South Park
Every episode of this critically acclaimed and award-winning show is packed with unforgettable adventures, cutting satire, and hilarious absurdity — from pissed off celebrities to talking towels to underpants-stealing gnomes and crime-fighting kids. So join Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny for all their foul-mouthed adventures. For them, it's all part of growing up in South Park!
- Metascore64
- 1997-2026
- 30 seasons
- Comedy Central
- Animation, Comedy
- TV-MA
Every episode of this critically acclaimed and award-winning show is packed with unforgettable adventures, cutting satire, and hilarious absurdity — from pissed off celebrities to talking towels to underpants-stealing gnomes and crime-fighting kids. So join Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny for all their foul-mouthed adventures. For them, it's all part of growing up in South Park!
Season 1 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1997 - 1998
Episode 0
Unaired Pilot
28 mins
Cartman wakes up and realizes he was abducted by aliens after hearing it from his friends. He is in major denial at first though, but even Chef is a believer.
Episode 1
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
Wed, Aug 13, 1997 22 mins
Cartman's dream about being abducted by aliens turns out to have actually happened, and when the aliens take Kyle's brother, all of them must find a way to bring the aliens back and confront them.
Episode 2
Volcano
Wed, Aug 20, 1997 22 mins
Jimbo and Ned decide to take the boys out into the woods for their first deer hunting trip. While Kenny, Cartman and especially Kyle take to the bonding experience, Stan can't bring himself use a gun, earning Uncle Jimbo's disapproval. At night around the campfire, Cartman tells the boys the story of Scuzzlebutt, a mysterious monster with Patrick Duffy for a leg. Of course Scuzzlebutt is just a legend, isn't he?
Episode 3
Weight Gain 4000
Wed, Aug 27, 1997 22 mins
Cartman wins an environmentalism essay contest, and the prize is going to be awarded by none other than Kathy Lee Gifford. While most of the town is overjoyed, Mr. Garrison is still haunted by the memory of losing a child talent contest to Kathy, and vows to get revenge. Meanwhile, Wendy, angry over losing the essay contest and suspecting Cartman of cheating, starts doing some plotting of her own.
Episode 4
Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride
Wed, Sep 3, 1997 22 mins
Stan is upset that his dog Sparky is, by all appearances, gay. After repeated attempts to change Sparky's ways, Stan cries out, "I don't want a gay dog!" causing Sparky to run away. When Stan goes looking for him, he encounters Big Gay Al and his sanctuary for gay pets. Big Gay Al helps show Stan that gay people are just like everyone else and that being gay isn't something that can just be changed. Meanwhile, the South Park football team is facing North Park for the annual game, and everyone is depending on quarterback Stan to help the team beat the spread. Will Stan make it back from Al's in time?
Episode 5
An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig
Wed, Sep 10, 1997 22 mins
Kyle can't keep his new elephant at home because it's too big. After learning about genetic engineering in class, however, he finds a solution to his problem: splice the genes from his elephant with Cartman's pot-bellied pig to produce miniature pet elephants. A visit with local mad scientist Dr. Mephisto convinces Kyle that splicing won't work, so with Chef's help he decides to try more traditional methods.
Episode 6
Death
Wed, Sep 17, 1997 22 mins
Stan's Grampa wants to die because he's too old, but he needs Stan's help to do it. Meanwhile, the town's parents have become outraged by Terrance and Philip, the new TV show consisting of nothing but fart jokes that all the kids are crazy about. When the parents go to protest the network and leave the kids to fend for themselves, Grampa takes this opportunity to convince Stan to help him end it all. But is it really what's best for either of them?
Episode 7
Pinkeye
Wed, Oct 29, 1997 22 mins
Kenny gets killed by the falling Mir space station as the kids are waiting to go to school. At the morgue, a bottle of Worcestershire sauce accidentally gets mixed into Kenny's embalming fluid, causing him to arise from the dead as a brain-hungry zombie. Each person he bites turns into a zombie as well, and soon South Park is overrun with them. Only Chef recognizes the danger, but when he gets bitten too, how will the children save themselves?
Episode 8
Starvin' Marvin
Wed, Nov 19, 1997 22 mins
As Thanksgiving approaches, the boys see a TV ad asking for people to sponsor starving children in Ethiopia. They decide to give it a try, motivated less by the thought of helping someone less fortunate, than by the offer of a sports watch for every sponsor. Expecting their watch to arrive, the boys are surprised to find an Ethiopian boy delivered to their door. When the mix-up is discovered, the FBI quickly swings into action, only to ship Cartman to Ethiopia instead. Meanwhile, Dr. Mephisto's new flock of genetically engineered turkeys has decided not to go quietly to the chopping block.
Episode 9
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
Wed, Dec 17, 1997 22 mins
As the holiday season approaches in South Park, Kyle finds himself in a bind. On the one hand, he feels left out as the only Jew when everyone is celebrating Christmas. On the other, none of the other kids believe him when he tries to tell them about Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo. When the real Mr. Hankey shows up, only Kyle can see him and ends up getting locked in a mental hospital. Meanwhile, the rest of the town is in an uproar, with everyone finding something in the school holiday pageant to be offended by.
Episode 10
Damien
Wed, Feb 4, 1998 22 mins
A new student arrives at South Park Elementary when his father comes into town on business. In this case, however, Dad is the Dark Lord Satan himself and the child is his son, Damien. Satan is in town to challenge Jesus to a one-on-one showdown of good versus evil on Pay-Per-View. While his father trains for the match, Damien has a hard time fitting in at school. All seems hopeless for him until he gets some helpful advice on making friends from Pip.
Episode 11
Tom's Rhinoplasty
Wed, Feb 11, 1998 22 mins
When Mr. Garrison takes time off to get plastic surgery, the kids get the lovely Miss Ellen as their substitute. While she seems nice enough, Wendy notices the effect she has on the boys in the class, notably her boyfriend, Stan. Determined to win her man back, Wendy decides to dig a little deeper into Miss Ellen's background to find out what secrets she's really hiding.
Episode 12
Mecha-Streisand
Wed, Feb 18, 1998 22 mins
While on a field trip, Cartman discovers what looks like an ancient Indian arrowhead. He tosses it away as garbage but Kyle decides to keep it in his room. Soon after, a strange woman who keeps insisting she's an important star arrives in South Park demanding the stone. Little do they know the woman is actually Barbra Streisand, who is seeking the stone to unlock the terrible power it holds. Only the kids, with the help of Chef, Leonard Maltin, Sidney Poitier and Robert Smith, can stop her before it's too late.
Episode 13
Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
Wed, Feb 25, 1998 22 mins
Cartman begins to wonder why all the kids at school have fathers but him. When he asks his mother who his real father is, she tells him about the night of the drunken barn dance, when he was conceived. Unfortunately, Mrs. Cartman had sex with just about every man in town that night. Dr. Mephisto can perform a DNA test to determine who the father really is, but the test costs $3,000. How can Eric raise the money to learn the truth?
