The creators of South Park, the animated TV show, person announced that its caller bid will beryllium named South America, successful an evident reference to US President Donald Trump's attempts to rename a reservoir and a gulf.
"Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the sanction of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA," creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker wrote successful a statement.
Trump signed an executive bid successful August to rename Lake Ontario arsenic Lake America, and past twelvemonth declared that the Gulf of Mexico beryllium known arsenic the Gulf of America.
The announcement from South Park, now successful its 29th season, comes aft the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program connected Sunday.
It's not yet known whether the caller sanction will beryllium adopted permanently, aliases if it will revert to South Park later successful the series.
The sanction alteration shared to the show's charismatic societal media relationship featured an image of the South Park motion pinch the connection 'Park' replaced pinch 'America'.
"We particularly want to convey our genitor institution Paramount - a Skydance Capitulation," its creators said successful the post.
Paramount Skydance is the show's genitor company. The Trump management this twelvemonth approved a $111bn (£82.8bn) merger pinch Warner Bros Discovery - 1 of the biggest media deals successful history.
But the merger has since been paused until June 2027, aft 12 US states revenge lawsuits against the woody for fearfulness of it harming title and starring to higher prices for consumers.
A time earlier the show's announcement, Trump shared an AI-generated video of him placing the connection 'America' complete 'Mexico' connected a "Welcome to New Mexico" sign.
In August, arsenic waste and acquisition tensions escalated betwixt the US and Canada, Trump ordered a akin alteration for Lake Ontario - renaming it Lake America.
Apple and Google subsequently changed the sanction successful their respective Maps apps for US-based users.
And past year, Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico beryllium renamed arsenic Gulf of America. Mexico has rejected the sanction change, arguing a azygous state cannot rename a shared assemblage of world water.
South Park, which has tally since 1997, has regularly mocked the US president during his 2 presidency terms.
Both its creators, Stone and Parker, person many times drawn disapproval from Trump, the White House and MAGA supporters for its jabs astatine the president.
During its 27th season, the White House described South Park arsenic a "fourth-rate" show that was "hanging connected by a thread pinch uninspired ideas successful a hopeless effort for attention", aft an section depicted Trump naked successful furniture pinch Satan.
After winning the grant for Outstanding Animated Program connected Sunday, South Park besides shared an image depicting a fictionalised Donald Trump pinch the words: "You yet sewage your Emmy."
The caller play of will premiere connected 16 September.
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