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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After Randy rejects all of Steven's idea and admits he's only using him because of his race, Steven quits Tegridy Farms and starts his own marijuana company that serves as Randy's competition.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After Randy rejects all of Steven's idea Steve's ideas and admits that he's only using him because of his race, Steven Steve quits Tegridy Farms and starts his own marijuana company that serves as Randy's competition.
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** Additionally, Randy's first instinct after discovering his business might be affected by being solely white-owned is to blatantly shame his kids for having primarily-white friend groups. Even when it's pointed out to him that there aren't ''that'' many black kids in South Park to begin with and that Stan does have a friendship with Tolkien, Randy isn't satisfied and insists on making a big deal out of it, which can be interpreted as a dig on Social Justice types who similarly perceive all social relationships through a racial filter.
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** In a meta sense, the episode's insistence that "Token" was really "Tolkien" the entire time is effectively meant as this.
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* ShownTheirWork: The works of J.R.R. Tolkien are all accurately referenced. While a few of the names are mispronounced, that's because it's Stan mispronouncing them.
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* TakeThatAudience: Played for laughs. When the doctor shames Stan for not realising Tolkien's real name, he's looking straight at the audience. Of course, the writers themselves made ''zero'' indication how Tolkien's name was really spelled, so it comes across as [[HypocriticalHumor the kind of self-righteous cover-up]] that ''South Park'' frequently mocks.
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*** Though, considering the traumatic experience of watching Backdoor Sluts 9 under the impression that it was a Lord of the Rings video, it's possible that incident was the cause of his hatred for the franchise as a whole.
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*** Though, considering the traumatic experience of watching Backdoor Back Door Sluts 9 under the impression that it was a Lord of the Rings video, it's possible that incident was the cause of his hatred for the franchise as a whole.
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** It turns out that Token's name is, and has always been, TOLKIEN (after the author of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of The Rings'').
** Steve Black opens a marijuana farm right across from the Marshes and Randy declares war, likely setting up a season long story line.
** It turns out that Token's name is, and has always been, TOLKIEN (after the author of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of The Rings'').
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* {{Retcon}}: Token's name is retconned into being Tolkien. In-universe, Tolkien was apparently ''always'' his name, but there are examples where it has been written as 'Token' without any objection from Tolkien. Out-of-universe, there's a lot of times when his name has been spelled out. It's even a metatextual example, as they even went back and renamed old videos and changed the spelling on official websites and apps to 'Tolkien' as part of the retcon.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However, he misinterprets the advice from the doctor and, thus, his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by J. J. R. Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name and hates anything pertaining to ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However, he misinterprets the advice from the doctor and, thus, his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by J. J.R. R. Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name and hates anything pertaining to ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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*** Though, considering the traumatic experience of watching Backdoor Sluts 9 under the impression that it was a Lord of the Rings video, it's possible that incident was the cause of his hatred for the franchise as a whole.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While Randy has no one to blame but himself for Steve starting a competing business, he is correct that Steve is using a different, more "black" sounding voice with his customers and that he was never concerned with Black Power when he was partnered with Tegridy (he wanted to make Lord of the Rings themed weed).
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* BlatantLies: When Randy and Steve are taken to court for Randy ripping off [[Music/PaulMcCartney Paul McCartney's]] song "Ebony and Ivory" with "Black Puppy and White Puppy", Randy not only claims the song isn't a rip-off, but denies he ever ''heard'' the famous song before. This despite the judge noting Randy was refused the rights to the original song and then his version came out. While the outcome isn't shown, it appears he actually manages to wiggle out of trouble.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After selfishly bringing Steve on to the business so Tegridy Farms could capture customers interested in black-owned marijuana companies, the episode ends with Steve starting his own farm and taking away Randy's business.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After selfishly bringing Steve on to the business so Tegridy Farms could capture customers interested in black-owned marijuana companies, then rudely dismissing Steve's ideas, the episode ends with Steve starting his own farm and taking away Randy's business.
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* WhamEpisode: It turns out that Token's name is, and has always been, TOLKIEN (after the author of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of The Rings'').
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** It turns out that Token's name is, and has always been, TOLKIEN (after the author of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of TheRings'').Rings'').
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** It turns out that Token's name is, and has always been, TOLKIEN (after the author of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of The
** Steve Black opens a marijuana farm right across from the Marshes and Randy declares war, likely setting up a season long story line.
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** Additionally, the reveal that Tolkien ''hates'' being associated with anything related to Middle-Earth clashes with his LARP participation in "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E13TheReturnOfTheFellowshipOfTheRingToTheTwoTowers The Return Of The Fellowship Of The Ring To The Two Towers]]" back in Season 6.
