EVERY South Park Controversy EXPLAINED

all right class go ahead settle down settle down for me now you may be asking why i only appear to be an upper body well it's because that's all i could afford when i had this commissioned but that is irrelevant now today we will be having a pop quiz now what is the most controversial tv show of all time [Music] okay time's up if you said anything other than south park you not only fail but you are expelled from this university and sends to life in prison without the possibility of parole now for those of you that are still here a follow-up question why is south park so controversial the correct answer is consistency allow me to explain there has existed many controversial shows in the time since the television was first invented and sure there may have been some obscure shows so offensive that they were canceled after a season but there has never been a show that has managed to become involved in major controversy as consistently as south park they have managed to stay controversial for 25 years at this point and thanks to an absolutely absurd deal struck with the creators in viacom they don't plan on slowing down anytime soon speaking of that viacom i see that you have lots of money considering you're able to pay these guys almost a billion dollars so i would really much appreciate it if you stop trying to take my videos down i work really hard on them and i love your show and so pretty please be kinder to me thank you what were you talking about oh yeah south park because of everything i just explained i thought it would be fun to go back and chronicle every major south park controversy i could find and explain it to the best of my abilities and a quick side note i know this isn't a super original idea i mean watch mojo has done a top 10 list on the controversies and they've also done a top 20 list and the top 20 list is literally just 10 extra controversies before it gets number 10 where they just copy and pasted the original top 10 with no acknowledgement okay well now i don't feel as bad about doing a similar video so with the intro out of the way let's get into it every south park controversy explained so knowing the content of this video there's a pretty good chance that it will get demonetized so to try to combat that i want to give a shout out to today's sponsor rage shadow legends raid shadow legends just celebrated their third anniversary as one of the top rpg games out there and seriously this game started strong from the very beginning and never slowed down the thing that really blows my mind is that even after establishing themselves as a leading mobile game they didn't allow themselves to take a step back and rest and they just kept adding new content and game modes every couple of months so let's go ahead and check out some of the amazing things that happened in the game during those two years one amazing addition was the doom tower this game mode introduced a whole world of new and terrifying bosses to slay sprawling over 120 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simpsons look about as crude as full house you got it dude to go from clean sanitized inoffensive sitcoms dominating popular television to a cartoon made for adults that is quite possibly one of the most vulgar pieces of media ever made i mean you're going zero to 100 in record time here unsurprisingly a lot of people did not like the content of the show the existence of this vulgarity was bad enough to the general public but what really sealed the deal was the fact that the main characters sang and doing these things were young children it also didn't help that adult cartoons were very uncommon at the time so a non-observant parent may see their children watching the show and think they're watching a kid's show while they're really watching the most adult show on television reportedly when screening the pilot episode to test audiences three people burst into tears over the show's content the backlash was immense including everything from campaigns to get the show taken off the air to schools banning south park clothing entirely it's pretty funny looking back since this early south park is incredibly tame in comparison to what the show would become and of course that only brought with it more controversy despite its controversial existence the show didn't experience much major controversy related to specific themes outside of the vulgarity for the first three seasons that is until south park bigger longer and uncut was released in 1999 creating a movie meant matt and trey were not limited to the rules they had to follow creating a television show as they were always dancing on the line of what was allowed to be shown on television and what wasn't because of this they sprinted straight for the line of what was allowed to be shown in movies and set up camp there in the production of the movie alone the team had tons of issues with the mpaa in paramount who attempted to censor or block content so many times that this video would be an hour longer if i talked about all of them so here are just a few of my favorites the original name for the movie was south park all hell breaks loose but the mpaa would not approve this name because it had the word hell in it so trey came up with bigger longer and uncut and it was approved only later did the mpaa realize what the name actually meant and they attempted to block this title but they were prevented from doing so when writing the script for the movie matt and trey were made aware that at the time the mpaa required any movie with 400 or more swear words to be rated nc-17 they couldn't have their movie rated nc-17 due to their agreement with paramount so can you guess how many swear words they included in the movie yeah it was 399. now the public's reaction to the movie was basically what you would expect if you released a significantly longer and more offensive episode of south park people called for it to be banned it was banned in a bunch of countries people thought it marked the end