2. Weight Gain 4000
🎞️ S1 E2 🚫 Hard pass

South Park

Is South Park S1 E2 OK for kids?

2. Weight Gain 4000

Cartman tries to slim down when he learns a TV talk-show host is coming to town to give him an award, but he bulks up instead. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison hatches a plan to murder the visiting celeb.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

South Park S1 E2, “2. Weight Gain 4000”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Cartman tries to slim down when he learns a TV talk-show host is coming to town to give him an award, but he bulks up instead. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison hatches a plan to murder the visiting celeb.

Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (9); Alcohol & drugs (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in South Park S1 E2:

  • Kathie Lee is a beautiful, sultry queen of sexual fantasy.

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in South Park S1 E2:

  • Its formula is designed to go to the stomach, where it is distributed to the blood! Now available at stores everywhere.
  • I need a gun.
  • Here's the same gun with a wood finish.

Swearing 9 moments

How Swearing shows up in South Park S1 E2:

  • Come on, you little bitch.
  • She really threw her voice with two dummies? The bitch must die! Oh, my God, they killed Kenny! You bastard! - Gun! - Gun! Hey, come back! We didn't even get to do our play! That's it.
  • And you'll be all like, "Hey, get out of my ass, you stupid rainbows!" - What the hell are you talking about? - Rainbows.
  • If they're so damn smart, how come they get caught in fishing nets? - What? - Wait, there's more.
  • Kathie Lee Gifford in South Park! Oh, my God! This is our chance to make a name for ourselves to show we're not some pissant mountain town.
  • That's Eskimos! - Who cares? - It's tree-hugging hippie crap.
  • Bulk up to what? Fat-ass? - Super fat-ass? Hey, I don't have to take that kind of crap from you scrawny weaklings! Sweet, check me out.
  • Garrison, this is not appropriate! Do you actually think that Kathie Lee Gifford would enjoy this? To hell with Kathie Lee Gifford! What have I said? He said, "To hell with Kathie Lee Gifford!" Mr.
  • Here she comes! Damn, I'm not the only one who's thought of killing her.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in South Park S1 E2:

  • Just two hummingbirds moaning and groaning and letting their bodies caress and touch each other in ecstasy.

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