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From disturbing plot twists to controversial social commentary, South Park has never shied away from pushing boundaries. Join us as we explore the most shocking, controversial, and unsettling moments from this iconic animated series. Warning: this list contains sensitive content and major spoilers!
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00:00It's my own shakies! I actually hugged you. I held you in my arms and cried with you.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the darkest,
00:08grimmest, and most disturbing moments from South Park. Lots of spoilers will follow.
00:12We can't help the way we are, and if you all can't understand that,
00:16well, then I guess you'll just have to put us away.
00:23Number 30. Wendy conforms. We've heard it in countless after-school specials and Glee episodes.
00:29Inner beauty matters most. Just be yourself. You shouldn't change your exterior to win the
00:34approval of your peers. They're good lessons that are becoming borderline impossible to practice in
00:39an increasingly superficial world. Do you have any idea how you made her feel? She's a really nice
00:44girl! I think she's a nice girl too. She's just too big for me. She's a little overweight, but that's
00:50pretty normal for a girl in the fourth grade. As the other girls use Photoshop to boost their
00:54confidence, Wendy wages war against unrealistic beauty standards. Alas, even the cell phone
00:59righteous Wendy eventually admits defeat. Sitting at her computer, Wendy alters her image,
01:04attempting to hold back tears as her morals are laid out to pass her.
01:12While Wendy maintains a straight face, part of herself is dying on the inside.
01:17It's a downer ending, but also a brutally honest one where the lie is accepted as a universal truth.
01:23Number 29. Spider-Man Works in Mysterious Ways
01:33While Shelley puts up a tough front, her relationship with a vegan boy named Larry brings out her softer
01:39side. She helps Larry stand up to his parents, who insist he always wear a useless life preserver.
01:44Turns out it's not entirely useless. Fearful that his daughter's Broadway date might go too far,
02:00Randy interrupts the performance under the guise of Spider-Man. Not only does Randy provide a literal
02:05showstopper, but the damage he causes to the water vein drowns poor Larry.
02:08The musical came to a screeching halt as patrons flooded out the exits and water flooded the theater.
02:14The only fatality was a young boy who could not get out of the theater in time.
02:18The fire chief said it was unfortunate the child was not wearing a life preserver.
02:22In addition to losing the one boy who liked her, a heartbroken Shelley feels responsible,
02:26having encouraged Larry to stop wearing his life preserver. Of course, this is really Randy's fault,
02:31although he pins the blame on Spider-Man.
02:33Just know that for Spider-Man to have done what he did, he must have had a very good reason.
02:41Spider-Man works in mysterious ways, Shelley. And wherever he is, he loves you.
02:46Number 28. Cartman Infects Kyle
02:48A routine tonsillectomy takes a grim turn when the doctors inform Cartman that they
02:53accidentally infected him with HIV.
02:55Eric, I'm afraid that we've accidentally infected you with the AIDS virus.
03:01What? What's that supposed to mean?
03:05Astonishingly, that is not the episode's darkest moment. Although Kyle knows that HIV and AIDS are
03:10no laughing matter, he can't help but feel karma has come to bite Cartman. After all,
03:15Cartman has done countless terrible things, including making fun of people with AIDS in the past.
03:20Although Cartman can dish it out, he cannot take it.
03:35Teaching him a lesson, Cartman gives a slumbering Kyle a taste of his blood.
03:39When Kyle realizes that he's contracted the disease, it's clear who the culprit is.
03:44While Cartman makes everything right by finding a cure,
03:46he treats giving Kyle HIV like a harmless prank.
03:49Do you know how serious this is?
03:51Well, Kyle, maybe I was just trying to prove a point.
03:54Number 27. Cartman exploits Kenny's death.
04:02All of Kenny's deaths are technically dark,
04:05although it's happened so many times that we're rarely shocked anymore.
04:08If anything, it's more jarring when the characters actually care
04:11that Kenny's in the hospital with a terminal illness.
