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 alive in Imaginationland, its likely they still serve her in the Imagination).

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: The good fictional characters fight evil fictional characters. No matter whether they are Dick Dastardly, The Joker or Cthulhu, the only goal of the bad guys is to destroy Imaginationland's good side.

* 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 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.

* AdaptationalBadass: Blueberry Muffin is this, 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 fight), before they all get nuked by the warhead. No doubt she was clearly fighting for Strawberry Shortcake who was killed by the evil characters in Part 2. Not bad for an adorable PintSizedPowerhouse.

** 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.

** Surviving the initial terrorist attack while being in the vicinity. She's able to escape the chaos off-screen.
** Which also allows her to get to Castle Sunshine on her own again completely off-screen before the evil characters get there, it's also implied she was traveling with Strawberry Shortcake during this before they got ambushed.
** Fighting alongside the good characters and being one of the final survivors before she and the rest of the imaginary characters are wiped out by a nuke. And it's implied she got several kills.

*** ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1954}}'': Captain Hook 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).

*** ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'': Rocky is seen in the air when Jesus storms to attack the villains at the start of the battle. Bullwinkle can be spotted in the crowd when the rocket is about to hit Imaginationland.

*** ''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.

* AdaptationalBadass: Blueberry Muffin is this, 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 fight), before they all get nuked by the warhead. No doubt she was clearly fighting for Strawberry Shortcake who was killed by the evil characters. Not bad for an adorable PintSizedPowerhouse.

*** ''VideoGame/PacMan'': The ghosts from this video game appear among the good characters (despite the fact that they are ''obstacles''). 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.

* 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.

*** FairyTale: ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' and ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' appear among the good characters.

*** ''Myth/GreekMythology'': Zeus is part of the Council of Nine. Perseus is one of the guards of the Castle of the Good characters. Medusa is also seen in the background fighting among the Evil characters. Icarus and Pegasus can be seen in the sky. A Minotaur and Cerberus are noticeable among the crowd of evil characters surrounding Strawberry Shortcake. When Santa jumps down from the castle wall, we can see Hercules fighting, and he is one of the characters who wants to talk to Kyle.

*** ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Harry Potter is seen among the crowds.
*** ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'': Pinhead appears and is decapitated.
*** ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': Orko and She-Ra are seen among the good characters. Skeletor among the bad.

* TheWorfEffect: All over the place, a lot of the imaginary characters on both sides are far far weaker compared to their canon counterparts ({{Justified}} as it would have resulted in a never ending battle) for the sake of parody:

** King Ghidorah is likewise far far weaker and less durable to the point he can easily be killed by a nuclear blast, unlike Mothra, Ghidorah is shown to be around the size he is in canon. He also doesn't participate in the climatic battle.

** Astro Boy is also killed during the nuclear blast on Imaginationland, where as he would be able to survive such attempts in his home series, he also lacks his canon abilities such as flight and super strength.

** 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 seconds before he gets a chance to attack.

*** ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': Mothra is seen several times in both parts 1 and 3 amongst the good characters, and King Ghidorah likewise appears in the beginning of the second episode where he immediately crushes the terroists.

*** ''Film/{{Mothra}}'': Mothra is seen flying in the air during the first episode.

*** ''Myth/PaulBunyan'': When the battle begins Paul Bunyan can be seen in the background. When Jesus decapitates Pinhead Babe the Blue Ox can be seen in the background.

*** ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1954}}'': Captain Hook is seen in the crowd.

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

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Muslim terrorists attack Imaginationland at the end of the first episode, causing the wall to break and all the evil characters to invade Imaginationland. The rest of the trilogy is just the Evil characters fighting off against the Good ones. The terrorists are last seen being attacked by a giant evil character, who literally sweeps them out of the story.

* TheWorfEffect: All over the place, a lot of the imaginary characters on both sides are far far weaker compared to their canon counterparts for the sake of parody:
** 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 to be nigh impossible to kill).
** Same also goes for Pinhead, who gets decapitated in the climatic battle where as it's required to make a bargain for him to go away in his film series.
** Mothra is also easily killed by the nuke off-screen where as nukes tend to make Kaiju far stronger (despite the fact that Mothra doesn't have the ability to absorb radiation). She also doesn't appear in the final battle as a result (since it would force the evil characters to summon King Ghidorah to deal with her which would result in a horrible CurbstompBattle) and is far smaller overall where she's capable of standing alongside the humanoid characters compared to her canon counterpart who's as big as Godzilla.
** King Ghidorah is likewise far far weaker and less durable to the point he can easily be killed by a nuclear blast, unlike Mothra, Ghidorah is shown to be around the size he is in canon.

