History Recap / SouthParkImaginationland

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Blue Meanies from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' are with the good guys. They were reformed at the end of that movie, but the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Winged Monkeys]] were [[MyMasterRightOrWrong never evil at all]] yet they are with the bad guys here (though seeing as the Wicked Witch of the West is still alive in Imaginationland, it's highly likely they still serve her in Imaginationland). Wario is also with the villains, despite him being at best an AntiHero with the Mario cast. [[note]]Wario was however a villian early on in his first several appearances such as "VideoGame/SuperMarioLand26GoldenCoins''.[[/note]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Blue Meanies from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' are with the good guys. They were reformed at the end of that movie, but the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Winged Monkeys]] were [[MyMasterRightOrWrong never evil at all]] yet they are with the bad guys here (though seeing as the Wicked Witch of the West is still alive in Imaginationland, it's highly likely they still serve her in Imaginationland). Wario is also with the villains, despite him being at best an AntiHero with the Mario cast. [[note]]Wario was however a villian early on in his first several appearances such as "VideoGame/SuperMarioLand26GoldenCoins'''.[[/note]]

* AllForNothing: {{Subverted}} The Good imaginary characters' victory against the Evil imaginary characters in the FinalBattle is this, right before they're nuked off out of existence. Luckily Butters brings all the imaginary characters and Imaginationland back and seals off the Evil imaginary characters behind their wall.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Blue Meanies from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' are with the good guys. They were reformed at the end of that movie, but the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Winged Monkeys]] were [[MyMasterRightOrWrong never evil at all]] yet they are with the bad guys here (though seeing as the Wicked Witch of the West is still alive in Imaginationland, it's highly likely they still serve her in Imaginationland).

** Hulk is shown to have been killed by the nuclear blast off-screen as he appears at the end of the trilogy, which a is huge case of {{Irony}} as Hulk is known to gain his strength from ''radiation'', he also lacks his powerful healing factor.

** Darth Maul lacks his Force powers and it's implied he still has his amazing lightsaber moves from the film, but he gets crushed by Popeye in mere seconds before he gets a chance to attack.
** Same also goes for Luke Skywalker who not only lacks his Force powers from the films, he never once draws his lightsaber.

** Gandalf lacks his powerful magic abilities from the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, or his swordsmanship. Preferring to act as a wise leader instead (which is close to his film depiction).

** Inverted for Gizmo from the ''Gremlins'' films, as he's shown to be able to be outside in bright sunlight (which would normally kill his kind in the films), he's also killed during the initial terrorist attack.

** The Religious figures, such as Jesus Christ, Anubis, Budda, Zeus and even ''God'' all lack their immortality due to being treated as flesh and blood beings, they too also perish in the nuclear blast that wipes out Imaginationland.

*** {{Advertising}}: Mr. Clean, Ronald [=McDonald=], the Marlboro Cowboy, Count Chocula, the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the Cavity Creeps appear.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Blue Meanies from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' are with the good guys. They were reformed at the end of that movie, but the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Winged Monkeys]] were [[MyMasterRightOrWrong never evil at all]] yet they are with the bad guys here (though seeing as the Wicked Witch of the West is still alive in Imaginationland, its likely they still serve her in Imaginationland).

** Seeing as we have some many different beloved fictional characters from pop culture, they count as one to their canon portrayals.

* ArtShift: Different drawing styles are used.

** The evil characters have no quams about killing kids, real or imaginary, as we see them do to Strawberry Shortcake by torturing the poor girl before killing her. Especially ''Jason'' who rarely targets young children in his films (comics on the other hand).

* KarmaHoudini: Al Gore is never punished over his reckless actions and overzealous desires to kill [=ManBearPig=], that caused Imaginationland to get wiped out by the nuke.

*** ''Anime/PokémonTheSeries'': Ash Ketchum makes a small cameo in Part 3 amongst the Good Imaginary characters. A [=ChinPokomon=] from an earlier South Park episode also cameos (replacing Pikachu).

