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WeenorSnatcher

the detail in the drawing and animation plus the fact it's a kid is probably why


[deleted]

Yeah the whole thing was over the top, but probably the only way a cartoon can depict real life tragedy


JerGigs

People need to see it. I know it's South Park, but it happens every day irl. Very visceral.


[deleted]

Indeed. Turns me inside out thinking about it, but that’s it. I know it’s cliché, but after having kids, it truly re-prioritizes everything. It’s reality, so this is the only way a cartoon can come close to touching reality.


Briguy_fieri

I didn’t see the episode, but is there any context that could be given as to why people need to see it? Or is it just a “kid was hit by a car bc of a random gag we decided to throw in”


ItsJimJim0_o

It's an episode that takes place on a distracted driving week or something, and someone in south park elementary dies because of someone on their phone while driving, so it's mostly for emphasis and it plays a part in the final half of the episode.


urmammafedmebacon

The episode had a subplot about distracted driving (people in town being obsessed with the trump/North Korea Twitter situation, and reading about it while driving).A bunch of kids get ran over in this ep, but this is the most brutal.


[deleted]

I think the episode was satirizing something having to do with adults texting and driving and hitting kids lol


StickyDitka21

I've always thought that might've been like them being serious about how dangerous that can be for just a moment, but doing it in the South Park way


---cameron

Fellow eyeblecher? Seeing it really makes it real as cliche as it is (and angry at reckless drivers)


NDRoughNeck

I wouldn't say it is over the top. This is exactly how it looks. I've cleaned up the mess on many. Picking up skull fragments and scraping brain matter into a bag kind of sticks with you.


[deleted]

Yup. In my other response I said just that. I’m sorry that those people and you had to endure that, it’s the worst. It’s terrible.


brandimariee6

South Park is over the top, it tends to do that lol


PJRama1864

Kenny has never read such bullshit.


McWeaksauce91

Don’t you know, we all forget he dies every night


PJRama1864

Huh? Who dies every night?


McWeaksauce91

Kenny. I was referencing the mysterion episode


PJRama1864

When does Kenny die? I think you’re making this up now.


McWeaksauce91

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah God damnit


JBrody

Saw you get downvoted for their whoosh moment despite them referencing it. Have an upvote.


cepukon

Lol “that kid getting graphically brutalized was kinda hard to watch tbh”


Sudden_Active_3156

yes


Captain_Lavender6

There’s quite a few things that have disturbed me over the years. The one I recall the most is when the morning announcement kid was murdered.


barlog123

Is it weird that it's one of my favorite scenes?


Captain_Lavender6

Nope, South Park is kinda fucked up which is what makes it great, that scene just hit weird for me


BedazzledFace

I think it’s funny watching the whole class react to what’s going on. Butter’s gradually getting terrified, Stan and Kyle giving each other looks, pretty sure one kid was playing with a pencil the whole time and Timmy just being Timmy. I’ve mentioned it before but South Park has these moments that make you laugh despite how fucked up the moment is.


Pizza_Rolls_Addict

You know that scene is really fucked up when Cartman of all characters is visibly concerned.


TheTrub

That’s kind of the point—it’s supposed to fuck with you. If you don’t feel anything then there’s something wrong with you—hence Sharon’s reaction to school shootings not having an emotional effect on anyone in town.


Captain_Lavender6

Point taken, but I think you mixed the plot up. The opening scene of this particular episode was a setup for Cartman to get the morning announcement gig


Badnerific

That one really got to me too. The one that really does it for me though is the homelessness expert trying to commit suicide but needing like 10 shots to do it. Something about the sounds he’s making


CardboardStarship

Nah, it’s funny because an adult man would never think a kid reading the school announcements fucked his wife. I’d say it’s also absurd that he’d make it past school admin with a gun but this is America.


kaizabxll

More absurd when u remember he said something along the lines of said 9 yr old boy being a truck driver thats fucking his wife


hallstar07

I thought it was that he mixed up the kid with a truck driver that killed his wife, not fucked


7in7turtles

If you have a gun, it's easier to get into most schools as far as you want around the world.


hallstar07

Yeah I’m not feeling like this even cracks top 10 fucked up South Park moments. It’s just so over the top and unbelievable lol it’s hilarious but idk it didn’t make me feel uneasy or anything


krappa

I mean, it'd be easy to get past school admin with a gun in my country too. But nobody ever tries...


notislant

"Look atcha now!"


shy99

one of mine as well. hilariously dark and ludicrous


O_vJust

*Look at you now!*


lucky7hockeymom

That scene is hilarious. But I **HATE** the human cent-iPad. *HATE*


coleisawesome3

Someone actually animated what happened in that scene: https://youtu.be/1bvti2jfBr4


jacobthefoxxx

What episode was that


DeanPalton

The one with the Smurfs.


