Thread 151189109

You are hired as the new showrunner for South Park
How do you improve the series?
Hard Mode: you can't cancel it

>>151189109 (OP)
I don’t

>>151189109 (OP)
The city of South Park is teleported to Poland and the show becomes exclusively Polish political commentary.

>>151189109 (OP)
>Limit Politics to one episode a season
>Move stan back into his old house
>At least 6 of the 10 episodes should focus on the main 4 doing fun/dumb shit
>Maybe put the spotlight on some side characters
>Downgrade the animation to season 3 levels

Keep the topical humor to a minimum, and have the kids go on surreal adventures again.

Give Stan another love interest.

>>151189109 (OP)
fire matt and trey

>>151189109 (OP)
Having episodes heavy on the political satire is fine, but it is over-dominating the show.
And having seasons under 10 episodes is weird.
Double the episode count per season, and limit (at max) only half of them to be direct political commentary.
Of course if there is a theme that's political/socially relevant put into the narrative of a character-driven episode, that's fine and dandy.

But I think the hyper-political direction is fine for now. South Park is a over 30yo show, and through the past few years it wasn't relevant or all that popular.
This heavily satirical direction is something new which is bringing in new eyeballs.
It won't last forever. It's just a new spin for a period of time as a show is aging.

>>151189129
The worst part is this is completely doable for them.
>>151189145
Yes!
>>151189218
Nah, make it so they're healthy again.

>>151189109 (OP)
Hire every former Family Guy writer I can find.

>>151189109 (OP)
Make a spinoff called White House so Matt and Trey can contain their political sperging outside South Park

>>151189109 (OP)
Mpreg episode

>>151189109 (OP)
Bring Chef back
Permaban every romance on the children, except for Stan and Wendy romance that ends with puking.
The children will return acting like children and will never act like trenagers anymore
Make Cartman evil as fuck again to the point of committing sociopathic crimes but also gets really fucked for his actions sometimes
Return with the Kenny slaughtering every episode
No more political shit. At best few celebrity drama jokes
More episodes about the children using their imagination on adventures regarding things to they're too immature to understand
More extraordinary things like magic, aliens, apocalypse... reality breaking shit, based on stabilized concepts or not
More parodies of movies and other franchises with the kids being part of it
Satan and hell not being about making fun of politicians
An episode where Stan finally beats the shit out of his sister
More alien easter eggs
More Christmas stuff. Bring Mr Hawkins back.
More jokes on multinational companies/brands
More stereotype jokes for every race
More jokes on gay people
More jokes on fat people
More jokes on disabled people
More jokes on mindless consuming
More jokes on capitalism
More jokes on the modern state of the internet and it's social media sites
Episodes around animals and perhaps activism
An episode making fun of 4chan and 4channers
An episode making fun of reddit and redditors
Episodes mocking popular games
gays and races are not automatically political.

Vernon Chatman is now de facto showrunner. He can do literally anything he wants.

>>151189109 (OP)
Matt and Trey have proven that they can still write funny plots about the kids getting into juvenile adventures, there was plenty of that this season,( ''Wok is Dead'', ''Conflict of Interest'', ''Twisted Christian'' and ''The Woman in the Hat'' ). The issue the show is facing isn't just ''political satire'', the issue lies with the majority of episodes this season pushing the kid stories to the b-plot; what the show needs to do id ditch is seasonial arcs, the show was better off with plots largely being one time affairs. Imagine if ''200/201'' or ''Cartoon Wars'' were season long 10 episode storyarcs, they'd grow nauseating. I'd argue that if the ''Trump X Saddam buttbaby'' plot was a two-part episode, or a trilogy at the end of a season people would look back fondly on it. I'd also argue the show needs to focus episodes on side characters more often when was the last time Jimmy, Timmy, The Goth Kids, Nathan and Mimsy, Wendy or Mr.Garrison had a main role in an episode?

