TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE - INTRO

Team America: World Police is a 2004 puppetry comedy film directed by Trey Parker, with a screenplay written by Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady. Parker and Stone also star alongside Kristen Miller, Masasa Moyo, Daran Norris, Phil Hendrie, Maurice LaMarche, Jeremy Shada, and Fred Tatasciore. A satire of action film archetypes. The film intertwines puppetry and miniature effects in a manner similar to Supermarionation, known for its use in the television series Thunderbirds. Team America, an international organization dedicated to counterterrorism, defeats a group of Islamic terrorists in Paris, accidentally destroying the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and the Louvre in the process. The team includes Lisa, an idealistic psychologist; her love interest Carson; Sarah, a psychic; Joe, a jock who is in love with Sarah; and Chris, a martial arts expert who harbors a hatred towards actors. Carson proposes to Lisa, but a terrorist kills him in the middle of the act. NOTE: The song "Only a Woman" was by Trey Parker. The cobblestone streets in Paris are made of croissants.