History WesternAnimation / SouthParkPostCovid

* FanDisservice: The scene where Kenny's nude, uncensored and pudgy corpse is ''covered in rats'' and Stan shoves his hand in Kenny's ''rectum'' to retrieve a flash drive. To add further disgust, the flash drive is covered in feces, which causes Cartman to [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomit]].

** Token ends up joining law enforcement as a detective, despite ([[InternalReformist or maybe because of]]) all the times he was unfairly targeted by Park County Police as a kid just for being black.

* NonIdleRich: Token is now a police detective after growing up in a wealthy household.

** Token is pushing 50 years old just like the other fourth graders, but he looks significantly younger than the others due to the fact he still has a full head of hair with no greys, no visible wrinkles, and is still in good shape.
** Like Token, Kyle is also pushing 50, but looks like he's only in his thirties.

* BeardOfAwesome: Both Adult Kyle and Adult Kenny have these.

* BadassBeard: Both Adult Kyle and Adult Kenny have these.

* BlandNameProduct: As seen by her jacket, Bebe appears to work for a company named Mary May. A spoof to the real-life cosmetics company Mary Kay.

** Adult Kenny has also visibly put on a lot of weight, as a result of being rich enough to likely obtain that status.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Stan and Kyle agree to fix the future, Cartman leaves the lab and flees with his family admitting that he doesn't want the future change, while implying that he plans to stop the two in their efforts in doing so.

** By the end, Cartman is willing to prevent Stan and Kyle from going to the past to stop COVID, save Kenny, and create a better future, just so that he won't loose his happy life.

** Eric Cartman, the racist, sexist, sociopathic, anti-semitic nine year old has somehow grown up as the most well-adjusted adult who converted to Orthodox Judaism with a very happy marriage, loving kids and has the title of Rabbi. Kyle seems successful but lives alone, and his obsession with Cartman pulling a elaborate prank on him is implied to be somewhat motivated by jealousy. Stan is the worst of all, existing as a bitter alcoholic who moved away from South Park -- even his Alexa AI can't stand him at this point (either that or Stan himself programmed her to be like that).

* EccentricMillionaire: Kenny manages to break free from his impoverished upbringing and becomes a brilliant, world renowned philanthropist who also dresses like a homeless guy.

** When everyone learns Clyde isn't vaccinated, he tells them that he wants to have more research on the effects before he gets it. Craig points out they've had ''40 years'' worth of data and research on the vaccines at this point.

* {{Cyberpunk}}: While it's more humorous and has a brighter looking aesthetic than most examples, it still could be considered this. It takes place in a BadFuture where advance technology has dominated every aspect of life, crime has now runs gotten out of control due to a lack of police force, and COVID is still running rampant throughout. The retirement home even makes a giant reference to ''Film/BladeRunner'' another example of cyberpunk.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While there are still funny moments in this special, the setting is a ''lot'' more bleak and dramatic than the usual ''fare''.

** Eric Cartman, the racist, sexist, sociopathic nine year old has somehow grown up as the most well-adjusted adult with a happy marriage and loving kids. Kyle seems successful but lives alone, and his obsession with Cartman pulling a elaborate prank on him is implied to be somewhat motivated by jealousy. Stan is the worst of all, existing as a bitter alcoholic who moved away from South Park -- even his Alexa AI can't stand him at this point (either that or Stan himself programmed her to be like that).

** Kenny died shortly before the special, and his death is what kickstarts the plot. While Kenny dying is [[TheyKilledKennyAgain nothing unusual]], this is one of the few times where his death is taken seriously by his friends and the first time [[Recap/SouthParkS5E13KennyDies in 20 years]] that his death ''sticks''.

** Anti-Vaxxer mentality is described as "shellfishness".

** Eric Cartman, the racist, sexist, sociopathic nine year old has grown up as the most well-adjusted adult with a happy marriage and loving kids. Kyle seems successful but lives alone, and his obsession with Cartman pulling a elaborate prank on him is implied to be somewhat motivated by jealousy. Stan is the worst of all, existing as a bitter alcoholic who moved away from South Park -- even his Alexa AI can't stand him at this point (either that or Stan himself programmed her to be like that).

* ReformedBully: Cartman mellowed out a lot during the pandemic, going from a vicious antisemite to a soft-spoken Jewish rabbi and family man. Kyle is incredibly suspicious of it, and the audience is left unclear if it's even genuine. At the very least, he does seem to love his kids and wife.

** Downplayed with Cartman, who is a rabbi and a family man, but it's still quite a step up from his life as a child psycho. Not to mention he's a lot better off than Stan, and while Kyle seems to be doing rather well, he's single, unlike Cartman who is married.

* TookALevelInKindness: Cartman has gone from a selfish, manipulative, antisemitic child psycho to a ''rabbi'' and loving family man... but Kyle only sees this as an elaborate con.

* MaleFrontalNudity: We see a middle-aged Kenny's uncensored and completely uncircumcised penis as his nude corpse is exposed in a morgue.

* PsychopathicManchild: If Kyle is right in that Cartman really hasn't changed and just convert to Judaism and created a family solely to humiliate Kyle, then that would be extremely petty and immature for someone over 40 years old.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Adult Craig looks exactly like his father did 40 years prior aside from having black hair instead of his father's red.

* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: It's mentioned that it’s been 40 years since the pandemic, putting the setting somewhere around 2060.

* WholePlotReference: The setup for the special is obviously a spoof of ''Film/ItChapterTwo''. A group of friends that slowly drifted apart are brought back together to their original town, and are inspired by the death of one of their friends to fight back against the threat over said town, reconnecting in the process.

!!''South Park: Post Covid'' provides examples of...

* NeverTrustATrailer: While not as much as the previous Covid specials, there wasn't much shown in previews to tempt people to sign up for Paramount+, there were a couple differences from what was shown in trailers and the final product.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ike, Heidi, Timmy, Towelie, and the PC Babies don't make an appearance, nor are they mentioned at all for that matter.
** [[spoiler: Part 2 reveals that Ike moved back to Canada at some point, which is why he's no longer living in South Park. Though he does visit Kyle for the holidays.]]

* InkSuitActor: Stan and Kyle's adult selves look just like Trey Parker and Matt Stone, respectively.

** Kenny died shortly before the special, and his death is what kickstarts the plot. While Kenny dying is [[TheyKilledKennyAgain nothing unusual]], this is one of the few times where his death is taken seriously by his friends and the first time [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SouthParkS5E13KennyDies in 20 years]] that his death ''sticks''.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Cartman's children become more and more antagonistic towards Kyle over the course of the special. While Kyle has very good reasons to be distrustful of Cartman, from the kids' point of view, Kyle is a complete stranger who keeps insulting and lashing out at their beloved father.

* RealityEnsues: Cartman's children become more and more antagonistic towards Kyle over the course of the special. While Kyle has very good reasons to be distrustful of Cartman, from the kids' point of view, Kyle is a complete stranger who keeps insulting and lashing out at their beloved father.