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Top 20 Most Offensive South Park Jokes Ever

Top 20 Most Offensive South Park Jokes Ever
VOICE OVER: Ryan Wild
From controversial religious commentary to inappropriate racial humor, South Park has never shied away from pushing boundaries. Join us as we look at the animated series' most shocking and controversial moments that had viewers questioning if the show went too far. Our countdown includes jokes about religion, racial stereotypes, sensitive social issues, and controversial celebrity portrayals. Whether targeting specific groups, historical events, or public figures, these moments sparked significant backlash. Which South Park joke crossed the line for you? Let us know in the comments!
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Welcome to WatchMojo and today we’re counting down our picks for the jokes, portrayals and running gags on South Park that went a little too far.

#20: Dum, Dum, Dum, Dum, Dum [a]

A new family moves into town and it turns out they’re really nice. At school Stan is selected to beat up the new kid, Gary, but finds him so likeable that he can’t do it. Gary invites Stan over to their house for dinner and Stan finds out that Gary’s family are Mormon. They eventually teach Stan what their religion is about by recounting the story of Joseph Smith. While the events surrounding Smith depicted are factual, it’s framed in a mocking tone. Stan starts to be at odds with some of the Mormon teachings and equates those who follow it as being less than intelligent.

#19: Virgin Mary Statue

After Randy is pulled over for drinking under the influence, he’s mandated to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for two weeks. There he learns that his drinking is a result of him having a disease that he’s powerless to control without giving himself to a higher power. However, the most contentious part of this episode is a statue of the Virgin Mary that begins to bleed. The event is initially described as a miracle and Randy believes that he will be healed by the statue. Those of the Catholic faith were not happy with the show’s depiction of Mary and tried to have the episode permanently retired.

#18: Curse Words

The townsfolk of South Park are excited because the show “Cop Drama” is going to utter a curse word, ‘shit’, during its broadcast for the first time in television history. Kyle is the only one who doesn’t care because he sees it as just a word with no real importance. The episode keeps a running counter at the bottom of the screen for each time the word is said and it’s up being uttered 162 times uncensored. The gratuitous use of the expletive did upset some viewers. Although, the use of profanity is nothing new for “South Park”.


#17: Abortion

At the end of season five, Kenny tragically dies. Cartman, however, would end up drinking his ashes mistakenly believing them to be chocolate milk mix. This causes Kenny’s soul to be housed in his body. Cartman starts to experience memories from his deceased friend. Once he’s made aware of the fact that he drank Kenny’s ashes, he decides that he has to have the soul removed from his body. This brings him to Unplanned Parenthood. Cartman’s callous demeanor at the whole process is fairly tasteless at what is a serious subject.

#16: Tunnel of Prejudice

When Garrison returns to teaching the fourth grade, Mr. Slave is brought in as a ploy for Garrison to get fired. Naturally, the students are confused by Garrison’s actions in class. When Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Butters and Tweek bring their concerns to their parents, they believe the boys are being discriminatory to Garrison and Mr. Slave, so they decide a trip to the Museum of Tolerance is in order. Once there, the boys go through the Tunnel of Prejudice, an exhibit consisting of racial epithets being uttered. While the use of slurs is bad enough, perhaps even more troubling is Cartman’s excitement towards hearing them.

#15: Bass Guitar

Cartman is convinced that he can get a platinum album before Stan, Kyle and Kenny by playing Christian rock. To form his band, Eric enlists the help of Tolkien as the bass player. He doesn’t do this because Tolkien is good at bass but simply relying on the fact that Tolkien is Black and therefore must be good at bass. Cartman is proven right as Tolkien can effortlessly play the instrument despite having no prior experience. Throughout the episode Cartman directs his prejudices toward Tolkien who lashes out after reaching his limit.

#14: Paris Hilton

If you end up in “South Park”’s cross hairs, the results often aren’t pretty. Paris Hilton’s depiction in the show is particularly egregious. Hilton is town to open up a new store for the girls in the town to be like her. Wendy is dismayed as she sees Hilton as a poor role model for young impressionable minds. Many of the episode’s jokes portray Hilton as rude, obnoxious and very promiscuous. She pretty much abducts Butters to keep as a pet after her dogs keep taking their own lives. She eventually gets into a showdown with Mr. Slave where she meets an unfortunate end.

#13: Starting COVID

COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the world but the origins of the virus are unclear. “South Park” offers its own version of how it started. While watching the news, Randy finds out that scientists have been able to trace the virus to a bat in Wuhan but they’re confused about how it could transfer species. We then get a flashback to when Randy was in China, with Mickey Mouse and see their debaucherous night with a bat. Later, it’s revealed that the virus actually came from a pangolin and again get another flashback of Randy and Mickey. The depictions of both of them being intimate with these creates crosses way too many lines.

#12: AIDS Is Finally Funny

Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle visits South Park to promote weight loss. This was before Fogle would be convicted of heinous crimes. In the episode he reveals that he had help losing weight from assistants but uses the word, ‘aides’ but those around him think he’s referring to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. This wordplay is used throughout the episode where Fogle declares that he wants to give everyone assistants to help them lose weight, but people assume he wants to give them AIDS. In the end, the misunderstanding is cleared up and it’s decided that enough time has passed for AIDS to now be declared funny. Although, not everyone feels that way.

#11: Depictions of Muhammad

Arguably one of the most contentious subjects in the show’s history is its commentary about the depiction of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Within the framework of the show, “Family Guy” is going to depict Muhammad uncensored in an episode. This leads the townsfolk to cower in fear, anticipating a violent response from angry Muslims. Although the episode was meant to be a commentary on censorship, Comedy Central decided to omit scenes that contained Muhammad. In later episodes where Muhammad is a featured character he is only seen as a black censor bar or is concealed.