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** Additionally, the reveal that Tolkien ''hates'' being associated with anything related to Middle-Earth clashes with his LARP participation in "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E13TheReturnOfTheFellowshipOfTheRingToTheTwoTowers The Return Of The of the Fellowship Of The of the Ring To The to the Two Towers]]" back in Season 6.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Randy kicks Tolkien out of their house under the pretense of him being a spy. Keep in mind, the Black family just moved in, and Tolkien wanted to ask Stan about his behavior the previous days before playing ''Lord of the Rings'' board game with him.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Randy kicks Tolkien out of their house under the pretense of him being a spy. Keep in mind, the Black family just moved in, and Tolkien wanted to ask Stan about his behavior the previous days before playing a ''Lord of the Rings'' board game with him.
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** The doctor telling Stan and the audience that they're terrible racists in an over the top fashion for mistakenly thinking Tolkien Black's first name is Token mocks those who villainise people who commit accidental acts of racism rather than gently correcting their behaviour.
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** The doctor telling Stan and the audience that they're terrible racists in an over the top fashion for mistakenly thinking Tolkien Black's first name is Token mocks those who villainise people who commit accidental acts of racism rather than gently correcting their behaviour.behavior.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: After Randy rejects all of Steven's idea and admits he's only using him because of his race, Steven quits Tegridy Farms and starts his own marijuana company that serves as Randy's competition.
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** Additionally, the reveal that Tolkien ''hates'' being associated with anything related to Middle-Earth clashes with his LARP participation in ''Recap/SouthParkS6E13TheReturnOfTheFellowshipOfTheRingToTheTwoTowers''.
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** Additionally, the reveal that Tolkien ''hates'' being associated with anything related to Middle-Earth clashes with his LARP participation in ''Recap/SouthParkS6E13TheReturnOfTheFellowshipOfTheRingToTheTwoTowers''."[[Recap/SouthParkS6E13TheReturnOfTheFellowshipOfTheRingToTheTwoTowers The Return Of The Fellowship Of The Ring To The Two Towers]]" back in Season 6.
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* ContinuitySnarl: While the show explains away most of the previous instances of Tolkien's name being spelled "Token" as InUniverse spelling errors by the characters, Tolkien himself spelled it as "Token" in one of the title cards for the ''[[Recap/SouthParkS16E9RaisingTheBar Here Comes Fatty Doo Doo]]'' show in Season 16.
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* ContinuitySnarl: ContinuitySnarl:
** While the show explains away most of the previous instances of Tolkien's name being spelled "Token" as InUniverse spelling errors by the characters, Tolkien himself spelled it as "Token" in one of the title cards for the ''[[Recap/SouthParkS16E9RaisingTheBar Here Comes Fatty Doo Doo]]'' show in Season16.16.
** Additionally, the reveal that Tolkien ''hates'' being associated with anything related to Middle-Earth clashes with his LARP participation in ''Recap/SouthParkS6E13TheReturnOfTheFellowshipOfTheRingToTheTwoTowers''.
** While the show explains away most of the previous instances of Tolkien's name being spelled "Token" as InUniverse spelling errors by the characters, Tolkien himself spelled it as "Token" in one of the title cards for the ''[[Recap/SouthParkS16E9RaisingTheBar Here Comes Fatty Doo Doo]]'' show in Season
** Additionally, the reveal that Tolkien ''hates'' being associated with anything related to Middle-Earth clashes with his LARP participation in ''Recap/SouthParkS6E13TheReturnOfTheFellowshipOfTheRingToTheTwoTowers''.
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* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: The Black family have noticed that every single caucasian in South Park who isn't an unrepentant racist wants to be their friend so they can announce it over social media.
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* EveryoneKnewAlready: Stan was the only one who didn't realize Token's name was actually Tolkien.
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* EveryoneKnewAlready: Stan was and Randy were the only one ones who didn't realize Token's name was actually Tolkien.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by J. J. R. Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name and hates anything pertaining to ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However However, he misinterprets the advice from the doctor and, thus, his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by J. J. R. Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name and hates anything pertaining to ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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JJR Tolkien?