of western civilization as we know it yada yada you get the picture ironically the backlash to the movie mirrored the predictions made in the movie itself you know minus the whole war starting and everything but the creation of this movie is what made matt and trey want to push the boundaries even further and it marked the beginning of a major change in the tone of the show moving forward in the eyes of the public it was no longer just a crude and inappropriate show it was an attack on the beliefs of everyone [Music] season four is where we first begin to see the signs that this show may be more than just crass humor and recognize the potential for controversy with a few minor ones throughout the season episode 5 cartman joins namblo was banned from airing on the british satellite channel sky1 as it contained many references to the actions of the group nambla which is somehow a real life group and whose actions i will not detail here later in the season we get one of our first glimpses at how well the show can handle contentious issues with chef go's nanners which discusses the implications of continuing to use a flag that was used in times of racism the message was way ahead of its time and while today the episode has aged like fine wine when it was released there was a small amount of backlash mostly due to seeing it as racist then in episodes 9 and 10 do the handicap go to hell and probably this is the first time the show really committed entire episodes to parodying religion specifically they parodied the fear-mongering and money-focused ideals that some christian churches are known for unsurprisingly this episode garnered a bit of controversy as poking fun at christianity in a predominantly christian nation in the early 2000s generally would however this was the last of any sort of controversy for season four and we made it through with only a few small incidents so surely they wouldn't do something in the premiere of season five that would be such a big deal it would literally change television forever right [Music] we already discussed the backlash the show received in its earliest seasons and as the show continued past its third season the controversy slowed down as people accepted that the show wasn't going anywhere that is until this episode when they decided to say the swear word that begins with s many many times uncensored the episode made fun of the public's reaction to an episode of chicago hope in which the word was said uncensored for the first time on tv the episode includes the word being said 162 times conveniently displayed by a counter in the bottom right corner initially the creators only wanted to say it a few times but comedy central refused so they came up with the idea to say the word as many times as possible so that it lost all in any meaning and it was meant to show that it's just a word and it has no real power they mostly succeeded in this since the episode itself didn't receive all that much backlash relatively speaking supposedly comedy central received nearly 5 000 email complaints from different organizations and people but besides that there were no large-scale protests or news stories covering the episode this episode was surprisingly important to television as a whole since it basically paved the way for this type of language to exist on television and whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing it undoubtedly changed the television landscape forever a clever satire of sex education and the age at which it's taught that is portrayed through extremely graphic depictions of some pretty disturbing things the real controversy here was in the broadcasting in australia the episode aired later than its usual time slot and once again the british channel sky one outright refused to air the episode in america the parents television council went as far as to cite the episode as an example of how the show is quote unquote dangerous to democracy if anyone can explain how exactly a cartoon about sex ad is dangerous to democracy go ahead and explain in the comments down below since then all repeats and dvd versions included edited scenes particularly one with mr garrison teaching the kindergartners how to perform the old rubber mouth technique comedy central didn't even want to air the scene in the first place but it did for the initial screening and then never again when this episode first aired it was considered very controversial and no it's not because it focuses on jared from subway all of his controversies wouldn't come out until years later rather the episode makes countless references and jokes to the aids virus and while it wouldn't be very controversial to do this today in the early 2000s it definitely was the ending also includes butters being beaten by his parents and this combo of content meant that the episode was banned from airing on comedy central for years after it was released though it was eventually allowed to air again in an ironic twist the day jared accepted a plea deal for his crimes comedy central aired the episode back to back nearly all day and it really showcased how poorly some of the lines have aged i'm gonna seek out all the underprivileged and hungry children of the world and i'm going to give them aids myself you're going to give children aids this one is less of a backlash from the public as it is backlash from one individual that individual being jennifer lopez this episode goes pretty hard on her painting her as a rude entitled woman who is quick to violence when she hears something she doesn't like it has been reported by people that have worked on movie sets with her that she is so unhappy about her depiction in this episode that she has gone as far as to fire those working on the set who even as much as referenced the episode trey parker has claimed that he once saw jennifer lopez at a party where she proceeded to push past him rather aggressively without any acknowledgement i think it's fair to say that she's close to the top in terms of bad celebrity reactions to south park [Music] one of the more iconic southpark controversies some backlash followed the release of the episode all about mormons in which the show tackles mormonism as a whole the episode pokes fun at the absurdity of the beliefs of the mormon people and the circumstances that their prophet joseph smith created to ensure his message was heard it's not subtle in its criticism and at times it could seem a bit harsh especially as the episode progresses and you begin to realize that the tune playing in the back is actually giving its opinion on the matter in america really that sounds kind of dumb in contrast the episode portrays the mormon people as incredibly kind and happy people who are able to roll with any of the punches thrown their way so while the episode is pretty scathing in its satirization of the religion itself it depicts the people who practice it as a somewhat self-aware and understanding group this was very much proven in the reception to the episode as according to wikipedia the church of the latter-day saints responded to the episode by first acknowledging that they believed the episode was a gross portrayal of church history but would go on to say that they believed it quote inflicted no perceptible or long lasting damage to the church so ironically even though this episode is considered very controversial it seems like the barmans themselves didn't really mind the episode too much and by doing so they really proved the episode correct about their ability to take criticism on the chin the resilience would once again be shown when matt and trey would release their broadway musical the book of mormon a few years later in which the church would respond by saying quote the production may attempt to entertain audiences for an evening but the book of mormon as a volume of scripture will change people's lives forever by bringing them closer to christ they even went as far as to buy ads in the show's playbill where they would put things like you've seen the show now go read the book honestly i think that's hilarious [Music] while season 8 mostly avoided any serious backlash from the public season 9 is when the show really began to hit its stride in terms of stirring up controversy this episode is actually far more controversial today for the reasons you may be thinking many would consider this episode to be pretty transphobic in its messages and themes however back in 2005 this was an issue that only a small minority of people cared about therefore was mostly ignored however that doesn't mean the episode avoided controversy at the time as not too many people were happy about the real sex change footage that was intertwined into the episode's opening minutes even worse it was apparently supposed to last for five minutes due to the lack of ideas for the episode but comedy central said no because of course they did how were they even allowed to show it like there has to be laws or regulations against it or something right and though the alleged transphobia wasn't a big issue for the episode it would be far from the last time the show would be labeled in this way [Music] this controversy is a perfect example of what i believe to be one of the few downfalls of south park that being the audience this episode follows cartman as he puts on full display his hatred and intolerance of ginger people the episode itself is supposed to be satirizing discrimination as a whole making fun of people like cartman who choose to be hateful to others because of how they look and the absurdity of that hatred the issue arises when people mostly kids who don't understand that it's satire see the episode and find it funny because of the hate and while obviously the show is not made for kids whether it's irresponsible parents or sneaky behavior they will find a way to watch it which leads to things like kick a ginger day a real life holiday in which you're supposed to kick gingers i discussed this more in my south park iceberg so if you're interested in that you can check it out but honestly i think it would be hard to argue that this episode didn't have a pretty large part in the discrimination against gingers among kids in the wikipedia article for discrimination against people with red hair the history section for the us literally begins with the release of this episode with no recorded history before just ask the gingers have souls kid he basically exclusively blames this episode for his bullying and harassment and the same with ed sheeran who also blamed this episode for the bullying that he received i don't believe it's the show's fault necessarily since the episode is actually preaching against these intolerant mindsets but i don't think anyone disagrees that the whole situation is a product of kids consuming media that they shouldn't be and misinterpreting the messages it's really just a product of bad parenting and yada yada you get it what is probably the second biggest controversy in the show's history this one caused lawsuits cancellations private investigations and the departure of one of the show's most beloved characters this episode heavily criticizes the quote-unquote religion scientology as they portray it as a massive global scam whose sole intentions are to prey on vulnerable people and extract money from them they also parodied their willingness to sue anyone who speaks negatively about them and even acknowledges the church's history of getting revenge on those who have wronged them by changing all the names in the credits of the episode to jane and john smith shockingly the church wasn't too fond of the episode's portrayal of their religion they were so unhappy that they conducted a full investigation to try to dig up any negative things they could about matt stone and trey parker according to a church whistleblower they use techniques quote comparable to cold war era cia and kgb intelligence and propaganda techniques doing things like going through their trash purchasing their phone records and going through their bank records they even went as far as to attempt