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• The main characters
• The controversies
• The production
• The popularity
4. The Main Characters
Stanley quot;Stanquot; Marsh
(Stan Marsh)
Honest and realistic
Kind-hearted
Mature for his age
5. The Main Characters
Kyle Broflovski
Stan’s best friend
High moral standard and IQ
Jewish, outsider
6. The Main Characters
Eric Theodore Cartman
(Eric Cartman)
The rebellious fat boy
Foul-mouthed, mean-
spirited, selfish, and ill-
tempered
Genius actor
7. The Main Characters
Kenny McCormick
Poorest kid in the neighborhood
Shy, quiet, muffling in speeches
The secret love of toilet humour
and pornography
8. Other Main Characters
Friends, parents,
teachers in South
Park Elementary,
celebrities, aliens… …
9. The Notorieties and Controversies
• The topic include - religion, politics, violence,
vulgarity, abuse, sexuality, mental illness, and… …
• The swearing record - using the word “shit” a
total of 162 times uncensored.
• The sensitive comments on - homosexuality, drug
and firearm abuse, cloning, presidential election,
global warming… …
10. The List of
Celebrities
Angelina Jolie, Bill Cosby, Céline Dion, Chris Rock,
Adam Sandler,
Jennifer Aniston,
George Clooney, George Lucas, Jay Leno,
Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks,
Jennifer Lopez,
The Beatles,
Will Smith, Zac Efron, Bono, Britney Spears,
Christina Anguilera, Elton John, Eminem, Jimmy Buffet, Elvis Presley, Jonas Brothers,
Justin Timberlake, Kid Rock, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Robert Smith,
Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Barack Obama, Bill
Slash, Yoko Ono,
and Hilary Clinton, George W. Bush, John McCain, Larry King, George Lucas, Steven
Spielberg, Bill Gates, Paris Hilton… …
11. About The List
• From the prominent to the dead - altogether 280
• The ‘famous’ rape scene of Steven Spielberg and
George Lucas
• Mao Zedong appeared in Season 4, episode 10 —
Do the Handicapped Go to Hell? — In which he
was singing with others at a party with Satan in
hell…
12. Those Who Are Against It
• South Park merchandise (especially T-shirts)
were banned from a number of public schools,
day care centers, and other public places.
• The Jewish, Christians and Muslims
• Argentina, Russia, Australia and the Philippines
14. The Production
• Debut with FOX, on August 13, 1997
• Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski were initially
designed to represent creators Trey Parker and
Matt Stone respectively
• However, both have admitted to ultimately
identifying far more with Cartman
15. Writing
• Each episode takes no longer than a week
• Respond amazingly quick to the current
events
• The Season 12 episode “About Last Night...”
16. The Animation Style
• Inspired by stop-motion paper cut-out
cartoons
• Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
• Autodesk Maya quot;has the best shadow and ray
casting, so it looks like construction paper
sitting on a camera stand.quot;
18. The Popularity
• 3 times Emmy Award winner (05, 06 ,08) for
Outstanding Animation Program
• “Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut” (Season 2, April
22, 1998) earned an 8.2 rating (6.2 million viewers);
The highest-rated non-sports show on cable
television ever
• “100 Best TV Shows of All Time” (Time, 2007); The
12th “greatest TV show of the past 25 years”
(Entertainment Weekly, 2008)
