This episode arc also caused the banning of previously-mentioned episode Super Best Friends, due to Muhammad's appearance. In '201', however, any mention of Muhammad was censored along major cursing. In '200', the only censored element was swearing. Muhammad originally appeared uncensored in an even earlier South Park episode, 'Super Best Friends', without controversy. Due to network pressure, Muhammad ended up being censored. Ī similar scenario happened in an earlier story arc, 'Cartoon Wars', where Muhammad is in the center of controversy due to him advertised as appearing in a 'cut-away gag' in the Family Guy animated series. The celebrities want to extract 'goo' from Muhammad (The Prophet of Islam) because he is the only celebrity who cannot be made fun of, and thus become untouchable.īecause of the Muhammad-centered storyline, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone received death threats from radical Muslim groups. The two episodes form a story arc about Tom Cruise and many other celebrities teaming up to destroy South Park.