to hire a film student to get a job at south park studios so they could act as a spy in their investigation but despite their efforts they have yet to release anything negative or embarrassing about the creators so it's safe to assume they were unable to find anything then there was the legendary closet gate the episode heavily targets tom cruise who is a known scientologist they wanted to joke about the popular belief that tom cruise is secretly gay but they were informed by their lawyers that they could not outright say he was as cruz had a history of litigation against those discussing his sexuality to get around this they decided to place him in an actual closet for a good portion of the episode constantly discussing his unwillingness to leave said closet dad tom cruise won't come out of the closet despite this the actor allegedly still threatened to sue the show which he never ended up doing but that was far from the end of the tom cruise storyline as the next year a scheduled rebroadcast of the episode was suddenly cancelled with no warning or explanation given as to why several news outlets reported that the parent company of comedy central viacom had the episode pulled supposedly this was because tom cruise had threatened to cancel his publicity tour for the next mission impossible movie if the episode aired the movie was owned by paramount who was also owned by viacom there was never any evidence to suggest that this was true and tom cruise would go on record to claim that he hadn't requested to have the episode removed reportedly however there are several inside sources that maintain that crews had the episode pulled and of course this didn't sway the opinion of the public who were outraged by the pulling of the episode a petition was even created to re-air the episode garnering 5 000 signatures and while this is where the controversy ends with the tom cruise storyline the effects of the episode could be seen elsewhere as it led to the departure of one of the show's most beloved characters isaac hayes the voice actor for chef was a scientologist and after the airing of the episode he reportedly published a statement berating the episode for its parody of the religion and quitting from the show altogether when this initially happened parker and stone were quick to call him out for the hypocrisy of his exit discussing how he was fine with poking fun at everyone else but not himself years later hayes son would come out and say that he had never quit the show and that other scientologists wrote the statement for him while he was in the hospital after suffering from a stroke unfortunately hayes passed away two years after the episode at the age of 65 due to a stroke many have called into question the mysterious circumstances of his death since he was found next to a treadmill in his home many speculate scientology may have had something to do with this and i discussed this theory in depth in my south park iceberg so if that interests you go check it out one thing that is certain is that this episode undoubtedly caused more real world consequences than almost any other episode in the series notice how i say almost we'll get to that in this episode randy is cured of the horrible disease of alcoholism due to a miracle from a statue of the virgin mary specifically he is one of the lucky ones to be covered in the blood being excreted from its well you can see the clip in a shocking turn of events the catholic church was not too happy about this one the catholic league not only demanded an apology from comedy central but also demanded the episode be pulled from air and never released on dvd the us conference of catholic bishops sent a letter to the ceo of viacom claiming that the network showed quote extreme insensitivity by airing the episode meanwhile in new zealand the catholic bishops leader conference lobbied the network to stop the episodes from being broadcast altogether they were rejected and the leading catholic bishops called for a boycott of the network altogether the prime minister of new zealand even weighed in stating that the episode sounded quote revolting but the network was free to air it anyways one advertiser even withdrew from the network altogether despite all of the protests the episode aired anyways actually earlier than expected to take advantage of the media surrounding it and it managed to pull six times the amount of normal viewers south park would get in australia archbishop dennis hart wrote the network asking that they pulled the episode and while the episode was postponed it did eventually air almost a year later i've always found it funny that this episode seemed to enrage so many catholics as it doesn't even make fun of catholicism at all really it's a commentary on self-control and discipline surrounding alcohol abuse the whole virgin mary thing was just a way to get their point across it'd probably stem more from the idea of sacredness and religion since many saw it as a desecration of a sacred figure but it was really just a dumb joke they used to get their point across i will only briefly mention this one as it functions as a precursor to an episode coming up but the episode planned on showing the muslim prophet muhammad as a commentary on the jilin's poston muhammad cartoons controversy i definitely did not pronounce that right in which a danish newspaper published a comic depicting muhammad there was widespread protest and even some violence around the world because of this comedy central were initially okay with showing muhammad but as part two was in production they decided to censor the scene with muhammad parker and stone were not happy about this calling the censorship quote wimpy they were especially upset because south park had depicted muhammad years earlier in the episode's super best friends with no issues since then all three episodes have been banned from tv and pulled from streaming services with super best friends being pulled long ago and cartoon wars being pulled only when the show recently moved to hbo