176 Fun Facts About South Park

In the episode where immigrants from the future arrive to find work, which year do they come from?

The time-travelling immigrants come from the year 3045, a future so overcrowded and poor that a minimum-wage job in 2004 feeds a family back home.

What does Stan usually cry out when Kenny dies in South Park's early seasons?

'Oh my God, they killed Kenny!' usually comes from Stan, and Kyle answers 'You bastards!'; Kenny died in almost every episode of the first five seasons and returned in the next with little or no explanation.

What is Butters Stotch's supervillain alter ego?

Professor Chaos is born when Stan, Kyle and Cartman fire Butters as their stand-in fourth friend; he builds the villain's helmet out of cardboard and aluminium foil.

Which TV host, presenting Cartman an award in 'Weight Gain 4000', was South Park's first spoofed celebrity?

In 'Weight Gain 4000' Kathie Lee Gifford comes to present Cartman's essay award, and Mr. Garrison, egged on by his puppet, plots to shoot her over a childhood talent-show loss.

Who are the co-creators of the animated television series *South Park*?

Trey Parker and Matt Stone remain the primary creative forces, handling most of the writing, directing and voice acting.

Which creature pesters Chef's parents for 'about tree-fiddy'?

The Loch Ness Monster wants $3.50 in every story Chef's parents tell, and the boys must sit through them all on the evening they came to warn Chef about his fiancée.

What is the title of the very first South Park episode, which aired in August 1997?

'Cartman Gets an Anal Probe' has Cartman insist his alien abduction was only a dream, until a giant satellite dish unfolds out of him in front of his friends.

The show's town sits in the real South Park basin, a high grassland in which mountain range?

The Rocky Mountains hem in the real South Park, a grassland flat in central Colorado that is an area, not a town; the cartoon borrowed the name and built a town on it.

Cartman drinks Kenny's ashes after mistaking them for what?

Chocolate milk mix is what Cartman takes the ashes for, so he stirs them into milk and drinks them in 'A Ladder to Heaven', which leaves Kenny's soul trapped inside him.

In the early seasons, what does Stan do whenever his crush Wendy speaks to him?

He vomits, usually straight onto her, a gag that runs through the first seasons; in 'Tom's Rhinoplasty' Wendy takes him back as her boyfriend right after he does it again.

What is the name of Kenny's younger sister, revealed in 'The Poor Kid'?

Karen was an unnamed face in the family from 2005; 'The Poor Kid' gave her a name six years later and showed Kenny guarding her as Mysterion, whom she calls her guardian angel.

Who drives the South Park Elementary school bus in the early seasons?

Ms. Crabtree screams at the children on her bus to keep them quiet; the show killed her off in 2004, as a serial killer's victim in 'Cartman's Incredible Gift'.

Which real musician voiced Randy Marsh's AutoTuned pop-star alter ego in 'The Cissy'?

Sia sang the Auto-Tuned vocals for Randy's pop-star alter ego in 'The Cissy' (2014); the rumour ran for months before she confirmed it in an interview the following February.

In 'Scott Tenorman Must Die', what dish does Cartman trick Scott into eating?

Chili made from Scott's own parents is Cartman's revenge for being tricked into buying pubic hair; he finishes by licking the tears from Scott's face.

What is the first name of Kenny's alcoholic, unemployed father?

Stuart and Kyle's father Gerald were close friends when young, as 'Chickenpox' reveals; they fell out once Gerald became a lawyer and Stuart stayed poor.

The voice of Chef left South Park months after which episode satirised Scientology?

'Trapped in the Closet' aired in November 2005; four months later a statement in the Scientologist actor's name quit the show, though his son says it was issued for him after a stroke.

How was the first episode of South Park animated?

Paper-cutout stop motion, with hundreds of construction-paper cutouts photographed frame by frame; every later episode has been made by computer while emulating that look.

Which of the following main characters is primarily voiced by South Park co-creator Trey Parker?

Trey Parker voices several main characters, including Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, Randy Marsh, and Mr. Garrison. Matt Stone voices Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Butters Stotch.

Which actor provided the barks for Stan's dog Sparky in season one?

George Clooney supplied Sparky's barks in 'Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride'; celebrities who asked to appear were jokingly given non-speaking parts, and Henry Winkler growled as a kid-eating monster.

In 'Chickenlover', why does Officer Barbrady resign from the police force?

He cannot read, so he recruits the boys to teach him, and Cartman fills in as an officer with his own tricycle patrol.

Which singer turns into a giant mechanical dinosaur and attacks South Park in a season one episode?

Barbra Streisand becomes Mecha-Streisand after seizing a magic diamond from the boys; it takes Robert Smith of The Cure to defeat her and save the town.

In 'Gnomes', the Underpants Gnomes collect underpants in Phase 1 and leave Phase 2 blank; what is Phase 3 of their plan?

Profit is Phase 3, and Phase 2 is only a question mark; the gnomes still call themselves business experts and lecture the boys on how corporations work.