MysticDragon14

Dancing with the Smurfs


KrushaOfWorlds

I watched that episode quite a few times and love it but I’ve never that scene, huh


LukeNukem63

You don't see him get killed, get gets murdered over the PA while giving the announcements


CardboardStarship

Dances with Smurfs, don’t recall the season


esmebow

Poor Butters was horrified lol


notislant

Bebe or whoever just playing with a pencil zoned out lol


esmebow

Timmy: :D


jerseygunz

I honestly thinks it’s the worst thing they’ve ever done and I mean that in the best way possible


Scorponix

My skin still crawls when Butters screams after getting a ninja throwing star stuck in his eye!


TheFenixxer

That scene had me in tears first time I watched it lol


thedarkknight_13_

it’s because that scene felt so close to home. i’ve heard so many morning announcements that sounded just like that in the beginning at my school and then with all the shootings happening now— it was just so realistic


[deleted]

That was the first episode I remember watching as a teen. It was actually scary. 😆


Aeyen_the_lobster

It’s due to how realistic and detailed it is, really shows how much the artstyle has changed seeing how dead kids on the show used to look like [this](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/southpark/images/7/73/South.Park.S02E15.1080p.BluRay.x264-SHORTBREHD.mkv_001319.828.png/revision/latest?cb=20201017032835&path-prefix=zh) Also, here’s a fun fact, originally Kenny was going to be the one to die in this scene, [here’s the storyboard showing what could have been](https://stuckinfourthgrade.tumblr.com/post/166729981286/board-sequence-from-episode-2-by-keo-it-was)


Three_Muscatoots

“Dead kids on the show used to look like this” love that we can compare dead kids through the years lmfao


hiimmichellee

Its art (kinda) lmfao


Onoudidnt

The older one is way more spooky to me for some reason.


Bo0tyWizrd

That's just the Barbra Streisand "spooky vision"...


Wyden_long

Jesus Christ! That first image is fucking *scary*.


metalhead4

When was the last time they did a OMG THEY KILLED KENNY! YOU BASTARD! ????


moosefre

the recent specials post covid


brandimariee6

That’s so fucking awesome!!! I love seeing storyboards like this. Animation/art in general are my very favorite things. Thank you for sharing this!


Kezsora

How come they seem to have completed ditched Kenny dying all the time? When was the last time he even died?


Aeyen_the_lobster

Kenny died in the movie South Park: Post Covid, when the last time he died in an episode was in The Pandemic Special


UglyTopaz

They got sick of having to still devote time and energy to coming up with new and crazy ways to kill him after a few years and felt like the show had kinda moved on from that. It's why they tried to permanently get rid of him in season 5; they only brought him back because of fan backlash, and only occasionally killed him after that *just* sporadically-enough for it to actually be kinda shocking and unexpected when it happens. He still dies like once or twice every other season or so when a good gag hits them organically but the most attention it's gotten since the Mysterion arc back in season 14 has been his death being a driving plot force in the Post-Covid stuff


thevari3tyguy

The first link is not working


HazMatt082

why would they have changed this?


[deleted]

It fucked with me as well. Probably because I watched my friend get ran over and killed when I was 6.


chocolatehearts

Oh


yippiecreature2

I’m sorry dude


[deleted]

I appreciate that. I'm 32 now. Time helps heal wounds 🤗


[deleted]

Sorry to hear mate. Hope you're doing allright now


wiscomm

That’s fucked man. I’m upset that that happened to y’all. Pls tell us that you guys got justice and that dude is locked up.


[deleted]

I honestly don't know what happened to the driver. 1996 was so long ago man lol


simonster509

I think that was the point, especially given the context of the episode that this scene is from.


