Trivia / South Park S14E6 "201"

• Banned Episode: This episode will never be shown on TV again due to the uproar it caused over teasing a visual depiction of Muhammad. It can be seen on the home video releases, but only in its aired, censored form. Meanwhile, streaming platforms^note i.e. Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, the iTunes Store, and the show's official website, and DVD sets in other countries don't even have this episode, nor do they have "200" and "Super Best Friends" due to the controversy this episode caused. On top of the aforementioned episodes, HBO Max also banned the "Cartoon Wars" two-parter for the same reasons. Also, the scene where Buddha is depicted snorting cocaine alongside Jesus looking at pornography, showing the Double Standards of parodying religious figures, ironically got the episode and the entire series banned in Sri Lanka.
• Creator Backlash: Trey Parker and Matt Stone were not happy about what Comedy Central did to this episode. Trey even threatened to quit the show after this.
• Executive Meddling: Kyle's, Jesus's and Santa's speeches at the end that basically say "the only way to avoid being mocked is through threats of violence" was censored by overly long, ear-blistering bleeps due to Comedy Central fearing violent retaliations, ironically enough. It created an unintentional case of Censored for Comedy, making some people think that it was Matt Stone and Trey Parker's idea all along, until they released a statement after it aired:
  "In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps. In fact, Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too."
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The only way to watch this episode legally is through some home video releases that include it and, even then, it's the censored version. Due to a 4chan user pulling the original, uncensored version from South Park Studios, however, it can still be found in torrents and on some obscure streaming sites. A small part of it, the uncensored version of Kyle's speech, can be found on YouTube.

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