History Recap / SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew

** At ''The Passion of the Christ'', which had recently been released at the time, as well as the hype -- and controversy -- surrounding it.

* BigBrotherInstinct: During Stan and Kenny's adventure Stan did the talking and most of the planning. Also, while dealing with Mel Gibson's crazy antics, Stan was staying in front of Kenny most of the time while they were running and even pushed him away from Mel Gibson at one point.

* BrokenPedestal: Cartman, and to a lesser extent the rest of the town, is quickly disappointed to learn how much of a lunatic Gibson is.

* BitingTheHandHumor: Stan compares their quest to get a refund to when they did so for the film ''[[Film/BASEketball BASEketball]]'', a film Trey Parker and Matt Stone had starred in and consider an OldShame.

* BitingTheHandHumor: Stan compares their quest to get a refund to when they did so for the film ''[[Film/Baseketball BASEKetball]]'', a film Trey Parker and Matt Stone had starred in and consider an OldShame.

* BitingTheHandHumor: Stan compares their quest to get a refund to when they did so for the film ''Film/Baseketball'', a film Trey Parker and Matt Stone had starred in and consider an OldShame.

* BaitAndSwitch: Stan and Kenny stare blankly at the screen after the film's over, but instead of being horrified like Kyle was, they simply say it sucked and that they want their money back.

Cartman leads a campaign against the Jews after seeing "The Passion of the Christ" while Kyle is left feeling guilty of what people of his religion did in the past. Meanwhile, Stan and Kenny end up not liking the movie and try to get their money back from Mel Gibson and discover that he is completely insane.

* FailedASpotCheck: None of the Mel Gibson fanbase members notice that Cartman is dressed up as UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. Of course, given how unintelligent the adults are in this universe, it's not at all surprising.
* HypeBacklash: [[invoked]] After much hype behind the film, Stan and Kenny decide to check it out... and they're put off by all the gore and simply think it's bad and demand a refund.

Cartman leads a campaign against the Jews after seeing "The Passion of the Christ" while Kyle is left feeling guilty of what people of his religion did in the past. Meanwhile, Stan and Kenny end up not liking the movie and try to get their money back from Mel Gibson and discover that he is completely insane

** Kyle's nightmare of joining the rest of the Jews in killing Jesus ends by suddenly flashing to a live-action photo of Alan Alda, which ends up being the breaking point and causes Kyle to [[CatapultNightmare wake up screaming]].

* SelfDeprecation: Stan mentions that the last bad movie he and Kenny sat through was ''Film/BASEketball'', a live-action sports comedy made by Trey and Matt that the duo now considers an OldShame.

* Irony: When Stan and Kenny try to take out some money from Mel Gibson's wallet for an 18 dollar refund of his movie and found he has only a $20 bill in his wallet, it was [[PerpetualPoverty Kenny]] who was asked if he has 2 dollars to [[SkewedPriotities to make up for the difference.]]

* PassionPlay: [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Eric Cartman]] [[PuttingOnTheReich dresses like Hitler]] and uses a group of Christians' love of ''The Passion'' to get them [[BlackComedy to help him to exterminate the Jews]], making them think that the German for "It is time for revenge. We must exterminate the Jews" is Aramaic. HilarityEnsues. The episode is extremely critical of the film, but it ends with AnAesop about Christianity.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Dr. Schwartz tries to prevent the Jewish community from forming an angry mob, quite assured the town is sensible enough to know ''The Passion'' is only a movie. It is only when he sees the film's fan group ''goose-stepping'' past the synagogue that he joins in trying to boycott the film, though still by sensibly informing the theatre and civilians of the terrible behaviour it is causing.

** Gibson paints his face a la [[Film/{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]].

* BigBrotherInstinct: During Stan and Kenny's adventure Stan did the talking and most of the planning. Also, while dealing with Mel Gibson's crazy antics, Stan was staying in front of Kenny most of the time while they were running and even pushed him away from Mel Gibson and one point.

Cartman leads a campaign against the Jews after seeing "The Passion Of The Christ" while Kyle is left feeling guilty of what people of his religion did in the past. Meanwhile, Stan and Kenny end up not liking the movie and try to get their money back from Mel Gibson and discover that he is completely insane

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Mel Gibson is quite unambiguously insane, but it's unclear how intentional the antisemitic effects of his film were.

* BigBrotherInstinct: During Stan and Kenny's adventure Stan did the talking and most of the planning. Also, While dealing with Mel Gibson's crazy antics, Stan was staying in front of Kenny most of the time while they were running and even pushed him away from Mel Gibson and one point.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: The Passion fanbase led by Cartman are completely oblivious to any anti-semitic messages Cartman or the film itself may be suggesting and are genuinely just moved by its portrayal of Jesus' sacrifice. Their obliviousness leads to them unknowingly approving Cartman's Nazi-inspired slogans, goose-stepping and all.

'''Gibson:''' ''(takes off his pants) Ha!'' So you ''do'' intent to torture me! Well, ''go ahead! (straps himself to a strecher)'' Do your ''worst!'' You still won't get your ticket money back! I can take whatever you can dish out!\\

* ExcrementStatement: The episode ends with Gibson sharting all over Cartman, and by extension the principles he's demonstrated throughout the episode.