04:14Even Cartman cries for his best friend,
04:16vowing to find a cure by legalizing stem cell research.
04:19Hey, Cartman.
04:22I care a lot about him, too.
04:28While Cartman's pleas to Congress are successful, Kenny still dies.
04:32Cartman pulls off a miracle, however,
04:34using the stem cells he's collected to make his own Shakey's pizza.
04:38It worked!
04:38This whole time, you were just using Kenny's illness
04:42to lift the ban on stem cell research so you could sell your stupid fetuses?
04:45Cartman never cared that Kenny was dying.
04:47It was part of a ploy to duplicate a pizzeria.
04:50In an episode otherwise played with a straight face,
04:53this punchline is so heartless that we can't help but giggle.
04:56Hey, I wasn't Kenny's worst f-f-f-friend.
05:01Cartman was.
05:02Number 26.
05:03The North American Man-Boy What?
05:05The North American Marlon Brando look-alikes isn't real.
05:09However, we were horrified to learn that another organization
05:12with the same acronym does indeed exist.
05:15This makes it all the more unsettling when Cartman joins the group,
05:18under the impression that the older members just want to be friends.
05:20Can we help you?
05:22Yes, I'd like to join your fine organization.
05:24Is that true?
05:25You do?
05:26Sure.
05:27Oh, thank you.
05:28Thank you, Jesus.
05:31Sweet.
05:32The Predators convince the clueless Cartman
05:33to invite his classmates to their little club.
05:36By the time the boys realize what's going on,
05:38the Stranger Danger levels reach code red.
05:42Two and two, quatre, quatre, quatre, huit,
05:45et huit, et huit, yeah!
05:47Thankfully, the boys avoid any direct harm from the Predators.
05:52Kenny's dad isn't so lucky, however.
05:55Although the crime at the center of this episode remains widespread,
05:59the titular organization has shrunk in numbers.
06:01We can't help but wonder if this episode played a role in that.
06:04You see us as being perverted because we're different from you.
06:07People are afraid of us because they don't understand.
06:10And sometimes it's easier to persecute than to understand.
06:14Number 25.
06:15Tolerance Camp.
06:16With Garrison acting more inappropriately than usual,
06:19the boys tell their parents.
06:21Most of the adults assume they're being intolerant of gay people,
06:24completely disregarding what happened to Lemmy Winks.
06:26I'm surprised at you, Stanley.
06:28I really thought you knew how to accept people for who they were.
06:30Yeah, but Dad...
06:31No but, Stanley.
06:32We're not raising our kids to be discriminators.
06:34The parents thus send the boys to a tolerance camp,
06:37which ironically looks like a different kind of camp.
06:39It's even shot in black and white like something out of Schindler's List.
06:42For the Broflovskys, enrolling Kyle here feels especially hypocritical and insensitive.
06:48You will accept everyone!
06:50What are you finger-painting?
06:52Uh, a bear?
06:53A bear?
06:55And bear has nothing to do with accepting people of different races!
06:58I didn't know what else to paint!
07:00Start over!
07:01You will finger-paint what we tell you!
07:03Go!
07:03Saying or painting the wrong thing spells certain death.
07:07Even when keeping their heads down, inmates run the risk of starvation.
07:11Honestly, we'd rather be inside Mr. Slave with Lemmy Winks than be imprisoned in this camp.
07:16This episode was ahead of the curve, though,
07:18summing up how social media reacts to political incorrectness.
07:21Vat!
07:22Oh, uh, nothing.
07:23I was just getting back to work.
07:24Vat is in there.
07:25Nothing!
07:26Get back to Vak!
07:27Yes, sir!
07:28Number 24.
07:29Winnie the Pooh and Randy 2
07:31How can you not love Winnie the Pooh?
07:33He's adorable, naively optimistic, and speaks to everyone's inner child.
07:38Despite the character's universal appeal,
07:40Xi Jinping of the Chinese Communist Party isn't a fan.
