The show is never overwhelmingly scary, but it plays on a lot of classic horror tropes, and for all the laughs there are along the way, each episode has a palpably eerie atmosphere, with a thick layer of fog draped over every spooky environment. The 1980s were a golden age of high-concept cartoons — Transformers, ThunderCats, The Real Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe — but in 1989, a grounded family sitcom came along and blew them all out of the water. From King of the Hill to Batman: The Animated Series, there were plenty of great animated shows on the air in the ‘90s, but South Park is the only ‘90s cartoon that’s still just as relevant today as it was when it premiered.
Author: Ben Sherlock
Published at: 2025-09-17 22:30:19
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