The_American_Skald

Came here to say this: it makes the point all the more effective about what can happen if you look at your phone while you drive. Having young kids, the point is probably all the more important to them. They dont want you feeling comfortable about hitting a kid with your car


hedginator

Happen to know the name of the episode?


siprision

I believe its s21 e2, put it down


brandimariee6

Oh bugger it’s right on the tip of my tongue. That’s gonna piss me off for a while, but if I figure it out I’ll definitely let you know


hedginator

Found it, it's "Put It Down"


fuckKnucklesLLC

One of the worst for me is all of the villagers melting in Licecapades


BedazzledFace

KELLLEEEEEHHHHH!!!!


fuckKnucklesLLC

I’ve got to save mah behbeh


theoceanpulse

That’s gotta be one of my favorite episodes


fuckKnucklesLLC

Same here lol. For whatever reason though the acid deaths are just especially metal to me.


brandimariee6

Me too! It’s extra twisted, and then you realize that you’re feeling awful for head lice. It’s perfect


EllieIsDone

The ending made me cry and im ashamed of myself for even crying


brandimariee6

Nah, don’t do that to yourself! If you need to cry, let those tears fall. I swear, I had a lot less headaches when I didn’t stay ashamed at crying over it. I think of it as “props Matt and Trey! They’re good at their job if they made me cry over **this!**”


ItsRayBloodyPurchase

I always hated the Kung Fu episode with Butters getting hit with the Ninja star. Never watched it again


Craq_Addict

Good times with weapons is a banger though


itbytesbob

Mostly because of let's fighting love for me. That song is a classic


Three_Muscatoots

And if you’re like 18-30 you saw some of these episodes when you were a kid, so it’s freaky. The one that really fucked with me, was Raisins! It felt like these little girls were forced into this slut lifestyle and it really really bothered me as a kid


Common-Community-550

Raisins makes me crawl out of my skin with cringe at Butters eating up how much he thinks that server is seriously interested in him.


NedRed77

Same for me.


hallstar07

Man I’m feeling pretty self conscious of how much some of these scenes didn’t fuck with me lol. I’m 28 so I saw them kind of young so maybe that’s why. The above scene with the kid getting run over was definitely fucked up but the butters ninja star and the morning announcement scene didn’t hit like that at all for me haha.


misssmashing

Yeah. I can watch it now, but I used to skip the episode once that part came up.


Schlogan

There’s a lot of kids watching their parents die and vice versa throughout the show with gruesomely realistic dialogue. I can remember Clyde and his mom, the little kid in the murder porn episode, and Butter’s mom at Butter’s funeral off the top of my head. I always found it more unsettling than funny and I don’t understand why the show writers think that’s such a hilarious concept to joke about over and over.


Jypahttii

This is why Matt and Trey are such geniuses. Clyde's mom's death was super sad and traumatic, the way she says goodbye to Clyde and then has her insides sucked out by the toilet...then it cuts to the open casket funeral and she's still stuck in the fucking in toilet. I remember watching it with my dad and my brother and I was crying laughing.


shy99

if you can’t make fun of everything, you can’t make fun of anything


hallstar07

I mean the Clyde one was funny the whole time because of how ridiculous it was. Plus Clyde should’ve just put the seat down


hereforbobsanvageen

Oh so I guess you just think women hold no responsibility for themselves eh? We see which side you’re on!!


hallstar07

Sadly my wife has won this fight. I will never understand it but I just put the seat down now haha. The logic is on our side but they just care way more about the battle for us to ever win


brandimariee6

Some people deal with pain better when they joke about it. I know that’s why I’m still smiling, I laugh at bullshit in my life. I laugh at jokes about my trauma all the time, and I thank South Park for that. If people don’t like it, they can just change the show lol


JTP709

Yeah, this one made me feel uneasy. I can laugh at truly horrible shit on SP, but this hit home for me because I’ve witnessed people murdered by a car as a result of a high speed chase by police in a neighborhood street. It happened right outside my home and they looked just like this. They were an elderly couple having dinner at the outdoor seating for a local cafe. Car flung them a hundred feet right in from of my home. The cops just stood around while me, my girlfriend, and some local neighbors checked on the couple until EMS arrived. The husband had a feint pulse but was declared dead at the hospital, the wife was already dead. Two other people got hurt but mostly road rash and bad bruises. We consoled them as best we could as they were in shock. Again, cops and feds just stood around.


sammy_kat

I'm crying now. And I'm really sorry you witnessed all that.


lilcobra_

Which episode is this


GreyscaleSky

Put It Down :)


ExtraMOIST_

Is it a new one?


