<P> An Entertainment Weekly magazine cover is shown with the headline, "We're STILL Remembering Michael Jackson", a reference to the extremely large amount of media coverage surrounding the then - recent death of pop singer Michael Jackson . During one scene, Stan frightens off a group of Japanese whalers by uncovering a large statue of Godzilla, the famous Japanese movie monster . During the episode Kyle, Kenny and Cartman are shown performing Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face" on the video game Rock Band . On March 16, 2010, Rock Band developer Harmonix released this version of the song (along with the original version) as downloadable content for the game . </P> <P> "Whale Whores" was controversial and received mixed reviews . Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly described the criticism of the save - the - whales conservationists as a "delightfully savage ridicule". Brian Jacks of MTV complimented the show's focus on whale conservation, writing, "Leave it to the hard - hitting folks at South Park to do more for conservationism than fifteen cable reality shows put together ." Josh Modell of The A.V. Club's said the episode was unfunny and mocked a television series that was "culturally insignificant" and not particularly well - known . Modell wrote, "The show's star, Paul Watson, seems to have really pissed off South Park's creators Parker and Stone (...) Fine, but could you make me laugh a few times while you beat me over the head with information about a guy that I couldn't care less about?" </P> <P> Ramsey Isler of IGN called "Whale Whores" an entertaining episode, but said the episode could have provided more meaningful satire and did not explain the whaling issue very well, especially considering the show's target audience was probably unfamiliar with it . Isler praised some of the individual jokes revolving around the Japanese attacks, and called Cartman's "Poker Face" rendition a classic South Park moment, but dismissed the Enola Gay twist as "stupid". Carlos Delgado of iF Magazine said "South Park swung and missed" with "Whale Whores". Delgado said many of the jokes were random and "weird", particularly the Enola Gay twist and the Japanese kamikaze attacks . </P> <P> Paul Watson said he was not offended by his portrayal in the episode, and was glad "Whale Whores" brought the issue of dolphin and whale slaughter to a large audience, as well as the role of the Japanese in the deaths . Watson said, "It's a tough situation we are in . We can't hurt the whalers and we have to stay within the boundaries of the law in opposing illegal whaling operations . If that makes us pussies, so be it . It's better than being portrayed as killers ." Watson said the episode failed to portray that his actions have hurt Japanese profits from whaling, but that the episode demonstrated how successful Whale Wars and the Sea Shepherd has been . </P>

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