Osama bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden
Character Information
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Age	53
Died	Died in "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants" and again in "It's a Jersey Thing"
Occupation	Terrorist
Religion	Islam
Appearances
First	"Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants"
Latest	"Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants" "It's a Jersey Thing" (second death)

Osama bin Laden was the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and a minor villain in several South Park episodes, generally as leader of aforementioned organization. Throughout the series, he has been portrayed as "completely insane". He was voiced by Trey Parker.

History

He made his first appearance on the show in "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants", when Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny go to Afghanistan to return a goat given to them by Afghani children. The kids are later taken by terrorists who tie them up as hostages before Osama bin Laden was introduced, recording a video threatening to kill the kids and goat. U. S. soldiers, believing the goat is Stevie Nicks, engage in a battle with Al-Qaeda at Osama's hideout. The Afghani boys free our boys, but leave Cartman behind, insisting he knows how to deal with him. The two go through a long routine inspired by Warner Bros. shorts produced during World War II, Cartman humiliating bin Laden in several cartoonish ways, later leaving him dazed and defeated. A soldier then executes him.

Despite his apparent death in the previous episode, bin Laden reappeared in "Krazy Kripples" as a member of the Legion of Doom, but has no lines. In the Cartoon Wars duology, bin Laden reappears using live-action footage from then-recently released videos, using subtitles to change his dialogue. He threatened great harm to America if Family Guy showed the holy Muslim prophet Muhammad, but ultimately after the prophet is shown, bin Laden and Al-Qaeda respond only with a video of Americans, President Bush and Jesus crapping on each other.

He later reappears as part of a class-action lawsuit against the town of South Park in "200" with other celebrities, though he does not speak. Not long after, he reappeared once more with a new, cleaned-up design (though it still bares a strong resemblance to the old one) in "It's a Jersey Thing" Randy Marsh sends him a video asking for help in defeating the Jerseys, playing the theme song for the show Jersey Shore to bin Laden. After South Park runs out of ammo, he responds with several Al-Qaeda suicide bombers who destroy the Jerseyites. Jersey pushed back, the entire town honors bin Laden - before a U. S. paratrooper takes him out, causing Randy to proclaim "We got him!"

Dialogue

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Bin Laden, as seen in "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants".

Osama bin Laden, along with all the other terrorists in South Park, never speaks in an actual foreign language. He is apparently suppose to be speaking Arabic, but all his dialogue is only consisted of the words Muhammad, jihad, and gibberish including the word "derka". The dialogue is startlingly similar to the "Arabic" in "Team America", a film by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the South Park creators.

Bin Laden only speaks in his initial appearance.

Death

Just seven months after being shot in the head by a Paratrooper in "It's a Jersey Thing", bin Laden was found and killed by U. S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan via a shot to the head on May 1st, 2011. In another parallel, Randy's response is identical to that given by President Barack Obama ("We got him!") As a result of bin Laden already having died twice within the series, his real-life death was not referenced directly despite protests from fans. However, the episodes "Funnybot" and "Royal Pudding" include many subtle references, including a sketch in Funnybot's writing room and Obama's speeches (though about Funnybot and later Tyler Perry) and in the latter, the response to Tooth Decay's death.

Trivia

• Despite being against the use of Muhammad on Family Guy, he was among the celebrities planning to take his power of not being able to be made fun of in "200" and "201".

Gallery

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Bin Laden, as seen in "Cartoon Wars Part II"

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Bin Laden, as seen in "Krazy Kripples"

Appearances

• "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants"
• "Krazy Kripples"
• "Cartoon Wars Part II" (archive footage)
• "200"
• "201"
• "It's a Jersey Thing"