History Recap / SouthParkS23E2BandInChina

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Winnie-the-Pooh, alongside Piglet, is very kind, soft-spoken, and doesn't utter a single swear in the entire episode or do anything dickish, something which is extremely rare in ''South Park''. He just wants some honey. Sadly, this also means that the price for his pure-heartedness was his life.

* KarmaHoudini: Xi Jinping and Randy never face any repercussions for the ongoing censorship or killing Winnie-the-Pooh.
** Well, Randy never faced any [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty YET]]. A year later we'll discover his trip to China caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

* HoneyTrap: A literal Hunny Pot, luring Winnie-the-Pooh to his doom.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Randy, Mickey Mouse and the producer than takes on Crimson Dawn are all willing to compromise on values of liberty and creativity for the sake of getting rich off China.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: China, despite having a booming market and being an attractive place for Western investors and businesses, is satirized for practicing numerous traits of a dictatorship where innocent people are thrown in prison for criticizing the PRC's government, as well as thrown into re-education camps where the conditions are extremely unsanitary and exhausting. Also, it is shown that many materials ''made in China'' are produced by prison labor. They've also exported their censorship into the United States by bullying American companies (especially movie studios) into following their rule so that their products are made available on the market for the billions of Chinese people.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, the Chinese government [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#Censorship_in_China really did outlaw Winnie-the-Pooh]] due to jokes about the bear looking like UsefulNotes/XiJinping. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Mickey even tells Randy he can look it up on the internet.]]

** Disney is mocked for being willing to let China meddle in their content (including banning Winnie-the-Pooh [[note]]at the time of the film's release, the ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' franchise had seen almost no new media in the last ''decade'' presumably for this reason[[/note]]) so they can take advantage of the economic benefits of the Chinese marketplace. The same can also be said with how much of a commercial giant Disney has become by constantly buying properties of other companies, as shown with Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm characters all working under Mickey's thumb. When he asks if he owns South Park, one of his employees answers, "Not yet, sir".

* WeightWoe: Xi is said to be very sensitive about his appearance since comparing him to Winnie-the-Pooh made him interpret that as a means of fat-shaming (something [[TakeThat Cartman also hates]]).

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Chinese censor laughs at some of Stan's writings, but quickly composes himself.

* AnachronismStew: The clip of 1984 depicts Empower Field at Mile High instead of the old Mile High Stadium.[[note]]The current stadium didn't open until 2001.[[/note]]

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The Chinese government, which uses military force to keep creative people in line. Topics that are considered taboo include Winnie-the-Pooh, the Dalai Lama, organ transplants, homosexuality and referring to any non-Chinese country as "free" (though the episode does demonstrate that's not entirely true anyway). It's little wonder the PC babies weren't upset by the Chinese government - next to nothing is allowed past them.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: China, despite having a booming market and being an attractive place for Western investors and businesses, is satirized for practicing numerous traits of a dictatorship where innocent people are thrown in prison for criticizing the PRC's government, and thrown into re-education camps where the conditions are extremely unsanitary and exhausting. Also, it is shown that many materials ''made in China'' are produced by prison labor. They've also exported their censorship into the United States by bullying American companies (especially movie studios) into following their rule so that their products are made available on the market for the billions of Chinese people.

* KarmaHoudini: Xi Jinping and Randy never face any repercussions for the ongoing censorship or killing Winnie the Pooh.

** Stan's metal band being named Crimson Dawn could be a reference to the above mentioned film ''Film/RedDawn2012'', where the nationality of the bad guys was changed from Chinese to North Korean, likely to avoid the Chinese government's ire.

** Disney is mocked for being willing to let China meddle in their content (including banning Winnie-the-Pooh [[note]]at the time of the film's release, the ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' franchise had seen almost no new media in the last ''decade'' presumably for this reason[[/note]]) so they can take advantage of the economical benefits of the Chinese marketplace. The same can also be said with how much of a commercial giant Disney has become by constantly buying properties of other companies, as shown with Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm characters all working under Mickey's thumb. When he asks if he owns South Park, one of his employees answers "Not yet, sir".

