Aspergers syndrome in spotlight as south park spoofs. The south park episode that almost caused trey parker to. This episode is currently not available at south park studios. Shortly before the airing of the season finale episode the poor kid, south park was extended again until 2016, taking the show to 20 seasons. Even an episode of south park last year was devoted to asperger syndrome. The episode picks up where the previous episode, youre getting old, left off. Our imaginations are bombed by terrorists, someone pissed in. I like south park and all but this was a bad episode. It portrayed those who were affected by it as lowfunctioning, spastic, retards. The 20 funniest and tastefully offensive south park. Stan is diagnosed with aspergers but soon realizes that the disease isnt real. Cartman finds a unique way to cope with aspergers syndrome.
Ass burgers official south park studios wiki south park. South park banned from chinese internet after critical. Picking up where michele bachmanns controversial remarks left off. Not every episode of south park is a hit, and not every episode of south park is a miss. Opinion aspergers history of overdiagnosis the new. Has anyone else watched s15 e8 of south park and felt like it was the only inside joke youve ever gotten. The boys talk about vaccination day at school, and stans finally had enough. Ass burgers is the eighth episode of south parks fifteenth season and the 217th episode of. Episodes of south park have been nominated for a variety of different awards, including 3. They were later brought back to school by officer barbrady. Season 15 episode 008 like and sub to see more funny clips.
Etpt on comedy central allnew season 23 episodes will be available to stream in hd exclusively on. Meanwhile, stan cant seem to get his life back to normal no ma. I can already tell that this episode is going to suck horribly, just based on the fact that they were so uncreative that theyd name an episode about asperger s syndrome assburgers. What do you think about the south park aspergers episode. Ass burgers is the eighth episode of season fifteen, and the 217th overall episode of south park. South park episode brutally mocks transgender athletes. When last we saw south park, the show took what kyle tonight would have dubbed a huge left turn. South park is known for pushing the limits, having faced criticism in the past for controversial episodes about everything from jesus christ to sex education and. South park gets aspergers wrong wrong planet autism. Stans depression is mistakenly diagnosed as asperger syndrome. With trey parker and matt stone under contract for the foreseeable future, no one seriously anticipated that they had seen the end of south. South park on aspergers and ass burgers child mind institute. Meet the boys of south park all over again and relive their wildest adventures with the supernatural, the extraordinary and the absolutely insane. Comedy central created quite a stir when it announced that south park s eric cartman was going to think he had ass burgers in last nights season opener, making it the third primetime show this fall to feature asperger s syndrome.
Ass burgers is the eighth episode of south parks fifteenth season and the 217th episode of the series overall. The episode, titled board girls, featured a transgender character that closely resembles late wrestling icon randy savage, who played a leading role in the episod. Asperger s researcher gender male hair color nonebald occupation asperger s syndrome researcher aliases morpheus the official south park studios wiki. The premise of south park was conceived by creators matt stone and trey parker in the early 1990s. In south park, aspergers is not a real disorder, in that it was used a front used. Ass burgers season s15 episode e08 written by trey parker production. Aspergers researcher official south park studios wiki. He writes of this episode, along with the recent glee episode about a selfdiagnosed aspie. But of course theres the risk that the south park creators will somehow invalidate the very serious experiences of individuals with asperger s. Asperger s syndrome, sometimes usually referred to as just asperger s, is a developmental disorder on the mild end autism spectrum that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and possible lack of communication, as well as restrictive and repetitive behaviors and interests. But the thing that made it a classic south park episode was combing. Cartman finds a unique way of coping with asperger s syndrome.
There was season 6s classic fun with veal, which taught us that if you dont eat meat, you become a pussy, a fate which stan nearly suffers. Ass burgers season s15 episode e08 written by trey parker production code 1508 original air date 20111005 episode chronology the official south park studios wiki. Watch all south park episodes for free watch south park. It came out around the time where i was denying the possibility that i had aspergers, and was probably frustrated that the episode. He writes of this episode, along with the recent glee episode about a self diagnosed aspie. Le petit tourette was the midseason premiere of south park s eleventh season, and the first episode of their fall run, which consisted of seven episodes.
