in for him and sneak food into the camp from the school. At the same time, the kid shows that Cartman has been losing weight, but Kyle gets suspicious, as he knows no one gets skinny as quickly as Cartman seems to have done. Meanwhile, Cartman is found out and banned from the camp. The kid is sent in to replace Kenny in the Krazy Kenny show, as Kenny himself seems to have been arrested for ... indecent behavior with Howard Stern. My favourite part in this episode is the song Chef sings.moreless

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  • Sick and disgusting but fantastic

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    By oceanic6, Mar 30, 2008 Report Abuse
    In this one; Cartman is rightfully sent to a Fat Camp but while there he sells the other kids candy while a look - alike poses as a thinner and much nicer version of him back home. Meanwhile Kenny becomes a minor shock-celebrity after agreeing to perform a series of increasingly disgusting acts for money.

    Neither of these plots are substantial enough to be called plots rather there almost sketch show - like and shows some random bits from each perspective but for the most part it is pretty entertaining but runs out of steam in the last little bit. Both Cartman and Kenny are the main source of laughs; Stan and Kyle have progressed from the 2D straight guys of the group but aren't given a lot of funny material in this episode. Watching Kenny do increasingly sick acts gets less funny as the acts get more disgusting but the final twist at the end proves to be worth it all. The funniest bit in the Fat Camp is partly the bubbly counsellors but also how Cartman reacts to it; the jabs at overweight kids come off too harsh. Special mention goes to the Manatee skit at the beginning. The recurring gag of listening to Chef sing is given it's finale in this episode with his soulful and hilarious song about prostitutes. Ms. Crabtree gives her last speaking appearance of the series and i won't mention her central role in this review only that it's a good albeit dark send - off to that minor character. This is an episode where the show's improved animation is a blessing and a curse as Kenny's revolting actions would have been more tolerable with the stop - motion animation that was used in the pilot. Trey Parker as Cartman and Matt Stone as Kenny take the best performances prize even though Stone's voice is muffled by his sleeve to voice Kenny. Aside from that nothing else stands out much although the woman who stepped in to play Ms. Crabtree channels the late Mary Kay Bergman nicely.

    Fat Camp is an irregular but often very funny and attention-grabbing episode of South Park; a great addition to the 4th Season.moreless

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  • Chef's prostitute song was great!

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    By ozai890, Jan 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    Eric Cartman going to a fat camp to try and lose weight?! Great! Kenny's part of the episode was great. Him eating so many different things. Chef's prostitute song was great! That was hilarious. Isaac Hayes was a singer in really life. That was a great song. Jesus told Kenny that Kenny is a prostitute. Eric Cartman walked away when he sang the song. Everyone came when he was singing. Clyde, Butters, Tweek, Bebe, and Token. James Taylor even was there! Principal Victoria was there too! Cartman didn't lose one pound of weight. He looks even fatter. Overall, almost perfect. A 9.7.moreless

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    • Tom Green is Canadian but he isn't shown with beady eyes or a flapping head. Edit
    • Although the boys don't know what a prostitute is in this episode. In "Rainforest Schmainforest" they saw some Costa Rican Prostitutes and seemed to know what they were. Edit
    • This is Ms. Crabtree's final speaking appearence before she's killed off in Cartman's Incredible Gift. Edit

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    • Many of the scenes from this episode involving Kenny's disgusting acts are replaced with a black screen that reads "The following scene of Kenny (performing some disgusting act) has been edited for your protection" with smooth jazz music playing in the background when aired in syndication (similar editing is used on the syndicated version of "Red Hot Catholic Love"). Edit
    • This is the fourth time Kenny does not die in an episode. Edit

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    • Announcer: Alright Miss Crabtree, your cervix has been dialated, and your womb has been fitted with oxygen. How do you feel? Miss Crabtree: I feel great! I haven't had this much attention paid to my cooch since I was seventeen! Edit
    • (about the manatee's the class is going to dissect) Butters: HEY! Ours is still alive! Mrs. Choksondik: Oh, hold on. (takes brick and pounds on the manatee's skull) Edit
    • Stan: (after the fake Kenny suffocates in Miss Crabtree's uterus) Oh my God! They killed Kenny! Sort of. Kyle: Yeah! They killed Kenny... 's look-alike. You bastards! Edit

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    • Prostitute Song The Prostitute song is a parody of Jame's Taylor single: "Your Smiling Face" Edit
    • Japanese Whaling: Miss Choksondik saying that the children need to dissect the endangered Manatees in order to understand them is an allusion to Japanese whaling, which they claim is to better understand the whales, so as to protect them. Edit

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