07:43Some people said Pooh looked like the Chinese p-p-p-president,
07:47so we're illegal in China now.
07:49Jesus, what kind of madhouse is this?
07:53With people online claiming she resembles the silly old bear,
07:56China censored Pooh.
07:58In the South Park universe, Pooh stands between Mickey and the bottom line.
08:01To restore business ties between the U.S. and China,
08:05Randy concludes the bear must go.
08:06Wait!
08:07Pooh!
08:08L-l-l-l-look!
08:09Look!
08:10Oh, Piglet!
08:12What wonderful luck!
08:13The episode authentically portrays Pooh's gentle nature,
08:16with actor Brock Baker doing a soft-spoken impression of the character.
08:20This makes it even harder to watch as Randy strangles the life out of Pooh
08:23while Piglet helplessly watches.
08:25Forget Blood and Honey.
08:26This is what a Pooh horror movie looks like.
08:29What?
08:31Wait!
08:33What do you do?
08:34What?
08:34No!
08:39Number 23.
08:41Cartman's Future.
08:42In the future, the world plunges into turmoil due to the fallout from COVID.
08:47Nevertheless, Cartman has turned his life around,
08:49finding purpose in Judaism and now having a loving family.
08:52Although Kyle is convinced this is a scam, Cartman has genuinely changed.
08:58When the others try to alter the past,
08:59Cartman initially resists out of fear of losing his family,
09:02but ultimately places his fate in God's hands.
09:05I have faith that God will see my family through this.
09:11Okay, Kyle.
09:13You do whatever it is you need to do.
09:15God deals him a cruel hand.
09:17It's so sad he never did anything with his life.
09:19While almost everyone's lives are improved,
09:22Cartman is left without a house, family, or life,
09:25spending his days drunkenly yelling at others from the streets.
09:29Some may argue this future is more fitting for Cartman,
09:32but did his children deserve to be erased from existence?
09:35Hey, come on, Phyllis.
09:36We can't spend another holiday feeling bad for Eric.
09:39There's nothing that could have changed the path he was on.
09:42Number 22.
09:43Juiced Up Jimmy.
09:44Believe it or not,
09:45Cartman faking his way into the Special Olympics
09:47isn't the most uncomfortable aspect of this episode.
09:51That distinction goes to Jimmy's storyline,
09:53as he becomes reliant on steroids.
09:55Maybe I'll just use them a little bit,
09:57you know, as a performance enhancer.
09:59Whatever you say, Jimmy, my friend.
10:02Whatever you say.
10:04While this is executed with a satirical edge,
10:06some scenes feel eerily realistic.
10:09There's an especially rough confrontation
10:11between Jimmy and his girlfriend
10:12that makes us cringe no matter how many times we watch it.
10:15Push it! Push it!
10:17Jimmy, everyone's worried about you.
10:19You seem different.
10:21They're all just jealous.
10:22It's a harrowing reminder of how steroid use
10:24can render a person unrecognizable,
10:26not just physically, but mentally as well.
10:29Some don't realize how much a loved one has changed
10:31until they find themselves on the receiving end of a fist.
10:34Jimmy continues to spiral
10:45until Timmy finally makes him look in the mirror.
10:48Timmy!
10:49Oh my god.
10:51You're right, Timmy.
10:53You're totally right.
10:54Number 21.
10:56We are the champions?
10:57Even by South Park standards,
10:59Stanley's cup is insanely mean-spirited.
11:02Stan coaches a peewee hockey team
11:04with one of the young players having cancer.
11:06His survival entirely hinges
11:08on whether or not Stan can lead his team to victory.
11:10How come I don't get to grow up?
11:13God damn it, dude, I don't know.
11:15I'm sorry.
11:16No, what I mean is nobody really knows, see?
11:19But everyone does it.
11:20I mean, it's not like everyone else gets to live
11:21and only you have to die.
11:22Everyone's gonna die.
11:23That's an absurd amount of pressure for anyone,
11:25let alone a nine-year-old like Stan.
