History Recap / SouthParkS7E9ChristianRockHard

* VillainousBreakdown: Cartman, when he realizes that he can never get a platinum album with christian rock and thus will never win his bet against Kyle, causing him to furiously smash his myrrh album and then curse Jesus' name twice in front of his whole audience, before insulting Token leading to his beating.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After using christians' faith and gullibility to sell a million albums and make millions of dollars just to win a bet against Kyle with plagiarized love songs, and using Butters and Token with him making many racist comments to him, Cartman ruins himself and earn himself a well-deserved beating by Token, by spending all of his money in a ridiculously lavish award ceremony just to spite Kyle only to realize that he cannot beat Kyle due to Christian Music awarding Myrrh albums instead of Platinum albums, and by cursing Jesus which caused him to alienate his entire audience and finally turn Token and Butters against him. At the end Cartman is left alone, beaten and ruined.

* ComicalOverreacting: Faith Plus One fans scream in pain and horror, and scatter upon hearing Cartman curse Jesus, one man even crying that his ears are bleeding.

* ComicalOverreacting: Faith Plus One fans scream in pain and horror, and scatter upon hearing Cartman curse Jesus one man even crying that his ears are bleeding.

* BullyingADragon: Cartman spend a good portion of the episode making racist jabs and patronizing Token, leading to his beating at the latter's hands after Token has finally enough of him.

* TheDogBitesBack: After having to deal with Cartman throughout the entire episode, Token snaps and easily beats him up, followed by Butters farting on him and giving the finger.

** Cartman's true reason for forming Faith+1. The bet between them and Moop was made that one would owe the other ten dollars if one band manages to get the platinum album before the other. But when the owners of Faith Records want to make sure Faith+1 are in it for God and not this trope, Cartman had to come up with this lie:

* RichInDollarsPoorInCommonSense: Cartman won millions of dollars thanks to Faith+1 album sales, but spend all of the money his band made in a ridiculously expensive and lavish award ceremony with clowns, an elephant parade and a giant wheel just to make his winning of the bet against Kyle the sweetest possible, much to Token's dismay.

The boys form a garage band named MOOP with Cartman singing lead, Stan and Kyle on guitars, and Kenny on drums, but their sound is unfocused, to say the least. Cartman has a solution: Christian rock, due to its built-in audience of devout Christians. The others reject the idea, and Cartman bets Kyle that he can get a platinum album before they can. He rushes off and recruits Butters on drums and Token on bass for his Christian rock band, Faith + 1. Their songs simply involve replacing terms of endearment such as "darling" and "baby" in existing songs with references to God and Jesus (without toning down sexually explicit references), and soon they have a SelfTitledAlbum which they sell at Christ-fest, a Christian music festival. By locking Sanctified, one of the other bands, in a janitor's closet, Faith + 1 get onto the stage and win over the audience, securing a recording contract with Faith Records.

Meanwhile, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny take to Napster to download [=MP3s=] of popular bands for inspiration -- and the FBI immediately storm the house and arrest them. They don't understand why DigitalPiracyIsEvil, so the FBI agent shows them rock stars who have had to delay or scale back luxury purchases thanks to revenue lost to digital piracy. After being released from custody, Kyle deduces that even if MOOP becomes successful, people will simply download their music for free instead of paying for it, so the band decide to go on strike. Before long, other musicians (most notably the members of Music/{{Metallica}}, a poke at their outspoken opposition to music piracy in the early to mid 2000s) have joined them in the strike.

The two subplots re-convene when Faith + 1's album sells a million copies, and MOOP are invited to the presentation ceremony (on which Cartman has spent all of the band's revenue) so that Cartman can laugh in Kyle's face and collect his $10. Declaring that making music for people to enjoy should take priority over making money (a sentiment none of the other musicians share), Stan, Kyle, and Kenny swallow their pride and go to the Faith + 1 ceremony. However, it turns out that there is no such thing as a platinum album in Christian rock; a million seller is a ''myrrh'' album. Enraged that his bet with Kyle is unwinnable, Cartman drives away the entire audience by screaming "FUCK JESUS!" -- twice. Token finally snaps after one racist snipe too many and beats the hell out of Cartman, and even Butters farts in his face and delivers a PrecisionFStrike.

%%* TheDogBitesBack: Token and Butters, at the very end.

