In this episode Watson is depicted in a physically repulsive way, with his shirt too small that it shows half his fat stomach. He is also mocked for his controversial methods of lying to his audience to get as much media attention as possible and thinking it is alright to do as just as long as it serves his cause.
"When faced with a Japanese whaling ship, he does not dare to face them upfront. Instead, he suggests that the Whale Wars crew beat themselves up and lie about being attacked so as to cause trouble for the Japanese."
Later on. Stan steps up for what he is truly passionate about and decides to shoot the Japanese ship. This causes Stan to become more capable and popular.
The fact that Whale Wars gains more viewers after Stan becomes captain of the Whale Wars crew because of his violent tactics shows the irony of the tendency in Whale Wars, and many activists on television in general, to exploit violence for money, self-interest and viewer-ship.
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In this episode Japanese portrayed as crazy and silly. This reflects the views of Americans who perceive them to be stupid, cruel, heartless and unreasonable. This insinuates the level of cultural sensitivity is low, for example when Eric laughs at the sad scenes of the Japanese at war.
Towards the end, Stan presents the Prime Minister with an doctored version of the original photo with a chicken and a cow in the Enola Gay instead of the whale and dolphin. The Japanese immediately believe this and begin to slaughter the chickens and cows instead! (This once again emphasizes that the Americans believe Japanese are stupid!) Finally, as Randy congratulates Stan for making the Japanese "normal, like us." This suggests that the Americans are trying to impose their idea of 'norm' onto others and that it is justified to kill chickens and cows.
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