#10: Gingers

If there’s a group of people that Cartman despises just as much as hippies and anyone who celebrates Judaism, it’s anybody that has freckles and red hair. In addition to Cartman’s constant bashing of them, their portrayal on the show was not so positive, frequently shown as being frail and somewhat creepy. The episode “Gingers” even inspired “Kick a Ginger Day”, a holiday high-schoolers created so that they have reason to physically torment students with red hair. The most offensive moment on the show may have been Cartman being distraught not because he realized he murdered his own father, but that he in fact had red hair.

#9: Special Olympics

Cartman pretending to have a disability in order to compete at the special olympics will go down as one of the most despicable things he’s ever done. He goes so far as to adopt what he believes are their “mannerisms” and even wears a “disguise”. It’s all super wrong and shows a complete lack of respect on his part. The worst part may have been having his mom vouch for him when they register for the event, which doesn’t go too well. Fortunately, his plan completely backfires, as he struggles in all of the events and comes in last place.

#8: Steve Irwin

At his Halloween party, Satan confronts someone who he believes to be wearing a Steve Irwin costume. But the man reveals himself to actually be Steve Irwin. Realizing that he’s not actually wearing a Halloween costume, Satan promptly gets him kicked out. This brief exchange could be seen as problematic for so many reasons; the way the character is drawn and the fact that he’s in hell. Irwin’s wife, Terri, was reportedly very upset by the portrayal. The most ironic thing about this joke was that Satan and everyone at the party thought the idea of someone dressing up as Steve Irwin was offensive, which it very much is, but that point gets lost in true South Park fashion.

#7: Japan

The Japanese were definitely not happy with this one. In the season 2 episode “Chinpokomon”, the Japanese are portrayed as hungry war-mongers set on taking over the United States. Through Chinpokomon, an obvious parody of Pokémon, they hope to brainwash children in America to join their cause. The mannerisms and over the top accent of the Japanese on the show can most certainly draw the ire of certain viewers, but the worst part was when, on multiple occasions, they claimed to have small…genitalia in an attempt to fool the American characters. And this wouldn’t be the last time the show took shots at the Japanese…

#6: China

The creators of “South Park” have never shied away from taking digs at China, and this is on full display in this season 12 episode. Fearing that the country of China will invade the United States, Cartman decides to take matters into his own hands. How might you ask? By pretending to be Chinese and “infiltrating” a local P.F. Chang’s. The way Cartman dresses and “pretends” to be Chinese is just super offensive and it’s hard to see how this would fly today. That wouldn’t be the only offensive “joke” in this episode though. Attempting to show what the creators of South Park believe Steven Spielberg and George Lucas did to the beloved “Indiana Jones” franchise with the release of “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, they depicted the titular character being assaulted by the two filmmakers.




#5: People Who Annoy You…

“With Apologies to Jesse Jackson” was a critically acclaimed episode, being praised for its moral compass and exploration of the significance behind the use of the N word in society. However, the inciting incident and joke that gets the episode’s plot rolling is just about as brutal as it gets. While this is not the joke’s ultimate punchline, Randy’s use of the word and the joke itself is still very much offensive. It strikes a nerve with everyone in town and he ultimately becomes alienated. Randy’s mishap is just straight up awful and as big of a fail as it gets.


#4: Rich People

Season 5’s “Here Comes the Neighborhood,” sees affluent rich African Americans move to the city of South Park. One of the episode’s two central plots centers on several residents who are not happy about this, and so they take several measures to steer them away from the town. While they state that they don’t like them because they are rich…it’s hard to see it that way and we can’t help but see a very dark double entendre. Add in the fact that the town dresses up as “ghosts” to scare them away and then it all begins to feel so wrong. By the episode’s end, Garrison reveals that all of this was done for the worst reason possible…

#3: Cartman Shoots Tolkien

The “World War Zimmerman” episode from season 17 somehow finds a way to combine and parody both “World War Z” and the Trayvon Martin incident together into one wild and zany episode. Near the end, Cartman confronts Tolkien, and while it initially seems like he wants to make amends, he instead proceeds to shoot him. While the joke and the episode itself serve to highlight the unfairness and hypocrisy of the justice system, considering the controversy surrounding the death of Trayon Martin and police violence towards African Americans, the joke can be deemed as somewhat insensitive.

#2: The Worst Costume [and Fan Club] Ever

Cartman dressed up as the German dictator Hitler not once, but twice. The first time, principal Victoria tries to fix this by giving him a ghost costume, and we all know what that usually ends up looking like instead in South Park. The second time around, although not donning the mustache, he wears the costume again when leading the Mel Gibson fan club. The clueless members who join the group are oblivious to Cartman’s true intentions and simply follow along. The joke was clearly intended to show the naivety of these individuals, but it was offensive nonetheless. And if that wasn’t bad enough, they never actually realize what they were doing, as they only begin to suspect how problematic the club really is after seeing how bonkers Mel Gibson is in person.

#1: Canada

Where to begin. South Park has taken shots at Canadians time and time again in several episodes. The South Park movie’s central plot even focuses on a conflict between the United States and the neighboring country. On the show, Canadians are portrayed as goofy characters with a supposed heavy stereotypical-like Canadian accent. Throughout the series, everything from their politics and weddings is shown as either abnormal or strange. The show’s portrayal of the country and its inhabitants is one of the longest running gags on the show, and it is anything but flattering to say the least.


Which “South Park” Joke do you find most offensive? Let us know in the comments!

[a]Rhythm for this entry title: https://youtu.be/RaRsv1xNT3A?si=e0Ak-tEGzzErDPG2&t=36

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