plot of "Scott Tenorman Must Die" has been compared to that of the Shakespeare tragedy Titus Andronicus, in which the humiliated protagonist also exacts revenge by feeding his enemies their own relatives. Some authors viewed the episode as not only an allusion to the violent Shakespearean tragedy, but an actual retelling of it. Reception and impact "Scott Tenorman Must Die" is one of the most acclaimed episodes of South Park, and, according to Stone, is one of the show's most notorious episodes. On IMDb, "Scott Tenorman Must Die" has the highest user rating of any South Park episode and one of the highest user ratings of any television episode. It was named one of the best sitcom episodes of all time by Vulture, one of the best sitcom episodes since 1990 by The A.V. Club, and one of the best TV episodes of the 21st century by The Plain Dealer. It has also topped several best-of lists for South Park episodes, including those by IGN, Variety, Kotaku, Boston.com, and The Ringer. The episode was included in the top five of lists of the best South Park episodes published by The Telegraph and TechRadar, and was called one of the show's best episodes of all time by Time and The Verge. Digital Spy and Special Broadcasting Service listed "Scott Tenorman Must Die" as one of the most controversial South Park episodes. Rolling Stone listed Cartman feeding Scott Tenorman his own parents as the second best South Park moment, calling the episode "the perfect high-low amalgamation of the show's ability to be both shocking and brilliant at the same time", and IGN named Cartman describing Scott Tenorman's tears as "yummy" his best line from the show. Parker and Stone chose the episode as one of their eleven favorites in 2003, and one of their ten favorites in 2006. Fans voted the episode into the 2nd place in a major 2011 South Park vote held under the "Year of the Fan" promotion. The events of this episode are given new meaning in the season fourteen episode "201," in which Scott returns as the leader of the Ginger Separatist Movement, revealing to Cartman that, while researching his revenge upon Cartman, Scott learned that his own father Jack Tenorman (a fictional Denver Broncos right tackle) had fathered Cartman with Cartman's promiscuous mother Liane. This means that Cartman is responsible for his own father's death and