In 'Weight Gain 4000', Cartman wins an essay contest by putting his name on a copy of which book?

Walden, Thoreau's book, wins the contest with Cartman's name written on it; Wendy exposes the cheat on stage, but the town is too upset that its celebrity guest has been driven away to care.

Which animal mascot visits South Park Elementary in season three to teach the class about sexual harassment?

A panda gives the talk, and Cartman promptly sues Stan for calling him a name; the lawsuits spread until the school board has to cut costs and lays the mascot off.

Which real Colorado town is often cited as the visual inspiration for the fictional town of South Park?

Fairplay is the largest town in the real South Park, which is a grassland basin rather than a town; the cartoon's main street copies the look of Fairplay's businesses.

Who teaches the boys' fourth-grade class after they move up from Mr. Garrison's room?

Ms. Choksondik arrives as the boys start fourth grade in 2000, has a fling with Mr. Mackey in 'Proper Condom Use', and is found dead in 'Simpsons Already Did It'.

In 'All About Mormons', the cheerful chorus narrating Joseph Smith's story keeps repeating which word?

Dumb, sung five times, closes each verse about Joseph Smith; when a sceptic in the story doubts him, the chorus switches to 'smart, smart, smart, smart, smart'.

What is the name of the hand puppet Mr. Garrison uses as a teaching aid in the early seasons?

Mr. Hat is Garrison's hand puppet; it occasionally seems sentient and even goads Garrison into an assassination attempt in 'Weight Gain 4000'.

How does Chef usually greet the boys in South Park?

'Hello there, children!' is Chef's greeting in the school lunch line, and whatever the boys then ask, his advice tends to arrive as a soul song; his full name is Jerome McElroy.

In South Park, what is the name of Stan Marsh's uncle, a Vietnam veteran who takes the boys hunting in the mountains?

Jimbo Kern yells 'It's coming right for us!' before every shot on the 'Volcano' trip, because the law only lets him kill an animal in self-defence.

Which talk-show host voiced the meows of Cartman's cat in South Park's first-season finale?

Jay Leno's whole part was the meows of Cartman's cat in 'Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut'; he was back the next season, this time playing himself.

Which time-travelling job-seekers provoked the chant 'They took our jobs!'?

Goobacks travel back in time for jobs; the townsfolk's protest chant is the episode's best-remembered legacy.

What is the name of the boy band that Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny briefly form?

Fingerbang is Cartman's money-making scheme; Wendy auditions her way in as its fifth member, while Randy tries to stop Stan because his own boy-band days ended badly.

In 'Christian Rock Hard', what is the name of the Christian rock band Cartman forms?

Faith + 1 sells a million albums after Cartman splits from the boys' band Moop, yet all he gets is a myrrh record: Christian labels award gold, frankincense and myrrh, never platinum.

In "Major Boobage", what is the craze in which South Park kids get high on cat urine?

'Cheesing' means getting high by inhaling cat urine; Kenny becomes addicted, and the town outlaws cats, which Cartman secretly shelters in his attic.

What is Butters Stotch's real first name?

Butters' real name is Leopold Stotch; he became the boys' 'fourth friend' when Kenny was written out near the end of season five, and they fired him from the job within a season.

What is the surname of South Park's publicity-hungry mayor?

Mayor McDaniels first appears in 'Weight Gain 4000', staging a big event for a visiting television star in the hope of furthering her own career.

Lemmiwinks, hero of an epic journey in South Park's 'The Death Camp of Tolerance', is what kind of animal?

A gerbil, the fourth-grade class pet: after an epic escape from inside Mr. Slave, the spirits of other animals crown him the Gerbil King.

What is the title of the first South Park theatrical film?

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) is a full musical: the boys get into an R-rated comedy they are too young for, and the parents' outrage at what they pick up there drives the plot.

Which character frequently suffers from anxiety and often exclaims 'Too much pressure!'?

Tweek Tweak's jitters come from coffee: his parents run the town's coffee shop, and the cups he drinks all day leave him twitching, paranoid and yelling about pressure.

What is the first name of Eric's permissive single mother?

Liane is at the centre of the show's first cliffhanger, over who fathered Eric; viewers who tuned in for the answer in April 1998 got an unrelated April Fools' prank episode instead.

What is the first name of Kyle's Canadian-born adopted younger brother?

Ike turns out to be adopted from Canada in 'Ike's Wee Wee'; Kyle disowns him on the spot, then decides that family means the people you care about.

What is the name of the elementary school's guidance counselor?

Mr. Mackey is the guidance counselor at South Park Elementary, known for his distinctive voice and tendency to end sentences with 'M'kay'.

Which Canadian comedy duo do the South Park boys watch for its nonstop fart jokes?

Terrance and Phillip were Parker and Stone's reply to complaints that South Park was nothing but fart jokes and crude animation: a show within the show that is exactly that.

Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, opens every appearance with which high-pitched greeting?

'Howdy-ho!' and a big wave open every visit from Mr. Hankey; in his first episode Kyle takes the blame for the mess he leaves, because hardly anyone else believes he exists.

