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* ContinuityCavalcade: The crowd of photographers at the climax is filled with characters from previous episodes, all complicit with sacrificing Britney Spears.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[TokenEvilTeammate Cartman]] is just as horrified as the other boys upon witnessing Britney shooting her face off, even bowing out of the scheme and sitting out the rest of the episode.



** One of the many people in the crowd at the end is [[Recap/SouthParkS7E12AllAboutMormons Mrs. Harrison]]. Even ''[[NiceGuy Mormons]]'' are involved with the ritual.



* TokenGoodTeammate: Butters, in the beginning, is the only one of the boys to be against humiliating Britney Spears for a quick buck (only joining them because he's a [[ExtremeDoormat total pushover]] and is the first character to express sympathy for her. After Britney blasts her head off, he calls out Stan and Kyle for their callousness.
--> '''Butters''': You killed her!

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Butters, in the beginning, is the only one of the boys to be against humiliating Britney Spears for a quick buck (only joining them because he's a [[ExtremeDoormat total pushover]] pushover]]) and is the first character to express sympathy for her. After Britney blasts her head off, he calls out Stan and Kyle for their callousness.
--> '''Butters''': (''Angrily'') You killed her!
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Butters, in the beginning, is the only one of the boys to be against humiliating Britney Spears for a quick buck (only joining them because he's a [[ExtremeDoormat total pushover]] and is the first character to express sympathy for her. After Britney blasts her head off, he calls out Stan and Kyle for their callousness.
--> '''Butters''': You killed her!
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The people in South Park. They mercilessly terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] simply because they apparently need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext corn harvest]].

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The people in South Park. They mercilessly terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] and sabotage the heroes' goal to take her to safety simply because they apparently need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext corn harvest]].
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is willing to terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] just because they apparently need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext corn harvest]].

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of people in South Park is willing to Park. They mercilessly terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] just simply because they apparently need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext corn harvest]].

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* InsaneTrollLogic: The paparazzi thinks that killing Britney Spears is the ''only'' solution in harvesting their crops. Needless to say, there ''are'' other more effective solutions, though they were clearly too stupid to think of them.



* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is willing to terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] just because they need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext corn harvest]].

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is willing to terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] just because they apparently need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext corn harvest]].
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is willing to [[MurderBySuicide terrorize Britney Spears into suicide]] just because they need a HumanSacrifice [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext for their corn harvest]].

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is willing to [[MurderBySuicide terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] just because they need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext for their corn harvest]].
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is completely willing to [[MurderBySuicide terrorize Britney Spears into suicide]] just because they need a HumanSacrifice [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext for their corn harvest]].

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is completely willing to [[MurderBySuicide terrorize Britney Spears into suicide]] just because they need a HumanSacrifice [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext for their corn harvest]].

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* MurderBySuicide: The town of South Park do this to Britney by tormenting her until she dies.



* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is willing to terrorize Britney Spears into suicide.

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The entire town of South Park is completely willing to [[MurderBySuicide terrorize Britney Spears into suicide.
suicide]] just because they need a HumanSacrifice [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext for their corn harvest]].
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The whole town of South Park is willing to psychologically torment Britney Spears to the point of suicide.

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The whole entire town of South Park is willing to psychologically torment terrorize Britney Spears to the point of into suicide.

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The whole town of South Park is willing to psychologically torment Britney Spears to the point of suicide. There's a reason for it though...

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The whole town of South Park is willing to psychologically torment Britney Spears to the point of suicide. There's a reason for it though...suicide.

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* HumanSacrifice: It turns out the whole point of Britney Spears' suffering, along with hundreds of other girls before her, is to sacrifice her for a bountiful harvest. The difference is that people in modern times would rather force the sacrifice to kill herself rather than stone her to death. It's not that they want the girl to die, but rather they need her to.



* UngratefulTownsfolk: The whole town of South Park is willing to psychologically torment Britney Spears to the point of suicide.

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: The whole town of South Park is willing to psychologically torment Britney Spears to the point of suicide. There's a reason for it though...
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* DownerEnding: Despite Stan and Kyle's best attempts to get her to safety, Britney is still caught by the townspeople and sacrificed by being photographed to death.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Stan and Kyle are initially among the people wanting to take advantage of Britney Spears. When she almost kills herself, however, they spend the rest of the episode trying to save Britney from everyone else's harassment. However, at the ending, they reluctantly join in on their plans on sacrificing Miley Cyrus.