* RealityEnsues: Randy learns the hard way that marijuana is still very illegal in China and gets arrested once the airport security discovers his product in his suitcase. How he actually managed to get out of America in the first place is anyone's guess.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, the Chinese government [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#Censorship_in_China really did outlaw Winnie the Pooh]] due to jokes about the bear looking like UsefulNotes/XiJinping. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Mickey even tells Randy he can look it up on the internet.]]

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Stan was able to figure out his dad killed Winnie the Pooh by seeing him covered in blood and honey.

** Mickey Mouse has one of Disney's own characters, Winnie the Pooh, banned from appearing in any new media and ultimately sets out to execute him because Winnie is considered offensive to Xi in China.

* BigEater: Winnie the Pooh as ever, though unfortunately it costs him his life as Randy lures him to his death with a pot of honey, and Pooh enjoys it so much he doesn't notice Randy until it's too late.
* BittersweetEnding: Kyle and Cartman return from the ICE detention center and Stan refuses to have his integrity compromised by China's censorship any longer. However Randy brutally murders Winnie the Pooh just so he can make a deal with the Chinese to sell his weed in their country, sacrificing his integrity in the process. Not to mention the kids Kyle and Cartman met during their time at the center are implied to still be there.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Winnie the Pooh gets brutally garroted by Randy as Piglet watches in absolute horror.

* HellholePrison: After getting caught with all his Marijuana, Randy is sent to a Chinese forced labor camp in which he is forced to work in a sweatshop making toys, he witnesses brutality from the guards as one of the guards smacks a prisoner across the face with his rifle, and he is forced to pledge to the Communist Party of China under threat of electric cattle prods in the rain.
* HoneyTrap: A literal Hunny Pot, luring Winnie the Pooh to his doom.

* KickTheDog: Right after Mickey insults Thor, he calls Winnie the Pooh "a fat, diabetic bear" and says that if the Chinese don't want him, then he doesn't either.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The Chinese government, which uses military force to keep creative people in line. Topics that are considered taboo include Winnie the Pooh, the Dalai Llama, organ transplants, homosexuality and referring to any non-Chinese country as "free" (though the episode does demonstrate that's not entirely true anyway). It's little wonder the PC babies weren't upset by the Chinese government - next to nothing is allowed past them.

** Randy's murder of Winnie the Pooh is nearly identical to a similar scene in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''.

** Disney is mocked for being willing to let China meddle in their content (including banning Winnie the Pooh [[note]]at the time of the film's release, the ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise had seen almost no new media in the last ''decade'' presumably for this reason[[/note]]) so they can take advantage of the economical benefits of the Chinese marketplace. The same can also be said with how much of a commercial giant Disney has become by constantly buying properties of other companies, as shown with Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm characters all working under Mickey's thumb. When he asks if he owns South Park, one of his employees answers "Not yet, sir".

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Winnie the Pooh, alongside Piglet, is very kind, soft-spoken, and doesn't utter a single swear in the entire episode or do anything dickish, something which is extremely rare in ''South Park''. He just wants some honey. Sadly, this also means that the price for his pure-heartedness was his life.
* WeightWoe: Xi is said to be very sensitive about his appearance since comparing him to Winnie the Pooh made him interpret that as a means of fat-shaming (something [[TakeThat Cartman also hates]]).

** Futhermore, his plan seems to have been to fly to China with a suitcase full of weed and ask random strangers if they know "Any money people" who could set up a supply chain.

** ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' gets it for the same reason as Disney as well as what is perceived as a cliche plot structure.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Winnie the Pooh, alongside Piglet, is very kind, soft-spoken, and doesn't utter a single swear in the entire episode or do anything dickish, something which is extremely rare in ''South Park''. He just wants some honey. Sadly, this also means that the price for his pure heartedness was his life.