"Hell on Earth 2006" | |
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South Park episode | |
Episode no. | Season 10 Episode 11 |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker |
Original air date | October 25, 2006 |
"Hell on Earth 2006" is the eleventh episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 150th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 25, 2006. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, and revolves around Satan having a huge party on Earth. It in-part parodies the television series My Super Sweet 16 and the comedy group The Three Stooges. The episode received generally positive responses from critics; however, it sparked controversy shortly after its initial airing due to the Steve Irwin joke it contained.
Satan announces his plans to throw a huge Halloween costume party on Earth. Among other things, he decides upon a cake the size and shape of a Ferrari Enzo, which three notorious serial killers—Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy—are entrusted with bringing to the party. Cardinal Roger Mahony and other Roman Catholic Church officials of Los Angeles, angered that Satan does not invite them to the party, plan to call the fire marshal the night of the party to complain, thus ruining it. When they are unable to do so after discovering that the fire marshal was also invited to the party, the clergy decide to crash it. However, Satan's security make sure they do not get in at all.
Meanwhile, Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Token, Tweek, and Butters experiment with a Bloody Mary-type ritual to summon Biggie Smalls. Butters succeeds in summoning him; Biggie is angered that he will now experience difficulties in getting to the party, and demands that Butters help him get there. However, Biggie keeps being summoned back to South Park mid-journey, first by Kyle and then by Randy Marsh, further angering him.