South Park (TV Series) Cartmanland (2001) User Reviews

Cartman's Millions

[hellraiser7 · 10/10 · 22 August 2017]

Warning do not read unless seen episode.

This is another one of my favorite episodes and it's one of the ones I feel Cartman is at his best; though due to his constant foul behavior you can say worst.

I really love the plot line, it is practically the epitome of Cartman's selfishness and vanity as it's about him purchasing a theme park all for himself. Of coruse he wants it for himself so that he would simply never have to wait in line anymore, which is understandable I fraking hate lines too; but still I can't really enjoy going to a theme park without friends or a girlfriend. Though it doesn't matter to Cartman as he has no empathy for other people's feelings. What really cracks me up is how he is just enjoying himself so much having time to himself in this theme park, but also that he has made a commercial which is a cruel tease, in a way you can say it's a bit of a commentary on people unable to afford to go to theme parks overpriced.

I really like Kyle's plot line as he is having a crisis in faith, which is understandable it's much like with all of us at some point. Kyle questioning really makes sense as Cartman being a cruel selfish non virtuous person is being rewarded while Kyle whom is a devout follower and has done his best to follow in the good examples is being punished by having a hemorrhoid; I can emphasize with the questioning it really makes no damn sense sometimes people that are awful to others or practically scum of the Earth getting unpunished and get rewarded for it despite not earning their keep, how is that fair? There is also a moment when Kyle's parents try to reaffirm his faith by telling him the story of Jobe which is probably the worst possible choice; really you couldn't of chosen any other story that is actually uplifting. And we see Kyle's morale after that story just goes down the gutter, I really like Kyle's commentary about that story which is true it really doesn't make any sense.

However as an old saying goes about Karma "what goes around comes around" as Cartman is about to learn the hard way that nothing in life is free, I'll admit it really put a smile on my face as we see Cartman has to start dealing with reality. In the end you could say in Kyle's perspective what happened to Cartman was a miracle.

Rating: 4 stars

Better than usual

[gangstahippie · 9/10 · 1 December 2008]

Cartmanland is a fairly good South Park episode.I find it to be funnier than it usually is, yet it is also a pretty depressing episode as the subplot features Kyle dying of hemorrhoids.Cartman inherits a million dollars from his dead grandmother.He chooses to spend it all on a theme park that only he is able to go in.This is because he hates lines.However he sees that the amusement park needs maintenance and stuff, so he must let in a few people at a time in order to hire security guards and maintenance people.He finds that he has to hire so many people that he must let everybody in, ruining his original vision of the theme park.Meanwhile, Kyle gets hemorrhoids and is angry that god let Cartman have a million dollars while Kyle is suffering.He denounces his faith and is dying, so it is up to Stan to show Kyle that there is a god.The episode has some funny moments and some sad moments.Overall a good episode.

A gold episode in a gold standard season.. Not to be overlooked! This episode is as best as the rest.

[tomdegroot-57224 · 8/10 · 27 January 2022]

Cartmandland is a very memorable episode. It's one that has rewatch value and moments to remember. The comedy is balanced with brillance and early south park humur, and a really 'fun' plot. I think Cartmanland can get overshadowed by being in this monstrous jam packed season of greatness but it's one of the greats. The more matured episode out of the season in my eyes! A must watch.

"I'm so happy, I'm so happy!"

[RainDogJr · 10/10 · 6 January 2009]

I think Season 5 is one of the very best South Park Seasons and certainly Cartmanland is one of the many reasons. I sort of always write the same for South Park episodes and damn here I go again with stuff about what Trey and Matt says in their DVD commentary mini. Basically we have both saying that this is a fine example of a simple idea done right, they had the idea of having Cartman inheriting $1,000,000 and buying his own amusement park but they were like "no, that's cliché, is basic" but as usual the date of airing a new show was almost there so they decided to work on that idea. Eventually with the basic idea they had more room to be just funny, to be original and they put Pixar as the ones that do that simply perfectly.

