By James Morley III | Tuesday, 08 September 2026 05:12 PM EDT
The creators of “South Park” announced Tuesday they are changing the animated comedy’s name to “South America,” the latest troll at President Donald Trump from a show that spent much of its previous season lampooning his administration.
“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA,” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said. “We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount, a Skydance Capitulation.”
The announcement comes ahead of the show’s 29th season premiere Sept. 16. The not-so-subtle joke follows Trump’s executive orders changing the names of geographic landmarks, including Lake Ontario to “Lake America” and, previously, the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” Apple and Google subsequently reflected the changes on their mapping services.
Parker and Stone have a history of trying to out-troll Trump. “South Park” opened its 27th season in July 2025 with an episode portraying Trump in bed with Satan and repeatedly threatening lawsuits against his critics. It concluded with a deliberately unflattering and grotesque deepfake depiction of Trump walking naked through a desert. Although widely described at the time as AI-generated, the sequence combined a live-action body double with digital deepfake technology rather than being created entirely by AI.
The show renewed the taunting this week after winning the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, posting an image of its animated Trump character holding the award with his pants down and the message, “You finally got your Emmy!” The slight was a reference to Trump being twice nominated for “The Apprentice” but never having won.
The “South America” announcement also took aim at Paramount and Skydance, whose $8 billion merger was approved last year after Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s lawsuit over a CBS “60 Minutes” interview. The previous “South Park” season similarly satirized both the settlement and the company’s dealings with Trump.
In response to the latest jab at Trump, many commenters on the post noted that the show has drifted so far from its original premise of four young boys engaging in middle school mischief that it has ceased being funny and become just a mouthpiece for the creators.