The boys form a garage band named MOOP with Cartman singing lead, Stan and Kyle on guitars, and Kenny on drums, but their sound is unfocused, to say the least. Cartman has a solution: Christian rock, due to its built-in audience of devout Christians. The others reject the idea, and Cartman bets Kyle that he can get a platinum album before they can. He rushes off and recruits Butters on drums and Token on bass for his Christian rock band, Faith Plus One. Their songs simply involve replacing terms of endearment such as "darling" and "baby" in existing songs with references to God and Jesus (without toning down sexually explicit references), and soon they have a SelfTitledAlbum which they sell at Christ-fest, a Christian music festival. By locking Sanctified, one of the other bands, in a janitor's closet, Faith Plus One get onto the stage and win over the audience, securing a recording contract with Faith Records.

The two subplots re-convene when Faith Plus One's album sells a million copies, and MOOP are invited to the presentation ceremony (on which Cartman has spent all of the band's revenue) so that Cartman can laugh in Kyle's face and collect his $10. Declaring that making music for people to enjoy should take priority over making money (a sentiment none of the other musicians share), Stan, Kyle, and Kenny swallow their pride and go to the Faith Plus One ceremony. However, it turns out that there is no such thing as a platinum album in Christian rock; a million seller is a ''myrrh'' album. Enraged that his bet with Kyle is unwinnable, Cartman drives away the entire audience by screaming "FUCK JESUS!" -- twice. Token finally snaps after one racist snipe too many and beats the hell out of Cartman, and even Butters farts in his face and delivers a PrecisionFStrike.

-->'''Band Member 2''': Yeah. We prove that Christian music can be tough and hard core.
-->'''Cartman''': Yeah, you guys are real hard core.
-->'''Band Member 1''': You bet your gosh-darned rear end we are!

* PrecisionFStrike: Butters does a beautiful and uncharacteristic one at the end of the episode.

!! Tropes Present In The Episode:

* TheDogBitesBack: Token and Butters, at the very end.

* FauxHorrific: The celebrities having to cut slightly down on their ConspicuousConsumption

* IntercourseWithYou: What a lot of Cartman's GodIsLoveSongs end up being, as he only changed "baby" and "darling" to "Jesus" and didn't think to tone down the other lyrics[[note]]Who doesn't remember... "The Body of Christ," "Christ Again," "A Night With the Lord," "Touch Me Jesus," "I Found Jesus (With Someone Else)," "Savior Self," "Christ, What a Day," "Three Times My Savior," "Jesus Touched Me"...[[/note]]

* DreadfulMusician: When Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny are practicing their music, which sounds relatively off-key, Randy comes in and compares the boys' music to Vietnamese people getting their intestines pulled out through their mouths.

Meanwhile, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny take to Napster to download [=MP3s=] of popular bands for inspiration - and the FBI immediately storm the house and arrest them. They don't understand why DigitalPiracyIsEvil, so the FBI agent shows them rock stars who have had to delay or scale back luxury purchases thanks to revenue lost to digital piracy. After being released from custody, Kyle deduces that even if MOOP becomes successful, people will simply download their music for free instead of paying for it, so the band decide to go on strike. Before long, other musicians (most notably the members of Music/{{Metallica}}, a poke at their outspoken opposition to music piracy in the early to mid 2000s) have joined them in the strike.

The two subplots re-convene when Faith Plus One's album sells a million copies, and MOOP are invited to the presentation ceremony (on which Cartman has spent all of the band's revenue) so that Cartman can laugh in Kyle's face and collect his $10. Declaring that making music for people to enjoy should take priority over making money (a sentiment none of the other musicians share), Stan, Kyle, and Kenny swallow their pride and go to the Faith Plus One ceremony. However, it turns out that there is no such thing as a platinum album in Christian rock; a million seller is a ''myrrh'' album. Enraged that his bet with Kyle is unwinnable, Cartman drives away the entire audience by screaming "FUCK JESUS!" - twice. Token finally snaps after one racist snipe too many and beats the hell out of Cartman, and even Butters farts in his face and delivers a PrecisionFStrike.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Want to download music off the Internet? The FBI will immediately bust into your house...then you have to pay a relatively small fine.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Downplayed. Token knocks Cartman onto the floor with three hard slugs after ruining the band and one too many racist jabs.

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Parodied.

* StereotypeReactionGag: Token is black, so he has and can play a bass guitar, despite claiming that it's a stereotype. He can only grumble defeated in response to discovering this talent.

--->'''Cartman:''' "I resent that, sir! I have never done anything in my life just for the money! If I'm lying, may the Lord strike me down right now!" (''cuts to Butters cowering in his chair, fearing this punishment'')