South Park

South Park is one with multiple Emmy Awards, award-winning American satirical animated television seriescreated by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Since 1997, this series aired in the United States on Comedy Central, in Netherlands from 1997 first on Canal + (now Film1), from 1999 on NET 5, Veronica and then on The Box until it was the Dutch Comedy Central in 2007, by which the series currently still is broadcast. South Park In Flanders was broadcast on the Flemish version of TMF music channel from 2007 to 2014. Starting from 2014 will South Park on Comedy Central.

South Park is known for its simple animation style, dark humor and the taboo-breaking topics. Most episodes are a satire on the (American) society, celebrities and/or topics the news control. The cartoon is aimed at teenagers and adults, and not on children: violence, bad language and references to sexual behavior are rarely shunned.

The contract with Comedy Central for new episodes of South Park running up to 2016. This is to season 20. [1]



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[hide] *Design 1  ==Design[ Edit] == ===Story[ Edit] === The series is about the surreal adventures of four children: Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick . They live in the mountain village of South Park in the State of Colorado and his bosom buddies for years (though often at odds with Kyle Cartman). The four make the strangest events in their environment with it, ranging from things like problems at school or home to natural and supernatural or extraterrestrial threats. ===Style and themes[ Edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">South Park 's style is changed slightly over the years. Was it in the earlier seasons especially the bizarre and crude humor and adventures where the series it had to have (things like for example the visit of aliens or the annually recurring Christmas episodes), after season 3 South Park is more serious. In the episodes are becoming increasingly common social problems and current affairs to bid. The creators let their opinion hinted by the main characters in various adventures on the paces and usually ends an episode in a teaching moment where one of the main characters to a new understanding has come. This understanding represents the view of the authors and although South Park first of all if comedy is meant, it goes with the addition of these insights on the direction of the socially critical cabaret. In contrast to the simple crude humor as can be seen in the first seasons, mainly from season 3 also uses a much more deeper, more layered form of humour.
 * 1.1 Story
 * 1.2 Style and themes
 * 2 Characters
 * 2.1 guest stars
 * 3 Locations
 * 4 Episodes
 * 5 Production
 * 5.1 Animation
 * 5.2 voices and music
 * 6 Receipt
 * 6.1 awards and nominations
 * 6.2 Controversies
 * 7 Media and merchandising
 * 8 Trivia
 * 9 external links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Furthermore there are parodies on to see movies or other media in the series. For example, Free Willy, 300, The Lord of The Rings, Scarface, ocean's 11, Avatar, High School Musical, The Sixth Sense and The Human Centipede, but also the popular multiplayer game World of Warcraft once already as a target of the series used, as well as television series such as The Simpsons, Jersey Shore, Nanny 911, The Dog Whisperer, Family Guy and 24 and Game of Thrones.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The beginning of the series experienced a recurring gimmick, the death of Kenny. In almost every episode came on a gruesome way to life. Also the comments thereupon of the children were always the same: Stan called "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!", after which Kyle "You bastards!" added, but sometimes calls or Stan, Kyle immediately or the whole sentence. The next episode played Kenny again just with it, as if nothing had happened. In the sixth season was Kenny largely absent, after he in season 5 in the episode Kenny Dies was killed. Only at the end of the sixth season, he returned, in order then to die with less regularly. ==Characters<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The main characters are four guys of the elementary school: South Park Elementary Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman (short Cartman ) and Kenny McCormick.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Stan Marsh is friendly and good-natured. He is the most normal boy of the group, and a blue hat with a red fluff it and a brown jacket. Kyle is the only Jewish child from the group, something that often is spotted. He is often dramatic and skeptical and wears a green Ushanka and an orange logging vest. Cartman is a spoiled child with overweight, racist and American actor. In the first episodes is a cocky kid, but from season 3 it was a raw, uncivilized child with dangerous ideas. He wears a light blue hat with a yellow fluff, and a red oversized sweater. Kenny is coming from a poor family and because he wears an orange anorak that covered his mouth, he is hardly understood. In the first 5 Seasons he goes in almost every episode death, to in the next episode wont turn of the party.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After Kenny at the end of season 5 "for good" died (in the episode Kenny Dies), he was about a season long replaced by two other characters: in the first part of season 6 by Leopold "Butters" Stotch and later by Tweek.In the last episode of season 6, Red Sleigh Down, Kenny suddenly returned and has been one of the main characters.