![]() Stephen warns Butters that the dressage event reminds them of the Cold War and that Butters needs to defeat Solokov. At an equestrian facility, Butters Stotch practices his horse-riding skills in preparation of an upcoming dressage event against a Russian student with the last name Solokov, while his parents Stephen and Linda Stotch, who are concerned for Butters' abilities, boo loudly at Solokov. Mackey responds by sneaking into Principal's office and taking photographs. PC Principal tells Mackey to stop his increasing amount of nuclear safety drills as it appears Mackey has become overly nostalgic for the era. Mackey enters the class and announces an immediate safety drill in case of a nuclear bomb as he ends the drill with some "appropriate '80s music". Garrison tells his fourth-graders that he and his boyfriend Rick got into a fight, while the students are worried about Vladimir Putin. ![]() The episode also references the Cold War-era films WarGames, Red Dawn, and Rocky IV, as well as other aspects of 1980s culture, such as piano neckties and large boomboxes. Mackey's preparation for nuclear war, and Butters Stotch's preparation to compete in a dressage tournament, is the first scripted television episode to reference the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which was launched six days prior. The 315th episode overall of the series, it premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on March 2, 2022. " Back to the Cold War" is the fourth episode of the twenty-fifth season of the American animated television series South Park. ![]()
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