max [Music] a more minor controversy this one stemmed from the episode's depiction of steve irwin irwin had died seven weeks earlier from a freak accident with a stingray and in the episode he can be seen at satan's birthday party with a stingray sticking out of his chest many people felt it was simply too soon and that it was done in poor taste irwin's wife made a statement discussing her devastation in the show's mocking portrayal of him and her main worry was that their children may see the episode one day i obviously understand why people were upset about this but personally i find it funny that this is what caused controversy considering the same episode literally featured serial killers ted bundy john wayne gacy and jeffrey dahmer doing a three stooges routine while being unable to stop themselves from murdering people but hey that's just me [Music] the irony in this one is that the only real issue people had with this episode was the lack of controversy the episode tackles the implications that the n-word has on society it does a great job in doing this and if you want to hear me dive deeper into it then you can go check out my first video on this channel the episode contains 43 uncensored uses of the n-word and yet this episode actually received positive feedback from civil rights organizations like the naacp who praised the episode for accurately depicting other racist perceptions of how black people feel when hearing the word the only person that seemed to be upset was the founder of the parents television council l brent bozell who issued a statement criticizing the lack of protests comparing it to the outrage radio host don imis received for his statements severe misunderstanding of context aside i'm sure he still got the point of the episode that non-black people have a lack of understanding of how it feels to hear that word used and that it's not really their place to make these kind of statements as well as just how hilariously ironic it would be for a white person to make a statement like this so let's go ahead and check and take a look at what this man looks like surely he wouldn't oh well i think that tells us everything we need to know [Music] this one was pretty minor as well this episode features some pretty graphic and violent depictions of an assault on indiana jones and obviously there were a lot of people that were upset about this an insider even claimed that while paramount had no plan to protest the episode they were not big fans and quote wanted it to go away you all probably know my opinion of this episode by now i think that what they were trying to do is a funny idea i just think the execution was a little overboard they definitely didn't have to take it as far as they did but hey this is south park we're talking about no one crosses the line quite like them so while i'm not a fan of this episode i can still respect it for the risks being taken this one pokes fun at the leaders of nations all across the world but it would seem that mexico's president felipe calderon didn't take it as well as the other leaders the episode was pulled from mtv mexico with the network claiming that they couldn't get permissions to use the mexican flag in time though mexican fans of south park were skeptical of this and cried censorship the episode was eventually rebroadcasted in mexico but only after permission from the ministry of interior so it's pretty safe to say that they probably pulled the episode we have finally reached south park's magnum opus in terms of controversy not only is this the south park episode that stirred up more real world controversy than any other an argument can be made for it being one of the most controversial episodes of any television show ever to celebrate the 200th episode matt and trey decided to go back and basically reignite every single controversy they've ever had from tom cruise to jennifer lopez almost all of their celebrity digs were back on full display but of course they had to go back and visit one of their largest controversies the depiction of the muslim prophet muhammad in part 1 there are heavy implications that muhammad would be shown in next week's episode after part 1 was released radical muslim group revolution muslim heavily implied that if muhammad was shown there would be action taken against both matt and trey and comedy central they included references to dutch filmmaker theo van gogh who was assassinated by a radical muslim after publishing books criticizing islam matt and trey seemed pretty unfazed by this as it was their belief that giving into these threats would be not only hypocritical since the entire premise of the episode is defending free speech and condemning terrorism but they would also be allowing terrorism to work and creating a slippery slope for censorship of free speech the same could not be said about comedy central who were more than willing to give in to the demands of this group because of this when the episode aired every single use of the name muhammad was censored every appearance of muhammad himself was censored and kyle's entire speech at the end of the episode discussing the effectiveness of terrorism was completely censored and if that wasn't enough not only were both episodes pulled from ever being re-broadcasted again they were removed from south park's website every streaming service that the show is on and every dvd set of the show except for the region 1 release of the 14th season this brings the total of banned south park episodes to 5 along with the previously mentioned cartoon wars and super best friends though the episodes have been practically wiped off the face of the earth in terms of legal methods of watching it it can still be found re-uploaded on the internet it just takes a bit of searching years after release a 4chan user was also able to find a partially uncensored version of the episode through a glitch in the south park studios website and for the first time we knew what kyle said in his speech again i talk about this in my south park iceberg