While it might sound impossible, South Park season 27’s late arrival means the long-running series will finally break one of its oldest records with its next outing. South Park season 27 will arrive in 2025 according to the show’s co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. In a rare interview with VanityFair, the duo said that their satirical series would not air in the latter half of 2024 since they had nothing to say about the year’s election and were aware that the subject would dominate the season’s action. This makes some sense given South Park’s infamous 2016 season.
South Park season 20 featured a serialized storyline that focused on the election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The series used this real-life event as an opportunity to comment on everything from toxic nostalgia to internet trolling, but South Park season 20 went off the rails when the show assumed Clinton would win the election. The final episodes of the season messily attempted to come back from this inaccurate prediction, so it is understandable that South Park season 27’s release avoids the topic altogether. South Park ignored 2020’s election by proxy due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Park Never Depicted Joe Biden During His Presidency
South Park Parodied Every Other Sitting President During Their Tenure
Since South Park didn’t release a conventional season in 2020 or 2024, the series managed a wild feat that marks a first for the show. South Park never officially addressed Joe Biden during his presidency, even though the show parodied every earlier president during their time in office. South Park’s Donald Trump parody is famous, but the show also depicted Obama numerous times, mocked Bush throughout both his presidential terms, and parodied Clinton in its early years. Since Biden opted not to run for re-election, South Park has no reason to parody the politician as his influence will have waned considerably.
When South Park season 27 arrives in 2025, Joe Biden will likely no longer be president. Unless the series begins before mid-January, he will be replaced by either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, so South Park will have no reason to spoof Biden. This means that South Park has ended its 26-year streak of mocking every sitting president during their time in office, even though the show did reference him in passing. In a South Park outing that never really worked, 2022’s “South ParQ Vaccination Special” depicted a still image of Biden among celebrities accused of Satanism by conspiracy theorists.
South Park Season 27’s 2025 Arrival Makes A Joe Biden Parody Almost Impossible
South Park Has No Time (Or Reason) To Spoof Biden Anymore
New South Park seasons typically air between February and April so, since Biden will be out of office by January regardless of who wins the election, the show no longer has any reason to mention him. Some of South Park’s best episodes relied on parodying powerful politicians, but Biden never received a direct satirical indictment during his four years in office. Although the show’s political, social, and cultural commentary continued to mock the country he oversaw, Biden himself has never been spoofed by South Park, and season 27’s atypically late arrival now means the president never will be.
Source: VanityFair
