Five South Park Episodes Banned By Paramount For 'Deeply Offensive' Content

South Park has always pushed the boundaries with its humor, but Paramount has completely removed five episodes over what they’ve labeled ‘deeply offensive’ imagery.

The long-running animated comedy recently made headlines again with the release of Season 27, where creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone took direct aim at President Donald Trump and his policies in the first two episodes.

In the season opener, the 79-year-old Trump character is depicted in bed with Satan, attempting to seduce him, only for Satan to brutally point out that his penis is ‘so small’ it wouldn’t be capable of anything anyway.

While the White House reportedly wasn’t pleased, South Park fans seemed to love it. The $1.5 billion investment Paramount put into the show appears to be paying off, especially as the sharp political jabs have reignited interest in the series.

The second episode took an even wilder turn, parodying Trump’s immigration crackdowns by showing Dora the Explorer deported to a remote island, where she’s forced to give massages to elderly men. The over-the-top scene is clearly a pointed nod to real-world controversies.

Despite backlash from some quarters, both South Park and Paramount show no signs of pulling these Trump-related episodes, particularly after their tongue-in-cheek ‘apology’ at a recent event.

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However, the same can’t be said for a handful of older episodes that featured depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — something strictly forbidden in Islamic tradition. Those installments have been pulled entirely from availability.

The banned list includes Season 5, Episode 3 – ‘Super Best Friends’; Season 10, Episodes 3 and 4 – ‘Cartoon Wars Part I’ and ‘Cartoon Wars Part II’; and Season 14, Episodes 5 and 6 – ‘200’ and ‘201’. Paramount has scrubbed them from streaming, meaning the only way to watch is to track down the original DVDs.

While the earlier three episodes initially slipped under the radar, the release of ‘200’ and ‘201’ in 2010 sparked major backlash from Muslim groups, as both contained imagery of Muhammad.

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When they aired, Comedy Central played it safe, censoring the Prophet’s image entirely and even bleeping out Kyle’s entire speech about threats and violence.

Since then, none of the five banned episodes have been made available for streaming anywhere.

Dedicated fans will have to settle for box set collections if they want to watch them uncut.

It’s hard to imagine now, but maybe years from today, viewers will be looking back at censored portrayals of Trump with the same curiosity.

Still, for now, it doesn’t look like Paramount plans to change its stance on those particular storylines.