‘South Park’ Season 14 Episode 5 ‘200’ begins with Mr. Garrison’s class on a field trip to a candy factory, being shown how sweets are made. Stan notices none other than Tom Cruise packing fudge on the assembly line.
And, boy, is Tom Cruise offended. Spoilers to follow.
Because Stan called Tom Cruise a “fudge packer” (it sounds a little dirty coming on ‘South Park’), Cruise decides to gather up all the celebrities, living and dead, to join in a class action law suit against the town of South Park. No more will the good people of South Park be allowed to ridicule famous people with impunity.
Of course, throughout the episode, the lads take every opportunity to do just that. Here is Tim Burton being accused of wanting to have sex with Johnny Depp. There is Tom Cruise jumping on the couch once again as Oprah looks on. Over there is Mel Gibson in his underwear. Rob Reiner is fat and gross. The Crocodile Hunter is still dead.
Soon it is revealed that the Celebrities have a hidden agenda. The town of South Park must produce the Prophet Muhammad because he is the one famous person who cannot even be depicted on TV, not to mention held up to ridicule, on pain of death. They intend to steal that power.
The good people of South Park are thrown into consternation. Stan remembers the episode where, in fact, Muhammad was depicted, as part of a group called the Super Friends, being the founders of all of the major world religions. But a quick trip to Super Friends Headquarters shows that even there Muhammad must be covered with a black box with the caption “censored.”
By the way, how is it that Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, gets to be a member of the Super Friends? Why not Martin Luther, John Wesley, King Henry VIII, St. Peter, and all of the other founders of Christian denominations? Yes, we know that the lads are getting ready to do a Broadway musical about the Mormon Church, but come on?
In any case, Muhammad is taken to South Park in the back of a Uhaul and is put in a bear costume so that no one sees him. There is a complication, though. The Gingers, a group of red haired, pale skinned, freckle face folks want Muhammad as well. They are willing to blow up South Park to do it.
Hearing of this, the celebrities decide to “release the Kraken” in the form of the giant, Japanese monster movie robot version of Barbara Streisand, and march on South Park.
Meanwhile, Cartman is in search of his real father. To be continued.
Source” South Park, 200, TV.Rage
