It is time for the annual Pinewood Derby race and Randy is determined that he and Stan are going to win. The race is fairly simple it just involves racing small toy cars made from the official kit; the only rule is 'you must not use anything not in the kit'. Randy breaks this rule by incorporating part of the Large Hadron Collider, which he stole! When the race takes place there car not only speeds pasts the others; it smashes through the wall and flies into outer space at warp speed! Nobody suspects cheating! Soon a communication is received from space; everybody thinks the discovery of warp technology must mean aliens are about to invite Earth to join an Intergalactic Federation of Planets. When contact is made it is somewhat different though; it would appear the alien who found the car is a criminal who wants his warp drive fixed so he can evade the space police. When the police turn up they deny meeting the first alien; first out of fear then; after Stan kills the alien and they find his space money; out of greed. Nations argue about the money but are determined that they won't give it back.
While this isn't a classic episode it does have plenty of laughs; the fact that Randy would go to such ridiculous lengths to win the race but wouldn't confess to cheating even after an alien appears was pretty funny as was the fact that nobody wondered why a standard toy car blasted off into space! I'm not sure why the arrival of the aliens was considered 'first contact' as there have been different aliens in the show before... I don't think one can worry too much about continuity in 'South Park' though after all the same character used to die in every episode in early seasons! The end featured a nice twist that I hadn't been expecting which was good. Whether or not you like this is likely to be down to whether you find Randy Marsh hilarious or annoying; the former group should love it the latter won't.
While this isn't a classic episode it does have plenty of laughs; the fact that Randy would go to such ridiculous lengths to win the race but wouldn't confess to cheating even after an alien appears was pretty funny as was the fact that nobody wondered why a standard toy car blasted off into space! I'm not sure why the arrival of the aliens was considered 'first contact' as there have been different aliens in the show before... I don't think one can worry too much about continuity in 'South Park' though after all the same character used to die in every episode in early seasons! The end featured a nice twist that I hadn't been expecting which was good. Whether or not you like this is likely to be down to whether you find Randy Marsh hilarious or annoying; the former group should love it the latter won't.
