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38 Random Bits of ‘South Park’ Trivia That Should Have Ample Parking in Your Brain (Day or Night)

Goin’ down to South Park facts, gonna have ourselves a time!

38 Random Bits of ‘South Park’ Trivia That Should Have Ample Parking in Your Brain (Day or Night)

May 02, 2025

Howdy, neighbor!

Okay, you got us: We just wanted to shout, “Howdy, neighbor!” It's a nice, friendly way to open a show and a list about said show.

We’ve got a ton of friendly facts about South Park, so even though the show isn’t always friendly, you can rest assured that the facts won’t savagely burn you. Unless you happen to be Trey Parker’s ex-fiancee. Then, yeah, you’re gonna get lit up.

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Archie Bunker

ERIC CARTMAN the way he acts Cartman is a spiritual successor to a popular All in the Family character. I'd say within the first season, we kind of realized Cartman's like a little Archie Bunker, says Trey Parker. CRACKED — Comedy Central,
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NPR

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Mr. Mackey

MR. MACKEY m'kay? Mr. Mackey is the school counselor at South Park Elementary, famous for his catchphrase M'kay, which he says at the end of most of his sentences. Turns out, he's based on Trey Parker's counselor, Mr. Lackey, who would really say, M'kay? CRACKED — Comedy Central
South Park Archives

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The Pandemic Special

Sitcoms and real world events BEWARE of COVID-B K South Park profits off of COVID-19. CLOSING The Season 24 premiere The Pandemic Special was the show's first ever hour- long episode. It satirized anyone using COVID to gain profit, and showed Cartman loving this new world. CRACKED — Comedy Central
Entertainment Weekly

35

DJ Zedd

China banned DJ Zedd because he liked one tweet from South Park. It was a pretty innocuous tweet, but the issue was that South Park relentlessly criticizes the Chinese government. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebs We Didn’t Know Got Banned From Other Countries

34

Kenny McCormick

The character Kenny on 'South Park' is based on a real childhood friend of Trey Parker. CRACKED.COM Kenny was the poorest kid in town, wore a large parka that muffled his voice and would frequently skip school, inspiring the run- ning joke that he died by classmates. — South Park Wiki

33

Herbert Garrison

Fictional Presidents SWEET KEITH'S PRESIDENT South Park Herbert Garrison The writing team struggled to come up with jokes that topped Donald Trump's real words and actions. As show co-creator Trey Parker put it, satire has become reality. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Atlantic

32

Peetie the Sexual Harassment Panda

S C Cartoon Bears PEETIE THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PANDA IN SOUTH PARK IS SANTA CLAUS. Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed in a DVD commentary that the panda was actually Santa Claus, as both characters have red underwear and the same voice. CRACKED.COM — Source: South Park Archives

31

The Number of Swear Words in Bigger, Longer and Uncut

south Park: Bigger, Longer, and uncut Exactly 399 curse words are uttered during the movie. Trey Parker and Matt Stone wanted to make their R-rating worth their while. They topped off their swearing count at 399 because 400 would have given the movie an NC-17 rating. CAKES Dinhig CHOCO CRACKED.COM — Source: Moviefone

30

Ginger Kids

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM KICK A GINGER DAY SOUTH PARK The classic episode Ginger Kids saw Cartman ridicule red headed kids until the rest of the gang convinces him he himself is ginger. Soon after the episode aired real middle schoolers adopted 'Kick a Ginger Day' and brutally attacked red headed students at Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School in Massachusetts. — Source: Daily Mail

29

Colorado

South Park, Colarado SOUTH PARK CRACKED.COM The small town of Fairplay, Colorado, was once named South Park City and has understandably claimed itself as the inspiration for the show's setting. — 9News

28

Isaac Hayes

SOUTH PARK lost Chef when Isaac Hayes quit over an episode lambasting Scientology - or so was reported at the time. Hayes' son revealed years later that his father was incapacitated due to health issues, and someone in his Scientology circle quit South Park for him. — Source: Billboard

27

Celebrity Cameos

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Celebrity cameos: Muso edition. COMEDY In South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut, Police drummer Stewart Copeland voices a random American soldier, and Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran voices a Canadian fighter pilot. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Trey Parker’s Phone Number

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Trey Parker's phone number. THE SCOTT MALKINSON SHOW STREAMING RIGHTS NOW AVAILABLE! CALL TREY (719) 838 - 4002 At the end of season 23's Basic Cable episode that deals with the vast amount of TV shows currently available, Trey Parker's phone number ends up on screen. Dialing the number led people to a list of fake for-sale TV shows. CRACKED.COM — Source

25

Losing Their Touch?

