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From South Park, owned by Comedy Central.

This picture is being used in Wikipedia's article for the South Park episode Hell on Earth 2006. Although it's subject to copyright, the editors of Wikipedia, among them myself (Michaelas10) in particular, feel that it is covered by US fair use laws because:

• It is a low resolution still image.
• It is used here for purely encyclopedic and informational purposes.
• It does not harm the copyright owner commercially.
• No freely-licensed alternative is available.

Furthermore, we believe this image is important to the article because:

• It contributes significantly to the article by illustrating an important point of the plot which created controversy and is discussed inside the article.

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