Buddha Box

Buddha Box

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Season	s22
Episode	e08
Written By	Trey Parker
Production Code	2208
Original Air Date	2018-11-28

Episode Chronology

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  Nobody Got Cereal?
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  TBA

Official Description

Eric Cartman has been diagnosed with anxiety. Cartman just can’t deal with people any longer. They get in the way of what’s most important in his life.

Characters

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Notable Cameos

• These characters made a notable appearance but didn't have speaking roles in the episode.
  • Most notably this week, Cartman laughs at an image of Clyde and Butters on social media, but neither speaks in the episode proper.

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Character Debuts

A number of townspeople speaking during this episode, but among the most interesting examples is a man seen sweeping outside Tele's Electronics...

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Body Count

At least one townsperson is hit by a car during the final montage.

Locations

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South Park Elementary

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Park County Community Center

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Cartman Residence

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Crunchy's Micro Brew

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Pi-Pi's Splashtown

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Aspen

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Therapist's Office

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Soccer Field

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Strong Woman's House

Continuity Nods

• Making his third appearance overall, the Anger Management Therapist is still Cartman's psychologist after all.
• Cartman mentions getting a message from a "Lawrence"... curiously, he previously was on the phone with a friend named Lawrence way back in season 17's "Let Go, Let Gov", though we've never seen him in the show.
• The boys' soccer team has the same coach in the far background as back in season 14's "Medicinal Fried Chicken.
• Mike the Front Desk Officer is back from season 18's "#HappyHolograms", but we get a much better look at his front desk here.
• Vice Principal Strong Woman gave birth to her babies earlier this season in "The Problem With a Poo".
• The boys return to PiPi's Splashtown, which was famously featured in season 13's "Pee".. you can even see many of the same minorities at the water park!
• During their montage at the end with their new family, PC Principal and Vice Principal Strong Woman revisit Aspen and you can even spot some characters from the iconic "Asspen" episode... wearing Buddha boxes of course!

Pop Culture References

Shout Outs

• The PC Babies song and montage is patterned loosely on the theme song for the 1980s Saturday Morning cartoon classic "Muppet Babies"

Bonus Factoids

Pointless Observations

• Cartman's new "Buddha box" seems to reference the religious founder and deity Buddha, a member of the Super Best Friends, whom Cartman also represents in South Park: Phone Destroyer.
  • Of additional note, Tweek Tweak seems to believe in buddhism to some extent and Dr. Alphonse Mephesto is a confirmed buddhist.
• PC Principal and Vice Principal Strong Woman's babies are named... Riley, Bailey, Harper, River and Emory.
• We also learn that Officer Peterson's first name is Tony.

Season 22

e1 Dead Kids

e2 A Boy and a Priest

e3 The Problem With a Poo

e4 Tegridy Farms

e5 The Scoots

e6 Time To Get Cereal

e7 Nobody Got Cereal?

e8 Buddha Box

e9 TBA

e10 TBA