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Recap: 'South Park' Takes Aim at Tariffs, Fox News, and Labubu Dolls
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'South Park' Takes Aim at Tariffs, Fox News, and Labubu Dolls

By Dustin Rowles | TV | September 4, 2025

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This week’s episode of South Park touched on tariffs and the bizarre Satanic devotion girls have to Labubu dolls, but it bared its sharpest fangs at Fox News, specifically the network’s slide into immorality under the current administration.

To wit: Butters is invited to a birthday party by Red, though the invitation comes with strings attached. Red wants a special and rare Labubu doll. The Internet, as some may recall, thinks Labubu dolls are demonic, which is exactly how they’re depicted on South Park. When the girls get a new Labubu doll, they perform a dark, Satanic ritual that has the school counselor—Jesus—on edge.

Butters is determined to find the rare Labubu doll (because he thinks it means Red will have sex with him) and goes to what was formerly The Wok Store (but “Wok is dead,” because Asians say “Wok”) and is now a City Asian Pop-Up Store (get it, because Asians supposedly pronounce City as Sh*tty?). Yeah, you have to swallow some racism with your political commentary on South Park). Anyway, the Labubus come in mystery boxes that cost $85 because of the tariffs. Butters doesn’t get the rare one on the first try, so he buys another. When that fails too, he gives up and heads to the store’s claw machine, where he eventually wins the rare Labubu doll. Much to the dismay of the store clerk, because it’s a prize and now the store has to swallow the tariffs.

All of this is really a setup to skewer Fox News, which isn’t interested in talking about tariffs or any other administration policies. They only want to know if Trump is f**king Satan. Fox News, now the only channel with presidential access, is basically 24/7 on this Trump-Satan sex story.

Meanwhile, at the White House, Satan just wants out of the relationship but, for mysterious reasons, can’t leave. Later we find out why. After Red performs her ritual with the rare Labubu doll, it summons both Satan and Trump to Colorado. The girls are crushed to learn the dolls’ magic is just summoning Donald Trump and immediately lose interest in the dolls.

Jesus confronts Satan, demanding he leave the White House. Satan insists he cannot and finally reveals why: he’s pregnant. With Trump’s butt baby. Yes. His butt baby.

The joke, however, is that Fox News is over the moon. They’re ecstatic. Kid Rock is literally crying with joy. Fox News — like the rest of MAGA America — has tossed aside any pretense of morality and gone all in on evil, up to and including worshipping Satan and blessing his relationship with Trump.

So yeah, Satan is going to have Trump’s butt baby. And Fox News is thrilled. That’s your takeaway.