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"The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" is the second episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series ''South Park'', and the 197th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 24, 2010. In the episode, the South Park boys write a vulgar book with the sole intention of getting it banned. When Stan's parents discover the manuscript, the boys accuse Butters of writing it, then are enraged when it is hailed as a literary masterpiece. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA L in the United States. It serves as a satire of pop culture criticism, and mocks people who find hidden messages in works where there are none. The episode includes other themes, including the lack of interest in reading among American youths, and mocks the idea that a book alone causes people to commit violent crimes. The novel ''The Catcher in the Rye'' by J. D. Salinger plays a major part in the episode, as the South Park boys are inspired to write their own book when they feel Salinger's book does not live up to its controversial reputation. The episode also mocks actress Sarah Jessica Parker and the Kardashian family from the reality series ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians''. "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" received generally positive reviews, with many commentators praising the episode's themes of the over-analysis into works of culture, although some said the vomiting jokes were too old and grew redundant. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by 3.24 million viewers. After the episode aired, Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian praised their portrayal and on-screen deaths. == Plot == The students at South Park Elementary are assigned to read ''The Catcher in the Rye'', and grow excited when Mr. Garrison tells them that the book has caused so much controversy, it has been banned from public schools in the past. However, after reading the book, Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny are angry to find the content completely inoffensive, and feel the school has "tricked" them into reading. They decide to write their own offensive novel, ''The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs'' (which they originally called ''The Tale of Scrotie McDickinass''), with the intention of disgusting as many people as possible. Later, Stan's parents find the first draft and read it. They find it so disgusting that they repeatedly vomit while reading. However, they both consider it the best book they have ever read. Fearful they will get into trouble for the book's content, Stan and the boys tell Butters he actually wrote the book. Butters believes them because ever since reading ''The Catcher in the Rye'', he has been entering into altered states of consciousness that make him want to kill John Lennon, before he finds out Lennon is already dead. Later on, after learning that ''The Catcher in the Rye'' inspired someone to shoot Ronald Reagan, Butters tries to kill him too but is disappointed by the fact he is dead as well. Butters confesses to writing the novel himself. However, Stan and the boys are furious to learn that not only do the South Park adults love the book, a publisher has agreed to sign Butters for a book deal. ''The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs'' becomes a huge success, and everybody who reads it vomits profusely, but declares it a masterpiece nonetheless. As Butters becomes a literary icon, the four boys unsuccessfully campaign to have the book banned. They are angered to find readers interpreting passages from the novel as allegories for contentious political issues, even though the boys never intended to convey such messages. Since the book made many references to the unattractiveness of actress Sarah Jessica Parker, Cartman and Kenny plan to get her killed, believing the negative publicity will cause the book to be banned. They dress Parker as a moose (they just put antlers on her as she already resembles a moose), then lead her into the woods during hunting season. Butters soon does, in fact write a novel of his very own, ''The Poop That Took a Pee'', which consists solely of simple descriptions of scatological acts. The four boys are convinced the book will be a disaster and expose Butters as a fraud over the first book. However, much to their surprise, readers actually find it an even deeper, more profound book, and continue reading their own allegorical messages into the text. After finishing the book, one crazed reader storms on to the set of reality television series ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' and murders the entire Kardashian family with a pump-action shotgun. Both ''The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs'' and ''The Poop That Took a Pee'' are banned as a result, and Butters is horrified because he considered Kim Kardashian "the most beautiful woman in the world" (along with her sisters). Stan and Kyle suggest that instead of reading books and possibly discovering the wrong message in them, people should simply watch television instead. Cartman also claims Sarah Jessica Parker has also been killed because Butters accidentally dressed her in a moose costume while sleepwalking. Butters is at first horrified, but then decides he does not care because she was ugly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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