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It was quite funny. I like all the wrestling characters they created, like Cartman's girl who's had fourteen abortions before the age of ten. I thought having Vince McMahon appear at the end was a huge missed opportunity, howerever. They writers are obviously familiar with WWE, but he sounded nothing like the real Vince, and the real vince is RIPE for parody. OH WELL.
Several episodes focused on the detainment of two members of the Sea Shepherd crew. Paul Watson had asked Potts and Lane to board the Yushin Maru in an attempt to create an international incident through their expected detainment.[7][8] The detainment was cause for concern between the governments of Australia and Japan.[9]
Paul Watson faked being shot by the Japanese crew or coast guard personnel during the campaign in an effort to create media drama.[citation needed] Watson is well known for resorting to fabrication and deceit in order to further his cause.[citation needed] The incident is heavily documented during the show in the final episode, and the first six episodes are covered as a buildup to what is portrayed as the major incident during the campaign. The footage in "Whale Wars" shows Watson standing on the deck of the Steve Irwin while Sea Shepherd crew throws stink bombs made of glass bottles filled with butyric acid at the Nisshin Maru whaling vessel.[10] The Japanese respond by throwing flashbang devices. Watson is then shown reaching inside his jacket and bullet-proof vest and remarking "I've been hit." Back inside the bridge of the Steve Irwin, a metal fragment is found inside the vest.[11] The Australian Foreign Affairs Department condemned the incident.[12] The Japanese claimed that Watson staged the incident in an attempt to win public and government sympathy and approval for the Sea Shepherd campaign.