>>151189109 (OP)
>Kenny dies
>OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KENNY!
>YOU BASTARDS!
Simple as

>>151190026
>Jimmy, Timmy, The Goth Kids, Nathan and Mimsy, Wendy or Mr.Garrison had a main role in an episode?
What if Goth Kids and the retards had an episode together? A-plot is about Nathan trying to sabotage Jimmy somehow (again), B-plot is about the Goth Kids doing something, the plots converge
Maybe Timmy gets the Goth Kids on stage with Lords of the Underworld or something

>>151190002
Nah, keep Stendy but revert them to their earlier season forms. Same with the kids acting their age
Cartman's been toned down, so I agree.
Literally all this is amazing
>>151190026
Yes! The Labubu episode was great because it felt like a main focus! Same with arcs being just 3 parts

>>151189109 (OP)
Focus on smaller stories pick fun at dumb celebrities and influencers. Still make fun of politics and positions but make them one episode focus not full seasons also make fun of both sides. Go after other countries politics as well and for one episode end with a kid drawing a picture and it’s just Muhammad after the entire episode was about Christian’s and Jews being too sensitive. Also bring back the Kenny dying jokes every tree to fiddy episodes.

>>151190026
To add onto this
>The specials forced Matt and Trey to make stand-alone stories after the 2-part story of The Streaming War was a dud
>They also forced Matt and Trey to focus more on their own characters and not political satire as a result of a longer production cycle
>They also needed more to be more creative to justify being stand-alone stories
These are unironically some of the best South Park stories, not just Nu-South Park, The End of Obesity feels it could have come from season 8.

>>151190339
How did they fall off so hard?

>>151190498
There's a song about it, it's called Eye of the Tiger
>So many times
>It happens too fast
>You trade your passion for glory
>Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
>You must fight just to keep them alive
>It's the Eye of the Tiger, it's the thrill of the fight

>>151190633
It pains me how they can't make the kids the A-plot more

>>151190339
They stopped caring and are probably burnt out from the stupid streaming legal drama. The current season(s?) of SP are essentially them just taking the easy route of making slop that panders to the culture war.

>>151190772
And then Matt and Trey would shit on people like them

>>151189109 (OP)
More brap scenes. It's not like they give a shit about quality anymore

Kill off randy for starters. Just have it start off with him being killed

>>151191394
They would never do that

Double down on the Trump hate, because South Park's best aspect is making fun of pussy crybabies, and watching them get mad about "REE WHY IS SP BEING POLITICAL ALL OF A SUDDEN" is hilarious.

>>151191422
South Park was always political, but there's a difference between a few episodes here and there and having a political figure take over the show for 7 episodes.

>>151189109 (OP)
Make trump the hero now to make libs seethe

>>151191452
Their show would get canceled in 2 weeks if that happened. They've always wanted to get canceled.
Only problem is people would hate them

>>151189109 (OP)
>Hard Mode: you can't cancel it
fuck you

>>151190339
i'd still fuck asian kenny

>>151191594
Same

I feel I'm the only one who likes the way they handle season arcs. I had no issue with seasons 18-23 and neither do I do with these last two seasons. Seasons 19 and 20 were some of my favorites. Matt and Trey keep good momentum week to week, more so than a lot of other animated serialized shows. I think people just hate them not always doing something new every week, but most of the time each episode tackles a different thing but still has one overarching theme tying them all together. I do agree the boys and the people of South Park have been woefully underutilized this season, but Satan and Saddam-Trump and mini JD Vance have all been very entertaining to me. They fucked up by not having this season emotionally connect to the town/Stan and Kyle, but I don't hate it. I'm enjoying it for the most part. The first two episodes this year were super rough because you can tell Matt and Trey hadn't made a normal episode in so long, but the episodes gave increased in quality since. The Labubu one and the one with Jesus were really entertaining.

>>151191689
The Labubu and betting app episode were the only 2 I'd go back to

>>151191702
Yeah, the betting app one was good too. The jew belittling at the end was funny. I think episodes 4, 5 and 6 were the best. The worst was episode 2 in my opinion, it felt all over the place, lopsided and unfinished. The premiere is better now with the information of what comes later, episode 3 is just alright, but I liked the end of Tegridy in the second half. Episode 7 was probably the second weakest one so far, and I'm not particularly happy Matt and Trey are just kind of saying this season will suck for people who just want the boys, but the Trump stuff is ep 7 was the most entertaining I think this season aside from the Looney Tunes type shit in episode 5 with Trump and Satan.

>>151191752
Yeah, they're saying we'll maybe get the main 4 when they run dry on Trump content

>>151189129
>>151189509
>>151190002


Literally this!

