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Hmm. I’ve been thinking Sputh Park is the only show that managed to maintain orientation through the Great Weirding, with only some minor rough episodes. But they did have one major gear shift: I think Randy took over from Cartman as lead character.
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Randy turned into the lead character with City Part of Town, S19E3, September 2015. Possibly my favorite episode in recent years. Cartman kinda had an apotheosis moment with S18E9-E10, in the Cartman Brah arc where he becomes a YouTube star commenting on the show.
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The Great Weirding on South Park is marked by 6 clear evolutions 1. Randy elevated, Cartman trancended 2. Principal Victoria —> PC Principal 3. South Park gentrifying 4. Garrison morphed to Trump and *sidelined* 5. Season arcs >> episode arcs 6. Climate skepticism 180
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So you are saying the way to survive the great weirding is to be simultaneously heavily nostalgic while also holding no strong or sacred views about the past.
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