In 2011, South Park aired the mid-season finale of its fifteenth season, and I puzzled if it was doubtlessly going to be a shock finish to the present. Whereas nonetheless that includes fart and poop jokes, “You are Getting Previous” showcases a stunning depth about maturing tastes, and I questioned if it was meant as a send-off. This thought ended up being tremendous fallacious, as there have been almost a dozen extra seasons since then (not even together with specials), however one has to marvel… what does the tip of South Park really appear like?
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the long-running present’s creators, addressed that query again in 2015 throughout an interview with IGN’s Podcast Unlocked, and their response was completely on-brand. They haven’t any sort of grand plan for what the tip of South Park appears like; as a substitute, they’re mainly simply ready for the sequence to die a pure demise. Stated Parker,
I feel it’s going to finish with a fizzle, for certain. I feel it’s simply going to finish with some dud, and we’re gonna go, ‘Fuck this, man!’ and stroll away.
South Park has been airing on Comedy Central since 1997, and whereas distribution has modified vastly because the early years (now, we get six-episode seasons paired with specials made completely for Paramount+ subscribers), the present itself has continued doing what it does greatest: easy animation is combined with topical discourse and crude, cringe-heavy humor.
With amusing, Matt Stone added that the decades-spanning sequence will not be ending with fireworks:
Some type of whimper. Both drop the mic, get sued, get thrown off cable tv.
One can excuse an absence of future planning partially due to how South Park has historically been made: in contrast to most animated exhibits, episodes are produced as seasons air in order that the fabric may be as related to the zeitgeist as doable. One other a part of the equation, nonetheless, is that the present’s creators have at all times simply been ready for anyone to inform them to cease, and that cease signal has by no means been manifested. Trey Parker added,
We at all times thought it. We’ve thought that for 18 years. We’re like, ‘Alright, we’ll they’re gonna, like, they’re going to simply fucking cancel us, for certain!’ We’ve been ready to get cancelled for 18 fucking years!
South Park has been persistently embroiled in controversy because the present premiered, and but, nothing has ever been so unhealthy that it resulted in cancellation. Given the entire horrific and darkish materials that has been featured within the sequence, it is onerous to think about {that a} line exists for the writers to cross at this level.
At current, followers are repeatedly ready for extra South Park as we’ve not seen new episodes or new specials since Could 2024 and the airing of the streaming particular South Park: The Finish Of Weight problems.