History Recap / SouthParkS17E3WorldWarZimmerman

* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Zimmerman gets executed for shooting Cartman despite the latter threatening him at gunpoint... because Cartman turned out be white.

* ArtisticLicenceLaw: There are no "Stand Your Ground" laws in Colorado, so Cartman shouldn't have gotten away with shooting Token, though considering what else Cartman has gotten away with and how [[CrapsackWorld crummy]] a town South Park is, this should hardly be a surprise.

* DoubleStandard: When George Zimmerman shoots a black-faced Cartman, he is congratulated for standing his ground. However, when Cartman is found to be a white kid in black make-up, he is ''immediately'' tried, convicted, and executed.

** Zimmerman is executed even though Cartman survives the shooting. In RealLife, no one is executed for attempted murder anymore, only successful murder.
** The judge declares Zimmerman guilty. In RealLife, the jury decides.
** Zimmerman is executed very unnaturally quickly. Even after being found guilty, it usually takes years before an execution is carried out.

In this loose parody of ''World War Z'', Cartman fears for his life and all of humanity after learning that George Zimmerman was found not guilty of shooting Treyvon Martin and black people are upset over the verdict.

** The judge declares Zimmerman guilty. In RealLife, the jury decides,

** The show goes into the injustice of blacks being so unfairly treated by the justice system, but Cartman's plane crashes probably resulted in a 100-to-1 white guy to black guy casualty rate, and no one cares.

* LethallyStupid: The entire plot happens and over hundreds of people are killed because Cartman assumes that every black person (including and especially Token) would riot over the George Zimmerman case.

* TakeThat: Near the end, Cartman has a nightmare about the ending to ''Film/WorldWarZ''.

* KarmaHoudini: Aside from shooting Token after luring him into a red circle and being declared "not guilty" for a nonexistent "Stand Your Ground" law in Colorado, Cartman hijacks and crashes multiple planes, resulting in hundreds of deaths. He does get shot at one point, but his shooter is sentenced to death despite actually having a legitimate self-defense claim (Cartman was on his shooter's property with the intent to kill him).

* DoubleStandard: When George Zimmerman shoots a black-faced Cartman, he is congratulated for standing his ground. However, when Cartman is found to be a white kid in black make-up, Zimmerman is tried, found guilty, and executed.

* ArtisticLicenceLaw: There are no "Stand Your Ground" laws in Colorado, so Cartman shouldn't have gotten away with shooting Token, though considering what else Cartman has gotten away with and how [[CrapsackWorld crummy]] a town South Park is, this should hardly be a surprise. However, Jimbo, when he sold Cartman the gun, he did mention a law called a "Make My Day" Law, which is where if someone breaks into one's house and proves to be a threat, then one can use deadly force (which is to say, shoot them).

* ArtisticLicenceLaw: There are no "Stand Your Ground" laws in Colorado, so Cartman shouldn't have gotten away with shooting Token, though considering what else Cartman has gotten away with and how [[CrapsackWorld crummy]] a town South Park is, this should hardly be a surprise.

** Zimmerman is executed very unnaturaly quickly. Even after being found guilty, it usually takes years before an execution is carried out.

* KarmaHoudini: Aside from shooting Token after luring him into a red circle and being declared "not guilty" for a nonexistent "Stand Your Ground" law in Colorado, Cartman hijacks and crashes multiple planes, resulting in hundreds of deaths. He does get shot at one point, but his shooter is sentenced to death despite actually having a legitimate self-defence claim (Cartman was on his shooter's property with the intent to kill him).

* DoubleStandard: When George Zimmerman shoots a black-faced Cartman, he is congratulated for standing his ground. However, when Cartman is found to be a white kid in black make-up, Zimmerman is tried and found guilty.

* KarmaHoudini: Aside from shooting Token after luring him into a red circle and being declared "not guilty" for a nonexistent "Stand Your Ground" law in Colorado, Cartman hijacks and crashes multiple planes, resulting in hundreds of deaths. He does get shot at one point, but his shooter is sentenced to death despite actually having a self-defence claim (Cartman was on his shooter's property with the intent to kill him).

* WholePlotReference: The episode is a parody of ''Film/WorldWarZ'', especially Cartman's dream sequence. Here, he dresses like Brad Pitt's character and the rioting black guys act like the zombies from the film.

* KarmaHoudini: Aside from shooting Token after luring him into a red circle and being declared "not guilty" for a nonexistent "Stand Your Ground" law in Colorado, Cartman hijacks and crashes multiple planes, resulting in hundreds of deaths. He does get shot at one point, but his shooter is sentenced to death.

* ArtisticLicenceLaw: There are no "Stand Your Ground" laws in Colorado, so Cartman shouldn't have gotten away with shooting Token. Though considering what else Cartman has gotten away with, this should hardly be a surprise.

* ArtisticLicenceLaw: There are no "Stand Your Ground" laws in Colorado, so Cartman shouldn't have gotten away with shooting Token.

* KarmaHoudini: Aside from shooting Token after luring him into a red circle and being declared "not guilty" for a nonexistent "Stand Your Ground" law in Colorado, he hijacks and crashes multiple planes, resulting in hundreds of deaths. He does get shot at one point, but his shooter is sentenced to death.

* CallBack: This is the first appearance of Jimbo's gun shop since all the way back to "Weight Gain 4000".
* DoubleStandard: When George Zimmerman shoots a black-faced Cartman, he is congratulated for standing his ground. However, when Cartman is found to be a white kid, Zimmerman is tried and found guilty.