The Official South Park Thread

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For nearly a decade, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have proven that a little construction paper can go a long way. South Park tells the everyday misadventures of four 8-year-old boys living in a small redneck town in Colorado. Since its debut on Comedy Central in 1997 (and the bootleg episode "The Spirit of Christmas" before that), the series has earned Parker and Stone millions from video sales, soundtrack CDs, collectible merchandise and the 1999 box-office sleeper hit South Park (Bigger Longer & Uncut).

And is the show coming to an end? Not at all. Season 9 is already on air on Comedy Central, while your local TV station is playing reruns of past episodes. With that in mind, let's talk about South Park.

First off, what was your most memorable South Park episode?

Edited February 13, 2006 by areaseven

[Die, Alien Scum!]

While there have been some real crappy episodes (the one where the kids had a school TV news show was just awful), there have been far more good ones. One of my favorites is where Cartman's hand becomes the new Jennifer Lopez and he wakes up to find Ben Asslick naked in his bed. That had classic lines like, "Oooh, Ben Affleck spooge!" and "Taco-flavored kisses for my Ben!" And I always seem to find myself watching "Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" when it comes on Comedy Central's Secret Stash.

Terrance: Philip, you're a dirty pig-f**ker!

Philip: Now Terrance, why would you say that?!

Terrance: Well, because you f**k pigs!

Philip: (after a short pause) Oh yeah!

Both: Hahahahahahahaha!

Ah... mindless toilet humor is great!

[JsARCLIGHT]

I used to love the show, but in hindsight it was the shock value that I loved. The new episodes are good enough in their own light but now that the shock value has worn off the show is not much more than a soapbox that Parker and Stone can yell at the country from. It's sad to say but I usually agree with every single thing they bring up on that show... the issues and topics they cover, and the way they so blatantly abuse both sides of them just make you laugh. South Park's biggest strength these days is it's ability to be topical right away.

My favorite episode to this day is still "Cartman gets an Anal Probe", AKA the first episode. I have never laughed so hard at South Park until the movie came out.

"NO KITTY THIS IS MY POT PIE!"

I think one massive down side of South Park is that you just can't re-watch it and have that same laugh... it's never as funny the second time through... which speaks to the shock factor again.

[areaseven]

My favorite episode to this day is still "Cartman gets an Anal Probe", AKA the first episode. I have never laughed so hard at South Park until the movie came out.

"NO KITTY THIS IS MY POT PIE!"

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Did you watch the episode where the kids tried to prevent Steven Spielberg from altering Raiders of the Lost Ark into a Special Edition? Before the commercial break, Trey and Matt plugged in a "Special Edition" release of the show's first episode.

"For instance, in the scene at the bus stop, we always meant to have Imperial Walkers and giant Dewback lizards in the background, but simply couldn't afford it." - Trey Parker

[Zentrandude]

Toss up between the terminator spoof and the boy band.

gonna fingerbang you into my life, gonna fingerbang you all though the night, finger bang bang, fingerbang

[areaseven]

Here are some memorable episodes (in order of season)

Season 1

101: "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" - For the hardcore South Park fan, "The Spirit of Christmas" started it all. But for everyone else, this episode introduced the world to this beloved show.

102: "Weight Gain 4000" - "Beefcake! BEEFCAKE!!!"

103: "Volcano" - Remember, kids: in the event of a volcano, Duck and Cover.

104: "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" - 1998 Emmy Nominee. George Clooney guest stars as Stan's dog Sparky, who seeks refuge at Big Gay Al's Animal Sanctuary after being oppressed as a gay dog.

105: "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" - What? You never heard that song by Loverboy? "Pig and elephant DNA just don't splice!"

106: "Death" - Stan's grandfather turns 102 and he wishes to die. He starts harassing Stan into killing him. Meanwhile, Kyle's mom gets the adults to boycott Terrance & Phillip's show.

107: "Pinkeye" - The first Halloween episode. Stupid, but hilarious.

108: "Damien" - All hell breaks loose in school when the son of Satan arrives, issuing a challenge by Satan to Jesus in the final battle between good and evil. Guest starring world-famous ring announcer Michael Buffer.

109: "Starvin' Marvin" - The kids donate $5 to an Ethiopian relief fund so they can get a free sports watch. Instead, they get an Ethiopian kid. Meanwhile, Dr. Mephesto's turkey experiment goes wrong, and flocks of turkeys threaten the town.

110: "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo" - "Howdy Ho!"

111: "Tom's Rhinoplasty" - Natasha Henstridge guest stars as substitute teacher Miss Ellen. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison undergoes a rhinoplasty (nose job, FYI) that turns him into David Hasselhoff.

