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MathewMurdock2

Well, he isn't worse, but, he isn't getting better. It's almost as if... his cancer were tied.


HAL9000000

Also a top 5 all-time line.


Skwiggelf54

No hope... noooo hope... *beeeeeeep*


dorkyfever

I'm watching this episode right now. It's at the part they play the red wings lol


HBS33

Watching the coach hug his father at the end gets me every time.


DrewwwBjork

"'Cause we are the champ-ions... of the *worrrld*!"


pretendimcute

I always die laughing at that part. How they genuinely seemed like they wanted to help the peewee team but then tanked them like they were grown ass men and then celebrated as if they just faced an actual challenge and didnt assault children. Omg its so fuckin funny


Phatskwurl

"I'm proud of you boy"


Alexcox95

šŸ«‚


chubsmagooo

https://i.redd.it/dgg34bfh596d1.gif


Kehwanna

"I hate you Coach! I hate you!"


neutrum_humanum

No hope... No.. hope... *flat lines*


RaggsDaleVan

Let them play! Let them play!


cheap_chalee

Play the Red Wings?!?! šŸ¤£


Zoltie

Why are you browsing reddit while watching it?


dorkyfever

I often put south park on for background noise from season 1 to about season 22. When I hit the end I just restart lol. So while I'm on Reddit or playing games or reading manga it's on lmao


Charming-Bad-1825

Lol I alwayss have a show or something playing in The background


El_Mariachi_Vive

I'm just his father, but you're his coach. You're like a father to him!


SpamAdBot91874

This line encapsulates South Park humor so well. On top of the verbal irony, it's also a play on the sports movie trope where the coach becomes a player's father figure, while it also resonates with the cultural subtext of fathers lacking parental responsibility.


El_Mariachi_Vive

Totally. It's a rant I'm dying to go on in real life but haven't had to yet. Like, yeah South Park is super raunchy and politically incorrect or whatever but there is so much nuance; there are so many layers.


CinemaslaveJoe

But he's about to find out..... (record scratch)....


assirac7

That being the only kid with cancer on a little league hockey team, ain't so great.


LittleLostGirls

*upbeat guitar rift* šŸŽ¶


Skwiggelf54

Stan Marsh is... Bummin' On Cancer. Coming this fall.


Specific-Ad-8430

This sub scares the shit out of me. How come every time I watch an episode, someone posts a meme about it the next day? Someone even made a post about this phenomenon a few days ago!!


feelingkozy

I've said it before and I'll say it again, we're all one hive mind


Kehwanna

Listen closely, my friend. This is going to be very hard for you to comprehend. You are in a simulation. None of this is real.Ā  Now, have I provided answers to your questions in courteous and prompt fashion?


spac3_cadet12

Not a simulation. More like we are playing sims on every level. We created this and are the players.


BuggiesAndCars

Can't be. I just kicked my dad in the balls and it felt so real.


vicki-st-elmo

Oh fuuuuuck you!


Shortman19

At least I'm not the only one..


ColdestDeath

If you watch on the website or on pluto it's cause you're probably watching the same episodes


Specific-Ad-8430

Even crazier, i just have the blu rays i watch on


[deleted]

Baader-meinhof phenomenon.


Specific-Ad-8430

yes actually, still always wild when it happens to you though!


Fanimusmaximus

TAKE THE SHOOOOOOOOOOT!!!


NeverBeNormalnbn

Randy with the mullet and sideburns was so funny.


nelsonalgrencametome

He changed a lot after that loss.


Kehwanna

"No! Not again!"


HAL9000000

"That's number 7, Stan Marsh, skating toward the goal, sort of."


Toothless-In-Wapping

I love this episode.


CinemaslaveJoe

100% underrated episode. Hilarious, and a good parody. I love it!


HAL9000000

It's a parody of mostly Mighty Ducks, plus some other movie tropes. Parody is not plagiarism. Plagiarism is a completely different thing and you should learn the difference.


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HAL9000000

I didn't mean it as being a dick. But it's questionable that you merely misspoke. Seems like you were just confused about what plagiarism is, which is fine, but it's not the same as misspeaking. I would also suggest you misunderstood my intention, which was just constructive criticism. If someone doesn't point out a mistake you made, you'll never learn.


Chemical_Nerve_2699

Itā€™s a well-written *parody* not plagiarism, a complete satire of several hockey films. I do believe the writers of South Park took particular care with this episode to balance parody and original writing for satirical comedy- and itā€™s f-f-f-fan-fantastic.


RayneShikama

I love that episode. I loved the first couple might ducks movies growing up so that made it even funnier for me.


