Top 30 South Park Celebrity Parodies

#30: George Lucas

In a number of classic episodes, “South Park” skewers George Lucas for endlessly re-editing his own films - a major problem that has been passionately discussed since the ‘90s reissues of “Star Wars.” The parody cleverly taps into fan frustration, exaggerating Lucas as a crazed director who’s more obsessed with “fixing” perfection or making a quick buck than preserving cinematic history. Pair that with Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s signature over-the-top satire - complete with Lucas and Spielberg’s rather crude behavior towards their own films - and you’ve got comedy gold. It’s absurd, biting, and ridiculously offensive. It’s also hilarious and painfully accurate. That’s “South Park” for you!

#29: Korn

We don’t care how simple it is, portraying seemingly tough guys as goofy sweethearts will always be funny. “Korn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery” nails the absurdity of crossover events by mixing a gritty nu-metal band with Scooby-Doo-style antics. The band is reimagined as wholesome mystery-solvers, brilliantly clashing with their dark and edgy public image. Their monotone voices and the silly animation style only make things funnier. Add in jabs at religious fear-mongering, and you've got layered comedy wrapped in animated chaos. It’s so unexpected, so weird, and so perfectly “South Park”. Now that’s groovy!

#28: Tyler Perry

Known for skewering pop culture with unapologetic precision, the show didn’t hold back when it turned Tyler Perry into an over-the-top caricature obsessed with money and cringe-worthy one-liners. Perry speaks almost exclusively in goofy catchphrases, and he seems to annoy everyone around him. However, his one-liners are also met with showers of cash by Tolkien Black, highlighting the perception that his formulaic, Madea-fueled humor is still wildly profitable, despite critical disdain. It’s classic “South Park” - edgy, blunt, and brutally honest. Whether you love Perry’s work or find it painfully unfunny, this roast was pretty hilarious and on-point.

#27: Metallica

No matter how popular they may be, Metallica will never live down the infamous Napster fiasco. “South Park” attacks this in full force throughout “Christian Rock Hard,” with Metallica joining the boys for a strike against illegal music downloading. The band is portrayed as out-of-touch millionaires whining about losing out on hot tubs and gold-plated shark tanks, which, yeah, fair enough. The parody nails the absurdity of the early 2000s Napster debacle, roasting rock star ego and criticizing the insanely rich multi-millionaires that were at the heart of it. Won’t somebody think of their profits!?

#26: Biggie

In true “South Park” fashion, the show runs with a wildly absurd idea - in this case summoning the ghost of The Notorious B.I.G. by saying his name three times in a mirror. Why is Biggie suddenly the Candyman? We don’t really know, but it’s funny! The genius lies in how it blends childhood urban legend with pop culture, making Biggie’s ghost both menacing and petty. Instead of haunting for vengeance, he’s mad about being stuck at a Halloween party. His over-the-top frustration, complete with classic Biggie scowls and profanity-laced rants, is the perfect exaggeration. And of course, the fact that no one takes him seriously only makes it funnier.

#25: Ben Affleck

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are not huge fans of Ben Affleck’s work. His movies and acting were mocked in “Team America,” and in “South Park,” he’s portrayed as a gullible buffoon who falls in love with a hand puppet. In the episode “Fat Butt and Pancake Head,” Affleck becomes passionately infatuated with Cartman’s hand, which is painted in the style of his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. The absurdity of Affleck romancing a hand puppet mocks shallow Hollywood relationships and its frequent, and frequently ridiculous, romantic narratives. It’s a smart takedown of celebrity gullibility, portraying Affleck as a clueless and overly earnest moron who blindly falls for an obvious farce.

#24: Diddy

This isn’t going where you think it’s going. Well, it sort of is. The clever satire of Diddy’s Vote or Die campaign critiques how celebrities can sometimes get sanctimonious and turn complex situations into flashy marketing stunts, often for likes or validation on social media. But the real humor comes through Diddy’s cartoonishly evil personality. Diddy is portrayed as being extremely bloodthirsty, violently threatening Stan and slaughtering a community of PETA members. The parody expertly balances two critiques - that of shallow, celebrity-focused social campaigns and the personality of Diddy himself, who has a long history of violence, harassment, and assault charges.

