5. Butterballs
🎞️ S16 E5 🚫 Hard pass

South Park

Is South Park S16 E5 OK for kids?

5. Butterballs

Stan organizes an antibullying video when Butters is tormented by an unlikely predator.

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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

Heavy — skip for under 16

South Park S16 E5, “5. Butterballs”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 5/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Stan organizes an antibullying video when Butters is tormented by an unlikely predator.

Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (5); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (11); Homophobic jokes (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 5 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in South Park S16 E5:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • You're gonna stop bullying? With Cartman singing about his vagina? It's about awareness.
  • Just be careful you don't end up naked and jacking it in San Diego.
  • But when you're naked and jacking it in San Diego, don't ask me for help.
  • …I don't need no shirt, no Gonna to take them pants right off On such a bright day, who needs underwear or socks Been around God's country, and there's one thing I know There's no better place for jacking it…

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in South Park S16 E5:

  • I didn't beat up Dr.

Swearing 11 moments

How Swearing shows up in South Park S16 E5:

  • You think you're fucking tough? You don't look fucking tough.
  • Put it in your fucking mouth.
  • Get the fuck out of here.
  • You got any more money? No, you took it all! Why don't you do something about it? Do something, you little bitch.
  • You're Grandma's bitch.
  • You greedy, selfish, little prick! You gonna cry? Go ahead, let me see you cry.
  • Only problem is America doesn't give a shit about an old fart with a Captain Kangaroo haircut.
  • Life sucks sometimes, but it will pass.
  • It's got piss all over it.
  • What the hell does that mean? Oh, Heavens to Betsy.
  • What the hell were you thinking? Everyone just saw that the bully victim in your movie is a violent psychopath.

Homophobic jokes 1 moment

How Homophobic jokes shows up in South Park S16 E5:

  • "Â You're a little faggot.

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