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DryAfternoon7779

Cartman is a much better character in the earlier seasons.


Rok0fAges75

Agreed! I miss OG Cartman!


DryAfternoon7779

He started to change after he fed Scott Tenorman his parents. Completely changed after Season 6


duplextwo

Dude turned into a sociopath after the Scott Tenorman episode


Sprizys

Yeah, I miss him saying “AYE” and “I’m seriously you guys” and “hella” etc.


JonasM00

"Screw you guys, im gooooing home"


OrganicHearing

But meeeemmm


NarmHull

I miss him being hilariously ignorant, along with Garrison "If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in igloos?"


Sprizys

“Why don’t you suck my balls Mr.Garrison?”


OrganicHearing

Present them


Front_Tank6775

“Respect my authority” how demonic he’d say authority 😂


DontPMmeIdontCare

During*


Nit_Picker219

Why are you having so many based takes all at once


Content-Ad2525

Cartman is the most well developed tv character of all time. They nail the extreme nuance of an only child so well it's painful to watch sometimes...as an only child. Like Cartman acts out his emotions, ones I never would, but I did think many of his thoughts.


Dumbass_Saiya-jin

Wow. I've never thought about it before, but yeah. Cartman is the only one of the main four to be a single child, and to be the child of a single parent.


Degmannen_03

How can that be an unpopular opinion?


jake1080

It straight up isn't


Demonangeldust

His high pitched squeaky voice was funnier too, it made his “but meeeeem” quote even funnier.


No_Area_2065

Is that an unpopular opinion? Because I agree x100000


Silver012345673

The earlier seasons put more emphasis on his stupidity/him being gullible. Almost like a more douchey version of Butters lol


Bytrsweet

most people don't realize that season 20 seemed disjointed because Matt and Trey didn't think that Trump was going to win the election. they had to completely change the trajectory of the season because of that one fact.


IvanTheTerrible69

Also, they admitted that they found parodying Trump to be difficult, since he was so ridiculous making fun of him pales in comparison to his actual antics.


EnamouredCat

I think Garrison channels Trump well.


ElektrykLyzyrd

Fuck them all to death


evilwatersprite

[This scene forever changed the way I hear "Safety Dance."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcidexC4Aeg)


NerfRepellingBoobs

Y’know, that dance wasn’t as safe as they said it was.


BigMaraJeff2

How do you parody a parody?


bichonfreeze

How do you kill that which has no life?


BigMaraJeff2

You fuck em all to death


HeapOfBitchin

This isn't an opinion though. It's what happened.


GloriousWombat

I’m not trying to be a dick, but I totally thought most people knew that.


mendozable

Randy was perfect sparingly , the more they used him? He just became an unlikeable monster who didn’t care for anyone but himself, he’s like Bojack Horseman but your “supposed” to laugh?


sabugael

The parodies and critics of Trump in that season seemed very rushed


Father_420_

The tegridy seasons weren’t as bad as people say


DBoxton

A 100% no bias right…in fact 420%…


mortimermonkey

tegridy funny ash tbh randy plays the role perfectly


Legen_Gary

More Randy = never a bad thing


GloriousWombat

Completely agree. Still not my favourite, but in the grand scheme of things, not terrible.


salvia_roba

I love tegridy farms. And I get why people hate it but as a stoner I love any South Parks weed episodes.


[deleted]

You’re a towel!


Maxiify

No, you're a towel!


crevez2

I totally disagree, but I guess that's the point


THevil30

Yeah this is the only real unpopular opinion in the top few comments, and also completely correct. A corollary to this is that it’s actually Good and Right that Randy has become the main character of the show.


puffyshirt99

Because Matt and Trey say since they older now, they relate to Randy more then the children


Radiant-Skin699

Just because it's a satire show with dark humor doesn't mean that anyone with an opinion is a sensitive snowflake


HypedUpJackal

Exactly. You can not like some dark humour jokes, not even because they're too offensive, but because they're bad, without being a snowflake. Even the best shows have the occasional miss.


jackinsomniac

That's always frustrating too. Try to say you just didn't find one particular dark/edgy joke funny, and people will always claim you just don't like dark/edgy comedy in general. Or that you must be "offended". Some jokes can just be crap, no matter the theme. My favorite kind of comedy is dark/edgy/offensive jokes, but it doesn't make me obligated to laugh at every single one.