*** ''Anime/PokémonTheSeries: Ash Ketchum makes a small cameo in Part 3 amongst the Good Imaginary characters. A ChinPokomon from an earlier South Park episode also cameos (replacing Pikachu).

** The evil characters have no quams about killing kids, real or imaginary, as we see them do to Strawberry Shortcake by torturing the poor girl before killing her. Especially ''Jason'' who in the films rarely targets children in his films (comics on the other hand).

** Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger are very easily killed when Imaginationland gets nuked, where as it's likely they would have survived such attempts in their home series (especially Jason, who's known amongst his victims to be nigh impossible to kill).

* TheChosenOne: Butters is the Chosen One of Imaginationland since he can use his imagination to help the good characters. He doesn't want to be one, though.

* IChooseToStay: As the villains approach, Jesus and Luke Skywalker advocate staying to defend Castle Sunshine. Morpheus also suggests the villains will not let them simply evacuate, anyway.

* SaveBothWorlds: Both Imaginationland and the real world are endangered by the terrorist plot.

** As seen under TheWorfEffect, basically the entirety of the Good vs Evil characters is this as most of them lack their canon abilities and durabilities from their respective mediums.

** The evil characters have no quams about killing kids, real or imaginary, as we see them do to Strawberry Shortcake by torturing the poor girl before slaying her.

* HardTruthAesop: Fictional things will likely have more of an impact on the world than most real people, and will still be around long after their gone. So in a way that makes them real.

* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Subverted. As the others get on the dragon to escape, Butters gets jumped and kicked around by the terrorists. The dragon's already in mid-flight, so they can't turn around to get him, unless they want to risk the dragon dying too.

* OhCrap: Stan has this reaction when he realizes Kurt Russell has encountered the Woodland Christmas Critters.

*** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' appears.

*** ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1954}}'': Captain Hook (based on the iconic Disney film) is seen in the crowd amongst the villains and in the uncensored version gets brutally decapitated by the revived Santa Claus (with a Minotaur replacing him in the censored cut).

*** ''Literature/RaggedyAnn'': Raggedy Ann and Andy appear in the first episode among the good characters and Andy is shown bleeding and dying after the terrorist attack commences.

** Morpheus lacks his super powered Martial Arts from the ''Matrix'' films and is easily maimed and killed by Freddy Krueger when he tries to fight him one on one.

** The Flash (implied to be the Barry Allen version) lacks his insane speed and Speed Force from the comics.
** Link from the ''Legend of Zelda'' series lacks his infamous swordsmanship from the games and is shown ''fleeing'' in fear like the rest of the good imaginary characters showing that he lacks his courage and heroism, likewise his arch-enemy Ganondorf lacks his canon self's dark powers and weakness to holy weapons as he gets killed by the nuclear blast.

** Popeye is easily by far hit with this the ''hardest'', as he lacks his infamous RealityWarper toon force abilities from his home series and is shown to be easily overwhelmed by the Woodland Christmas Critters, despite him taking out Darth Maul (showing that Popeye still has his infamous strength from the cartoons), he's also easily killed when Imaginationland gets nuked, when due to his reality warping abilities he would have undone the damage.

* AdaptationalBadass: Blueberry Muffin is this (despite the fact that ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' isn't known for producing warriors), not only surviving the initial terrorist attack and the invasion of the evil imaginary characters (all off-screen). She even fights on the front lines alongside the good characters in the climatic battle (and it's implied she got several kills in the fight), before they all get nuked by the warhead. No doubt she was clearly fighting to avenge Strawberry Shortcake who was killed by the evil characters in Part 2. Not bad for an adorable PintSizedPowerhouse.

* BigDamnHeroes: As Popeye gets overcome by the Woodland Critters, Butters gets him more spinach.