112: "Mecha-Streisand" - Barbra Streisand unleashes her rage towards South Park. The kids must seek help from Robert Smith (himself), Leonard Maltin and Sidney Poitier to stop the mechanical beast.

113: "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty slurm" - Cartman goes to Mephesto to find out who impregnated his mom at the Drunken Barn Dance. The problem is that there wasn't anyone who didn't make out with her on that night. Guest starring Jay Leno as Kitty.

Season 2

201: "Terrance & Phillip in Not Without My Anus" - The episode itself isn't memorable; just the impact it made as the opener for Season 2, as viewers were anticipating the answer to who Cartman's father was.

202: "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty slurm" - Mephesto gets shot, Cartman sings "Come Sail Away" on fast-forward, and the townsfolk eat Eric Roberts for dinner.

203: "Chickenlover" - Officer Barbrady reveals his illiteracy and deputizes the kids to help him find a serial chicken rapist.

204: "Ike's Wee Wee" - Kyle is overjoyed about Ike's Bris - until he finds out exactly what the Rabbi will do to Ike.

205: "Conjoined Fetus Lady" - South Park Elementary battles China in the World Dodgeball Tournament. Meanwhile, the town is made aware of Nurse Gollum, who has a dead fetus stuck on her head.

206: "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" - For their school essay on Vietnam, the kids gather war stories from Uncle Jimbo and Ned. Not believing their essay, Mr. Garrison gives them an F-, so the kids attempt to get back at Jimbo and Ned by sending them fake videos of a deadly frog for their public access show Hunting & Killing. Meanwhile, Jesus & Pals undergoes a makeover to compete with Jimbo and Ned's show.

207: "City on the Edge of Forever" - On their way back home from a field trip, all the kids' lives are on the line when the school bus goes off course and hangs on the edge of a cliff. While Miss Crabtree goes out to get help, the kids recall their past adventures - only mixed with ice cream and sticky situations.

209: "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" - When independent filmmakers set up their festival in South Park, the organic food craze takes over the town and threatens the existence of Mr. Hankey.

210: "Chickenpox" - When the parents learn that getting chicken pox at a young age is better than getting it later, they have Kyle, Stan and Cartman sleep over at Kenny's place. When Kyle notices that he's the only one not infected by the disease, he discovers a conspiracy staged by all the parents.

212: "Clubhouses" - The kids play truth or dare with the girls, while Stan tries to cope with his parents' divorce.

213: "Cow Days" - Right before Cartman participates in a rodeo tournament, he hits his head hard, making him think he's a Vietnamese whore.

214: "Chef Aid" - Chef is sued for harassing a record label. Johnnie Cochran uses the Chewbacca defense on court, which doesn't make sense. Cartman does the German dance. And music artists like Meat Loaf, Elton John and Ozzy Osbourne gather for a concert to raise $2 million for Chef.

216: "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson" - Stan runs away from home and joins the kids on a trip to Nebraska to celebrate Christmas with Cartman's family. Then, one night, Cartman's uncle and Charles Manson break out of jail and hang around the house.

217: "Gnomes" - When Mr. Garrison's career is on the line, he has the kids do a report on current events. They're partnered with Tweek, a kid with ADD and an addiction to coffee, as his father runs the local coffee shop. Feeling threatened by a corporate coffee shop, Tweek's father gives the kids a report on hostile corporate takeovers while Tweek goes paranoid about gnomes stealing his underpants.

Season 3

301: "Rainforest, Schmainforest" - The kids are forced to join a choir group on a trip to Costa Rica. But when their guide gets eaten by a snake, the group ends up captured by a tribe of pygmies. Guest starring Jennifer Aniston as Mrs. Stevens.

302: "Spontaneous Combustion" - When Kenny explodes for no apparent reason, everyone in town is concerned for their own sakes. The Mayor appoints Stan's dad Randy to find the cause of sudden explosions that have occurred. Meanwhile, Kyle tries to find a solution to his dad's manhood problem.

303: "The Succubus" - Chef has left the school cafeteria to get married to a woman named Veronica. But when the kids learn about Veronica's dark secret, they must crash Chef's wedding and save him before he becomes her next victim. Meanwhile. Cartman has to wear glasses.

304: "Tweek vs. Craig" - The kids try to stage a fight between Tweek and Craig, yet the two don't know whether or not they should fight. Meanwhile, shop class teacher Mr. Adler has recurring nightmares about a woman he never said goodbye to.

