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Trey Parker and Matt Stone renamed “South Park” to “South America” in response to U.S. map updates.
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They thanked Apple, Google, and Paramount while poking fun at President Trump’s executive orders.
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The duo are fully committed to the rebrand, coinciding with the upcoming season premiere on Comedy Central.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are done with the geographic renaming trend, so they joined it.
On Tuesday, the “South Park” creators announced the show is now called “South America,” a direct shot at Apple and Google for updating U.S. maps after President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
Their statement credited “the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google” for the inspiration. Then came the real punch. They thanked parent company Paramount and referred to it as “a Skydance Capitulation,” a nod to the merger that put the studio under new ownership.
The timing was not an accident. The announcement landed as the show picked up the Creative Arts Emmy for outstanding animated program, capping a season built almost entirely on roasting the current administration. The duo also posted a graphic of Trump holding an Emmy with his pants around his ankles.
Trump has been on a naming streak. Lake Ontario became “Lake America” by executive order in August, following the Gulf of Mexico switch last year, and this weekend he floated turning New Mexico into New America.
A poster for the 29th season shows an “AMERICA” sticker slapped over the Colorado town sign. Asked how long the rebrand sticks, Parker and Stone said they are fully committed.
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Season 29 premieres Sept. 16 on Comedy Central.
