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Overview

Team America: World Police, often referred to as simply Team America, is a 2004 action comedy film written by Trey Parker

Trey Parker

Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...

, Matt Stone

Matt Stone

Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....

, and Pam Brady

Pam Brady

Pam Brady is an American writer and television producer, best known for her work with Trey Parker and Matt Stone.-Career:Pam Brady first met Parker, Stone and Jason McHugh while working under Brian Graden at 20th Century Fox. Brady suggested that the two make a weekly version of their student film...

and directed by Parker, all of whom are also known for the popular animated television series South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

. The film is a satire

Satire

Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...

of big-budget action film

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

s and their associated cliché

Cliché

A cliché or cliche is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel. In phraseology, the term has taken on a more technical meaning,...

s and stereotype

Stereotype

A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings...

s, with particular humorous emphasis on the global implications of US politics

Politics of the United States

The United States is a federal constitutional republic, in which the President of the United States , Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments.The executive branch is headed by the President...

. The title of the film itself is derived from domestic and international political criticisms that the U.S.

Unanswered Questions

What I believe is Harry Gregson William's score plays several times in very low, dramatic parts. It sounds almost like a Steve Jablonsky score, very m...

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Quotations

[Paris is reduced to a smouldering pile of rubble]Joe: Bonjour, everyone! Don't worry. Everything is bon! We stopped the terrorists.

Spottswoode: Gary, this is Lisa. She specializes in how the terrorists think.Lisa: Usually a case of malignant narcissism brought on during childhood.

Spottswoode: Team, this is all my fault. I screwed up with Cairo. [pause] I let racism cloud my judgment. [pause] I was so sure the world's ultimate terrorist must be Middle Eastern that... I never suspected he was a God damn gook. I'll never be racist again.

And so, I'm roneryA rittle roneryPoor rittle meThere's nobody I can rerate toFeewl rike a bird in a cageIt's kinda sirryBut, not rearryBecause, it's fiwring my body with rage. Note: This song is played near the end of the credits on the DVD. This has been confirmed on the UK PAL and the US NTSC DVD. It was also present in the theatrical release.

You are worthwess Arec Barrwin,:You are worthwess Arec Barrwin,You failed in evwy way and now my stock in you has fallen,Your career is stallin' and,You're worthwess Arec Barrwin,That's why I bwew your head off and your children are all bawrin.'

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