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managing director and vitalizer Ralph Bakshi honored the South Park lampoon of " The Lord of the Rings , " matching it with his 1978 alive feature .
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Ralph Bakshihas been a pioneer in animation for about seven decades since his entry onThe Heckle and Jeckle Showin 1956 . While he ’s work out on some of the biggest IPs in the industry , likeMighty MouseandSpider - Man , his dream were far grander and more challenging than his contemporaries , woo older audiences withFritz the Cat(1972 ) and tacklingJ. R. R. Tolkien’sLord of the Rings(1978 ) for United Artists . Even as an enliven feature , along with the help of writersChris ConklingandPeter S. Beagle , trying to concentrate three books ' Charles Frederick Worth of stuff into just over two hours was a herculean feat in and of itself . Keep in idea this predates thePeter Jacksonlive - action entry , which was far more tight with the nine - plus time of day combined runtime across three moving-picture show . Bakshishareda still from his 1978 plastic film alongside a still from the 6th season episode ofSouth Park , parody theLOTRtrilogy in the smartly entitle " The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers " .
Ralph Bakshi Pays Tribute to South Park’s Tribute to Lord of the Rings
The still show was when Frodo , Sam , Merry , and Pippin hid from a pack wraith deep within the roots of a tree . The scene below read a bully looking out for Stan ( Matt Stone ) , Kyle ( Trey Parker ) , and Cartman ( Parker ) . While in the original story , the four Hobbits are protect the One Ring from the forces of Sauron , theSouth Parkepisode features Stan , Kyle and Cartman dressed up seek to rejoin a written matter of the 2001 film , The Fellowship of the Ring(first book ) to a picture store call the " Two tugboat " ( second book ) The episode title is a play on parole and a combining of all three books ofLOTRwhich the third and final record is call " The Return of the King . "
TheSouth Parkepisode sees the corrupting force not as the " one ring " or even the pic itself but an unintentionally switch adult film that corrupts Butters ( Stone ) . After viewing the film , Butters becomes twisted and becomes the episode ’s " Gollum , " cry the film " his cherished . " The aspect in question was also depicted in the Jackson picture , but Bakshi chose the Comedy Central serial to reference .
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— Ralph Bakshi ( @ralphbakshi)April 6 , 2025
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