It also gave us the now instantly recognisable meme of the online PC gamer with absolutely no life, which is still used to bring many an online troll back down to Earth to this very day. The result is an episode that remains hilarious, but actually encouraged a lot of people to want to get involved with the game. While Parker and Stone are clearly poking fun at the stereotype of the typical online gamer, they are a little less withering than usual here, possibly due to their relationship with Blizzard, which continued long after the show. With the game’s developers Blizzard actually providing some of the animation for the WOW sequences, it provided an essential touch in making the whole thing feel authentic. Parodying the culture of online gaming, the boys find themselves obsessed with bringing down the most powerful World of Warcraft player on the platform. Make Love, Not Warcraft (Season 10, Episode 6) Not only are the writers hilarious, they appear to be pretty good judges of character too. And this actually came some time before the actor did his best to destroy his reputation via some drunken misogynistic and anti-Semitic rants. The portrayal of Gibson as a naked, screaming, pant-shitting loon makes everyone realise that maybe we shouldn't be taking him too seriously. With the kids all having watched the movie, Kyle feels guilt over the way his Jewish ancestors treated Jesus, Cartman sees it as justification for his antisemitic views, whilst Stan and Kenny travel to meet Gibson to get their money back after finding the film to be exploitative crap. South Park has mocked plenty of celebrities over the years for their various bizarre behaviors, but they have never predicted how a celeb would be viewed as accurately as they did with The Passion Of The Christ’s director Mel Gibson. On the surface, the show looking at the extreme reactions to the 2004 film The Passion Of The Christ, but really this is here as prophetic look into the future. The Passion of the Jew (Season 8, Episode 3) And if all that escapes you, the “dum-dum-dum-dum-dum" song that describes the Mormon faith is enough to justify its place here. It’s a fantastically nuanced piece of writing that showcases what South Park does at its very best skewering literally everyone whilst flagging up the innate hypocrisy in possessing such judgmental attitudes. Here the story of an overly friendly Mormon family who move into town, with the all too perfect Gary befriending Stan and leading to accusations of religious brainwashing, asks all manner of questions about the legitimacy of the Mormon beliefs, but also ends with the writers themselves holding their hands up to their own prejudices. They also went on to pen the hit musical The Book of Mormon, which is far from flattering in its critique. Parker and Stone have spoken about their experiences growing up in Colorado, with its large Mormon community, some of which inspired this episode. A perfectly tight, taut, simple script and real evolution of Cartman’s character, this fully deserves its legendary status. The show incorporates everything from a guest appearance from Radiohead to a wiener-eating pony in Cartman’s quest, but it’s the payoff at the end (which we won’t spoil) that is so hilariously deranged, that you could never have seen it coming. Essentially the story of Cartman hopelessly and endlessly trying to get revenge on 9th grader Scott Tenorman, after he had sold him some pubes. As such, John Smith’s brilliant satirical writing, and Jane Smith’s vocals bring this tremendous episode to life.Scott Tenorman Must Die (Season 5, episode 4Ĭonsidered by many to be the single greatest episode of South Park, Scott Ternorman Must Die is a landmark piece of grossout writing and storytelling by Parker which created a benchmark for what would come in the show's future. However, it would be inaccurate to assume the episode belongs to the South Park canon as all elements of production are attributed in the credits to John Smith and Jane Smith (playing off the back of an evocative closing line: “Sue me!”). Parker and Stone were investigated by the church of Scientology following the controversial South Park episode’s release. The source material is zany enough that the ridiculous framing story seems grounded, and the wacky themes coalesce perfectly. Interwoven are references to R.Kelly’s 22-part hip-hopera “Trapped in the Closet”(a story about an unfaithful wife, her secret lover, and a tell-tale pie). Like a toddler having a tantrum, Cruise denies accusations that he is, in fact, in the wardrobe. Tom Cruise barricades himself inside a wardrobe when the reincarnated leader of Scientology won’t speak to him.
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