on the journey in order to keep up his disguise. Upon arriving, he is so hungry and worn out after wearing the suit for a whole airplane ride that he makes up an excuse to use the bathroom and proceeds to eat toothpaste. During their visit to Catamount Pictures, two movie producers find out about the "robot" and decide to hire him to create movie ideas. Cartman, as the robot, comes up with over two thousand terrible, nonsensical film concepts (800 of which would star Adam Sandler), which the movie producers all find brilliant. To make matters worse for Cartman, the fortune he makes from the movie ideas is donated to charity by Butters, who believes that AWESOM-O does not need the money. Meanwhile, the U.S. military hears about AWESOM-O and decides to capture it and make it into a weapon. Cartman flees the movie studio in panic after a film producer tries to engage in sexual activity with him, thinking that he may also be a "pleasure model." The military captures Cartman by shocking him and conveying him to a secret base. Cartman tries to explain that he is really just a kid. Still, the military believes he is a robot with artificial intelligence enabling him to think like a human, going so far as to possess the memories of a nonexistent eight-year-old child. A scientist, moved by this, attempts to save Cartman, who is about to reveal that he is a human when Butters shows up to rescue him. He must maintain his disguise, allowing the military to kill the rebellious scientist. Butters pleads with the military to spare AWESOM-O, and the general is touched. Just as it appears he will get off undetected, Cartman accidentally farts, and his attempts to cover it up cause everyone—including Butters—to suspect and finally discover his true identity. Butters carries out his promise and shows the video to the whole town, the movie producers, and the military at a special screening. The theater is filled with wall-to-wall laughter. As Butters finally celebrates his revenge and the military general calls Cartman a "little faggot," Cartman, ridiculed and upset, simply utters, "Lame." Production "Awesom-O" has one of the shortest production cycles in South Parks history, being produced in just three days while series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone attended a wedding in Hawaii. The episode starts with a cold open stating that an