While waiting for the Nintendo Wii console to be released, Eric Cartman freezes himself and is unfrozen over 500 years later, far from the 3 weeks he intended. While in the future, Cartman sees an advertisement for the Crank Prank Time Phone. Wishing to contact his friends in the past, he acquires one through the deception of a neighboring family, because he lacks the 6,000 credits needed to buy a new one from the toy store.