'South Park' Comedy Central Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr For more than a quarter century, South Park has gleefully skewered sacred cows, puncturing egos with a construction-paper smile. No celebrity - no matter how beloved, feared or seemingly untouchable - has ever been safe from Trey Parker and Matt Stone's razor-edged parody. While late-night monologues and sketch comedy might poke gentle fun, South Park thrives on annihilation; reducing pop idols to hand puppets, Oscar winners to screaming buffoons and political titans to fart jokes. The brilliance of the show's satire lies in its balance of absurdity and truth. Jennifer Lopez reimagined as Cartman's hand puppet feels ridiculous - until you remember how omnipresent she was in 2003. Kanye West insisting he's "not a gay fish" feels cartoonish - until you think about his legendary refusal to take a joke. In the universe of South Park, the more powerful the celebrity, the harder they fall, and the sharper the cultural aftershock. From Tom Cruise refusing to leave Stan's closet to Oprah's vengeful anatomy, these moments aren't just gags - they're cultural flashpoints that exposed America's uneasy relationship with fame. Here, in no particular order, are 25 of the most unforgettable celebrity spoofs in South Park history: savage, surreal and always uncomfortably on the nose. Donald Trump, "Where My Country Gone?" (Season 19, Episode 2) and Season 27 Image Credit: Comedy Central Before President Trump became a central character in the currently airing 27th season, Mr. Garrison became a stand-in for then-just Donald Trump when he launched a xenophobic campaign built on vulgarity and absurd promises in season 19. The parody of Trump's meteoric rise to political power was then prophetic, foreshadowing and accurate. This is now being one-up'd in the current season, where Trump himself has been wooing his boo, Satan, as he annihilates the town of South Park in a legal showdown. Barbra Streisand, "Mecha-Streisand" (Season 1, Episode 12) Image Credit: Comedy Central In this early-in-the-series celebrity satire, Barbra Streisand - one of Parker and Stone's least-favorite celebs - discovers a mystical artifact and transforms into a towering Godzilla-like cyborg. Only a crack team of her celebrity allies - Leonard Maltin, Sidney Poitier and Robert Smith of The Cure - can stop her rampage. This premiere episode showcased Parker and Stone's gleeful celebrity savagery, earning the celebrity icon's disdain and a fan-favorite cult following. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, "Fat Butt and Pancake Head" (Season 7, Episode 5) Image Credit: Comedy Central/Paramount At a cultural diversity event, Eric Cartman's hand becomes possessed by "Jennifer Lopez" - complete with an offensive Latin accent. The hand-puppet "Ms. Lopez" then steals her fiancé Ben Affleck's heart as the doppelganger's career usurps the real J-Lo's, enraging her and driving her to attempted murder of the offensive mitt. Lopez's early 2000s persona and megastardom gets a strange-even-for-South Park treatment here. And "Taco-flavored kisses" will live on as a viral pop-culture relic. Mel Gibson, "The Passion of the Jew" (Season 8, Episode 3) Image Credit: Comedy Central Kyle wrestles with guilt after watching The Passion of the Christ, while Cartman rallies townsfolk into a Hitler-esque fan club for Mel Gibson. Stan and Kenny meet the actor and filmmaker, who descends into slapstick madness. Gibson's controversial film became a comedic punching bag with this episode, with the South Park boys amplifying critiques of its violence and Gibson's public meltdowns. Michael Jackson, "The Jeffersons" (Season 8, Episode 6) Image Credit: CC/Paramount Michael Jackson, disguised as "Mr. Jefferson," moves with his son to South Park, where his bizarre and childlike behavior and personality delights the boys but begins to alarm the town's adults. Chaos erupts when Kenny, dressed as Jackson's child, Blanket, meets a tragic and slapstick ending. The parody blurred comedy and the growing public unease over Jackson's eccentricity and scandal-ridden behavior in his adult life. Kanye West, "Fishsticks" (Season 13, Episode 5) Image Credit: Paramount/Comedy Central Fan-favorite classmate Jimmy invents a joke about "fish sticks" that the entire world finds hilarious - except rapper-producer Kanye West, who can't grasp the wordplay. His ego spirals until he embraces life as a literal "gay fish." The gag went viral beyond the confines of the show, embedding "gay fish" into meme culture and lampooning West's thin-skinned reputation. Oprah Winfrey, "A Million Little Fibers" (Season 10, Episode 5) Daytime TV icon Oprah Winfrey's neglected body parts, Minge and Gary, plot revenge while she interviews South Park's resident anthropomorphized towel, Towelie, and soon