SP Season 12 Thoughts

Season 12 of South Park just ended the 2nd half of its run, so here are some quick thoughts to the recent episodes.

1208 - The China Problem
Cartman expresses his fear of the Chinese and thinks they are taking over the world! The opening sequence follows that of the recent opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, which I thought was brilliantly done. Meanwhile, the boys are concerned over how bad the recent Indiana Jones movie was which I could totally relate to since I watched it in Loughborough, cos George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg completely "raped" him. Literally raped him...

Cartman's nightmare


Omg!! They raped Indy!!

1209 - Breast Cancer Show Ever
An episode where we see Cartman getting bashed up by Wendy for mocking her breast cancer awareness efforts. All the funny things Cartman would do to avoid the final battle (e.g things like getting himself in detention and eating his underwear). The climax itself: of course the final battle between the 2.

Killer Titties on the Loose


Underwear Eating!!

1210 and 1211 - Pandemic - the Startling (2-parter episode)
A classic South Park style story, filled with ridiculous stuff and random shit. Giant monsters show up to destroy the world and the boys are here to save it!! Follows the shooting style of Cloverfield very closely which was really part of the delight of the whole episode.

I'm soooo startled....

1212 - About Last Night...
An episode which left me scratching my head a little. Was definitely related to Obama's win as President of the USA, but over here, he's actually a diamond thief in cahoots with McCain!!! The diamond heist part spoofs Ocean's 11 somewhat but more importantly brings the point that regardless Republican or Democrat, these guys are the ones who run the show!!

Introducing Obama's merry little band!

1213 - Elementary School Musical
Yesh!! South Park finally spoofs on High School Musical!! And they are trying to say how totally gay the whole thing is. Interesting point: in the movies, it's the male lead who wants to sing instead of playing basketball, over in South Park, it's the opposite. The new kid's gayish dad was also the highlight of the episode with his slap-happy antics. And the best part was the finale with the boys doing their very own musical song!

Everyone is Special! The first song and introducing the new kid who looks suspiciously like the guy from HSM

1214 - The Ungroundable
This episode is related to the upcoming vampire movie Twilight. The problem: people always seem to mix up vampires with goths, both their style and fashion and that pisses the gothic kids off! And as usual: Butters lives in his own delusional world by thinking he's a vampire! In that way, he can't be grounded by his father and hence the title of the episode.

The Goth kids get mistaken for vampires

Butters is ungroundable!!

Overall a memorable run for this Season 12. My favourite episode is 1213, the most wackiest episode goes to 1211 while the least favourable one is 1212.