South Park Season 28 Reverses One Character’s Plot After 10 Years

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PC Principal has been a regular character on South Park since 2015, but a recent episode in season 28 gave him a new and interesting personality trait. South Park is well-known for pushing boundaries – some episodes have even been banned – and recently, the show’s content has drawn criticism from the White House.

While much of the criticism aimed at South Park focuses on its often shocking humor, some fans also feel the characters have become predictable and lack depth. They argue the show now uses them mainly to deliver current social commentary, rather than developing them as interesting individuals.

South Park Season 28 Episode 3 Flips PC Principal’s Personality

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Characters like Cartman, Randy Marsh, and PC Principal frequently draw criticism for being excessively dominant or exaggerated. From the beginning, South Park has always prioritized shocking and often offensive comedy just as much as it focuses on developing its characters. Because of this, characters who primarily serve one comedic purpose, like PC Principal, rarely undergo significant development or change.

Thankfully, the episode “Sora Not Sorry” from season 28 flipped things around. In it, Butters uses an AI program called Sora 2 to make a shocking video featuring his classmate Red, and Red retaliates by creating an equally inappropriate video of Butters with a character from Studio Ghibli.

In this storyline, PC Principal unexpectedly becomes fixated on patriotism. He gathers the students of South Park Elementary and claims they’ve been brainwashed by progressive ideologies, urging them to be more patriotic. This shows a shift in his focus – he’s now preoccupied with opposing what he calls the “radical left” rather than simply enforcing political correctness.

South Park Season 28’s PC Principal Twist Revives A Tired Character

It’s a pleasant surprise to see the character of PC Principal return in South Park season 28, as his original portrayal felt somewhat dated. When he first appeared in 2015, PC Principal was a smart satire of activists who pretended to care about social justice issues in order to gain popularity and attention.

Around the time PC Principal debuted, South Park cleverly mocked the growing trend of deliberately offensive and insincere online arguments by portraying them through a crude, stereotypical college student. Since then, many of those same commentators have moved towards expressing more openly conservative viewpoints.

By having the character become just as overly and falsely enthusiastic about patriotism as he used to be about political correctness, South Park demonstrates its ability to satirize both conservative commentators and liberal online personalities equally well. This shift for PC Principal is a clever way to revitalize a character that had become predictable.

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2025-11-14 16:08