Cartoon Wars (2)

Season 10, Episode 4, Aired
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With Kyle left behind, Cartman makes his way to FOX to get the Family Guy episode pulled, hoping to ultimately get rid of the show once and for all.
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  • Trey Parker

    Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma

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    Mona Marshall

    Voice of Sheila Broflovski; Linda Stotch; Various Others [ episode 50+ ]

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    Matt Stone

    Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others

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  • The riveting conclusion to an interesting story arch. It's actually good, wouldn't you know it.

    9.5
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    By zenigame, Feb 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    First off, I just want say: They were not saying Family Guy was a bad show.
    They were simply using it as an example, and it's actually completely clear in this episode.

    Anyway, I thought it was odd to have neither Stan nor Kenny in one episode, but hey, Kyle and Cartman gotta have their own stuff once in awhile.

    The beginning of the episode pwned. They started off with Terrance and Phillip, the best "non-main" characters in the entire show! They also tried to trick people a little bit by saying "We'll not be airing the episode "Cartoon Wars" from South Park. Instead,... we'll be airing a special Terrance and Phillip episode!"
    Heh, not bad Trey and Matt.

    After that interesting bit, we move onto Cartman's ploy to take Family Guy off the air. He sits outside the FOX building and talks to some kid that's supposed to be Bart Simpson. He eventually teams-up with him to end Family Guy.

    I have to say, God I loved this episode.
    South Park is actually heading in the right direction again, and it seems this season may be one of the best new ones yet.moreless

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  • I am sitting here, and I am stunned.

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    By texasyank, Feb 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    I sometimes have a stock answer for student of mine who wonder why I gave them an F for an essay. My stock answer: "I gave you an F because Dean Avery won't let me give you a G."

    So I give this episode a 10 because I cannot give it a 15. Odd praise, that: the head-in-sand motif was done five minutes in, thus limiting the entertainment to the Fox studio, and what happened with the show itself. Given that, how does one count the ways?

    1. The manatee motif for "Family Guy" was just so, so true.

    2. the Cartman-with-a-gun was an apt metaphor for what Islam would have over us, if it could.

    3.If Comedy Central's censorship of the image of Muhammad was real, my praise for Stone and Parker is only heightened. And--if true--Comedy Central is beneath contempt.

    4. The last bit--poop on Bush, et al--was brilliant. They believe that will hurt us. Boo hoo. Give it your worst.moreless

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  • I love the direction the show has taken and look forward to whatever the future hold. Keep up the good work.

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    By TakinBackScotty, Feb 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    I feel sorry for anyone out there that can not appreciate the humor in irony and satire. How sad it must be for you, the only way for you to derive any enjoyment from a TV show is to be feed a constant serving of "hit you over the head" obvious jokes that you would have to be blind and deaf not to get.
    I am not saying that I don't enjoy Family Guy because I do. I just feel that South Park has transcended the average animated sitcom to provide biting social commentary. It is easy to be joke funny, but it is much more difficult to be funny and have something to say. If this new approach is not to your like, then fine don't watch, but don't watch week after week and pine for the way things used to be.
    I love the direction the show has taken and look forward to whatever the future hold. Keep up the good work.
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  • everyone thats saying why are they attacking family guy did you not notice the few digs at themselves??? when kyle got out of the truck at fox studios the guy that picked him up said..........moreless

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    By unclejackb, Feb 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    everyone thats saying why are they attacking family guy did you not notice the few digs at themselves??? when kyle got out of the truck at fox studios the guy that picked him up said "its just joke after joke I like that, at least its not getting up its own ass and being all preachy"

    I'm a family guy fan but I do think series 4 has had alot more flash backs compared to the other series and alot of the stuff in the first episode was spot on about family guy, I think people aint getting these episodes because they know what was said about family guy is true and they cant addmit it or just feel stupid that they are being mocked by matt and trey.moreless

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  • Family Guy episodes written by manities(spell?) it all makes since know

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    By GATZ1000, Feb 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    This show was great in the way it followed exactly where the first part let out with kyle and cartman on thier way to fox studios to pull/save the family episode. Cartman runs into another character bart(simpsons) and at first he wants the show pulled but after one of kyle's speeches Bart helps stop cartman. Cartman learns the truth about the family guy episode writers that they are manitees(spell?) which pick random idea balls and if one thing gets pulled they shut down completly.In the end the family guy episode was aired but comedy central did not show muhammed and no one got hurt we just got burned. Thats right they(muslims) sent out a animate short which tells that americans crap on everything we see even each other.

    This show was great but they could of done something more but it was a great and funny episode and i hope future episode are this funny/good.

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  • Trivia

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    • In Cartoon Wars, when Cartman first talks to Bart Simpson in the Family Guy staff building place, you can see Cartman's reflection on the floor, but his mouth is closed in the reflection but his mouth is actually open/talking. Edit
    • When "Bart" hits Kyle over the head with his skateboard, it is covered with blood. Yet in the very next scene, the skateboard is clean and there is no movement of him wiping it off. Edit
    • The network president is moved by Little Danny Pocket's (Cartman's) fake story and tells him to try to move the Family Guy writers (manatees) with it. Yet later one of the people who was with the president states that manatees are the only mammals not moved by terrorist threats. Why wouldn't somebody have corrected the network president (or at least told Cartman on his way to see them)? Edit

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    • This is the second time that a two part episode is interrupted at the second part by a Terrance & Phillip special. The first time was with "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut (2)", the difference this time is that the second episode of the South Park story actually starts and is not interrupted entirely by Terrance & Phillip. Edit
    • The apparent "idea balls" for the skit were helmet, salmon, toga (which Peter was wearing), and Mohammad. Edit
    • When the man drops Kyle off at Fox studio, he says that he is sick of cartoon shows that are up its own ass with messages. This is in reference to South Park itself. A similar reference is made in the first scene of the episode when the CBC president describes the Terrance & Phillip show as so preachy and full of messages that it's forgotten how to funny. Edit

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    • Osama bin Laden: If you look closely at the writing on "Family Guy", you will see that the jokes never derive from the plot, and I think that's totally gay. Edit
    • FOX President: What are you talking about, kid? Kyle: Pulling an episode because someone is offended starts a chain reaction. You'll have to pull more and more episodes until the show goes off the air completely. It's what happened to Laverne & Shirley. FOX President: You mean… the manatees aren't trying to run the network? Kyle: What manatees?! Edit
    • Kyle: Cartman! You f****** fat ass! Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Masters of the Universe: Cartman's "Let this be our final battle" line to Kyle at the beginning of their fight is a reference to the live action Masters of the Universe film, in which Skeletor utters the same line to He-Man as they begin their battle in the film's climax. This line was also said by one of the "psychic detectives" in "Cartman's Incredible Gift". Edit
    • In-Joke: When Cartman tells "Bart" that the worst thing he ever did was when I didn't like a kid, he ground his parents up into chili and fed it to him, this is a reference to the episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die". Edit
    • Simpsons/Family Guy Fued: The Bart Simpson character trying to get Family Guy taken off the air might be an allusion to the Simpsons/Family Guy feud where each show has, at one point or another, taken pot shots at the other. Unlike the situation between South Park and Family Guy, where the feud is relatively friendly. Edit

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