A Very Crappy Christmas
🎞️ S4 E17 🚫 Too much

South Park

Is South Park S4 E17 OK for kids?

A Very Crappy Christmas

📺 Where to watch

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 E17, “A Very Crappy Christmas”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14.

Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 5 themes: Nudity & bodies (4); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (2); Fat-shaming (3). 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.

Parents need to know

Age 14+

Nudity, violence, language in adult animation.

Parents need to know that South Park S4 E17, "A Very Crappy Christmas", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for tV-MA. Rated here so you know which episodes are roughest, not because it is kids TV. Driven by nudity & bodies (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence includes How would you like to have your own show And make 100 more of them? Are you kidding? I…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Language includes strong swearing — for example, Only three shopping days until- God dammit! Hey, merry christmas, asshole! Nobody's…. This episode includes fat-shaming — for example, All that, you're fat and you're a jew and stuff. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — You boys wanna bet me i won't take off my clothes? Honey, please, you're-You're drunk,…. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Nudity & bodies 4 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in South Park S4 E17:

  • Too much
    Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Too much
    Mom, they got it working! What, son, they got your father's penis working again? We actually spoke tothe brian boitano.
  • Mild
    You want to bet me i won't take off my clothes And run naked through this parking lot? Honey, please don't start.
  • Mild
    I didn't start it! He was looking at my breasts.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in South Park S4 E17:

  • Too much
    How would you like to have your own show And make 100 more of them? Are you kidding? I think we'd rather stab ourselves in the head.

Swearing 8 moments

How Swearing shows up in South Park S4 E17:

  • Caution
    Only three shopping days until- God dammit! Hey, merry christmas, asshole! Nobody's paying any attention.
  • Caution
    Oh, that was just a stupid song, cornwallis! I was just trying to get you to stop your bitching.
  • Mild
    Oh hell, it's christmas.
  • Mild
    Nobody's buying anything and i can't afford To keep this furnace runnin'! Oh, and boys, there's some crap on the sidewalk there, watch out.
  • Mild
    Jesus, this sucks! All they keep doing is dancing around.
  • Mild
    Hell yeah, awesome! Yeah, and we can call it "the spirit of christmas.
  • Mild
    Why? We're just pieces of crap.
  • Mild
    ? Dreidel dreidel dreidel i made you out of clay? ? Dreidel dreidel dreidel-? Heh-Heh-Heh, chanukah sucks.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in South Park S4 E17:

  • Mild
    You boys wanna bet me i won't take off my clothes? Honey, please, you're-You're drunk, okay.
  • Mild
    Autumn, you're drunk, all right, Now just go help the other kids, They can't get their stockings up.

Fat-shaming 3 moments

How Fat-shaming shows up in South Park S4 E17:

  • Caution
    All that, you're fat and you're a jew and stuff.
  • Caution
    …next door neighbor? ? 'Cause even a miracle needs a hand? You can do cartman's voice, can't you? Uh, i'm so fat.
  • Caution
    I'm so fat, help me out over here.

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