Cartoon Wars Part II is the fourth episode in the tenth season of the
American animated television series South Park. The 143rd episode of
the series overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United
States on April 12, 2006. Following "Cartoon Wars Part I", it is the
second part of a two-episode story-arc, which focuses on Cartman's
efforts to get the television series Family Guy cancelled by
exploiting fears of retaliation by Muslims to an upcoming Family Guy
episode in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad will appear, in
violation of some interpretations of Muslim law. Kyle instead urges
the president of Fox, the network airing Family Guy, to air the
episode in an exercise of free speech.The episodes were inspired by
the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, which began in
response to a Danish newspaper's printing of cartoons depicting
Muhammed in early 2006, leading to worldwide protests and occasionally
violent demonstrations and riots. It also came from South Park
creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's general dislike of Family Guy,
which they viewed as overly reliant on cutaway gags as humor and less
on story. During production, the duo ran into reluctance from Comedy
Central and parent company Viacom, who felt their insistence to depict
Muhammad disregarded concerns for public safety. Parker and Stone
argued that the network was giving in to hypothetical violence,
labeling them hypocrites due to their satirizing of other religions in
the past. The network interference was written into the episode's
storyline.Comedy Central eventually aired the episode with a black
title card during the Muhammad sequence, censoring the depiction. The
episode received positive reviews from critics; while the episode's
censorship did attract headlines, it received more attention for its
lampooning of Family Guy. When the series was transferred to HBO Max
in 2020, it was announced that "Cartoon Wars Part I" and "Cartoon Wars
Part II" would be 2 of 5 episodes cut from the series, alongside
"Super Best Friends", "200," and "201," all of which are episodes
featuring Muhammad.Eric Cartman has an intense dislike for the
television program Family Guy. When he learns that an episode of the
show is to feature a depiction of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, he
exploits fears of retaliation to urge Fox, the network on which Family
Guy airs, to pull the episode. Cartman pretends to be a sickly Danish
kid with a broken leg, telling the Fox executives that his father was
killed by terrorists during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons
controversy and pleading that they pull the Family Guy episode. His
story touches the executives, who encourage him to try to persuade the
writers to yield. Kyle, who likes Family Guy, arrives at the Fox
Studio to foil Cartman's plans, but is knocked unconscious by an ally
of Cartman's, a kid resembling Bart Simpson who, also wanting to
destroy Family Guy, restrains Kyle in a supply shed. Cartoon Wars Part II Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter