Editing Trapped in the Closet (section) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in!==Pop Culture References== ===Shout Outs=== The episode's title is taken from the 22-part music video/soap opera Trapped in the Closet, created by rapper R. Kelly. Just as he does in the series, he sing-narrates everything he does here. The scene in Stan's bedroom with R. Kelly, Travolta, and Cruise is a particularly awesome parody of Episode I & II of the music videos. In the opening scene, the boys are talking about the trading cards they just bought -- Kyle's pumped that he got a "Jake Plummer" and Cartman's bummed that he got a "crappy A.J. Feeley." Both are professional players in NFL. Stan's bedroom also has a ton of Denver Broncos paraphernalia in this episode, including a poster of John Elway. When Tom Cruise pleadingly asks "L. Ron" (Stan) how his acting is, Stan says "he's OK" -- he's not as good as Leonardo DiCaprio, Gene Hackman, or that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), but he's OK. During a re-telling of the Scientology origin story, the words "This is what Scientologists actually believe" appear under the action. This is to avoid the sorts of misunderstandings generated during "All About Mormons" when a completely accurate retelling of the story of Mormonism seemed so absurd that some viewers thought Matt and Trey made it up. All of what's shown here -- the Dianetics book, personality tests, "auditing," "thetan levels," etc. -- stays true to the Scientology religion. Furthermore, the Scientology Celebrity Center seen here is modeled after the very real, equally massive mansion of the same name in Los Angeles. It's also true that L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer. ===Pwn'd=== A number of celebrities get the royal treatment in this episode. Most notably Tom Cruise, a famous advocate of Scientology, who is portrayed here as a highly-emotional, somewhat delusional person. John Travolta (also a famous Scientologist) doesn't fare much better -- he runs around screaming "oh my God!" repeatedly and eventually refuses to come out of the closet as well. R. Kelly and Nicole Kidman (Cruise's one-time wife) also get a nod here. So does "author" and "prophet" L. Ron Hubbard. Summary: Please note that all contributions to South Park Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see South Park Wiki:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)