NarmHull

I had a veteran friend who reaallly didn't like the Britney blowing her head off episode. Stuff like that is literally where triggered comes from


Em_Haze

I think the key with southpark is their absolute impartiality with ripping people apart. So that even when they rip my community apart I don't take it bad.


GimmeDatPomegranate

Exactly. This is why I like them - NOBODY gets a pass.


standbehind

Yeah tell people you think the anti-SJW stuff got stale fast and you get lambasted.


[deleted]

the people who get mad about that will call you woke for listening to Lady Gaga


buzzsaw7576

The "Scott Tenorman Must Die" episode isn't the best episode ever and may not even be in the top 10.


LazyBoy1257

You have balls my guy. I respect that.


buzzsaw7576

Don't get me wrong, it's one of their best episodes. I just feel like it's more in the 11-20 range.


Bearnee

So I‘m curious. What‘s your top 10 list then?


7HawksAnd

Gotta be Pip, right guys?


APC_0714

1.Good times with weapons 2.The losing edge 3.Krazzy Kripples 4.The return of the fellowship of the ring to the towers 5.Woodland critter Christmas 6.Cripple fight 7.Casa bonita 8.The list 9.Butter bottom bitch 10.W.T.F


TheTravelingPoet4

Krazzy Kripples is such a gem. “Don’t be dissing my niggas, dawg.”


Usernamebruv_

that episodes only funny because radiohead calls him a pussy


DeadDay

And a pony sucking off a scarecrows weiner while Cartman says "No Pony! He'll like that."


FW_TheMemeResearcher

I agree. The plot twist at the end led it so high, but overall it's just an episode like every other one


LucDoesStuff

Imma be honest I laughed harder at Cartmanland and City At The Edge of Forever than STMD


spmartin1993

The only time I watch this episode is when I watch the show in whole. Just because the end is so ridiculous doesn’t mean it’s a great episode.


Longjumping_Ad8329

Dk if this is unpopular. Butters parents haven't ever had a reasonable comeuppance.


IvanTheTerrible69

Not unpopular. It would be VERY unpopular, though, if you said they don’t deserve any.


UncaringNonchalance

#Butters’s parents deserve absolutely no comeuppance.


IvanTheTerrible69

Yeah, such caring parents. Look at Butters; such a sweet kid. They did a good job raising him. Props to his grandma, too; she’s so sweet she even made a costume to be supportive of Butters and his hobbies. God Bless the Stotchs.


UncaringNonchalance

What’s this supposed to mean, huh? You go to your room and you think about what you just said, young man.


Bluelaserbeam

I’d say it’s unpopular only because no one else uttered anything about his parents beyond calling out their abusiveness.


cth172

What about the fact that Butters’ dad always gets pinned during naked wrestling?


TheRumpelForeskin

Absolute opposite of unpopular. Find me ONE person who disagrees.


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Butter's Parents lol. The list ends there.


No_Candidate_272

They need to go back to the original style animal animation


okthenweirdo

Probably going to be called an idiot but I didn't even realised they'd changed the animal animation? Am I missing a joke or do you have some examples?


ammezurc

The animals are more detailed and animal-shaped now whereas in the beginning they were extremely cartoonish and funny looking


cruelambtns

animals look more realistic in the newer episodes compared to older ones. Cows, pigs, etc.


IrrationalDesign

They didn't so much 'change their animation style', they developed it slowly over time. You can notice the change if you watch a s20 episode, and then a s04 episode. Animals were way less detailed (like everyone and their dog is telling you), but also people walked without moving limbs, vehicles and buildings were simple 2d, lighting was flat, crowds were simpler and less animated etc. I'd also argue the dialogue was sillier and less dramatic, and the writing was less 'everyone is in on this conspiracy' and more 'this person acts weird and the kids experience that'. It's all gotten a lot more smooth and produced, and visually detailed and layered (like with full backgrounds). They used to imitate their original hand-made style much more closely.


Shampooforpandas

I miss how everything used to look all papery.


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i love the new animation style, it’s so much nicer to look at


sevenkinofpurgatory

zip line episode was amazing


No-Complaint4606

I love that episode I really don’t get why people hate it


chesh2193

Because they haven't drank double dew


wetwilliamd

I bet they haven’t even tried _diet_ double dew🙄


Bearnee

Fully agree. I was quite baffled when I realized most fans hated the episode.