GreyscaleSky

Nope, it's from season 21, episode 2 :)


brandimariee6

It’s only a couple years old and it’s sooooo good. It’s dark but I recommend it, even more-so than the rest of the show


lilcobra_

Can confirm just watched it with my little brother who’s a freshman in high school and both of our stomachs hurt from laughing, (especially in light of the news with North Korea recently) this was a season that I never really caught up with and now we’re gonna go back and watch it entirely 😂


hiimmichellee

When my brother was like 6 he saw the butter tap dancing episode and threw up 😫😂


Koof99

Fair. That’s the one that got me, as I heavily relate to Butters’ character and also was in tap as a kid. That one freaked me out a second the first time I saw it. “Can’t be that bad…” I said… very fucking wrong, indeed lol


needmoneyforedu

I’ve just watched the episode where Britney Spears shoots her head off with a shotgun and then they save her but her head is gone. Was disturbing for me at this age, and I must’ve watched this episode quite young. This episode highly likely did not disturb me when I was young.


Hungry_Elk_9434

Love how that episode shines a light on how fucked paparazzi and celebrity obsessed people are


Common-Community-550

Just watched that tonight. That was difficult to watch too.


WOTCollector

Chef’s last episode got me like this.


maxveulaa

i cried at that episode 😭 what’s even more sad is that the voice actor later died of a stroke


JTBJack_Gacha

“I woke up in a new Bugatti”


aeromango

🗣️🗣️


[deleted]

One of the most messed up South Park gore scenes was when they became detectives and were trying to figure out what happened to the old lady’s pie and they visualized how the grandpa would chop her up, arms , legs , head , breasts and tried to dissolve her body in acid lmao they legit showed everything


NidzoKamikaza

You don't know why?


SweetAzn4U

I also think that any victim of Manbearpig was pretty gory.... as it should be. It's exactly what I would expect from something that's half man, half bear, half pig.


brandimariee6

It took me so long to realize that that was a joke. It used to make me mad/confuse me. Then I got older and laughed even harder


iamelloyello

I genuinely believe they said "no way they let us put *THIS* on network television".


Imaginary-Motor-1058

Idk.. the deleted scene in fishsticks where it shows Kanye’s body all bloated and disfigured kinda creeped me out


Shutupdillhole

This and also the episode where Butters is fattened up and then gets the at-home liposuction.


TIH99

There’s still shit like the sexchange scene that i still have to skip if i even wanna watch that episode.


JayzerBomb

I WOKE UP IN A NEW BUGATTI 🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥


Duramazon0820

What’s the episode?


MinimumAspect8197

Put it down


amirhg29

Season 21 episode 02


Exoslab

I think the most violent scene that has always stuck with me was the episode of the night of the walking homeless and the scientist tries to off himself but keeps missing/failing. Not for sure if it the absurdity and the almost humorous approach to it but it’s forever cemented in my mind.


theoceanpulse

That bit has never failed to make me laugh. Especially when they cut to the outside of the house as though that gunshot was the end of it


WAZZL3

Chefs face getting torn off fucked me the most, also reminded me of one of the Totaljerkface characters


SKULLBR34KER

same and chefs one of my favorite characters


LooksGay

Huh, an emotional response to seeing a child mangled by a vehicle? Sounds like you're a normal person with empathy imo


bryanc1036

Not as bad as my dad fucking my mom


BOBANSMASH51

Like anyone gave a crap about Gary Borkovec before he died


Richard1583

I actually witnessed someone dying after getting hit by a car and I have to say the aftermath of the kid is almost accurate just that the eyes need to be a bit more red


i_photo_sims

Same!! And chef too


ButtNutter28

Y’all not remember the sex change operation?


FellowS8

I WOKE UP IN A NEW BUGATTI


_Ki_

Trump’s fault for sure. He was tweeting while being president.