What is the real name of PC Principal, who took over South Park Elementary in season 19?

PC Principal's real name is Peter Charles, revealed in season 21; his secret affair with vice principal Strong Woman produced the five PC Babies, who wail at anything problematic.

Which pop star does Randy Marsh secretly perform as in 'The Cissy'?

Lorde is really Randy, who catches himself saying 'I am Lorde, ya ya ya'; the real singer said the parody amused her and posted praise for the episode.

What is the name of Stan's sister, known for her braces and anger issues?

Shelley Marsh pounds Stan and calls everyone 'turds', yet in 'Cat Orgy' she teams up with Cartman, the boy she is babysitting, to take revenge on her much older boyfriend.

In 'Fat Butt and Pancake Head', Cartman's hand impersonates which pop star?

Cartman's hand, as a new 'Jennifer Lopez', steals the real singer's record deal and her fiancé Ben Affleck, then confesses to being a con man named Mitch Conner.

In the 1999 South Park film, what is the name of the protest group Sheila Broflovski forms?

Mothers Against Canada (M.A.C.) is Sheila's answer to a Canadian film she holds responsible for corrupting her sons; her crusade snowballs until the United States declares war on Canada.

In South Park, what is the name of the Chinese restaurant run by Tuong Lu Kim?

City Wok's owner is hired in 'Child Abduction Is Not Funny' to build a Great Wall around the town, and Mongolians promptly show up to break through it.

In 'Volcano', the campfire monster Scuzzlebutt has which actor in place of a leg?

Scuzzlebutt has Patrick Duffy for one leg and a stalk of celery for a hand, weaves baskets, and carries the boys clear of the lava before Stan shoots him.

What is the name of the mentally challenged student who serves as Nathan's sidekick?

Mimsy keeps misreading Nathan's orders at summer camp, so each trap Nathan sets lands on Nathan himself; the pair are modelled on the Looney Tunes gangsters Rocky and Mugsy.

Which scientist runs a genetic engineering ranch and gives animals extra sets of buttocks?

Dr. Alphonse Mephesto shows off animals with extra backsides at his ranch; the character is a send-up of Marlon Brando's mad scientist in the 1996 film The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Which South Park kid on forearm crutches dreams of being a stand-up comedian?

Jimmy Valmer loves doing stand-up, but in 'Up the Down Steroid' he takes steroids to win at the Special Olympics, then owns up to the crowd and hands back his medal.

Which wheelchair-using student can say little more than his own name?

Timmy Burch's vocabulary is little more than his own name, yet he fronts Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld, the band booked to open for Phil Collins that takes over his headline slot in 'Timmy 2000'.

In 'Starvin' Marvin', the boys send off for a free sports watch and receive a child from which country?

Ethiopia is where the boys' sponsored child comes from; when agents arrive to take Marvin home, it is Cartman who ends up flown there in his place.

In 'Make Love, Not Warcraft', the Sword of a Thousand Truths was stored on what?

A 1 GB USB flash drive holds the sword, a weapon too powerful to leave in the game; Blizzard's executives bring it to Randy, who logs in to hand it to Stan.

The 'Imaginationland' trilogy starts with a bet: what creature does Cartman claim to have seen?

A leprechaun is what Cartman swears he saw, and Kyle bets him it isn't real; to Kyle's shock, the boys then find one in the woods and give chase.

In South Park's '201', Cartman's biological father is revealed to be which character?

'201' reveals Jack Tenorman as Cartman's father, making Scott Tenorman his half-brother and meaning Cartman engineered his own father's death in 'Scott Tenorman Must Die'.

In South Park's first season, what does Stan's grandfather keep pressing Stan to do?

Help him die is Grandpa Marsh's one wish; Stan refuses for fear of getting into trouble, and not one of the adults he asks for advice will even discuss it.

Kenny's parents blame his endless deaths and rebirths on having gone to what?

A cult meeting is the cause, his mother grumbles: the parents once went to gatherings of a Cthulhu cult, and each time Kenny dies she gives birth to him again that night.

In 'Band in China', which two characters does Randy meet in a Chinese prison?

Randy shares a Chinese prison with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, jailed over memes likening Pooh to Xi Jinping; the episode got the series scrubbed from Chinese platforms, and the creators answered with a mock apology.

Parker and Stone's mock apology after 'Band in China' compared themselves to which sports league?

The NBA had just disavowed a team executive's pro-Hong Kong tweet, so the pair wrote: 'Like the NBA, we welcome the Chinese censors into our homes and into our hearts.'

In 'Casa Bonita', what lie does Cartman tell to get Butters into a bomb shelter?

A meteor is about to hit Earth, Cartman claims, because he wants Butters's place at Kyle's birthday party; Butters ends up at the town dump, convinced it is the ruined planet.

In 'Woodland Critter Christmas', the cute forest animals seek a human host for whom?