11:27The big game comes down to Stan's team
11:29and the Detroit Red Wings.
11:31The professionals don't go easy on the peewee players,
11:34wiping the ice rink with them.
11:36As the other team celebrates in Mighty Ducks fashion,
11:39Stan is denounced by one of his players.
11:41We are the champions.
11:45No time to who.
11:47No, not again.
11:50No.
11:51We are the champions.
11:54I hate you, coach.
11:56As for little Nelson in the hospital,
11:58his fate is largely why this episode is either loved or hated.
12:02Either way, everyone agrees it is savage.
12:06No hope.
12:10Number 20.
12:11Garrison's way too detailed surgery.
12:14Season 9 of South Park begins with the boy's teacher
12:17undergoing gender-affirming surgery.
12:19As it's happening,
12:20we're given explicit and overly precise details by the doctor
12:23as to what is taking place.
12:25We're also shown graphic stock footage
12:27so we can see exactly what's going on.
12:30Showing gender-affirming surgery on TV in 2005
12:33was forward-thinking,
12:34and in theory, progressive.
12:36But the way it's presented here
12:38is undeniably dark and difficult to watch,
12:40because it's unlikely anyone who tuned into this cartoon
12:43expected to be confronted with vivid live-action surgical videos.
12:47Number 19.
12:49Superman's new infatuation.
12:52Best known for playing Superman,
12:53actor Christopher Reeve was an inspiration to many
12:56for the strength he demonstrated
12:57after enduring an accident that left him with paralysis.
13:00So, of course,
13:01South Park decided to spin that in the worst possible way.
13:04As most of you know,
13:07I am a strong supporter of stem cell research.
13:11In real life,
13:12Reeve campaigned actively for an increase
13:14to the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
13:17On South Park,
13:18this somehow translated to him being obsessed
13:20with draining fetuses
13:22and essentially turning into a power-hungry supervillain.
13:25You won't stop me, hackman!
13:28To say this is a gross misunderstanding of the science
13:31on top of being offensive is an understatement,
13:33so it definitely left a bad taste
13:36in the mouth of anyone who had looked up to the actor.
13:38Number 18.
13:40Athletic Babies.
13:41Basically, the entire premise of this episode is dark.
13:44It centers on Cartman and the boys
13:46taking advantage of innocence with drug issues.
13:49Who cares?
13:50Lots of people will when I tell them!
13:52We made $1,000 in 11 days.
13:55You what?
13:56However, perhaps one of the darkest moments
13:58is when Kyle ultimately decides to join Cartman's scheme.
14:02Worse yet,
14:03he originally intended to help the victims
14:05after seeing an extremely sad commercial.
14:08It's tough to pick the absolutely darkest part, though.
14:11Whether it's Kyle's involvement,
14:12just witnessing what's happening at all,
14:14any time the characters try to justify their actions,
14:18take your pick.
14:19Number 17.
14:20Human Sentipad.
14:22This might be one of the most disturbing
14:24and shocking predicaments Kyle finds himself in
14:26during the entire series.
14:28And all because he didn't read a user agreement.
14:31I'm not going with you!
14:32You've agreed to all of this!
14:34Hey!
14:35It's not long before Kyle unwillingly takes part
14:38in a dark experiment,
14:39reminiscent of the one shown in the notorious film
14:42The Human Sentipede.
14:43The only thing perhaps more disturbing
14:45than the experiment itself
14:46is the fact that all Steve Jobs seems to be concerned about
14:50is whether the device can read or not.
14:52Uh, wait, no.
14:53We'll give that honor to Cartman's pure joy
14:55at using the configuration.
14:57Number 16.
14:59Steve Irwin.
15:00At his Halloween party,
15:01Satan confronts someone for wearing a Steve Irwin costume,
15:04since it's making some of the other guests uncomfortable.
15:07Oh, jeez.
15:08But the man reveals himself to actually be Steve Irwin.
