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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In a later episode, Tolkien says he hates his name because of its association with J.R.R. Tolkien's work, and has general contempt of the fantasy genre. Him playing fantasy with the others and being open to watching the "cursed" version of the film in this episode has led to speculation that him watching ''Back Door Sluts 9'' traumatized him so much that he now associates the works of J.R.R. Tolkien with the porno.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In a later episode, Tolkien the season 25 episode that reveals Token to actually be named Tolkien, he says he hates his name because of its association with J.R.R. Tolkien's work, and has general contempt of the fantasy genre. Him playing fantasy with the others and being open to watching the "cursed" version of the film in this episode has led to speculation that him watching ''Back Door Sluts 9'' traumatized him so much that he now associates the works of J.R.R. Tolkien with the porno.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In a later episodes, episode, Tolkien says he hates his name because of its association with J.R.R. Tolkien's work work, and having has general contempt of the fantasy genre. Him playing fantasy with the others and being open to watching the "cursed" version of the film in this episode has led to speculation that him watching ''Back Door Sluts 9'' traumatized him so much that he now associates the works of J.R.R. Tolkien with the porno.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In later episodes, Tolkien says he hates his name because of its association with J.R.R. Tolkien's work and having general contempt of the fantasy genre. Him playing fantasy with the others and being open to watching the "cursed" version of the film in this episode has led to speculation that him watching ''Back Door Sluts 9'' traumatized him and now associates the works of J.R.R. Tolkien with the porno.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In later episodes, Tolkien says he hates his name because of its association with J.R.R. Tolkien's work and having general contempt of the fantasy genre. Him playing fantasy with the others and being open to watching the "cursed" version of the film in this episode has led to speculation that him watching ''Back Door Sluts 9'' traumatized him and so much that he now associates the works of J.R.R. Tolkien with the porno.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In later episodes, Tolkien says he hates his name because of its association with J.R.R. Tolkien's work and having general contempt of the fantasy genre. Him playing fantasy with the others and being open to watching the "cursed" version of the film in this episode has led to speculation that him watching ''Back Door Sluts 9'' traumatized him and now associates the works of J.R.R. Tolkien with the porno.
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** Tolkien (formerly known as "Token") flatly saying he doesn't want to play "Lord of the Rings" anymore. 20 years later and he doesn't want anything to do with the franchise because he was burdened with the name of its author.
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** Tolkien (formerly known as "Token") flatly saying he doesn't want to play "Lord of the Rings" anymore. 20 years later and he doesn't want anything to do with the franchise because he was burdened with the name of its author.author.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The episode was made in the waning years of both VHS and video rental stores. Before the decade was over, DVD supplanted VHS as the preferred home entertainment format while video rental stores were rendered obsolete by mail-order rental service Creator/{{Netflix}}[[note]]The company actually existed as early as 1997, making it as old as ''South Park'' itself[[/note]] and Redbox machines. Only a few years after ''that'', [=DVDs=] would be supplanted by online streaming from Netflix and a steadily growing number of competitors. More than normal movies, however, streaming has also made viewing porn both more convenient and more private, making Randy renting a pornographic film on videotape which the kids can easily steal come across as him just asking for trouble.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The episode was made in the waning years of both VHS and video rental stores. Before the decade was over, DVD supplanted VHS as the preferred home entertainment format while video rental stores were rendered obsolete by mail-order rental service Creator/{{Netflix}}[[note]]The company actually existed as early as 1997, making it as old as ''South Park'' itself[[/note]] and Redbox machines. Only a few years after ''that'', [=DVDs=] would be supplanted by online streaming from Netflix and a steadily growing number of competitors. More than normal movies, however, streaming has also made viewing porn both more convenient and more private, making Randy renting a pornographic film on videotape which the kids can easily steal come across as him just asking for trouble.
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** The episode's insulting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise -- which at the time had two movie adaptations out, both of which had been box-office hits but generally weren't considered anything that great -- considering that over a decade down the line, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' would owe almost as much to ''Harry Potter'' as it did to ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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** The episode's insulting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise -- which at the time had two movie adaptations out, both of which had been box-office hits but were generally weren't considered anything markedly inferior to the two ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films that great had also been released up until that point -- considering that over a decade down the line, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' would owe almost as much to ''Harry Potter'' as it did to ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The episode's insulting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise -- which at the time had two movie adaptations out, both of which had been box-office hits but generally weren't considered anything that great -- considering that over a decade down the line, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' would owe almost as much to ''Harry Potter'' as it did to ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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** The episode's insulting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise -- which at the time had two movie adaptations out, both of which had been box-office hits but generally weren't considered anything that great -- considering that over a decade down the line, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' would owe almost as much to ''Harry Potter'' as it did to''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
** Tolkien (formerly known as "Token") flatly saying he doesn't want to play "Lord of the Rings" anymore. 20 years later and he doesn't want anything to do with the franchise because he was burdened with the name of its author.
** The episode's insulting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise -- which at the time had two movie adaptations out, both of which had been box-office hits but generally weren't considered anything that great -- considering that over a decade down the line, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' would owe almost as much to ''Harry Potter'' as it did to
** Tolkien (formerly known as "Token") flatly saying he doesn't want to play "Lord of the Rings" anymore. 20 years later and he doesn't want anything to do with the franchise because he was burdened with the name of its author.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The episode's insulting the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise -- which at the time had two movie adaptations out, both of which had been box-office hits but generally weren't considered anything that great -- considering that over a decade down the line, ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' would owe almost as much to ''Harry Potter'' as it did to ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings''.
