South Park pans Trump yet again with mocking name change ahead of season premiere

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone took yet another shot at Donald Trump on Tuesday.

The duo revealed in an official press release the show will now be called 'South America' going forward, after Trump's recent bids to re-stylize bodies of water, countries, and states in similar fashion.

Artwork reflecting the change was also released, ahead of the show's 29th season.

The fictional Colorado town where the show is set, moreover, shares the same name as the program – perhaps a hint at what's in store for viewers on September 16.

'Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA,' Stone and Parker said in a statement. Both quickly recognized Trump's recent changes to the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Lake Ontario to Lake America.

The announcement ended with a parting blow toward Comedy Central's parent company, Paramount.  

Parker and Stone, thanking the company, touted it as 'a Skydance Capitulation' – riffing off of parlance popularized by Hollywood producers.

Paramount was hit with accusations that it was cozying up to the administration after the company reached a $16 million settlement with Trump for what many saw as a baseless lawsuit in July 2025.

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone reignited their feud with Donald Trump on Tuesday, after featuring a fictionalized version of him as a character for the past two seasons

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone reignited their feud with Donald Trump on Tuesday, after featuring a fictionalized version of him as a character for the past two seasons

Artwork reflecting the change was also released, ahead of the show's 29th season, as was a tongue-in-cheek statement lampooning Trump's recent tendency to try to adorn already existing names with the word 'America'

Artwork reflecting the change was also released, ahead of the show's 29th season, as was a tongue-in-cheek statement lampooning Trump's recent tendency to try to adorn already existing names with the word 'America'

Stephen Colbert, for instance, called the move 'a big fat bribe' days before the company announced his show was being canned, as a long-in-limbo merger between Paramount and Skydance was approved by the government within weeks of the settlement.

Skydance was founded by former Hollywood producer David Ellison, the son of billionaire GOP donor Larry Ellison. He now runs Paramount.

Just days before the deal was formally finalized, Parker and Stone reached a $1.5 billion, five-year streaming deal with Paramount.

That week, in Season 27's premiere, a fictionalized version of Trump returned to the show after a near decade-long absence.

Trump, 80, has been a frequent source of inspiration for the pair ever since, with storylines almost exclusively parodying his second presidency. The premiere featured Trump in bed with Satan and a deepfake of the President wandering nude in a desert.

Episodes last year took on the saga surrounding Jimmy Kimmel and his late night talk show to be pulled off air for a week for an on-air remark that enraged conservatives. 

'It's not that we got all political. It's that politics became pop culture,' Parker told The New York Times of the shift in strategy back in November.

The White House said in a statement at the time: 'This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.'

The South Park team took home Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program this past Sunday in LA

The South Park team took home Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program this past Sunday in LA

The duo used the opportunity to pan Trump as well, after The Apprentice notoriously never received on

The duo used the opportunity to pan Trump as well, after The Apprentice notoriously never received on

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The South Park team hit back with a statement on Sunday, fresh off the South Park team's first Emmy win in 13 years.

'You finally got your Emmy,' a graphic posted to X showing Trump clutching the trophy he has complained about never receiving during The Apprentice's 13-year run on NBC read.

South Park has won five Emmys, all for Outstanding Animated Program. 

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