Hilarious.
Overall, a good plot-filling episode. I loved the furry woodland creatures. The voices they gave them were awesome, as were characters such as Jason.
I was hoping Al Gore would show up during the attack of ManBearPig.
Ending with Cartman waiting by Kyle’s bedside, this episode truly rocks.
Your thoughts?
I loved all the different references they snuck into this one. I will admit to a certain disappointment that Middle-Earth had no representation. 
The Star Gate parody was great. The return of the Satanic Woodland creatures and the heavily setup line of “I would hate to meet the kid that imagined those animals” cracked me up.
Jim
Man, the minute I saw that Squirrel, I knew that they were bringing back the Woodland Critters. That was gold!
I liked Cartman’s kingly robes while he prepared for the ball sucking.
“Hail Satan!” Man, I had my jaw in my lap during that Christmas episode; it’s seriously funny to see them show up again.
Snarf…can you, like, just shut the hell up for five minutes?
Who was Snarf? I couldn’t place him.
Apparently he’s from “Thunder Cats.”
I just want to know how the terrorists succeed when frickin’ Optimus Prime was there.
I thought I saw Gandalf on the Council of Nine.
I <3 the Woodland Critters.
So is Kyle going to wriggle out of the ball-sucking contract because he was temporarily dead? An early episode of Star Trek: TNG rested on such a plot point.
One part that was a bit confusing. How is Jesus an imaginary character, exactly? I mean in the South Park world. He lives in South Park, has a cable access show, and the boys have met him numerous times. He’s no more imaginary to South Park than Butters is.
I loved the guy hitting Strawberry Shortcake with his disembodied flaming pumpkin head.
I thought it was Jack Skeleton from A Nightmare Before Christmas, the wife thought it was the Headless Horseman. She’s usually right about these things.
Wouldn’t Jack be a good guy, or at least not a bad guy? I thought it was the headless horseman too.
I think they decided the joke outweighed the consistency. I don’t think they sweat things like that too much. This is the same show where Jesus died save Santa, isn’t it? Then he showed up again.
Jim
Of course, drawings of orcs are often similar, but I believe the orc was copied from the Rankin-Bass Hobbit and Return of the King movies.
Good point and I missed seeing Gandalf if he was there. To bad I deleted it already, maybe I’ll catch it the next time they play it and watch more carefully.
They had Jack Skellington as one of the good imaginary characters in the first part, IIRC. At any rate, he doesn’t look anything like the Hheadless Horseman.
Also, did anyone else think the whole Kyle dying and being resuscitated scene was lifted directly from The Abyss? It’s been a while since I’ve seen that movie, but it reminded me of it.
–FCOD
Good catch, I knew it was familar, but I was sure from what.
It was pretty close…
wikipedia already has a list of characters from part II.
I sure hope the Woodland Creatures can’t find any AIDS in the forest.
Of course he’s imaginary! That doesn’t mean he isn’t rear!
