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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Muslims consider Jesus Christ to be the second most important prophet after Muhammad, so the idea that militant fundamentalists would create a film depicting him, let alone mocking him, is far-fetched to say the least.

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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: President Bush says the Family Guy writers are protected by "something called the First Amendment" which makes it sound like he's not familiar with it, but then seems shocked that the reporters don't know what it is.


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* OutOfCharacterMoment: President Bush says at his press conference that the Family Guy writers are protected by "something called the First Amendment" which makes it sound like he's not familiar with it. A moment later, however, he is the one who explains that it protects free speech and seems shocked that the reporters don't know what it is.
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: President Bush says the Family Guy writers are protected by "something called the First Amendment" which makes it sound like he's not familiar with it, but then seems shocked that the reporters don't know what it is.
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* PokeThePoodle: The so-called "terrorist retaliation" from Osama bin Laden after the Muhammad episode is shown is a crummy animation of various Americans and Jesus crapping on each other.

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* PokeThePoodle: The so-called "terrorist retaliation" from Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden after the Muhammad episode is shown is a crummy animation of various Americans and Jesus crapping on each other.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The episode starts off by being "pre-empted" for a Terrance and Phillip special similar to the "Not Without My Anus" fakeout. It seems to stick... until we see a censored Muhammad on ''their'' special, at which point we see T&P complain to their executives about the censorship. He lets them know of a boy in Colorado attempting to stop a similar scene on one of their shows, and ''then'' the episode truly starts.

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** Averted conspicuously regarding ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. We see Kyle and Cartman's fight spill over into its production studio, where the staff are quietly working on their show in peace and no jokes are made at their expense. Given how ''[=KotH=]'' avoided taking potshots at its own competition, it appears that Matt & Trey were simply giving them a friendly ShoutOut to return the courtesy. It also helps that they credit [[Creator/MikeJudge its creator]] as an influence on their work.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Kyle is unaware the writers use manatees in coming up with ideas for {{Cutaway Gag}}s.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Kyle is unaware never informed of the writers use context behind a tank of full of manatees in coming up with ideas for {{Cutaway Gag}}s.being the ''Family Guy'' writers, making him incredibly confused every time they're brought up.
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** The ''Family Guy'' bashing continues from the previous episode.

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** The ''Family Guy'' bashing continues from the previous episode. Throughout the two-parter, ''Family Guy'' is depicted as consisting of nothing but the Griffin family sitting around in their living room and setting up {{Cutaway Gag}}s, and here in Part Two the famous "manatee gag" explanation is revealed.
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Cartman meets with the president of FOX to cancel ''WesternAnimation\FamilyGuy'' and discovers the secret behind its success. Meanwhile, the people of South Park bury their heads in sand pits to avoid watching the latest controversial episode of ''Family Guy''.

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Cartman meets with the president of FOX to cancel ''WesternAnimation\FamilyGuy'' ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and discovers the secret behind its success. Meanwhile, the people of South Park bury their heads in sand pits to avoid watching the latest controversial episode of ''Family Guy''.
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Cartman meets with the president of FOX to cancel ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and discovers the secret behind its success. Meanwhile, the people of South Park bury their heads in sand pits to avoid watching the latest controversial episode of ''Family Guy''.

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Cartman meets with the president of FOX to cancel ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ''WesternAnimation\FamilyGuy'' and discovers the secret behind its success. Meanwhile, the people of South Park bury their heads in sand pits to avoid watching the latest controversial episode of ''Family Guy''.



* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite all the potshots against WesternAnimation/ FamilyGuy in the episode, Kyle and Stan finds the show funny and visibly smile at the jokes.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite all the potshots against WesternAnimation/ FamilyGuy ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' in the episode, Kyle and Stan finds the show funny and visibly smile at the jokes.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite all the potshots against WesternAnimation/ FamilyGuy in the episode, Kyle and Stan finds the show funny and visibly smile at the jokes.
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'''Original air date:''' 4/12/2006

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: On a meta level, the creators of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' have a good sense of humor about the "manatees" joke (while taking about a gag he didn't like on one DVDCommentary, Seth [=MacFarlane=] remarks that the "manatees were lazy that day") rather than taking it as a completely serious, unflattering criticism.



* CutawayGag: The former TropeNamer; it was originally called "Manatee Gag."

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* CutawayGag: The former TropeNamer; it was originally called "Manatee Gag." When Cartman is introduced to the manatees, they are shown "writing" a cutaway joke about Peter winning a date in Mexico with Gary Coleman.

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Why would they?


* ActuallyPrettyFunny: On a meta level, the creators of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' have a good sense of humor about the "manatees" joke (while taking about a gag he didn't like on one DVDCommentary, Seth [=MacFarlane=] remarks that the "manatees were lazy that day") rather than taking it as a completely serious, unflattering criticism.



-->'''Cartman''': Aw, God damnit, you gave him one of your gay little speeches, didn't you?!

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-->'''Cartman''': Aw, God damnit, Goddamnit, you gave him one of your gay little speeches, didn't you?!



