Free Hat

Plot

After watching a movie, Kyle, Stan, Cartman, and Tweek complain about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas changing their old films to be more politically correct before re-releasing them. The boys start a group to fight this. To attract members, Cartman suggests giving away free hats and has Tweek fold newspaper into hats. But Cartman makes the letters on the sign too big and has to drop the "S," so it says "FREE HAT."

Tweek cannot make enough hats, and the boys are shocked when a huge crowd shows up for their first meeting. The attendees misunderstand the offer and think the club wants to free Hat McCullough, a man convicted of murdering twenty-three babies. The crowd works to convince the governor to release McCullough, while the boys go on Nightline to explain what they really meant. Spielberg and Lucas are also on the show, and when the boys mention altering Raiders of the Lost Ark, the two directors decide to do exactly that.

To stop them, the boys sneak into Lucas's house and steal the original film negative, but Lucas catches them. He calls the police, and the boys try to talk him into defying Spielberg. Just as they start to convince him, Spielberg arrives with guards, and Lucas reluctantly hands over the film. Stan, Kyle, and Cartman are taken prisoner to attend the film's premiere, but Tweek gets away.

At that point, a fake trailer plays for a remastered version of "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe," the very first episode of South Park.

Did You Know?

• Steven Spielberg wrote to Parker and Stone, saying he felt like he had 'finally arrived now that he's one of the villains of South Park.'
• In the DVD commentary, Stone comes out as 'officially over Star Wars.'
• The altered film kills Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, and the assembled audience before sealing itself inside the ark.