306: "Sexual Harassment Panda" - A mascot encourages all the kids to become lawsuit-happy, suing the hell out of the school with the aid of Kyle's dad Gerald.

307: "Cat Orgy"* - Cartman's mom hires Shelly to babysit him while she attends a party. Things go bad when Shelly invites her 22-year-old boyfriend and his band in the house. Meanwhile, Kitty is in heat and lures all the town's stray cats into Cartman's house.

308: "Two Men Naked in a Hot Tub"* - Stan is dragged into a party and locked in a basement with Pip, Butters and Dougie. Meanwhile, at the meteor shower party, Kyle and Stan's dads decide to experiment in the hot tub.

310: "Chinpokomon" - 2000 Emmy Nominee. The latest anime/game/toy craze from Japan brainwashes the kids into doing the Japanese Emperor's bidding to destroy America. But rest assured, Americans have big, gigantic penises.

311: "Starvin' Marvin in Space" - When Starvin' Marvin discovers an alien spaceship, he uses it in hopes of moving his family to a better planet. But he needs the help of the South Park gang, as the CIA and crooked televangelists want that ship.

312: "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" - The third Halloween special features none other than the band Korn, as they help the kids solve the mystery of pirate ghosts (or is it ghost pirates?) and Kyle's grandmother's missing corpse.

315: "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" - From "The Dreidel Song" to "Christmas Time in Hell" to a duet with Santa and Jesus, Mr. Hankey hosts a musical spectacular your parents don't want you to hear.

316: "Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus." - Cartman gets his period, while the town seeks answers from Jesus on what's to happen in the year 2000.

317: "World Wide Recorder Concert (The Brown Noise)" - Mr. Garrison reveals that he was never sexually abused by his father. Meanwhile, the class participates with a million other school kids in playing "My Country 'tis of Thee" on recorder - and Cartman has discovered the note that triggers bowel movements.

* These two episodes and episode 309: "Jewbilee" occur at the same time.

Season 4

401: "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" - When Cartman throws a rock at Token, he's sent to juvenile hall for committing a hate crime. There, he meets Romper Stomper, the resident gang lord.

404: "Timmy 2000" - The class has a new student in the form of a retarded kid named Timmy. Apparently, he's been diagnosed with ADD, and so are the rest of the class. So all the kids take Ritalin, and it doesn't take long for them to get high on it. (In the case of Cartman, he gets hallucinations of a Christina Aguilera bug.) Meanwhile, Timmy becomes the lead singer of Skyler's band, and they shortly outstage Phil Collins.

406: "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" - Seeking mature people to socialize with, Cartman joins NAMBLA, not knowing that the organization is a group of pedophiles. Meanwhile, Kenny's parents are considering another child, and that has him pissed.

407: "Cherokee Hair Tampons" - Kyle is dying and needs a new kidney. Unfortunately, the only matching donor is Cartman, and he doesn't want to give his kidney up. Guest starring Cheech & Chong.

408: "Chef Goes Nanners" - Chef protests the South Park flag while Wendy falls in love with Cartman.

409: "Something You Can Do With Your Finger" - Cartman is convinced that forming a boy band will bring the kids success. However, Stan's dad Randy is completely against it due to a horrible past.

410: "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" - Priest Maxi convinces the kids to go to church and confess their sins. Then he goes too far by claiming that the Jews and the handicapped will go to hell. Meanwhile, in hell, Satan is adjusting to his life with his new spouse Chris when Saddam Hussein returns. Where did you think he'd go? Detroit?

411: "Probably" - When the kids discover Priest Maxi's dark secret behind the confessional booth, Cartman becomes an evangelist. Meanwhile, back in hell, Satan seeks help from God for an answer to his dilemma between Chris and Saddam.

412: "Fourth Grade" - With Mr. Garrison in hiding, the kids have to cope with a new teacher in the form of Miss Choksondik. They seek help from two college geeks to make a time machine and return to the third grade.

413: "Trapper Keeper" - Cartman gets a Trapper Keeper that possesses him and severely mutates him - AKIRA-style! Meanwhile, Ike enters Kindergarten, and Mr. Garrison has a problem deciding on who should be class president.

414: "Helen Keller! The Musical" - For Thanksgiving, the fourth grade class is preparing a stage musical adaptation of the Helen Keller story with Timmy in the lead role. Now all they need is a turkey that can jump on a flaming hoop.

415: "Fat Camp" - Cartman gets sent to a weight management camp while Kenny gets paid to do stupid stunts.