#23: George R.R. Martin

This author’s obsession with nudity is at the forefront of his parody, as the show portrays him as being endlessly distracted by figures and descriptions of genitalia - specifically of the male variety. This can be seen as a comment on “A Song of Ice and Fire,” which frequently, and graphically, details the human body. Martin’s annoying presence in the show also serves as a type of meta-joke - just as he continuously delays the release of a new book, he continuously delays the kids’ quest and the mall’s Black Friday event. These are easy jabs to make, sure, but they’re still pretty darned hilarious. In fact, Martin loved his parody and claimed that they went easy on him.

#22: Meghan & Harry

Roll up! Roll up for The Worldwide Privacy Tour! A modern classic, this episode takes huge jabs at Meghan and Harry, who had recently stepped away from the public eye as members of the Royal Family. The episode mocks their demand for privacy while simultaneously seeking global attention, loudly marching through towns with signs and shouting at everyone to look at them. This exaggeration highlights the absurdity of wanting to control public perception and step away from the limelight while also monetizing personal stories and drawing constant attention to your own disinterest. It’s easily one of the show’s greatest attacks on performative activism, using the royal couple as symbols of a larger critique.

#21: Snooki

When flipping through the pages of the reality TV book of stars, you may not recognize the name Nicole Polizzi. Yet for fans of the “Jersey Shore” reality show, Snooki is a name that will ring a bell. A breakout personality from the series, Snooki’s antics ran the gamut making her notoriously famous for her overly friendly personality. South Park took a jab at the entire reality show in the “It’s a Jersey Thing” episode. Snooki is portrayed as a goblin-like creature that attacks any man she encounters within the town while mumbling her name and other sounds no one can understand.

#20: The Jonas Brothers

Season 13 of South Park opened with Kenny getting himself a new girlfriend. To gain her favor, he takes her to a “Jonas Brothers” concert to which she is eternally excited about, providing fans of the show an extra treat. Not only did it give us a chance to see Godzilla Mickey Mouse (a fabulous impersonation by the way), it gave us a great send-up of the trio of singers. Between the over-use of “bay bae” in their singing to the suggestive dances in front of the young audience, it’s everything you need to know about the Disney-era Jonas Brothers.

#19: Bono

Apparently Bono is not just the lead singer of U2; he is also an actual, literal piece of crap. When Randy Marsh takes a record-setting crap, he steals the title away from – you guessed it – Bono, who is none too pleased, let us tell you. But then it’s revealed that Bono hadn’t previously taken the world’s biggest crap; he IS the world’s biggest crap, the second talking piece of poo in the “South Park” universe, but the first to take the form of a human. According to the show, it’s his status as a hunk of excrement that explains why Bono can do so much good in the world yet still appear like a huge turd.

#18: Phil Collins

Let this be a lesson to all future musicians: should you ever find yourself competing with Trey Parker and Matt Stone for a Best Original Song Oscar, then do yourself a favor and pull out, because the consequences for beating them won’t be to your liking. Genesis singer Phil Collins learned this the hard way after “You’ll Be in My Heart” won over “Blame Canada” at the 2000 Academy Awards. As revenge, the creators had Collins make an appearance in South Park, where he was depicted as a boring singer that’s constantly clutching his Oscar…which was later shoved where the sun don’t shine. Lovely.

#17: Michael Jackson

Despite his alias of Michael Jefferson, it’s obvious who “South Park” is targeting here. The childish singer has made numerous appearances over the years, most notably in the episode when he moves to South Park to get away from the constant accusations of inappropriate behavior. After his neglected son, Blanket, makes friends with Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman, Jackson tries to join the fun as a way of living out the childhood he missed. Even as a ghost or a hologram, the infantile Jackson can’t deal with what people say about him: ‘so ignorant’.