* SelfDeprecation: Of a sort. The message that appears saying "in this shot, Muhammad hands Peter a football helmet" is a parody of similar messages that appear in the EditedForSyndication version of the series. [[invoked]]

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* SelfDeprecation: Of a sort. The message guy who drops Kyle off in Hollywood, he knows that appears saying "in this shot, Muhammad hands Peter a football helmet" Family Guy is a parody of similar just joke after joke with no coherent plot, but he prefers that over shows that unsubtly bombard you with messages that appear in all the EditedForSyndication version of the series. [[invoked]]time.



* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: It's never shown what happened to everyone who buried their heads in the sand to avoid any association with the episode.
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* BreakThemByTalking: Apparently this was how Kyle got Bart Simpson to release him, since Kyle pointed out he was on the path to becoming NotSoDifferent from Cartman.

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* BreakThemByTalking: Apparently this was how Kyle got Bart Simpson to release him, since Kyle pointed out he was on the path to becoming NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark no different]] from Cartman.
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* DoubleStandard: Mercilessly parodied by the terrorist-produced retaliation, which shows cardboard cutouts of Creator/TomCruise, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, various Americans and Jesus defecating all over one another and onto a US flag. This ending essentially asks viewers, "why is THAT okay to show, while an image of Muhammad, just standing there, looking normal, is not?"

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* DoubleStandard: Mercilessly parodied by the terrorist-produced retaliation, which shows cardboard cutouts of Creator/TomCruise, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush George Bush]], various Americans and Jesus defecating all over one another and onto a US flag. This ending essentially asks viewers, "why is THAT okay to show, while an image of Muhammad, just standing there, looking normal, is not?"
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%%* CutawayGag:

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%%* CutawayGag:* CutawayGag: The former TropeNamer; it was originally called "Manatee Gag."



* DoubleStandard: Mercilessly parodied by the terrorist-produced retaliation, which shows cardboard cutouts of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, Jesus and several other Americans defecating all over one another and onto a US flag. This ending essentially asks viewers, "why is THAT okay to show, while an image of Muhammad, just standing there, looking normal, is not?"

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* DoubleStandard: Mercilessly parodied by the terrorist-produced retaliation, which shows cardboard cutouts of Creator/TomCruise, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, Jesus and several other various Americans and Jesus defecating all over one another and onto a US flag. This ending essentially asks viewers, "why is THAT okay to show, while an image of Muhammad, just standing there, looking normal, is not?"

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* BigWhat: Kyle's reaction to hearing Cartman's EvilPlan to get rid of ''Family Guy''.
-->'''Cartman''': Now, if you'll excuse me, Kyle, [[ItMakesSenseInContext I've got some idea balls to remove from a manatee tank]]. ''[Beat]''
-->'''Kyle''': '''''WHAT?!'''''



* FlatWhat: Kyle's reaction to hearing Cartman's EvilPlan to get rid of ''Family Guy''.
-->'''Cartman''': Now, if you'll excuse me, Kyle, [[ItMakesSenseInContext I've got some idea balls to remove from a manatee tank]]. ''[Beat]''
-->'''Kyle''': '''''WHAT?!'''''
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** Averted conspicuously regarding ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. We see Kyle and Cartman's fight spill over into its production studio, where the staff are quietly working on their show in peace and no jokes are made at their expense. Given how ''[=KotH=]'' avoided taking potshots at its own competition, it appears that Matt & Trey were simply giving them a friendly ShoutOut to return the courtesy. It also helps that they credit [[its Creator/MikeJudge creator]] as an influence on their work.

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** Averted conspicuously regarding ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. We see Kyle and Cartman's fight spill over into its production studio, where the staff are quietly working on their show in peace and no jokes are made at their expense. Given how ''[=KotH=]'' avoided taking potshots at its own competition, it appears that Matt & Trey were simply giving them a friendly ShoutOut to return the courtesy. It also helps that they credit [[its Creator/MikeJudge [[Creator/MikeJudge its creator]] as an influence on their work.
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** Averted conspicuously regarding ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. We see Kyle and Cartman's fight spill over into its production studio, where the staff are quietly working on their show in peace and no jokes are made at their expense. Given how ''[=KotH=]'' avoided taking potshots at its own competition, it appears that Matt & Trey were simply giving them a friendly ShoutOut to return the courtesy. It also helps that they credit its [[Creator/MikeJudge creator]] as an influence on their work.

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** Averted conspicuously regarding ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. We see Kyle and Cartman's fight spill over into its production studio, where the staff are quietly working on their show in peace and no jokes are made at their expense. Given how ''[=KotH=]'' avoided taking potshots at its own competition, it appears that Matt & Trey were simply giving them a friendly ShoutOut to return the courtesy. It also helps that they credit its [[Creator/MikeJudge [[its Creator/MikeJudge creator]] as an influence on their work.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Kyle is unaware the writers use matinees in coming up with ideas for {{Cutaway Gag}}s.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Kyle is unaware the writers use matinees manatees in coming up with ideas for {{Cutaway Gag}}s.
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