South Park: 10 Times Eric Cartman Got What He Deserved
5. PC Principal Fights Cartman
Episode: Stunning and Brave (Season 19, Episode 1)
It’s fair to say PC Principal took a little while to settle in to the series of South Park, especially as he was replacing long-time character Principal Victoria. But no one can deny that his debut appearance was vividly memorable.
PC Principal is the embodiment of political correctness gone mad. Within his first moments as new head of the school, he immediately gives out several detentions, including to Eric Cartman. Initially, he doesn’t retaliate but the male students talk him into conducting a scheme that would get PC Principal fired.
In this instance, Cartman approaches the PC Principal in the staff bathroom to soak Butters’ underwear and use it to frame him for child molestation. This enrages the Principal and not because of Eric’s plans to have him fired but because he didn’t use politically correct language. He brutally attacks Eric by smashing his head against a mirror, the sink and the toilet door before punching him repeatedly in the face until he is hospitalised.
Admittedly in this case, Cartman’s actions were to help the majority by overthrowing the reign of the PC Principal, but when you consider the incalculable amount of horrendous things Eric has done in the past, the attack on him is almost justified.