The South Park Cinematic Universe 

Have you seen any of these movies, if so what'd ya think 🤔

Heres an extra fun fact about Trey Parker: Trey Parker voiced the villain in Despicable me 3 so his daughter could watch something appropriate with him in it

Still crazy how “American, Fuck Yeah” went from a parody of American Pride to be known as an American Classic

Team America is probably the closest to making a South Park product featuring the same satire, comedy and celebrity ribbin’ while at the same not being a South Park product.

Baseketball is such a guilty pleasure. Its so stupid. That line “i swear if you guys rip on me 13 or 14 more time’s im out of here” gets me every single time

I’ve been sitting on making this video for a year and a half damnit Mark

Fun fact: the plot point of Gerald being a troll in South Park season 20 originated from an idea trey and Matt had for a movie or musical about a normal man being a troll in secret. I’d honestly like to see the idea revisited someday, has a lot of potential as a movie.

Can’t wait for the one with Kendrick Lamar 😂😂

I love the fact that Team America came out the same year as the live action thunderbirds, and feels more like a more faithful adaptation to the series than movie ever was.

The whole plot of Orgazmo falls apart when you learn Mormon Temple weddings are free and the guy wouldn’t have needed money for it in the first place. I thought Matt and Trey knew their Mormons? Sheesh!

Mark mentioned that he wonders what a South Park fan stumbling across these films would think, and I found them all about 15 years ago and loved all of them. Also fun fact: In Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, Kenny's heart is accidentally replaced with a baked potato. This is another reference to Cannibal, where the song mentioned with the ending jingle has the lyrics "my heart's as full as a baked potato."

From Mormon musicals to owing a restaurant to a weed company to Kendrick Lamar what a career. Also I like how Matt Stone's character in Cannibal has the same hat as Kyle his most prominent role in South Park.

Kendrick Lamar is now apart of the LSMark canon. Let that sink in, pun intended

Additional fact, in case anyone wanted to know. Team America's score was produced by Harry Gregson Williams. While he's produced a lot of music for a lot of films, he also produced the music for Metal Gear Solid 2 through Ground Zeroes. So, yes. the Snake Eater theme was scored by the same guy as Team America.

One thing I took away from Team America is that it took me the longest time to realize that the musical "Lease" was a parody of the real-life musical "Rent", which explains all the AIDS...

It's Team America's 20th birthday. Geez.

Of their non-South Park movies, BASEKET-BALL and TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE were my favorites.

I remember when I first watched Team America with my dad. When My dad told me that it was made by the creators of South Park, it just made sense.

Team America is one of my favorite comedy films of all time. I love how unfiltered and unhinged the jokes are, and I don't even need to mention how iconic "America, Fuck Yeah" is as a theme song.

Baseketball is unironically one of my favorite movies

Orgazmo is one of the greatest movies ever made and I refuse to be told differently. Cannibal is fantastic too. Troma is general is great!

Fun fact the opening shot with the fake smaller puppets legit had a executive pissed saying they fucked us only to reveal the budget was spent and not wasted

The Unsolved Mysteries bit in Baseket Ball is probably my favorite bit, "I don't care if he fucking hung himself" cuts to some fat middle age man hanging in a closet and then he took a puff from a cigarette

baseketball is unironically one of my fav movie

To answer your question on the airplane “Braniff” company logo, I believe that stopped showing up on the show by mid-season 10 (aside from its first two episodes). Braniff was eventually folded into the very short lived Parker-Stone productions, and then two years later into SP’s current day production studio South Park Studios.

Like said with the Seth Mcfarlane movies vid, It’s always fascinating to see creators who you mainly associate with animation branch out to live action projects, whether it be from Brad Bird or Mike Judge.

Remember Trey and Matt made a short film at Universal Studios Hollywood? Yeah look it up. It’s called “Your Studio and You” and they are a lot of cameos no one would expect.

Some of the humor in Cannibal the Musical really hits for me, the silly song lyrics are just so... silly. Love Shpadoinkle Day and the Snowman song.

I love the interview where Trey and Matt talk about how Sean Penn sent them a letter but it was addressed to the public instead of them. The irony of that is insane considering the way he is portrayed in Team America

Legend has it, the 'Indian' chief actually is the owner of a sushi restaurant Trey liked. Trey asked him if he wanted to be in the movies because he figured they'd get free food out of it.

Saaaaayyy “Geddy Lee!” “Who’s Geddy Lee?” “Geddy Lee! Best bass player! Ever! Come on!”

