Why SouthPark is different

Having grown up watching a lot of cartoons myself, I have always thought that cartoons or animated series are a child’s thing. This is one of the reasons why I teased my brothers when I found them watching “The Simpsons” on TV one day. “How can you still watch cartoons when you’re this old?” was what I asked, or something like that. “This is an adult cartoon”, they smirked. Years later, I found myself watching “The Simpsons” too and then, I went on to watch SouthPark with my brothers. “You have to watch, it’s so funny” they said. I watched some episodes and I found that SouthPark was different.

Yes, it has foul language and some vulgar things, which is what I had anticipated when my brothers had said that this is an “adult cartoon”. And yes, it is also funny. What I did not expect was how wholesome SouthPark could get. SouthPark can take some of the most sensitive subjects and just give you a good message and make you realize things. In their own twisted little insane tales, they can teach you life lessons in the most simple of ways.

One of the episodes I realized this was in “Ladder to Heaven”- Season 6 episode 12. The boys are trying to create a ladder to heaven to get the golden ticket from their friend who passed away. The episode ends with the idea that heaven might not be a place with fluffy clouds and angels but a moment right here on earth. And in season 7 episode 14, when his supposed girlfriend breaks up with him, Butters sees the bright side saying he thinks it’s a beautiful kind of sad because the only way he could feel this sad is if he has felt something beautiful before. These are only some instances where they have a wholesome message at the end. Watch SouthPark and realize that there are more. It’s more than the foul language and the vulgarity.

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