ArkaEvren
South Park: The Stick of Truth

GAME · 2014 · USA

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Developer
Obsidian Entertainment, South Park Digital Studios
Platforms
PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows

37 archived facts 4 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Nov 2026

  • South Park: The Stick of Truth — production image

37 Interesting Facts About South Park: The Stick of Truth

Interesting Facts (19)

  1. #001

    During class selection, Cartman makes different (and racist) remarks for certain classes depending on the New Kid/Douchebag's skin color. For example, having a "spray-tan" color and highlighting the Jew class will make Cartman say: "A Jew from New Jersey, just like Kyle's mom."

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  2. #002

    While the New Kid/Douchebag is exploring Mr. Slave's colon, he can summon Mr. Slave in battle even though the fight takes place inside Mr. Slave's body. Doing so earns an achievement/reward called "Inside Joke."

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  3. #003

    In an episode of the South Park series, Butters angrily asks why anyone would want to preorder a video game. His rant was immediately followed by a Stick of Truth commercial featuring the phrase "Preorder now!"

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  4. #004

    The short banjo tune from the commercial break stings in the actual show plays when a save file is loaded.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  5. #005

    If you spend more than 3 turns farting on Kenny's balls at the end of the boss fight, Kenny will turn on Cartman, kill him and start eating his brain. This triggers an instant game over.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  6. #006

    Nothing from the E3 2012 trailer (when the game was still in development with THQ) appears in the final game. These included: Mr. Garrison dying, vampire kids and crab people as enemy opponents (only one crab person appears and the vampire kids appear in a few cutscenes), and a giant version of Clyde.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  7. #007

    The girls' headquarters is decorated with pictures of Corbin Bleu, Orlando Bloom, Zac Efron, Nick Jonas and Justin Timberlake.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  8. #008

    Douchebag's fake passport shows that he is "Larry Donald Bobinsky" from Cleveland, Ohio. DOB: May 2, 1965.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  9. #009

    If you don't kill the hall monitor boss before calling your parents, your parents will punish you. This is an instant game over.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  10. #010

    The main character speaks only one line, and it is said at the end of the game.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  11. #011

    A trailer showed Randy teaching at Nagasaki. In the actual game, you learn this fart after showing Terrence and Philip that you can do the other three as well. Randy only teaches the Sneaky Squeaker.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  12. #012

    Among all versions of this game released in different countries, the North American version is the only one with no censorship in any of its cutscenes.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  13. #013

    The final battle with Kenny is the only battle in which all five party members can be used at the same time without being swapped out.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  14. #014

    The four major authority figures you must fart on for an achievement are Father Maxi, Mayor McDaniels, Principal Victoria and the Minister of Montreal.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  15. #015

    You can earn two achievements depending on whom you fight at school. You can fight either Cartman or Kyle. Fighting one of them unlocks an achievement and continues the main story.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  16. #016

    While searching the control consoles on the Alien Spaceship, one of them plays a combination that is impossible to remember. If you fail twice on the third one, a two-button combination that is easier to remember will be generated. Whether or not you start a new game, the first two combinations always change.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  17. #017

    If you select Douchebag twice on the name selection screen, you earn an achievement.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  18. #018

    If you get plastic surgery at Tom's Rhinoplasty, NPCs randomly ask questions about the results or pay you compliments.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  19. #019

    The game's opening cinematic is a tribute to Ralph Bakshi's animated "The Lord of the Rings" film.

    INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED

    ShareReport

Production Story (15)

  1. #020

    Trey Parker, a fan of Obsidian games such as Fallout: New Vegas, wanted South Park: The Stick of Truth to be a role-playing video game, a genre he and Matt Stone had enjoyed since childhood.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  2. #021

    Parker and Stone required that South Park: The Stick of Truth replicate the show's visual style; Parker's initial concept was a South Park take on the 2011 fantasy role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and he estimated his first script at 500 pages.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  3. #022