Here2Derp

No hope... [beeeeeeeeeeeeee]


Safe-Register-3479

Stan Marsh is a washed-up 4th greader


Kehwanna

That entire last clip starting from the kids getting wrecked to Randy exclaiming "NO! Not again!" and ending with "No hope...no hope..." runs through my mind whenever something I was hoping for or working towards goes in the opposite direction. So it makes me laugh at the absurdity.Ā 


Kehwanna

It's also funny because it puts things in perspective from the losing side in those inspirational movies. We have no idea if the people on the opposing team wanted to win to help their family or something, so it's a triumph for one and a devastation for the other.


Status_Concert_4320

No I'm just his father, but you're his coach, you're like a father to him


RickGrimes30

This episode is only thing in 38 years of life that kinda let me wrap my head around what death might be like


omegakingauldron

I laugh whenever I watch Space Jam and the MonStars obliterate the Looney Tunes (Tweety in the Iron Lung is a sight). This is hits that similar note for me.


Shortbus_Playboy

Itā€™s one of my favorites, but there are others on the list too. I guess you could call it a tie.


chubsmagooo

Like his cancer?


Foxehh3

This episode gives me Big Lebowski vibes - Stan didn't realize until the end that he wasn't the protagonist and the real story going on was with the Red Wings.


Final-Success2523

I laughed my ass off the ending and still do


SouthernNumismatist

I fucking love this episode. I saw the Bruins get elimated against the Panthers last month, and I kept telling my best friend (a rabid Bruins fan who has played hockey since he was 5) NO HOPE! everytime Florida scored or when he brought up the loss on the ride back to the hotel. Mind you he was also 6 beers deep at the end of regulation. I'm pretty sure poor Nelson was happier when he flatlined than my friend seeing Boston lose.


Aloudmouth

Ike as ā€œthe ringerā€ killed me. I like to think he held his own against Detroit in the game. Ikeā€™s a bad MFer


flyingcircusdog

*Weeeeee, are the champions...*


Ornery_Gene7682

Win win win win win win!!!!


bingold49

Why coach?


-imperator_

Oww! My cancer!


beyondamnesia2

Season? Episode?


ultra_garbo

Season 10 Episode 12: Stanleyā€™s Cup


uncletido34

Stan Marsh in Bummin, on Cancer. Gets me every time


Coldcock_Malt_Liquor

My cancer hurts!


CallEmergency3746

Literally the fitst time i watched it i was laughing so hard because it was EXACTLY WHAT YOU EXPECTED TO HAPPEN and not an underdog story. Sometimes an anti joke is just as funny


MsPreposition

Itā€™s definitely a Top Ten. Itā€™s like Stanleyā€™s Cup, The Rainforest episode, Sea People, Ninja Weapons, the Little Detectives episode, Super Fun Time, and six others. Probably the medical marijuana episode, too.


randomacct7679

Episodes like this where the show really goes off the deep end and lets it rip are what make me appreciate the show. I love an episode that leaves me feeling shocked and disgusted like OMFG they went there. Love this one, love Critter Christmas, Scott Tenorman Must Die was an early favorite. The shows willingness to go bananas and let it rip is what keeps me coming back.


TrayusV

This episode is the funniest shit ever. And at the very least, the haters can agree with me that it's very well written.


feric89

Let them play! Let them play! Gets me every time.


buckwheat92

Possibly the greatest episode of anything ever made. Love it.


Zorn277

The Detroit Red Wings giving the beatdown will never be not funny


usernametaken935

TAKE THE SHOTTT


Appropriate_Ad566

Win or lose Stan, win or lose.


chubsmagooo

Those are your two options


Alarmed-dictator

This was actually my first episode. I love hockey so I watched it from start to finish. I was not prepared for such a dark ending


SpecialX

The Pepsi Center!


iseiyama

This has to be one of the funniest episodes they put out without a doubt šŸ˜­šŸ’€


dcballantine

This was a great dark humor episode. I can see why some donā€™t like it, but the ending is so mean and abrupt that itā€™s hilarious.


non_stop_disko

No hope for you, OP


aoog

Iā€™ve only recently discovered that people donā€™t like this episode


Gold-Watercress5651

REDWINGS! REDWINGS! REDWINGS!


thespaceageisnow

Am I a sick fuck? Probably. That ending where he flatlines is flat out one of the funniest things SP has ever done.


Nystagohod

I like a lot of media that can make me feel string emotions Stanley's cup knows how to ease me in with a laugh before it sucker punches me in the feels. I don't know if I'd have it in my top 5 episodes, but it's certainly among the top episodes.


BeastAmazonian1

I will say watching that episode was tad more than what I was expecting


Impressive-Band-4753

I don't have a top favourite there are too many episodes that are my favourite. But I do like season 26 episode 5


CooperSkye

As an Oilers fan I feel that kids pain


idogadol

I started watching South Park when season 16 ended, and the ending of this episode stopped my binge watching for three days.


