Top 11 South Park Episodes - Nostalgia Critic

Alma's death critic I remember it so you don't have to so I haven't done a top 11 list in a while and so I thought I would do you my top 11 favourite South Park shop just can tell you right now straightforward there's a very strong chance that I will not have your favorite South Park episode on this list ain't no one who can blame me it's [ __ ] South Park and that's really quite an accomplishment with most shows people love fans can usually pick their top 15 or even 20 but with South Park it's like top 30 your top 50 that's how many good episodes there are and with them making their way up to their 17th season they show no sign of getting less clever let's Rajee and most importantly less funny they always know what subject to tackle how to tackle it and how to get the biggest laugh but inevitably we have to ask which ones are the best with one stand out with the best jokes best parodies or even best messages they're tough to sort out but I think I figured my top 11 favorite why top 11 because I like to go one step beyond so sit back and enjoy the top 11 best South Park episode yeah basically make that make you the biggest [ __ ] in the whole wide world is a few big [ __ ] there was a big benefit to all the boys and girls watching the biggest [ __ ] over number one Christian hardrock with internet growing in popularity there was still so many questions about what was epic 'el and what wasn't what was harmful stealing and what was innocent fun and this episode exposed a lot of the overhyped [ __ ] for what it was the boys start their own band Moops then decide to get online music for inspiration little did they know though that they were tapping into the woods crime humanity could possibly perform at least that's what the poor starving musicians who already made millions of dollars say here you see the loving family of Master P next week is his son's birthday and all he's ever wanted is an island in French Polynesia so he's gonna get it right I see an island without an owner we're sorry well we'll never download music for free again the boys are so blown away of what a terrible crime this is that they decide to stop playing in protest to protect their music and become symbols for other big-name artists who decide not to play never realizing that Cartman who has started his own fake Christian rock band which it turns out is very easy all you do is replace the word girl and they love song with God it's making tons of money because there's nobody else to listen to forcing him to become a success well they had a boy sit and do nothing leaving them to sum up the position of any artist perfectly but why play if we're not gonna make millions of dollars because that's what real art is do people are always gonna find a way to copy our music swap it for free if we're real musicians then we should just play and be stoked that so many people are listening besides maybe our songs we've gotten downloaded for free but if they were good songs then people still what about tickets to see our band in concert we're not striking anymore who's with us we're just about the money yeah yeah oh this episode not only has great commentary but it's another example of keeping your eye off the prize and doing what you love simply because you love doing it and with poorly written bill after poorly written bill trying to get passed in Congress to show the evils of the Internet I think this is an argument that won't be going away anytime soon it's another great reminder to artists that if you're doing it for the money doing it for the wrong reason mad learn to think of these horrible outcomes before he acts selfishly or else recording artists will be forever doomed to a life of only semi luxury number time Britney's new look the boys are shocked at how much attention Britney Spears is getting in the media interrupting political debates important news stories and sucking every common person's attention and the news about her is not really that interesting either she just does something stupid that in no way affects the world but the world for some reason thinks that it does and they hunt her down trying to explain what a pathetic blood-sucking creature she is never realizing that they themselves are turning to the pathetic blood sucking creatures even after she pushes herself to the limit shooting herself people still want to be in on the [ __ ] that nobody should care about it talks about the obsession with celebrities our society has but South Park asked the important question who the [ __ ] cares there's no doubt that people love [ __ ] but this episode says for the love of God get a [ __ ] life and stop thinking how you can live through others it's like that show TMZ you know the worst humanity has ever put on in the history of the human race so terrible that I hate getting a clip to show you because I feel like getting the footage is giving them a fraction of support and that makes me feel like the devil bad [ __ ] bad and yet people still watch them like they're saying something important when all they're doing is praying somebody will blow their brains out to preserve whatever measly shreds of journalistic decency they have left Jesus this episode exploits their showing when no you know what I'm then going a little longer [ __ ] me show if you're actually dumb enough to watch past the first two seconds without realizing sucking whatever intelligence you had but you deserve your purgatory of rubbing templates on your genitalia thinking you're getting played and claiming to others that you know how the world works what really is just trying your virgin ass to sleep every night while eating your Doritos and Captain Crunch sandwiches no seriously you stabbed God every time you see this show you rape a kitten every time you go turn the