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15 The Biggest Douche in the Universe

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First aired: 11/27/2002 Production Code: 615

Stan wages a one-man war against John Edwards after he talks with Kyle, who believes he's meant to go to Jewleeard, a prestigious school.

Meanwhile, Chef takes Cartman to see John Edwards to help with Kenny's soul being inside him. Realizing he's of little help, they leave for Scotland to see Chef's parents.

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1 Plot
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:20
Cartman is rushed to the hospital after again being possessed by Kenny, the first occurrence of which was in the episode "A Ladder to Heaven". Upon hearing of this, Chef decides to take Cartman to the Crossing Over TV show and have John Edward talk to Kenny from beyond the grave. Stan, Kyle and Cartman's mother travel to New York to be in the audience. At the show, Edward merely makes uselessly vague statements about Kenny, and advises Kyle that his grandmother wants him to "look for four white birds".

Disappointed with Edward, Chef takes Cartman to his parents in Scotland and have them perform an exorcism. Kyle and Stan are about to fly back to Colorado, but Kyle spots a poster advertising a school named Jewleeard, and decides that since its logo incorporates four white birds, his grandmother's spirit wants him to attend the school, which he promptly does. Stan goes to Edward's house, and asks him to tell Kyle that what he does isn't real. This greatly offends Edward, who insists that he has the special power to communicate with the dead. Annoyed, Stan calls Edward a "douche" causing Edward to lock himself in his panic room. Before Stan leaves Edward's house, he steals four of Edward's books, to learn more about cold reading (and "How to 69 with Yourself").

To persuade Kyle that what Edward does is just a trick, Stan demonstrates cold reading on some passers-by. But this backfires when the crowd believes that Stan has psychic powers, and he is immediately given his own show. Edward becomes jealous at the competition from Stan, and annoyed at Edward, Stan says Edward is the biggest douche in the universe. This prompts Edward to challenge Stan to a psychic showdown.

Meanwhile, Chef's parents successfully exorcise Kenny's spirit from Cartman, but as Chef has not brought a "victim child" into which to transfer the spirit, it flies around their house before occupying a pot roast. Cartman is back to normal, and Chef's parents give him the roast to take back to South Park.

At the psychic showdown, Stan finally convinces Kyle and much of the audience that, although it may be comforting to think of their deceased relatives talking to them, such a fate isn't a particularly desirable one (especially if it means that they have to talk to Edward). Edward himself is still convinced of his powers and that he's special. Suddenly a large spacecraft crashes through the studio roof, and several bizarre-looking occupants emerge, asking for him. Edward is delighted, until he discovers that the aliens are actually the nomination committee for the annual "Biggest Douche in the Universe" awards, and have come to take him to the award ceremony. Once taken there, Edward wins the prize, beating out a large and angry reptilian being, a robot who looks and acts like Jerry Lewis and an alien who is literally a giant douche, and (to his chagrin) he earns much fanfare. In the end, a congratulatory song, saying "You're the Biggest Douche in the Universe" (to the tune of the Miss America pageant theme) plays as the closing credits roll over a picture of Edward.

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2 Kenny / Rob Schneider’s death
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:20
Having seen trailers for Rob Schneider’s latest comedy vehicles (The Stapler, A Carrot and Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb, all rated PG-13), we see Schneider pick up the pot roast at the airport — and when he eats it, he is possessed by Kenny. It is turned into a movie, Kenny.

Kenny “dies” after Rob Schneider is shot in the head and impaled by a flagpole, reminiscent of his death in the episode “Weight Gain 4000.”

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3 References
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:25
* After Chef’s mother exorcises Kenny’s soul from Cartman’s body, she says, “This child is clean.” This is a reference to the movie Poltergeist.
* The Intergalactic BDIU Committee’s ship bears a passing resemblance to the Vulcan ship from Star Trek: First Contact.
* The ship where The Biggest Douche in the Universe awards show is held looks strikingly similar to Boddole Zer’s command station ship from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross.
* The music played at the very end of this episode, just before the Biggest Douche in the Universe Award Ceremony, is actually the sample played in the Heroes of Might and Magic III computer game. Many other audio samples from this game have been used in South Park episodes.
* When Chef announces that they will be going to New York, Cartman’s mom mentions that Hairspray is playing. This musical contains music and lyrics written by composer/lyricist Marc Shaiman, who helped Trey Parker with the music and lyrics for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, as well as the Christmas songs episode.
* When Cartman goes to the doctor, the doctor constantly refers to how Cartman is “running out of time.” This phrase is a cliché seen in many doctor-related TV shows and movies.
* At the time of this episode’s original airing, Rob Schneider was about to star in The Hot Chick. The running gag is that all of the fictional trailers follow the same basic plot: a very successful or unsuccessful man is somehow transformed, whether it be into an animal, a woman, a stapler, or a carrot. This point was furthered with a trailer clearly showing a plot exactly the same as these, but with almost every word spoken in complete gibberish. The term “derp” that is used in one of the Rob Schneider trailers was invented when South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were shooting the movie BASEketball to describe a stupid joke that you could see a mile away, commenting on their criticism of Schneider’s movies. Mr. Derp, for example, was the name of Chef’s replacement in “The Succubus.”
* “The Biggest Douche in the Universe,” a term used to describe the supposed psychic John Edward, was used again by Penn Jillette in his and Teller’s show, Bullshit!. According to the commentary for this episode, Trey Parker described the creation of the episode as being centered around John Edward who the entire crew of South Park Studios agreed was "the biggest douche in the universe." That was until Matt Stone asked the question “Well what about Rob Schneider?” leading to the fictional trailers.
* South Park TV satire skewers John Edward psychic pretensions from the Skeptical Inquirer

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