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South Park Tackles a Beef Crisis and Teases Grand Theft Auto VI
In a new episode, South Park’s boys confront a beef shortage in the town now called South America.
Cartman, Stan, Kyle and shrunken Randy try to get beef back after the school drops sloppy joes because of a national crisis.
The ranch’s cows become popular with wealthy diners outside town, while eating the meat causes people to explode with diarrhea.
Beef turns into a symbol of patriotism, as politicians and diners treat eating it as proof of loyalty.
After another chain takes the cows, Stan suggests people would prize other foods if they were marketed as patriotic.
The plan works, and the episode ends with diners served guinea pig instead of beef.
The episode also shows new Grand Theft Auto VI footage, in which main character Jason Duval fights a man on Vice Beach.
The game is due to be released on Nov.
18, according to the episode’s preview.
South Park aired an episode about a beef crisis in its renamed South America setting.
The episode follows Cartman, Stan, Kyle and shrunken Randy as they try to recover the town’s beef after a national shortage redirects it.
The story satirizes beef prices, wealthy diners and patriotic politics, while showing people who eat the beef exploding with diarrhea.
The episode also includes footage from Grand Theft Auto VI, with the game’s release anticipated in November.
At the end, the characters serve guinea pig instead of beef as a new “patriotic” meal.
- Who
- Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Randy try to solve the beef crisis.
- What
- A South Park episode satirizes a beef shortage and features footage from Grand Theft Auto VI.
- When
- The episode aired on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, according to the Hollywood Reporter; both articles were published on Oct. 29.
- Where
- The episode is set in South America, the show’s renamed setting.
- Why
- A national beef crisis leads the government to take beef from South America, leaving the local school without sloppy joes.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Kenny was blown up by an e-bike in the first episode, and Randy later became shrunken after using youth-enhancing creams.
South Park announced its name change to South America ahead of the Season 29 premiere.
The beef-crisis episode aired on Wednesday, during Halloween week.
Ruth Chris presents Grand Theft Auto VI footage as a preview of what is coming in November.
- Episode
- Guinea Pig on a Stick
- Season
- Season 29, episode four
- Setting
- South America, the show’s renamed mountain town
- Game footage
- Grand Theft Auto VI footage shows Jason Duval fighting a man on Vice Beach
- Game release
- Nov. 18, according to the Hollywood Reporter
- Final meal
- Flame-seared guinea pig on a stick
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What people are saying
Now we have a much higher clientele, you know, and all the rich people in other states want a premium experience.
who’s more patriotic
They said nobody even really cares about our cows… So then, this rancher could inject anything with lard and butter, and people would be just as obsessed with it. That’s it, dude. That’s it. We can have all our cows back.