Randy sends Stan to his room, where he finds Tom Cruise waiting. When Stan comments that Cruise's acting is okay but not as good as others', Cruise despairs and locks himself in Stan's closet.

Thomas "Tom" Cruise Mapother IV is a Hollywood actor who is a heavy advocate for the Church of Scientology. He is the main focus, along with Scientology as a whole, of the Season Nine episode, "Trapped in the Closet". He was also the main celebrity suing the town of South Park in the Season Fourteen episodes, "200" and "201".

2005年3月16日 · John Travolta joins Tom Cruise in the closet. When hippie drum circles start popping up in people's attics and backyards the citizens of South Park have no choice but to turn to Eric Cartman for help. The boys negotiate Wing onto "The Contender."

2023年12月31日 · The South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet" created controversy due to its portrayal of Scientology and Tom Cruise.

In the episode, Tom Cruise and all other celebrities who have been mocked by residents of South Park in the past plan to file a class action lawsuit against the town, but Cruise promises to end the lawsuit if the town can get the Islamic prophet Muhammad to meet him.

2005年11月16日 · John Travolta, Tom Cruise and other Scientologists go to South Park to convince Stan to be their leader, but when Stan makes disparaging remarks about Cruise's acting, the movie star locks himself inside a bedroom closet.

Upon entering his room, Stan encounters Tom Cruise, who asks him what he thought of his movies. Stan's callous opinion of his acting upsets Cruise, who subsequently locks himself in Stan's closet, resulting in the running joke of "Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet!"

Tom Cruise is one of the only celebrities South Park has mocked to attempt to take real-world action against the show - he pressured Viacom to pull "Trapped in the Closet" from the airwaves, or else not promote his upcoming film Mission Impossible 3 and temporarily succeeded.

With R. Kelly narrating the action from outside, Nicole Kidman steps in to try her hand at getting Tom Cruise out of the closet.

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, widely known as Tom Cruise, is a major antagonist of the animated TV series South Park, serving as a major antagonist of the Season 9 episode "Trapped in the Closet" and the secondary antagonist of the Season 14 duology "200/201".