channel [ __ ] this shot not a fan this episode displays a lot of similar issues that were also brought up in raising the bar and well that was a great episode I thought this one did the obsession with horse [ __ ] not only first but better for whatever reason there will always be a crowd for this stupid stuff and as long as there is this episode will always hold relevance unlike some other pieces of [ __ ] seriously whoever's watching it sleep with something for your own good no we're not cancelled satire often shows the flaws of human nature but once in a while it can get it's humor from the idea that maybe we've been doing better than we thought like we've actually been holding up when given the circumstances we're put in and this episode plays around with that idea sort of it starts off eerily similar to the very first episode in fact it's exact that was the dream Cartman those were visitors now is just a dream I'm on set so visitors are real they wait a minute this is all happened before yeah this does seem really familiar but then they realize they're reliving the same events as before and discovered that the aliens who implanted the satellite in him from the first episode have returned this of course raises the question why was the satellite there to begin with well it turns out earth is part of an intergalactic reality show the idea revolving around what happens when various people and animals all live on one planet our planet is just a reality TV show what you don't think the whole universe works the way earth does do you know one species one planet there's a planet of dear planet evasions and so on we put them all together on earth and the whole universe Tunes in to watch the fun this immediately creates conflict violence drama which of course equals entertainment but the problem is people are suddenly made aware of it sixes so because of the fear of it not being as fun anymore the show is in danger of being cancelled resulting in Earth's destruction so the boys have to convince the aliens that mankind is still violent still crazy and still has the need to keep world peace as far away from them as possible so they can be renewed for another season and the earth doesn't have to be destroyed they had to promote the worst of humanity in order to save the best of humanity not only is it a great callback to the first episode but it's also both the most optimistic and pessimistic combination you can imagine turning the mere act of existing into a form of business and entertainment this episode shows clearly not only what's good TV but what keeps it good TV I'm sure you'll see that if you give our world time it will become even more outrageous and violent number Jim Pokemon let's face it whether you love Pokemon or just didn't [ __ ] understand it there was no ignoring the impact that it was having kids everywhere became obsessed making the anime style bigger than it had ever been in the past so this is TRAI Matt's very adult outsider look on the phenomenon and as someone who's going into college by the time this [ __ ] became popular and didn't follow it at all I can guarantee it got most people's reaction to it come on hurry don't see Trump Pinkett shoot lamb toy collector Marlon you can become royal crown chinpokomaster Tim Pokemon is super so they're trying to understand the show and why it's so damn weird the parents discover a plot from the Japanese to brainwash all of America's kids forming an army to conquer the world this not only mocked the intense fandom of children at the time but also how diabolical marketing can be and that with the right combination of crazy-ass ideas can form an empire of epic proportions even to world domination apparently just look at this subtle propaganda you can't the wait they're gone it was just a great what the [ __ ] reaction to all the adults trying to understand what their kids are watching and that as much as we like to push good intelligent programming on them kids are always gonna like something stupid too it's just the way of life someday I will collect all the Chinpokomon then I will find evil power that will reveal itself once all the Chinpokomon a collector oh no Katie you can't have you chicken tenders they cut down man and I came out to my cab oh it was great seeing the oddness of children's anime shows they mock so well but this would of course raise the question what about adult anime well join me in numbers number seven good times with weapons first much as they mocked kids enemy it's fairly obvious the writers of the show must enjoy good adult anime as well in this episode the boys come across a series of weapons and pretend that they're ninjas but not just any ninjas anime injustice and the best thing is we don't see it from an outsider point of view like we do with geppu c'mon we see it from the children's point of view everything found in traditional anime is here the badass designs the over-the-top storylines even the karaoke songs with bad English dubbing let's go to taisetsu na mono Wow a lot of the humor comes from the fact that it's taking a simple story about kids playing and turning it into a grand battle so the company lies in how over the top and epic they're making their childish dilemmas and nobody does it over-the-top and epic like anime it's a living send up with lots of labs and a perfect satire of a very popular article we'd love to hang out guys but we have important secret work to do yes the lack of an inch is complexing foot a pair it even has a funny wheel jab at the end about violence in the media versus sexy feet and it wraps up all this ends really nicely but hell we all know that wasn't the best part the best part was just watching them make fun of what we enjoy but still in a loving way what else can you say but number six make love not war craft at the height of the