'' South Park '' had previously parodied Scientology in a spoof at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards . The MTV short was titled " The Gauntlet " and included " John Travolta and the Church of Scientology " arriving in a spaceship to defeat Russell Crowe ( as a gladiator ) and attempt to recruit the boys into Scientology . Travolta , along with his fellow Scientologists , was depicted as a Psychlo , as he appeared in the film '' Battlefield Earth '' . They had also made fun of Scientology in an earlier episode , titled " Super Best Friends " , in which David Blaine formed his own cult , called " Blaintology " . Parker and Stone have acknowledged that this is meant to be a reference to Scientology
2000 MTV Movie Awards
2000 MTV Movie Awards
Trapped in the Closet (South Park)