Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
South Park S12 E8, “8. The China Probrem”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 5/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Butters stands with Cartman as he confronts the Chinese after a tragic event.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (8); Racism & slurs (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.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in South Park S12 E8:
Them panties, take 'em off.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in South Park S12 E8:
He's gonna warn the Chinese and they'll kill your parents! Do it! Oh, dude, you shot him in the dick.
I mean it! - Butters, hold this gun on them.
The police are here! We're safe! You with the gun, step out or we will fire upon you.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in South Park S12 E8:
Yeah, fuck'em! No.
Dude, what the fuck are you doing? What? What happened? Goddammit, what did I say about shooting guys in the dick? - I did it again.
You don't fuckin' do that.
He's gonna warn the Chinese and they'll kill your parents! Do it! Oh, dude, you shot him in the dick.
You don't shoot a guy in the dick.
Oh, my god! - What? - One of the cops is Chinese! Son of a bitch, how high up does this thing go?
What the hell is going on here? We've got to sneak our way into the back.
I mean, maybe things got a little out of hand with the plot, - but the third act clipped along - Indy deserved more than that! Get out! Just get the hell out of here! Well, well, Indiana Jones.
Racism & slurs 3 moments
How Racism & slurs shows up in South Park S12 E8:
Kyle, you're supposed to tell Cartman he's being racist or something.
Oh, harro prease! Bing bao ching chong! Bing bing harro prease.
Harro prease, Bing bao ching chong! Yeah, well.
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