online role-playing game craze South Park took a look at one of the most popular if not the most popular RPG ever Warcraft the boys don't discover Warcraft and become instantly hooked the only downside is there's one player out there who has spent God knows how many hours building up his experience points making him the most powerful character in the game allowing him to kill him bully whatever he wants this pisses off the boys to know it so they decide they want to get revenge but the only way to do it is to build up their experience points so the boys decide to sacrifice all their social life to become the mightiest fighters online and the most pathetic human waste in reality much like good times with weapons a lot of the humor comes from how a large our heroes can make something so not epically large I mean they can be fighting online but when you get down to it they're just sitting at a [ __ ] computer screen and we always get constant reminder seeing all our badass looking characters still have the voices of little kids I just took the biggest crap dude we've been waiting forever well I'm sorry I had to take it down another great thing about this episode is that so much of it is done in CG and actually acquired the help of Blizzard Entertainment the company that created Warcraft again like good times with weapons though the episode mocks the material as well as its fans but also shows the appreciation for it too it acknowledges why the game is so popular and how it can become so addictive it just shows what happens when the addiction can go too far whoever this person is he is played World of Warcraft nearly every hour of every day for the past year and a half we are dealing with someone here who has absolutely no life how do you kill that which has no life but it still shows it is fun and even though people can take it to ridiculous extremes there's still something very enjoyable about it yeah how did you get that no time just take it here how how do you hand something from one player to another bring up your inventory screen control I okay so again we have sort of a loving tribute obviously taking a few punches here and there I don't have a World of Warcraft account to you know I have a life but still enjoying the fact that something so mundane can be turned into such a huge adventure it has a perfect understanding of the fans the material and even the idea behind the material hey if even Blizzard can acknowledge how funny it is it must be doing something right yep I want to get that up at the bad guy passion of the Jew definitely a classic the best look at Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ so people may forget but this film was one of the most talked about movies for a couple years and South Park decided to throw in their two cents as well all the boys go to see the film based on how everybody's been talking about it and each one has a different reaction Kyle sees as a guilt trip because of his Jewish heritage Cartman sees as a chance to control brainwashed extremist and Stan and Kenny just see it as now that bad film that wasn't a movie that was a snuff film which I give a lot of credit for seeing how this is the following joke this is about being able to hold bad filmmakers responsible just like when we got our money back for bass ketball they try to go to Mel Gibson himself to try and get their money back but their fears of Gibson being a crazy pain obsessed sadomasochists are sadly confirmed in fact overly confirmed I guess now you got to start torturing me Wow my nipples are so tender don't squeeze them anymore dude what's wrong with him he's cuckoo dude it addressed every issue that people talked about with the film anti-semitism Jewish guilt the overuse of violence religious extremes focus of faith then just how bad [ __ ] insane Mel Gibson is even before I was commonly known today it seems like this episode was trying to do what most of their episodes tried to do mock over-the-top extreme is by using ironically over-the-top extremes but their extreme served as a mere to all the other complainers saying hey if you're gonna preach something make sure it's something that's good or as they say it you want to be Christian that's cool but you should follow what Jesus taught instead of how he got killed focusing on how he got killed is what people did in the dark ages and it ends up with really bad results that about sums it up because when you get down to it they don't attack how people represent religion at faith they attack how people declare a movie represents religion and faith and how that's just as much [ __ ] as it sounds and this episode called it out whatever your thoughts whatever your beliefs make sure you're following good ethics for good reasons you know what I'd love to torture me wouldn't you he's not quite as eloquent desired picture only four more to go we'll get to him right after these ads so keep an eye out for this one he's Saturday and on Sunday you can't the way to go I don't trust it you is it well to count three episodes is one [ __ ] I'm doing it anyway let's move on to the Kuhn trilogy yeah even though the [ __ ] made a few appearances before you all know which episodes I'm talking about the Cthulhu episodes that's right this is a three parter with episodes kun to hindsight mysterion Rises and kun versus Coonan friends they split into threes and for good reason so much happens that it needs to be split into three but they still flow perfectly as one the trilogy starts with Cartman as a superhero character called the coop being thrown out as superhero group Coonan friends because well he's Cartman and he's a fan yes but as luck would have it a BP drill goes AWOL again and accidentally unleashes cut Foom but don't worry they apologize for it we're sorry we're sorry sorry Carmen takes his chance to