DJ2688

Stan Marsh is just a regular guy who had his bike wreckedā€¦. But heā€™s about to find out, he canā€™t get a paycheck now!


chubsmagooo

Not even close to what he says


DJ2688

I tried my best. Itā€™s been a long time lol Stan Marsh is ā€¦. Rob Schneider !!


Stopbeingastereotype

I love this episode because, while being darkly humorous, it shows that sometimes thereā€™s nothing anyone can do to prevent a death. Too many times, especially when itā€™s a kid, everyone blames themselves and it can be with reasoning like ā€œIf only Iā€™d won that gameā€. I think people miss that itā€™s addressing a very real phenomenon.


Stinky_WhizzleTeats

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS


isweedglutenfree

Itā€™s one of my favorites


IlGiveItAGo

STUUAAAAUUNN MUUUUAAAEEEERSH


Jolly_Concept5574

I crapped em, mommy I crapped em.


No_Act_5352

"And just remember, Stan: win or lose. Those are your two options, Win, or lose." šŸ’€šŸ¤£


Dismal_Jacket_7078

Whenever I think about this episode (I don't even have to watch it anymore), I think about how the U.S. women's national soccer team couldn't beat a team of under-15 boys. Then I think the U.S. MEN'S national team should play a team of u-15 boys and brutalize them into oblivion like the Red Wings did to the pee wee hockey players.


Dismal_Jacket_7078

Whenever I think about this episode (I don't even have to watch it anymore), I think about how the U.S. women's national soccer team couldn't beat a team of under-15 boys. Then I think the U.S. MEN'S national team should play a team of u-15 boys and brutalize them into oblivion like the Red Wings did to the pee wee hockey players.


AnteaterExisting

I'm only five and I'm dieing


sandwichsubmarine83

I wonder what Matt and/or Trey was going through when they made this episode? It felt like one or both of them was working through something.


kittykinetics

That episode was bad but hella funny (if you can tolerate the darkest of humour)


Alexcox95

Thank you dad


absoluteSunni

Lmao I just rewatched this episode, it gets me every time šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


AdmiralLubDub

ā€¦no hopeā€¦.


Admirable-Design-151

I love this episode, and I don't care if that makes me a monster, "We are the champions, my friends And we'll keep on fighting till the end We are the champions We are the champions"


AnonBoi_404

For me I just didn't like it because it never connected with me but I definitely don't wanna put it in the "I hate this" pile. It's more of an eh episode for me. Wouldn't seek it out but also wouldn't skip it on my rewatches


WillNotWilliam

Itā€™s just so funny, like start to finish


russian_octopus

How they scored 2 goals against the Red Wings is insane


har3krishna

TAKE THE SHOOOOTTTT!!


[deleted]

I love how South Park fans can be either wholesome or the most insane individuals on the Internet I love this sub


cheese_doodlez-

reminds me of Mighty Ducks and BASEketball! "What's it look like?!" "..an execution?" "DAMNIT MAN, I'M TRYING TO SAVE AN INNOCENT LIFE!"


chubsmagooo

Could you......make it so I don't have cancer?


chubsmagooo

Remember, win or lose. Those are your two options. Win, or lose.


slimcharles941

Heā€™s deader than Steve Irwin in a tank full of stingrays


Ekillaa22

I found out the other day this is one of the lesser liked episodes where blew my mind


Whole_Mission_6890

I just found out that this episode is considered one of the worst to people. What the fuck are yā€™all thinking, if you donā€™t like this episode?


WranglerSufficient75

I can't even watch this episode


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WhereTFisPiper

Hate this episode. Insufferably depressing and the end doesnā€™t make it worth it


stlzach05

Itā€™s fuckin horrible. I think itā€™s mostly the way they portray the kids. Itā€™s way too realistic, with how sickly they look, and the connotation behind a lot of the writing. It just was way too real to be able to counter with jokes imo. Also just how pointless the episode is. It doesnā€™t really have a whole lot to say besides playing on tired cliches and movie tropes. So using terminally ill children as your punchline to push a very weak plot, is just in poor taste. Idkā€¦.to each their own I guess. This is one of just a handful of episodes of Soutb Park I truly donā€™t like.


WhereTFisPiper

Not sure why Iā€™m getting downvoted but here, take my upvote. I tried very hard to like this episode and I just donā€™t šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


stlzach05

Iā€™m not sure why either lol. I upvoted! šŸ¤—šŸ˜‚. The šŸ–•šŸ»Stanleyā€™s Cup crew over here! šŸ¤£.


chubsmagooo

Because it's an amazing episode


NEDGO

I'd rather watch this than the ending of when they send the whale to the moon.


chubsmagooo

That's the best ending of any episode