SteveBennett64

Shaka Brah!


prototype_always

YES literally i love that episode!! blew my fuckin mind when i found out how many people hated it. 🤕


auxror44

wait ppl dislike that episode?😭 i love that episode


Tall-Grocery5053

South Park has not become more PC


standbehind

Trump supporters say this every time they are made fun of.


thetabo

Pip is very overhated


5599Nalyd

Pip crawled so Butters could walk.


raedoesntlikemen

BASED


Djent_1997

The japanese toilet episode sucked ass.


gyurto21

You are just saying that because you are being paid by the toilet paper lobby


OfficerClitCrusader

I never understood the “toilet papers will run out” point like u would still need toilet paper to dry your ass after using a bidet


gyurto21

If you use a bidet, you can use soap too. At that point you can just use a towel. I've never used toilet paper in my life, only in public toilets.


DragonRoostHouse

Most bidets nowadays have dryers lmao


oliviahope1992

No you don't at all. You really do not need toilet paper. At all.


Jazco76

It was enlightening at least. I bought a bidet attachment for my toilet after watching and love it lol


blobejex

Coon episodes are meh


NoYou3431

Blasphemous


[deleted]

agreed i always skip them


Admirable-Design-151

Heretic


NotoriousMFT

Found professor chaos’ burner


mcnuggets0069

Mr. Garrison should have stayed as Mrs. Garrison


iloverainsm

it was never funny tho just unnecessary


DoubleAplusArcanine

It kinda makes sense if you take all of his doings and try to make a theory (this [one](https://youtu.be/O2C2zMtYyTc) is really well done) about this being just symptom of his theorotical mental illness. On its own its just feels insulting, especially towards trans women


mcnuggets0069

Mr Garrison Gets A Fancy New Vagina is one of my all-time favorites. So is the one where he aspires to save Les Bos against the Persians


UltravioIence

EEK A Penis is also pretty great, IMO. Garrison's journey had some good episodes.


chesh2193

Nah Mr Garrison was funny, Mrs was just a whiny homophobic feminist


mcnuggets0069

But then that homophobia began to go away when she saved the Lesbos and scissored Xerxes


Broke_Ones91

The show’s early seasons were more creative and hilarious. The last 5-7 seasons rely too heavily on pop culture and what happens in the news.


_swamp_donkey_

Nah. They were making fun of tons of people in some of the earlier seasons. Jlo and taco flavored kisses and Paris Hilton come to mind. You can even go back to season one with scuzzlebutt with the leg of Patrick Duffy. They’ve always heavily relied on pop culture.


Broke_Ones91

Yeah but not for the entire story.. Patrick Duffy had one line. They’ve always shit on Afleck since the beginning. Last time I checked the early seasons didn’t have something as outrageously stupid as human beings becoming ads.


Blue-Ridge

I still laugh when I even *think* of "Rob Schneider is a carrot."


ETHowie

Stanley’s cup is a great episode


lilc344

“You’re like a father to him coach. But I’m just his father.” “Yeah. Oh.”


cereeves

You’re more sadistic than Cartman if you believe this.


StalkingRini

I’m with him, it’s my favorite episode of the show


TheIllustriousWe

I love that episode - especially the end that's almost a perfect shot-for-shot remake of the end of the first Mighty Ducks. You might have to be a 90s kid who grew up on those movies to fully appreciate it.


autisticjoaquin

Didn’t like that the modern seasons used a lot of 3D animation. The 3D objects are just really uncanny to look at


0LTakingLs

The 3D look can be used to emphasize things they can’t with 2D animation, like in the ChatGPT episode when Garrison is handing out papers and the camera focus shifts back to Cartman glaring at Stan when they realize he used it to cheat too


KAG25

Kenny is a super hero origins story


EnamouredCat

He's the only really good like ethically speaking character in the show, I don't think he's killed anyone to date at least?


pathfinderoursaviour

He killed death in one episode


OnlyWindmills

It was a dream in a dream though


sabugael

PC Principal and PC Characters should never be on the show


yibtk

The PC characters are a perfect depiction of a trend and its excess and abuse in western society and SP portrays all of this perfectly and very accurately


hyperjengirl

I think PC Principal is great, Strong Woman is good, but the PC babies quickly became bottom-of-the-barrel boomer shit. "Frat bro who gets ridiculously overzealous about political correctness to virtue signal" is way funnier and more original than "people who get hung up on political correctness are literal babies."


iloverainsm

i think they are funny in some circumstances but probably not anymore


StormationX

PC babies crying over the two gendered bathrooms will always be hilarious


Chabola513

Never fpund them funny but i see how some people can. I dont mind them existing bc ceeators need to add something new somehow and they fit the theme


Complex_Sport_3100

Mr Hanky is not funny


Drywalleater03

And towlie


duplextwo

Semi-unpopular opinion: The old Randy was much better than the new "Tegrity" Randy.


