Why Good Times with Weapons is a PERFECT South Park Episode

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Published 2024-03-22
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Season 8 of South Park began in 2004 with one of the most beloved episodes in the series' entire history: Good Times with Weapons. On its face, it’s easy to see why people love this episode. The overt, stylized anime parody was something very unique for the show at the time. But I think beyond the obvious stylistic influence, Good Times with Weapons is an early masterpiece in what I think is the real golden age for South Park, at least in my opinion. So today I wanna dive deep into Good Times with Weapons and explain exactly why this is a perfect South park story.

Edited by Joe Murphy ‪@nazchoz798‬

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All Comments (21)
  • @johnny2channels
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  • @CarsonWolford
    Cartman turning Kyle into a chicken after asking him for his powers back will always be my favorite moment
  • @23mustang32
    Imagine a stick of truth or fractured but whole style of game but with Ninja powers now
  • @whosdooley
    My favorite part is when the bystander driver just looks at the group of kids play fighting in a dingy alley, so glad you mentioned it.
  • @thatonekira4780
    I think one part that you didn't bring up always makes me absolutely love it is with chef. With him being in the anime style it means two things 1 The boys see him worthy enough to be in their game unlike with butters initially, 2 because we do a match cut it shows that chef also views them in the anime style meaning he's 100% down for their game
  • @kyrasoze516
    Professor Chaos stomping out of his house to go to war with the boys will forever be my favorite South Park scene.
  • Let's fightning love is also one of the BEST South park songs! Perfect for the episode😂😂😂😂😂
  • When I was around 9-10 (yes I was too young to be watching Soth Park) my brother showed me this pirating site where you could watch every episode of South Park But I only ever watched “Good Times with Weapons” and “Make Love not Warcraft” over and over and over. I just loved when shows had anime/video game episodes
  • I just really wish we see more South Park characters in this anime style, like Timmy, Tweek, The Goth kids, and Wendy Testaburger.
  • @greyfox2822
    I read somewhere that one of the creators actually speaks fluent Japanese so the "Let's Fighting Love" theme song was written with full awareness of mocking the usual tropes with anime theme songs 😂
  • @beauregardheer
    I think its so funny that Tolkien is just Tolkien now, like no questions asked at all
  • @fieryphoenix586
    I wish they made a three-part episode special in this art style, where all the kids in South Park are anime ninjas.
  • As a creative, I really relate with how Matt and Trey’s perspective on their best episodes has changed over time. They said the same thing about their Warcraft episode and were scared to air it, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that both of these episodes are experimenting with new/different techniques. Doing something new when you’re used to a certain routine with your work is always intimidating, and the result might not be what you pictured at the time, but sometimes your perspective on your work changes. Seeing two super talented professionals go through this is super validating.
  • I loved the brief appearance of Chef in the anime style in this episode. Classic episode all around.
  • @majorghoul9017
    It was just so cute to me how the episode was basically only about kids playing together. Complete with the only real break in the game being when one of them actually gets hurt by accident
  • @Ashrudel
    Let's fighting love is such a classic song. The live concert version is pretty great as well.
  • For YEARS I despised South Park, basically viewing it as Terrence and Phillip, but an ex of mine showed me this episode and I was SOLD. Now it's one of my favourite shows of all time, I carry a Kenny backpack to work whilst wearing my Professor Chaos trainers and I couldn't be happier my ex convinced me to give the show another try.
  • @CliveHand5th
    Good times with weapons was actually the first episode I ended up seeing! I saw clips of it when I was 6/7 on YouTube, probably way too young to be watching that kind of stuff. Nice to see the episode getting some appreciation.
  • @GS-xv7eg
    Season 8 might be the pinnacle of South Park as a series!
  • @JOJ0606
    This also happens to be the first South park episode I ever saw 😂