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"Woodland Critter Christmas" is episode number 814 (Season 8 Finale, the 125th episode overall) of the Comedy Central series '' South Park '', and originally aired December 15 , 2004. It was that season's Christmas episode. SYNOPSIS This episode, which like many Christmas shows has an kills it before she gives birth to the baby. They insist that Stan is the only one capable of helping them. Exasperated, Stan manages to kill the beast, but discovers with horror that the lion was the mother of three now-orphaned cubs. He is further dismayed when he discovers that the woodland critters are, in fact, Satan Worship ers, and that their Savior is actually the Antichrist , not an animalistic Son Of God . (The animals point out that this is obvious, because God would never have Sex With A Porcupine ) The animals celebrate by sacrificing Rabbitty the Rabbit and having a "blood Orgy ," (the pregnant porcupine included). Stan tries to stop the animals himself, but they rebuff him with their Satanic powers, cheerfully conjuring up fire and demonic beasts. After he learns that only a mountain lion can kill the Antichrist, Stan returns to the mountains to enlist the orphaned cubs, and takes them to an Abortion doctor to teach them how to perform abortions (against his will — the narrator forces him to). Meanwhile, the animals are searching for a human host for the Antichrist to possess when born — the person in question must be a non- Baptized non-Christian. They discover Kyle , who is Jewish , and kidnap him to serve their purpose. Stan arrives in time to discover that the Antichrist — a strange, vicious little creature — has already been born, and that his best friend Kyle is tied to a Satanic Altar to receive the evil creature. Santa Claus suddenly arrives and, when he finds out what is happening, pulls out an SPAS-12 Combat Shotgun and slaughters all the creatures. He is about to kill the Antichrist, but Kyle — now free from the altar — declares that he wants the Antichrist to possess him, so that he can make the world better for the Jew s. He allows the demon to possess him, and is about to unleash a devastating blow on the world when... ...the story suddenly cuts away to Mr. Garrison's fourth-grade class, where it is revealed that everything that had happened so far in the episode was merely a Christmas-themed story Cartman was reading to the class. Kyle angrily objects to Cartman's story, claiming that it was nothing more than Cartman's attempt to once again mock him and his religion at Christmas time. Mr. Garrison, fearing complaints from Kyle's Mother , forces Cartman to stop. The other boys, however, plead with Kyle to let Cartman continue because they want to hear the ending; Kyle objects that the ending is obvious, that Kyle (in the story) will merely be killed by Santa Claus so that Christmas is saved. Cartman says that is not the ending. As the other boys persist, Kyle allows Cartman to continue. Back in the story, Kyle suddenly declares that he can now feel how evil the Antichrist is and wants it out; Santa, however, says that they have no choice but to kill Kyle, before the Antichrist can consume his soul and unleash his reign of terror. Stan, however, has the mountain lion cubs perform an abortion on Kyle's ass, removing the Antichrist and Santa finally finishes off his nemesis with a sledgehammer. Santa gives Stan a special Christmas wish, which Stan uses to restore the mountain lion he killed to life. They then go home to a happy Christmas. Cartman ends his story saying that Kyle died of AIDS two weeks later. The episode ends with Kyle's angry objections ("Goddammit, Cartman!"). EPISODE PRODUCTION According to this episode's mini commentary, this episode was one of the most difficult to make. After making the feature film '' Team America '' and the 13 other episodes in South Park's 8th season in the same year (a year which Trey Parker and Matt Stone describe as "The Year from Hell"), Parker, Stone and the show's other writers were completely drained of ideas. The staff tried to come up with an idea, but nothing came up through Thursday and Friday which is considered a huge drawback with South Park's rushed production. On Saturday afternoon the staff decided to just do the idea of spoofing '' John Denver 's Critter Christmas'' holiday special, which had been in gestation for some time. With some doubt, the show developed into an episode which the creators were quite satisfied with. The episode has special bumpers, announcing it to be "A Woodland Critter Christmas," with Squirrelly then saying in a cheerful voice, "Hail Satan !" GOOFS
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