Wednesday’s new episode of “South Park” had particularly unsubtle criticism of Donald Trump. The president, the show declared, “is f—ing satan” — and yeah, that’s meant in both ways.
Quite literally, as the episode ended with the amusing reveal that Satan is trapped at the White House by the darkest magic possible: Being pregnant with Trump’s baby.
The Trey Parker and Matt Stone Comedy Central series also laid into fawning Trump supporters, portraying Fox News and, eventually, Kid Rock, as enthusiastic supporters of the idea that “Trump is f—ing Satan,” with the right wing former rapper weeping tears of joy.
Somehow all of this was framed by an extended satire of the Labubu craze in which the adorable dolls are revealed to be secretly — well, unless you’re on TikTok — relics for use in demonic rituals designed to summon the Prince of Darkness. Who is of course at the White House a lot this season because, as the episode constantly reminded viewers, “Donald Trump is f—ing Satan.”
The A-plot has the Labubu craze hitting the town of South Park hard, as embodied by a brutal fist fight between two girls over the dolls at the start of the episode. They’re taken to the school’s counselor, a very bewildered Jesus Christ, who has no real advice to offer other than to run away from the dolls. Meanwhile, Butters is invited to a girl’s birthday party — and she’s asked for a very specific Labubu doll. He assumes this means he’s going to get to have some kind of sexual encounter with her, if he finds the doll. Naturally that’s not what happens.
After being entrusted with finding a very rare labubu, Butters ran into an expensive problem when he was told the only way to get it was by purchasing a mystery box that was getting pricier due to Trump’s tariffs.
The show then moves to Washington, where Fox News anchors are debating whether the president is with Satan — albeit with the energy of paparazzi but with open delight on par with the Swifties’ response to Taylor Swift’s engagement.
Episode 3 previously established that Satan desperately wants to escape his relationship with Trump, but is being stopped by… something dark. In Episode 4, he shares that said reason is hidden in a mysterious box, which is later revealed to be a positive pregnancy test, a secret he blurts out during a heated emotional confrontation with Jesus near the end of the episode.
That confrontation happened, of course, in South Park — thanks to a demonic ritual performed by Butter’s crush and her friends. (He did eventually get the rare Labubu. He did not, in fact, get anywhere close to a sexual experience). The ritual opens what appears to be a portal to hell, only for Trump to walk through… revealing, we guess, that Hell is the White House.
One of the girls incredulously asks “he’s f—ing Satan?” and Trump, of course, denies it. Then the real deal follows him into the room. Cue the conflict with Jesus, who meanwhile has been traveling around South Park trying in vain to stop the Labubu craze and its attendant demonic spellcasting.
After the dark reveal, Jesus decided to ban labubus, phones and TikTok from South Park Elementary. Whether that will help with whatever comes next remains to be seen. Meanwhile, no doubt Trump and Satan have some rather complicated evil co-parenting issues to work out.
But now of course, the open secret that Trump is f—cking Satan is out and… his supporters are ecstatic about it. Including, as we noted, Kid Rock, who near the end of the episode weeps tears of joy over the news.
“South Park” will air its next episode on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Past episodes are now streaming on Paramount+.