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Supporting roles are played by the families of the characters and their relatives, the students, teachers and employees of the elementary school South Park Elementary. ===Guest Stars<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Settled, there are people from the history of the world, divine figures and contemporary celebrities for in the series, including Jesus, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Sarah Palin, Britney Spears, Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Irwin,Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson and Steve Jobs. Sometimes the faces by the creators signed (for example, Jennifer Lopez), sometimes an image of the real head used, but then cleaved from ear to ear. The resulting opening serves as mouth. Among others at Saddam Hussein, David Hasselhoff, Mel Gibson and Ben Affleck is this is the case. ==Locations<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == The village of Fairplay was a model for South Park<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series is set in the fictional village of the same name in the existing South Park South Parkgrassland area, located in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado. It's a snowy mountain village and the main location for almost all episodes. Single fixed locations in the series are the primary school, the bus stop, the shops in the main street, the houses of the characters and the snow-like setting.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">South Park is based in part on Fairplay, that is in the same area as the fictional village of exhibits and a number of agreements with it. However, it is not the same place: Fairplay is smaller than South Park, and it turns out to be more a suburb than a stand-alone village. In addition, calls Gerald Broflovski in the episode Night of the Living Homeless, he then says that Fairplay "4 miles (approx. 4 miles) from here," would lie. ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since the beginning of the animated series in August 1997 there are 237 episodes made, divided in sixteen seasons. Before the series started, became under the name The Spirit of Christmas : two animated films released in these two short videos, Jesus vs. Frosty (1992) and Jesus vs. Santa (1995), come characters for which strong resemblance to the main characters in the animated television series and they are seen as a forerunner of the series. ==Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Animation<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Trey Parker (l) and (r) Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, in 2007<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">South Parks success is partially due to his simple animation style. The first episode consisted entirely of cutout animation, with cut-out figures figurine for figurine for a background are moved. According to Trey Parker and Matt Stone were they inspired by Terry Gilliam's animations for Monty Python's Flying Circus. After the first episode are all episodes made with Apple computers, but while retaining the original simple animation style. In the course of time become something more detailed animation, also in order to do make jokes. Comic explosions were later replaced by more complex and higher-fidelity, truth in the serial explosions. Some episodes, such as Tweek vs. Craig and Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina even contain partially camera images.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Nowadays CorelDRAW to design the characters, and to animate the characters Maya . By the simple animation costs making a South Park episode an average of six days, against six to eight months for a Simpsonsepisode. This allows better on current events are anticipated, such as, for example, that happened in the episode "About Last Night ..., shortly after the u.s. presidential elections in 2008. ===Voices and music<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The voices of most of the characters are voiced by Parker and Stone, with the exception of amongst other Chef, Token, Ahmed, Mr. Slave and most female characters. These were first done by Mary Kay Bergman, but after her suicide on 11 november 1999 this was taken over by Eliza Schneider. The voices are raised after the recordings the more childlike look like them.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Often the voices of celebrities ("lightly" as the authors call it yourself in the openingscredits) imitated by Parker and Stone, but once in a while a celebrity speaks itself a voice in. So took care of Robert Smith of The Cure,Radiohead , Elton John and their own voice. George Clooney spoke in the episode "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" the voice of Stan's homosexual dog Sparky. Jennifer Aniston spoke in the episode "Rainforest Shmainforest" actievoer in the voice of the star that guided the school class.