Anyway, his grandmother dies so Eric inherits $1,000,000 since grandma Cartman knew that the rest of the Cartmans would spend the money in crack. So for Eric a dream is finally true and soon another dream will be also true, the dream of having his own amusement park! At one point Eric is seen as a true genius, he is called the financial genius of our time! Why? Well simply because he transformed an almost abandoned theme park into an extremely successful one and now his "technique" is now the one to follow for any other business. But even with a really successful business Cartman is just unhappy, after all he just wanted his theme park only for his use, no one was allowed (especially Stan and Kyle, this last one who will lost his faith when the as***** Cartman sees his dreams comes true and he gets a hemorrhoid. Is a really bad time for Kyle but…) but at one point the park needed security, later maintenance and certainly many other services so Cartman will need money to hire people because to his surprise you can't pay to a security guard with free rides! By when Cartman needed to allow thousands of people to cover the expenses thousands of people were more than ready to finally enter in the theme park again! Is fantastic stuff! See the consequences that Cartman has for Kenny's death since Kenny died inside Cartmanland! And how Kyle's parents try to bring the faith to Kyle again with the story of Job ("why would God do such horrible things to a good person just to prove a point to Satan?" "Job has all his children killed and Michael Bay gets to keep making movies, there isn't a God").

The perfect combination of absurd comedy and genuinely heartbreaking drama; the end result is unique

[SLionsCricketreviews · 9/10 · 14 October 2017]

While the most favoured episode of season five (and arguably the show as a whole) is "Scott Tenorman Must Die", it is "Cartmanland" that I most adore. It has surpassed the movie, "Bigger, Longer & Uncut" as the single most enjoyable piece of SOUTH PARK for me yet.

The story revolves around Cartman, who inherits a fortune of $1 million when his grandmother passes away (who we saw back in the season 2 Charles Manson episode) and he uses this money to realize his oldest and wildest dream: to open a theme park. Sounds wonderful, great opportunity to make a fortune off a fortune wouldn't you say? Well...no. Cartman doesn't want to run the theme park as a tourist site but rather a place all for himself. He's sick of queues as evidenced by his rant on waiting in lines. It's a fantastic moment in an episode filled to the brim with fantastic moments.

On the other hand, there's poor Kyle who gets hemorrhoids and begins to lose fate in God and life when he learns of Cartman's fortuitous acquisition and the end result is something that is as hilarious (through excellent meta humour) as it is genuinely heartbreaking. "Kenny Dies" from later in this season will do the same thing to at least equal effect, if not better.

The two stories play off each other beautifully. There's a moment that I adore, that's nothing more than a subtle and clever piece of humour achieved purely through editing and storytelling. In one scene, Kyle begins to tear up in front of Stan, angry and heartbroken over God's abandonment and in the next scene, Cartman begins to cry...only he's crying as he rides the various rides out of the joy of owning a theme park all to himself. It embodies a lot of what I love about this episode, it's ability to balance two very differently toned story lines and merge them to an almost unique effect.

Watching Cartman's ideal of happiness slowly being shred away by the need to allow more tourists to enter his amusement park in order to pay for the necessary employees is hilarious. There's barely a false note in this episode for me and Kenny's death is one of the most random and hilarious yet, barely calling attention to itself.

"Cartmanland" is my favourite episode up to the end of the fifth season. It is such an outrageously hilarious but also sincerely moving episode that is the first real of instance (second maybe, after "Cartman's Mum is a Dirty Slut" from season one) of the show tackling drama in an almost undiluted and sincere manner.

Rip off of The Simpsons! (4F19)

[10086cn · 1/10 · 13 June 2020]

This episode of South Park just seemed to me like it ripped of an episode of the The Simpsons, Homer's Enemy (season 8 episode 23), way too much. I mean, just have a look at this episode of South Park, more specifically when Kyle is doubting about if Eric deserves the fortune. It's just like how Frank Grimes was doubting if Homer Simpson deserved his fortune (and thought he didn't)!