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Fan Question: What’s the story behind Al Gore and ManBearPig?

June 30, 2014 / 8:00 PM

Fan Question: I know there’s usually stories that inspire South Park episodes and jokes, is there anything like that behind Al Gore and ManBearPig?

Answer: Yep, there definitely is. Al Gore came out with a documentary called “An Inconvenient Truth” right around the time that episode came out (in 2006). In it, Gore preaches about the super-cereal affect of global warming and how he’s really serious, and no one is listening to him.

In simpler words, ManBearPig is an allegory for Global Warming. Watch this clip, it might make a little more sense now. EXCELSIOR!!

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>> Stream the full “ManBearPig” episode here.
>> You can also see Al Gore spreading ManBearPig awareness in our new videogame, “South Park: The Stick of Truth”!

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