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by JJR Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name and hates anything pertaining to ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by JJR J. J. R. Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name and hates anything pertaining to ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by JJR Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name nor works pertaining to ''Franchise/MiddleEarth'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by JJR Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name nor works and hates anything pertaining to ''Franchise/MiddleEarth'' ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Randy kicks Tolkien out of their house under the pretense of him being a spy. Keep in mind, the Black family just moved in, and Tolkien wanted to ask Stan about his behavior the last few before playing ''Lord of the Rings'' board game with him.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Randy kicks Tolkien out of their house under the pretense of him being a spy. Keep in mind, the Black family just moved in, and Tolkien wanted to ask Stan about his behavior the last few previous days before playing ''Lord of the Rings'' board game with him.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Steven starting his own weed business and Randy declaring war on him.
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* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}} with Stan. Upon realizing his classmate's name is Tolkien and not "Token", he feels bad about it and wishes to make amends. However his methods of atoning consists of reading books written by JJR Tolkien, demanding that those books are required reading for the school, while excluding Tolkien from discussions. Then Stan learns that Tolkien doesn't even like his own name nor works pertaining to ''Franchise/MiddleEarth'' making Stan's efforts of redeeming himself entirely pointless.
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* CallBack: When Kyle tells Stan he knew Token's actual name, Stan asks him about Cartman [[Recap/SouthParkS20E1MemberBerries wearing a shirt that said "Token's Life Matters"]]. Kyle tells him Cartman was just being a dumbass and spelled the name wrong, which Cartman himself confirms shortly after (rather, he's dismissive of its actual spelling).
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* CallBack: When Kyle tells Stan he knew Token's actual name, Stan asks him about Cartman [[Recap/SouthParkS20E1MemberBerries wearing a shirt that said "Token's Life Matters"]]. Kyle tells him Cartman was just being a dumbass and spelled the name wrong, which Cartman himself confirms shortly after (rather, (or rather, he's crudely dismissive of its actual spelling).
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** The doctor telling Stan and the audience that they're terrible racists in an over the top fashion for mistakenly thinking Tolkien Black's first name is Token mocks those who villainise those who commit accidental acts of racism rather than gently correcting their behaviour.
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** The doctor telling Stan and the audience that they're terrible racists in an over the top fashion for mistakenly thinking Tolkien Black's first name is Token mocks those who villainise those people who commit accidental acts of racism rather than gently correcting their behaviour.
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* CallBack: When Kyle tells Stan he knew Token's actual name, Stan asks him about Cartman [[Recap/SouthParkS20E1MemberBerries wearing a shirt that said "Token's Life Matters"]]. Kyle tells him Cartman was just being a dumbass and spelled the name wrong, which Cartman himself confirms shortly after (rather, he's dismissive of its actual spelling)..
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* CallBack: When Kyle tells Stan he knew Token's actual name, Stan asks him about Cartman [[Recap/SouthParkS20E1MemberBerries wearing a shirt that said "Token's Life Matters"]]. Kyle tells him Cartman was just being a dumbass and spelled the name wrong, which Cartman himself confirms shortly after (rather, he's dismissive of its actual spelling)..spelling).
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* CallBack: When Kyle tells Stan he knew Token's actual name, Stan asks him about Cartman [[Recap/SouthParkS20E1MemberBerries wearing a shirt that said "Token's Life Matters"]]. Kyle tells him Cartman was just being a dumbass and spelled the name wrong, which Cartman himself confirms shortly after.
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* CallBack: When Kyle tells Stan he knew Token's actual name, Stan asks him about Cartman [[Recap/SouthParkS20E1MemberBerries wearing a shirt that said "Token's Life Matters"]]. Kyle tells him Cartman was just being a dumbass and spelled the name wrong, which Cartman himself confirms shortly after.after (rather, he's dismissive of its actual spelling)..
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Randy kicks Tolkien out of their house under the pretense of him being a spy. Keep in mind, the Black family just moved in, and Tolkien just wanted to play a ''Lord of the Rings'' board game with Stan.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Randy kicks Tolkien out of their house under the pretense of him being a spy. Keep in mind, the Black family just moved in, and Tolkien just wanted to play a ask Stan about his behavior the last few before playing ''Lord of the Rings'' board game with Stan.him.
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** The doctor telling Stan and the audience that they're terrible racists in an over the top fashion for mistakenly thinking Tolkien's Tolkien Black's first name is Token mocks those who villainise those who commit accidental acts of racism rather than gently correcting their behaviour.
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** The doctor telling Stan and the audience that they're terrible racists for mistakingly thinking Tolkien's name is Token mocks those who villainise those who commit accidental acts of racism rather than gently correcting their behaviour.
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** The doctor telling Stan and the audience that they're terrible racists in an over the top fashion for mistakingly mistakenly thinking Tolkien's name is Token mocks those who villainise those who commit accidental acts of racism rather than gently correcting their behaviour.
