Cartoon Wars: Part 2 (2006) User Reviews (6)

One of the most important South Park episodes of all time

[shyonts · 10/10 · 12 February 2008]

This episode isn't as conventionally funny as the typical South Park episode. While there are a number of amusing references to The Simpsons and Family Guy, there are few of the usual laugh-out-loud gags we've come to expect from the South Park crew. That said, this is as smart and high-minded of a cartoon as you're likely to see.

Many fans of this episode particularly enjoy its characterization of the Family Guy writing process. While the manatee tank is one of the more brilliant creations of Matt and Trey, the real joy of this episode is the way it takes the media to task over one-sided censorship and a failure to stand up for free speech. A bit in which a confused-looking President Bush tries to explain the First Amendment to the White House reporters is a classic, and the dialogue between Kyle and a distraught television executive beautifully sums up South Park's argument about how we should respond to threats against free speech.

What really made this episode perfect was Comedy Central's refusal to air a scene in which Mohammed hands a football helmet to Family Guy. Literally a minute later the network was perfectly willing to air a scene that contained Jesus Christ and President Bush defecating on one another and the American flag. Had Comedy Central not caved in to their fears this last bit would have been gratuitous toilet humor. However, because the network did "puss out" (in the words of South Park), they essentially said, "Mohammed standing there is not OK to show, but Jesus and the President defecating on one another and the American flag is OK to show." As Kyle pointed out to the fictional television executive, they made a distinction based not on the appropriateness of the material, but based on the fear of violence from a particular group of people.

Hilarious episode.

[space_hog · 10/10 · 8 July 2007]

After watching these two episodes, I am giving up on Family Guy forever. This episode only made me laugh some of the time when I first saw it (the ending was totally hilarious). But the episode really became funny when I watched Family Guy. Every criticism this episode makes with regard to Family Guy is 100% accurate. It's scary to think how the Family Guy staff comes up with their jokes now. Are they just swimming around in a tank with some idea balls? Probably. I really think that South Park showed in this episode why they are miles ahead of Family Guy. The Simpsons used to be as funny as South Park is now, but recently they have gone the way of idea balls too. Hopefully the upcoming Simpsons movie will provide some good humor.

As for this episode, I think you will enjoy it. If you don't find it funny, then pop in a few Family Guy episodes and watch it again. If you don't laugh harder the second time around, then I am much different than you.

-Hog

The Conclusion

[gangstahippie · 10/10 · 24 September 2008]

The beginning of this episode says that the conclusion will not be seen tonight so we can bring you an episode of terrence and philip.This is based on an April fools joke Trey and Matt pulled back in 1998.The season 1 finale had people guessing who Cartman's dad was, however since the premiere was on April fools day, they decided to play a joke and just play a mediocre terrence and philip episode instead(this episode is called "Not Without My Anus" and rarely runs in syndication).But it is not an April fools joke, the T&P episode is supposed to show Muhammad but is censored.They complain to CBC(the channel that owns them) and mention Family Guy showing the show uncensored.The person who runs CBC does not think this will happen.This is a funny conclusion with a surprising secret about the family guy staff.A South park version of Bart Simpson appears as well trying to pull family guy off the air.Meanwhile, the townspeople decide if they put their heads in the sand, they will show that they are not a part of it.This is a funny conclusion.Eventually they decide to show the prophet.The muslims then retaliate...but with their own cartoon mocking America's beliefs!

A Cartman and a Simpson

[RainDogJr · 10/10 · 10 December 2008]

Cartoon Wars: Part 1

I certainly had enjoyed Family Guy but when it comes the comparisons for me South Park is infinite times better than Family Guy and here with Cartoon Wars we have two of my favourite South Park episodes and I'm almost sure Cartoon Wars will be some of the very best from Season 10 (yes I know Season 10 finished 2 years ago but I have seen only few episodes). Clever stuff, hilarious and bizarre, in the DVD commentary Trey and Matt explain that this the Mohammad episode became two episodes because the argument with Comedy Central was still going on while they were making this show so they wanted another week to try to convince Comedy Central to show the image of Mohammad. And here is hilarious since the fearless careless cartoon that is about to show the Muslim prophet as a character is Family Guy and everybody knows that ever since those cartoons in Denmark nobody shows an image of Mohammad any more. So there's panic, in South Park everybody is reunited in the Park County Community Center, there have been threats by the terrorists but finally the Family Guy Mohammad episode was censored but it was just the first part! And now a second episode is coming, is going to air very soon with the image of Mohammad uncensored.

