South Park Is Back As South America For Season 29

Season 29 Premieres With a Surprise Rebranding

When the long-running comedy series returned for its 29th season on Comedy Central, viewers discovered that the fictional mountain town had a new name. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced the shift in a September 8 statement, explaining that the change was Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, tech giants who valiantly obeyed President Donald Trump’s decree that we henceforth refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America.

Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of ‘South Park’ to ‘SOUTH AMERICA,' Parker and Stone said in a Sept. 8 statement announcing the name change.

Seasons 27 and 28 of South Park had shifted from the show’s traditional stand-alone episodes to a season-long arc centered on fictionalized happenings within the White House, including President Trump’s clandestine affair with Satan. With the premiere, the show appears to be returning to its traditional format — stand-alone episodes that may still carry overarching themes. It’s not entirely clear whether we’ve seen the last of South Park‘s satirical Trump character and the supporting cast of cabinet officials, hangers-on and vice-president-turned-lover J.D. Vance, but they’re absent from this one-off episode, which stays within the confines of the titular town. The episode bypassed any need for introductory explanations, presenting the town’s new moniker as a settled fact while characters navigated a chaotic municipal dispute over motorized bicycles.

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E-Bikes Trigger Town-Wide Chaos and Adult Vigilantism

The plot centers on Eric Cartman agitating for a class-three e-bike that can reach speeds of up to 25 miles per hour, most connivingly, as is his way, tearfully insisting to his mother that he needs a bike to get in shape to avoid bullying over his weight. Instead, he winds up with a motorised bike that’s the envy of Stan, Kyle and Kenny (as he informs them by doing doughnuts on their lawns and telling them to – well, you’ll hear the phrase enough times in the episode itself). Soon the jealous boys, unable to afford their own top-of-line bikes, are visiting Mr Kim to buy cheaper, faster knockoff e-bikes, creating an opportunity for the show to indulge in some more “ironic” Chinese-accent gags, some of which involve an appropriately profane-sounding pronunciation of “city e-bikes”. At three for $200, they’re a steal, and soon the streets of South America are even more crowded with kids having fun.

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Eventually, more of the town’s children are wreaking havoc around South America, crashing through diner windows and scaring pedestrians. The surge in youthful riders sends Stan’s bicycle-riding dad, Randy, into full Calvin’s Dad mode, recalling the occasional cycling-centric strips from Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes. Randy recruits more grown-ups to his cause, and they complain about gangs of bandana-wearing, wheelie-popping, and (they assume) drug-doing bikers – while, of course, forming an actual biker gang.

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Accordingly, the cyclists amass members, block traffic, demand protein packets and, eventually, much worse stuff (while still demanding protein). After Googling how to change laws in South America, they attempt to ban e-bikes by bribing the cops with cash and cigars. When that doesn’t work, they escalate to full-on violence.

In the 27th and 28th seasons of “South Park,” the show gleefully aimed its comedic butane directly at the blaze of insanity that is the MAGA movement. Trump’s Cabinet officials were frequent targets, including former Attorney General Pam Bondi, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, and Vice President JD Vance.