416: "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" - When Kyle falsifies a claim that his parents molested him, all the other kids follow suit, resulting in all the parents and teachers going to jail and the rest of the adults deserting South Park. A few days later, a married couple wind up in town to discover it being overrun by children.

417: "A Very Crappy Christmas" - Lack of interest in Christmas has hurt the town's economy. So the kids borrow $300 from the mayor to make an animated short entitled "The Spirit of Christmas," in hopes that South Park will once again celebrate the Holiday Season.

Season 5

501: "Scott Tenorman Must Die" - Probably the most f'd-up episode. Cartman tries to get back at teenager Scott Tenorman, who sold him some pubic hair for $10. Guest starring the members of Radiohead.

502: "It Hits the Fan" - When the s-word is said 162 times in one episode, how can you forget it?

503: "Cripple Fight" - When Big Gay Al is kicked out as scout leader in favor of a neurotic pedophile, the kids stage a protest to get Al reinstated. The protest, however, goes completely out of hand when Jimmy and Timmy brawl at a back alley.

504: "Super Best Friends" - When magician David Blaine forms a religious cult, Stan seeks help from Jesus, who assembles the Super Best Friends to save Washington, DC, from Blaine's magic.

505: "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" - The kids propose to get Terrance and Phillip for the town's Earth Day festival. However, the Canadian duo have not been in good terms for years.

506: "Cartmanland" - After inheriting $1 million from the passing of his great-grandmother, Cartman spends it all on purchasing North Park Funland - all to himself with no visitors allowed. Suffering from a bad hemorrhoid, Kyle starts doubting the existence of God as Cartman continues to spoil himself everyday.

508: "Towelie" - In order to keep Cartman from knowing what a tampon is, Stan's mom buys the kids the latest video game system. Then, without warning, the game console is taken by an unknown organization - all because the kids came in contact with a talking towel that's high on weed.

509: "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" - 2002 Emmy Nominee. The kids send money to children in war-stricken Afghanistan. In return, they receive a goat. Seeing that no one wants the goat, they load it aboard a military plane bound for Afghanistan - only to have themselves locked in. Not to mention that Cartman just farted.

510: "How to Eat With Your Butt" - Cartman attempts to pull the ultimate prank by having Kenny wear his parka upside down and have the school photographer unknowingly take a picture of his butt. But when he has the local dairy publish the picture on milk cartons, an unusual-looking couple from Wisconsin mistake the prank for their long-lost son.

511: "The Entity" - Kyle's cousin Kyle drops by from the East Coast to live with his family, and it doesn't take long for the kids to realize how annoying he is. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison invents "It," an alternative to waiting in line at the airport.

512: "Here Comes the Neighborhood" - After being ripped on for being rich, Token invites all the rich black celebrities to move to South Park. Then he realizes he can't even fit in with Will Smith and Diddy's kids. At the same time, the rest of the townsfolk are uncomfortable with celebs like Bill Cosby and Oprah moving in.

513: "Kenny Dies" - After stumbling upon a truck wreck, Cartman tries to cash in on a cache of aborted fetuses. And after getting killed on every episode, Kenny dies for good (at least for one whole season). Oh yeah, and Cartman sings "Heat of the Moment" in front of Congress.

514: "Butters' Very Own Episode" - Butters has one f'd-up family.

Season 6

601: "Freak Strike" - When the kids see that genetically deformed people are winning prizes on The Maury Povich Show, they get Butters to wear fake balls on his chin and pretend to be a freak. Things go awry when the real freaks go on strike after Maury decides to stop featuring them in favor of out-of-control kids.

602: "Jared Has Aides" - Jared from Subway makes a visit to South Park and reveals his little secret to losing weight. Meanwhile, the kids get Butters to gain weight so he can lose the fat by merely eating at City Wok.

603: "Asspen" - The kids and parents go to Aspen in hopes of some recreational fun. Instead, the parents are trapped in a marketing scam while Stan must race against a champion skiier on the treacherous K-13 mountain.

604: "The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer" - The kids must watch an entire episode of The Russell Crowe Show to watch the trailer for Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire 2. But that's the least of their problems, as Cartman destroys Stan's TV.

605: "Fun With Veal" - After finding out what veal is made of, the kids take all the calves from the farm and keep them in Stan's room in hopes that people will no longer eat veal.

606: "Professor Chaos" - When Butters is kicked out of the gang, he develops an evil alter ego in a quest to conquer the Earth. Meanwhile, the kids hold a contest to see who will be the next fourth member.

