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11 Ginger Kids

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First aired: 11/9/2005 Production Code: 911

After giving a presentation on 'Ginger Kids' in class, Cartman gets the other students to discriminate against them. To teach him a lesson, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny sneak in to his room and use makeup to give him the appearance of a Ginger. Their lesson is not realized when Cartman begins to rally his fellow Gingers against the other kids.

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Written by BOT, on 09-25-2007 19:39
In a class presentation, Cartman argues that "Gingers" — those with red hair, freckles, and pale skin — are creepy and evil. They suffer from "gingervitis" and their light skin comes from their lack of a soul. He also argues that they cannot stand the sun, and that Kyle, who has auburn hair (but not light skin or freckles) — is a "daywalker". After his speech encourages other students to discriminate against gingers, Kyle decides to make his presentation about the genetic causes of gingers being born. Kyle interviews a family with ginger children, and it soon becomes apparent that although Cartman's prejudiced ideas about Gingers are untrue, the fact remains that the general public, even their own parents, carry a similar bigoted hatred and intolerance toward them. Kyle's status as a "Daywalker" prevents anybody from listening though, so he and the others agree that Cartman needs to be taught a lesson. They get together in the night to dye Cartman's hair red, bleach his skin a lighter hue, and give him henna freckles, to make him "ginger", after which Cartman begins to be discriminated against by the kids he influenced by his speech. However, Cartman becomes a leader of the "Ginger Separatist Movement", at first asking to be treated like everyone else.

Quickly, however, Cartman's movement becomes violent and Hitler-esque in tone. He begins to preach that gingers are, in fact, the "chosen race," and orders the eradication of all non-gingers from the Earth. Following Cartman's orders, the gingers abduct as many of South Park's children as they can, including Stan and Kyle, then bring them to their meeting place the Sunset Room at the Airport Hilton to throw them all into a pit of lava.

Kyle is chosen as the first to die, but before the gingers throw him into the lava, he whispers to Cartman that they really made him look ginger, and Cartman is shocked. He then tells his followers that he has suddenly had an epiphany, and now realizes that everybody has to get along. As the other children are freed, Kyle mutters to Cartman that he is a manipulative asshole. Cartman (for once) agrees, but doesn't care as long as he isn't killed by the people of his movement.

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2 References to Pop Culture
Written by BOT, on 09-25-2007 19:39
* Cartman's first speech is a parody of Malcolm X
* When concluding his first speech, Cartman says "If you think that the ginger problem is not a serious one," He then shows a picture of Carrot Top and finishes his sentence saying "think again."
* In this episode Cartman has the Gingers shout "Red Power", a parody of both the KKK's "white power" chant. The reference to gingers who've made accomplishments in society is a parody for role models by minority political and social groups.
* The ginger kids appearing at a window is a reference to the TV adaptation of the Stephen King book Salem's Lot.
* When the term "daywalker" is used, Cartman is making a reference to the Blade movies.
* When Cartman wakes up, before he realizes he is now ginger, as he walks across the hall to the bathroom he sings "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers.
* The nagging hotel clerk at the ginger's hotel convention meeting is a reference to The Witches.

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