Ginger Kids

About Ginger Kids

"Ginger Kids" is episode #911 (season 9) of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originaly aired on November 9, 2005.

In a class presentation, Cartman argues that "gingers" - people with red hair, freckles, and pale skin - are creepy, look funny, have no souls, have no friends and are evil like dill weeds on a train. He explains they suffer from "gingervitis" and that their light skin comes from their lack of a soul. He also argues that they cannot stand the sun, and that Kyle, who has auburn hair - but not light skin and freckles - is a "daywalker". His speech encourages other students to discriminate against gingers, and Kyle decides to make his own presentation about the genetic causes of ginger traits. Kyle interviews a family with ginger children, and it soon becomes apparent that although Cartman's prejudiced ideas about gingers are untrue, the fact remains that the general public, even their own parents, carry a similar bigoted hatred and intolerance toward them. Kyle's status as a "daywalker" prevents anybody from listening, though, so he, Stan and Kenny agree that Cartman needs to be taught a lesson. They get together in the night to dye Cartman's hair red, bleach his skin a lighter hue, and give him henna freckles, to make him "ginger", after which, Cartman begins to be discriminated against by the kids he influenced by his speech. However, Cartman becomes a leader of the "Ginger Separatist Movement", initially demanding to be treated like everyone else.

Cartman's movement quickly becomes violent and Hitler-esque in tone. He begins to preach that gingers are, in fact, the "chosen race" and orders the eradication of all non-gingers from the earth. Following Cartman's orders, the gingers abduct as many of South Park's children as they can, including Stan and Kyle, then bring them to their meeting place, the Sunset Room at the Airport Hilton, to throw them all into a pit of lava.