“South Park” was in vintage form on Wednesday night, as the long-running animated comedy series did not hold back during its season 27 premiere.
While the show has endeared itself to fans for its topical jokes lampooning pop culture and politics, it’s shied away from outright parodying President Trump in recent years, using the Mr. Garrison character as a stand-in. However, that all changed on Wednesday night, as the series finally introduced Trump, using cut-out headshots atop an animated body, similar to the treatment “South Park” gave Saddam Hussein in the 1999 “Bigger, Longer & Uncut” film.
And just like they did with Hussein in the hit movie, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Trump parody features the president in a relationship with Satan (voiced by Parker).
“You remind me more and more of this other guy I used to date. Like, a lot,” Satan tells Trump while they’re in bed together. The episode, titled “Sermon on the ‘Mount,” also features many NSFW jokes featuring the president in the nude.
Tackling everything from the alleged Jeffrey Epstein client list to the tariff situation with countries like Canada, the season 27 premiere centers around the citizens of South Park rebelling against the more conservative climate they find themselves living in under Trump’s second term. In particular, concerned community member and Stan’s dad Randy Marsh (voiced by Parker) starts to rally the town against the president after his son’s school starts emphasizing Christian teachings, with Jesus (voiced by Stone) literally patrolling the halls.
While enjoying a cookout at the White House, Trump gets a call from Randy and other supporters who are turning on him, with the president telling them to chill out.
“Listen, buddy, you just need to relax,” he tells Randy. “All this protesting makes me look bad.”
When Randy refuses, Trump threatens to sue the whole town for $5 billion. The citizens later gather for a rally covered by “60 Minutes” correspondents, who are a bit more cautious about how they present the news in the aftermath of the $16 million settlement the CBS program’s parent company, Paramount, reached with Trump over the show’s editing of an October 2024 interview with then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Jesus later appears during the event, explaining to everyone that he didn’t want to be in the schools, but had to “because it was part of a lawsuit and the agreement with Paramount.”
Comedy Central, which airs “South Park,” is also owned by Paramount, with Parker and Stone inking a new $1.5 billion deal with the company earlier this week to bring past and future seasons to Paramount+.
“You guys saw what happened to CBS. Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount! Do you really want to end up like Colbert? You guys gotta stop being stupid,” Jesus tells the crowd.
“If someone has the power of the presidency and also has the power to sue and take bribes, then he can do anything to anyone!” he added. “It’s the [expletive] president, dude. All of you shut the [expletive] up or South Park is over.”
The episode ends with the town agreeing to a $3.5 million settlement with the president, with the South Park mayor noting that they’ll “just have to cut some funding for our schools and hospitals and roads, and that should be that.”
The agreement also includes a provision for the town to produce “pro-Trump messaging.” The episode ends with a PSA for Trump, featuring what appears to be an AI-generated video of the president walking through a desert and disrobing.
Matt Juul is the assistant digital editor for the Living Arts team at the Boston Globe, with over a decade of experience covering arts and entertainment.
Matt Juul can be reached at matthew.juul@globe.com.