#16: Jeff Bezos

He’s the founder of one of the largest companies in the world. He recently used his billion dollar fortune to take a trip to outer space. His company is even responsible for powering many of the world’s websites. With all of that fame and fortune, none of it comes close to being mocked on South Park. Shown in season 22’s two parter about Amazon’s fulfillment centers, Jeff Bezos is shown as a man with an extremely large head, who seems to speak telepathically. Inspired by an old episode of Star Trek, it’s the perfect depiction of a man who seems to have grown to be so much more than just another corporate mogul.

#15: Barbra Streisand

The singer has been cited as Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s most hated celebrity and she certainly gets one of the more abstract treatments of any famous person. Depicted as “Mecha-Streisand,” she destroys South Park after obtaining an ancient artifact from the boys by tormenting them with her singing. It takes the likes of Leonard Maltin, Sidney Poitier and Robert Smith of The Cure to eventually destroy her with their Kaiju transformation abilities, but Tom Cruise and his fellow pissed off celebrities later revive her. This time, only a duet with Neil Diamond can mollify the gargantuan robotic musical diva.

#14: Michael Bay

It may only be a short cameo, but that’s all “South Park” needs to discredit this director. After he’s brought in as a consultant on how to deal with a security threat, all Bay can do is spout off ideas for special effects. The military council eventually calls him out on it and demands ideas instead, but of course Bay being Bay, he doesn’t know the difference. We didn’t think it was possible to burn a celebrity this badly in thirty seconds, but once again Matt Stone and Trey Parker found a way.

#13: Al Gore

Poor Al has done a lot of good in his career, but if that were to stop Matt Stone and Trey Parker from mocking the former Vice President, what kind of satirists would they be? Depicted as…unstable and almost insane when it comes to his search for the imaginary ManBearPig, Gore is sometimes seen wearing a cape while running around, pretending to fly. Speaking in an effeminate manner, Gore is perfectly detached from reality, living in a world where an animal can be half man, half bear, and half pig all at the same time.

#12: Cesar Millan

Despite being just a kid, Cartman’s misbehavior can at times be a force of nature that not even his mother can stop. Who else, then, could possibly control the boy? Why, the Dog Whisperer of course! While he’s well known for his work with canines, in the world of South Park, Cesar Millan turns out to be the one person able to keep Cartman in check. How? By treating him like a dog. Despite the role reversal, Millan actually gets off rather easy, considering he’s portrayed in a positive light. He reined in and owned Cartman at every turn; how’s that for an achievement?

#11: Rob Reiner

He’s given us “The Princess Bride,” “Stand By Me,” and a few other good flicks, which in “South Park” just gets you portrayed as a fat, arrogant mess of a man who cares more about pushing his ideas onto people than actually following his own creed. When the boys blame the tobacco industry for their smoking, Reiner rallies the town against it… by means of creating a commercial that nearly kills the kids for the sake of realism. It’s probably not the best idea to take health advice from a man full of green goo.

#10: Mark Zuckerberg

No matter how you look at it, Facebook is a website that changed the world. We’ll let you decide whether that’s for the good or not, but in South Park, they certainly had their opinion. It’s here we see the town up in arms over misinformation being spread on Facebook, so they invite its founder, Mark Zuckerberg to talk about it. Much like his answers during the 2018 congressional hearings, his depiction in South Park is of a man who dodges questions, and spouts a lot of misunderstood nonsense. He randomly shows up in people’s homes, and seems utterly oblivious to how the real world works. We’re not sure if it’s funny, or just disturbing.

#9: Tom Cruise

All aspects of Cruise’s controversial personality and lifestyle are heavily parodied in the classic and controversial episode “Trapped in the Closet.” When he’s led to believe that Stan is the reincarnation of Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, Cruise sycophantically seeks his approval. He’s utterly devastated when Stan admits he’s not as good an actor as some others in Hollywood, so he barricades himself away and waits for various celebs to attempt to lure him out of the literal closet. Likely as a form of retaliation at the real Cruise after he had a re-run of the episode banned, poor old Tom gets it again in some later episodes.

