South Park: 10 Best & Funniest Quotes From The End Of Obesity Special (2024)

WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for South Park: The End of Obesity.

The latest South Park special titled South Park: The End of Obesity took aim at the recent splurge in the popularity of obesity and diabetes drugs such as Ozempic. South Park, which is currently in between its 26th and 27th seasons after premiering back in 1997, continues to be one of the best platforms for sharp social commentary through a comedic lens. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have recently released two other South Park specials within the last year, South Park (Not Suitable for Children) on December 20, 2023, and South Park: Joining the Panderverse on October 27, 2023.

Before the long-awaited debut of South Park season 27, South Park: The End of Obesity centers on one of the biggest jokes of Eric Cartman's character throughout the years. The special follows Cartman as he discovers the power of the new weight-loss drug Ozempic, which some people have considered to be a miracle medicine that helps people lose weight very rapidly. Meanwhile, Randy also has an odyssey with the weight-loss drug after getting tied in with a group of Ozempic-addicted mothers who will stop at nothing to get their next dose. The usual South Park suspects then try to figure out how to help Cartman accomplish his weight-loss dreams.

10 “Mark My Words. If You Walk Around Wearing A Shirt That Exposes Your Belly, You End Up With A Bad Group Of People Doing A Bunch Of Drugs.”

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One of the funniest lines South Park: The End of Obesity arrives just after the 5-minute mark in which Randy stresses to Sharon the severity of letting their daughter Shelly out of the house wearing a shirt that exposes her stomach. Sharon, who is typically much more level-headed than Randy, doesn't think that Shelly exposing her stomach at school is a big deal, especially since it will allow Shelly to fit in and feel comfortable expressing herself through her clothing. Randy doesn't buy it, warning Sharon that people who wear shirts that expose their stomachs end up in bad circles, which is ironically exactly what ends up happening to Randy in the special after he befriended a group of local mothers all hooked on Ozempic.

9 “Hey Fellas, I Think I’m Lost In The American Healthcare System!”

13:50

As one of the most consistently hilarious characters throughout South Park, Butters has a hilarious line at the end of South Park: The End of Obesity's first musical number. Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Butters are all trying to get Cartman a prescription for Ozempic but run into the various obstacles and red tape of the American healthcare system. The sequence satirizes how difficult and confusing it can be to simply get a prescription in the United States since the doctors, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies all work hand in hand. Eventually, Butters gets so lost in all the paperwork that he ends up lost in another dimension, floating in space outside of linear time in reference to the iconic scene from Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.

8 “Who Needs Hospitals And Insurance When We Have TikTok And Youtube?”

18:20

After the boys struggle to get an Ozempic prescription for Cartman, Kyle takes matters into his own hands by using the power of the internet. He convinces the group to use the available information online to create and manufacture their own weight-loss medication, purchasing the necessary ingredients from a manufacturer in India. Kyle's plan eventually works, which makes a point of how the internet can become a major shortcut and a way to avoid the red tape of the American healthcare system. Kyle leads the effort to create a weight-loss medicine in the nick of time before Cartman tries to overindulge himself with one of his classic cereal bombs. Meanwhile, Randy and his new friends are enjoying the "high" of their Oezmpic pens.

7 “Get Me Some Cocoa Puffs! I Need To Make A Cereal Bomb.”

23:45

After Kyle finishes creating his DIY version of Ozempic, he offers it to Cartman, who hesitatingly tries it out. Cartman deduces that in order to see whether the medicine actually works, he needs to make what he calls a cereal bomb, which consists of a bucket of KFC chicken that is topped with various sugary cereals such as Cocoa Puffs. This is a typical meal for Cartman that he enjoys eating while on the toilet and ends up being the test that proves Kyle's at-home weight loss concoction actually works. Cartman usually finishes an entire cereal bomb with ease, however, he could not finish the bucket of KFC chicken because he was feeling full. By his logic, Kyle's medicine worked because of his inability to finish his beloved cereal bomb.

6 "We're Talking A 60% Hit To The Business."

25:30

A great twist in South Park: The End of Obesity occurs roughly halfway through the special in which several iconic cereal cartoon characters are revealed. All of them have the demeanor of cold-blooded, seasoned businessmen, as evidenced by the introduction of the Cocoa Puffs mascot, Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, who smokes a cigar with an angry look on his face. It turns out that many of the most famous cereal mascots, including Tony the Tiger of Frosted Flakes and even Captain Crunch himself, are not happy about the rise in popularity of Ozempic and now Kyle's new miracle obesity drug. South Park hilariously takes these cartoon mascots and turns them into gangsters working in the "sugar business" who make Kyle's breakthrough medicine their next target.

