South Park Creators Rename Hit Show South America in Viral Jab at Trump
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone rename the Emmy-winning series to South America, mocking Trump's border and geographic renamings.
POLICY WIRE — New York, United States — The creative masterminds behind the famously irreverent television program South Park have decided to adopt a page from Donald Trump’s playbook, though certainly not in earnest.
Just after securing an Emmy for outstanding animated program, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced they are temporarily rebranding their long-running hit series. In an official update shared on the program’s Instagram profile, the duo stated they are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA.
This satirical shift arrives as Trump escalates an ongoing trade dispute with Canada and publicly declares that Lake Ontario will now be referred to within the United States as Lake America. Major tech platforms including Apple and Google have already updated their mapping services for U.S. users to reflect these nationalist cartographic changes, drawing sharp critique from the show creators.
Explaining their tongue-in-cheek pivot, Parker and Stone declared they were inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google. They also offered a specific shout-out to their parent company Paramount, describing the corporate entity as a Skydance Capitulation.
Comedy Central, a subsidiary of Paramount, serves as the broadcast home for the animated satirical juggernaut. Despite recent creative jibes directed at the corporate merger with Skydance, Paramount successfully secured a lucrative five-year renewal deal with Parker and Stone in July 2025, which includes extensive streaming rights for past episodes on Paramount+.
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Throughout his second term in office, Trump has increasingly utilized executive actions and public declarations to alter geographic nomenclature. He previously signed an executive order designating the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, despite significant portions stretching across international waters, a change also swiftly adopted by digital mapmakers Apple and Google.
Continuing this trend of geographic re-labeling, Trump recently floated the idea of renaming New Mexico to New America during a public appearance, though observers remain uncertain whether the suggestion was delivered seriously. Additionally, the president orchestrated the inscription of his own name onto the Kennedy Center building, a controversial development that has sparked fierce legal and public debates.
The decision to temporarily rename their franchise represents only the latest satirical jab leveled at the administration by Parker and Stone. Alongside a cartoon illustration depicting the president with his pants down amid the show’s core cast, the creators highlighted their recent Emmy win with the pointed caption noting he finally secured his accolade.
Recent seasonal storylines have leaned heavily into political satire, notably featuring an animated narrative where Trump is depicted in a romantic relationship with Satan. Meanwhile, Canada has historically served as a frequent target for the show’s biting humor, dating back to their 1999 theatrical release South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
That musical feature film famously lampooned northern neighbors through characters Terrance and Phillip while driving a nationwide parental crusade against profanity via the iconic musical number Blame Canada. Over nearly three decades on air, the program has similarly skewered public figures and global entities ranging from Saddam Hussein and Tom Cruise to popular energy drinks and GLP-1 weight-loss medications.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