Comments about a persons having a touch of asperger s seem to be part of everyday conversations. I think the show has been getting bad in the last 11 years with some great episodes here and there. Due to its viralvideo success, comedy central picked up the rights to the franchise and aired the first episode of the adult animated series in 1997. South park loves its 3part episodes and imaginationland started strong and ended with a bang. The truth about aspergers syndrome 5 narrow interests duration. My parents went to several of those free thisorthat marketing scams when i was growing up which i hated and i can definitely relate to that portion of the plot but its the lampooning of sports movies that makes this episode a winner. South park tackles vaccines, asperger s and autism fears rudely head on by michael santo 20111006 16. While some were willing to cut the gleefully offensive series some slack, others agreed with blogger. At the beginning of episode, kyle, cartman, and kenny ditch the bus stop yet again to ask kyles dad about asperger s, leaving stan alone to get on the bus.
After south park mocked hollywood for shaping its content to please the chinese government, that same government has responded by deleting all clips, episodes. Since there have been episodes where cartman has pretended to have tourettesadhdmental retardation for his own selfgain, im assuming this episode will have a similar premise. Season 15 episode 8 ass burgers cartman finds a unique way of coping with asperger s syndrome. Cartman tries to give himself aspergers syndrome in an odd way. South park tackles vaccines, aspergers and autism fears. It was not designed as the season premiere, but rather as a bank episode, produced mostly prior to the run to allow the team a few days off later on in it. During the episode, titled ass burgers, cartman suspects he may have aspergers syndrome and finds a unique way of dealing with it.
On south park season 23 episode 4, randy sits the family down to talk about the family business and how they have to sell more weed in order to survive. The controversy surrounding the purported link between vaccines and developmental disorders like autism. As a whole the show has yet to beat the great run of seasons 14. Ass burgers episode south park if im able to find the other thread ill link it. Stans cynicism is mistakenly blamed on his recent vaccinations and diagnosed as asperger syndrome, a criticism of antivaccination proponents. South park takes on the impossible burger, while cartman.
I have recently finished the ass burgers episode of south park. I love south park, and didnt find that episode to be particularly funny. But only one episode of the longrunning series really caused trey parker to lose it. In the 1940s a diagnosis of autistic psychopathy was introduced, later coming to wider notice and renamed asperger syndrome to avoid the stigma of the term psychopathy. Over the course of its 23year run, south park has had quite a bit of fun with veganism and vegetarianism. The creators of south park mocked the notion of transgender athletes competing in womens sports for the seventh episode of their twentythird season on wednesday night. Watch full episodes of south park online south park studios.
In the season fifteen episode ass burgers, cartman mistakenly believed the. Autism episode south park forums south park studios comedy. It is very rewatchable compared to some of the other sixth season installments. Meanwhile, stan cant seem to get his life back to normal no matter what he tries. Stream full episodes from all 22 seasons of south park. Aspergers syndrome in spotlight as south park spoofs vaccine fears. Will anything ever be the same in south park again. South park doing an aspergers episode wrong planet. Ass burgers full episode season 15 ep 08 south park studios. Heres what south park s awful episode on trans athletes gets wrong. If anyone in the south park universe actually has aspergers, its butters.
Ass burgers official south park studios wiki south. More recently, cartman tricked heidi into thinking she was eating vegan kfc when it was actually just plain old kfc as part. A brief history of the shows most transphobic episodes last weeks episode provoked outcry by taking aim at transgender athletes, but the. It did include some boring jokes about burgers being spewed from our rears, but claimed aspergers is a facade.
Hankey, all thirteen episodes from the legendary first season are available right here. Aspergers researcher gender male hair color nonebald occupation aspergers. In the season fifteen episode ass burgers, cartman mistakenly believed the disorder to. Watch south park uncensored online free in hd, compatible with xbox one, ps4, xbox 360, ps3, mobile, tablet and pc. The bottom line is that hans asperger understood autism as a mental disorder chiefly characterized by social isolation. Aspergers is also known as highfunctioning autism, so ass. In the latest episode of the stillrunning cartoon south park.