    Parker and Stone were not involved in earlier licensed South Park games such as South Park (1998) and South Park Rally (2000), later criticized their quality, and their negative reaction made them protective of the property, leading to greater involvement in The Stick of Truth and refusals to license the series for new ventures.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  4. #023

    Parker and Stone's company initially financed South Park: The Stick of Truth because they believed a game tied to the controversial television show would struggle to attract publisher support without content restrictions being imposed. The early funding was meant to let Obsidian build enough of the game to present a fuller concept to potential publishers.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  5. #024

    In March 2012, Microsoft canceled Obsidian's Xbox One project codenamed "North Carolina" after seven months of development, leading to the layoff of between 20 and 30 employees, some of whom were members of the South Park: The Stick of Truth team.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  6. #025

    The publishing rights to South Park: The Stick of Truth were auctioned in late December 2012, and developer Obsidian was not informed of the sale until the auction was announced.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  7. #026

    South Park Digital Studios objected to the auction, arguing that THQ lacked the authority to sell the publishing rights and had only been granted exclusive use of certain South Park trademarks and copyrights.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  8. #027

    Within three weeks of acquiring the rights, Ubisoft determined that South Park: The Stick of Truth needed significant changes and delayed its release by six months to March 2014.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  9. #028

    While the South Park show is animated in Autodesk Maya, Obsidian created the game's assets and animations in Adobe Flash. The game's initial influence was Skyrim, with further inspiration from the 1995 role-playing game EarthBound.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  10. #029

    Parker and Stone cited the blended 2D/3D visuals of Paper Mario and the silent protagonist Link from The Legend of Zelda series as design inspirations for South Park: The Stick of Truth. The characters' costumes and classes were drawn from the 2002 South Park episode "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers".

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  11. #030

    The creators expressed hope that South Park: The Stick of Truth would amount to more than a collection of funny South Park scenes.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  12. #031

    Jordan Thomas, a creative consultant on South Park: The Stick of Truth, said that a healthy counterbalance to pushing boundaries was asking whether the team could make a moment funnier, and the answer was often yes.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  13. #032

    During development, South Park: The Stick of Truth went through several changes, including an early version with five playable classes — Paladin, Wizard, Rogue, Adventurer, and Jew — before the final game settled on four: Fighter, Thief, Mage, and Jew.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  14. #033

    In South Park: The Stick of Truth, the Crab People had a larger role and shared a demilitarized zone with the Underpants Gnomes, though only one Crab Person appears in the final game, and Mr. Hankey and his family lived in a large Christmas-themed village that became a small house in the town's sewers.

    PRODUCTION STORY · MILD SPOILER · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  15. #034

    According to Urquhart, when development of South Park: The Stick of Truth began, video games were less protected by freedom of speech laws than other media, restricting the content that could be included; under THQ's publishing deal, planned Xbox 360 features such as Kinect voice commands and exclusive DLC packs were not present in the Ubisoft release.

    PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED

    ShareReport

Characters & Cast (1)

  1. #035

    When the player wakes up at U-Stor-It, you can hear the song "Montage" from "Team America: World Police," which the creators of South Park starred in, produced and wrote.

    CHARACTERS & CAST · SOURCED

    ShareReport

Deeper Meaning (2)

  1. #036

    Because displaying the swastika is illegal in Germany, the game was initially not going to be released there at all. In the end they decided to delay and censor the game in Germany. In the German version, there is said to be a way to break the game and see the symbol at one point.

    DEEPER MEANING · SOURCED

    ShareReport
  2. #037

    The confrontation with Jimmy is the only time Tweek, Token and Craig work alongside you. Craig joins Clyde's side in the castle, while Tweek and Token do not fight you in the stage battle. They only appear in the cutscenes before the final boss fight.

    DEEPER MEANING · SOURCED

    ShareReport

Sources & editorial notes

Sources for the entries on this page

  1. Wikipedia South Park: The Stick of Truth — WikipediaEncyclopedia · accessed 18 Sep 2026

Information from external sources is independently selected, consolidated and edited by Arka Evren. Sources are listed for verification and further reading. Encyclopedia text is used under its licence (CC BY-SA). How we work