History WesternAnimation / SouthParkTheStreamingWarsPart2

** By the end, Cartman still thinks that it's his job to keep his mom "in line", not having learned his lesson throughout the whole of ''The Streaming Wars''.

** A unique example as they're taking a shot at themselves. During Randy's song, he mentions that he has become a one note character in reference to complaints about him since the Tegridy storyline started. He also mentions to Steve that Tegridy "destroyed (his) character", again referencing said complaints.

* TakeThatUs: During Randy's song, he mentions that he has become a one note character in reference to complaints about him since the Tegridy storyline started. He also mentions to Steve that Tegridy "destroyed (his) character", again referencing said complaints.

* JerkassRealization: After seeing his Karen rampage on TV, Randy finally realizes how far he's fallen from being a decent geologist to a weed-smoking, selfish jerk that made problems even worse, and he's not wrong. For the last couple of seasons, Randy gave his family, the town, and the entire world nothing but grief in his pursuit of money. He uprooted his family to a farm they didn't want to live at, terrorized South Park by killing cows and breaking into former neighbors' backyards, and started the COVID-19 pandemic when he tried to sell out to the Chinese.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Along with Part 1, the episode compares sloppy water conservation with the content splurge done with the various streaming services. The argument presented is that both are unsustainable due to over-paying those who create/provide the content and hoping consumers assimilate everything without moderation, while Pi-Pi's plan is to corner a low value, alternative option once the quality water has run dry. This was quite prescient, as at the same time these episodes aired Warner Brothers announced a massive restructuring of Creator/HBOMax and Creator/WarnerBrothersDiscovery that included cancelling a near completed ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} film as a tax write-off because it wasn't intended for theatrical release. This in turn was a watershed moment that revealed how much other streaming services were bleeding out, as others would start dropping content to save money.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Along with Part 1, the episode compares sloppy water conservation with the content splurge done with the various streaming services. The argument presented is that both are unsustainable due to over-paying those who create/provide the content and hoping consumers assimilate everything without moderation, while Pi-Pi's plan is to corner a low value, alternative option once the quality water has run dry. This was quite prescient, as at the same time these episodes aired Warner Brothers announced a massive restructuring of Creator/HBOMax and Creator/DiscoveryPlus that included cancelling a near completed ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} film as a tax write-off because it wasn't intended for theatrical release. This in turn was a watershed moment that revealed how much other streaming services were bleeding money, as others would drop content to save money.

* GagBoobs: Cartman and a sizable number of women in town have ridiculously oversized breast implants, with the latter also having enough work done on their lips to make their mouths look like babboon asses.

* MsFanservice: [=ManBearPig's=] wife, [=PigBearGirl=], counts as this. She's a CuteMonsterGirl that only wears a FurBikini which shows off her [[BuxomIsBetter large breasts]] and ImpossibleHourGlassFigure.

* HesBack: After spending around 4 seasons being a selfish and entitled weed farmer, Randy returns to his old self using his knowledge as a geologist to solve to drought crisis in Colorado.

* FanDisservice: The audience is subjected to numerous shots focusing on Cartman's {{Gainaxing}} breasts, culminating in an uncensored shot of them.

* ShoutOut: Randy using his Thanksgiving Special mirrors a scene in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' in which Dr. Strange uses his spell.

** Randy's Karen actions continue the previous special's scathing critique of, well, [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife Karens]]. In the beginning of the episode, and in his "full nuclear Karen" form, he even has the "Karen cut". It's also telling that, of all the horrible things he's done over the past few years (including terrorism, murder, allying himself with the Chinese, inhumanely slaughtering animals, illegally dealing drugs, and starting a global pandemic), the realisation of him being a Karen is enough for him to pull a HeelFaceTurn for good.

* BlatantLies: The celebrities are clearly struggling to consume the pee in their ads (Creator/ReeseWitherspoon even throws up during her appearances), but are just trucking through it for the money.

** After managing to make peace with [=ManBearPig=], Stan points out that if they don't learn how to deal with [=ManBearPig's=] son, they will end up with the exact same problems as they have been throughout ''The Streaming Wars.'' Randy, and by extension the rest of the adults, just shrugs it off as "sound[ing] really hard" and are content with having enough water for the summmer.

* AccidentalHero: Through Cartman's breast implants, he indirectly provides Randy the solution to have enough water to sustain the people of South Park and save the town from the drought.

* JerkassRealization: After seeing his Karen rampage on TV, Randy finally realizes how far he's fallen from being a decent geologist to a weed-smoking, selfish jerk that made problems even worse, and he's not wrong.

* IgnoredEpiphany: By the end, Cartman still thinks that it's his jobs to keep his mom "in line", not having learned his lesson throughout the whole of ''The Streaming Wars''.

* BitingTheHandHumor: This special continues using Pi-Pi as an allegory for Creator/ParamountPlus, referring to his streaming (pee) service as [=PiPi+=].

* SkewedPriorities: It's baffling that, after committing domestic terrorism, murder, backing a communist government, and starting a global pandemic, it's only ''now'' that Randy finally realizes the error of his ways when he goes Nuclear Karen on the town.

** Randy recalls to Stan his previous contributions as a geologist, such as [[Recap/SouthParkS1E3Volcano reporting on the eruption of a nearby volcano]] and [[Recap/SouthParkS9E8TwoDaysBeforeTheDayAfterTomorrow warning of an imminent "global warming"]].
** A clip from the former episode is also shown when Randy watches it while speaking with the Mayor.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Cartman as usual, concluding that Mr. Cussler's murder means that Tolkien is having sex with Liane. [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad It's the only logical explanation]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Urine is obviously not a valid substitute for water, as the celebrities who endorse [=PiPi+=] find out the hard way.
** To combat the drought, Randy submits a proposal for a pipeline that will bring saltwater from the Pacific Ocean all the way to Denver where it will be filtered for human consumption. Everyone thinks it's a perfect plan... until, in an aversion of ArtisticLicensePhysics, they realize that between the hundreds of miles between the two points as well as the elevation of the Rocky Mountains, it's impossible to generate enough water pressure to keep the water flowing through the entire pipeline.

* YouAreGrounded: Butters' parents send him to his room after he's blamed for starting his own streaming service and causing disaster.

* BittersweetEnding: The special ends with Pi-Pi killed and his EvilPlan in ruins while the town has enough water for the summer and Randy's back to his old self. However, [=ManBearPig=] is still on the loose, and South Park's residents ignore the threat he and his family will bring about in the future, while Cartman's feud with his mother continues, and they both still live in a hot dog.