The plot revolves around the celebrities agreeing to withdraw the lawsuit if the people of South Park provide them with Muhammad’s goo, which will allow them to never be made fun of again. “200” and “201” reopen that topic and make the statement even stronger than before. All in typical, satirical South Park fashion, of course.Īlthough Muhammad appeared fully depicted in "Super Best Friends," this is how he appeared throughout "200" and "201" Matt Stone and Trey Parker thought it was ridiculous to censor new images of Muhammad when viewers had already been able to see Muhammad fully before those controversies erupted, and made a statement about how ridiculous and cowardly it was in those episodes, even suggesting that it infringes on First Amendment rights and borders on censorship. This new rule by Comedy Central of not showing the prophet of the Muslim religion came about after seeing the threats generated by the controversial cartoons in some European newspapers in 20. Aside from needing to know about the identity of Cartman’s “father” and Eric’s history with Scott Tenorman, to fully appreciate this episode, you need to watch “Cartoon Wars Part I” and “Cartoon Wars Part II” first, which were a response to Comedy Central censoring the image of Muhammad despite the fact that in a much older episode, “Super Best Friends,” Muhammad was fully depicted.
To fully understand the satirical and comedic power of these two episodes, you have to understand a few important points in South Park’s history.
Tom Cruise, Rob Reiner, Mel Gibson and other celebrities on South Park over the years
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