Talk:Tolkien Black

The characters name is Token

His name being Tolken is was a joke, his name was and is actually Token Black, as in the Token black character. 2600:8800:2221:F500:ACB1:A65B:7AAA:C48C (talk) 10:58, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

At the very least it should be mentioned in the article that his name was Token until “The Big Fix”. Imagine offline (talk) 04:27, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

what joke? it was always Tolkien since his debut 2600:100F:B1B8:CB94:832:A291:C83A:421F (talk) 23:03, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

People like you are why folks rip on Wikipedia as a reliable source. 207.29.239.49 (talk) 04:13, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

It’s a retcon, of course: His name was shown spelled "Token" at least once (girls' club meetings, making ranking lists of all the boys, cannot remember what episode that was). Tuvalkin (talk) 19:21, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

The idea that this is a true “retcon” is absurd. The character refers to himself as Token in the episode where he makes a reality TV show about morbidly obese Cartman and his new Rascal scooter. His show “Fatty Poo Poo” is clearly stated to be a “Token Black Production”. I think the entire “retcon” is simply Matt and Trey taking yet another clever shot at wokeism. 2603:6080:4D00:D4:58DD:D9E3:25B2:4EEB (talk) 03:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

The joke is the retcon itself. Whether the name is Token or Tolkien just depends on how far the joke is taken, and we're talking about South Park, so there is no telling. The show being a low-latency social commentary, it's likely the joke is inspired by things like the Roald Dahl revision controversy. -- 68.2.171.3 (talk) 05:28, 6 September 2024 (UTC)