607: "The Simpsons Already Did It" - Professor Chaos devises a new plan to wreak havoc on South Park, but there's only one problem: The Simpsons already did it. Meanwhile, Cartman gets a Sea People playset and the kids secretly mix it in Miss Choksondik's coffee. When Miss Choksondik dies of unknown causes, the kids scramble to the morgue to clear any evidence of their prank.

608: "Red Hot Catholic Love" - Priest Maxi travels to the Vatican to confront the Roman Catholic Church's views on molesting young boys. Meanwhile, Cartman comes up with a new method of digestion.

609: "Free Hat" - After watching The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition, the kids try to form a coalition against directors remastering classic films. However, a misunderstanding lures followers of a convicted child murderer. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg plans to release a special edition of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

610: "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society" - When Bebe's breasts develop, all the boys instantly lose their I.Q. and fall for her.

611: "Child Abduction Is Not Funny" - Recent reports of child abduction have families in South Park paranoid that they try anything to keep their kids safe. Among these measures is having the City Wok owner build the Great Wall of South Park to keep the town safe from Mongolians.

612: "A Ladder to Heaven" - The kids win a shopping spree at a candy shop, but don't have their winning tickets. The last person who had them was Kenny, but he's dead. When Cartman mixes Kenny's ashes into chocolate milk, he starts getting Kenny's flashbacks.

613: "The Return of the Lord of the Rings to the Two Towers" - The kids lend a video copy of The Lord of the Rings to Butters, not knowing that Stan's dad mistakenly gave them a porno flick.

614: "The Death Camp of Tolerance" - Weeks after the death of Miss Choksondik, Mr. Garrison has been promoted to Fourth Grade teacher. But after hearing about lawsuits involving homosexuality, he uses Mr. Slave in every attempt to get himself fired - only to have the kids locked in a tolerance camp. Meanwhile, after being forced up Mr. Slave's ass, Lemmywinks the gerbil embarks on a treacherous journey back to civilization.

615: "The Biggest Douche in the Universe" - When Kenny's soul continues to conflict with Cartman's body, Chef brings him and his mom to Scotland in an attempt to free Kenny. Meanwhile, Stan tries to convince everyone that Crossing Over host John Edward is a fraud, only to inadvertently convince people he can also talk to the dead.

616: "My Future Self n' Me" - A stranger moves into Stan's place, claiming to be Stan from the distant future. When Stan finds out that his parents paid an actor to show him the horrors of drugs, he and Butters enlist the help of Cartman to get back at their parents.

617: "Red Sleigh Down" - As an attempt to get an awesome new toy for Christmas, Cartman wishes for the Holiday season to spread in Iraq. But when Santa Claus is shot down in Baghdad and taken hostage, the kids and Mr. Hankey seek help from Jesus to get him out alive.

Season 7

701: "I'm a Little Bit Country" - South Park's 100th episode. War in Iraq has divided the town into two groups for and against the war, while the kids have to write a report on what America's forefathers would've done in such a situation. In hopes of getting a straight answer from the forefathers themselves, Cartman gets himself electrocuted and lapses into a coma, sending his subconscious back to 1776.

704: "Cancelled" - When the kids are abducted by aliens, they realize that Earth is one giant reality show viewed by other planets. But when everyone else on Earth finds out about their lives being watched by aliens, the kids must convince the network executives not to "cancel" Earth.

705: "Fat Butt and Pancake Head" - Cartman makes a Jennifer Lopez hand puppet that suddenly grabs the attention of music producers and prompts them to fire the real J-Lo in favor of Cartman's hand. Even Ben Affleck dumps J-Lo for "Jennifer."

706: "Lil' Crime Stoppers" - Playing make-believe detectives gets the kids deputized by the police department, and now they have to deal with real drug dealers.

707: "Red Man's Greed" - To further expand their profits in Indian gambling, Native Americans purchase South Park and plan to demolish the town for a highway between Denver and their casino. When the kids convince everyone to stand for their rights to stay in town, the casino's owner Chief Runs With Premise tries to kill everyone by giving them blankets infected with SARS.

708: "South Park is Gay" - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy inspires all the men in town to become metrosexual. After feeling left out for being himself while the rest of the boys in school try to out-gay themselves, Kyle forms an unlikely alliance with Mr. Garrison and Mr. Slave to get rid of the Fab Five before everyone else turns gay.

709: "Christian Rock Hard" - Cartman, Butters and Token form a Christian rock band called Faith+1, hoping to win a bet against Kyle that they'll go platinum. Meanwhile, after getting busted for downloading music for free, Kyle, Stan and Kenny stage a protest against downloading music, which grabs support from Metallica, Britney Spears and other music artists.