>>151191789
Which will probably be next year. They essentially made this whole season to troll Paramount and Trump for fucking over their contract and show. And then it only got more complicated with the season split, whatever is going on at Skydance, and them taking longer to make a season probably because they are older and can't do the all nighters like they used to. If the movie rumor was true then it makes things even more complicated. If that's true I think these 2 seasons were a lead up to that for it to be a sequel to Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

>>151191881
>A sequel to Bigger, Longer and Uncut
This better be the case

i miss when cartman used to say stuff just because it sounded funny in his silly little piggy voice
https://youtu.be/qm7GxbVjB7Y

South Park hasnt really changed beyond Randyspam. The thing is15 years back people were not subjected to a neverending string of political content. South Park stayed relevant by being the first to comment on something but now by the time they get there people are over it.

>>151191905
I think it is because it makes them having two weeks between each episode makes more sense. It makes even more sense when you take into account they are still finishing a different movie with Kendrick Lamar that Paramount is releasing next spring. It think it's entirely possible there might not be a season, if like only 5 episodes next year because making 2 movies at the same time as a show is super hard. Especially because movies move so much slower than television.

https://youtu.be/4Vz04O43Vrs
like this

>>151189806
No, Stan needs a fresh new dynamic and his dynamic with Wendy is in the shitter. The sparks died a long time ago.

>>151191838
You want South Park to be Bob's Burgers with more snow?

>>151192026
You can fix this by making Stan and Wendy healthier and dumping all the "I hate my wife" jokes onto Sharon and Randy

>>151189109 (OP)
https://north-park-creations.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Characters
More cripples
More cripplefucking
Cripples carry guns
Cripple Hitler

First 17 episodes
Main trio with a new 4th member of the week
2nd main trio with a 4th member of the week
Next 17 episodes 4 new members against the main trio every week

Seasons which ignore the main trio and focus on differing plots and characters like special events concenring christmas, halloween, easter bunny, valentines day. Valentines get an entire series to it with 13+ episodes

Both boys and girls being gross retards and horny crazy lunatics who'd let you die in the middle of the street if they got their way.
They're more concerned with where do they bury you better to not have to get in trouble with their parents rather realizing death and murder is bad.

They each appear as some 1D stereotype but then talk like a grown ass adult and have some interests that you'd think they're a govermental spy or a big bad wolf bank robber. All while they're still scared to death of a detention that lasts more than 1 month and would rather become fugitives forever than stay in detention 1 month cause that's a death sentence to them.

Also add genuinely good songs, not pop songs, not chipmunk songs without the real version. You need catchy earworm songs so people keep humming in their heads "Kyle's Mom's a bitch" "Trey is a sell out" "Trey is just as bad as RR Martin now and keeps promising shit he can't deliver while subverting you with other crap"

>>151189109 (OP)
Make other kids the main characters for a season, but still have Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman be going on their own surreal yet topical adventures in the background.

>>151192065
You had me at the girls being crazy and retards
>>151192229
Like Red and Clyde this season?

>>151189109 (OP)
Definitely get rid of Tegridy Farms and have Stan's family move back into their old house. Other ideas consist of
>Do an episode making fun of the corporate version of pride month and reveal it was all a conspiracy by the crab people...again

>Do an episode making fun of manchildren that collect action figures and Hasbro's shitty business practices

>Do an episode parodying Pokemon VS Palworld with Chinpokomon going up against a bunch of copycats

>Do an episode making fun of Asmongold and Hasan and other political youtubers

>Do an episode where Randy gets into Vtubing and his persona is a big tittied anime girl that shits herself.

>Do an episode making fun of Paramount's new anti-woke practices where they replace all of the gay characters in south park with AI bots that shill products for white men.

>How do you improve the series?
Give creative control to the minds behind Conservapedia.

>>151192568
Tegridy got killed last season, but the Marshes live in a retirement home now

>>151189109 (OP)
Make Cartman the main character again and every episode shits on Jews as well as Trey Parkers children aggressively

>>151192691
Cartman's always the main character

>>151190002
Chef was calling everyone on their bullshit a bit like Jesus is doing now. Miss him a lot.