The Antichrist, born to Porcupiney, needs an unbaptized host; the twist is that the whole tale is a Christmas story Cartman is reading aloud to Mr. Garrison's class.

In 'Pinewood Derby', what does Randy steal to power Stan's derby car?

A Large Hadron Collider magnet, a superconducting one, sends Stan's car to warp speed and out into space, where an alien bank robber finds it and comes to Earth.

According to 'Cartoon Wars Part II', who actually writes Family Guy?

Manatees picking idea balls from a tank turn out to write Family Guy; the two-parter ended with Comedy Central replacing the planned image of Muhammad with a black title card.

'Best Friends Forever', the 2005 Emmy winner satirising the Terri Schiavo case, revolves around Kenny and which gadget?

Kenny's mastery of the PSP game Heaven vs. Hell is why Heaven needs him, its Keanu Reeves, to command its army against Satan; he ends up rewarded with a golden statue of the actor.

In 'Towelie', what are the boys desperate to get back?

A video game system, the Okama Gamesphere, is all they care about: they start playing, oblivious, in the middle of a showdown between the military and Tynacorp, the firm that built Towelie.

Which high-end 3D animation program do South Park's animators mainly use?

Autodesk Maya has been the main tool since season five; because the show is built in it, the makers of the 2017 South Park video game could import the studio's artwork directly.

How long does South Park's staff typically take to make an episode from start to finish?

One week: writing starts on a Thursday and the episode airs the next Wednesday, a sprint filmed for the documentary '6 Days to Air' that lets the show joke about news only days old.

Besides Isaac Hayes, which two singers were on Parker and Stone's wish list to voice Chef?

Chef was one of the few adults the boys consistently trusted.

Which actress voiced most of South Park's female characters until her death in November 1999?

Mary Kay Bergman was also Disney's official Snow White, which is why the first seasons billed her under the alias Shannen Cassidy.

Which band performs the South Park theme song?

Primus recorded the theme for the pilot, and it was sped up when the show was picked up; frontman Les Claypool trades its lines with the four boys.

Which band solves a Scooby-Doo-style mystery in a 1999 South Park Halloween episode that premiered its new single?

Korn play themselves in 'Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery', cheerfully cracking the case like the Scooby-Doo gang before debuting 'Falling Away from Me' to a shocked crowd.

What do South Park's talking Member Berries fill the people who eat them with?

Nostalgia for the past: the purple berries coo fond memories, then drift into pining for a less tolerant America, and the show later blames them for Mr. Garrison's election win.

Which streaming service acquired exclusive South Park rights starting in June 2020?

HBO Max paid a reported $500 million-plus to take the show from Hulu, then its owner sued in 2023, saying new South Park content it had paid for was being diverted elsewhere.

In July 2025 Parker and Stone agreed a five-year South Park streaming deal with which service?

Paramount+ finally brought the cartoon home: its parent company had licensed South Park to a rival in 2019, before its own streaming service existed.

South Park won which honour for what its judges called 'stringent social commentary'?

A Peabody, awarded 'for pushing buttons and envelopes': the judges noted that no target is exempt from the show's satire, including the series itself.

Stan's father Randy shares which job with Trey Parker's real father?

Geologist: Parker named Stan's parents, Randy and Sharon, after his own, and gave the cartoon Randy his father's job as well as his name.

At which university did Trey Parker and Matt Stone first meet?

University of Colorado Boulder is where the two met as film students and, while still enrolled, shot their first feature, 'Cannibal! The Musical'.

Which Trey Parker film follows a Mormon missionary lured into the Los Angeles film business?

Orgazmo's hero Joe Young, played by Parker, takes a $20,000 adult-film role only to pay for a temple wedding to his fiancée back in Utah.

Matt Stone, who grew up in Littleton, was interviewed in which Michael Moore documentary?

Bowling for Columbine followed Stone's interview with a cartoon in the South Park style that he and Parker never made; in reply, Team America turned Moore into a puppet suicide bomber.

Parker and Stone have described Cartman as 'a little' version of which sitcom character?

Archie Bunker came to mind when the pair rewatched All in the Family, Parker said; because Cartman was eight years old, he was free to say whatever he wanted.

Butters is loosely based on which South Park co-producer?

Butters is based on animation director Eric Stough, whose nickname 'Butters' grew out of 'little buddy'; Parker and Stone tease him as a goody-goody reluctant to offend.

During which season is Mr. Garrison elected the 45th president, parodying Donald Trump?

Garrison wins the 2016 election in the twentieth season, with Caitlyn Jenner as his running mate, after the Member Berries arc pitted him against Hillary Clinton.

Which season ten premiere of South Park killed off Chef after his voice actor quit?

'The Return of Chef' has him brainwashed by the Super Adventure Club and killed, with every line pieced together from recordings of earlier episodes.

Kenny's superhero alter ego Mysterion first appeared in which season 13 episode?

Mysterion debuts in 'The Coon' (2009) as the rival of Cartman's Coon persona; he isn't unmasked as Kenny until 'Mysterion Rises' in season 14.

