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how society perceives them as a religious group. In an episode of Johnny Bravo, Johnny goes to live with the Amish and experiences their way of life and is appalled by the only fun activity being that of churning butter. The cartoon line could follow with South Park, where Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny go on a field trip to a fake Amish village where the “Amish” try to remain in character, even when people ion black suits attack them. This satirizes their theatrical appearance and way of life, which is so alien to mainstream America that they perceive it as a reenactment, similar to the Colonial Williamsburg of today. The long line of outsiders experiencing the life of the Amish in pop culture includes Family Guy and the famous Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley movie For Richer or Poorer. The conclusion is often that there is a charm of the simple life and people in the Amish community experience things that they cannot in the estranged society they come from. However, even if they learn to accept that way of life, it usually surfaces that they do not belong there and must return to where they came from.