"Trapped in the Closet" is the twelfth episode of the ninth season of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on November 16, 2005. The plot of the episode centers on the South Park character Stan Marsh, as he joins Scientology in an attempt to find something "fun and free". After the discovery of his surprisingly high "thetan levels", he is recognized as the reincarnation of the founder of the church, L. Ron Hubbard. Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef, quit the show shortly before the start of the tenth season. The reason for his departure, as reported by Matt Stone, was due to his faith in Scientology and this episode, which—despite initially supporting the show's satirical take on several talk shows—he claimed was very offensive. "Trapped in the Closet" was nominated for an Emmy Award in July 2006, in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) category in July 2006, but lost to The Simpsons episode "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story". The episode was featured among Comedy Central's list of "10 South Parks That Changed The World", spoofed by Conan O'Brien in the opening segment of the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, and mentioned in the Scientology critique film, The Bridge.

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1311: The Catalan Company defeated Walter V of Brienne in the Battle of Halmyros and took control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halmyros)

1877: Cricketers representing England and Australia began the first match in Test cricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Test_cricket_from_1877_to_1883)

1917: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to abdicate in the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia)

1939: Nazi German troops began their occupation of Czechoslovakia and established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia)

1988: Iran–Iraq War: Iraqi forces began attacking the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons, killing up to 5,000 people. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halabja_poison_gas_attack)

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bourgeois: Of or related to the middle class, especially its attitudes and conventions. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bourgeois)

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