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13 The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers

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First aired: 11/13/2002 Production Code: 613

The boys embark on an epic quest to return The Lord of the Rings to the Two Towers video store in Bailey.

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1 Plot
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:15
The episode opens with Stan, Kyle, Cartman and a disembodied Kenny (sharing Cartman's body) playing "The Lord of the Rings", Stan's family having checked out a film from the trilogy of the same name from the Two Towers Video store. Stan's parents ask the boys to bring the tape to Butters' house, as the Stotches had asked to borrow it. Still caught up in their game, the boys see this assignment as a "quest", and set off on their journey. When the boys leave, Stan's parents try to watch Back Door Sluts 9, a pornographic movie described as the most "hardcore" porno ever, and the "single most evil piece of porn ever produced". It was said that Backdoor Sluts 9 made Crotch Capers 3 look like Naughty Nurses 2. To their horror, they discover that Randy accidentally got the The Lord of the Rings video and the pornographic movie mixed up, and realize that Butters is now watching it at his house.

The two drive to Butters' house, and come across the boys returning home, having already delivered the tape. Stan's father plays into the boys' imagination and sends them on their greatest quest ever: retrieve the tape, as it "holds an evil power." Excited, the boys eagerly comply and set off toward Butters' house. They arrive and take the tape, but not before discovering that Butters, though not realizing the nature of it, has watched the movie and becomes obsessed with it. Excluded from the game and denied the video, Butters becomes steadily more insane, and remains secluded in the basement, muttering about his "precious" and generally acting like Gollum. At this point the Marshes, who have grown worried that the boys have not returned, show up. Distraught at Butters' behavior, they assume that the boys now have the tape and are watching it. Contacting the other parents, they go on a desperate search to find their missing children and "put it into context."

Returning home, the boys run into some 6th graders, who look inside the box and realize that the tape is actually a pornographic movie. Although they try to take the tape, the boys are able to escape and decide to take it to the council of the High Elf of Faragon (Clyde). At the council, at which most of the fourth-graders are present (in The Lord of the Rings costumes), it is decided that to determine the tape's power, they should send one of their own to watch it for a few minutes. Talangar the Black (Token) is volunteered, and steps inside his house for a moment. He soon comes out, expressionless, and announces that he's not playing anymore without an explanation. Now truly convinced of the tape's power, the council decides the tape must be returned to the Two Towers video store "from whence it came", and forms the "Fellowship of The Lord of the Rings", which consists of Stan, Kyle, Cartman (with Kenny), Craig, Jimmy, and an unnamed kindergartener (possibly Filmore).

The boys go to the store and, after avoiding a run-in with the 6th graders (in which their party loses Jimmy, Craig, and the kindergartener), join Butters, who offers to guide them to the store in a thinly veiled attempt to get the tape back. Soon all the boys wind up at the Two Towers, and with the 6th graders in hot pursuit they desperately try to return the tape to the drop box. When Butters refuses to let go of it, Kyle throws him and the tape into the drop box. Angered at losing their movie, the 6th graders threaten to beat the boys up, but flee when the parents arrive. The parents then go into a long discussion with the astonished boys about sex, touching on such subjects as 69ing and double penetration. The boys (who never actually watched the movie that their parents are so graphically describing) are speechless. The episode ends with a view of Butters, clutching his "precious" among a pile of other returned tapes in the drop box.

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2 Character Comparisions
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:16
* Stan — Frodo
* Kyle — Sam
* Cartman (and Kenny) — Gandalf
* Clyde — Elrond;
* Jimmy — possibly Boromir; in one scene takes on role of Gandalf
* Craig — Aragorn
* Jason — Legolas
* Butters — Sméagol/Gollum[1]
* Filmore (the kindergartener) — Gimli
* Pip — possibly Legolas; it is certain that the character is an elf
* The 6th graders — Ringwraiths, Orc armies/Goblins, Balrog
* Kevin — a storm trooper (related to Star Wars and not Lord of the Rings)

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3 Censorship
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:16
* Almost all of the sexual positions and techniques described by the kids’ parents have been edited out in the syndicated version (the ones cut were ones involving double penetration, 69-ing, urination, and defecation during intercourse).
* The Comedy Central promo for this episode has a scene where Cartman calls a group of kids who are playing Harry Potter “Dorks!”; the change was made so the South Park promos could be aired during time slots which carried lighter TV-PG or TV-14 ratings. In the actual episode, he shouts “Fags!”

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4 Goofs
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:17
* When Stan’s parents are talking to the Stotches on their front door, they’re wearing their night clothes, but a few moments later in the Stotch’s basement, they can be seen wearing their regular attire. They were seen in night clothes during the rest of the episode.
* When the kids are trying to decide who will return the tape, Ike is seen standing. But when Tweek, Pip, and Craig are debating what to do, he is shown on a chair. This happens several times throughout the scene.
* A bar above a movie poster at the video store repeatedly changes from blue to yellow throughout the scene.
* Scott Tenorman is shown as being a sixth grader but in previous episodes he was in grade 9.

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