Team America: World Police is a 2004 puppetry comedy film directed by Trey Parker and written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Pam Brady. The film stars Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa Moyo, Daran Norris, Phil Hendrie, Maurice LaMarche, Jeremy Shada, and Fred Tatasciore. The film follows an international counterterrorism group, who recruits a Broadway actor to assistant in saving the world form Kim Jong Ill in coalition with Islamic terrorists and liberal Hollywood actors. Team America: World Police is a response to the segue of nationalism after 9/11 and a satire of Hollywood blockbusters mocks cliques as well as pro war music that questions and analysis’s America’s role in the world.
The film starts out in France where it states its distance from America which happens for every country. The way the locations state their distance from America showcasing that Americans look down on other countries. The film uses French stereotypes and shows other places as just famous landmarks that are inaccurate as well as foreign languages that are portrayed as nonsense, this shows an ignorance and lack of resect for America. When the terrorists are shown to be in Paris the foreign languages are shown as nonsense showing how America views the world. Team America arrives in Paris as the terrorists open fire and they fight as team America in stopping the terrorists causing more damage as the film mocks American action movies as they go on to destroy famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower. This destruction shows America’s ignorance and a lack of respect when they demolish landmarks. The film asks the question is this carless destruction in the name of American ideas any better than the terrorist acts.
One of the characters ends up dying at the end of this scene by the hands of a terrorist. This satires Hollywood blockbusters and mocks their cliques. The film then switches over to Gary the main characters in the film who is a smuggling actor doing a musical about aids. The irony is that he is said to be a great actor but, he’s not as he meets the force leader Spotswood. From this the film criticises the ignorance of actors thinking there better than everyone else as Gary and the other actor’s position is based on the same blind elitism as team America. Spotswood tells Gary that terrorists want him dead and hat him because he stands for freedom and America is the only thing standing in the way. This idea of America being the best is a response to the serge of nationalism after 9/11. From this nationalism the film examines American’s role in the word and criticises American exceptionalism and America shapes countries to their own standards. There plan is to get an actor to pretend to be a terrorist to infiltrate their organisation. This idea of the normal person being a patriotic hero is a response and criticism to the serge of nationalism after 9/11. The idea of him being an actor satirises Hollywood blockbusters and blockbuster cliques such as pro war music. The secret agents are American archetypes and seemly stupid and pointless. These critics the ignorance of actors thinking there better than everyone else as their position is based on the same blind elitism as team America.
The film makes fun of a post 9/11 world with the supercomputer called intelligence stating this terrorist attack will be 9/11 times hounded. When Gary disguises himself as a terrorist to infiltrate them, this showcases the ignorance of Americans and actors. The film mocks pro war music as Gary contemplates his role as he goes to American monuments. Kim Jong Ill is shown in a stereotypical way talking to terrorists about weapons mass destruction. The weapons of mass destruction angle is a satirical take of a post 9/11 world and with Kim Jong Ill it showcases the fears of north Korea and nuclear weapons. They disguise Gary to look like a terrorist using high tech technology but all they do is colour his face brown and stick black hair to his face and give him the name Acmed. This stereotypical disguise shows how America look down on other countries this disguise shows America’s ignorance and lack of respect. This transformation into a terrorist criticises the ignorance of actors thinking they are better than everyone else as everyone in the film has blind elitism. The film plays the America fuck yeah song as they fly out of mount Rushmore in red, white, and blue planes and helicopters. This over-the-top patriotism shows the serge of nationalism after 9/11, and form this the film satirises Hollywood blockbusters and mocks their cliques. Team America arrive in an inaccurate Egypt with the pyramids and the sphinx together with middle eastern music. The way the location states its distance from America, as inaccurate landmarks, and nonsense foreign language shows how America looks down on other countries and thinks of itself as the masters of the world. Team America get to the terrorist hide out and talks to them using their nonsense speak saying Mohammed jihad by acting. This shows America’s belief in the middle east as stereotypical and is a parody of the cantina sense from Star Wars. This shows the ignorance and lack of respect by America to other cultures. Gary acts using past to lie about the infidel killing his goats making him a Jihad. This satirises the Hollywood blockbusters mocking the cliques and shows the ignorance and lack of respect America has to the rest of the world. the film uses stupid names for streets as they use an Americanised jeep that smashes into stuff to chase down the terrorists, they then launch a missile destroying the pyramids and create mass destruction as they make the terrorists blow up the sphinx with their own explosions. This destruction is a satire of Hollywood blockbusters mocking their cliques. From this destruction the film criticises America’s role in the world shows they are poorly suited to rule and that they look down on other countries. This destruction criticises America’s place in the world showing that Americans are poorly suited to rule, and they look down on other countries. This is shown as other countries are just famous landmarks that are inaccurate and foreign languages are nonsense. This ignorance and lack of respect in further shown as America demolishes world landmarks. America is shown to be just as self-centred as the terrorists, the film asks the question does this carless destruction in the name of American ideas any better than the terrorists act as their mission ironically causes more devastation.
