Since its initial inception in 1997, South Park has been pitting four crudely animated boys and their small Colorado town against the weirdest, the wildest, and the most warped catastrophes the modern world has to offer. With a mix of satire and dark humor, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have used their penchant for creating and voicing silly characters as a base from which to build one of the most iconic cartoon shows of all time.
While the main cast of goofy characters has largely stayed the same through the show’s over 300 episodes, the side characters and one-offs have given fans exposure to countless celebrity parodies and satirical personalities.
10 Charles Manson
Charles Manson isn’t particularly well known for his Christmas spirit, but he is familiar with dedication to family. South Park uses Manson’s terrifying image as a cult leader in parallel with the cute holiday fun of a Christmas special in the classic season two episode, “Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson.” After Cartman’s uncle breaks out of prison with Manson, the boys find themselves spending the holiday season with the maniac, but through a little Christmas magic, even the most deranged psychopaths can find friendship and redemption.
9 Internet Video Celebrities
South Park has always done a great job at staying relevant with the times. When the boys try to make “internet money” by creating a popular video trend in the essential episode, “Canada on Strike,” they find themselves among other early internet meme legends also looking for a payout. From the Chocolate Rain singer to the Star Wars Lightsaber Kid, the internet’s first memes come together in a tiny room for their hard earned cash. Naturally, things get violent when their internet fame becomes a matter of competition, but for fans of the show the inclusion of these memes is unforgettable.
8 Cesar Millan
In the brilliant season ten episode, “Tsst,” Cartman’s bad behavior is put to the test through a series of intense television nannies, all of whom end up losing their minds.
The only match for Cartman’s wickedness is Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan, who immediately starts treating the lovable brat like a dog in this unexpected cameo. Somehow, this technique works and the rest of Millan’s tactics are downright hilarious as Cartman undergoes an emotional change from bad to good.
7 A.W.E.S.O.M. – O 4000
A hilarious Cartman alter-ego, A.W.E.S.O.M. – O 4000 is the poorly designed robot costume that Cartman wears on a trip to L.A. with Butters in an effort to retrieve an embarrassing video of himself. The distance Cartman is willing to go pretending to be a robot is extremely funny as is Butters inability to recognize the blatant disguise. Things get hairy for Cartman when his robot antics cross paths with Hollywood and the military as they attempt to use A.W.E.S.O.M. – O for their own purposes.
6 Mark Zuckerberg
Celebrities and famous figures are not strangers to the South Park universe, yet some cameos are much odder than others. Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, finally made it onto the show in season 21 in the episode, “Franchise Prequel.” Portrayed as a bizarre villain who helps Butter’s alter ego, Professor Chaos, spread fake news about the “Coon and Friends” superhero group, Zuckerberg is badly dubbed, uses imaginary mind powers, and continuously talks about blocking people. A perfect character to have in this superhero movie parody.
5 Pioneer Paul
“Super Fun Time” is one of the most laugh-out-loud episodes in the show’s history, placing the boys and their class in a field trip turned hostage situation, taking place entirely in an old pioneer reenactment town. When a high-tech team of robbers fresh off a heist (of Burger King meals) take refuge in the pioneer town, the students must work with the reenactors to save all of their lives. The only problem is that the reenactors refuse to break character and will go to extreme measures to ensure that everyone thinks it is 1864. Pioneer Paul leads this dedicated act, even going so far as to shoot another reenactor who was about to break character.
4 The Ghost Hunters
One of the funniest random one off’s on the show is the team of ghost hunters who investigate the paranormal occurrences that transpire in the episode, “Dead Celebrities.” After Kyle’s little brother, Ike, starts seeing the ghosts of recently deceased celebrities, the Ghost Hunters team steps in with state-of-the-art technology and paranormal equipment to try and capture some footage.
Although, all the cameras get is them freaking out over mundane normal household items and peeing themselves in fear.
3 Travis Mayfield
In one of the more surreal episodes of the show, “Lice Capades,” the South Park writers decide to go microscopic and look at the lives of lice living in Clyde’s hair. As the students of South Park try and find out who brought lice in to the class, the actual lice themselves are portrayed as characters stuck in a corny disaster film. The lice subplot follows Travis Mayfield, a family man trying to save his civilization from doom after discovering the human presence far above them. The seriousness of Travis’s quest for survival is a funny and thought-provoking juxtaposition to the South Park students attempts to figure out who has the lice.
2 Stephen Abootman
Another one-off character from the classic episode, “Canada on Strike,” Stephen Abootman is one of the most iconic Canadian characters on the show (distinguished by their animated egg-shaped head). As head of the World Canadian Bureau, Stephen is the very reason the country goes on strike; their main demand, “more money…” Stephen is an iconic anti-hero, driven so fervently by his Canadian pride that he ends up almost destroying the country. His famous lines (“I’m not your friend, buddy!”) are still synonymous with the show even after a decade of it first airing.
1 The Hardly Boys
A parody of the classic crime solving brothers, The Hardy Boys, the Hardly Boys are a pair of dim-witted detectives hired to discover who defecated in a school urinal in the hilarious episode, “Mystery of the Urinal Deuce.” A shameless exercise in nonsensical humor, the Hardly Boys seem more interested in following their “raging clues” than in solving the mystery at hand. Through dirty innuendos and implications, the Hardly Boys continue to crack up viewers with their idiotic smiles and disorganized wandering.
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