History WesternAnimation / SouthParkPostCovid

* NeverMyFault: Both Stan and Randy refuse to take responsibility for the deaths of Sharon and Shelly and instead blame the other.

* AmicableExes: Wendy and Stan seems to be this as adults. Wendy is excited to see Stan and happily introduces her new husband to him, while Stan doesn't show any animosity towards Wendy and remains polite with her throughout.

* FormerlyFat: The seemingly fit Clyde Donovan is shown to be very pudgy as an adult.

* SecondLove: Both Wendy and Cartman first started off dating Stan and Heidi respectively during their childhoods. They are now HappilyMarried with Darwin and Yentl, two completely different people.

* AwfullyWeddedLife:

** Tweek and Craig are shown to be a loving and functional guy married couple.

* SelfMadeMan: Kenny went from a poor hid coming from a broken home to a really rich scientist upon adulthood.

* AwfullyWeddedLife: {{Parodied}}. Stan seems be stuck in a miserable marriage with a nagging and demeaning woman who reveals herself to be just an Amazon Alexa he bought.

** Jimmy complaining about what jokes he can and can't tell is an obvious potshot at comedians who think they can't say anything and only want to resort to cheap stereotype jokes because they don't know much else and then complain about "cancel culture".

* NeverMyFault: Both Kyle and Randy refuse to take responsibility for the deaths of Sharon and Shelly and instead blame the other.

* AccidentalMurder: It is revealed that shortly after the Pandemic ended, Sharon told Randy that she wanted to divorce him and the two would constantly argue about it since it would mean each would get half of Tegridy Farms. Stan burned down the farm to make their parents stop arguing, but he didn't realize Shelly had been locked up in a barn by Randy for not doing her chores, accidentally killing her. The grief of Shelly's death [[DrivenToSuicide caused Sharon to shoot herself]].

* JadedWashout: Adult Stan is cynical and lonely, having left most of his friends behind in South Park, lost most of his family except his detestable dad, and has turned to alcoholism. He's reluctant to return to adventures with Kyle and the gang because he thinks it's childish.

* TakeThat: Jimmy complaining about what jokes he can and can't tell is an obvious potshot at comedians who think they can't say anything and only want to resort to cheap stereotype jokes because they don't know much else and then complain about "cancel culture".

This "exclusive event" for Creator/ParamountPlus flashes forward forty years in the future to show how the children of South Park have grown up and coped with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

* GenerationXerox: Cartman's son looks and speaks exactly like Cartman did as a child.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: A running theme in the future is that society makes more efforts towards diversity and togetherness, sometimes to aggressive extents. For example, Jimmy can't tell any jokes on his late night show that could possibly offend audiences, and restaurants don't sell meat.

* ShipSinking: After years of on-again off-again teasing, it's clear that Stan and Wendy are not a couple as adults, as Wendy has a husband and Stan hasn't lived in South Park for years.

* WhamLine: "In the event of Dr. [=McCormick=]'s death, he wants everyone to know the group that is responsible for the way things are. It is quote, 'My three dickhead friends, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman.'"
--> "Wait! Dr. [=McCormick=], you forgot your chin diaper!" [[note]]To put into context, there was no cover-up about how Kenny really died. When he returned to his time he made a brief cough, revealing that he did in fact die of the COVID Delta Plus Rewards Program variant.[[/note]]

* WhamLine: "In the event of Dr. McCormick's death, he wants everyone to know the group that is responsible for the way things are. It is quote, 'My three dickhead friends, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman.'"
--> "Wait! Dr. McCormick, you forgot your chin diaper!" [[note]]To put into context, there was no cover-up about how Kenny really died. When he returned to his time he made a brief cough, revealing that he did in fact die of the COVID Delta Plus Rewards Program variant.[[/note]]

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: A running theme in the future is that society makes more efforts towards diversity and togetherness. For example, Jimmy can't tell any jokes on his late night show that could possibly offend audiences.

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South Park: Post COVID is a standalone movie for Paramount Plus. The movie shows Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman as adults.
[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eh-8T1_QU-U Teaser trailer]]

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