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The Passion of the Jew (Season 8, Episode 3) And if all that escapes you, the “dum-dum-dum-dum-dum" song that describes the Mormon faith is enough to justify its place here. It’s a fantastically nuanced piece of writing that showcases what South Park does at its very best skewering literally everyone whilst flagging up the innate hypocrisy in possessing such judgmental attitudes. Here the story of an overly friendly Mormon family who move into town, with the all too perfect Gary befriending Stan and leading to accusations of religious brainwashing, asks all manner of questions about the legitimacy of the Mormon beliefs, but also ends with the writers themselves holding their hands up to their own prejudices. They also went on to pen the hit musical The Book of Mormon, which is far from flattering in its critique. Parker and Stone have spoken about their experiences growing up in Colorado, with its large Mormon community, some of which inspired this episode. A perfectly tight, taut, simple script and real evolution of Cartman’s character, this fully deserves its legendary status. The show incorporates everything from a guest appearance from Radiohead to a wiener-eating pony in Cartman’s quest, but it’s the payoff at the end (which we won’t spoil) that is so hilariously deranged, that you could never have seen it coming. Essentially the story of Cartman hopelessly and endlessly trying to get revenge on 9th grader Scott Tenorman, after he had sold him some pubes. Scott Tenorman Must Die (Season 5, episode 4Ĭonsidered by many to be the single greatest episode of South Park, Scott Ternorman Must Die is a landmark piece of grossout writing and storytelling by Parker which created a benchmark for what would come in the show's future.