7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Animation, Comedy, TV Movie • 2024 • 51 min • Adults (18+)
South Park: The End of Obesity (2024)
South Park: The End of Obesity (2024)
Overview
The advent of new weight loss drugs has a huge impact on everyone in South Park. When Cartman is denied access to the life-changing medicine, the kids jump into action.
Starring Cast
Trey Parker • Matt Stone • April Stewart
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
The advent of new weight loss drugs has a huge impact on everyone in South Park. When Cartman is denied access to the life-changing medicine, the kids jump into action.
Starring Cast
Trey Parker • Matt Stone • April Stewart
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film maintains South Park's characteristic apolitical stance by satirizing both the failures of the American healthcare system regarding weight loss drugs and the extremes of modern body image discourse, without explicitly endorsing a left or right political ideology.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
South Park: The End of Obesity maintains the show's traditional casting with its established, predominantly white and male characters. The narrative engages in broad social and cultural satire, critiquing societal issues and character behaviors without explicitly focusing on DEI themes or negatively framing traditional identities as a central narrative point.
Secondary
Trans: Negative
Confidence: High
South Park: The End of Obesity portrays transsexual characters and themes through satire, emphasizing negative stereotypes such as manipulativeness and strategic use of identity for athletic advantage. The film's humor often mocks trans existence, and characters like Mr./Ms. Garrison reinforce superficial, problematic views of transition. This approach frames trans people as objects of ridicule, contributing to accusations of transphobia and reinforcing harmful misconceptions.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
This special focuses on social and cultural satire, particularly regarding obesity and healthcare, rather than LGBTQ+ themes. There is no indication of LGBTQ+ characters or storylines being present, leading to an N/A rating for its portrayal.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The special features established South Park characters like Cartman and the South Park moms, who are portrayed consistent with their canonical genders. There is no indication of any character, previously established as one gender, being portrayed as a different gender in this film.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The special features the established animated characters of the South Park universe. There is no indication that any character canonically depicted as one race in previous installments is portrayed as a different race in this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
7.4
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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