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** Mr. Donaldson repeatedly shouting "Piss out my ass!"
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Cartman pretends to be an innocent little boy with Tourette's Syndrome when he is only faking it as an excuse to do whatever he wants.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Everyone genuinely believes that Cartman has Tourette's Syndrome, even dismissing Kyle's claims that he is faking it.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Cartman becomes this thanks to adults' sheer stupidity.
-->'''Chris Hansen:''' In a few minutes, you will meet little Eric Cartman, who wants the world to understand his affliction.
-->'''Chris Hansen:''' In a few minutes, you will meet little Eric Cartman, who wants the world to understand his affliction.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Per usual, none of the adults realize that Cartman is obviously faking his condition; even when Kyle tries to tell them about this, they misinterpret this as him being intolerant.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The adults believe that Kyle doesn't believe in Tourette's Syndrome, not that he is trying to expose Cartman for faking his condition.
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* HollywoodTourettes: Deconstructed. While characters like Thomas display the typical uncontrolled "swearing" version of Tourette's Syndrome, there are other characters, both children and adults, who display other types of involuntary behavior. The main point of the episode is that not only are there more forms of Tourette's than uncontrollable swearing, but also that having Tourette's Syndrome is more than just being an excuse to say curse words, because you live in constant fear that you might make a public scene with your outbursts. Thomas laments that his condition embarrassed his father so much that they only see him during the winter holidays. Cartman initially fakes the Hollywood version of Tourette's, but later in the story he begins developing actual symptoms.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: When Cartman tries to back out of his interview, Chris brings up a story about how a pedophile shot himself rather than be on ''Dateline''. He then said that it would be a shame if Cartman also "shot himself" for skipping out on his Dateline interview. Subverted later on when the pedophiles start shooting themselves on sight of him and all he can do is say "not again", implying that the one from Chris's story really did kill himself.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: When Cartman tries to back out of his interview, Chris brings up a story about how a pedophile shot himself rather than be on ''Dateline''. He then said that it would be a shame if Cartman also "shot himself" for skipping out on his Dateline interview. Subverted later on when the pedophiles start shooting themselves on sight of him and all he can do is say "not again", implying that the one from Chris's story really did kill himself.
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* HollywoodTourettes: Deconstructed. While characters like Thomas display the typical uncontrolled "swearing" version of Tourette's Syndrome, there are other characters, both children and adults, who display other types of involuntary behavior. The main point of the episode is that not only are there more forms of Tourette's than uncontrollable swearing, but also that having Tourette's Syndrome is more than just being an excuse to say curse words, because you live in constant fear that you might make a public scene with your outbursts. Thomas laments that his condition embarrassed his father so much that they only see him during the winter holidays. Cartman initially fakes the Hollywood version of Tourette's, but later in the story story, he begins developing actual symptoms.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: When Cartman tries to back out of his interview, Chris brings up a story about how a pedophile shot himself rather than be on ''Dateline''. He then said that it would be a shame if Cartman also "shot himself" for skipping out on his Dateline interview. Subverted later on when the pedophiles start shooting themselves on sight of him and all he can do is say "not again", implying that the one fromChris's Chris' story really did kill himself.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: When Cartman tries to back out of his interview, Chris brings up a story about how a pedophile shot himself rather than be on ''Dateline''. He then said that it would be a shame if Cartman also "shot himself" for skipping out on his Dateline interview. Subverted later on when the pedophiles start shooting themselves on sight of him and all he can do is say "not again", implying that the one from
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* LaserGuidedKarma: When Cartman fakes having Tourette's, he begins blurting out embarrassing secrets at random as if he really ''did'' have the disorder, and he was due for a TV appearance, originally intended by Cartman as a platform to get away with anti-Semitic speak on television (and possibly ruin the reputation of the Tourette's Syndrome community in the process) but would instead end up embarrassing himself in front of a national audience. Ultimately subverted as Kyle and Thomas (who actually has Tourette's) unwittingly saved him from appearing on TV when they were trying to get back at him for faking the disease...although Cartman still is stuck blurting out secrets and has to go to a therapist.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: When Cartman fakes having Tourette's, he begins blurting out embarrassing secrets at random as if he really ''did'' have the disorder, and he was due for a TV appearance, originally intended by Cartman as a platform to get away with anti-Semitic speak on television (and possibly ruin the reputation of the Tourette's Syndrome community in the process) but would instead end up embarrassing himself in front of a national audience. Ultimately subverted as Kyle and Thomas (who actually has Tourette's) unwittingly saved him from appearing on TV when they were trying to get back at him for faking the disease... although Cartman still is stuck blurting out secrets and has to go to a therapist.
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* NeverSuicide: The story Chris Hansen tells Cartman to get him to go through with appearing on TV strongly implies this.
-->"You know, one time, I was doing a show called ''To Catch A Predator''. We almost caught this pedophile, but then he raaan from us 'cause he didn't wanna be on ''Dateline''. So we tracked him down to his house. And you know what he did? ''He shot himself.'' It'd be a ''shame'' if... you didn't wanna go on ''Dateline''. Be a ''shame'' if we had to track you down, and you 'shot yourself.'"
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: once a bunch of pedophiles enter the TV studio and see Chris, they immediately begin shooting themselves en-masse, suggesting that [[ExactWords Chris literally meant what he said.]]
-->"You know, one time, I was doing a show called ''To Catch A Predator''. We almost caught this pedophile, but then he raaan from us 'cause he didn't wanna be on ''Dateline''. So we tracked him down to his house. And you know what he did? ''He shot himself.'' It'd be a ''shame'' if... you didn't wanna go on ''Dateline''. Be a ''shame'' if we had to track you down, and you 'shot yourself.'"
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: once a bunch of pedophiles enter the TV studio and see Chris, they immediately begin shooting themselves en-masse, suggesting that [[ExactWords Chris literally meant what he said.]]
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* NeverSuicide: The story Chris Hansen tells Cartman to get him to go through with appearing on TV strongly implies this.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: once a bunch of pedophiles enter the TV studio and see Chris, they immediately begin shooting themselves en-masse, suggesting that [[ExactWords Chris literally meant what he said.]]
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** It is wrong to use a neurological disorder to get away with verbal abuse.
** Tourette's syndrome is a serious condition and the people who have it are just as human as anyone else.
** It is wrong to use a neurological disorder to get away with verbal abuse.
** Tourette's syndrome is a serious condition and the people who have it are just as human as anyone else.
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* BittersweetEnding: Cartman's plan to say Anti-Semitic speech on ''Dateline'' (which would also ruin the lives of people with Tourette's Syndrome) fails but he gets away with his actions and avoids embarrassing himself on live television thanks to Kyle and Thomas.
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* BittersweetEnding: Cartman's plan to say Anti-Semitic speech on ''Dateline'' (which would also ruin the lives of people with Tourette's Syndrome) fails fails, but he gets away with his actions and avoids embarrassing himself on live television thanks to Kyle and Thomas.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Cartman: though his plans for ''Dateline'' are ruined and he spends most of the third act suffering thorough LaserGuidedKarma, his final humiliation on live TV [[KarmaHoudini is fully avoided]] due to Kyle trying to get him punished. [[OhCrap Kyle is obviously shocked]]. Although Cartman still has to go see a therapist to deal with his Tourette's, he's still relieved and happy to avoid humiliation.
-->'''Kyle and [[HollywoodTourettes Thomas]]:''' Aw, shit!
-->'''Kyle and [[HollywoodTourettes Thomas]]:''' Aw, shit!
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