711: "Casa Bonita" - It's Kyle's birthday, and he's inviting three of his friends to Casa Bonita Mexican restraurant and amusement park. But when Cartman finds out that he's not one of the three friends invited, he gets Butters locked in a bomb shelter.

715: "It's Christmas in Canada" - 2004 Emmy Nominee. Due to some new laws passed by the new Canadian Prime Minister, Ike's biological parents have taken him away from Kyle's family. The kids travel to Canada to try and convince the Prime Minister to give Ike back to him.

Season 8

801: "Good Times With Weapons" - South Park goes anime when the kids magically transform into ninja warriors upon buying some weapons at a flea market. Professor Chaos joins in on the fray, but when Kenny throws a shuriken and hits Butters in the eye, they have to find a way to remove it without letting their parents know they bought weapons.

803: "Up the Down Steroid" - Jimmy is poised to win the Special Olympics, until Timmy finds out he's been using steroids. Meanwhile, Cartman attempts to cheat his way in the Olympics by pretending to be retarded.

804: "The Passion of the Jew" - When Kyle watches The Passion of the Christ, he starts to doubt being a Jew. Meanwhile, Stan and Kenny demand a refund from Mel Gibson.

805: "You Got F's in the A" - The kids are challenged by a group of street dancers. Convinced by his dad to serve them back, Stan assembles his dance group with some other kids. Only Butters can guarantee their victory - except that he won't dance due to a tragic past.

806: "Goobacks" - People from the future travel to the present day and begin to overpopulate South Park, putting the current residents out of work. The men take desperate measures to get their jobs back and prevent the future immigrants from existing.

807: "The Jeffersons" - Lock your children, because Michael Jackson Jefferson has moved to South Park.

808: "Douche and Turd" - After numerous harassments by PETA, South Park Elementary has decided to drop the cow in favor of a new mascot. After declining to vote between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich, Stan is banished from town - not to mention wanted dead by Puff Daddy's "Vote or Die" campaign.

809: "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes" - Businesses in South Park are in peril when Wall-Mart opens its latest store in town.

813: "Cartman's Incredible Gift" - Cartman lapses into a coma after attempting to fly from his rooftop. When he comes to, he indirectly convinces Sgt. Lou that he's a psychic and is enlisted to help the police find a serial killer.

814: "Woodland Critter Christmas" - The single most f'd-up Christmas special. Stan helps some forest critters build a manger for their own nativity, not knowing that he's aiding in the rebirth of Satan.

Season 9

901: "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" - After years of denying and then admitting to being gay, Mr. Garrison undergoes a sex change. His former male organs go to Kyle - who undergoes surgery to become black and tall so he can play basketball, and Gerald - who becomes a dolphin.

902: "Die Hippie, Die" - Cartman goes to jail for locking up some hippies in a basement. But when a hippie concert goes beyond the town's control, Cartman is released to ward off the treehuggers.

904: "Best Friends Forever" - 2005 Emmy Winner. Kenny gets himself a PSP, but when he gets run over by an ice cream truck, he is chosen to lead the forces of Heaven in battle against Satan's forces. Meanwhile, the kids are torn between keeping Kenny on life support or pulling the plug on him so Cartman can inherit his PSP.

905: "The Losing Edge" - The South Park little league team is on a perfect winning streak, and they're sick of playing softball. All they have to do is lose to Denver in order to finally stop playing, and they have their secret weapon: Kyle's cousin Kyle.

906: "The Death of Eric Cartman" - When all the kids decide to ignore Cartman, he starts to believe he's dead. Butters - who didn't get a clue from the kids - starts thinking he can talk to the dead when he's the only one talking to Cartman.

907: "Erection Day" - Jimmy prepares for the next talent show when he suddenly develops an uncontrollable hormone problem.

908: "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" - When Stan and Cartman crash a boat on a beaver dam, the nearby town of Beaverton is flooded. Unfortunately, everyone else blames the flooding on something else ranging from Al-Qaeda to global warming.

909: "Marjorine" - Cartman finds out that the girls have a new device that the boys may find interest in. So they have Butters fake his death and go undercover as a girl to steal the item.

910: "Follow That Egg" - When Mrs. Garrison finds out that Mr. Slave's getting married, she tries to prevent the Governor from signing the same-sex marriage bill. Her first mission: to make Kyle and Stan a couple in a mock child-raising project and flunk them by destroying their egg.

911: "Ginger Kids" - Being the racist that he is, Cartman focuses his hatred towards kids with pale skin, red hair and freckles. That is, until Kyle, Stan and Kenny sneak into his room and make him a ginger kid.