befriend Cthulhu and take his revenge out on his friends while that's happening there's epic drama going on with one of the team members mysterion trying to discover his origin there's also great appearances from characters like Captain hindsight professor chaos and of course mintberry crunch where do I begin with this episode not only does it satirise everything from comic books to anime to current events to [ __ ] Chuck Jones cartoons but it surprisingly also stands on its own as a very good story at least from a comedic standpoint this could twist mysteries and reveals all throughout three episodes even down to which kid is playing with super hero even that gets a huge laugh and sometimes as with mysterion it ties into the story the exposition at the end about one of the characters background is so funny and so unexpected it's impossible not to laugh your ass off the way it can act so large when such silly ridiculous stuff is going on is an epic comedy marvel it blends styles and mixes genres to create its own little epic I know many people would probably prefer the Imaginationland saga and yeah that was pretty funny too but this ones need to have a more defined look with harsher shadows and backgrounds and also in my opinion just funnier jokes and more character out of all the really big action-packed episodes they've ever done this will not only seem the biggest but the best put together yeah action it had trauma it had questions it had answers it left everybody satisfied the one very important question remains why the hell isn't there a mid berry crime serial seriously it advertises itself can we get a Kickstarter for this number three woodland critters Christmas actually talked about this on my top 11 Christmas specials of all time list so I won't talk in too much detail about it partly because so much of the humor does rely on how many twists and turns it throws at you the special centers around Stan who one Christmas comes across a series of talking animals called the woodland critters they're excited because porcupinie the porcupine isn't that great name it's giving birth to the Lord and Savior and honestly I should just stop right there if I was to talk any more about the story it would give away great reveal after great reveal and he was to say every single one of them gets a huge laugh it's not just a great satire of Christmas specials God even that music seems to sum up every Christmas song ever made it's once a year it's Christmastime it's once a year Christmas ha when we hear about how Christmas only comes once a year but as stories go this one is probably the best written there are so many surprises around every corner and each of them gets funnier than the last and every single time you think they're done with comedic payoffs they always have at least five other ready for you and they all tie in to make an absolutely perfect episode I know I'm being really vague about it but trust me if you've seen this episode you'll know what I'm talking about when you hear South Park does a Christmas special this is just the kind of stuff that would pop in your head shocking dark and bad taste but also so unbelievably funny again I'm sorry I can't go into more detail like it did the other ones especially seeing how it's so high up on the list but I really do believe that the reveal of the humor is that good and I simply don't want to ruin it for you it's one of my favorite Christmas specials for that very reason and I think it's Ella South Park's greatest Friday number two all about Mormons I think it's safe to say the careers of South Park have a fascination with Morris but given the way they explain it and make jokes about it you can kind of see why in this episode a family of Mormons move into the neighborhood at first they're outcasts because everyone thinks they're gonna try and force their beliefs down their throats as the town's preparing for our fight the morons are preparing for dinner yeah not only do they not want to fight back but they constantly invite people over for dinner and it's not for any religious agenda or anything they're just nice what happened I'm going over to his house for dinner tonight you kick mr. Harrison's ass we're at having their family over for dinner tomorrow night see that's what happened to me they talk politely they tell stories they're a better family than most of the families in town and the episode is pretty much the villages confusion of how such kind people can come from a religion that's well according to South Park something like this Jesus lived here in America yes eventually my people were all killed by the other tribe of Israel and as punishment God turned their skin red these are the Native Americans you know today this episode is one of the best for two reasons one if you've ever known a Mormon you know they are unusually nice and ethical and not angry and just what was it oh I'm sure there's some [ __ ] Mormons out there but I haven't met him yet I haven't even met a person who met a Mormon who was an [ __ ] yet so the grasp of Mormon people is not only funny but kind of dead-on but the second thing that makes this episode one of the best is that it still takes its shots at the Mormon religion but that still doesn't get in the way of their message being that if a religion doesn't spread hate produces good people and hurts no one told cares what the hell they think in my opinion I'll even think this needs to be called all about Mormons it can be called all about religion no matter what the faith if it seems to spread good without harming a soul there's good in it as much as the episode does Mock the Mormon religion it also surprisingly teaches tolerance in its own unique self parky way heck Stan's father was to become a Mormon because he just wants to figure out how he can be as nice and complete as