15:12Of course, that means he's not wearing a costume at all,
15:14so Satan promptly kicks him out.
15:16Oh.
15:17Oh, but then, dude, no costume.
15:19This brief exchange was seen as problematic for many reasons,
15:22from the way the character is depicted,
15:24to the fact that he's in hell at all,
15:25to the fact that it aired less than two months
15:28after the crocodile hunter was killed.
15:30The most ironic thing about this joke is that,
15:32apparently,
15:33there is a line that you shouldn't cross,
15:35even for Satan and the denizens of hell.
15:38But there are no lines for South Park.
15:41Number 15.
15:42The Weapon Mishap.
15:43At the Park County Fair,
15:45the boys con a vendor and get themselves some weapons to play ninja.
15:49What could possibly go wrong?
15:50Well, this.
15:52Butters essentially loses his eye,
15:54and the boys are left to figure out how to deal with it.
15:57And, naturally, they do not fare too well.
15:59Poor Butters, who's barely even conscious,
16:04is forced to pretend that he's a dog.
16:06But the people of South Park don't seem to be concerned with that either,
16:09instead focusing on Cartman's wardrobe malfunction,
16:12if you can even call it that.
16:14Dude, they don't care we knocked Butters' eye out with weapons?
16:17Just run with it, dude.
16:18Number 14.
16:19Cartman Takes Mel Gibson Fandom Too Far.
16:22For whatever reason, Cartman loved The Passion of the Christ.
16:26How much did he love the film, you might ask?
16:28So much that he created a Mel Gibson fan club.
16:32Okay, that's a choice.
16:34Oh, but it gets worse.
16:36Wait until you see what he's wearing
16:37and get a good sense of what his intentions with this club truly are.
16:41We all know why we're here.
16:42Worst of all,
16:43the clueless members who join the group
16:45are oblivious to what he's trying to do,
16:47and simply follow along.
16:49Oh, this is fun!
16:50And if that wasn't bad enough,
16:52they never actually realize what they're doing,
16:55as they only decide to leave the club
16:57after seeing how bonkers Mel Gibson is in person.
17:00Oh, no, come on, people!
17:01We're so close to completing my final solution!
17:04Number 13.
17:05Garrison and Garrison's Father
17:07In Worldwide Recorder Concert,
17:09Garrison is shown to have a complicated relationship
17:12with Garrison Sr.
17:13Based on how Garrison behaves,
17:15viewers are led to believe Garrison Sr.
17:17did some pretty messed up things
17:19to psychologically scar the teacher as a child.
17:21But that is not at all the case.
17:24In fact, it's actually quite the opposite.
17:27In a shocking twist,
17:28the issue with Garrison's father
17:30stems from the fact that he never actually
17:32did anything to Garrison in the first place.
17:34And this results in Garrison believing
17:36that Garrison Sr. had no love for his child.
17:39What?
17:39Was it that I was ugly?
17:41Oh, my God!
17:42I wasn't good enough for you.
17:43Was that it, Dad?
17:44Well, no!
17:44Thus, the episode sees Garrison
17:46pressuring Garrison Sr.
17:48into assault to prove his love.
17:50We can only gasp
17:52at this strange twist of reverse psychology.
17:55You stood by and let it happen.
17:56You saw him come home drunk
17:57and then just go right to sleep.
17:59I'm not listening!
18:00Face it, Mother!
18:01He never abused me!
18:02Number 12.
18:03Indiana Jones
18:04When Stan and Kyle mentioned
18:06that one of their friends was assaulted,
18:08audiences knew that South Park
18:09was about to cross the line
18:10like never before.
18:11Of course, nobody could have predicted
18:14that the friend in question
18:15was Indiana Jones,
18:17who was forced to suffer
18:18at the hands of Steven Spielberg
18:20and George Lucas
18:20on multiple occasions
18:22throughout the episode,
18:23with each instance being
18:24more graphic than the last.
18:26You're looking good.
18:28No, what are you gonna do to him?