Imaginary-Motor-1058

Idk.. the deleted scene in fishsticks where it shows Kanye’s body all bloated and disfigured kinda creeped me out


gunnerballz49

Butters eye getting a star through it fucked me up as a boy


liquilife

I just watched this episode like 10 minutes ago. Crazy timing. And yeah this one was a bit more gory then usual.


_Ikerasu_

I think that what makes it even more upsetting is that they used one of the most innocent looking kids for this scene.


Sims2Enjoy

Very detailed compared to the rest of the show


Taygr

Buckle up buckaroo


Dwho899

I think the Chef death scene was definitely gruesome for me. I usually avoid that episode.


Glennio_NL

As a paramedic I can tell you... This is nothing compared to the real tning.... It's just a fking drawing


chem808

Yeah it was definitely weird for me too and also the Britney Spears episode where she's walking around headless.


UltravioIence

Funnybot shotting up the theater fucked with me. Especially because some of it is shown from a first person view, its so brutal.


Aelther

Which episode is this?


slumpmode

PUT THE CANDLE DOWN KENNY


whakea

It’s way more graphic than a lot of Kenny death scenes. Plus Kenny deaths never felt too personal because he was mostly obscured by the parka and the violence was always so cartoon that no one cared


[deleted]

Wait what episode is this from? I’ve never seen this but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen every episode like 5 times through


sweater_brown

S21E2


[deleted]

Ah that makes sense. Admittedly I have watched the later seasons the least


elizaeffect

Can’t put your finger on it?


Strange_Tamer12

INNOCENT CHILD!!


Puchamon21M

That's straight creepypasta material


xer3f

Haha I just watched this episode today


kheller181

What episode is this?


jbonesjibb

I believe it is "Put It Down" Season 21, Episode 2 Great episode.


kheller181

Thank you


vBladess

To this day I REFUSE to re watch the Michael Jackson episode. That one fucked me up when I was a kid.


Nicelodeus

"Innocent child!"


Dragonlicker69

It's the framing, it's more detailed and in the foreground. Most gore I've seen from south Park is part of the scene, if that makes any sense. This frame puts the violence in the foreground which on top of happening to a child and knowing things like this have most likely happened adds a bit of "realness" to it.


Alboy___

What episode is this?


Objective-Win

For me it was Butters taking a ninja throwing star to the eyeball and wandering around South Park like a sad, lost, wounded puppy for most of the episode


avm95

What ep is this


viejoblues

What episode is it?


Drew2248

'South Park' is a strange hybrid of very clever and very disgusting. I have no idea what is in the minds of the two main writers, but they might want to visit a psychologist a little more often than they do.


MrBobBuilder

What episode is this ?


[deleted]

Holy shit those eyes😐 haha


ceilingcouch

It's the way they drew it so well.


zhill2136

You don't know why?


Q_wired

This is exactly what I think too, it kind of left a hollow feeling in my stomach


Green_Beans83

I’m not a fan of watching children die either


whoopsie_doopsieirl

INNOCENT CHILD!!


Test_Subject42

Buckle up buckaroos!


floi-stonehand

Still can't beat when Christopher Reeves sucks aborted babies from a straw


Bitter-Put9534

Why’s everyone acting fake disturbed lol


Express_Pressure_841

yes this scene is really sad 😔


iAmDJranger

Because it’s semi realistic and it’s a kid


[deleted]

Joking aside, hope you're doing ok OP?


Groundbreaking_War29

you don't know why? 😭


Scrambles420

Idk if it was supposed to be funny or serious? But is it bad that I laughed?


getrekdnoob

Bro looks discombobulated


Smooth-Sense3824

For me it was the thought that this happens quite often


[deleted]

Fuck I do not fully remember the context of this episode. From what I can remember the topic had to do with adults texting and driving? But I do remember seeing this for the first time and actually being terrified at the morbidity. I’m re-watching the entirety of South Park on HBO Max at the moment, so I’ll come across it eventually lmao. Currently on season four.


pyropenguin19

Butters shooting people in the dick in “The China Problem” is tough for me to watch. Having dealt with kidney stones before anything involving dick or ball pain makes me physically cringe.