>>151191881
I 100% believe that splitting the season into two makes sense as a fail-safe for a 2nd South Park film is in the works; or maybe as a fail safe for their Kendrick collab film

>>151192969
Feels a bit redundant, but whatever

Do what North Park did

Give Trump the Jimmy Fallon treatment and make him a harmless goofball.

Have Wendy cropdust Stan

>>151190002
>An episode where Stan finally beats the shit out of his sister
I've wanted this since I was fucking 12.
There's no reason Shelly has never been taken down a peg by Stan.

>>151195523
But Shelley hasn't done that in a long time, though.

>>151191443
Saddam took over multiple episodes and the first movie.

>>151195597
Over the course of many years, not a single season.

>>151195600
Anyone denying this is a massive coper

>>151189109 (OP)
Have Cartman undo the events of scott tenorman must die and save chef by stealing the doctor’s time machine because, he’s either a loser or a Jew in every possible future from that point on, but Darth Chef was clinging to the tard-box all along . He’s the season villain. Also Scott tenormans parents get raped to death by Canadian muslims because Cartman’a actions in the past cause Justin Trudeau to let even more rapist muslims into the country and now the glorious caliphate of canada is invading south park. Darth chef allies with them because they both want to molest children. Also the Russians are invading Alaska and Satan is now president instead of Trump.

>>151189109 (OP)
Get rid of the 16:9: widescreen format and return to 4:3 fullscreen
Have Randy go back to speaking in monotone and working as a geologist
Bring back classic characters like Jimbo and Ned, Officer Barbrady, Mr. Hankey, Big Gay Al, Halfy, Dr. Mephesto and Kevin (the little monkey guy)

>>151195632
Congrats, you just beat Matt and Trey

>>151195684
They're bringing back classic characters almost every episode, so all we need is Randy being normal again

They should have the characters go to a Lids and just brap to their heart's content.
Also, crossthread >>151194816

>>151189109 (OP)
I walk into the studio with a cup of tea, slam a metal sign on the table that says "Pip Mandate: Pip lives and has an episode about him every season again," and then I drop the cup of tea on the ground like a mic drop and walk out.

>>151189109 (OP)
Revert the Token Tolkien recon, the name isn't even pronounced that way

>>151196683
this guy GETS it

>>151196710
Nah, Keep it. It's funny.
>>151196683
Yeah, Pip should still be alive

>>151192048
https://youtu.be/RBc6kcdmQX8?t=787

>>151196736
Meant for >>151191838

>>151189109 (OP)
Cartman get ipad

>>151196830
You forgot Human Centipad?

Bring back the old formula but make fun of Trump once an episode to make MIGAfags mad

>>151189109 (OP)
Return to the episodic format of course

>>151190012
Huh, really? How long has this been the case?
I'm a big fan of Vernon Chatman stuff like Xavier: Renegade Angel and The Shivering Truth, but I don't have a very good impression of modern South Park.

>>151189109 (OP)
>>151189129
>>151189509
>>151191689
>>151195632
You forgot the most important thing.
>Make Cartman's mom a slut again
Or
>Have Cartman call out her past to her face, telling her that she can't act like the victim since she's the one responsible for all this shit

It's easy, ditch the serialised format the show has been going with since Season 18, and tone down the political humor a bit.

>>151189109 (OP)
turn it back into season 1 to 3 and end it off with another movie

>>151195975
pip should return as a spoopy ghost or a cyborg that looks like a british cyberdemon

>>151197229
This, too

>>151198848
Maybe a ghost possessing a robot body

>>151198746
The serialization shit gets me. They outright said it sucked

>>151200430
They said it sucked when it all fell apart, but prior to that they'd said it was the most excited they'd been making South Park in years

>>151200508
You'd think they'd learn to not base an entire season around a serialized plot that could easily fall apart at a moment's notice

>>151200532
They'd made this one less serialised desu, the Trump plots are just looney-tunes antics based on whatever's been going in the White House in the past week

>>151189109 (OP)
I'd be more direct and descriptive of what Trump and his administration are doing. There's good points made this season, but but a lot frames their actions as whacky and evil instead of manipulative and intentional. It's like how with Bush, framing him as a well meaning dope caught up in the schemes of people smarter than him forgives him and his family dynasty that has a long history of reliably doing what he did. To imagine that he's too dumb to be the problem absolves voters because clearly they didn't vote for war if he did it by accident.

