So! Here’s the thing, I’m Brazilian. Most of the references about the US government and American celebrities go straight over my head and I find myself skipping bits of a lot of episodes that are mostly focused on those. I DO intend on watching the whole show from beginning to end at some point, I’m just really excited about the characters right now so I’m enjoying the ones where they’re just being stupid little things.
Episodes like The List, Guitar Queer-O, Clubhouses, Make Love, Not Warcraft and etc. Recommendations of ones focused on Wendy and the other kids are also appreciated!
Fun Times with Weapons, Pandemic 1 & 2, the Magic Bush, basically any episode with Craig for some reason. I also love the episodes centered around the goth kids like Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers, but I worry that a lot of the jokes wouldn’t land with people who aren’t involved with the goth scene.
Lil Crimestoppers. The Losing Edge (though it’s a Randy episode as much as the kids). Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy (a little dated given the brief fad of Dog the bounty hunter). Marjorine (Butters). Casa Bonita.
Cartmanland.
Coon and friends trilogy is peak south park
Gotta watch Krazy kripples
Toilet Paper (S7), Pee (S13), Breast Cancer Show Ever (S12), Lice Capades (S11), Cartmanland (S5), Red Sleigh Down (S6), The Losing Streak (S9), Tsst (S10), Broadway Bro Down (S15) just to name some
Every episode is political
Awesome-O is one of my favorites. Cartman tricks Butters into thinking he’s a robot.
Pretty much anything season 18 and before is they boys shenanigans. There’s a few random political episodes throughout the entirety of the show… but they weren’t super common before trump
Marjorine is my “go-to”. Just the kids mistaking a girls’game for a supernatural power. And then somehow getting a NASA level containment facility.
Dikinbaus
“Help, my teenager hates me!” is a good recent episode that focuses on the boys being frustrated with obnoxious teenagers while playing airsoft. It’s a really funny episode that shows the boys acting like the kids they are supposed to be.
Well they’re kind of acting more like parents to those damn teenagers but it’s a great episode nonetheless
Another good one is the recent one where they start that hotdog store. It has a serious message behind it, but it’s pretty fun.
Little crime stoppers, death of Eric cartman, peepee episode, camp tardicaca episode
Little Crime Stoppers is my favorite episode
I am American and agree non-political eps are better
If the show left politics alone, well, I would have left the show 20 years ago.
Trey Parker for President.