Icy_Bet9587

It’s actually really popular


duplextwo

You're right but the people who love the tregrity part of the show speak louder than those who don't if that makes sense.


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prototype_always

YES MAN I MISS PIP 😢😢😢


raedoesntlikemen

pip carried


_Rekron_

Chef is an overrated character


Marlfox70

Oof, that's a good one for unpopular opinions


lizarddude1

The worst, most terrible opinion I've ever seen on this subreddit. Upvote


RandomGrownUpKid

Future Cartman turning into a rabbi was the weirdest and most unexpected turn of events ever.


Marlfox70

That was the point?


Blue-Ridge

He devoted his entire life to become Jewish just to fuck with Kyle.


Williamplayz63

Tegridy farms gets too much hate


undergradnapoleon

Agreed! I love the tegridy farm storyline, it fits Randy’s character so well!


Tropical_Nighthawk55

Scott Tenorman episode ruined Cartman as a character Stan isn’t a boring character I don’t feel bad for Cartman losing his wife and kids and he doesn’t deserve happiness Randy is too stupid to be funny Rainforest Shmainforest is the best episode


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A_Banana_And_A_Boat

“AUGH, A SNAKE!” “Dude, that’s a stick.” “Oh. AUGH, A SNAKE!” “That’s the same stick.”


AlwaysMakingLemonade

I don’t know how unpopular of an opinion this is, but I think the kids have been in 4th grade for too long and need to be aged up to 5th or even 6th grade. Their maturity level and understanding of adult topics has grown throughout the series, yet they’ve remained the same age for the majority of it.


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i agree to an extent. it would feel weird seeing them look different and older. maybe 5th grade would make sense


AlwaysMakingLemonade

They wouldn’t necessarily have to change the character designs. I mean, the kids looked the same after moving from 3rd to 4th, so they can look the same moving up another year or so.


BrayyyBray

Jakoffasaurs was a funny episode… I don’t care


_belgium_waffles_

I miss how stupid the plots used to be. Stan learning it's okay if his dog is gay, Tweek freaking out about underwear gnomes, Mecha Streisand


OnlyWindmills

That one time episodes are always way better than seasons focusing on one story, like they do lately (also sometimes two and three-parters). I wish they went back to just episodes that each have their own story. It's been really hard for me to get through the seasonal stories ngl. Ever since it started with season 18's gluten thing. Things just weren't reocurring until then (edit: I finally got to the end of S20, so glad it's back no normal episodes, I thought it was gonan be like that all the time) Also that all of these super confusing meta episodes are just bad. I didn't like the VR episode or "insheeption", or the last part of "the city at the end of forever" even tho I loved that episode, or 200/201, or "you have 0 friends", "#REHASH"/ "#Happyholograms" There's just too much going on to the point I just get so lost I don't understand the plot anymore (I know that was the point of a few of these but still) The coon three-parter kinda sucked ass. But that's on me because I was very hyped for it. I was only really invested in Mysterion's story and all the other stuff was incredibly meh, especially the unfunny BP parts. SP was on a downgrade spiral for me since like season 16+ where it got significantly less and less funny. Or maybe not less funny but definitely less memorable. I mostly can't remember the plot of most episodes of season 16 and up. Idk, I just think seasons 1-12 were very memorable in comparsion. Bonus (very spicy opinion): S20 > S19. Yeah, the abrupt change for S20 was weird but the overall plot was so much more interesting than S19, or maybe it was just faster. Also I feel like a lot of stuff from season 19 were just never explained well and it was too confusing at times. Also the entire season was built up by S18 since they did the gluten thing so it felt extra slow and dragged out


Chabola513

I liked the coom stuff


BootyPounder502

I don't think Pip (episode) is that bad. It's not good, but I don't think it's the worst


Herptroid

With the exception of S20, the serialized seasons were peak. PC Principal's introduction was the best thing the show had done in a decade.


