South Park episodes that would never get approved in 2025

South Park has never been afraid of putting forward something fearless. It began to poke fun at stars, politics, religion, and social problems in 1997. The co-writers or creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, never played by the rules. To them, everything and everyone was the ground to poke fun at, and that was their label. This is not so anymore. What was once considered risky or even radical is now interpreted as an insult or even a danger. In 2025, some episodes would never air on some networks.

The world takes issues such as race, religion, gender, and mental health seriously. The internet responds quickly, and the furor is captured rapidly. Referring to particular South Park episodes, let us count the ones that would be too opinionated, inappropriate, or dangerous to be approved nowadays, even by the streaming networks.

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South Park episodes that are unlikely to get approved in 2025

1. Season 9, Episode 12 - Trapped in the Closet (Scientology and Tom Cruise)

In this episode of South Park, the religion of Scientology has been mocked totally. It states that they make things up when they exist on ridiculous beliefs. There is also the show of Tom Cruise locking himself up in a closet- an indication of his s*xuality. The final act of the show says, 'Sue me!'

This would become almost impossible to do in 2025. Such a direct attack on one's s*xual orientation would attract backlash on the Internet. Even such strong platforms would go back.

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2. Season 11, episode 1 - With Apologies to Jesse Jackson (Racial slurs and the N-word)

This episode begins with a statement by Randy Marsh using the N-word on national television. Although the show was attempting to make a statement about the topic of race and forgiveness, the word is repeated excessively.

Today, there is no limit to satire either; nonetheless, it would not be acceptable to utter a racial slur to prove something. The episode attempts to discuss the hurtful aspect of words, yet the number of occurrences of the slur would be so significant that South Park would be canceled immediately in 2025.

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3. Season 12, episode 8 - The China Problem (Physical assault as a joke)

This episode presents Indiana Jones as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg physically assault him. It contains disturbing and graphic images to make a joke about how terrible Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was. In 2025, nobody is comfortable using s*xual assault as a comic incursion.

The whole point of the South Park episode turns out to be shocking, but at too high a price. People who have survived physical assault have been loud in recent years, and such material would be regarded as highly damaging and intolerable.

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4. Season 5, episode 3 - Super Best Friends (Religious parody)

The subject is religious figures uniting as superheroes. We see the portrayal of religious leaders such as Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Krishna, and Muhammad in this episode, and they all play out like the Justice League. It is a great idea, yet the issue is that by doing so, one makes holy characters stand in a ridiculous superhero scenario.

It is an episode that got banned on streaming platforms several years ago. By 2025, this type of cultural mixing of religious leaders (particularly members of minority faiths) would probably be considered distasteful as opposed to witty.

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5. Season 10, episode 5 - A Million Little Fibers (Gender issues)

Here, the episode in South Park brings about the character of Towelie, a talking towel, who is writing his fake memoir. But on the side plot, it is the private parts of Oprah that wake up and cause rebellion, trying to save her from her own job.

The amount of grossness in the comedy is extreme, though, in modern times, it would surely be condemned as mocking gender identity. It may not have been meant to harm, but the images and plot would be regarded as insensitive due to how gender issues are being discussed today.

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When South Park first started, it was not afraid to cross the threshold. It took some risks that other programs would not have. That is what made it iconic. It was humorous, mindful, and laugh-inducing to the point of pain. But the world of 2025 is not so. Viewers are becoming more aware; hence, the aforementioned episodes would have stirred controversy if they aired in 2025.