Friday, April 25, 2014

S10 - Cartoon Wars Part II

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South Park - Season 10 - Episode 1004 - Cartoon Wars Part II

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About this South Park episode:
At the beginning of the episode, it is announced that Part II of "Cartoon Wars" won't be shown. Instead, an episode revolving around Terrance and Phillip will be broadcast (in reference to the "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut" cliffhanger from seasons 1-2 of the show). The Terrance and Phillip episode in question, entitled "The Mystery at the Lazy 'J' Ranch", includes an image of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, which is censored by their network, the CBC. Terrance and Phillip complain, saying that Family Guy will be showing Muhammad uncensored later, but the head of CBC replies that that does not matter, as somebody is probably on his way right now to stop it.
Cartman arrives at the Fox Network studio, where he pretends to be a sickly Danish kid with a broken leg, telling the Fox executives that his father was killed by terrorists during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (even though a terrorist attack never happened) and pleading that they pull the Family Guy episode. His story touches the executives, who encourage him to try to persuade the writers to yield. Kyle arrives at the Fox Studio to foil Cartman's plans, but is knocked unconscious by an ally of Cartman's, a kid resembling Bart Simpson who, also wanting to destroy Family Guy, restrains Kyle in a supply shed.
Meanwhile, President George W. Bush tells reporters that Family Guy's writers cannot be persuaded to change their mind about the episode, since they are protected under the First Amendment. The incredulous press exhibits complete ignorance of the First Amendment, acting as if the Bush Administration originated it.
Cartman is introduced to the Family Guy writing staff, who turn out to be a group of manatees. The staff, who live in a large tank, pick up "idea balls" from a large pile of them, each of which has a different noun, a verb or a pop culture reference written on it, and deliver them, five at a time, to a machine that then forms a Family Guy cutaway gag based on those ideas. For example, "Laundry" + "Date" + "Winning" + "Mexico" + "Gary Coleman" becomes a clip of Lois asking Peter to do the laundry, after which Peter recalls winning a date in Mexico with Gary Coleman. The manatees refuse to work if any idea ball is removed from their tank, making censorship an unfeasible practice with them. In addition, Fox staff person tells Cartman, they are the only mammals unaffected by terrorist threats. Cartman secretly removes a ball from their tank, causing them to stop working, and then convinces the Fox president that the manatees are spoiled, and abusing the executives' generosity. Cartman convinces the president that they need to show them who's boss. The president decides to pull the new Family Guy episode shortly before airtime. Cartman feels victorious, but Kyle shows up, saying he convinced the Bart-like kid to set him free.
After a physical altercation between Cartman and Kyle, they both go to the Fox president's office. Kyle tells the president that Cartman has duped him into pulling the episode, and despite Cartman's brandishing of a gun, Kyle implores the president not to censor the episode. The network president ultimately decides, in spite of threats of violence from both Cartman and Islamic terrorists, that Family Guy should be aired, and without censorship. The Family Guy episode airs, and features Muhammad in a cutaway gag, handing Peter a "salmon football helmet", but the scene with Muhammad was cut by Comedy Central, and is replaced by a black screen and a title card reading, "In this shot, Mohammed hands a football helmet to Family Guy. Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Mohammed on their network."

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