Ozzy Osbourne was in a South Park episode, and it was as bizarre as you’d expect

When people look back at Ozzy Osbourne’s wildest pop culture appearances, they usually bring up The Osbournes, his cameo in Little Nicky, or that infamous bat incident, but buried deep in South Park’s chaotic second season is a moment that somehow feels even more unhinged than all of those. In an episode titled Chef Aid, which aired in 1998, Ozzy Osbourne didn’t just show up; he leaned into every wild part of his reputation, animated chaos and all.

The episode itself was already packed with random guest stars, from Elton John and Meat Loaf to Rick James and Primus. But Ozzy’s bit takes a different route. It doesn’t just parody his image; it slams it headfirst into South Park’s gross-out humor, using it as a punchline in the most ridiculous way possible.

What happens in the scene? Let’s just say it’s loud, violent, and surprisingly on-brand.

Ozzy Osbourne’s forgotten South Park cameo was as unhinged as you’d expect

In South Park Season 2, Episode 14, titled Chef Aid, Ozzy Osbourne makes one of the strangest animated appearances of his career. The episode aired on October 7, 1998, and revolved around Chef being sued over a song he claims was stolen from him.

To help him out, the boys organize a benefit concert, and what unfolds is a fever dream of musical cameos. The lineup includes Elton John, DMX, Meat Loaf, Rick James, Rancid, Ween, and Primus. But no guest act hits quite as hard—or as strange—as Ozzy.

Midway through a group performance of Nowhere to Run, a chaotic collaboration with DMX, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and the Crystal Method, Ozzy suddenly grabs Kenny, lifts him in the air, and bites his head off. No warning. No lead-up. Just a full-on nod to his infamous 1982 bat-biting incident. The rest of the band plays on like it’s completely normal, and Kenny’s death goes unnoticed. In any other setting, this would’ve been insane. In South Park, it somehow made perfect sense.

The moment isn’t just a throwaway gag. It takes a real piece of music history and runs it through the show’s unfiltered lens. By turning Ozzy’s most controversial stage act into a cartoon joke, South Park blurred the line between legend and parody. There’s no attempt to explain it, and that’s the point. The show doesn’t slow down to analyze the absurdity, it just keeps going, letting the visual speak for itself.

Compared to other cameos in the episode, Ozzy’s stands out for how extreme it is. Elton John sits at a piano. Meat Loaf belts out a song. But Ozzy? He kills a kid on stage in the middle of a performance. That contrast is part of what makes the scene work. While everyone else leans into the concert vibe, Ozzy’s moment adds a burst of pure chaos that no one else brings.

It also reflects how South Park used real-world personas. Instead of cleaning them up for TV, the show amplified whatever made them controversial. In Ozzy’s case, that meant going straight for the bat reference, something that had followed him for decades. South Park didn’t reinvent the joke; it just animated it, louder and bloodier than ever.

The cameo never became a recurring bit, but it didn’t need to. In one short burst, South Park managed to sum up Ozzy’s public image: unpredictable, violent, absurd, and completely out of step with anything safe or ordinary. The scene is still easy to miss if you’re not paying attention, but among longtime fans, it holds up as one of the show’s most chaotic musical moments.

It wasn’t a tribute. It wasn’t subtle. It was unfiltered, bizarre, and exactly what you’d expect.

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