"South Park" Super Best Friends (2001)

Director:

Trey Parker

Writers:

Trey Parker (creator) &
Matt Stone (creator) ...

TV Series:

"South Park" (1997)

Original Air Date:

4 July 2001 (Season 5, Episode 3)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Stan enlists the help of an elite team of religious leaders including Jesus and Mohammed to help him rescue Kyle from a cult.

Plot Keywords:

Cult | Suicide Pact | Scientology | Religious Cult | Brainwashing

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Stan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Randy Marsh / Mr. Herbert Garrison / Philip Niles Argyle / Timmy / Jimmy Swanson / God / Satan / Mr. Mackey / Tom the News Reporter / Clyde / Grandpa Marvin Marsh / Miss Diane Choksondik / Ned Gerblanski / Officer Barbrady / Big Gay Al / Mr. Hankey / Dr. Alphonse Mephesto / Dr. Doctor / Twong Lu Kim / Bill Clinton / George Bush / Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Gerald Broflovski / Stuart McCormick / Jimbo Kearn / Terrance Henry Stoot / Leopold 'Butters' Stotch / Tweek / Jesus / Saddam Hussein / Pip Pirrup / Priest Maxi / Shlomo / Additional Voices (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Toby Morton	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Eliza Schneider	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Isaac Hayes	...	Chef (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Braniff

Trivia:

Kenny's uncovered face has, to date (August 2007), been shown four times on the show. This is one of the four episodes.

Goofs:

Continuity: Kyle's hat disappears and reappears through some of the Blainetology scenes.

Quotes:

Steven: I can show you how to make your true self appear. Let me ask you all something: do you consider yourselves to be happy?
Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: I don't think I'm very happy. I always fall asleep to the sound of my own screams.
Steven: [pause] Right. See, the reason that you are...
Leopold 'Butters' Stotch: And then I always get woken up in the morning by the sound of my own screams. Do you think I'm unhappy?

Movie Connections:

References David Blaine: Street Magic (1996) (TV)

Weird episode

Super Best Friends is a strange little episode of South Park.It has something to do with cults, in this case the cult of David Blaine the magician.He comes to South Park and shows off his magic tricks.The kids are wowed by it and join the David Blaine camp, however its really a cult.Stan decides to leave but Kyle does not want to.Stan is now worried for Kyle and the others.Blaine then states his plans for a mass suicide because they would not make his religion "Blanetology" legitimate.Stan then asks the help of the "Super Best Friends".They include Jesus, Buddha and the prophet Muhammed(years after this episode aired there was controversy about Muhammad being shown in a newspaper and South Park spoofed this in the Cartoon wars episode).Super Best Friends is an weird and good South park episode.