their family is and it all comes from just being Pleasant and you know what in a show that can be so harsh and being spirited sometimes it's good to know that even the creators can still see the value and just straight up being nice even in the face of being mocked for it and in the end the Mormon kid is actually seen as the badass because he didn't change for anything he just stayed himself because that's what he liked in a time where religion can still be so complicated and so controversial this episode understands that sometimes the simplest answer can very well be the best who's up for water balloon fights yeah and now for my number one pick keep an open mind number one best South Park episode is Osama bin Laden has farty pants poet let me explain the reason why I think this is the best episode it's not the funniest episode it's not the smartest episode it's not even the best ridden episode but it came at a time when America needed South Park it had been three months since the previous South Park episode and in that time not only did 9/11 happen but a series of anthrax attacks that was being sent through the mail was putting the country in a state of absolute fear security tightened everywhere our country was on the brink of war America was changed forever nobody knew how or what to feel so when the news that South Park was going to return to TV was announced a lot of people were wondering what are they gonna do what could they do would it be a touching episode and in depth episode what side would they pick what issues were they going to tackle what the hell was South Park going to do literally the first frame set the mood another one like is to be simple and cool not really this is what we needed we needed a good laugh at the entire thing and we needed it to be done by South Park the episode shows the overly secured and paranoid America waving flags everywhere for support and hiding in their homes feeding their fear by watching the news through a misunderstanding the boys are forced to send a dollar each to Afghanistan kids as part of a charity program and they have returned send a goat they don't want the goat oh I wish to return it via plane but end up getting caught in the flight through per usual a strange series of events the boys end up discovering Osama bin Laden and the rest of the show is just making him look like the most pathetic ass Oh Ben fella feliformia more a fatwa fatwa it was as over-the-top raunchy silly and cartoony as they had ever been in the past oh I got him I got him everybody was talking about it the next day did you see that episode of South Park wasn't it hilarious that was just what I needed God and glad they're still so funny therap and jokes made about the state of our country before this episode other sand tires and commentaries but this was the one that Americans needed uncompromising unapologetic not worrying about who they offended just trying to make people laugh it was just the right jokes at just the right time delivered by just the right people Giuliani showed us we needed to be strong Letterman showed us we needed to cry South Park showed us we needed to laugh I'm not gonna say it changed everything or erased all our fears that we had before but a good comedian knows the power of laughing and how important it is it not only makes you feel good but it can help you out through some of the darkest moments of your life and in one of America's darkest moments this helped a great deal it helped us in only the strange ways South Park can help us by not backing down to anything and just doing what they thought was fun and whether it was a huge war or the tiniest little chuckle everybody felt their spirits raise a little bit after seeing this episode it's the best episode because it's the only episode that reminds us that we not only like South Park but we surprisingly needed so there you go my top 11 favorite South Park episodes I'm looking back it's kind of shocking how smart it is from a show that most people thought was just lowbrow garbage and crude childish humor South Park is proven to be some great social satire and purely on its own terms they're the people we can always rely on to say the emperor has no clothes the people who won't be bought out or cave into any public opinion the people who won't hold back about saying something about somebody because they were afraid they might be on the show or they might be a sponsor they have no fear because they have no cares they talk about whatever they think is funny and still managed to be relevant for 17 seasons and still going strong maybe there is more the South Park than just crude humor maybe it's proof that great comedy and art doesn't just come from freedom but from freedom given to the right people and that what the public claims is one day being beneath them or immature nonsense can the next day be claimed as some of the most blunt straightforward and brilliant satire that television has seen in years when Joe Greene take your [ __ ] dick hoes you done keep flipping shitty guys go outside and get a Sun I get and the Nostalgia Critic I remember it so you didn't have to do those tourniquets you you ever wonder what would happen if the cinema snob turned to one of those pretentious filmmakers he makes fun of the darkest recesses of my nightmares won't allow me to think about it but luckily this film exists to show me what the outcome would be it has sex murder mayhem and probably the biggest collection of bearded men since the last temptation of Christ but is it on par with main writer and actor Brad Jones's other work well he does keep his cat out of most of the shots let's get our freak on with paranoia you last bite

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Length: 32min 55sec (1975 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 10 2016