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The title song is sung by Les Claypool, the lead singer of the alternative-rock group Primus. ==Receipt<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">South Park is a total of 10 times nominated for an Emmy Award in the category Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour), four of which were won. The following episodes are ever nominated:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">South Park is also one times nominated for an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Animated Program for One Hour or More (for programming of one hour or longer), which also won. It came to the three episodes"Imaginationland Episode II " Imaginationland, and "Imaginationland Episode III, which together form a trilogy . ===Controversies<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">By the coarse language and treating many public figures there are many controversies arise around the series. The series covers topics that are taboo for many people, often of episodes about cults, sexuality, religion,global warming to episodes about the Danish cartoons controversy and conspiracy theories about 9/11. Vulgar language is not shunned, for example, in the episode "It Hits the Fan" 162 times used the word "shit" uncensored, and in the episode "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson" 42 times the word "nigger". The Parents Television Council, criticized the program already many times.
 * Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride (1998)
 * Chinpokomon (2000)
 * Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants (2002)
 * It's Christmas in Canada (2004)
 * Best Friends Forever (2005, won)
 * "Trapped in the Closet" (2006)
 * Make Love, Not Warcraft (2007, won)
 * Margaritaville (2009, won)
 * Crack Baby Athletic Association (2011)
 * Raising The Bar (2012, won)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Almost every major religion is in the series all at least once ridiculed, which has led to many protests. In 2005 protested the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights against a scene from the episode "Bloody Mary", in which the Blessed Virgin Mary bleeds from her rectum. Several times was also the Scientologykerk. Although Scientology nowhere really is named it is abundantly clear that there is referred to. Scientologyaflevering the most controversial is "Trapped in the Closet", in which Tom Cruise plays a role (he is almost the entire episode in a closet and refuses to come out of the closet). In this episode Stan as the reincarnation of Scientology founder l. Ron Hubbard. The episode was not repeated because Tom Cruise threatened with stopping the promotional tour for his latest paramount's Mission: Impossible III (Comedy Central is indirectly part of Paramount). In addition, the episode was reason for Isaac Hayes to stop recording the voice of Chef, so the creators Chef in the next installment let die.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Another controversial (double) episode "Cartoon Wars", in which criticism is featured on reaction of the Western world on the cartoons about Mohammed. Ironically, Comedy Central itself Mohammed broadcaster decided in that episode to censor, after which a lot of protest arose. Trey Parker and Matt Stone still decided then, as a form of criticism on Comedy Central, to replace the images of Mohammed by a black screen with the text "Comedy Central has refused to broadcast an image of Muhammad on their network"; George Bush do next Jesus and their need in an animation of the Islamic world in response to the display of the images of Mohammed.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2010 a new controversy arose around an episode in which Mohammed played a role. It concerned the episodes 200 and 201, in which a large number of characters that was taken earlier in the heel, protested at the insults towards them and like Mohammed wants to be invulnerable. In the episode 201 is Mohammed censored, as well as his name and other statements. In both episodes Comedy Central Netherlands has completely refused to show, on tv or on the website.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Striking thing about this is that in an earlier episode of South Park, namely Super Best Friends (season 5, episode 4) by Comedy Central show, in which Mohammed was to see uncensored was several times. Only after the commotion around the episodes 200 and 201 was also this episode of South Park's website achieved. The episodes are online. ==Media and merchandising<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="286" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series was a success from the start, with a successful merchandising as a result, including t-shirts and dolls.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1999, "chocolate Salty Balls"", a song sung by Chef, a big hit. That year also came from a South Park-feature film, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The film was a commercial success and was also well received by the critics. "Blame Canada", a song from this film, was nominated for an Oscar. There was also a track recorded by the metal band Metallica for the scene where Kenny goes to hell.

<p lang="en" len="1449" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(15,15,95);">There are several video games based on the series, including the first person shooter from 1998, South Park the racing game South Park Rally from 2000 and the role-playing game South Park: The Stick of Truth from 2014. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On april 1, 2010 would be Comedy Central Netherlands in a live-action version of the series go broadcast titled The Real South Park. The characters are portrayed by Dutch actors, but with English-language voice-over.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="162" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  it turned out that this was an april fool's joke .