Go Fund Yourself

Go Fund Yourself

Season s18
Episode e01
Written By Trey Parker
Production Code 1801
Original Air Date 2014-09-24

Episode Chronology

Story

Broadcast Description

After Cartman and the boys name their new company, The Washington Redskins, they just sit back and watch the funding roll in. The head coach of the Washington Redskins football team demands that they change the name but Cartman digs in his heels. The Washington Redskins may never mean the same thing ever again.

Synopsis

Memorable Quotes

  • “Boner-Balls. Boner- Boner Forest... Dense Boner forest.” Cartman
  • "By pledging just one or two dollars, you are helping us in our fervent quest to not have to do stuff." Cartman
  • "Sure we'd be happy to take your money. Yup, just go to our Kickstarter page... Okay nice idiot, Uh-huh fuck you, bye bye." Cartman
  • "Fuck you. Those words mean a great deal to us. They help us express just how we as a company- see things differently." Cartman
  • "Well, I certainly don't want you to feel that Furry Balls Plopped Menacingly on the Table is holding you back." Kyle
  • "Yeah and Jerry Jones must be happy, this means a forfeit and another win for the Cowboys." NFL Announcer
  • “Digging in our heels and pissing on public opinion is what the Washington Redskins are all about! Now come on guys!” Cartman
  • "You will LITERALLY be giving us money for doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. It is the biggest fuck you we have ever come up with." Cartman
  • “When I named my company ‘Washington Redskins’, it was out of deep appreciation for your team and your people.” Cartman
  • "Start up. Cash in. Sell out. Bro Down." Cartman
  • "It's a strong name, dude. It's like aggressive and masculine, like Boner Forest, but Boner Forest was taken." Cartman
  • "But Hey - From one Redskin to another, go fuck yourself." Cartman
  • Now when people hear the name Redskins they will immediately think 'titties' and 'balls'. Cartman
  • It's just a bold new way that we can say 'We don't fucking care'. GO REDSKINS!Cartman
  • Oh my God, that weird, little, Jewy guy!!! KYLE!!! Cartman
  • Do you guys remember when we first decided to start a company together? We weren't gonna let ANYTHING stop us from getting to the bro down. Cartman
  • "You will LITERALLY be giving us money for doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. It is the biggest fuck you we have ever come up with." Cartman

Characters

Main

NFL

Commissioner

Owners

Players

Locations

Pop Culture References

  • Dan Snyder shown with a single tear from his eye after picking up a newspaper on the side of the road with The New York Times headline that read "Isis Copies Washington Redskins", is a parody on the Keep America Beautiful's famous 1971 Ad Campaign, featuring Iron Eyes Cody, the "Crying Indian"

Bonus Factoids

  • The Friday before air, Matt & Trey had the longest writers meeting ever. It took 9 hours & Trey wasn’t able to write anything that day.
  • On the original draft of the script, this episode was actually called "Washington Redskins Reality. Realty".
  • From Matt & Trey: "You can still see the signs we left in the office. They are actually signs for Cartman’s realty business."
  • From the writers: Originally we wanted to show how worthless real estate agents were, so we started out with Cartman running a realty business.

Promo Clip: QB Swap

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The Sunday promo clip for this episode had Redskin's QB RGIII, the final featured Kirk Cousins. This was due to RGIII's injury.

Easter Egg

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In the background, there's toy versions of the alien ship from "Anal Probe" and the

Behind The Scenes

Character Art: Salesman Cartman

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This was from one of the 1st scenes written for this episode.

Character Art: Butters' Redskins Sweater

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Character Art: Jerry Jones

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Check out this art used while creating the various "stages" of Jerry Jones' eyes.

Character Art: GoodellBot

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Here you can see the various stages of production for GoodellBot, from storyboard to character art.

Character Art: Cartman's Redskins Gear

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Character Art: New Poses

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New art and poses needed to be created for this football beat down:

Prop Art: Kickstarter Webpage

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All props - including any web pages shown - must first be designed by the Art Dept.

Character Art: Cartman's Keynote

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This art was used while designing Cartman's "start-up" look:

Character Art: Football Poses

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Various poses needed to be created for each individual character during this sequence.

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Season 18

e1 Go Fund Yourself
e2 Gluten Free Ebola
e3 The Cissy
e4 Handicar
e5 The Magic Bush
e6 Freemium Isn't Free
e7 Grounded Vindaloop
e8 Cock Magic
e9 #REHASH
e10 #HappyHolograms