8. Something You Can Do with Your Finger (a.k.a. Fingerbang)
🎞️ S4 E8 🚫 Hard pass

South Park

Is South Park S4 E8 OK for kids?

8. Something You Can Do with Your Finger (a.k.a. Fingerbang)

Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman form their own band and hold tryouts for a fifth member.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

South Park S4 E8, “8. Something You Can Do with Your Finger (a.k.a. Fingerbang)”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman form their own band and hold tryouts for a fifth member.

Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (12); Alcohol & drugs (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in South Park S4 E8:

  • Huh? Attention, shoppers, There are naked people at the orange smoothie machine, There are naked people at the orange- Oh! God damn it.

Violence & injury 4 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in South Park S4 E8:

  • Roberts didn't like him but that's because she's a? ?Contaminatedwater can really make you sick? ? Your bladder gets infected and blood comes out your?
  • Hey cartman, what does "fingerbang" mean anyways? I heard it on hbo, it means like, you know, When you pretend to use your finger like a gun or something.
  • Keeping the law in the mall is just like any tough city And especially because they don't let us have guns, It can be very dangerous.
  • ? Itsy-Bitsy spider up the water spout? Next! ? Oh danny boy the pipes are calling? ? Clang clang? Next audition! ? E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-? Goddamn it, next! ? G-U-B, when the teacher wanna punch me?

Swearing 12 moments

How Swearing shows up in South Park S4 E8:

  • There's nothingfaggyabout $10,000,000, asshole! This was a message from god! Dude, we don't have any musical talent.
  • Harris was her boyfriend and he had a great big? ?Cock-A-Doodle-Doodle the rooster just won't quit?
  • Ah! Timmy, livin' a lie! Son of a bitch! Hey, this video's dumb.
  • Damn it! Okay, okay, okay.
  • Okay, kenny, what does fingerbang mean then? What! Who the hell would do that! Jesus christ, grow up, kenny, would you? All right, boys, let's do it from the top.
  • The hell we can't! I'm not letting no washed-Up mall cops ruin my divine quest.
  • Timmy! Goddamn it, our camera guy kinda sucks, But this next shot we did was really cool.
  • Oh, mom! Wow! What? It's not fair, dad, why can't i be in a boy band? Because i said so! Dad, cartman said we're going to perform in the mall at three o'clock, My friends are going to be pissed off at me.
  • Pissed off then.
  • Too good for a pissant choir in a pissant mountain town.
  • Hope it made you laugh, you sick bastard.
  • " And so without further ado All five members of the- Oh, my god, they killed kenny! You bastards! No, he can't be dead.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in South Park S4 E8:

  • Have you ever tried marijuana? No! Well, maybe it's time.

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