18:30While there is some pretty clever satire here,
18:33this incredibly dark imagery
18:35had a lot of people feeling
18:36grossed out, disturbed,
18:38and uncertain if they should be laughing
18:39or in shock.
18:40Was Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
18:42really that bad?
18:43We can't help him now,
18:45but I thought it was pretty good!
18:46Number 11.
18:47Cartman Finds Out Who His Father Is
18:49No!
18:51No!
18:52Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
18:55Now eat your chili!
18:57South Park used to have
18:58a recurring joke
18:59that Cartman did not know
19:00who his father was
19:01or that he simply didn't have one.
19:03The show even had a two-parter
19:05that teased the idea
19:06of revealing who this person really was,
19:08only to just not do it.
19:10Much to the anger
19:11of South Park fans.
19:12However,
19:13the idea of discovering
19:14who that person is
19:15was revisited
19:16in the episodes 200 and 201.
19:19But much to his dismay,
19:21Cartman learns
19:21from his former rival
19:23Scott Tenorman
19:23that they are half-brothers
19:25and share the same father.
19:27Long-time fans
19:28know what this means.
19:29But just when you think
19:30things couldn't get
19:31any more dark,
19:32they do
19:32when you see
19:33Cartman's reaction afterwards.
19:35Don't you guys
19:36realize what that means?
19:38Yeah, dude,
19:38we know what it means.
19:40My dad was a ginger!
19:44Wait, what?
19:46I mean,
19:46obviously I take
19:47after my mom,
19:49but I have
19:49the ginger gene
19:50inside of me!
19:52Number 10.
19:52Stan sees the world
19:54as feces.
19:55Leave it to Trey Parker
19:56and Matt Stone
19:57to create a depressingly
19:58realistic portrayal
19:59of divorce
20:00and then fill the screen
20:01with literal crap.
20:02You're Getting Old
20:03is all about
20:04the inevitability of change,
20:05primarily expressed
20:06through Stan's parents
20:07admitting that they're unhappy
20:09and filing for divorce.
20:10Soundtracked by
20:11Fleetwood Mac's Landslide,
20:12the final montage
20:13sees Stan solemnly
20:14going through the motions
20:15while trying to come to terms
20:16with Sharon and Randy's separation.
20:18Also,
20:19the boy turns to alcohol
20:20to deal with the situation.
20:22In its own
20:22slightly juvenile way,
20:24South Park cuts through
20:25the nonsense
20:25and captures the raw emotion
20:27of such a situation.
20:29Number 9.
20:30Man Bear Pig
20:31Goes on a Spree
20:32You're totally right.
20:34Man Bear Pig is real
20:35and he's killing
20:36lots of people in our town.
20:37Oh.
20:39Sucks for you.
20:43On the surface,
20:44a grotesque monster
20:45fond of murdering people
20:46is already rather gruesome.
20:48However,
20:49the real-life context
20:50behind Man Bear Pig's rampage
20:51is the real kicker.
20:53An obvious stand-in
20:54for climate change,
20:55Man Bear Pig
20:56is originally introduced
20:57as a figment
20:58of Al Gore's imagination.
21:00Jump forward
21:00more than a decade
21:01and climate change
21:02can no longer be dismissed
21:03as the ravings of a madman.
21:05Basically,
21:06serving as an apology,
21:07South Park sets
21:08the real Man Bear Pig
21:09loose on the unprepared public
21:10who prefer to play
21:11Red Dead Redemption 2
21:12while passing
21:13the monster-shaped buck
21:14on to the next generation.
21:15We're gonna face
21:16Man Bear Pig
21:17and put an end to this deal
21:18once and for all.
21:20Number 8.
21:21Kenny, Kevin,
21:21and Karen's parents
21:22go to jail.
21:24South Park rarely hesitates
21:28to tackle sensitive topics
21:29in the name of comedy.
21:30The Poor Kid episode
21:31launches with Kenny's parents
21:33being hauled off to jail
21:33for selling meth
21:34and the kids being shipped off
21:36to an awful foster home.