#8: Russell Crowe

This Australian actor aptly has a show called “Russell Crowe Fightin’ Around the World” and that title really says it all; Crowe randomly beats people up who are even slightly critical about his work – and even a few who aren’t, to be honest. Along with his good friend Tugger (a boat), the incredibly offensive Australian beats up folks and calls them various names. Perhaps worst of all, he even beats up a cancer patient in a misguided attempt to fight cancer itself. Even poor Tugger grows tired of Crowe’s antics in the end.

#7: James Cameron

He’s directed some of the most successful movies of all time, set a record by travelling deeper into the Mariana Trench than anyone else, and has one hell of a catchy theme song. On a mission to raise the bar of humanity, which dropped to new lows after we accepted Honey Boo Boo, Cameron once again descends into the darkness of the ocean, encountering Randy Newman along the way. While everyone else seems bored of his exploits, we can’t get enough of them. Oh, and congrats on being the only Canadian in South Park who doesn’t look like…well, every other Canadian.

#6: Jennifer Lopez

If you’re looking for an impersonation of J-Lo on South Park, you’ll have to pick one. The show featured two, very distinctly different versions of the singer/actress in the show’s 7th season. The life-like one certainly lines up with an exaggerated incarnation of the real deal. But for us, it’s Cartman’s hand puppet of J-Lo that takes the cake. Nothing more than hair and lipstick on Cartman’s thumb and forefinger, she’s the real star of this episode. Between singing about tacos and burritos, starring in a video, and having Ben Affleck fall in love with her, nothing could be a better send-up of the original.

#5: Mel Gibson

He’s one of the few “South Park” characters to have his real face used for his parody. When Stan and Kenny travel to Gibson’s house to get their money back for “The Passion of the Christ,” he promptly strips down and asks the boys to inflict pain on him. Now with the Braveheart blue face paint, Gibson chases the boys back to South Park where he insists that the whole town beat him down. He’s hilariously masochistic and ends this brilliant episode by, well...we can’t actually show you that. Just think, this episode actually came out two years before Gibson’s reputation went down the tubes.

#4: Caitlyn Jenner

Her gender affirmation caused a media storm, so of course “South Park” was going to take a stab at her. Contradicting popular opinion, Kyle states that coming out as transgender doesn’t make her a hero, and that she’s getting caught up in her own publicity. As if that weren’t bad enough, she goes on to become the Vice President of the United States after running alongside Donald Trum – uh, we mean Garrison.

#3: Kanye West

Never have fish sticks been so funny. Well, unless you’re Yeezy. Apparently Kanye is the only one who doesn’t understand the childish gag as he goes on a murderous rampage in his attempt to have the joke explained. He eventually sets his ego aside and accepts his life as a gay fish. Now content with his newly found sexuality, he wastes no time mingling with other seafaring creatures. However, he eventually decides to marry a hobbit. This depiction perfectly captures the rapper’s egotistical nature, while throwing in just enough trademark “South Park” randomness to make this the ultimate celebrity send-up.

#2: Lorde

Randy Marsh is Lorde. That’s about the gist of it. Yet, somehow the way the show approaches the idea of Randy having a double life as the New Zealand pop star makes it work. While no one seems to be able to see through Randy’s flimsy disguise, which is limited to throwing on a dress and yelling out that he’s Lorde, there is also an odd sincerity to this running gag. Aside from the obvious joke of having Stan’s Dad pose as a young female singer, the way the characters speak so highly of her kind of makes us want Randy and Lorde to be the same person.

#1: Donald Trump

This show, in its 27th season, just casually dropped the most provocative, visually outrageous, and socially pointed celebrity parody it has ever produced. The Trump satire certainly pushed boundaries, with a hyper-realistic deepfake of the naked president and a surreal plot in which he romantically courts Satan and sues the town of South Park. The episode doesn’t just insult Trump and his evil, easily-offended nature, but it’s also a layered social commentary on his AI deregulation and corporate influence. Casual viewers loved the topical satire, and longtime fans praised the episode for being a nostalgic return to the crass, in-your-face style of earlier seasons.

Which one do you think was the funniest? Let us know in the comments below!