Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the sound of a small tyrant walking away from a fight he is losing while pretending it was his choice. Cartman reaches for it whenever reality, other children or simple justice refuses to bend to him, and fans use it in earnest to announce they are quitting a game, a thread or a meeting. Because it comes from episode one, it is one of the oldest lines the show owns.
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In context
Spoilers for South ParkShow the scene
Cartman's exit line is first heard in South Park's debut episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" (Season 1, 1997). He spends the episode insisting that his dream of alien visitors was a dream. When a spaceship appears at the bus stop, blasts Kenny and Kenny is run over by Officer Barbrady's car, Cartman still denies the visitors are real and stalks away, declaring that he is going home. Stan and Kyle carry on with the search for Ike. The episode is also the one that introduces Kenny's recurring death.
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- South Park Archives: Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (episode synopsis)Synopsis, after Kenny is killedReference checked
- South Park Archives: Eric CartmanCharacter pageReference checked
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