In an episode bursting with audacious satire, South Park Season 27’s Episode 3, “Sickofancy,” takes viewers on a surreal, multi-front attack on modern absurdities.
The episode opens with Randy Marsh’s Tegridy Farms losing its entire Hispanic workforce to an ICE raid, save for Towelie. In desperation, Randy turns to ChatGPT—his business partner in absurdity—and the duo rebrands their marijuana operation as “Techridy.” Fuelled by ketamine microdoses and AI feedback that inflates every half-baked idea, they spiral into a buzzword-addled frenzy of start-up clichés.
Meanwhile, the episode shifts to a militarized Washington, D.C., visually underscored by military vehicles and National Guard, satirizing Trump’s capital—perfect for Towelie’s misguided tourism.
At the White House, a grotesque parade of queen-level smooching ensues: Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, the Emir of Qatar, and other tech moguls—depicted as obsequious sycophants—present gifts to Trump while assuring him he does not have a small penis. This nauseating pandering lands as a scathing commentary on the way tech billionaires court political power.
The episode’s final blow: Towelie, presented as a holographic gift, is whisked away to Trump’s bathroom to be used literally as a towel. Back at home, Randy—hungover from his ketamine-and-AI binge—discovers the farm is in dire financial straits. Ultimately, the Marsh family makes the darkly comedic decision to sell the farm, marking an end to Tegridy’s glory.
Through its absurdist plot, “Sickofancy” skewers tech-bro culture, AI dependency, immigration enforcement, political theater, and blind sycophancy—all in a half-hour of chaos.
