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'''Original air date:''' 11/20/2013

The battle for which gaming console will dominate, [=PlayStation=] 4 or Xbox, builds, with both sides of kids and the companies of each game system, vying for the win.
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!!This episode contains examples of:

* AmbiguousSyntax: When calling Microsoft, Cartman has to clarify what his title of "wizard king" means:
-->'''Cartman:''' No, I'm not king of wizards, I'm a king that happens to be a wizard.
* ArtShift: When Kenny is crowned a Japanese princess, the style shifts into the [[{{Animesque}} opening sequence of an anime show]].
* BilingualBonus: The AnimeThemeSong talks about killing Princess Kenny and how cute he is.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Tom and Tammy Thompson, the hosts of the South Park morning news (it wouldn't be a ''Game of Thrones'' parody without it).
* TheChessmaster: The news reporter plays both sides of the console wars so that Black Friday will become a bloody war to [[IfItBleedsItLeads report on]].
* CliffHanger: Black Friday gets moved from November 29th to December 6th to make way for the saga to continue two weeks later (there wasn't a new episode the following week so they can show "A History Channel Thanksgiving" for the holiday).
* ContinuityNod:
** Kenny's loyalty to Creator/{{Sony}}'s consoles goes back to "[[Recap/SouthParkS9E4BestFriendsForever Best Friends Forever]]", where he once owned a Platform/PlayStationPortable.
** Bill Gates has a bandage on his head where he was shot in [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut the movie]].
* EmptyPromise: Parodied with George R.R Martin, who constantly torments Butters and Scott with the promise of dragons in ''Game Of Thrones'', and later can not even hold to the promise of delivering a simple pizza (which he similarly hypes vigorously).
* FauxAffablyEvil: This is ''not'' the Bill Gates [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut from the movie]].
* FromBadToWorse: Black Friday being pushed back and offering a even bigger deal to the first hundred people makes the shoppers even more restless and murderous.
* AGlassOfChianti: Bill Gates takes time to pour himself a glass of wine, before sitting calmly down and delivering his MotiveRant to a dying Steve Ballmer.
* HypocriticalHumor: Cartman endlessly arguing with the old man listening in on his conversations about invasion of privacy...who is quick to point out he is trespassing on his garden.
-->'''Cartman:''' Why don't you stay the fuck out of my business?!\\
'''Old Man:''' Why don't ''you'' stay the fuck out of my yard?!
* LemonyNarrator: Kenny's narration at the beginning of the episode, done in the voice of a woman due to his desire to be a princess.
* MotiveRant: Bill Gates delivers one to Steve Ballmer, as the latter lies mortally wounded and bleeding out on the floor.
-->'''Bill Gates:''' Do you know what weakness is, Steve? Weakness is believing that competition is "healthy". See, there was a time where Xboxes and [=PlayStations=] could both survive in this world, but that time's done. It's all headed to ''one'' device -- that people game on, watch TV on, socialize on... There is only going to be ''one'' winner! I can't have you idiots throw away everything I've worked so hard to achieve.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Bill Gates has a conversation with Steve Ballmer before his assassin carries out his attack against the latter:
-->'''Steve Ballmer:''' There might be some changes we need to make to our marketing. But I'm optimistic.\\
'''Bill Gates:''' Aha...?\\
''(the assassin approaches Ballmer from behind, knife in hand)''\\
'''Steve Ballmer:''' Y'know, I think we'll ultimately sell the number of units we want to.\\
'''Bill Gates:''' You're right, Steve. [[IronicEcho Some changes]] ''[[IronicEcho do]]'' [[IronicEcho need to be made.]]\\
''(the assassin grabs Ballmer and cuts his chest open)''
* PreviouslyOn: [[http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/7gbzg7/previously-on-south-park A recap of "Black Friday"]] appears at the beginning. The phrase is said by Kenny, muffled as usual.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Steve Ballmer seems to be one of the few sane adults in the world. He doesn't consider the console wars to be that serious and remains calm and collected despite what is happening. He gets killed by Bill Gates for not treating it like a real war.
* RunningGag: Cartman talking about betrayal in the old man's garden, with a different companion each time.
* SeriousBusiness: Played straight concerning Black Friday, however Steve Ballmer subverts this regarding the console wars, not taking Cartman's melodrama seriously at all and wishing to maintain an adjusted impersonal business. This defiance of SeriousBusiness gets him assassinated by Bill Gates.
* ShoutOut:
** In addition to ''Series/GameOfThrones'', the episode throws in a dose of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' for good measure.
** The CEO of Sony shows the reporter a [[Film/PulpFiction box with mysterious content]] through an UnrevealAngle.
* ShownTheirWork: During the "Wiener Chorus" scene, George R.R Martin mentions how Joffrey dies of poisoning, an event in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the books]] that, at the time this episode first aired, had not yet taken place in the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' TV series.
* ShrineToTheFallen: The police have a "Black Friday Wall of Honor" for all the fallen policemen during the yearly event. By the looks of it, there are already around 30 victims to be mourned.
* SingleIssueWonk: George R. R. Martin is obsessed with penises and every discussion leads him to address this topic.
* SpecialEditionTitle: A slightly modified version of the opening sequence is shown, with the theme song replaced by an epic theme with the kids dressed in their medieval outfits.
* TakeThatAudience: The [[{{Animesque}} anime version]] of Princess Kenny might be an exaggerated parody of the (often [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls female]]) sector of the ''South Park'' fanbase that [[SelfFanservice draws the characters in "kawaii" anime style]]. The crossdressing is just part of the whole package.
* TooImportantToWalk: Cartman is carried in a sedan chair by his followers. This leads to a FailedAttemptAtDrama moment when the vehicle doesn't fit through Kenny's front door.
* TranslatorBuddy: Stan acts as one for Princess Kenny when Cartman shows up to suggest a truce.
* WholePlotReference: The episode is styled after ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* XMustNotWin: Bill Gates specifically states this concerning the console wars, believing a good-natured run where no one necessarily loses is a sign of weakness and even kills Steve Ballmer for defying it.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Bill Gates has Steve Ballmer assassinated for refusing to treat the Console Wars as SeriousBusiness.
* ZombieGait: {{Parodied|Trope}} when Randy informs the approaching Black Friday shoppers that they're not allowed on mall property yet, so the shoppers start walking like this.
-->'''Randy:''' Smartasses.
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