South Park Goes Disney

No, South Park did not run an episode where the boys went to Disney World. (Though, if they wanted to, sign me up to write it! I would love to unleash Cartman in the Magic Kingdom...especially Fantasyland)


I am referring to the use of Disney characters in some of the episodes of South Park.


Perhaps the most noticeable use (or not?) was in the Imaginationland trilogy in Season Eleven. For those who need a recap: Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Jimmy and Butters get brought to the fantastic Imaginationland, where everything that has ever been imagined exists. Some terrorists get into Imaginationland, bomb it, then break down the wall between the "good" Imaginationland and the "bad" Imaginationland, allowing all that is evil to spill out and giving the terrorists a chance to rule our imaginations.


Still with me? Ok.


Absurd plot line aside (it IS South Park, guys), quite a few Disney characters make an appearance in Imaginationland. The most obvious one for most viewers would be Cinderella (dead center of the picture):

Other characters who make appearances include Pat the Hammer (Handy Manny), the Chesire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) and Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas). There's even a guy wearing a TRON suit.

However, the biggest one of all is the one the most people miss.
Take a look at the Mayor of Imaginationland.

Does he look familiar to anyone? Sprinkles? Do you know?


Look at him again.

Does this remind you of anything?


*~*~*~*
Ok, departing from Imaginationland now.


The other episode I want to talk about is "The Ring" from Season Thirteen. No, this is not about Samara Morgan coming out of the tv. In fact...I honestly don't think they've EVER done any reference to The Ring in ANY episode. Holy shit, Matt and Trey! GET ON IT!


Ahem.


The Ring, believe it or not, is about the Jonas Brothers...and their purity rings. 
Kenny brings Tammy, his new girlfriend, to a Jonas Brothers concert in hopes of getting a blowjob from her. Instead, after the concert, she is invited backstage and invited to wear the purity ring and abstain from sexual activities. Kenny reluctantly dons one as well. After watching him rapidly go downhill, Cartman, Stan and Kyle all go to confront the Jonas Brothers.


What they don't know is that the Jonas Brothers are actually selling sex to little girls. They were the purity rings to "make it ok."
But, don't jump all over them. They're forced to do it under threat of violence.
Who is threatening them, you ask?

That guy.


That's right, kiddies. Your innocent views of the Big Cheese just got shattered. Mickey is fully aware that they are selling sex to little girls, and when Joe Jonas tries to walk out of it, Mickey does this:

Yes. That is Mickey Mouse beating the crap out of Joe Jonas.


Oh, but we're not done crushing your hopes and dreams yet. THERE'S MORE.


When the boys go to confront the Jonas Brothers, Mickey shoots them with tranquilizer darts and imprisons them. When they wake up (at the Jonas Brothers big concert in Denver), Mickey threatens to kill them with a chainsaw if they don't tell him who sent them. (Most like Eisner, of course)


And then... (Warning: What follows is very vulgar and completely out of character for the Mickey Mouse you know and love. Leave now if you're easily offended.)


Mickey: "You think God is in control here, haha?! I am in control! I've been in control since the '50s in case you haven't noticed, haha! You three faggots are going onstage, and YOU three faggots aren't going to stop me! NOBODY IS RUINING THIS EVENT!! Haha. I've worked too long and too hard to have anybody fuck this up! Where would you be without me, Jonas Brothers? Haha. Your music sucks and you know it! Haha. It's because you make little girls' 'ginies tickle! And when little girls' 'ginies tickle, I make money! Haha. And that's because little girls are fucking stupid! Haha. And the purity rings make it okay to do whatever I want! Haha. Even the Christians are too fucking stupid to figure out I'm selling sex to their daughters! I've made billions off of Christian ignorance for decades now, haha! And do you know why?!  Because Christians are retard-ed! Haha. They believe in a talking dead guy! Haha."

Naturally, about a third of the way through that, Kyle turned on the microphone, and everyone at the concert got to hear this.

"Ohhh. Haha. Hello, folks."
And then Mickey turns into a Godzilla-like figure and destroys Denver.

All right, I'm done ruining your childhood. I'll talk about Stan being in TRON another day.

AGENT R IS OUT. PEACE.