This is a fantastic Cartman episode, here Cartman represents South Park since he suffers the comparison with Family Guy, people believe he must like Family Guy but he is nothing like Family Guy! We know him so is not a surprise that he is faking to care of the Muslim people and of the safety of the American people, he has plans to destroy that show. And this is certainly a very memorable first part, the terrorist talking about Family Guy stuff is awesome ("Family Guy is not that even well written") and certainly all the Family Guy stuff too plus the people's solution to not be part of the Family Guy audience is also hilarious just like that police car that was after Cartman and Kyle. Certainly by the end of this first part many questions are still without an answer, questions like: "Or will Comedy Central Puss Out?", "Tune in to see part two of Family Guy, next week… on South Park".

Something more from Trey and Matt's mini commentary: they do hate Family Guy but certainly they don't think it should be taken off the air and stuff, they just don't respect it in terms of writing.

Cartoon Wars: Part 2

The episode Professor Chaos from Season 6 ends with some questions just like he episode Cartoon Wars Part 1 but in Professor Chaos we had answers immediately unlike in Cartoon Wars Part 1 so here we have Part 2 and certainly the following question are answered: Will the cartoon be allowed to appear uncensored? Will Family Guy be destroyed? Will Television executives fight for free speech? Or will Comedy Central Puss Out?

This second part begins in a hilarious way, actually we see the beginning of a new Terrance & Phillip special (great reference to what happened between Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut and Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut) but in that special Muhammad also appeared as a character censored just like in the first part of Family Guy so this takes us again to Cartman in his quest to pull the upcoming second part of the Muhammad stuff of Family Guy.

In the DVD commentary Trey and Matt says that they had calls from people of the Simpsons and King of the Hill after Cartoon Wars Part 1 was aired saying "thank you" and "you're doing god's work". For all of them Family Guy is just like Justin Timberlake, while they all try to make a really great work it comes a full of gags show that for all of them is not that even well written but it has by far more rating. So here we see the writing staff of King of the Hill but that moment can't be compared with the moments with Bart Simpson. Cartman will find that there are more persons that also hate Family Guy but still he will be leading the whole operation to pull the episode and end with Family Guy once and for all, obviously Cartman is a f****** hardcore as****e! We have references to the South Park episode Scott Tenorman Must Die and to The Simpsons episode The Telltale Head and if you can remember what was the big stuff that Cartman and Bart did in their respective episodes then will not have any problem in order to know why Cartman should lead the Family Guy operation. More hilarious stuff with the terrorists, "if you look closely at the writing in Family Guy, you will see that the jokes never derive from the plot and I think that's totally gay" that's what Bin Laden says! And yes, Mohammad appeared uncensored on Family Guy, certainly Family Guy was not destroyed, the TV executives fought for the freedom of speech but only the ones of Family Guy. So and also there was a retaliation but more bizarre stuff, funnier than Family Guy (awesome ending). Anyway you should see Cartoon Wars Part 1 and 2, favourites of mine, or where else you will hear even bleep Bart Simpson saying mother f***** and find the secret of the writing staff of Family Guy?

Incredible!

[m667 · 10/10 · 17 September 2020]

It's kind of funny how this episode had Bart simpson in it and made bart seem like a total jerk. Kyle and Cartman were fighting again just like original south park times

I LIKE FAMILY GUY WAY MORE THAN SOUTH PARK BUT THIS EPISODE WAS ONE OF THE BEST EPISODE OF SOUTH PARK

[kasrajalili2012 · 10/10 · 30 August 2019]

OK. i really love family guy,,, i love it way more than i like South Park. i do believe that Family Guy's jokes are random and not relevant but thats exactly what makes family guy so Original and Different. Anyways... i think this 2 part episodes were totally ok and as a Family Guy fan not only i loved both of them but also it made me respect Matt and Trey way more than i already did. it wasn't a rip off on family guy instead it has a very important message to give about freedom of speech. the jokes at this episode were top notch too. specially the way it started which given the events of S02E01, it was in one word "BRILLIANT". in this episode there were a dialogue were the trucker guy who apparently was a Family Guy fan told Kyle: "I know it's just joke after joke, but I like that. At least it dosen't get all preachy and up its own with messages, you know?" this dialogue made me respect Matt and Trey hugely. cause although they apparently truly hate Family Guy but they were fare and didn't just insult Family Guy. i think that's exactly why Family Guy never ripped off on South Park.