10 Best South Park Episodes
4. The Return Of The Fellowship Of The Ring To The Two Towers
South Park has a proven track record for generating some amazing movie/TV parodies. Whenever a significant property hit the mainstream, it was easy to assume that the show would tackle it, and that was certainly the case with The Lord of the Rings.
This episode shows as the boys play Lord of the Rings, and are tasked by Randy to take their rented VHS copy of the movie over to Butters' house. However, in an unfortunate mix-up, Randy accidentally puts an unbelievably grotesque porn tape in the box instead. After seeing the effects that the video has on Butters, the boys decide to go on a quest to the Two Towers video rental store and send it back from whence it came.
There are loads of jokes sprinkled around the episode to make it funny, such as the infamy of the porno tape - named Backdoor Sluts 9 - amongst the men of South Park, the overt parody crossovers with the actual film and the disturbed reactions of the children who watch the tape.
A real highlight of the episode is seeing Butters as Gollum, as the goofy boy's voice and general innocence makes him so hilarious as a corrupt antagonist. It's an episode that gets many laughs thanks to the children's naivety and the awkward tension of the situation.