Team Americas actions annoy Hollywood actors who talk about peace corporations and how great the middle east is. From this the film criticises the ignorance of actors thinking there better than everyone else as ironically their position is based on the same blind elitism team America. Kim Jong Ill is portrayed as stereotypical Korean accents talking about weapons of mass destruction as he feeds a UN person to the fishes as he says he will right him an angry letter. This shows a world with post 9/11 fears with North Korea. At the victory party, Gary’s past is revealed in a comedy tragic way, as Gary’s and Lisa’s relationship develops and they have a over the top graphic sex scene, with is a satire of Hollywood blockbusters mocking cliques. The terrorists blow up the Panama Canal is retaliation for team America blowing up Durka Durka Stan in Ciro. This destruction is a response to the segue of nationalism after 9/11. This destruction is a criticism of Americas role in the world and American exceptionalism. This destruction shows that America shapes the world to its standers. This destruction shows that they are poorly suited to the role they are as self-centred as the terrorists as this carless destruction in the name for American ideas is into better than terrorist acts. The actors blame team America for these acts. The film criticises the ignorance of actors thinking they are better than everyone else as their position is based on the same blind elitism as team America. Gary quits team America in the third act break up with is sad dramatic. This satirises Hollywood blockbusters and mocks the cliques with pro war music.
The team gets attacked by terrorists and north Koreans as their interpersonal conflicts and seemingly more important to them than their job. This conflict shows they are self-centred like the terrorists. There destruction in no better then there enemies destruction. Michael Moore blows up the team America base. These protesters are just as self-centred as the terrorists and team America the destruction on both sides is pointless. This also criticises celebrities and the Hollywood elite in that they are better than everyone else as they all have blind elitism. Kim Jong Ill shoots down team America with missiles, which is a response to the serge of nationalism after 9/11, the film also satirises Kim Jon Ill in a post 9/11 satirical world. Gary gets drunk at a bar to the what would you do song, which is a satire of Hollywood blockbusters mocking cliques as well as pro war music. Gary meets a drunk who talks about responsibility, dicks, and pussies as he vomits over the top. This demonstrates the film is a satire of Hollywood blockbusters mocking cliques and over the top war music. Alec Baldwin and all the other actors join together as they know world politics use their influence to change the world. From this they say they will drive hybrid cars stop smoking a rehash talking points and form this they will partner with Kim Jong Un. This partnership criticises the ignorance of actors thinking there better than everyone else as their position is based on the same blind elitism as team America. Team America is being held hostage by Kim Jong Un, he tortures them as he plans an epic 9/11 event, whilst actors are distracted by a peace ceremony which also distracts the world leaders as the missiles will turn everyone into a third world country. This criticises the regime of north Korea in a post 9/11 world. It also criticises these actors thinking there better than everyone else as their position is based on the same blind elitism as team America. The film has a cheesy break up song Gary. References pearl harbour, as the film is a satire of Hollywood blockbusters and mocks cliques as well as pro war music.
Gary returns to the base and meets an injured Spotswood and after regaining his trust he goes trough a training montage sequence, which is a satire of Hollywood blockbusters mocking cliques. The film actors guid arrive in north Korea as they have joined forces to take out Team America and unite the world, but his plan is to trigger the bombs killing them all. This criticises the arrogance of actors thinking there better than everyone else whist blindly joining forces with north Korea having the same blind elitism as team America. Team America are held captive by the actors as Gary breaks them out. This criticises the ignorance of actors thinking they are better than everyone else as their solution is based on the same blind elitism as team America.
Kim Jong Ill is satirised as a power-hungry madman. The actor’s egos are damaged as they can look powerless, as they grab guns as team America walks out action movie style to kill bill music. This scene mocks Hollywood blockbusters and satirises them as well as pro war music. They engage in a gun fight with a bunch of actors. The film criticises actors thinking they are better than everyone else as their position is based on the same blind elitism as Team America. The actors believe that they are helping the world with talk and reasoning making the world a better place. His criticises the ignorance of actors thinking they are better than everyone else as their position is based on the same elitism as team America. The actors try and burn Team America alive as they must live in a time of peace as they fight each other. This criticises the ignorance of actors thinking there better than everyone else but being just as destructive as team America. Gary and Alec Baldwin have an act off criticising self-righteous of both actors and elitism criticising a patriotic post 9/11 America.
Kim Jong Ill than attacks them killing Alec Baldwin as Lisa kicks Kim Jong Ill over the balcony impaling himself on a German delegate’s Pickelhaube, which is criticism of Kim Jong Ill and the north Korean regime. They press the cannel button just in time with one second to spare as Gary and Lisa embrace. Kim Jong Ill transforms into his true self being a cockroach and flies away vowing revenge. This is a criticism of Kim Jong Ill and the north Korean regime. The film ends with Gary and Lisa reunite their relationship as the team reunite preparing to fight the worlds terrorists once again. This ending shows that despite the terrorist attack someone must deal with the real-world repercussions to be cautious but still strong.
Team America: World Police criticises post 9/11 nationalism and satirises the Hollywood elite questioning and analysing America’s role in the world showing that America needs to be a country that is both strong and cautious at the same time.