* BrickJoke: When the villains capture Strawberry Shortcake and pull her eyeball out of his 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.

** Mothra is also easily killed by the nuke off-screen where as nukes tend to make Kaiju far stronger (despite the fact that Mothra hasn't had the ability to absorb radiation). She also doesn't appear in the final battle as a result and is far smaller compared to her canon counterpart who's as big as Godzilla.

** Darth Maul lacks his Force powers and it's implied he still has his amazing lightsaber moves from the film, but gets crushed by Popeye in seconds.

*** ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': Mothra is seen several times in both parts 1 and 3 amongst the good characters.

*** ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Link is seen, and Ganondorf appears among the army of evil characters.

** Mothra is also easily killed by the nuke off-screen where as nukes tend to make Kaiju much like Mothra far stronger. She also doesn't appear in the final battle as a result and is far smaller compared to her canon counterpart who's as big as Godzilla.

** Superman is easily killed by the nuclear blast (where as it would have taken longer for him to succumb to radiation sickness), despite the fact he doesn't appear period.

*** ''VideoGame/PacMan'': The ghosts from this video game appear among the good characters. Pac-Man himself can be spotted when the good characters charge.

*** ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Charlie Brown is blown up. Lucy and Snoopy have a cameo appearance.

*** ''Literature/RaggedyAnn'': Raggedy Ann and Andy appear in the first episode among the good characters.

*** ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' is tortured by the evil characters. Her friend Blueberry Muffin is also seen later in the episode, receiving a sword.

*** ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Mario, Wario and Bowser are seen.

*** ''Literature/WarOfTheWorlds'': Two of the aliens can be seen.

** 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 as to nigh impossible to kill).
** Same also goes for Pinhead, who gets decapitated in the climatic battle.
** Mothra is also easily killed by the nuke off-screen where as nukes tend to make Kaiju far stronger. She also doesn't appear in the final battle as a result.
** Superman is easily killed by the nuclear blast (where as it would have taken longer for him to succumb to radiation sickness).
** Link from the Legend of Zelda 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 courage, likewise his arch-enemy Ganondorf lacks his canon self's dark powers and weakness to holy weapons.

** Astro Boy is also killed during the nuclear blast on Imaginationland, where as he would be able to survive such attempts in his home series, he also lacks his canon abilities.

** Astro Boy is also killed during the nuclear blast on Imaginationland, where as he would be able to survive such attempts in his home series.
** 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, he's also killed when Imaginationland gets nuked.
** This even extends to the Tripod from ''War of the Worlds'' as it's shown to be a juggernaut, but is easily destroyed when Imaginationland gets nuked, where as it was shown to survive such attempts.

* KillTheCutie: Mickey Mouse's face is shot off, Charlie Brown loses a leg, Santa Claus is burnt alive, Strawberry Shortcake's eye is gouged out (and peed in), a Care Bear is shot dead, Waldo is pierced with a spear, and the list goes on. Happily, Butters uses his imagination to bring all the dead characters on both sides back to life and seal the evil ones back behind their wall.

* 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.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jason Voorhees says to another imaginary villain that he doesn't want to meet the kid that created the Christmas Critters. Aka [[EnfantTerrible Eric]] [[TheSociopath Cartman.]]

*** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': The Joker can be seen among the crowd of evil characters before the battle begins.

*** ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': The Green Goblin is seen.

*** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' is one of the good characters who gives Stan moral support, although he is not seen onscreen. The opening credits for Part I also parody the opening credits of the Superman films.

*** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' is part of the Council of Nine.

*** ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'': Akuma stands around a fire among the other villainous characters. Sagat can be spotted when Jason Voorhees whispers to Khan from "Star Trek" that he doesn't want to meet the boy who dreamt up the Woodland Critters.

** Despite everything happening throughout the trilogy, Cartman will stop at nothing to make sure Kyle upholds his part of the bet, which is to actually suck his balls, even rudely yawning when Kyle tries to explain everything else that happening just to emphasize how little he cares about anything else. By the end of the arc, Cartman creates a scene where imaginary Kyle to accomplish this to his imaginary self, and rubs it in the real Kyle's face.

* SeriesContinuityError: Both previous and future episodes depict several religious figures (and ManBearPig) as unambiguously real, so their appearance as inhabitants in ImaginationLand is never really explained.

*** ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse''[='=]s head is shot off in a deleted scene only seen on the complete Imaginationland dvd.

** It could be implied though in the film version that they A. Suicide Bombed with Rickety Rocket or B. got killed by the evil creatures and were never resurrected with the latter likely to happen.

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*** The ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' appears.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Hundreds of characters inhabiting Imaginationland can be seen.