Premiering on March 10, the “South ParQ” Vaccination Special sees a masked-up Cartman locking horns with Butters’ dad. Elsewhere, guidance counselor Mr. Mackey outlines the plot for the hour-long episode: the South Park kids are tasked with bringing all the vaccines they can to South Park Elementary. Do that, and they can “get their teacher back.” Could the Trump-style President Garrison be making a more traditional comeback after their explosive appearance in the Pandemic Special?

Butters is also present and accounted for in the South Park Vaccination Special. The show, of course, has never been shy about skewering subjects ripped from the headlines, and it’s set its sights on another contemporary target. With Butters joining the Little Qties (a parody of the QAnon group), it seems that even 2020 hasn’t blunted South Park’s topical edge.

South Park returned for a post-season 23 Pandemic Special last September, and the show has been renewed for at least three more seasons. If you’ve not come on down to Colorado for a while, you might be surprised to know that recent years has seen South Park freshen up its formula by ditching its longer seasons in favor of shorter, more serialized affairs.

However, there’s no word yet on when the full-fat season 24 is going to land on Comedy Central. Maybe we’ll get an AWESOM-O announcement shortly. In the meantime, check out the best South Park episodes.

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The auction that could see THQ’s properties sold off one by one begins today, but at least one franchise may not be up for bids. Selling South Park: The Stick of Truth to another company without the consent of South Park Studios would violate its contract, the company claims.

Polygon reports that South Park Studios filed a formal objection last week, asking the court to remove South Park: The Stick of Truth from the auction proceedings unless several conditions are met. These include compensation for at least $2.275 million in defaulted payments, express consent to the sale, and assurance of future performance. South Park Studios also wants to reserve the right to buy back the game in exchange for payment of THQ’s “actual costs.”

THQ responded, saying the license underlying The Stick of Truth was exclusive, which means federal copyright law doesn’t prohibit its transfer. THQ also said it’s “evaluating” the monetary defaults South Park Studios claims it owes.

South Park: The Stick of Truth was originally set for a March release, but was pushed back to sometime “early in fiscal 2014.” It remains to be seen how the sales process will affect THQ’s in-development properties.

We’ll let you know as soon as the results of the auction become available, but until then you can check out our thoughts on where THQ’s properties would be most at home.

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