This causes an uproar because depictions of Muhammad are forbidden, and the townsfolk fear that forcing Muhammad to appear in public will drive Muslim radicals to bomb the town. An angry Cruise agrees to do so, but only if they can help Cruise meet Muhammad. Stan returns to the factory with his father Randy to try to apologize and convince Cruise to drop the suit, but also finds it difficult not to call him a fudge packer as well since he was literally packing fudge while they spoke. Cruise then recruits 200 other celebrities who have been ridiculed by the town of South Park to bring a class action lawsuit against the town. Stan, who previously told Cruise that his acting is not as good as others' in " Trapped in the Closet", accidentally insults him again by calling him a " fudge packer", as Cruise claims to be fly fishing. While on a school field trip to a candy factory, Butters spots actor Tom Cruise working there, packing fudge into boxes. 5.4 Possible link to Times Square car bomb attempt.The episode was rated TV-MA L in the United States. As a result, Comedy Central heavily censored portions of "201" by removing references to Muhammad and the episode's closing speech. Within a week of the episode's original broadcast date, the website for the radical Muslim organization Revolution Muslim posted an entry warning Parker and Stone that they risked being murdered for airing the episode, which several media outlets and observers interpreted as a threat. Both "200" and the sequel episode " 201" were nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 2010. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by 3.33 million viewers, making it the most watched cable television program of the night. The season 2 episode " Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" claimed that Cartman's hermaphrodite mother is his father, but the events of "200" and the subsequent episode reveal that this is not the case. An additional subplot includes Cartman learning he may not know the true identity of his father. "200" includes many celebrities that have been mocked in previous episodes, including Cruise, Rob Reiner, Steven Spielberg, Kanye West, Paris Hilton, George Lucas, Mel Gibson and Barbra Streisand. The Muhammad subplot, similar to the one previously featured in the season 10 episode " Cartoon Wars", refers to Comedy Central's past refusal to allow images of Muhammad to be shown on the network in response to the riots and threats generated from controversial cartoons in 20 of Muhammad in European newspapers.
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To celebrate their landmark episode, Parker and fellow series co-creator Matt Stone combined many of South Park 's past storylines and controversies. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker.
In the episode, Tom Cruise and all other celebrities who have been mocked by residents of South Park in the past plan to file a class action lawsuit against the town, but Cruise promises to end the lawsuit if the town can get the Islamic prophet Muhammad to meet him. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 14, 2010. " 200" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 200th overall episode of the series. 5th episode of the fourteenth season of South Park " 200"
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