Jewpacabra

"Jewpacabra"

"Jewpacabra" is the fourth episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated sitcom South Park, and the 227th episode of the series overall. It premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on April 4, 2012.

Plot

Kyle awakens to find Cartman in his home with his mother, Mrs. Brofloski, talking about Passover and other Jewish traditions. Kyle screams for Cartman to get out and then asks him what he is doing. Cartman says he is just interested in Jewish culture, something Kyle does not believe for a second. Later on, the children of the town are all standing in line to sign up for the Easter egg hunt when Cartman tells everyone of the "Jewpacabra". Kyle arrives to angrily discredit Cartman, explaining that he is just spreading antisemitism as usual. When Cartman compares Jewpacabra sightings to those of creatures like the Sasquatch, Kyle says anyone who claims to have seen a sasquatch is either a liar or an idiot. "Now stop lying before stupid people start believing you!" It is unfortunately too late for that as Butters lies in his bed terrified that the dreaded Jewpacabra will strike him. Cartman arrives and tells Butters to come with him and help him hunt the Jewpacabra.

Cartman and Butters head out to the woods nearby with their camcorders and get a shot of what seems to be a dog or cat jumping around the rocks. Cartman tries to prove that the Jewpacabra is real by meeting with the Sooper Foods team and showing them the video. The team does not want to take any chances with the Jewpacabra and seeks the help of Cartman to locate it. Cartman takes advantage of this to get a free water slide ride in The Bahamas. They then head back to Colorado where they give the video evidence to a team of experts at the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. The researchers say that the Jewpacabra is real by taking an infrared image and comparing it to a picture of a dog. They tell Cartman that the Jewpacabra will be after him because he captured it on video. This scares Cartman and he seeks Kyle's advice by calling him at home while he sleeps. Kyle refuses to help him and throws his phone against a wall. Cartman hides in a church where he continuously prays to Jesus to help him. He also employs his friends to protect him by giving them 20 dollars and a shotgun. After a few minutes, a howl is heard which scares away the boys and there is a continuous rustling at the church doors. Cartman hides under a table and calls Butters, asking where he ran off to. Butters tells him that they went and hid at Wingstreet next door, to which Cartman gives a funny reply that he also wants wings.

Soon, the door is opened and the Sooper Foods team enters. They capture him and dress him in a bunny suit. In the local park, they tell him that they wish to sacrifice him to Jewpacabra so they can conduct the Easter egg hunt the next day without fear. They also splash blood over him with a paintbrush so the Jewpacabra can find him easily. After a few minutes, Kyle shows up in the park to Cartman's relief. He asks Kyle to help him escape, but Kyle refuses to do so since he knows that Cartman has been lying about the Jewpacabra since the beginning. After sometime, what appears to be a view from a mysterious creature is revealed to be the BFRO watching him through a pair of binoculars. They think that Cartman is a real life "Bunny-Man", so they shoot him with a tranquilizer. The BFRO team then leaves to create a show on Animal Planet about the Bunny-man, taking the gun they tranquilized Cartman with, but neglecting to take the actual Cartman/Bunny-man.

Cartman then experiences a tranquilizer-induced flashback about the Plagues of Egypt, where he is found to be the son of the Pharaoh. God is angry with the Pharoah and he releases the Plague of Locusts. Meanwhile back in the park, Kyle breaks the chain of a knocked out Cartman and takes him to his house where he puts him into his bed to sleep (a homage to the scene from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, where Lucy does this for Linus.)

The next day, Cartman arrives at the Easter Egg hunt and tells everyone that he was saved by a "Passover miracle" and announces that he's converted to Judaism. They, of course, do not believe him. Finally, he apologizes to Kyle and says he now knows how it feels when one's faith is mocked, acting friendlier to Kyle now that he's Jewish. The story ends with the Sun shining with the Star of David in it.

External links

• "Jewpacabra" at South Park Studios.