Talk:Cartman's Incredible Gift

message: After watching this episode a few times, at the part where the killer is making cartman watch the clips and saying "do you see what ive seen?", to me this part of the episode resembles event horizon more than red dragon for a few reasons. which i will list now
* when he is saying "do you see, do you see!!?" his tone and the speed is exactly like when sam neill is saying it to laurence fishburne.
* at the end of the clips cartman says "yes, i see!" is exactly the same words laurence fishburne says whe he detonates the ship.
Although this episode has soo many red dragon references, this one bit reminds me more of event horizon than red dragon due the the tone in his voice. anyone have any thoughts? Lukey12345 01:44, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems likely, as Matt Stone and Trey Parker have talked about event horizon before. Lukesed 22:33, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wondering. 

message: I dunno about you but when I'm faced with a serial killer, I hope I'd shoot him in the head multiple times. After all, it's a far more effective stratagey then multiple shots to the feet. In short, I think the entire article needs a rewrite from beginning to end. Lots42 (talk) 10:54, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red Dragon refs 

message: Cite then return to the main article;
* When Butters tells Kyle not to fly too near to the Sun or else he will fall into the ocean he is referring to the Greek myth of Icarus, where his wings of wax melted when he flew too close to the Sun and fell into what is now known as the Icarian Sea.
* Most of Cartman's story arc in this episode — falling into a coma, waking up with "psychic abilities", and then searching for a killer — is based on Stephen King's The Dead Zone. 
* Cartman's supposed ability to cause people's heads to explode is a reference to Scanners.
*This episode relies on Thomas Harris' book Red Dragon heavily, especially in regard to  the serial killer's scenes:
* Michael Deats, the killer, has a cleft lip, just as Francis Dolarhyde did in the book.
* Cartman is bound to a wheelchair by Deats, just as Freddy Lounds was in Harris' book.
* The projector scene is a parody of Red Dragon as well. Cartman, just like Lounds, was forced to watch slide shows of the killer's "work". In this scene, Deats says "Do you see?" after every slide. Dolarhyde does this in the book in a sharp series of dialogue between himself and Lounds.
* Deats identifies himself to the police as "God". Dolarhyde, in the book, had a God complex which was explained by Will Graham in a briefing to the police.
* The killer likes to cut the eyes out of photos. In Red Dragon, Dolarhyde cuts the eyes out of some of the photos in his scrapbook. Also, he inserts mirrors in the orbital sockets of the Jacobi and Leeds families, which would have a similar effect to cutting the eyes out of photos.
* Deats, like many serial killers, likes to return to the scene of the crime. Dolarhyde does this to a degree.
* Cartman tries to repent his 'sins'. Lounds does the same, regarding the lies he told in the Tattler.
Alastairward (talk) 14:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncited material 

message: As things stand, every single episode of South Park to date has a page.  I am not sure what the overall Wikipedia policy is for this sort of thing, but any discussion should be more general than about this particular episode. Mezigue (talk) 14:32, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability