South Park creators troll Donald Trump by changing name of show to ‘South America’

South Park takes aim at Trump with a new name: South America

Usagevpn.com – Just days before its next season begins, South Park has announced a satirical rebrand aimed squarely at Donald Trump’s recent enthusiasm for attaching “America” to place names. Trey Parker and Matt Stone say the long-running animated series will now be called South America.

The change arrives ahead of the programme’s 29th season, due to premiere on 16 September and stream internationally on Paramount+. It is the latest in a long line of jabs at Trump from the creators, whose show has repeatedly made his public image, administration and political habits central targets of its comedy.

A response to a string of proposed renamings

Trump has recently concentrated on changing the names of prominent geographical locations. He signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, after an earlier move that changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

During the weekend, Trump also floated the idea of calling New Mexico “New America.” In a separate burst of AI-generated social-media posts, he suggested that the Moon belonged to America. The accumulation of name changes and proposals supplied Parker and Stone with an obvious premise: if “America” is the preferred label, then their fictional Colorado town could adopt it too.

The creators framed the announcement as a mock tribute to companies that have reflected Trump’s preferred names in their mapping services. Apple and Google have both updated maps to show the new designations, a decision critics have attacked as weak and overly accommodating.

“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount – a Skydance Capitulation.”

The wording also targets Paramount, the show’s parent company, by twisting the name of Skydance into “Skydance Capitulation.” The joke makes the rebrand more than a simple title gag: it connects the show’s political satire with the wider question of how media and technology companies react to pressure from powerful political figures.

A familiar comic target

Trump is hardly a new subject for Parker and Stone. Over the years, South Park has depicted him in deliberately provocative and crude storylines, including a portrayal involving Satan, an animated version with unusually small genitals, and a send-up of former homeland security secretary Kristi Noem as a Botoxed puppy killer.

That willingness to offend is built into the series’ approach. Since its debut, South Park has used exaggerated characters and absurd situations to mock public figures, institutions, celebrity culture and political movements across the ideological spectrum. The decision to rename the series for a season extends that tradition beyond a single episode or scene and turns the show’s own brand into part of the joke.

For viewers, the gag is straightforward: the fictional town has not moved, and the series has not become a programme about the continent. Instead, the new title exaggerates the logic of the political moment. By changing “Park” to “America,” the creators have created a deliberately ridiculous answer to a run of renaming campaigns.

An Emmy victory adds another layer

The announcement follows a fresh awards success for the series. On Sunday, South Park collected its fifth Emmy for Best Animated Show. Parker and Stone used the occasion to add another Trump-focused punchline on Instagram.

They posted an image of Trump holding the Emmy trophy while his underwear hung around his ankles. A message placed above him read:

“You finally got your Emmy”

The post references Trump’s long-standing frustration with the Emmy Awards. He hosted The Apprentice, the competition series that ran from 2004 until 2015, but never won an Emmy for the programme despite its nominations.

Trump has publicly criticised the awards in the past. In 2012, he wrote on X that the Emmys were “horrendous” and “the absolute worst show.” In another post, he argued that political considerations had prevented The Apprentice from winning.

“The Emmys are all politics, that’s why, despite nominations, The Apprentice never won – even though it should have many times over.”

By placing an Emmy in Trump’s hands, the creators turned their own award into a deliberately pointed visual joke. It also underlines how South Park continues to combine current events with its established style of confrontational, often vulgar satire.

Season 29 begins on 16 September

The newly renamed South America begins its 29th season on 16 September. The title change is timed for the premiere, giving the show a high-profile way to announce its return while signalling that Trump’s latest actions will remain fertile material for its writers.

Whether the name survives beyond the immediate joke remains to be seen. For now, Parker and Stone have used a single altered word to turn a political naming dispute into an extension of the series itself—one that is likely to make the new season’s opening feel like part of the satire before the first episode even starts.