South Park Zone - Season 16 - Episode 1607 - Cartman Finds Love
South Park - Cartman Finds Love is the seventh episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated sitcom South Park, and the 230th episode of the series overall. It premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on April 25, 2012 and is rated TV-MA L.
In the episode, when a new black girl transfers to South Park Elementary, Cartman is inspired to play matchmaker by setting her up with Token, out of racist intentions.
This South park episode marks the end of the first part of South Park season 16.
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This South Park episode starts with Butters running down the school hallways, yelling "fellas!". After obtaining the fellas attention, he reveals that Larry Bartski told him that there is a new girl in school, who has joined the cheerleading squad. Cartman proclaims that they are not going to fight over her; he says they should let her choose who she likes. When the boys learn that a black girl named Nichole has transferred to the school and joined the cheerleading team, Cartman assumes that she will pair up with Token, the only black boy in their school. But when Token demurs at this, Cartman assumes that he is shy and decides to play matchmaker. However, after he overhears her tell the other girls that she finds Kyle attractive, Cartman starts a vicious lie that he and Kyle are a gay couple. From there, Cartman arranges for Token and Nichole to get locked in the boy's locker room overnight so they can develop a relationship, with success. With the aid of "Cupid Me", an imaginary Cupid-like version of himself, Cartman continues his efforts to strengthen their relationship by arranging various gifts for the couple that are made to appear to be from each other.Eventually, after developing an attraction to Nichole but realizing the girls' new-found interest in him, Kyle angrily confronts Cartman over his lie. Cartman defends his actions by arguing that Token and Nichole belong together because they are black. Kyle retorts that because Token and Nichole are black does not mean that they belong together, a notion echoed by Nichole's father, William, who is troubled that Nichole is seemingly drawn to the one other black kid in town so soon after moving to South Park. Nichole tells him that Token's race is coincidental before going to her room. She subsequently finds a teddy bear placed on her bed by Cartman, thinking that it is from Token, and after seeing that its dog tag reads, "'Cuz Blacks Belong Together", she breaks up with him. Cartman, heartbroken that his match has failed, excoriates Cupid Me, and beats him bloody with a baseball bat. Cartman eventually has a change of heart, and rejuvenates Cupid Me with his pleas, telling him that they still have work to do.
When Cartman learns that Kyle and Nichole went to a Nuggets-Clippers game together, he goes to the arena, and makes an impassioned plea on the arena's jumbotron for couples to recognize the importance of perseverance in their relationships, telling the audience that they should not let society dictate who they should be with, masking it as a plea to Kyle to not give up on their "relationship". This speech moves Nichole and Token, who are sitting across from one another in the audience. Cartman sabotages Nichole and Kyle's date by singing to him the love song "I Swear" with Brad Paisley. Kyle angrily leaves, telling Nichole that Cartman is the one who set her up with Token, and that he did so because he thinks black belong together. After the crowd empties the arena following Cartman's announcement that the Batmobile is outside, Token and Nichole run into each other. She tells him that she thought he was only with her because she was black, while he says that he would not even talk to her at first because she was black. Realizing they still have feelings for each other, they decide to ignore the expectations of others, and share a loving embrace. Cupid Me then tells the satisfied Cartman that he has found someone for him as well: Stacy Mullenberg, the poster child for Halitosis Kidz!, an organization dedicated to aiding children with morbidly bad breath. Cartman angrily curses Cupid Me, before a love-induced Stacy begins chasing him around the arena, much to Eric's horror.