South Park: Season 1

1997 · 13 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 1 of South Park

South Park follows four friends, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny, who live in a small, fictional town in Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains, an hour's drive from Denver. The season kicks off with Cartman telling his friends about a strange dream involving aliens, and Stan and Kyle try to convince him that it really happened. The adventures grow out of surreal situations in everyday life. The boys face mutant turkeys, zombies and the son of Satan, while the town's adults get into trouble of their own. Kyle, one of the few Jewish kids in South Park, is a constant target of the show's satire.

13episodes

Aug 13, 1997premiered

Feb 25, 1998last episode

5 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
Aug 13, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
While the boys are waiting for the school bus, Cartman explains the odd nightmare he had the previous night involving alien visitors abducting him from his bed. Meanwhile Kyle and Stan try to convince Cartman that the dream was in fact a reality.
Directed by: Trey Parker · Written by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Starring: Franchesca Clifford
1x02 Volcano
Aug 20, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
The boys get together with Stan's Uncle Jimbo and Jimbo's war-buddy Ned for a hunting trip in the nearby mountains. After Cartman's mom makes sure her "little" boy is safe and sound (much to Cartman's dismay) the group heads off for adventure. As they drive away from the town, Jimbo explains the "finer" points of hunting.
Directed by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Written by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone
1x03 Weight Gain 4000
Aug 27, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Mr. Garrison starts the day off with a special announcement; one of South Park's own has won a national essay contest. Everyone is shocked to learn that the winner is Cartman, who doesn't even remember what he wrote about.
Directed by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Written by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Starring: Karri Turner
1x04 Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride
Sep 3, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
Stan's got a new dog named Sparky. Stan proclaims his pet to be the toughest dog on the mountain. Though while Stan thinks his dog is ready for fighting, Sparky proceeds to hump Sylvester like a little bitch. The other boys taunt Stan about his gay dog and Sparky runs away to find someone who will love him for who he is.
Directed by: Trey Parker · Written by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Starring: George Clooney
1x05 An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig
Sep 10, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Stan notices a new addition in their bus stop crew, an elephant standing alongside Kyle. At school, class lessons for the day involve genetic engineering (conveniently enough). Kyle questions the possibility of a genetically engineered elephant made smaller by design. The boys have to beat the rough kids in their genetics experiment, and will try anything to do it.
Directed by: Trey Parker · Written by: Trey Parker, Dan Sterling, Matt Stone · Starring: Elton John
1x06 Death
Sep 17, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 7.9
"Happy Birthday" to Stan's Grandpa Marsh who just turned 102. How does the wizened Mr. Marsh feel about his birthday? He sums it up in five words; "I wish I were dead" and proceeds trying to end his life enlisting Stan to do it for him. However, Stan is aware of a very important thing if he kills his grandfather, he'd be in trouble, and if he's in trouble he can't watch Terrance and Phillip.
Directed by: Matt Stone · Written by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone
1x07 Pinkeye
Oct 29, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
The first Halloween episode starts off with the failure of the Mir Space Station, which crashes right on Kenny. An ambulance comes and takes his body off to the morgue. The boys start to brag about their Halloween costumes. At the morgue, a freak accident involving a bottle of Worcestershire sauce occurs, and next thing you know Kenny is a member of the undead. Kenny breaks free and wanders off into the night.
Directed by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Written by: Trey Parker, Philip Stark, Matt Stone
1x08 Starvin' Marvin
Nov 19, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
The four boys are at Cartman's house watching the "Terrance & Philip Thanksgiving Special" on television. During a break from the show, a Sally Struthers commercial convinces the boys that the prospect of a free "Taiko" sport watch with a five-dollar donation is irresistible. Typical greedy American youth. So Stan dials in, using his mother's credit card number and makes their donation.
Directing: Trey Parker · Writing: Trey Parker
1x09 Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo Mid-Season Finale
Dec 17, 1997 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
South Park Elementary is on stage rehearsing for the schools play. Kyle begins to sing a song about Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo. Of course, no one has any idea what the heck he's singing about. Kyle explains that Mr. Hankey comes every year to all the good boys and girls who have a lot of fiber in their diet. Everyone thinks he's insane and he gets sent to a mental institute.
Directed by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Written by: Trey Parker
1x10 Damien
Feb 4, 1998 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
Eric is handing out invitations to his birthday party at school. Mr. Garrison informs them all that there is a new student joining the class. Announcing to all that he is Damien, the son of Satan. Even as Damien demonstrates his demonic powers the children are more loathsome than impressed.
Directed by: Trey Parker · Written by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone · Starring: Michael Buffer
1x11 Tom's Rhinoplasty
Feb 11, 1998 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Mr. Garrison deserts the class for a visit to Tom's Rhinoplasty. All the boys compete for the attention of their beautiful substitute teacher Ms. Ellen.
Directed by: Trey Parker · Written by: Trey Parker, Andrew Borakove · Starring: Natasha Henstridge, Toddy Walters
1x12 Mecha-Streisand
Feb 18, 1998 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
The boys meet up with Barbara Streisand who wants to take over the world with Kyle's discovery at an archaeological dig. Leonard Maltin, Sydney Potier, and Robert Smith come to the rescue to defeat Babs and her terrible destruction.
Directed by: Trey Parker · Written by: Trey Parker, Philip Stark, Matt Stone · Starring: Robert Smith
1x13 Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut Season Finale
Feb 25, 1998 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
Cartman needs to find out who his father is but his mom is no help. Learning that his father could be one of the many people that his mom had "relations" with during an annual party called "The Drunken Barn Dance", he finds that there's more to his mother than he thought.
Directed by: Trey Parker · Written by: Trey Parker, David A. Goodman · Starring: Jay Leno, Toddy Walters