7 Games South Park Should Spoof
- November 13, 2008 16:10 PM PST
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They've done Warcraft. They've done Guitar Hero. Here's what they should do next.
When South Park does a gaming-themed episode, the public takes notice. From Guitar Hero to World of Warcraft to the Nintendo Wii, a mention by the world's most famous fourth-graders will give a game a real-world boost. It's been quite awhile since South Park set its sights on a videogame, and time is quickly running out this season for Matt and Trey to lampoon our favorite hobby. Just in case they're short on ideas, we thought we'd provide seven games worth parodying, and how we'd tackle them.
7- Grand Theft Auto IV
Why it's Spoofable:
As the one of the year's best sellers, and the most critically-acclaimed games from the industry's most visible series, Grand Theft Auto is known to hardcore and casual alike. The rampant violence, sex, and Russian stereotypes make this game a comedy goldmine.
Our Episode Pitch:
The Marsh family takes in a fourth-grade foreign exchange student with a five o clock shadow and a penchant for killing sex workers. The kids originally are appalled, but come to accept and eventually practice his way of life after realizing that jail time can be avoided by paying $200, and even rocket launcher wounds can be healed at the local hospital.
6- Call of Duty
Why it's Spoofable:
As one of the foremost FPS franchises, Call of Duty is well known amongst gamers. Its ultra-serious tone (zombies and ragtime modes aside) makes it a prime target for skewering.
Our Episode Pitch:
President Bush makes one last executive order before leaving office. A "re-surge" in Iraq that necessitates a draft for "every American male in the fourth-grade or higher." When they arrive in Iraq, the kids discover that people actually bleed when shot, and that team-killing is, in fact, "always on." Poor Kenny.
5- Wii Fit
Why it's Spoofable:
It's insanely popular with the casual crowd, it's extremely innovative and unique, and while the "Go God Go" episodes featured the Wii, it's time the system got the starring role in an episode. What better than the system's best-seller?
Our Episode Pitch:
After suffering a massive heart attack, Cartman assures his doctor (the optometrist, doing double duty) that he will turn his health around with Wii Fit. Unfortunately, he learns how to cheat at the game and becomes even fatter. We're talking Warcraft fat. In response to the weight gain, Cartman sues Nintendo, and must avoid death threats from Mario and Link.
4- LittleBigPlanet
Why it's Spoofable:
The sackboy is ugly, yet cute, with an imaginative style all it's own. Remind you of any TV show? The creative engine could even be used as a method of animation if the team wanted to give machinima another shot.
Our Episode Pitch:
When word breaks out that a new game has drawn the ire of the Muslim community, Eric determines that he'll create an anti-Semitic stage to rile up Kyle. Unfortunately, he discovers that LittleBigPlanet can even make bigotry adorable.
3- Gears of War
Why it's Spoofable:
It's one of the hottest franchises around, and it's gaming's shining example of having overblown, uber-buff action heroes star in games with paper-thin plots. The extreme violence prevalent throughout the series could probably be tackled in a funny way, too.
Our Episode Pitch:
Ned and Jimbo re-launch their hunting show, but decide to give it a bit of a darker tone. They roid up and return to prominence, but are dismayed when critics point out homoerotic overtones. That's when they fight back with chainsaws and curbstomps.
2- Portal
Why it's Spoofable:
It's already one of the funniest games ever made, what with GLADos, cake, Still Alive becoming super-popular memes. Also, the portal gun is a fountain of comedic possibilities.
Our Episode Pitch:
Cartman and Butters end up trapped in a mysterious testing facility, each armed with a mysterious gun that offers power over a portal. Butters uses his to help Cartman, while Cartman uses his to cause Butters to fall from great heights and pee on him from afar. When Cartman learns that the cake is a lie, he decides to team with Butters to "kill that f---ing computer. "
1- South Park FPS, South Park Rally, or Chef's Luv Shack
Why it's Spoofable:
What this trio of late 90's titles loses in timeless, they make up for with terrible, terrible, terrible gameplay. Trey and Matt have expressed their displeasure for the early triad of terrible South Park titles, so what better way to clean the skeletons from their closet than by doing it publicly?
Our Episode Pitch:
Since South Park has already done machinima in a big way with "Make Love, Not Warcraft," we'd love to see these... "lesser-regarded" titles serve as the animation for an entire episode. Rally can serve as a "Fast and the Furious" spoof, Luv Shack would be great for place for Darth Chef to honor Isaac Hayes' memory, and the FPS could cover anything else.
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- Nov 12 2008 at 06:50:41:PM PST
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wouldnt be able to do the chef one anymore, RIP chef voice actor went bye bye.
maybe if they had someone else voice but it wouldnt sound right.
thumbs up though, I would really be intrested in seeing a portal and LBP south park lol
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Nice list. CoD4 would be a nice spoof as would Halo. Its basically a life for a lot of people.
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The Wii Fit one is the best hands down. I could totally see Cartman doing that.
Just got done watching this week's episode. Good stuff.
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what a great list... until the last one
i dont have many ideas but i know that is a bad one
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I fell off my couch at the end of the Guitar Hero episode because I was laughing so hard.
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Portal would be hysterical! I don't know why you don't have Fallout on there. That would actually be pretty cool.
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i can comletely imagine the wii fit one cause that is the essence of south park in all its awesomeness. that owuld make a hilrious episode and i think it really would fit perfectly w/ south parkl. yall should write to them and tell them about yall's idea
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gow would be priceless. haha the shows just like that. gore and cussing
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I think South Park spoof would be dope. Spoofing yourself what could be greater and creative as that
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I would like a south park episode having a war versus other characters, though it would be cartman and kenny, stan and kyle.
the others would be Towelie and the little midget dude that doctor guy has and mr hanky and Scuzzlebutt.
it would start out as cartman throws towelies weed down in the sewer, then towelie says you disrespecting us smaller characters, then he gathers the ones I named and they have a war. others in the cast can join, I think if they did something like that it would be funny.
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