South Park: The End of Obesity
"South Park: The End of Obesity" | |
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South Park episode | |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker |
Produced by | Eric Stough Bruce Howell Adrien Beard Vernon Chatman |
Featured music | "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige |
Original air date | May 24, 2024 |
Running time | 50 minutes |
"South Park: The End of Obesity" is a 2024 American adult animated comedy television special episode.[1] It is the seventh South Park television special,[2] and the 328th episode of the series overall. The special premiered on May 24, 2024, on Paramount+.[3][4]
The special satirizes celebrities' glamorized usage of weight loss drugs (such as
Plot
The first dose made by the boys and taken by Cartman seems successful in curbing his appetite, encouraging Kyle to produce more in order to benefit all the people who could not afford the drug. News of their counterfeit Ozempic reaches a mafia cartel consisting of breakfast cereal mascots profiting from the sugar industry, who agree to take down the boys' new drug manufacturing base.
As legitimate Ozempic starts to run short, the moms and Randy start robbing pharmacies and eventually the boys. The mascots shoot up the semaglutide plant in India that the boys rely on, and secretly promote the body positivity drug "Lizzo", which suppresses the hope for weight-loss. In a last-ditch effort to get semaglutides, Kyle orders them wholesale. The truck delivering the last batch of semaglutides is ambushed by the moms and Randy, who gets cold feet and drives off with it. The boys get in the truck as it is being pursued by the cereal mascots and the moms. They eventually ward the mascots off, at the cost of Kenny McCormick being killed by Tony the Tiger. Once the boys open the truck, it is revealed that it contains the outdated receptionist from the insurance company, revealing that the way to get semaglutides in the country is yet again a long and complicated journey through the American health care system.
After Sharon takes the Lizzo drug, supplemented by listening to
Promotion and release
The teaser trailer, released on May 15, 2024,[1] has Eric Cartman meeting with a doctor, who says that they need to resort to "drastic measures" to reduce his weight. It then shows Kyle Broflovski discouraging Cartman from using something, but Cartman says, "Let's do it". It also shows Randy Marsh and Butters Stotch discussing the weight loss drugs and the American health care system.[5]
Voice cast
- Trey Parker
- Matt Stone
- April Stewart
- Mona Marshall
- Kimberly Brooks
- Jessica Makinson
- Vernon Chatman
- Jennifer Howell
- Feraz Ozel
- Betty Boogie Parker
- Abdullah Saeed
Development
On August 5, 2021, Comedy Central announced that Trey Parker and Matt Stone had signed a $900 million deal for extending the series to 30 seasons through 2027 and 14 feature films, exclusive to the Paramount+ streaming platform. It was eventually confirmed that they would be released as two films per year.[6][7] Parker and Stone would later state that the projects would not be feature films, and that it was ViacomCBS who decided to advertise them as movies.[8]
References
- ^ a b Druhan, Sarah (May 15, 2024). "Cartman Tries Out Ozempic in New 'South Park: The End of Obesity' Trailer". Collider. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ Segarra, Edward (August 5, 2021). "'South Park' creators sign $900 million deal to extend series through 2027, produce 14 films". USA Today. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- UPI. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ "Paramount+ Announces the Next "South Park" Exclusive Event to Premiere May 24" (Press release). CBS. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ Dunn, Jack (May 15, 2024). "Cartman Goes on Ozempic in 'South Park: The End of Obesity' Trailer, Coming to Paramount+ in May". Variety. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "MTV Entertainment Studios inks new and expansive deal with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone through 2027" (Press release). Comedy Central. August 5, 2021. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021.
- ComicBook.com.
- ^ Karl, Chris (October 29, 2021). "South Park Creators Clarify Paramount+ Projects Are Not Feature Films". Screen Rant. Retrieved December 28, 2021.