In South Park's 'Kenny Dies', what kills Kenny?

Kenny dies of terminal muscular dystrophy in 'Kenny Dies' (2001); Parker and Stone claimed at the time that he would not return, and he stayed gone until the season-six finale.

Why does Kyle feel left out in South Park's first Christmas episode?

He is Jewish, so his mother has him pulled from the Nativity play and he sings of being a lonely Jew on Christmas; the episode was also the first that Kenny survived.

Which rating did the MPAA repeatedly give Bigger, Longer & Uncut before it got an R?

The MPAA kept returning an NC-17 rating before finally granting an R; Parker and Stone insisted the film had to be at least R-rated.

Which song from the South Park movie earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song?

'Blame Canada' was sung at the Oscars by Robin Williams and lost to Phil Collins, whom the show then mocked by having him clutch his Oscar all through 'Timmy 2000'.

Chef's single 'Chocolate Salty Balls' missed the Christmas number one but soon topped the charts in which two countries?

UK and Ireland: the Spice Girls' 'Goodbye' held it to number two in Britain at Christmas 1998, but Chef dethroned them a week later.

The 1995 video Christmas card that launched South Park shows Jesus fighting whom?

Santa Claus brawls with Jesus over the meaning of Christmas in a short that Fox executive Brian Graden ordered as a card for friends; bootleg copies spread until Comedy Central called.

Which studio developed the 2014 role-playing game South Park: The Stick of Truth?

Obsidian Entertainment built the game from a script by Parker and Stone; its first publisher, THQ, went bankrupt midway, and Ubisoft bought the rights.

Which English rock band guest-stars as themselves in 'Scott Tenorman Must Die'?

Radiohead, Scott's favourite band, arrive as themselves and mock him for crying; Scott, voiced by Toby Morton, had tricked Cartman into buying his pubic hair.

'Make Love, Not Warcraft' won an Emmy with scenes made in which animation technique?

Machinima, animation recorded inside a video game, supplied the World of Warcraft scenes; Blizzard helped stage them in the game itself, and the episode won a 2007 Emmy.

Which actor allegedly threatened Viacom to stop a repeat of South Park's 2005 Scientology episode?

Tom Cruise was reported to have threatened to skip publicity for Mission: Impossible III, a film from Viacom's own studio, when the repeat was pulled; his publicist denied it.

In 'Chef Aid', which real-life lawyer deploys the 'Chewbacca defense' against Chef?

Johnnie Cochran wins the record company's case with the nonsensical 'Chewbacca defense', a jab at his O.J. Simpson closing argument; the boys then rally rock stars for a benefit concert.

In 'Good Times with Weapons', the boys imagine themselves as what after buying weapons?

In 'Good Times with Weapons' (2004) the boys buy martial-arts weapons at a fair and fantasize as anime-styled ninjas, until Kenny's throwing star lodges in Butters' eye.

In 'It Hits the Fan', an on-screen counter tallies what?

Uses of a swear word, 162 by the end; in the story, saying it so freely unleashes a plague and the Knights of Standards and Practices.

In 'Damien', Satan sends his son to arrange what between himself and Jesus?

A boxing match on pay-per-view is what Damien arranges; Satan, who secretly bet on Jesus, takes a dive to collect the town's money.

In 'Cancelled', the boys discover that Earth is actually what?

An intergalactic reality show called 'Earth' is what the aliens run, stocking the planet with species from other worlds; when the secret gets out, their network decides to cancel it.

In 'Cartmanland', how does Cartman get the money to buy an amusement park?

He inherits a million dollars from his grandmother and buys a park to ride without queues; shutting everyone out is hailed as marketing genius, and the crowds he hates pour in.

In 'Marjorine', what is Butters sent to steal?

A paper fortune teller: the boys take the girls' folded-paper game for a device that sees the future, and fake Butters's death so that 'Marjorine' can go after it.

In 'Fishsticks', which rapper is the only person who cannot understand a joke the whole country loves?

Kanye West alone can't get the fish-sticks pun and ends up accepting he's a 'gay fish'; the real West blogged that it hurt his feelings but that he had been working on his ego.

In 'Medicinal Fried Chicken', how does Randy qualify for medical marijuana?

He gives himself testicular cancer by irradiating himself with a microwave oven, then needs a wheelbarrow to get around; the town's KFC, meanwhile, has become a marijuana dispensary.

Which social network traps Stan in a virtual world in 'You Have 0 Friends'?

Stan is sucked into Facebook, Tron-style, after his friends create a profile for him against his wishes; he must beat his own profile at Yahtzee to escape.

On which real game show does Randy say a racial slur in 'With Apologies to Jesse Jackson'?

Wheel of Fortune gives Randy the puzzle 'People who annoy you'; the answer is 'naggers', but he blurts a racial slur on live television and sets off national outrage.

Which director comes to South Park to ban smoking in 'Butt Out'?

Rob Reiner, drawn as a gluttonous anti-smoking zealot, arrives after the boys blame tobacco companies to dodge punishment; he then sneaks them into a cigarette factory to fake a damning photo.