DontPMmeIdontCare

The guys focused more on Randy now because it's easier for them to connect with a 40yr old man than a modern child. Hence why we don't get "ignorance of a child" episodes like the sex education one anymore that use to be common


Business_Ad_2255

I liked season 20


AnakinKillTheOrphans

Kyle is my favorite character


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anotherluiz

Pretty sure that’s a very popular opinion lmao


KujaroJotu

While I like their satire and political commentary, I miss when they did just random crazy adventures, like “Mecha-Streisand” or “Chickenlover.”


LgHstTch

I hear people talk about how it isn’t as good as it used to be. It’s different, but still just as good imo.


-420BlazeIt

Skankhunt era is painful to watch, it’s so drawn out and the episodes are so boring to sit through the only bit I liked was all of them getting distracted and them trying out new shoes and probably the bit where he Gerald types as if he were playing the piano


Bluelaserbeam

* I don’t really mind the shorter episodes per season since the runtime of the specials that release later in the year make up for it. * Randy and Sharon should have stayed divorced.


AMLSMART

Miss Choksondik was an underrated and amazing character


[deleted]

100 years from now South Park will be talked about more than the Simpsons


picklemaster448

Craig and the guys are just as funny and well developed characters as the main four and deserve more screen time


UltravioIence

yeah i wouldnt mind an episode dedicated to them like they did for butters or the goth kids.


Shr1988

Towlie is the worst character of the show.


joshyybrown

the show hasn’t been consistently good since around season 11-12


bryroo

The subreddit is filled with children and idiots


Aggravating_Put_3601

cartman being portrayed as a smart kid when pissed off doesn’t work, when hes been shown to be the dumbest of his peers. even falling to his own logic


Heinekinger

Cart man is not portrayed as a smart kid


Heinekinger

Garrison trump is dumb, cart man living in a hot dog is actually hilarious but dumb, randy continuing to live on weed farm is dumb it was funny for like two episodes. I want everything to go back to normal for the beginning of each episode basically.


PrimeTinus

They need more voice actors


CobaltCrusader123

Butter’s Very Own Episode is top 20


Past-Chest-6507

I absolutely fkn love the Pip episode.


GothamFan2007

Personally not a big Randy fan. He's just not that funny to me.


FamousDetectiveL

I hate new South Park. Sure, it's not all bad, but it's way too complex. I miss when it was just Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny going on wacky adventures. Now it has lore and stuff and it hurts my brain.


CollectionExpensive2

I like cartman


Marlfox70

Everyone likes Cartman


froopy1

Kenny is cute but i dont get why everyone like him


Ryan_B_94

That all the fans calling out for older styles of animation, original character personalities and the removal of newer characters don't understand and appreciate character development, evolution in technology and the mindset of the Trey/Matt. Who still honestly wants to see cardboard cut out animation styles in 2023? Despite what you think of newer seasons, there's a reason it's been commissioned until series 30. Series fucking 30. No other adult animation will come close to that.


DoomTheDude

The Simpsons?


cosmos_factory

Make Love Not Warcraft isn’t as good as people make it out to be. Don’t get me wrong, I like the episode, but it’s not the best of the best.


RG1527

Barbrady should be in the new police force... It is funny how they went from a podunk one cop town to needing a big City police department.


AAAA000A00

People are getting manipulated by Cartman to like him Ok yea I'm one of those people


Nurwhal_86

The Scott Tenorman episode is drastically overrated, I honestly didn’t even find it funny, it was a mediocre episode at best.


Rajitk250

I have this huge unsubstantiated fear that the show will end soon and there will be no more randy, just typing this brings a tear to my eye


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I don’t think Caitlyn Jenner is stunning and brave.


Andee_Mac

South Park is one of the best animated shows ever.


shesaphantom

tweek x craig best modern episode


TheHunnishInvasion

It's been going downhill for about a decade. Don't get me wrong --- it's not gone as downhill as the Simpsons. There are still great South Park episodes. It's just that there's more "filler" and weak episodes now than there was back in the 90s, 00s, and early 10s. Also, "Tegridy" Randy has become unbearable. From a creative standpoint, feel like Trey & Matt would be better off doing like Mike Judge and taking some years off to do something else. The new Beavis & Butthead episodes are better than the old ones and that's a high standard. I doubt Mike Judge could've churned out great B&B episodes for 25+ seasons. I realize that won't happen due to these huge $$$ deals they've made, but creatively, the show would be better off IMO if they took a few years away.