As a goth that grew up with South Park, I loved the goth kids because they were a hilarious (and very valid) criticism of my subculture. It's important to be able to laugh at yourselves, which is a core component of goth culture IMO

Dude, the fans who like the goth kids aren't missing the joke. We understand and love the joke. I for one had a goth/emo phase around that age, a little older, because I was actually being abused, and the goth kids of South Park make me nostalgic for the fun and self-expressive parts of that time in my life. Speaking of which, the way Matt and Trey understand the subtle differences between goth, emo, and scene subcultures that look the same from the outside was ALSO hilarious.

The whole concept of raisins as a hooters for kids is just chefs kiss. Trey and Matts humor is unmatched.

The goth kids; Do not, all dress exactly the same-- Michael is Edwardian goth, Henrietta is trad goth, Pete is a bit of a Mall goth as is firkle

They expertly depicted multiple goth styles

My favorite episode. The scene of Butters explaining the beauty of sadness is my favorite scene of the entirety of South Park.

Setting up that Jimmy has a stutter, and then having Stan choose a word that starts with Cont- for Jimmy to try and relay to Wendy is one of the all-time best ways to get away with repeatedly saying the C-word on television 😂

In Germany, this episode is not called "Raisins" but "Wir sind Gruftis" (We are Goths), referencing the band "Wir sind Helden" (We are Heroes) as they actually got the band members to voice the Goths for this episode.
You can certainly tell that they aren't voiced by actual voice actors, but I think it kind of works that the goths talk so differently from everyone else. Not to mention how German Firkle has a deep ass voice that is just as funny as the child-voice in the original.

I can't emphasize enough how important this episode for me. It always puts things into perspective whenever I get my heart broken.

I think the training part of this episode at Raisins is also to show that Raisins is built on manipulating kids like Butters, and to show that Lexus is just doing how she was trained when she first joined. It makes her not as much of a bad guy as it would be if you never show that scene.

I also like the dichotomy between stan hating tolkien and being Warhammer bros

8:13 this somehow made this scene sadder. Its like he's all alone in a nightclub and everyone has a partner except Stan

I'm surprised you didn't mention Stan being the quarterback even in season 1. He was always the quarterback he idolized Elway more than anybody else


He had the towel around his waist because he was changing from his school clothes to his PE clothes then probably got depressed and laid down

To be fair, the censoring of the joke made it funnier for me because i’ve seen the episode

Why did I wave back at your bestie

Regarding the Goth kids: I was pretty active in alternative circles when I was a kid.
I met lots of Goth and Emo kids who dressed pretty differently than what you expect.
I regularly wore (and still wear) hawaii shirts and was never excluded, quite the opposite in fact.

I guess people confuse the getting dressed up part of alt/dark with everyday clothes and attitude.

17:12 Matt Stone doing the noise that Butters makes when he gets a hug is hilarious, because Butters is based on the animation director.

W refresh.

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My favorite episode is Awesom-O but Butters' speech at the end of Raisins is my favorite moment of his. It's the moment that elevated him from simply a favorite character to a comfort character. Butters means so much to me.

The friend interrupting the video has been the first thing to make me laugh in a couple weeks

I always loved the way Stan looks as a goth. Because i was a little kid when i saw this episode for the first time and i liked the changeup.