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While "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" was created almost entirely with construction paper, "Weight Gain 4000" was the first South Park episode made completely using computers. [3] It was created in little over a month in a studio in Westwood , California , by about 15 animators using PowerAnimator , the Alias Systems Corporation animation program ...
"Weight Gain 4000" is the second episode of the American animated television series South Park.In the episode, South Park residents excitedly prepare for a visit by celebrity Kathie Lee Gifford, whom teacher Mr. Garrison plans to assassinate because of a childhood grudge, and Cartman becomes extremely obese after buying a bodybuilding supplement called Weight Gain 4000.
Cartman plays a prank on Butters by disguising himself in a crude cardboard suit as a robot named "A.W.E.S.O.M.-O 4000" and by putting himself in a crate "from Japan" on Butters's doorstep. Cartman "befriends" Butters while in the robot suit just to discover Butters' most embarrassing secrets, which will allow Cartman to blackmail him and/or ...
The episode was released on the "Volume II" video, along with "Weight Gain 4000"; other featured episodes included "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", "Volcano", "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" and "Death". [38]
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Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" earned a Nielsen rating of 1.3, translating to 980,000 viewers, which was considered high for a cable program in the United States at the time. [41] It increased slightly by the third episode, "Weight Gain 4000", and by the sixth episode, "Death", the show had reached a rating of 1.7. [ 41 ]
Cutout animation ("Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"), CGI ("Weight Gain 4000" onwards), Flash Space Goofs: 2 52 France 1997–1998, 2005–2006 France 3: Traditional Spicy City: 1 6 US 1997 HBO: Traditional Student Bodies: 3 65 Canada 1997–2000 YTV, Fox: Traditional, Live-Action Tabaluga: 3 78 Australia, Germany 1997–2004 Seven Network ...
As the year 2000 is approaching, Cartman realizes blood is coming out of his anus, leading him to believe he is experiencing his first period and thus commencing puberty.He makes fun of the other boys for not hitting puberty yet, unaware that his bleeding is caused by a minor stomach infection that has spread across South Park, and that it can be cured with antibiotics.