yeah i picked up on the fact that his name was a play on the “token black guy” trope. i just thought that his name was always tolkien because i was watching old episodes where his name was changed in the captions. i thought the joke was that his name sounded like token but …

It wasn't always tolkien they set it in that episode in season 25 that it's always been tolkien but it used to be token like look up the one where they make Cartman super fat with his tip over thing and look how token spelled his own name token black productions Look at season 16 episode 9 "raising the bar" you'll see when token makes the video he calls it token black prod.

Mar 17, 2022 · In eras gone by the token black guys would be the first characters to be killed off. This phenomena of commercial cinema and television that would sacrifice the quality of their storytelling for the sake of attempting the impossible act of offending absolutely nobody, is succinctly satirized by the aptly named south park character, Token.

Aug 9, 2023 · Faith + 1 episode. Here cartman needs token to bring a bass guitar to his house to form a christian band. Wing episode. The boys gonna interact with token so that he join their Super awesome talent agency. The Lord Of The Ring episode. When they parents looking for the boys at token's house.

Feb 13, 2022 · Can you really call it satire if the joke is, in essence, doing exactly what it is meant to satire? 20 years ago, Token being Token hit differently than it does now. Today, the repetition of it begins to feel like that joke is just reinforcing an artifact of old media.

Sep 11, 2022 · It's basically the same shit they ripped on George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for doing - "Welcome to South Park seasons 1-10, the re-re-re release where all instances of "Token" have been changed to "Tolkien" and all cheesy poofs have been replaced with walkie talkies"

Feb 25, 2022 · Ok if you've seen the new episode, you know that Token's name is really Tolkein. Of course, it really hasn't been before now, but they try to explain away one instance of it with Cartman being dumb, but I thought it'd be fun to share …

Feb 18, 2024 · During dinner, Randy Marsh (white) asked Token's father (black) why he named his son Token. Token's father replied that his son's name was Tolkien (because he is a fan of Lord of the Rings). I understood this, but I didn't understand why the white family was ashamed that they thought the black name was Token.

If same posts pops up to my front page then i'm pretty sure it's a repost. And the episode's name written on the pic so it's probably from an article about "funniest South Park" episodes or something like that. So probably reposter didn't even watch the episode.

Sep 27, 2022 · Also the comedic value behind the name change is actually hilarious, because like I said, and as South Park has done for years, ITS SATIRICAL. They didn’t change the name for the sake of “haha funny racism”. Plus, you’re talking about a show that had a taco that shits ice cream, so the fact that you take it so seriously is insane.