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    Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 15.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Hours of edgy, offensive fun; not for young kids.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 15–18

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    The show addresses serious issues using satire, which kids and younger teens may not get. There are both heroes (Stan and Kyle) and anti-heroes (Cartman).
  • Violence:

    Plenty of gross-out cartoon violence in episodes and games -- the classic example is Kenny dying in hundreds of gruesome ways.
  • Sex:

    Lots of explicit sexual jokes and storylines. Occasional cartoon nudity.
  • Language:

    Some of the episodes are uncensored; you'll hear "f--k" and other profanity. The fifth-season episode "It Hits the Fan" contains the word "s--t" 162 times.
  • Consumerism:

    The site links to the South Park section of Comedy Central's store. Users can buy ringtones on the site. There are a lot of banner ads and ads appear before the episodes.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Some of the episodes address drug and alcohol use, but mainly in a way that makes the user look foolish.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About SouthParkStudios

Parents need to know that fans can go to this site and watch almost any South Park episode ever aired on TV -- many in uncensored form. That means 12 seasons of even more profanity, potty humor, cartoon violence, sex, and scathing satire. The site has a surprisingly tame, moderated bulletin board and a very old-school chat interface. (You have to register with an email address to post on the boards.) Users can buy South Park stuff from the Comedy Central store and download ringtones for $2.99 a pop, which requires entering a cell phone number. Games feature the same kind of tongue-in-cheek cartoon violence as the show (decapitating hippies with a giant drill, for example).

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  • Families can talk about how South Park addresses serious social issues and whether or not teens "get" the satire. What topics seem to come up most often? Are the creators making good points or just being silly? Do you ever think the show goes too far? Does it feel wrong to laugh when Cartman says offensive things?

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Colorado
    I rate this title on for age 16 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Excessive consumerism
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages
    • Safety isn't an issue

    Best site ever, but still not appropriate for younger teens.

    This is the very best site on the entire Internet, in my humble opinion. "South Park" is the funniest show I've ever seen, and it has a biting social commentary on top of that. It does earn its TV-MA rating, which is reflected here through both games and full episodes (some of which are entirely uncensored). The games are rather tame compared to the episodes, however. In the episodes, characters are shot, maimed, decapitated, blown apart, ripped to pieces, burned alive, etc. You'll also hear occasional use of the f-word, s-word (which is used 162 times in one episode), mf-word, n-word (which is used mostly in one episode, which was trying to show how bad the word is), and various explicit slang for sexual anatomy. Of course, that doesn't even touch the sexual content, which includes very strong sexual humor (present in nearly every episode), occasional nudity (one episode, called "Eek! A Penis!" frequently shows a human penis that was grown on a lab rat, although you can never really see it very well), and sex scenes. Drugs are graphically used in some episodes, but they are always discouraged. Negative role models are everywhere, but they are there to be mocked and so that the show can prove a social point. More powerful than all the negatives combined, however, is the fact that the show always has a very good moral or message to share with the viewer. It simply uses mature humor and language to get the point across. The only question is: Is the viewer mature enough to understand the true positive messages? This is the biggest deciding factor on whether or not an older teen should watch the show. NOTE: Both of the "South Park" movies are available to watch on the site also, the first of which contains over 120 f-words.

  2. I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use
    • Negative message
    • User content isn't age appropriate

    Awsome Site

  3. I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language

    If you can watch south park, then you can definitely view the official site for it. It has every single episode in full(only accesible in the U.S though), as well as other interesting info about South Park.

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 5.0

    i laugh

    this website has everything like the shsow.

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 12 and give it 5.0

    I laughed

    maybe if people would stoup blaiming southpark than maybe people would'nt have anything to say about people hating southpark.Because maybe if your kid curses then they probaly learned from you

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