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* DownerEnding: Despite Stan and Kyle's best attempts to get her to safety, Britney is still caught by the townspeople and sacrificed by being photographed to death.
death. To make matters worse, the cycle will begin all over again with Miley Cyrus as the next sacrifice.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Stan and Kyle are initially among the people wanting to take advantage of Britney Spears. When she almost kills herself, however, they spend the rest of the episode trying to save Britney from everyone else's harassment. However, at the ending, they reluctantly join in on their plans on sacrificing Miley Cyrus.Cyrus after they give up on trying to talk some sense in the adults.

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The boys decide to cash in on capturing footage of Music/BritneySpears' current erratic behaviour, as that's making the news more than anything about the 2008 election or the war in Iraq, but when Britney blows her head off after mistaking Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Butters for her children and is still forced to perform and make appearances, the boys must save Britney from the trappings of fame.

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'''Original air date:''' 3/19/2008

The boys decide to cash in on capturing footage of Music/BritneySpears' current erratic behaviour, behavior, as that's making the news more than anything about the 2008 election or the war in Iraq, but when Britney blows her head off after mistaking Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Butters for her children and is still forced to perform and make appearances, the boys must save Britney from the trappings of fame.
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* HellIsThatNoise: The unintelligible gurgling noises Britney makes while trying to talk with half her head blown off.
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* AnimalDisguise: the boys make Butters dress as a squirrel so they can take a picture of Britney crapping on a squirrel and get rich.

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* AnimalDisguise: the The boys make Butters dress as a squirrel so they can take a picture of Britney crapping on a squirrel and get rich.
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* PaperThinDisguise:
** Butters dresses up a squirrel and people actually ''believe he is one'' and try to capture him.
** Kyle has a blonde wig on his head to impersonate Britney Spears. The townsfolk buy into it, until Kyle reveals himself.
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* TakeThat: To the perverse obsession with celebrities and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[HumansAreBastards because]]'' [[HumansAreBastards of]]) how much psychological damage it does to the subject.

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* TakeThat: To the perverse obsession with celebrities and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[HumansAreBastards because]]'' [[HumansAreBastards of]]) how much psychological damage it does to the subject.subject.
* UngratefulTownsfolk: The whole town of South Park is willing to psychologically torment Britney Spears to the point of suicide.
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** To a lesser degree, Stan and Kyle, at least at the beginning. They force [[ButtMonkey Butters]] to wear a squirrel suit so he can get humiliated by Britney Spears and insult him when he rightfully protests. That being said, they do clean up their act after witnessing Britney's BungledSuicide.

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** To a lesser degree, Stan and Kyle, at least at in the beginning. They force [[ButtMonkey Butters]] to wear a squirrel suit so he can get humiliated by Britney Spears and insult him when he rightfully protests. That being said, they do clean up their act after witnessing Britney's BungledSuicide.
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** To a lesser degree, Stan and Kyle, at least at the beginning. They force [[ButtMonkey Butters]] to wear a squirrel suit so he can get humiliated by Britney Spears and call him a pussy when he rightfully protests. That being said, they do stop their selfish ways after witnessing Britney's BungledSuicide.

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** To a lesser degree, Stan and Kyle, at least at the beginning. They force [[ButtMonkey Butters]] to wear a squirrel suit so he can get humiliated by Britney Spears and call insult him a pussy when he rightfully protests. That being said, they do stop clean up their selfish ways act after witnessing Britney's BungledSuicide.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Randy forces Stan and his friends to watch the news despite their protests.

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* JerkassBall:
** Liane and Sharon, of all people, are the ones amongst the paparazzi.
** To a lesser degree, Stan and Kyle, at least at the beginning. They force [[ButtMonkey Butters]] to wear a squirrel suit so he can get humiliated by Britney Spears and call him a pussy when he rightfully protests. That being said, they do stop their selfish ways after witnessing Britney's BungledSuicide.

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* ButtMonkey: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Butters is stuck wearing a squirrel costume]].

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* ButtMonkey: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Butters is stuck wearing a squirrel costume]].costume]] and is captured by people who mistake him for one.



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%%* CelebrityIsOverrated* CelebrityIsOverrated: Britney Spears is shown to hate her fame due to the obsession people have for her. She even shoots herself after Stan, Kyle and Cartman attempt to take advantage of her, blowing most of her head off in the process.



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Stan and Kyle are initially among the people wanting to take advantage of Britney Spears. When she almost kills herself, however, they spend the rest of the episode trying to save Britney from everyone else's harassment. However, at the ending, they reluctantly join in on their plans on sacrificing Miley Cyrus.