5 "Ask About The Power Of Not Giving A F–k, With Lizzo."

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The original weight-loss drug that Cartman has been prescribed by his doctor was called Lizzo, which was a direct reference to the famous singer of the same name. Cartman is instructed to take Lizzo because he does not meet the qualifications for Ozempic since it is meant to be a drug to treat diabetes. Rather than being a miracle weight-loss drug like Ozempic, the Lizzo drug encourages people to focus on body positivity, self-esteem, and "not giving a f–k". South Park: The End of Obesity takes this concept to a new level with its own parody of a paramedical commercial for Lizzo, in which Sharon embraces a newfound indifference for her weight and feels a wave of liberation as a result.

4 "Only One Drug Is King In America. And That Drug Is Sugar."

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The concept of the cereal mascot gangsters is taken up to a whole nother notch when they infiltrate the manufacturer in India who is creating the semaglutide ingredients for the miracle weight-loss drugs. Out of nowhere, the mascots pull out automatic weapons and open fire on the innocent workers and scientists in the lab, ending with a chilling message, even from a cartoon character, about which drug is actually the king in the United States. As representatives of the sugar business, the cereal mascots show no mercy to their competitors. The news reported them as being body-positive activists. After the attack, Cartman loses hope about his ability to continue on his weight-loss journey.

3 "Now Instead Of Obesity Drugs People Will Have To Rely On Good Things Like Self-Esteem & Body Positivity. They're GRRREAT!"

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Tony the Tiger has one of the funniest cameos in the South Park: The End of Obesity special, using his iconic Frosted Flakes catchphrase to justify the end of weight-loss drugs and encouraging people to use Lizzo instead. In the South Park special, Tony the Tiger extends the theme that the whole notion of body positivity is a marketing tool for food companies that use a lot of sugar in their products. This is the extended concept that propels the interests of the sugar companies throughout the South Park special and is one of the major points of the overall satire. Tony the Tiger appears on the news as an anonymous source but hilariously gives himself away with the Frosted Flakes catchphrase. This causes Cartman to create an all-time cereal bomb that he calls the Stormy Daniels, which is much more powerful than his previous Oppenheimer.

2 "Tony The Tiger Killed Kenny!"

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Tony the Tiger comes back with a vengeance in the climactic car chase toward the end of South Park: The End of Obesity. The entire fleet of cereal mascots turned lethal gangsters goes after an 18-wheeler that is believed to be full of semaglutide and Ozempic-lies medicines that Kyle was able to order from a supplier in North Carolina. This supplier walked Cartman off the ledge of his Stormy Daniels cereal bomb, but was intercepted and hijacked by Randy and the Ozempic-addicted mothers. Randy has a change of heart and tries to jump ship, which causes both the Ozempic-addicted mothers and the cereal mascot gangsters to go at him with full force. Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Butters, and Kenny meet Randy and get into the truck, only for Tony the Tiger to toss Kenny out of the truck, prompting another classic "they killed Kenny!" moment.

1 Hey, Let's Say Just You And Me Go To The Holiday Inn Tonight And Do Some Molly."

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After serving the wild pursuit and escaping the mascots and the Ozempic moms, Randy comes clean to Sharon and tells her he's been taking Ozempic. Randy's prophecy at the beginning of the special ends up coming to fruition and he has become what he was worried Shelly would turn into because of her stomach-exposing shirt. Sharon is shocked that Randy has been taking Ozempic and that he's been meeting up with the group of mothers to get them. Even after all of Randy's bizarre behavior and deceit, Sharon forgives him and the two make up. Randy tells Sharon he loves her the way she is and spontaneously gets the idea to do some drugs the way they used to in college, which apparently involved MDMA and a room at the local Holiday Inn. This is where Randy and Sharon end up at the end of South Park: The End of Obesity.

South Park

Comedy

Sitcom

Beginning in 1997, South Park has become one of the most successful and popular adult animations ever. The five-time Emmy-winning series follows Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, as they find themselves in unbelievable situations in South Park, Colorado, while trying to navigate the world as fourth graders.

Cast

Trey Parker , Matt Stone

Release Date

August 13, 1997

Seasons

26

Network

Comedy Central

Streaming Service(s)

Netflix

Franchise(s)

South Park

Writers

Trey Parker

Directors

Trey Parker

Showrunner

Trey Parker

Main Genre

Comedy