21:38To make matters worse
21:39but also funnier,
21:40the whole ordeal is filmed
21:41for a reality show
21:42called White Trash and Trouble,
21:44so Kenny's misfortune
21:45becomes a source of entertainment.
21:47Besides making a few timely
21:49and risky references
21:50to the Penn State scandal,
21:51the Poor Kid also has Cartman
21:53going to the absolute limits
21:54to try and avoid the stigma
21:55of being labeled as poor.
21:57Well,
21:58guess I'm off to a foster home then.
22:00Hawaii is my first choice.
22:02Number 7.
22:03Woodland Critter Christmas.
22:04Now our Critter Christmas
22:05can finally happen.
22:07Hail Satan!
22:08Hail Satan!
22:09Christmas is the season
22:10of rejoicing,
22:11reflection,
22:12stockings,
22:13and in the case of South Park,
22:15satanic rituals
22:16intended to summon the Antichrist
22:18and any food eaten
22:19over the last 24 hours.
22:20Stan is bamboozled
22:21into assisting a group
22:22of woodland creatures
22:23who are preparing
22:24for the coming
22:24of the animal kingdom's
22:26supposed savior,
22:27a process involving
22:28sacrificing and eating a rabbit.
22:30While nothing screams
22:31happy holidays
22:32like cute animals
22:33gorging on even cuter animals,
22:35South Park goes the extra mile
22:36by throwing in a blood feast.
22:38We imagine the woodland custom
22:40falls on the 13th day of Christmas.
22:42Yay! Sacrifice me
22:43to the devil!
22:44Yay! Yay!
22:46Number 6.
22:47The Priest Cleanup Crew.
22:49Send in a cleanup crew.
22:50Now!
22:52South Park is not afraid
22:53to put religious institutions
22:54to the sword,
22:56and few jabs are as direct
22:57as the Catholic cleanup crew.
22:59After Butters
23:00and Father Maxie disappear,
23:02a group of priests
23:02is sent to expunge
23:04all evidence
23:04of any wrongdoing
23:05by the church's representative.
23:07In order to catch
23:07the seemingly criminal
23:08rogue Father Maxie,
23:09the cleanup crew sets a trap
23:11by kidnapping a few victims
23:13to use as bait.
23:14South Park effectively
23:15satirizes such a dark
23:17and hushed subject
23:17by presenting the priests
23:19as gangsters
23:20and utterly eliminating
23:21any subtlety.
23:23Number 5.
23:24Butters Home Life.
23:25Butters, we are talking to you!
23:27Explain yourself, mister!
23:29With people like Randy Marsh,
23:31Garrison,
23:31and Eric Cartman on the show,
23:33the innocent Butters
23:34presents a welcome break
23:35from all the rampant cynicism.
23:37Or that used to be the case
23:38before season 5's finale
23:39decided to focus exclusively
23:41on Butters' tragic home life.
23:43Along with refusing to believe
23:44Butters could ever be picked on,
23:46Steven and Linda Stotch
23:47welcome any reason
23:48to punish
23:49or mistreat the naive boy.
23:51The torment extends
23:52beyond Butters' parents,
23:53as the kid's grandmother
23:54is also the worst.
23:56Choosing just one dark moment
23:57is near impossible,
23:59but that time Linda
24:00tries to drown Butters
24:01has got to rank high.
24:03There is no room
24:04for innocence in South Park.
24:05It's okay, baby.
24:07Mommy will be with you
24:08very soon.
24:09Well, I think that,
24:10yep, it looks like
24:11the car's filling up with water.
24:12Number 4.
24:13The School Violence Phenomenon
24:15Southwest classroom clear!
24:16Now we're gonna retake
24:18the exam on Friday!
24:20Gee, who could've predicted
24:21an episode called
24:22Dead Kids
24:23would contain
24:23a dark moment or two?