In 'Krazy Kripples', which actor comes to town to promote stem cell research?

Christopher Reeve regains his strength, and then superpowers, by sucking the stem cells from fetuses; upstaged, two disabled classmates try to join the Crips, taking the gang for a club.

In 'Christian Rock Hard', how much does Cartman bet Kyle he'll get a platinum album first?

$10 is all that rides on it: Cartman's Christian band sells a million albums, yet he can't win, because Christian labels award gold, frankincense and myrrh records, never platinum.

In 'The China Probrem', the boys want two famous directors arrested for ruining which movie hero?

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull so appals the boys that they persuade the district attorney to have George Lucas and Steven Spielberg arrested.

'The Ring' has Kenny and his girlfriend urged to wear purity rings by which band?

The Jonas Brothers push purity rings on Kenny and Tammy Warner, a scheme Mickey Mouse runs to sell sex to little girls while looking wholesome.

'Dances with Smurfs' parodies the commentary style of which pundit?

Glenn Beck's chalkboard conspiracy style is Cartman's model when he takes over the school announcements, accuses student president Wendy of plots and sells a book of his smears.

In 'Whale Whores', Stan joins a crew fighting whalers from which country?

Japan's whalers, the episode claims, blame whales and dolphins for Hiroshima because of a doctored photo; Stan ends the hunt with a new fake that pins it on a cow and a chicken.

In 'The F Word', the boys try to redefine a slur as a term for what?

The boys redefine the slur to mean loud, obnoxious Harley bikers and get the dictionary's definition changed, with the bikers' engine roar drowning out the town.

In the South Park episode 'HumancentiPad', Kyle is kidnapped after agreeing to what?

An iTunes user agreement is what he clicks through, and Apple wants him for a 'revolutionary new product' about to be launched.

Which real History Channel series does 'A History Channel Thanksgiving' spoof?

Ancient Aliens is the target: a documentary puts aliens at the 1621 feast, and when the boys copy it into a school report the channel hails them on air as experts.

Which TV animal trainer does Cartman's mother hire to discipline him in 'Tsst'?

Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, treats Cartman like a misbehaving dog with 'tsst' and neck pokes, and succeeds where Supernanny failed.

Which politician comes to South Park to warn everyone that ManBearPig is real?

Al Gore's monster was a stand-in for global warming that nobody took seriously; in 2018 the show made the creature real and had the boys apologise to him.

The Book of Mormon musical sends two missionaries to a remote village in which country?

Uganda is where Elder Price is posted with an insecure partner, a rude shock for a missionary who had prayed to be sent to Orlando.

Team America (2004) uses puppetry in the style of which 1960s series Parker and Stone disliked?

Thunderbirds could not hold their interest even as kids, Parker said, because it took itself so seriously; that solemn puppet style is exactly what Team America sends up.

South Park: The Fractured but Whole swaps the first game's fantasy quest for a send-up of what?

Superhero film franchises: the kids drop their fantasy game to play heroes, then split into rival teams because they can't agree who gets a movie or a Netflix series first.

Casa Bonita, which Parker and Stone bought in 2021, is what kind of business?

A Mexican restaurant with cliff divers and an indoor waterfall, it cost the pair $3.1 million to buy and then upward of $40 million to rebuild.

South Park's opening disclaimer claims that all celebrity voices are impersonated in what manner?

Poorly is the punchline of a notice that also insists every character, even those based on real people, is entirely fictional. It ends by warning that the show should not be viewed by anyone.

The 1999 South Park film set a Guinness World Record for the most what in an animated movie?

Swearing won the film its record, with 399 profanities counted. The same tally logged 128 offensive gestures and 221 acts of violence.

In South Park, Butters finds every evil scheme he invents was already done by which cartoon?

The Simpsons really had beaten South Park to several plots, which is what inspired the episode. The boys shrug it off, pointing out that the older show took ideas from The Twilight Zone.

In the 1999 South Park film, which device shocks Cartman whenever he uses bad language?

A V-chip is fitted at the urging of Kyle's mother, and it backfires. Once it malfunctions, Cartman can fire the shocks outward and turns them on the film's villain.

Which real-life dictator appears in the 1999 South Park film as Satan's abusive partner in Hell?

Saddam Hussein bullies and insults Satan until the Devil finally snaps and throws him back into Hell, where he is impaled on a stalagmite.

In South Park, which film director do Stan and Kenny chase for a refund after hating his movie?

Mel Gibson is drawn as a rambling masochist who straps himself to a rack rather than return their money. The boys had condemned his film as a snuff movie.

What does Randy Marsh name the cannabis farm he moves his family to in South Park's season 22?

Tegridy Farms began as Randy's escape from the town's troubles, and he makes a range of hemp products there. The inspector who must approve his crop turns out to be a talking towel.

How does Kenny's voice actor create the character's muffled dialogue when recording South Park?