video or you can find the full clip floating around pretty easily if you're interested but yeah you can check that out if you want despite the threats and the situation becoming a national news story no violence or action was ever taken against matt and trey or anyone at comedy central obviously matt and trey were very unhappy with the censorship but despite this they're still with comedy central and occasionally will reference the situation in interviews or through the show they've even been able to sneak in a shot or two of muhammad without comedy central noticing a controversy as big as the last one is a pretty tough act to follow in terms of generated controversy and because of that it would be nearly 14 years before south park would generate another truly noteworthy controversy this would come not in the form of an episode of the show but rather with the release of their new video game south park the stick of truth i discussed this topic in great detail again on my iceberg so i recommend you check it out but the short version is this europe and australia have been known to be a lot stricter on what can be shown in their media so because of this ubisoft decided to censor certain parts of the game that they assumed would cause problems in those regions censored scenes include alien probing performing abortions and some special censoring in germany where certain imagery is illegal they replaced the censored content with this mocking splash screen and that was that it wouldn't be until season 23 that the show would have another noteworthy controversy i was going to talk about the netherlands pulling the season 19 episode sponsored content due to garrison's comments on syrian refugees as well as the show's half apology to al gore in season 22 after ridiculing climate change in the past but those seem pretty minor to me so i figured i would just mention them here but anyways remember how i mentioned that it wouldn't be the last time south park would be accused of transphobia well here we are in bored girls strong woman competes in a strong woman competition as a heavy favorite for first place that is until she meets one of her competition heather swanson who is a trans woman she's modeled in the image of macho man randy savage along with the trademark style of speaking and she absolutely destroys the competition with no issue after this was released the absolute cesspool known as twitter broke into a fit of rage not saying it's a cesspool because of this i'm just saying it is in general because that website sucks many people were horrified by the show's depiction of trans athletes and many even called for its cancellation it was labeled transphobic by countless reviewers and journalists as many discussed the implications of the episode and the effects it could have on trans people obviously nothing ever came of any of this besides the hate mob but the situation does raise an interesting question about the show's attitude towards trans people to go off on a bit of a tangent i would like to give my own opinion personally as someone who is unqualified to speak on this topic being both not female and not transgender i don't believe that this episode is transphobic in reality the episode contains very little commentary on trans athletes because heather swanson isn't really meant to represent trans athletes it's revealed throughout the episode that she is strong woman's ex-boyfriend who transitioned solely to get revenge on her because he felt like she had beaten him by breaking up with him this insecurity of losing to a girl is what drives him to do this in reality heather swanson is more of a representation of these male insecurities than a commentary on trans athletes this is mostly confirmed by the subplot in which cartman feels the same way after losing to the girls in their board game club going as far as to lobby to have girls not allowed in the club i personally read the commentary on trans athletes as pretty insignificant basically presenting both sides through the carbon plot in the strong woman plot and closing without ever really making a point on the issue besides this is a controversial topic that's just my opinion on it maybe i completely misread it and it really was meant to be taken at face value but i'd be interested to know what you guys think about it whether you think it's transphobic and whether you think the show as a whole is transphobic so go ahead and let me know in the [Music] comments well we have finally reached the most recent major south park controversy technically board girls came out after this episode but i wanted this one to be last anyways this episode tackles media in china and how many companies like disney and the nba will censor and change certain aspects of their media in an effort to please the chinese censors as china has an incredibly rigid control over the media in their country as you may have gathered by now matt and trey are not the biggest fans of censorship hence why this episode attacks both china and the companies willing to censor and change their content just to tap into the massive market that is china they basically see it as giving up your dignity just to make more money and they make it very clear in this episode after it was released the chinese government completely banned south park from the country basically wiping away any trace of it on the internet and tv and in true south park fashion the creators did not show a hint of caring going as far as to issue a sarcastic public apology to the country and i think they've shown that they really have no reason to care about missing out on the chinese market well we made it through every major controversy this show has experienced in its 25 years i hope i did a good job i hope you guys liked it i may have missed a few smaller ones so if you can think of any feel free to let me know but yeah that is it are there any questions um sir this is a wendy's oh i must forgotten to take my meds today [Music] you

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