This episode of South Park was known to be the most controversial episode of an animated television show.
This episode led to death threats being levied against Trey Parker and Matt Stone. On the now defunct site RevolutionMuslim, a poster stated that Parker and Stone would end up like Theo Van Gogh, the cartoonist who was stabbed to death for drawing Muhammad. That poster, Zachary Chesser was later sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for the threats and other charges.
This episode serves as a continuation to several of the most popular episodes and their story arcs: - Season 1 - Mecha-Streisand: Return of Mecha-Streisand. - Season 1/2 - Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut/Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut: Revisiting the mystery of Cartman's father. - Season 5 - Super Best Friends: Return of the Super Best Friends. - Season 7 - Fat Butt and Pancake Head: Return of Eric Cartman's Jennifer Lopez hand puppet. - Season 9 - Ginger Kids: Return of the Ginger Kids. - Season 9 - Trapped in the Closet: Continuation of Tom Cruise's storyline. - Season 10 - Cartoon Wars Part I & II: Continuation of the Muhammad image controversy.