Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
South Park S24 E97, “The Pandemic Special”, scores 3/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 5/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Randy comes to terms with his role in the COVID-19 outbreak as the on-going pandemic presents continued challenges to the citizens of South Park. The kids happily head back to school but nothing resembles the normal that they once knew; not their teachers, not their homeroom, not even Eric Cartman.
Across the episode we counted 22 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (12); Alcohol & drugs (4); Racism & slurs (2). 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
Sex & hookups 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in South Park S24 E97:
- I mean, if you can handle a bat, then Then what? You ever have sex with a pangolin? What the fuck is a pangolin? [SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE.]
would have sex with a pangolin?
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in South Park S24 E97:
- Yes? STAN: Uh, we were there, and Token was actually taken to the hospital because you guys shot him.
- That's enough! [GUNS COCK.]
Swearing 12 moments
How Swearing shows up in South Park S24 E97:
- They're actually talking about school opening up again in a few days! What the fuck are you talking about? There's going to be a big meeting.
There's a fucking pandemic!
Six feet, Mom! Six fucking feet!
when we fucked that bat in Wuhan?
I've fucked a lot of bats!
Jesus Christ, you fucker!
You told me to fuck the bat!
- Doesn't surprise me all this shit came from there.
- If she finds out I started the pandemic, she's gonna be a total bitch about it.
- Ha ha! Ha whoa! Ho ho! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! Shit! DET. HARRIS: Alright, children, welcome back to class.
- That's enough! [GUNS COCK.]
it sucks to be around everybody!
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in South Park S24 E97:
- I sell weed.
- Tegridy Farms' weed has seen a 400% increase in sales since the shutdown in March.
your fucking marijuana!
- I think all the marijuana really did go to my head.
Racism & slurs 2 moments
How Racism & slurs shows up in South Park S24 E97:
You guys are being racist!
This is This is racist television,
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