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===''South Park: Mecha-Streisand'' (1998)=== In 1998, Smith voiced an animated version of himself in "[[Mecha-Streisand]]", an episode of ''[[South Park]]'', in which he battles "[[Mechagodzilla|Mecha]] [[Barbra Streisand]]" in "a battle of [[Godzilla]] vs. [[Mothra]] scale"<ref name="never Enough">{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Apter |title=Never Enough: The Story of The Cure |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=London, England |date=2009 |pages=282β3 |isbn=978-1-84772-739-8}}</ref> that completely destroys the town of South Park. Streisand is portrayed as a "calculating, self-centered, egotistical bitch" who wants to conquer the world with an ancient artifact accidentally discovered by [[Eric Cartman]], known as the "Diamond of Pantheos". After film critic [[Leonard Maltin]] and actor [[Sidney Poitier]] transform into [[kaiju]] creatures (based on [[Ultraman]] and [[Gamera]], respectively) to battle Mecha-Streisand, yet ultimately fail to defeat the beast, Robert Smith enters, confident he can defeat Mecha-Streisand, with the help of the boys. To battle Mecha-Streisand, the boys help Smith transform into "Smithra", who has the ability of "robot punch", and ultimately defeats the monster by taking it by the tail and hurling it into space. He offers to "[[roshambo]]" Cartman to get his [[Walkie-Talkie]] back, and immediately kicks Cartman in the groin, causing him to drop the walkie-talkie. At the end of the episode, as Smith walks off into the sunset, [[Kyle Broflovski]] calls out, "''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]'' is the best album ever!" and Cartman adds, "Robert Smith kicks ass!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/2is3yp/south-park-disintegration-rules |title=''Disintegration Rules''|date=19 February 1998 }}</ref> To date, he is one of only a few celebrities to be portrayed in a universally positive way on the show. At the time, the episode brought ''South Park'' its highest ratings to date, with approximately 3,208,000 viewers; about 40,000 more than tuned into [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Prime Time Live]]''. [[Comedy Central]]'s debut screening in February 1998 marked the first time a cable station had beaten one of the [[Big Three television networks]] during prime time viewing,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chainofflowers.com/feb98.htm |title=''Chain of Flowers'' News Archive: February 1998 |website=Chainofflowers.com |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> and "Robert Smith Kicks Ass" T-shirts were reportedly "doing a healthy trade among Cure fans" soon afterwards.<ref name="never Enough"/> Smith later described the impact of the episode on his nieces and nephews to [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]]: "Being in ''South Park'' has made a huge impact on their lives. Now that I'm a cartoon character I'm fully accepted into their world."<ref>Malins, Steve, "Robert Smith β Cash For Questions", ''Q'', February 2000.</ref> He told Belgian magazine ''Humo'': {{cquote|When my nephews had seen that, they worshipped me, but [kept] asking: What is a disintegration, uncle Bob? I simply answered it was something I had made a long time ago. Still funny how everything I do β travel, experiencing so many things, having interesting meetings, making good-selling records β means nothing to them while since my appearance in ''South Park'' I'm immortal and famous to them .... Bastards.<ref>Simonart, Serge, "The Bats in the head of Robert 'THE CURE' Smith are ok", ''Humo'', 23 February 2000.</ref>}} Interviewed by [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]'s [[Brian Molko]] for ''Les Inrockuptibles'' magazine, Smith said that ''South Park'' creators [[Trey Parker]] and [[Matt Stone]] sent him the script, but deliberately left some portions blank "to keep the surprise". He said, "They didn't want anybody to know, they wanted to shock. When I saw myself, I found it surrealistic."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Brian |last=Molko |author-link=Brian Molko |title=A Cure ouvert |magazine=Les Inrockuptibles |date=November 2001}}</ref> In another interview set up by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Smith told [[Fall Out Boy]] bassist [[Pete Wentz]] that the "''Disintegration'' is the best album ever!" scene was one of his "greatest moments in life"<ref name="Idol Chatter"/> and described the process: {{cquote|I stayed up all night and went into this radio station and recorded my words down a phone line. I had no idea what it was all about. I had one of them on the other end of the line directing me, saying, "Please sound more like Robert Smith. Come on!" About six months later I saw it and I was completely thrown by what they had done with it.<ref name="Idol Chatter">{{cite magazine |first=Gilbert |last=Cruz |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1562674_3,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122131258/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1562674_3,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2013 |title=Idol Chatter |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 8, 2007 |access-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref>}}
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