This runs the risk of being less funny and maybe they're already doing it better by referencing directly things like what was said by the FCC head.

>>151200693
Yeah, I can see that, just don't like it

>>151189109 (OP)
30 minutes of mr mackey spreading his asshole and dropping logs.

>>151189109 (OP)
kid shenanigans + more Wendy

>>151200751
This but with the moms and no scat, just farts.
>>151200903
Especially more Wendy

>>151189109 (OP)
Betting that this season will end with the Marshes moving into a new house, not their old one; however it will be designed as a deliberate homage to their old home. Randy will give a speech about how "they can't expect to just go back to their old home and way of doing things, they need to countine looking forward and to the future. However that doesn't mean they can't carry on the spirit of their old home" ( Matt and Trey usually aren't subtle. ) Randy will have a line about he "lost sight of what was important ( cut to a zoom in of the four boys ) and got carried away with stupid things" and needs to focus on "what matters and makes his life special. They end the season with a gag of some old/classic character living in Stans old house like Nathan, Mr.Slave or Mr.Hankey

>>151201043
Know what? That works just fine for me. I can see this working.
Just one thing I'd add: after making this speech, Shelley punches Randy in the balls for making his family's lives shit for the past 7 years.

>>151189109 (OP)
Everyone gets boobs.

>>151201698
Even the guys?

>>151201043
It's funny how in the "You're Getting Old" 2-parter Stan was looking forward to his new school, new friends, etc. only to status quo the shit out of it.
And now 10 years later look what they're doing.

>>151202412
And the worst part about all of it is that Randy will most likely get away with it as always

>>151201698
unf

>>151189109 (OP)
Invite Trump and do a 1 hour special around him just as libbing, no writers needed.
Replace the boys with cute breedable lolis
Lynch Tolkien and his family and never let another one of his kind on the show.

>>151189109 (OP)
Make Cartman's mom a hermaphrodite again.
Or make a new character who's a hermaphrodite. She won't be shoehorned into everything like Poochie, trust me.
Oh, and also make it so every other episode has some kind of callback to an episode I really liked. Can be something pretty minor like a character cameo, or it could be important to the episode's plot.

>>151202608
Only one I can do is the loli one.

>>151189109 (OP)
Have Cartman fart on the whole cast

>>151189109 (OP)
More focus on the kids being kids.

More wacky plots.

I want this to happen to Randy Marsh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__JUkiXo9kw

I can't believe a nuseason of Rick and Morty is better written than Zombie South Park at this point.

>>151203415
Like I said, it's shocking Randy hasn't been punished, considering every little thing Cartman does gets him punished

>>151189109 (OP)
Turn all of the characters into Cartman clones.

>>151203653
Like Heidi, right?

>>151189109 (OP)
replace all the kid’s voice actors with actual kids

>>151203669
Not physical clones. Just have them all act like Cartman. And the season finale is all of them betraying each other because Cartman can't even play nice with Cartman.

>>151203761
That's perfect!

>>151203810
If you want to ruin it it, you could somehow have the Trump presidency be responsible for the plague of Cartmans. Something something Trump encourages everyone to act like Cartman so much that people literally become him. Maybe the tagline for the season could be "unleash your inner Cartman" or "there's a Cartman inside all of us", with the poster showing all of the characters dressed as him.

>>151203582
They've made it clear they think it's funny people hate Randy and they like to troll with him.

>>151203973
Ok, but Randy getting away scott-free with everything is unsatisfying. People would say the same if Cartman never got punished

>>151189127
That's just that one Polish cartoon with the zombie Kenny

>>151189109 (OP)
I make it live action permanently, use AI to write scripts, hire the cheapest actors I can find, shoot the entire thing on phones, eliminate all post-production, and pocket the remaining budget.

>>151204042
I agree but they don't want it to be satisfying. They just want to fuck with people because they know we don't like Randy.

>>151204175
I'm not even looking forward to them getting their house back since we'll have the Marshes standing there rolling their eyes at him.
As I mentioned earlier, Shelley punching him in the balls would be satisfying

>>151201796
Especially the guys.

>>151204458
So, we could have Butters dress as Marjorine again and it'll be convincing?