912: "Trapped in the Closet" - A personality test conducted by the Church of Scientology mistakenly has Stan recognized as the second coming of L. Ron Hubbard. A major misunderstanding has Tom Cruise, John Travolta and R. Kelly locking themselves in Stan's closet.

913: "Free Willzyx" - A prank at a sea park has the kids convinced that an Orca is dying and needs to return to the moon. They nab the Orca and bring it to Mexico to have it rocketed into space.

914: "Bloody Mary" - After getting busted for drunk driving, Randy attends Alcoholics Anonymous, where he's convinced that alcoholism is a disease. Upon hearing that a statue of the Virgin Mary is bleeding from its ass, he has Stan drive him to that church in hopes of being cured.

Edited February 15, 2006 by areaseven

[mikeszekely]

A7, you totally missed a ton of the awesome episodes! Like, the episode where Mr. Garrison invents the "It," the sex ed episode, Towlie, the Passion of the Jew, the crab people, the PSP episode...

Well, I guess it'd be hard to list all the good ones...

I think one massive down side of South Park is that you just can't re-watch it and have that same laugh... it's never as funny the second time through... which speaks to the shock factor again.

I completely disagree. South Park and Family Guy are the only two shows I've actually bothered to collect on DVD. For me, it's never really been about the shock value, but more about the way they take issues, and totally rip them apart, while throwing in some really off the wall stuff (like having Dio perform "Holy Diver" at the school dance). If there's a funnier way to tell the nation, "You take everything WAY too seriously," I don't know what it'd be.

[areaseven]

One of my favorites is where Cartman's hand becomes the new Jennifer Lopez and he wakes up to find Ben Asslick naked in his bed.

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Cartman: "MOM! Ben Affleck's naked in my bed!"

Cartman's Mom: "Ooh. The tooth fairy must be really generous today."

[Twoducks]

... For me, it's never really been about the shock value, but more about the way they take issues, and totally rip them apart, while throwing in some really off the wall stuff (like having Dio perform "Holy Diver" at the school dance).  If there's a funnier way to tell the nation, "You take everything WAY too seriously," I don't know what it'd be.

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Totally agree. The thing I like is that if you take the shock value it still has things to say (well, at least in most episodes).

And the one where Garrison creates the new super gasless vehicle but it probes your ass and you have to suck on the dildo steering wheel to power it.

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"Hey, it... still beats what you go through at the airports."

[areaseven]

Looking at the polls, it seems that Cartman is the driving force of the show, having beat the other kids by a landslide. And now for the next question:

In the end of Season 5, Kenny was killed off "for good," so the kids had different replacement fourth members until the end of Season 6. Who was your favorite substitute "Kenny?"

Edited January 7, 2006 by areaseven

[ComicKaze]

Which was the "Anime Style" episode? Not Chinpokemon but the one where they buy magical weapons and then they get reanimated in anime stylized versions with a cool Japanese theme song?

Another one is Southpark Is Gay where everybody becomes a metrosexual.

Edited November 6, 2005 by ComicKaze

[Golden Arms]

Some of my favorite eps were:

1) the episode where Cartman is acting like a police officer riding his big wheel ala the Cops Tv show.

2) They boys have to write a group book report and Cartman keeps trying to enact a flashback to the past

3) The Simpsons did it episode

4) The episode where Timmy Catches Jimmy taking steroids to win the special olympics, with cameos from Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds

[Gabe Q]

My favorite one has to be the two-parter where Cartman starts his own church. My girlfriend's favorite is the one where Cartman starts a Christian rock band.

[Jemstone]

"Scott Tenorman Must Die"

"The Death of Eric Cartman"

I voted for Kenny just because he dies so much.

[mikeszekely]

In Season 6, Kenny was killed off "for good," so the kids had different replacement fourth members until around Season 8-9. Who was your favorite substiture "Kenny?"

Butters, hands down. He plays perfectly off Cartman. For references, check out the episode where they put balls on Butters' chin, the episode where they hit him in the eye with a ninja star, the episode where Cartman pretends to be Awesom-O, the episode where they try to get him fat so he can lose weight and claim it was from eating at City Wok, the episode where he falls in love with a Raisins girl, or the episode where Cartman puts Butters in a bomb shelter so that he can take his place on the trip to Casa Bonita.

Kyle place off Cartman pretty well too. Like the bit in a recent episode about Jew Gold.

[Twoducks]

I remember the episode with the underwear stealing gnomes. I almost wet myself every time they started to sing .

