Imaginationland

South Park aired a brilliant trilogy of episodes over the past couple of weeks wherein terrorists took over Americans' imaginations through suicide bombings in Imaginationland. When this caused our imaginations to run wild, the military decided to nuke our imaginations to end the threat. Our only hope? One small boy named Butters Stotch.



(Yes, a very strange concept that worked very well.)

One of the fun things was Imaginationland's population of dozens and dozens of recognizable fictional characters including Luke Skywalker, Aslan, Gandalf, Popeye, Morpheus, and Santa, among others. You can see a list on Wikipedia here.

My favorite dialogue was in this week's (final) episode. Kyle has given up fighting because if he acknowledges that imaginary characters are real, he has to do something to Cartman he'd rather not do (don't ask). So the characters from Imaginationland call him up to give him a pep talk.


Stan: Hang on Kyle, Jesus wants to talk to you.

Kyle: Huh?

Jesus: Hello Kyle. This is Jesus.

Kyle: Oh boy.

Jesus: What seems to be the problem my child?

Kyle: Jesus I can't do anything. I'm just a 4th grader going against the entire government. (after a pause) Hello? Jesus?

Luke: No. Hey Kyle, this is Luke Skywalker. Look, I know this seems like an impossible task, but do you remember when I brought down the Death Star? I mean, that seemed impossible too right?

Kyle: Yea I guess.

Luke: Okay now hold on because Superman is here and he wants to say something.

Superman: Kyle, this is Superman.

Kyle: Hi Superman.

Superman: I know that saving people can be a big responsibility, but no matter what it takes, it's worth it.

Kyle: I know.

Superman: You can do this Kyle. Now hang on because Hercules wants to talk to you.

Kyle: (annoyed) Oh God!

Superman: Yes, God is here too. He's going to talk to you right after Captain Crunch.


Brilliant.