* HeelFaceTurn: And they spend the rest of the episode trying to save Britney from everyone harassing her. It doesn't last long as they, albeit reluctantly, join in on the town's chant upon seeing Miley Cyrus.
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** The scene where Stan tries to get Britney to the North Pole is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', right down to the Jimmy Durante-esque narrator.

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** The scene where Stan tries to get Britney to the North Pole is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', right down to the Jimmy Durante-esque Creator/JimmyDurante-esque narrator.
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* AndIMustScream: Britney Spears survived the shot, but only has the lower half of her face, and is unable to see, hear, or talk, only talking in horrible gurgling noises.

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* AndIMustScream: Britney Spears survived the shot, but only has the lower half of her face, and is unable to see, hear, or talk, talk; she only talking in makes horrible gurgling noises.noises with what's left of her mouth and neck.



* LemonyNarrator: When Stan and Britney are on a train to the North Pole while a disguised Kyle takes care of the paparazzi.

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* LemonyNarrator: When Stan and Britney are on a train to the North Pole Pole, while a disguised Kyle takes care of lures the paparazzi.paparazzi away.



* TakeThat: To the perverse obsession with celebrities and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[HumansAreBastards because]]'' [[HumansAreBastards of]]) how much phycological damage it does to the subject.

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* TakeThat: To the perverse obsession with celebrities and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[HumansAreBastards because]]'' [[HumansAreBastards of]]) how much phycological psychological damage it does to the subject.
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* TakeThat: To the perverse obsession with celebrities and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[YouBastard because]]'' [[YouBastard of]]) how much phycological damage it does to the subject.

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* TakeThat: To the perverse obsession with celebrities and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[YouBastard ''[[HumansAreBastards because]]'' [[YouBastard [[HumansAreBastards of]]) how much phycological damage it does to the subject.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Sharon and Liane are among those seen in the paparazzi mob that photographed Britney to death.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Britney shot herself, Cartman decides to leave the room and doesn't appear again afterwards, making it clear that he doesn't want to escalate it further.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: Sharon and Liane are among those seen in the paparazzi mob that photographed who photograph Britney to death.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Britney shot shoots herself, Cartman decides to leave the room and doesn't appear again afterwards, making it clear that he doesn't want to escalate it further.



* TakeThat: As WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic said, to people who over obsess over celebrities lives. It talks about the obsession with celebrities our society has, but the episode asks the important question, "Who the hell cares?" There's no doubt that people love bullshit, but this episode says, "For the love of God, get a fucking life and stop thinking how you can live through others!"

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* TakeThat: As WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic said, to people who over obsess over celebrities lives. It talks about To the perverse obsession with celebrities our society has, and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the episode asks fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[YouBastard because]]'' [[YouBastard of]]) how much phycological damage it does to the important question, "Who the hell cares?" There's no doubt that people love bullshit, but this episode says, "For the love of God, get a fucking life and stop thinking how you can live through others!"subject.
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* TakeThat: To people who over obsess over celebrities lives. It talks about the obsession with celebrities our society has, but the episode asks the important question, "Who cares?" There's no doubt that people love bullshit, but this episode says, "For the love of God, get a fucking life and stop thinking how you can live through others!"

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* TakeThat: To As WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic said, to people who over obsess over celebrities lives. It talks about the obsession with celebrities our society has, but the episode asks the important question, "Who the hell cares?" There's no doubt that people love bullshit, but this episode says, "For the love of God, get a fucking life and stop thinking how you can live through others!"
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Britney shot herself, Cartman decides to leave the room and doesn't appear again afterwards, making it clear that he doesn't want to escalate it further.
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* HeelRealization: Seeing Britney Spears nearly kill herself makes Stan and Kyle realize how wrong they were for trying to take advantage of someone’s mental state.

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* HeelRealization: Seeing Britney Spears nearly kill herself makes Stan and Kyle realize how wrong they were for trying to take advantage of someone’s Britney’s mental state.state, for cash.
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* HeelRealization: Seeing Britney Spears nearly kill herself makes Stan and Kyle realize how wrong what they did was

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* HeelRealization: Seeing Britney Spears nearly kill herself makes Stan and Kyle realize how wrong what they did waswere for trying to take advantage of someone’s mental state.
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* AnimalDisguise: the boys make Butters dress as a squirrel so they can take a picture of Britney crapping on a squirrel and get rich.

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