Mumbling into his hand is all the actor does to muffle Kenny. The lines Kenny sings in the theme song are changed every few seasons.

Which fellow cartoon creator voiced Kenny's only unmuffled line in the 1999 South Park film?

Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis and Butt-Head, supplies Kenny's sole speaking appearance in the film. Monty Python's Eric Idle also has a supporting role in it.

Which Olympic figure skating champion is named in the title of a song from the 1999 South Park film?

Brian Boitano inspired the number 'What Would Brian Boitano Do?'. The 1988 gold medallist later borrowed its title and tune for his own cooking show, What Would Brian Boitano Make?

Which comedian opened South Park's nominated song at the 2000 Oscars with tape over his mouth?

Robin Williams opened in Kenny's muffled voice through the tape, tore it off and sang with a chorus. He turned away at the one word broadcast rules barred, and the chorus gasped in its place.

Which publisher bought the rights to South Park: The Stick of Truth when THQ went bankrupt?

Ubisoft paid $3.2 million for the rights in early 2013. The game then slipped a full year past its planned date, finally arriving in March 2014.

At which famous outdoor venue did South Park mark its 25th anniversary with concerts featuring Ween in 2022?

Red Rocks Amphitheatre hosted the series' two creators on stage alongside the bands. A second night was added to the original date.

Which 1998 sports comedy directed by David Zucker cast South Park's two creators in its lead roles?

BASEketball mixes baseball and basketball, a game its director had invented in the 1980s. He wanted Chris Farley for the lead, then cast the two animators once their series became a hit.

What was the title of the live-action White House sitcom made by South Park's two creators?

That's My Bush! spoofed creaky sitcom conventions more than politics. Sure that Al Gore would win the 2000 election, its makers had first planned to call it Everybody Loves Al.

Trey Parker's first feature, a 1993 student musical made before South Park, is about what grisly subject?

Cannibalism is the charge against prospector Alferd Packer, whose five companions ended up dead and partly eaten. The film went largely unseen until Troma picked it up in 1996.

Which English rock singer voiced himself in South Park and defeated a giant mechanical Barbra Streisand?

Robert Smith of The Cure turns into a giant moth creature to win the fight. As he leaves, Kyle shouts after him that Disintegration is the best album ever.

Which sitcom star voiced choir leader Miss Stevens in South Park's 'Rainforest Shmainforest'?

Jennifer Aniston plays the leader of a choir tour to Costa Rica. The episode mocks the country because one of the show's creators had gone there on holiday and hated it.

Which veteran sitcom producer voiced Benjamin Franklin in South Park's 100th episode?

Norman Lear, the producer behind Maude and Good Times, was also a creative consultant on the episode. He attended a South Park writers' retreat, and some of his ideas made it to air.

Which Saturday Night Live star joined South Park as a creative consultant and voice actor in season 12?

Bill Hader also worked as a producer on the series, and he came back to join its writing staff for the seventeenth season.

Which South Park girl, Stan's on-off girlfriend, challenges Cartman to a fistfight for mocking breast cancer?

Wendy Testaburger refuses every apology and bribe Cartman offers to get out of it. He grows so desperate to avoid losing to a girl that he eats his own underwear in front of her.

South Park's 'The Big Fix' revealed that the son of Steve and Linda Black was named after which author?

J. R. R. Tolkien is the namesake of the boy long written as Token, and Stan is mortified to find he was the only one in class who never knew. Even Cartman knew the origin, though not how to spell it.

South Park's British classmate Pip takes his name from the protagonist of which Charles Dickens novel?

Great Expectations got a full South Park retelling in season four, framed as a Masterpiece Theatre spoof with Malcolm McDowell as its live-action narrator.

Which of Cartman's beloved stuffed animals is found nailed to a tree in the South Park episode '1%'?

Clyde Frog gets a funeral, where Cartman calls him the perfect friend because he could never disagree. The culprit turns out to be another of the toys, the doll Polly Prissypants.

Which South Park character runs the animal sanctuary where Stan's runaway dog takes refuge?

Big Gay Al made his debut in the episode, taking Stan on a boat ride through the sanctuary. The story's open treatment of homosexuality made Comedy Central executives anxious.

Which South Park class gerbil is crowned the Gerbil King after a quest set to Hobbit-style songs?

Lemmiwinks is guided on his journey by three animal spirits. The studio staff found the subplot ridiculous: at an early screening, only the two creators were laughing.

Which South Park parent is the online troll Skankhunt42, whom everyone first suspects is Cartman?

Kyle's father, the lawyer Gerald Broflovski, trolls women online under the alias while everyone blames Cartman.

What punishment do Butters's parents threaten him with for almost any misstep in South Park?

Grounding him is the looming threat that terrifies Butters. In 'The Ungroundable' he turns the tables, leaving his parents worried when he simply refuses to be punished.

Which pop star moves to South Park in a fake moustache under the name Mr. Jefferson?

Michael Jackson arrives hoping to escape his fame. The disguise is obvious, yet nobody in town sees through it.

