Fantastic Easter Special

Season 11, Episode 5, Aired
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Stan wants to know the real reason kids have to decorate eggs for Easter, and what, if anything eggs and bunnies have to do with Jesus dying for his sins. To get to the bottom of it, Kyle and Stan get wrapped up in a bizarre society that guards a legendary secret.moreless
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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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    Matt Stone

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

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    April Stewart

    Sharon Marsh

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  • superb

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    By futuramarama, Dec 28, 2010 Report Abuse
    stan is determined to find the meaning behind coloring eggs on easter. what will this quest of his lead to? will he discover the real reason why we do this every year?

    pretty funny episode. the only thing keeping it from an A+ in my book is i find the last few minutes to be king of a dull. the first half is pretty funny but the last half did not interest nor did i laugh. boring. so, overall, my final grade for "Fantastic Easter Special" is going to fall in the "B" range, i think is a fair grademoreless

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  • Where do they come up with these ideas

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    By dragondude4, Oct 05, 2009 Report Abuse
    Some episode this is where the heck do Matt Stone and Trey Parker come up with these ideas for South Park episodes. In this episode Stan wants to know whats is the means of Easter Day. Something about bunnies and coloring eggs. I few years ago I learn that easter is the day Jesus's soul come back or something about. I wound why I didn't kniw that. Then Stan learns that's Family is the Hare for Men Club and he joins to learn the truth about Easter. there just making some of that stuff up. Some episode this is whats up with that.moreless

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  • Stan is trying to find out why kids have to decorate Easter eggs on Easterand, if he can, what bunnys and eggs have to do with Jesus dying on the cross. Satn and Kyle will discover the secret behind Easter, a hairy secret society and St.Peter's idemoreless

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    By presidentluke, May 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    the easter Specialwas a hilarious episode, one of the best ever on South Park. It had a clever story line, new, twisted and sick characters and it had bunny rabits.
    I think the South Park creators eggxadurated the whole St.Peter thing though. I meanm the idea of having a Saint rabbit isn't really believable, evn for the South Park addicts.
    None the less this was an exciting episode that kept you hooked to the TV screen to th very end of the episode. By the way, before I wtched this episode I did wonder about the Pope's hat.
    Really! How weird and sense less is that hat?moreless

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  • "I'm on the toliet!"

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    By crzza, Mar 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    Stan wants to know the real reason kids have to decorate eggs for Easter, and what, if anything eggs and bunnies have to do with Jesus dying for his sins. To get to the bottom of it, Kyle and Stan get wrapped up in a bizarre society that guards a legendary secret. This was a great episode. It was somewhat of a Da Vinci Code parody. I loved that movie so I loved this episode. Anythign that's a parody of something I like, I like. It was funny and serious. Both mixed together. More episodes like this! Tagline:"I'm on the toliet!"-Randy Marshmoreless

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  • Davinci code parody, and helps put show back on track

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    By jacobp76, Feb 02, 2008 Report Abuse
    Utterly superb. That's all I have to say about this episode. After a funny in spots but overall disappointing episode "The Snuke", "South Park" is back and firing on all cylinders with an easter special that lampoons everything easter and the Da Vinci Code (a bit late for that). The best part of this, however, is clearly that they FINALLY brought Jesus back. Jesus was one of my favorite 'minor' characters on South Park for the first few seasons; almost every scene he was in was hilarious, and I couldn't be happier that they finally brought him back. And that's not even the best part yet, Bill Donahue kills the pope, puts Jesus in jail, and names himself pope while he prepares a 'rabbit' stew which is actually made of humans and is about to kill the Holy Rabbit, Snowball, which was actually the descendant of St. Peter, the original pope, who was actually a rabbit, when Jesus intervenes and kills him in a style reminiscent of any Rodriguez or Tarantino flick, and I'm sure the upcoming "Grindhouse". I wouldn't be surprised if I looked back at this as one of my favorite episodes.moreless

