"Le Petit Tourette" (French pronunciation: ​; meaning "The Little Tourette") is the eighth episode of the eleventh season of the animated television series South Park, and the 161st episode overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 3, 2007. This episode marked the beginning of the second half of the eleventh season. In the episode, Cartman pretends to have Tourette syndrome (TS) so that he can say whatever he wants without getting into trouble. It eventually leads to trouble and he ends up saying things that he would never say. The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and was rated TV-MA LV in the United States, due to Cartman's excessive profanity and the violence portrayed when many of the pedophiles commit suicide. It was one of the first episodes of South Park to use any of the L, S or V sub-ratings. While shopping in a toy store, Cartman sees a boy named Thomas who continuously shouts obscenities, as his mother tries to explain th...