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==Cultural impact== [[File:SouthParkStanInRobe.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Stan being presented as the reincarnation of [[L. Ron Hubbard]] in the season nine episode "[[Trapped in the Closet (South Park)|Trapped in the Closet]]"<ref>{{cite web|last=Staff, Comedy Central Web site|title=Things Scientologists Actually Believe|work=[[South Park]]|publisher=[[Comedy Central]]|date=2006-11-16|url=http://southpark.comedycentral.com/videos.jhtml?videoId=104274&episodeId=103804|access-date=2007-10-20| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071028145715/http://southpark.comedycentral.com/videos.jhtml?videoId=104274&episodeId=103804| archive-date = October 28, 2007}}</ref>]] In 2014, Stan was ranked by [[IGN]] at third place on their list of "The Top 25 South Park Characters", commenting that he "often acts as the voice of reason in the midst of the show's insane events, and in many ways he's more mature than his father Randy". The website concluded that "his history as one of the more stable and thoughtful characters in the series made him the perfect choice for the voice of Trey and Matt's own creative/professional frustrations".<ref name="IGN top">{{cite news| author1 = Ramsey Isler| author2 = Jesse Schedeen| title = The Top 25 South Park Characters| page = 5| publisher = [[IGN]]| date = February 28, 2014| url = http://ign.com/articles/2014/03/01/top-25-south-park-characters?page=5| access-date = March 19, 2014| archive-date = April 4, 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230404081507/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/01/top-25-south-park-characters?page=5| url-status = live}}</ref> Stan frequently offers his perspective on religion,<ref>{{cite news | author = Douglas E. Cowan | title = South Park, Ridicule, and the Cultural Construction of Religious Rivalry | publisher = Journal of Religion and Popular Culture | date = Summer 2005 | doi = 10.3138/jrpc.10.1.001 | url = http://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/jrpc.10.1.001 | access-date = January 15, 2014 | archive-date = April 1, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190401163102/https://utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/jrpc.10.1.001 | url-status = live }}</ref> and he was at the center of one of the most controversial episodes of the series,<ref name="cnnemmy">{{cite news| author = Todd Leopold| title = Welcome to the Emmy 'mess'| publisher = CNN| date = August 24, 2006| url = http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/23/emmy.advancer/index.html| access-date = May 3, 2009| archive-date = August 8, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100808071859/http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/23/emmy.advancer/index.html| url-status = live}}</ref> "[[Trapped in the Closet (South Park)|Trapped in the Closet]]" ([[South Park (season 9)|season nine]], 2005), where he was recognized as the reincarnation of [[Scientology]] founder [[L. Ron Hubbard]] before denouncing the church as nothing more than "a big fat global scam".<ref name="abc1">{{cite web| author=Jake Trapper and Dan Morris| title=Secrets of 'South Park'| publisher=ABC News| date=September 22, 2006| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Entertainment/Story?id=2479197&page=1| access-date=April 18, 2009| archive-date=November 7, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107083324/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Entertainment/Story?id=2479197&page=1| url-status=live}}</ref> In the show's 26 seasons, Stan has addressed other topics such as [[homosexuality]],<ref name="windy">{{cite news|author=Tracy Baim |title=Snyde & Sneak |publisher=Lambda Publications Inc. |date=September 16, 1997 |url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/archives/outlines/archives/091097/snyde.html |access-date=May 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013224100/http://windycitymediagroup.com/archives/outlines/archives/091097/snyde.html |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="sydney">{{cite news| author = Justine Hankins| title = Not so queer| work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]| date = September 20, 2003| url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/19/1063625206033.html| access-date = May 3, 2009| archive-date = November 4, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104183755/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/19/1063625206033.html| url-status = live}}</ref> [[Hate crime laws in the United States|hate crime legislation]],<ref name="nytimesconserv">{{cite news | author = Frank Rich | title = Conservatives β₯ 'South Park' | work = The New York Times | date = May 1, 2005 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/opinion/01rich.html | access-date = May 3, 2009 | archive-date = January 8, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150108083620/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/opinion/01rich.html | url-status = live }}</ref> [[civil liberties]],<ref name="cityjournal"/> [[parenting]],<ref name="seriously"/> [[illegal immigration]],<ref name="statesman">{{cite news | author = Eric Griffiths | title = Young offenders | work = [[New Statesman]] | date = June 21, 2007 | url = http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/south-park-sex-studies | access-date = May 3, 2009 | archive-date = February 6, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130206083802/http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/south-park-sex-studies | url-status = live }}</ref> [[voting]],<ref name="philo2">Arp and Gray, pp. 121β128</ref> [[alcoholism]],<ref name="seriously"/> and [[race relations]].<ref name="boston">{{cite news | author = Vanessa E. Jones | title = No offense, but ... | work = [[The Boston Globe]] | date = January 29, 2008 | url = http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/01/29/no_offense_but_/ | access-date = May 3, 2009 | archive-date = June 14, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090614061311/http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/01/29/no_offense_but_/ | url-status = live }}</ref> His commentary on these issues have been interpreted as statements Parker and Stone are attempting to make to the viewing public,<ref name="seriously">Fallows and Weinstock, p. 165</ref> and these opinions have been subject to much critical analysis in the media and literary world. The book ''[[South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today]]'' includes an essay in which [[East Carolina University]] philosophy professor Henry Jacoby compares Stan's actions and reasoning within the show to the philosophical teachings of [[William Kingdon Clifford]],<ref name="blackwell">[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405161602&site=1 South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901034507/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405161602&site=1 |date=September 1, 2007 }}, Blackwell Publishing, ''Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series'', Retrieved January 21, 2008</ref> and another essay by [[Southern Illinois University]] philosophy professor John S. Gray which references Stan's decision to not vote for either candidate for a school mascot in the [[South Park (season 8)|season eight]] (2004) episode "[[Douche and Turd]]" when describing [[political philosophy]] and the claimed pitfalls of a [[two-party system]].<ref name="blackwell"/> Essays in the books ''[[South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating]]'', ''Blame Canada! South Park and Contemporary Culture'', and ''Taking South Park Seriously'' have also analyzed Stan's perspectives within the framework of popular philosophical, theological, and political concepts.<ref name="seriously"/><ref name="blmp">{{cite book | editor-last = Hanley | editor-first = Richard | title = South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating | publisher = Open Court | date = March 8, 2007 | isbn = 978-0-8126-9613-4}}</ref><ref name="blame">{{cite book | last = Johnson-Woods | first = Toni | title = Blame Canada! South Park and Contemporary Culture | publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group | date = January 30, 2007 | isbn = 978-0-8264-1731-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/blamecanada00toni }}</ref>
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