Casa Bonita is already opened and they did great with it. It's almost exactly the same way i remember it from when i was a kid

I just finished watching the Cannibal! segment and since it's honestly one of my favorite movies, I wanna say some things in its defense: I don't mind many of its "low-budget" aspects because 1) I personally have a fondness for things like that as I find it can really add charm and fun when used in the right ways/circumstances, and 2) as you noted, Trey and his friends made this movie while they were still in college. In COLLEGE. That blows my friggin' mind. For what's basically a student film, Cannibal! is really impressive. It still has flaws (sound issues, costume issues, etc.), but I think this aspect highlights all the things that the film succeeds at. And it succeeds at a lot! I was surprised to hear that you didn't like most of the songs. I find Cannibal!'s soundtrack to be fun and catchy all throughout (While I don't dislike any of the songs, the only one I think is a little slow or "drags" a bit is Polly's love song: one of the ones that you liked the most). And as for your comment about the film taking place in "nondescript fields"? That reminds me of something else I appreciate: its location shooting. This is a story about a group of people who tried to travel through Utah and Colorado. Because Trey and his friends were going to school in Colorado, they were able to film in environments similar to what the characters would have traveled through! AND they actually filmed in a location where Alferd Packer had 100% been: the courthouse where Packer was tried. I admire that dedication to detail! Finally, there are all the little things about the movie that make it so charming in my eyes, like the fact that Trey Parker's dad plays the judge at Packer's trial, or the opening credits that play during a medley of the soundtrack (referencing a tradition of other movie musicals). There's really a lot to love about Cannibal!, and while I respect that it's not your cup of tea, I hope that other people aren't deterred from checking it out for themselves.

Fun Fact: The Mormon church has been incredibly positive about the Book of Mormon musical, and has openly promoted it in the past.

I was going to comment about Book of Mormon being missing but then I realized it’s a musical.

Trey Parker and Matt stones film career is better then Seth McFartland

I'm not going to lie, I kinda hoped you WOULD mention Despicable Me 3, not because I'm a diehard fan, but because I don't plan on watching it anytime soon, and I enjoy your commentary.

I remember game grumps making light of how many good gags are in baseketball especially the radio scene. Still one of the best I’ve ever seen

Alright mark it’s time. Review every episode of Greys anatomy

I watched BASEketball for the first time like a month ago. It's fantasticly bad but amazingly great. It has so many visual gags that aren't acknowledged its great. Like when they start getting paid note that fro boy starts wearing more and more jewelry every scene it's great.

I love how most of these are “It’s so bad, that it’s great”

Cannibal: The Musical is positively Schpadoinkle.

i remember when my dad worked as theatre security and absolutely loved the book of mormon, but he’d never tell me anything about it cuz i was too young lol

7:55 Not true, Dian didn't just do a "single voice" in South Park. Along with Satan's boyfriend Chris, he also played a game show announcer (not to be confused with the gameshow host) in the season 2 episode "Cow Days" and he played a shopping mall Mr Hankey in the season 2 episode "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!"

Did he re-name the video to feature South Park in the title after making fun of this same strategy for these movies in this exact video multiple times

I just want to say: Cannibal The Musical is great. Don't listen to the guy who thinks Family Guy is peak television.

Baseketball needs a sequel

Did anyone else know about the opening song to Cannibal because of that one Kirby flash animation from like 2007

Team America is one of the funniest comedies ever. Sometimes I even misremember some of the songs as South Park musical numbers lol

After a recent rewatch of both, I honestly like Cannibal: The Musical more than Orgasmo. I think it’s because Orgasmo had a decent budget and ultimately falls short. It could’ve been so much better. With Cannibal, you can tell they are young and working with intense limitations.

4:13 thank you editor for using that song. It's appreciated

Man when I saw all this at 12, my DNA changed lol I was obsessed with south park and the creators because I was banned from watching it until my parents split up. My dad hated the show. And I want to make my cartoon one day so they're one of those people give me hope

I love the song "every movie has a montage"

Took me half the video to realize this is LS mark and not Blooms lmao

BASEketball is a guilty pleasure of mine, I genuinely think it’s one of the most underrated dumb comedy movies ever

Couple years back I watched the first episode of South Park and fell in love. I then proceeded to watch the entire show, the banned episodes and the movie. I then watched Baseketball and and Team America and loved both of them. South Park is now my favorite adult animated show of all time and I have a Towlie plush to prove it. Second is Futurama which I proceeded to watch after all that.

Dude... Dude... *Proceed to passionate kiss*

dude criminally uses Parappa 2 music and does not put it in the description for those interested: the cannibal part's background music is Toasty Buns

Dude I LOVED Stanleys Cup. The Red wings just destroying kindergarten kids to The Blur is hilarious.

Stanley's Cup was not one of the most hated episodes, it's over of the most beloved. Can online critics please stop trying to rewrite entertainment history based off their own biases?

Great video mark! Keep up the good work!

