The eighteenth season of the American animated sitcomSouth Park premiered on Comedy Central on September 24, 2014 with "Go Fund Yourself", and ended with "#HappyHolograms" on December 10, 2014, with a total of ten episodes.[1] The season featured serial elements and recurring story lines,[2] which The A.V. Club noted as an experimentation with episode-to-episode continuity, in which the episodes "explore the consequences of the boys' actions [week to week], allowing the plots to be motivated in part by their attempts to dig themselves out of a hole".[3]
As with most seasons of the show, all episodes of season 18 were written and directed by the series co-creator and co-star Trey Parker.
Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, and Butters name their new startup company "The Washington Redskins". The owner of the Washington Redskins employs desperate measures to prevent them from using the name of his football team.
The entire town of South Park is scared into going gluten-free. Following the events of the previous episode, everyone at school is angry at the boys for ditching them. Determined to win them back, they attempt to throw the "most epic party ever".
Cartman declares himself "transginger" and tries to commandeer the girls' bathroom. Meanwhile, a reporter digs for answers about the musician Lorde who is actually Randy Marsh in disguise.
Timmy launches a new ride-sharing business called Handicar and makes a lot of enemies in the process. As cab drivers and electric cars all fight Timmy for the market, it seems the future of transportation will have to be decided by Wacky Races.
Cartman and Butters get their hand on a drone and catch Craig's mom completely naked. The resulting video soon goes viral. The parents band together to form a drone-powered neighborhood watch. Butters' dad struggles with the spooky notion that his drone is haunted.
Stan is addicted to the new Terrance and Phillip mobile game. Concerned about their game's dishonest "freemium" business model, Terrance and Phillip confront the Canadian Department of Mobile Gaming.
Kenny's skills at Magic: The Gathering win him the boys' admiration until they discover a battle going on in the basement of City Wok. As South Park's police try to put a stop to this illegal sport, Randy reveals his own brand of "cock magic".
Kyle thinks he and Ike should be bonding but Ike and his friends would rather watch someone else's online commentary. While Kyle fears he has become a grandpa, Cartman capitalizes by creating a new online persona.
Kyle rallies people to follow his campaign and creates the most extravagant televised holiday spectacular ever. But with multiple holograms on the loose and Cartman trending, it takes more for Kyle to reconnect with his little brother.