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    • When Bill says "Lock up those two Jews" he was refering to Kyle and Jesus, but how did he know Kyle was Jewish? Edit
    • Stan saying to Jesus that "we haven't talked in a long time" is an in – joke referring to the fact that Jesus hasn't appeared on the show since season 6. Edit
    • When Jesus uses the bladed throwing star to kill the villian false Pope Bill Donohue, this references what happened in the very very first existence of South Park titled "The Spirit of Xmas" but also misknown as Frosty versus Santa (misknown because Frosty is an evil monster who only pretends to be Santa but the actually title should be Frosty versus Baby Jesus) which was the very first Spirit of Xmas and fully hand drawn by Matt and Trey while in film school. This version preceded the later version also titled The "Spirit of Xmas" but which was done with the cardboard (like the first series of South Park episodes were created) and featured a fully grown Jesus battling Santa. In this very first original short the boys Stan and Kyle pray for Jesus to appear to save them from the Frosty monster (another allusion to Stan praying for Jesus to appear and save them in the Easter episode) and the baby Jesus appears out of the manger but with a full beard just as the fully grown Jesus has in the Easter Episode. The baby Jesus takes the halo from off his head and throws it a distance just like Jesus throws the throwing star in the Easter Episode and this cuts through and kills the evil Frosty monster. Again this is also an allusion that Jesus' halo is substantial as when in the Easter special when Jesus dies in the cell after Kyle stabs him his halo falls to the floor and makes a ringing sound like it is solid and metal. Edit

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    • When Stan says "They found me" as the ninjas come, Stan sounds like Cartman. Edit
    • This is the first Easter Special. But it is actually the second episode to take place during Easter. The first being Quintuplets 2000. Edit
    • The sacred bunny's name is Snowball. Edit

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    • Bill: Take them into custody! Stan: Hey, what the hell?! Pope Benedict XVI: Bill, we have the rabbit. It's all we need. Bill: Don't be soft, Your Holiness! These "whores" must be punished in front of everyone! Kyle: You swore on the cross, fatso! Bill: Yeah. Too bad for you... it was a double cross! Hahahahahahaha! Randy: Oh, we should've seen that coming! Pope Benedict XVI: Bill, I'm not sure that double-crossing people is very Christian. Bill: IT IS WHAT CHRIST WOULD'VE WANTED! Jesus: Who are you to say that?! Edit
    • Randy: Oh thank God! Hand it over, Stan! They're gonna kill me! Give them the rabbit! Pope Benedict XVI: Yes, hand it over. Stan: First, you have to promise you won't hurt it! And that you'll let everybody go! Pope Benedict XVI: We promise. Bill: We swear it on the cross! Randy: JUST HAND OVER THE BUNNY, STAN! Stan: Okay, fine. (A cardinal takes the rabbit, Randy is released) Randy: Stanley, why did you do that? I would have proudly died for that rabbit. Stan: You said "hand over the bunny!" Randy: No! That is NOT the way we're remembering it! Edit
    • (Randy & Stan in the car on the way to The Hare Club meeting) Stan: Dad do I have to wear this bag over my head the entire time? Randy: You aren't a member yet. You can't know where our secret meetings take place. Where going to a distant location, an old building near a lake about 40 mins away. Stan: You mean the old Galverson lodge? (there's a short pause then Randy takes the bag off) Randy: Dammit! Edit

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    • Mortal Kombat: When Jesus throws the bladed throwing star at the false pope, he does a stance move that Kung Lao from the hugely popular game Mortal Kombat as Kung Lao throws his bladed hat in a simular fashion. Edit
    • Easter Parade: Randy: ...in my Easter Bonnet, with all the frills upon it, I'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade. While coloring Easter eggs, Randy is singing the Irving Berlin song "Easter Parade," made famous by the 1948 musical by the same name. The musical won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. Edit
    • Teen Wolf: When Stan is running from all the Easter Bunnies and is at the bathroom door to get his dad to open up, it is similar to the film Teen Wolf when his dad opens the door and he too is a werewolf. Edit

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