South Park: S8.E1 Good Times with Weapons

Anime South Park, Street Fighter Kids with Ninja Weapons

This was a blast of a season opener. The boys buy real martial-arts weapons at the fair, immediately turn into anime ninjas, and the whole episode flips into that stylized widescreen look with Street Fighter energy.

The fantasy battles are pure fun, Butters as Professor Chaos is perfect, and the panic after Kenny actually sticks a shuriken in his eye drives the second half.

Cartman’s naked “invisibility” streak across the auction stage is the absolute highlight. And that closing song “Let’s Fighting Love” is an instant classic… ridiculous Engrish and all.

8.5/10: Everything about this one just works. Sharp, funny, and still one of the most inventive episodes they ever made.

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