24:25When South Park Elementary
24:26becomes the scene
24:27of multiple incidents
24:28of violence,
24:29the town's adults,
24:30teachers, and students
24:31treat the problem
24:31as a minor inconvenience
24:33rather than anything
24:34meriting a proper discussion.
24:35As the only one
24:37truly troubled
24:37by what's happened,
24:39Stan's mother Sharon
24:39is ostracized,
24:41mocked,
24:41and eventually broken
24:42by the town.
24:43Any premise involving
24:44this kind of violence
24:45is destined to be dark,
24:47but Dead Kids
24:48is totally devoid
24:49of any optimism
24:50that a solution
24:51may be found
24:51in the future.
24:52What other thing?
24:54What happened
24:55at school today?
24:56Number 3.
24:57Britney Spears
24:57It's Britney Watch!
25:00Considering South Park
25:01frequently injects
25:02religious figures
25:02into episodes,
25:03it's safe to assume
25:04celebrities are unlikely
25:06to be handled
25:06with kid gloves.
25:08The cartoon outing Bono
25:09as a sentient piece
25:10of feces
25:11is all in good fun,
25:12we guess,
25:13but a disturbed Britney Spears
25:14pulling the trigger
25:15of a gun
25:16is considerably darker.
25:18Despite being short
25:19half a skull,
25:19Britney continues
25:20to fulfill her duty
25:21as the pop princess.
25:23Released just two months
25:24following Britney's
25:25heavily publicized breakdown,
25:26South Park's episode
25:27presents the press
25:28as vultures
25:29feasting off
25:30the celebrity's
25:30fragile mental state.
25:32Number 2.
25:33Chef's Brainwashing
25:34and Death
25:35Children!
25:37Run!
25:38Driven by anger
25:39and grief,
25:40the return of Chef
25:41was South Park's response
25:42to Isaac Hayes'
25:43quote,
25:44Scientology entourage,
25:45reportedly making
25:46a statement on his behalf
25:47requesting he be released
25:49from the show
25:49after the cartoon
25:50openly mocked Scientology.
25:53In this episode,
25:54Chef joins
25:54the Super Adventure Club,
25:56an organization
25:56of traveling criminals
25:58who utilize brainwashing techniques
25:59to convince new members
26:01to fall in line.
26:02The boys try in vain
26:03to save Chef,
26:04but the club's conditioning
26:05is too deeply ingrained
26:07to break.
26:08With all hope lost,
26:09South Park violently
26:10kills Chef
26:11in a scene that feels
26:12defeatist rather than cathartic.
26:14Without context,
26:15this moment features
26:16a beloved character
26:17being vividly killed.
26:18With that context,
26:20the return of Chef
26:20is heartbreaking.
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26:41Do you like it?
26:47Do you like it, Scott?
26:49I call it
26:49Mr. and Mrs. Tenerman Chili.
26:52Frankly,
26:53Cartman could easily
26:54have dominated
26:54this entire list.
26:56That being said,
26:57Eric's crowning
26:58act of evilness
26:59puts to shame
26:59all of the character's
27:00other vile acts.
27:01After being played
27:02and humiliated
27:03by Scott Tenerman,
27:04Cartman decides
27:05revenge is a dish
27:06best served
27:07with a side of cannibalism.
27:08During a cook-off
27:10between the two,
27:10Cartman serves Scott
27:11a bowl of chili
27:12made out of the
27:13unsuspecting boy's
27:14own parents.
27:15This is not
27:16some mean-spirited joke.
27:17Cartman genuinely
27:18resorts to murder
27:19and cannibalism
27:20as revenge
27:21for being conned
27:21out of less than $20.
27:23Eric is an unapologetic,
27:25psychotic monster
27:26who somehow
27:27is rarely not hilarious.
27:34Which South Park episode
27:35made you say
27:36too much, man?
27:37Let us know
27:38in the comments.
27:38Well, that's the
27:39end of our tour.
27:40Now do you see
27:41why tolerance
27:41is so important, boys?
27:43I guess.
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