Imaginationland

About Imaginationland

"Imaginationland", or "Kyle Sucks Cartman's Balls" (as it appears on DVD), is episode 1110 (#163) of Comedy Central's animated TV series South Park. Imaginationland premiered on October 17, 2007. It is the first episode in a three-part story arc.

The episode begins in the forest, with Cartman directing the other boys in searching for a leprechaun. Cartman claims to have seen it in the woods for 3 days in a row, and a skeptical Kyle is there, having made a bet that if Cartman can prove leprechauns exist, Kyle will suck his balls, but if not, Cartman will owe Kyle $10. Suddenly, a leprechaun is spotted. The boys, now shocked by this, chase it down, and catch it in a trap. The leprechaun warns of an impending terrorist attack before vanishing. Cartman, triumphant, declares that Kyle must now suck his balls, but Kyle initially refuses, asking why a leprechaun would be warning of a terrorist attack and that there has to be an logical explanation.

The next day, as Kyle is conversing with Stan, Kenny, Jimmy and Butters, a strange man suddenly appears, asking them if they have seen the leprechaun. When Kyle argues that leprechauns are just imaginary, the man tells him that just because something is imaginary doesn't mean it isn't real. He then invites the boys for a ride in his magical "Imagination Flying Machine" (the blimp from Little Nemo) while he serenades them with "The Imagination Song" (consisting simply of the word 'imagination' sung repetitively in various tonal inflection). They arrive in a bizarre place called Imaginationland, where all the beings created by human imagination reside (various pop culture icons such as Blue Meanies, Mario, Mighty Mouse, Grumpy Bear, Gizmo, and the creatures from Where The Wild Things Are and My Neighbor Totoro can be seen), and the man turns out to be the Mayor of this land. The imaginary creatures are all fascinated by the presence of the "creators," and ask them about the leprechaun. At that moment a band of Muslim terrorists suddenly appear and set off a series of bombs, which kill hundreds of the imaginary creatures and destroy most of the city as Stan stares into the mayhem (as Captain Miller did in the Omaha Beach Scene in Saving Private Ryan, complete with Ronald McDonald looking for, finding and grabbing his own severed arm amidst the chaos). The boys flee on the back of Draco (the dragon from Dragonheart), who flies them to safety. Butters, however, is left behind at the last minute and he and the surviving imaginary characters are held hostage by the terrorists.