In this two-part special, South Park’s parody of Tom Cruise decided to take up a class action lawsuit against the town of South Park after its residents did so much damage to his reputation and public image. While “Cartoon Wars Part 1” satirized the premise of cartoonists being censored over depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, the episode “200” and its follow-up, “201,” inadvertently turned that fictional plot into a reality. To this day, viewers hoping to stream the uncensored two-part special will not be able to find “Cartoon Wars Part 1” and “Cartoon Wars Part 2” among the South Park episodes on HBO Max. The creators of South Park addressed this incident with a plot line that not only involved depicting the figure but also discussed the public debate around this issue. This involved publishing numerous satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad despite religious objections to this practice. The story of “Cartoon Wars Part 1” found its genesis in the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy. In the story of “Cartoon Wars Part 1” and its closing chapter, “Cartoon Wars Part 2,” odious South Park antihero Cartman claimed that this episode was offensive to Muslims and petitioned to have the outing banned, only for this campaign to turn out to be a convoluted scheme to get his least favorite TV show taken off the air. South Park's struggles with censorship began in earnest with South Park season 10, episode 3, “Cartoon Wars Part 1.” Ironically, these banned South Park episodes centered around a fictional episode of Family Guy that depicted the Prophet Muhammad.

“Super Best Friends” still cannot be viewed in its uncensored entirety online, although the episode originally aired without complaint numerous times before the threats of violence surrounding the release of “200.” When South Park episodes “200” and “201” were banned, this also led to “Super Best Friends” being retroactively pulled from streaming services and reruns. When South Park season 14, episode 5, “200,” saw the series satirize Comedy Central’s refusal to depict the Prophet Muhammad, this led to the fundamentalist organization Revolution Muslim warning that Stone and Parker risked murder for their depiction of the figure. Interestingly, among the banned South Park episodes, this caused almost no uproar upon its initial release back in July 2001. To this end, Stan enlisted the help of the eponymous group of Super Best Friends - a parody of the DC Super Friends - that included Jesus, Buddha, Moses, and the Prophet Muhammad, among others.

Like the South Park Children of the Corn spoof, 'Super Best Friends' parodied groupthink as Stan attempted to convince his friends they had been taken in by magician David Blaine’s cult. South Park season 5, episode 3, “Super Best Friends,” is a classic early season episode of the series.

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