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS TREY PARKER DIDN'T WANT MAKE LOVE NOT WARCRAFT TO AIR. SOUTH PARK Parker says he thought they lost their touch during season ten and begged the network to not air the now fan-favorite episode. He thought the episode was terrible and that it would ruin their legacy. CRACKED.COM — Independent

24

Killing Kenny

SOUTH PARK They said we're going to kill Kenny every week. And I remember going, 'Wait, is that funny? says ex-Comedy Central head Doug Herzog. Like, won't people hate that?' And I just shut up and let them continue. The brilliance of South Park is there's nothing conventional about it. CRACKED.COM — EW

23

Tom Cruise

SOUTH PARK 200, 201 CENS CENSORED CRACKED.COM They were trying to one-up their inflmmatory skewering of Tom Cruise and Scientology in Trapped In A Closet, and they did such a good job that Comedy Central bleeped a large portion of the episode. Matt and Trey said the censorship wasn't some meta-joke... In fact, Kyle's final customary speech was about intimidation and fear. — Source: YouTube

22

Jay Leno

Jay Leno did the meows for Cartman's cat on South Park, Mr. Kitty. CRACKED.COM — Source: CheatSheet

21

Jesus vs. Frosty

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE CREATORS CAME UP WITH THE SHOW IN COLLEGE. SOUTH PARK Matt Stone and Trey Parker Met while attending University of Colorado Boulder. The two made each other laugh by coming up with silly kid voices, which led them to create Jesus Vs. Frosty- a short that became — Entertainment Weekly

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20

Ike

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS IKE WAS VOICED BY TREY PARKER'S DAUGHTER. SOUTH PARK euthitethioal venger Throughout the years, Kyle's brother Ike has been voiced by several staff members' kids. In 2016, Ike was voiced by Parker's threeyear-old daughter:. CRACKED COM — YouTube & The A.V. Club

19

The Reason Fox Originally Turned Down the Show

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS FOX TURNED DOWN THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK Before landing on Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone pitched the show to Fox. Executives at Fox turned them down because they didn't think a show about kids could work and wanted it to be more family-centric. — YouTube

18

Terry Gilliam

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS THE ART STYLE WAS INSPIRED BY TERRY GILLIAM. SOUTH PARK The art style of the earlier seasons was inspired by Gilliam's Monty Python animation. Both Trey Parker and Matt Stone were huge Python fans since childhood. — YouTube

17

Make Love, Not Warcraft

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS BLIZZARD HELPED MAKE MAKE LOVE, NOT WARCRAFT. SOUTH PARK People at Blizzard were ecstatic when they heard the show wanted to use their characters. Several Blizzard employees went to South Park offices to help them create the episode by allowing them to direct it using the game's engine. — South Park Studios

16

The First Three Seasons

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS MATT STONE HATES THE FIRST THREE SEASONS. SOUTH PARK If I had to permanently erase anything from the library, it would basically be anything before season 4. It's just embarrassing to watch, says Stone. — Entertainment Weekly

15

Family Guy Hatred

Eric Cartman isn't the only one who hates Family Guy. Turms out, his hatred of the show comes straight from Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The duo says they genuinely hate the show and its type of gag comedy. — YouTube

14

(Ty)Coon

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The Ty)Coon. s5 Cartman (as The Coon) offers his friends a $5 tour of his Coon lair as shown by the little detail hiding in the background. — Source

13

Matt Stone’s Sister

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Matt Stone's sister. Stone's sister has a cameo as a picture frame in the very first episode, Cartman Gets an Anal Probe. — Source

12

My Neighbor Totoro

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The My Neighbor Totoro reference. In Mysterion Rises the relationship between Cartman and Cthulhu is a homage to Hayao Miyazaki's anime film. CRACKEDCO — Source

11

Overwatch Easter Egg

EASTER EGGSTRA Overwatch South Park The easter egg. HALLOWEEN OUTLET In 22's The season Problem with a Poo, the Halloween Outlet features costumes for classic poP culture characters like Darth Vader and Pinhead. Also featured is the masks of two Overwatch characters, Tracer and Reaper. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Kenny Cartman

In the earliest south Park cartoon, Cartman was called Kenny. DO It was a college short called The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus VS. Frosty, and it features a kid who looks like Cartman getting killed by a snowman while the other kids go Oh my God! Frosty killed Kenny! CRACKED COM — Source: ScreenRant

9

Butters

Butters CRACKEDCON South Park animator and producer Eric Stough was childhood pals with Matt Stone and Trey Parker. His innocence and sheltered upbrin

8

Cartman’s Mom

Cartman's mom is easy because Trey Parker was bitter. She was based on Liane, his college fiancee, who cheated on him before dumping him. so she calle — Source: 5 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Are Based On Real People

7

Terrance and Phillip Prank

T b P RT W Yer The South Park Season 2 premiere CApril 1, 1998) was a meta prank. Trey Parker & Matt Stone promised that the identity of Cartman's dad

6

George Clooney

George Clooney is a megastar, plain and simple. And he also starred as Sparky, on South Park. So why would Clooney take time away from doing star stuf

5

The Stick of Truth

Trey Parker and Matt Stone hated all the early South Park video games So much that they made their own years later. SOUTH PARK Ki's BUFFET oE 8 P piav

4

James Bond

Apparently, James Bond's greatest villain moonlights in a South Park hospital. EMERGENCY Schedule Doctor Cuurnexy Potocoo All Employees Coron emo must

3

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

The 1999 South Park film was originally named: South Park:All Hell Breaks LoOSE The MPAA didn't allow Trey Parker and Matt Stone to use the word He

2

The Fractured But Whole

SOUTH PARK THE PLTRE BUT WHOLE aBt M Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were told that their game would never be allowed on store shelves with butth

1

Trey Parker

South Park co-creator Trey Parker was mostly unknown during the show's first season. OMEDY 1 So he let people think they were seeing him naked. Parker

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