9:00 New sin: calling a "mid-E" a "mid-eye"

I remember being 9 when Team America came out; I knew of South Park, but hadn't seen more than a few episodes at that point. For some reason, when I saw the trailers, I thought the villain was Mr Garrison (they have the same glasses, and when you don't hear him speak long enough for the accent to show, it's the same voice). By the time it was out on DVD and I saw it I knew better.

It's kinda insane how Trey Parker is the filmmaker Doug Walker desperately wants to be.

Oh Mark, you have no idea how happy this video makes me! As a huge fan of the channel and someone obsessed with Trey and Matt’s work, I am so happy to see you covering their other creations! I saw the Book of Mormon musical live on broadway about a month ago and it was one of the best days of my life, no joke.

Not LS Mark saying “he’ll do stuff to her” as *Ron Jeremy* puts his hand on her shoulder

Cannibal the Musical is a masterpiece. You take that back! You're right, it's rough, but its so endearing. Every time that a group of friends and I watch it, it's a hit.

excellent rebrand, milord

Crazy that Team America got made. Behind the scene is almost better than the movie

Interesting thing is that although I watched all of South Park twice, saw Book and Mormon live, watched Team America, and even checked out That’s My Bush a while back (it’s pretty underrated), I’ve still never seen Baseketball.

I saw the RU-vid post as the community post came up in my feed lol

Wanting for the next installment of the Tray Parker Cinematic Universe.

im really happy you brought these movies attention (basketball and team America) part of me was always curious about them and whether they were worth my time but now after hearing you talk about them im gonna give them a watch so thanks!

Team America is a classic. Easily rewatchable with a lot of hilarious satire that has aged amazingly well.

Cannibal the Musical is not worth watching? Hell no, it's amazing from the first to the last scene! Just like Orgazmo. 10/10

The fact that you included the clip of Bush dodging both the guy’s shoes was more than enough for me to like this video 😂

I only heard of BASEketball because I read the ska band Reel Big Fish was in there, and I used to be a huge fan of them. The movie itself is pretty insane, kinda like an even more goofy Naked Gun, but in that same vein I kinda like it. It's SO stupid and I watch it as kind of a parody to those sports movies that take themselves waayy too seriously. Now that you brought it back to my mind, I kinda wanna pop in the DVD and watch it again.

team america: world police is absolute class. genuinely the hardest i've laughed at a film in a long time.

I don't understand why RU-vidrs tend to change the title and thumbnail of their videos.

Cannibal the musical is something I have a soft spot in my heart for because you can tell just by watching it that it was a film made by buddies or giving a film school group a budget! Also I have since then incorporated Shpadoinkle into my vocabulary.

Seeing this made me realize i did see BASEketball at some point on tv, as an kid at an point i did not watch South Park yet, and i loved that movie I think South Park was also not running for long yet at that point, the movie is very old now

I know BaseKetball isn't loved much either, but I still enjoy the hell out of it since I first saw it... as a 7-8 year old around when it came out on VHS. XD Plus, gave us "Stevvveee.... PERRY!" along with the Reel Big Fish cover of "Take on Me".

I’ve seen clips of Team America thinking they were Robot Chicken episodes 😅

Wasn't expecting to receive a mini-history lesson from Mark with the Alfred Packer bit.

I had a bootleg copy of Orgazmo a couple of weeks before I actually saw an episode of South Park(I didn't have cable but I shopped at a cool/sketchy comic shop with a crazy bootleg video section)

I loved basketball and im glad your covering it

Question: Did i miss something because it seems like all of a sudden several animation review channels have compilation channels to watch/listen to at night? 😅

This accent drills my brain

Love your narration but why does the background music sound like I'm getting a phone call?

thank you LordS Mark im sick rn and needed more content to eat up

Mark’s videos getting more wholesome and less nihilistic arc. I love it

Quentin Tarantino cited Team America as one of his top 20 favorite films he's seen that have been made since he started making movies (1992), that list was made in 2009.

Dion Bachar also voiced the fake Mr Hankey at the mall in Merry Christmas Charlie Manson

The puppets in Team America were done by the Chiodo Brothers who also did Killer Klowns from Outer Space, as Trey and Matt like their movie.

2:10 Casa Bonita is now up and running! Heard great things from friends.

16:33 LMAO i love how he spliced every shot together, guess he should train more

Kenny Vs. Spenny is another work that Trey & Matt worked on as producers

The complete lack of mention for Thunderbirds in the entire Team America segment was great for retention in genuinely leaving me wondering whether Mark straight up didn't know the inspiration or if it was just not mentioned due to obviousness/irrelevance

I am one of the few people that love Cannibal The Musical, I think it's really solid for what it tries to be

For real though, Book of Mormon is fantastic, absolutely one of my favorite musical soundtracks