page_title: Mysterion Rises
section_title: Cultural references
hierarchical_section_title: Mysterion Rises / Cultural references
caption_attribution_description: English: Trey Parker at a ceremony for Penn &amp; Teller to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
context_page_description: "Mysterion Rises" is the twelfth episode of the fourteenth season of animated television series South Park, and the 207th episode of the series overall. It aired on Comedy Central on November 3, 2010, and is the second of a three-part arc that began with the episode "Coon 2: Hindsight".
  The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA L in the United States. In its original American broadcast on November 3, 2010, "Mysterion Rises" was watched by 3.263 million viewers. According to Nielsen ratings, "Mysterion Rises" was seen by 2.85 million overall households.
  The episode is notable for revealing the secret identity of Mysterion, which was deliberately left unresolved in "The Coon" and "Coon 2: Hindsight."
context_section_description: "Mysterion Rises" was written and directed by series co-founder Trey Parker. It first aired on November 3, 2010 in the United States on Comedy Central. Like all South Park episodes, "Mysterion Rises" was first conceived by Parker and fellow co-founder Matt Stone within a week of the episode's broadcast date.
  The episode's title is a play on the title for The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman film trilogy, which was announced only days before the episode aired. Cartman interacting with Cthulhu while on his belly and the animation sequence while flying with Cthulhu are references to the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes characters Marc Antony and Pussyfoot and the anime My Neighbor Totoro.  The song playing during the flying sequence is also a parody of the Totoro theme song.  In this episode there is a parody clip of LeBron James' "Rise" commercial for Nike (giving the episode title a double parody). The line "I am not a role model" was originally used by Charles Barkley, hence the wink at the end. The goth kids believe the rise of Cthulhu will be like a never-ending Nine Inch Nails concert, and hope Cthulhu will bring an end to The Disney Channel.
caption: Trey Parker wrote and directed this episode
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