>>151202558
The bigger the boobs, the bigger the ratings.

>>151202637
Make Cartman and male-presenting hermaphrodite so he can be the focus of >>151189998

>>151189109 (OP)
We make a new Chinpokomon parody except it's an entire season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl0X9BzsgTo&list=PLEfDln1it4CiZToKsy9VtXo9Kz9RxWNcY&index=7

>>151204512
No.

>>151189109 (OP)
>Hard Mode: you can't cancel it
I simply let it lapse and dont make any episodes

>>151204809
Isn't that the same as canceling it?

>>151204924
Obviously not. Cancellation means your ass isn't getting picked up for new eps regardless of what you want. This is simply an indefinite hiatus borne of indifferent neglect.

>>151189109 (OP)
Delete the evil orange man

>>151205025
So they just bounce on dick and make new episodes whenever?

>>151205144
Yes, Matt bouncing on his boy Trey to this idea

>>151204476
Not just convincing - HOT.

>>151205564
What about his butt?

>>151205214
There's at least 4 fanarts of Stan and Kyle doing it, I know it.

>>151204791
Cry more about it

>>151189109 (OP)
I genuinely think bringing back the really gay characters like Big Gay Al or Mr. Slave would be perceived as refreshing rather than offensive. Human progress is like a circle.
I also want to see Ned again.

>>151206232
Ned is still alive, btw

>>151205891
I'm not crying, I'm telling you that I don't give a fuck about your idea and I was annoyed by you trying to hijack my idea.

>>151204191
>Marshes standing there rolling their eyes at him.
Holy shit you won't believe how much I hate this cartoon Abbott and Costello faggot shit
>Hurr durr this guy is wacky and bad and other guy is sane and jaded
Sharon and Randy, Shelly and Randy, Liane and Cartman, Kyle and Cartman, Stan and Randy, Stand and the rest of the town.... Gay ass dynamic.

>>151206841
What about the games?

>>151189109 (OP)
I don't want to talk about that until we speak about pay and company benefits. Sounds like you're just trying to get free ideas.

>>151192051
Like they haven't done so with Sharon and Randy already.

But why the fuck is this 4th grade relationship still going on after almost 30 years? A married couple I get, but this? It's like Stan thinks the entire female population consists of his mom, sister, and Wendy.

>>151207683
Well, they were South Park's first couple and they always get back together, so...

>>151207734
But they stopped being the main hook of the show. Now it's Randy, Cartman, Butters, and Trump's cum-Towlie soaked shenanigans. I used to love Stendy as a kid, but why should I (and most of the fans who only watch it for the current topics) still care about them at this point?

>>151207820
Hey, it's the image I made!
Know what, why should we care about the kids at all? Matt and Trey outright said when they get tired of Trump jokes (which isn't anytime soon), we'll focus on them. But what if they pull a Colbert and make their show about him even when he leaves office?

>>151190002
>Bring Chef back

Umm

Anon....

>>151207820
That's not true Kenny had like 5 lines!

In order to save the show i make all of the characters into pedophiles that love sodomy.

>>151208023
7 lines, actually

>>151205623
Give him the bubblebutt of a pornstar - wobbly and fat.

>>151189109 (OP)
Give em all this.

>>151208312
Noice!

>>151189109 (OP)
No trump

>>151197160
Vernon's been a South Park producer for a long time, in fact. He's not EP though, that was just my opinion on what would help the show.

>>151208387
He asked how to improve South Park, not how to improve America.

>>151208402
yeah fuk america. fix south park. lol.

>>151208402
This would help both, though

Have Stan crossdress.

>>151202637
Bring back Cousin Alexandra and reveal that she's intersex, which gets Kenny cheering "Woohoo".

>>151189218
Solution: Give him a girl who's similar to Alexa but is nicer (to an extent) and actually human.

>>151209578
I'd be on board with this if it turns out he's using Shelly's clothes and she beats him up for it, e.g.: "I told you to SHTAY the HELL out of my room, tuuuuRRRRD!!!"

>>151209738
Perfect!
>>151209826
So like Leslie but good?
>>151209835
Cute!

>>151210014
I mean an ACTUAL, flesh-and-blood human who's based on Alexa, not an ad.

>>151210029
Oh, well that could track