Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

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Season	s16
Episode	e09
Written By	Trey Parker
Production Code	1609
Original Air Date	2012-10-03

Episode Chronology

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Story

Cartman finally admits he's fat and immediately gets a mobility scooter.

Description

While shopping at Walmart, Kyle and Cartman get into an argument over Cartman's weight. Kyle says that Cartman will end up becoming so obese that he will soon have to start using a mobility scooter, as many of the other customers in the store are doing. Later, Cartman admits to Kyle that he is fat, but instead of taking measures to lose weight, he acquires a scooter of his own, infuriating Kyle. Eventually, Cartman shamelessly takes advantage of his new handicapped status as he and other scooter users file multiple lawsuits against businesses to force them to make their restrooms scooter-accessible. When the cost of these upgrades is passed on to taxpayers, some outraged individuals retaliate by knocking over scooter users. The Department of Health then orders all scooters to be fitted with mechanical uprighting devices. Cartman responds to Kyle's anger over this waste of taxpayer money by accusing Kyle of supporting scooter-tipping and causing anorexia nervosa, saying that using a scooter does not make him "white trash" like Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, the star of TLC's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

Kyle, unfamiliar with the show, watches an episode, and is shocked by the behavior of the Thompson family, such as Honey Boo Boo's habits of drinking Red Bull and Mountain Dew and her relentless heart attacks. He comes to believe that the societal bar has been lowered so much that no one feels shame over their actions anymore. Eventually, Token offers to help Kyle make a documentary film about Cartman's behavior to make his action public. However, Kyle is unaware that Token is using the footage to create a new reality series, Here Comes Fatty Doo Doo, in order to exploit Cartman for financial gain. Torn by guilt, Kyle informs Cartman of Token's intentions, and Cartman obtains a cease and desist order to stop Token from airing the program. However, when Cartman learns that the first episode has already aired and was beaten in the ratings by Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, he refuses to let Honey Boo Boo outshine him, and challenges her to a spaghetti wrestling match during a Symposium on Obesity hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn of the White House.

Meanwhile, film director James Cameron embarks on an ocean voyage to find the bar and raise it, despite his crew's attempts to explain that "the bar" is only a metaphor.

Characters

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Season 16

e1 Reverse Cowgirl

e2 Cash For Gold

e3 Faith Hilling

e4 Jewpacabra

e5 Butterballs

e6 I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining

e7 Cartman Finds Love

e8 Sarcastaball

e9 Raising the Bar

e10 Insecurity

e11 Going Native

e12 A Nightmare on Face Time

e13 A Scause for Applause

e14 Obama Wins!