South Park: The Best Moments of Season 15

The fifteenth season of South Park ended Wednesday night with the episode “The Poor Kid,” which ended the uneven season on a high note.

Some episodes of the season had been really quite bad — see: “Funnybot,” “Crack Baby Athletic Association” — but the series also had some really stellar episodes. “You’re Getting Old,” the midseason finale, was one of the show’s best episodes, and “T.M.I.” was a darn funny outing.

Most episodes, though, each had their laugh-out-loud moments, which is what South Park is all about, isn’t it? We’ve compiled our favorite moments of the season into this article over the next few pages. Enjoy the clips, and feel free to let us know which moments you thought were the best.

(Some clips are obviously NSFW due to South Park’s characteristically strong language. Be warned.)

 

The Cuttlefish Isn’t Sitting Well – Episode 1, “HUMANCENiPAD”

“HUMANCENTiPAD,” the season opener, had an inherently gross premise: Kyle was trapped in the middle of Apple’s newest creation: three people with their digestive tracts sewn together. But while it was tough seeing Kyle be forced to go through that, watching his little head rattle around quickly took care of any empathy we might have had for him. Thanks for making us feel a little less human, South Park.

 

Butters Reads the Terms & Conditions – Episode 1, “HUMANCENTiPAD”

South Park‘s first episode of the season had a few great moments. Since what got Kyle in trouble with Apple in the first place was his failure to read the terms and conditions of his iTunes agreement, it was hilarious to see Butters meticulously read over his terms. And when he found the matter-of-factly worded clause regarding the HUMANCENTiPAD? “I’m gonna click… decline.”

 

This Is Not Tradition – Episode 3, “Royal Pudding”

“Royal Pudding” aired shortly after the Royal Wedding, right when the buzz surrounding the famous nuptials were all too familiar. It was hilarious, then, to see South Park twist the Royal Wedding to center upon Canada. With a monotonous narrator mentioning that everything goes according to tradition, the scene takes a great twist when chaos strikes, killing many members of the audience. The narrator comments how this is breaking tradition — though only slightly breaking from his monotonous tone. Well, until the pudding is knocked over.

 

Big-Boned – Episode 4, “T.M.I.”

Cartman has a mean streak, of course — who can forget the horrible revenge that formed the ending of “Scott Tenorman Must Die?” But while Cartman’s penchant for nasty, life-ruining revenges was the entire point of that episode, the episode “T.M.I.” simply made it a throwaway joke. When a psychiatrist attempted to to make Cartman angry by calling him fat, Cartman simply exacted his revenge in a terrifying way.

 

Mr. Lu Kim is Psycho – Episode 6, “City Sushi”

One of the most memorable reveals of the season was when we discovered that Mr. Lu Kim — the City Wok guy — was actually white. Yes, that’s right — the most stereotypically Asian character on the show was revealed in “City Sushi” to be Butters’s white therapist, Dr. Janus. Of course, while the reveal was great, the episode’s final scene — a parody of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous film, Psycho.

 

Fleetwood Stan – Episode 7, “You’re Getting Old” 

The ending of midseason finale, “You’re Getting Old,” was absolutely devastating, which is of course strange for a South Park episode. The show’s final scene managed to be really poignant, with a dejected and cynical Stan wandering about to Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” (sung, of course, by Stevie Nicks, whose name was parodied as “Steamy Nicks” earlier in the episode). The scene is really dark and sad, save for the duck who sprays feces all over Stan with a flatulent quack.

 

At the Movies – Episode 7, “You’re Getting Old”

That duck, of course, had made an appearance earlier in the episode with this scene, in which our four protagonists watch three film trailers, each for really horrible comedies. One’s a parody of Adam Sandler’s recent flick Jack and Jill, the second’s a parody of June’s Jim Carrey film, Mr. Popper’s Penguins. The final trailer is of a duck who becomes president. While there’s plenty of really disgusting toilet humor here, the best part is when the announcer states that Jack and Jill is “rated ARG for pirates. F**k you!”

 

Anti-Catharsis – Episode 8, “Ass Burgers”

Stan had reached a pretty low mental state at the end of “You’re Getting Old,” and when South Park returned for its midseason premiere with the episode “Ass Burgers,” the episode primarily focused on Stan coming to terms with both his cynicism and his parents’ divorce. However, as soon as he realized that change is good, his dad showed up with a startling announcement that — in typical South Park style — rendered Stan’s epiphany invalid.

 

Butters the Leader – Episode 9, “Last of the Meheecans”

“Last of the Meheecans” was really just a Butters tour-du-force, with the character essentially uniting all Mexicans and convincing them to return back over the border (taking out much of the U.S. labor force, it turns out). He gained the country’s love as well, and was able to make them cheer simply by making motions with his arms. After being told by his friends that he’ll never be a great leader, Butters simply raises his arms.

 

Cupcakes – Episode 10, “Bass to Mouth”

Remember what I said about Cartman and revenge? Well, mix that with South Park‘s lovely penchant for extremely exaggerated toilet humor, and you’ve got the final scene of “Bass to Mouth,” which features school counselor Mr. Mackey falling victim to one of Cartman’s funnier pranks: giving him cupcakes stuffed with laxatives. Watching Mr. Mackey be propelled around the hallway by his own uncontrollable bowel movements was one of the show’s less cerebral laughs, but it made us giggle uncontrollably nonetheless. And the best part? This was after Kyle mentioned how wrong it was to laugh at other peoples’ misfortunes.

 

Shameless Self-Promotion – Episode 11, “Broadway Bro-Down”

The main plotline of “Broadway Bro-Down” involved Randy discovering that Broadway musicals subconsciously caused women to want to give oral sex (“it’s about subtext”). After Randy came clean to his wife Sharon about why he took her to so many musicals throughout the episode, she decided she didn’t really mind since they both enjoyed themselves. It was when they pondered what musical would come to South Park next that the laughs came. That’s right — the episode ended with a quick plug for South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s new musical, The Book of Mormon. The sheer shamelessness of it made it hilarious.

 

A Strict Religious Household – Episode 14, “The Poor Kid” 

The season ended on a pretty good note, with the episode “The Poor Kid.” The episode saw Kenny shipped off to a foster family, who revealed themselves to be strictly… agnostic. The entire concept is absurd and hilarious, but it’s really nailed home by the signs littering the family’s walls. “Be joyful always, for it may be God’s will, if he exists,” reads one. (Oh, and the family drinks only Dr. Pepper, because it’s neither root beer nor cola.)

 

We Like to Have Fun Here – Episode 14, “The Poor Kid”

Mr. Adams with Child Protective Services was another great part of the season finale. Mr. Adams had an abundance of jokes related to the Penn State controversy, each one of which he followed up with, “We like to have fun here.” When Cartman didn’t find his jokes funny, though (nor he Cartman’s), things heated up hilariously, with South Park making slightly self-referential notes about how derivative such jokes were.

 

Kenny Dies… Again — Episode 14, “The Poor Kid”

South Park‘s fifteenth season ended with Kenny’s first death all year. The giant reptile bird that had been off-handedly mentioned by his agnostic foster father earlier in the episode broke through the roof of the school and ate Kenny, causing his friend Stan to simply state, “What the f***?”