Top 10 Times South Park ROASTED Movies

The majority of films from the sports genre has always been plagued by a somewhat familiar plot; an underdog athlete or team gets thrown into a competition that they have to win in order to save the…whatever. Who doesn’t love an underdog story? Unfortunately, the genre has become so saturated that the tropes that are commonplace in these films have become somewhat cliché. “South Park” took a direct aim at these films with their season six episode “Asspen”. Stan is portrayed as the hero, but doesn’t want any part of it. Despite being roped into a competition, the show does a fantastic job of mocking these films.

Any movie about the struggle of a major religious icon was bound to bring controversy. Sidestepping the entire real world drama of this film, “South Park” found a hilarious way to both drive home the film’s message, whilst still roasting it. Horribly unimpressed by the film, Stan & Kenny decide that, just like “BASEketball”, they want their money back for such a terrible film. Between Stan’s commentary on the excessiveness of the movie and Kyle’s loss of faith, this episode goes to untold lengths to point out how sometimes things are better left on the page than on the screen…along with the creators’ thoughts on Mel Gibson.

Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” takes on the idea of being able to go into someone else’s dreams. Although the movie was a success, many came away confused by the layered plot, covered in complex, over the top explanations . In season 14, “South Park” tore the movie to shreds by having Sharon listen to the ridiculous logic the movie follows, only to call out how a convoluted plot does not make something cool. Throw in purposely bad background music and a hoarding subplot and you’re left with comedic gold.

There’s nothing wrong with making a summer blockbuster that tries to drive home an important message. “The Day After Tomorrow” tries to comment on climate change but takes some big liberties with the science. Long before they’d mock climate change through Al Gore and ManBearPig, “South Park” went after this movie. In "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow," global warming is blamed for a recent flood causing citizens to panic. The episode does a great job of mocking the source material by having Randy and others wear parkas in the summer to deal with the upcoming “ice age” heavily mentioned in the original. Furthermore, they hammer home the ridiculous idea that all things climate change will happen within a matter of days.

Like Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider left his role on “Saturday Night Live” to pursue film projects. Although some may have found both Schneider & Sandler’s brand of film comedy entertaining, the folks over at “South Park” were not overly impressed. During one episode, the show runs mocked previews of some of Schneider’s new movies that feature him starring as a carrot and as a stapler. This was during a time in his career where he was often playing exaggerated fish-out-of-water characters. Sandler’s similar styled film, “Jack and Jill” was also shredded apart in a later “South Park” episode.

In season 9 “Die Hippie Die,” we find Cartman doing his best to rid the town of hippies. As more and more freeloaders appear, his disdain for them rages on, all while everyone else turns a blind eye. When the town is overrun with these people, we watch “South Park” take a page directly from 2003’s “The Core,” an action packed story about a team of scientists drilling to the Earth’s core to save humanity. Instead of the Earth, Cartman needs to drill through a crowd of hippies to stop their music festival. Everything from the planning, to the assembly of the team, and even the execution of the drill mocks the ridiculousness of the film in humorous fashion.

George Clooney is a huge fan of “South Park.” He’s famously made hundreds of copies of the show’s original “The Spirit of Christmas” short film and has even voiced characters in both the show and the feature length film. But as “smug” clouds (made from people who believe they’re better than everyone else) come together in “South Park”, it’s a perfect storm. Mocking both the film of the same name, and Clooney’s infamous Oscar’s speech, it’s far less on the nose than many of our other entries, but still worth mentioning.

Let’s face it. Today, it seems unless you’re part of an already existing franchise, many film projects have spawned out of the reboot/remake/revival trend. The problem is that often many of these reboots are terrible and sometimes taint the original. “South Park” took clear aim at the entire reboot culture with the introduction of member berries. These little grape-like creatures relentlessly remind everyone of great things from the past while simultaneously mocking the lack of original ideas in film and television.

In the first season of “South Park”, the writers wanted an excuse to make fun of “Braveheart”. So how did they do it? In the episode "Starvin' Marvin," they had both the townspeople and a group of genetically modified turkeys go to battle. The entire sequence is a direct rip on the famous battlefield scene from “Braveheart”. We’re treated to not only a warpainted Chef, but a turkey dolled up much like the film’s William Wallace. With even the turkey leader giving an inspirational speech, the entire sequence is both a great mockery of the source material, and is a recipe for one fantastic laugh.

When the fourth Indiana Jones movie was released, there was a lot of criticism around much of the plot. Many fans who had been waiting years for the return of the whip cracking hero found themselves disappointed. One such person was “South Park”co-creator Matt Stone. While discussing the film’s assault on the iconic franchise during a writers meeting, Trey Parker began piecing together an episode that would shred the movie to bits. Never in the entire lifetime of this show has a film received as much angst as it did in season 12’s “The China Probrem”. We can only imagine what they thought of the most recent film….