20 Best South Park Episodes Ever

3. Trapped In The Closet (Season 9, Episode 12)

South Park Trapped In The Closet
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A savagely entertaining and ferociously brave takedown of Scientology that basically paints it as a legal pyramid scheme, Trapped in the Closet masterfully details the religion's loonier aspects and targets religious zealotry as a whole.

"Cameos" from the likes of John Travolta, Tom Cruise, R. Kelly and Nicole Kidman are also deleriously funny, pushing the "trapped in the closet" gag about as far as possible (hinting that Travolta, Cruise and Kelly are sublimated homosexuals) without getting sued.

Best Moment: When Stan is believed to be the reincarnation of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, he has the nutty origins of the religion explained to him, complete with a title card reading, "This is what Scientologists actually believe."

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