Good Times with Weapons

"Good Times with Weapons"
South Park episode
The boys in their ninja personae
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 1
Directed by	Trey Parker
Written by	Trey Parker
Production code	801
Original air date	March 17, 2004 (2004-03-17)
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"Good Times with Weapons" is the first episode of the eighth season of the American animated series South Park and the 112th episode of the series. It originally aired on March 17, 2004. In the episode, the boys are transformed into Japanese warriors after they buy martial arts weapons at a local market. Their sworn enemy, Professor Chaos, confronts them and a highly stylized battle ensues. The episode's animation routinely switches from the usual cutout-and-solid-color style to a highly stylized anime theme.

This was the first episode with April Stewart as the bulk of the female characters following Eliza Schneider's departure. The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker. In 2015, he and co-creator Matt Stone listed it as their second favorite episode of the series.^[1] The episode was rated TV-MA L in the United States.