There was also the one with the pot smoking talking towel .

[Isamu Atreides 86]

My favorite episodes have to be the ones involving Jimmy and Timmy, Such as the Special olympics one and the one when they join the Crips. The Cripple Fight episode, with the fight taken from They Live is a freaking classic too.

[Ghadrack]

There are too many cool episodes to list favoraites, but up there high near the top for me is the Ninja Warriors episode where the boys get ninja weapons at the fair and Butters gets a throwing star in the eye. Whooo just thinking abut it makes me laugh.

Seriously, if you guys like their sense of humor you need to watch the episodes with the mini-commentary tracks on, they are funny as hell. Then, go out and hunt down copies of Cannibal the Musical and Orgazmo, dear god, the drunken commentaries are fantastic.

[areaseven]

Trivia time. Let's see how much you know the show. First question:

In "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society," what scene does Cartman re-enact with his dolls in his basement?

[Jemstone]

Trivia time. Let's see how much you know the show. First question:

In "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society," what scene does Cartman re-enact with his dolls in his basement?

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A scene from Silence of the Lambs when that weirdo was holding his dog Precious and telling the girl in the well to put on lotion. Very disturbing the way Cartman did it.

[areaseven]

"I said, 'It puts the lotion on the skin, or it gets the hose again!'"

Damn, you're good, Jem. Your turn.

Edited November 8, 2005 by areaseven

[Jemstone]

Ok. Hmm. In the episode "Ike's Wee Wee", what was engraved on Ike's gravestone? Bonus point if you know what 'secret" was revealed about Ike.

Edited November 8, 2005 by Jemstone

[Apollo Leader]

Ok. Hmm. In the episode "Ike's Wee Wee", what was engraved on Ike's gravestone? Bonus point if you know what 'secret" was revealed about Ike.

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I remember the "secret" - he was Canadian.

[Jemstone]

Ok. Hmm. In the episode "Ike's Wee Wee", what was engraved on Ike's gravestone? Bonus point if you know what 'secret" was revealed about Ike.

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I remember the "secret" - he was Canadian.

Yep and if you know that it shouldn't be too hard to remember what the gravestone said.

[Hurin]

The Christmas episode that was entitled something like "Woodland Critters Christmas". . .

"Yeah! Let's bathe in his blood!"

H

[Die, Alien Scum!]

The Christmas episode that was entitled something like "Woodland Critters Christmas". . .

"Yeah!  Let's bathe in his blood!"

H

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Oh man, I almost forgot about that one! That episode ruled!

"BLOOD ORGY!!!"

Dammit, I searched all over and couldn't find a decent pic of the Blood Orgy! And I thought you could find anything on the internet!

[areaseven]

Yep and if you know that it shouldn't be too hard to remember what the gravestone said. 

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Damn, I forgot that episode. What's the answer?

[Jemstone]

Yep and if you know that it shouldn't be too hard to remember what the gravestone said. 

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Damn, I forgot that episode. What's the answer?

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"Born a Canadian. Died an American."

The other details were "Ike Moisha Broflovski 1996 - 1998"

[areaseven]

"Born a Canadian. Died an American."

The other details were "Ike Moisha Broflovski 1996 - 1998"

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I forgot all about that one. Got another trivia question?

[Jemstone]

What are the names of Butter's parents? (Think back to "Butters' Very Own Episode").

Edited November 11, 2005 by Jemstone

[Zentrandude]

that the one with that cool butters intro and butters tells his mom that his dad is a homo?

[Jemstone]

that the one with that cool butters intro and butters tells his mom that his dad is a homo?

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That's the one but he doesn't exactly say his dad's gay. For an extra trivia question....

Name the movie Butters spied his father watching.

Edited November 11, 2005 by Jemstone

[Jemstone]

Answers are:

Chris and Linda Stodge

Fisting Fireman 9

[areaseven]

Guess I'll wait until my local station plays the Butters episode.

Man, I'm so behind on South Park. I just started watching the show again after skipping it for over five years. Perhaps when I get a chance, I'll buy all of the DVD boxed sets.

[areaseven]

I used to love the show, but in hindsight it was the shock value that I loved. The new episodes are good enough in their own light but now that the shock value has worn off the show is not much more than a soapbox that Parker and Stone can yell at the country from. It's sad to say but I usually agree with every single thing they bring up on that show... the issues and topics they cover, and the way they so blatantly abuse both sides of them just make you laugh. South Park's biggest strength these days is it's ability to be topical right away.

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You couldn't be any more correct. Tonight's episode was pretty much dead-on in terms of explaining Scientology.