In South Park's 'AWESOM-O', what does Cartman disguise himself as to learn Butters's embarrassing secrets?

A robot suit made of cardboard is the whole disguise, and Butters falls for it. Cartman ends up starving, because his new best friend assumes a machine does not need to eat.

In South Park's 'Death', Stan's grandfather locks him in a room with music in the style of which singer?

Enya's 'Orinoco Flow' was the model for the song, played to show Stan how unbearable being very old feels. Grandpa hopes it will convince the boy to help him die.

Randy Marsh's long-suffering wife in South Park, the mother of Stan, goes by which first name?

Sharon has known Randy since childhood. Their frequent arguments usually start when one of his eccentric schemes leaves her annoyed, ashamed or disgusted.

Which monster of horror fiction does Cartman befriend by rubbing its belly in South Park's superhero trilogy?

Cthulhu ignores Cartman at first, so he acts cute to win the creature over, in a scene modelled on My Neighbor Totoro. Cartman then has it banish his former teammates.

Which phrase commonly opened the short moral monologue that wrapped up early South Park episodes?

I've learned something today was the usual cue for the boys to sum up an episode's lesson. The creators say they added this 'moral center' so the show would rely less on shock.

In South Park's 'Starvin' Marvin', the boys sponsor an African child only to get which free gift?

A sports watch is all they want, but a mix-up delivers an Ethiopian boy to them instead. Jerry Seinfeld offered to voice a part in the episode, then declined when offered only 'Turkey #2'.

Which South Park character, based on a drawing Trey Parker made in high school, speaks through a voice box?

Ned Gerblansky's buzzing voice was hard to get right. The creators tried holding a microphone to their throats and even bought a real voice box before deciding to imitate one naturally.

In South Park's 'Going Native', Butters must travel to which birthplace to cure his sudden anger?

Hawaii is where his parents say the family comes from. The 'natives' who greet him there turn out to be mainland Americans who simply own timeshares.

In South Park, Butters's flying shoe caused several deaths at a national final in which hobby?

Tap dancing had made Butters a state champion before the accident. His shoe flew off, struck a stage light and set off a gruesome chain of events in the audience.

Which socialite opens a store at the South Park mall and becomes an idol to the fourth-grade girls?

Paris Hilton shrugged off the parody, saying she had not seen it but that being copied is 'the most flattering thing'.

Which Olympic champion becomes Mr. Garrison's running mate in his South Park presidential campaign?

Caitlyn Jenner does the driving as the pair set off for Washington, and she promptly runs over a pedestrian, a running gag about her real-life collision.

South Park's 'Black Friday' trilogy puts the kids in medieval garb in imitation of which TV drama?

Game of Thrones gave the three-parter its scheming factions, with the kids split over whether to buy an Xbox One or a PlayStation 4. Randy takes a mall security job to beat the crowds.

Which video game makes overnight stars of Stan and Kyle in South Park when they chase a million-point record?

Guitar Hero strains the pair's friendship once a manager tells Stan that Kyle is holding him back. The episode aired ten days after Guitar Hero III went on sale.

In South Park's 'Go God Go', Cartman freezes himself rather than wait three weeks for which console?

Nintendo Wii fever was real for one of the show's creators, who was awaiting the launch himself. Cartman overshoots badly and wakes up in the year 2546.

In South Park's 'Over Logging', the Marsh family joins a mass migration west in search of what?

Internet access has vanished from the whole state, and TV news can only pass on rumours that some survives in Silicon Valley. The story parodies The Grapes of Wrath.

In South Park's 'A Nightmare on FaceTime', Randy spends $10,000 on a store from which failing rental chain?

Blockbuster turns Randy into a Jack Torrance figure: the Halloween episode parodies The Shining, and he slowly unravels in the empty shop while forcing his family to work there.

In South Park's 'The Losing Edge', Randy trains to fight a rival dad dressed as which superhero?

Batman's cowl and cape, in purple, are the trademark of 'Bat Dad', a parent even rowdier than Randy. The boys, meanwhile, try to lose every game so they can spend the summer on video games.

In South Park's 'Pandemic', which giant animals attack in shaky footage that spoofs Cloverfield?

Guinea pigs are a cultural symbol of Peru, which ties the monsters to the Peruvian flute bands the boys imitate to make money.

In South Park's 'Free Willzyx', which country's space agency offers to launch the boys' orca for $200?

Mexico's fictional agency MASA takes the job after Kyle first phones the Russians. The whole plot grew from one image the writers wanted: a dead whale lying on the Moon.

The South Park boys agree to ignore Cartman, who then believes he is a ghost, after he eats all of what?

The KFC chicken skin was stripped from a dinner meant for all four boys. The idea came when the writers were eating KFC and someone remarked how annoying it would be if one person ate all the skin first.

South Park's Emmy-winning recession episode has Stan trying to return a blender branded by which singer?

Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville machine stands in for needless luxury spending. One of the show's creators owns one and calls it 'pretty stupid because it really is just a blender'.