* BreakTheCutie: Strawberry Shortcake's entire torture scene is clearly this as the poor berry girl is literally kicked, beaten by several evil characters before having ''her left eye gouged out'' by Jason Voorhees, with her wondering why they're doing this to her and is begging for them to kill her, before they eventually murdered her. It's hinted this entire act might have been the catalyst for Blueberry Muffin's badass actions in Part 3, showing that her death greatly broke her into becoming a LittleMissBadass.

* BrickJoke: When the villains capture Strawberry Shortcake and pull her eyeball out of it's socket, the Woodland Critters suggest ways to torture her before finishing her off, finally agreeing with Beary's suggestion to get someone with AIDS to pee in her empty eye socket so she "dies all slow like." Later, when Stan gets sucked into Imaginationland, he tells Kyle that he found Strawberry Shortcake dead with pee in her eye.

* WouldHurtAChild: The Muslim terrorists have no issues with attacking and kidnapping Butters and forcing him to read their demands to the US government to do a prisoner swap, they also kill a Care Bear (which is similar to them killing a child) when the US refuses to hand over their prisoners.
And during the initial bombing, they kill Dorothy Gale (uncensored edition only, who's only 12), Charlie Brown (who's around 8-9) and their actions involving Rockety Rocket eventually leads to Strawberry Shortcake's death.
** The evil characters have no quams about killing kids, real or fictional, as we see them do to Strawberry Shortcake by torturing the poor girl.

* BreakTheCutie: Strawberry Shortcake's entire torture scene is clearly this as the poor girl is literally kicked, beaten by several evil characters before having ''her left eye gouged out'' by Jason Voorhees before they eventually murdered her. It's hinted this entire act might have been the catalyst for Blueberry Muffin's badass actions in Part 3, showing that her death greatly broke her into becoming a LittleMissBadass.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Cartman managing to save Kyle after Kyle is suffocated by an evil imaginary monster, but only because Kyle hasn't sucked his balls yet.

** If Blueberry Muffin's bravery and body language is to be believed in Part 3, she was likely forced into abandoning Strawberry Shortcake to her fate when they got jumped by the evil characters in Gumdrop Forest while on the way to Castle Sunshine.

** Popeye is easily by far hit with this the ''hardest'', as he lacks his infamous toon force abilities from his series and is shown to be easily overwhelmed by the Woodland Christmas Critters, despite him taking out Darth Maul (showing that Popeye still has his infamous strength from the cartoons), he's also easily killed when Imaginationland gets nuked.
** Morpheus lacks his super powered Martial Arts from the ''Matrix'' films and is easily maimed and killed by Freddy Krueger.

*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_(folklore) John Henry]]'': Seen near the end before the rocket destroys Imaginationland.

*** ''Film/TheMatrix'': Morpheus is part of the Council of Nine.

*** ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'': Totoro can be seen among the good characters.

*** ''VideoGame/PacMan'': The ghosts from this video game appear among the good characters (despite the fact that they are supposed to be ''obstacles'' to him). Pac-Man himself can be spotted when the good characters charge.

*** ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' is tortured and later killed by the evil characters. Her friend Blueberry Muffin is also seen later in the episode, receiving a sword and proceeds to fight in honor of her dead friend and survives the FinalBattle, until she too perishes, but is later revived by Butters.

*** ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Mario, Wario (with different letters on their caps to avoid legal issues) and Bowser are seen.

*** ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': One turtle is seen.

*** ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': Glinda the Good Witch is part of the Council of Nine. Dorothy and Toto are shot to death. The Scarecrow also makes an appearance. When the evil characters are gathering in front of the gate one can spot the Wicked Witch behind Alex Delarge.

* BreakTheCutie: Strawberry Shortcake's entire torture scene is clearly this as the poor girl is literally kicked, beaten be several evil characters before having ''her left eye gouged out'' by Jason Voorhees. It's hinted this entire act might have been the catalyst for Blueberry Muffin's badass actions in Part 3, showing that her death greatly broke her.