12 Darkest South Park Moments Ever

Crack Baby Athletic Association (Season 15, Episode 5)

The darkness of this plot is starker due to the episode’s sympathetic opening in which Kyle is moved by a commercial highlighting the plight of crack babies. He is compelled to volunteer at South Park Hospital, which has a large crack baby ward. Cartman is also a volunteer. A suspicious Kyle trails Cartman and discovers his frenemy’s new enterprise, the Crack Baby Athletic Association.

Cartman proposes to give the babies a future by having them compete in Crack Baby Basketball. This involves filming the babies fighting over a little ball filled with crack and uploading the footage to the internet. A clear and uncomplicated violation of an extremely vulnerable group.

In a shock twist, Kyle, one of the shows few moral centres, is persuaded to join the business when he learns they made $1,000 in eleven days. Cartman also has an offer from EA Sports, who will pay $100,000 for the video game rights. However, EA screw The Boys over by tricking them into signing over their rights to the Crack Baby Athletics Association.

The Boys learn a valuable lesson. Big companies have a greater capacity for evil and are able to embark on darker paths than mere individuals.