South Park was first released on home video in the United States on DVD and VHS by Rhino Home Video (subsidiary of Warner Music Group) in 1998,[1] but these releases soon went out of print. They were then released in Europe starting in the year 2000. They were later re-released in the United States, starting in 2002. Paramount Home Entertainment (a sister company to Comedy Central) began releasing the seasons in Australia in October 2007.
Each of the box sets for the first 16 seasons has three discs, reduced to two discs starting with season 17. This article contains information on these season sets. In addition, a variety of compilations and special discs have also been produced, which are also detailed here.
Release Dates: November 12, 2002 (United States), 7 May 2001 (Europe), May 13, 2003 (Canada) [Rated 14A], June 29, 2004 (UK and United States Re-Release), October 4, 2007 (Australia), October 22, 2007 (UK – Re-Release), November 21, 2017 (United States – Blu-ray Disc)
Special Features: Episode introductions from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, "O Holy Night" and "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" music videos, "A South Park Thanksgiving" charity sketch, original television promos, and special material recorded at the CableACE awards.
Other Information: Full-Length commentaries were recorded for the set, but were declined because the creators believed they were of poor quality. However, for a short period of time, they were available through a mail-order offer. The commentaries are also available to download from Trey Parker's official website. Early editions of the set list the episodes in a different order to how they appear on the DVDs, which was fixed on later manufacturing runs.
Special Features: Episode introductions from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, television promos, "Goin' Down To South Park" documentary and a music video, "Chocolate Salty Balls".
Other Information: During the recording of the commentary for Season 3, the creators announced that they found most of the episodes in Season 2 to be poor, in retrospect. This is the only season of South Park where no commentaries are known to have been recorded. A special offer, giving away a copy of the original cut of "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" alongside the set, was available by pre-ordering the set at Best Buy. The front cover includes an image of Cartman dressed as a policeman from the episode "Chickenlover". in the UK this marks the first South Park related DVD to be given a 12 rating by the BBFC. Disc 3 is rated 12 while Disc 1 and 2 are rated 15. so far afterwards anything South Park related is rated 15, until Season 7 when it gets an 18 rating due to the audio commentaries (the episodes are only rated 15).
Release Dates: June 18, 2001 (Europe), December 16, 2003 (United States), June 29, 2004 (UK), 17 March 2008 (UK – Re-Release), 20 March 2008 (Australia), November 21, 2017 (United States – Blu-ray Disc)
Special Features: DVD Previews, Mini-Commentaries from the creators, which last around four-five minutes each.
Other Information: The set was originally rated 18 in the UK, Canada and Ireland, due to the content of the final episode, World Wide Recorder Concert (which contains references to child molestation). It was re-rated 15 in the UK upon its re-release in 2008, although in Ireland it is still rated 18. It also remains un-rated in the United States. Also the first season to receive an MA15+ by Australia for "Strong Sexual References and Crude Humor". The picture on the front of the box is taken from the episode "Chinpokomon".
Release Dates: June 29, 2004 (UK and United States), 2 March 2008 (Australia), 17 March 2008 (UK – Re-Release), November 21, 2017 (United States – Blu-ray Disc)
Special Features: Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies
Other Information: The Set was rated 14A in Canada and is the first season to be rated R13 in New Zealand. The picture on the cover is from the episode "Something You Can Do With Your Finger". It is the first (and only) season to feature the boys not wearing their normal clothes.
Release Dates: February 22, 2005 (United States), October 22, 2007 (UK), March 5, 2009 (Australia), November 21, 2017 (United States – Blu-ray Disc)
Special Features: DVD Previews, Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies
Other Information: The Set was rated a 14A in Canada. While not specified, it can be assumed that the picture on the front of the cover is meant to be from the episode "Cripple Fight".
Special Features: Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies, DVD Previews
Other Information: Like the previous season, it is not obvious which episode is meant to be represented on the front of the box but it is probably "Professor Chaos" due to the style in which the number of the season is written and the look on Butter's face.
Special Features: Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies, DVD Previews
Other Information: Season 7 is one of the 3 seasons to be released in the UK to be rated an 18 by the BBFC, the others being season 20 and season 22. This was due to use of the word "c*nt" in the commentary for the episode "Raisins". The episodes themselves are only a 15.The basic design of the packaging changes, beginning with this season. The box itself is the first not to feature Cartman, and the first to feature other characters (Jimmy and Timmy). It is the only set to be released in Digipak form, with a hole in the front of the box to allow the buyer to see Stan, Kyle and Kenny. Previously, each of the discs in each set portrayed one specific character – however, each disc from Season 7 shows a different character.
Release Dates: August 29, 2006 (United States), September 15, 2008 (UK), December 19, 2017 (United States – Blu-ray Disc)
Special Features: Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies, DVD Previews
Other Information: The theme of different characters on each disc continues with this season – with each disc showing a picture that is relevant to the episodes on it. The box shows Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny dressed up as Ninjas, from episode 1, Good Times With Weapons.
Special Features: Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies, DVD Previews
Other Information: Season 9 is the first season to have 'Violence' written as part of the BBFC warning. The set was rated a 15 in the UK and Ireland, and 18A in Canada. The picture on the box is from the Emmy award-winning "Best Friends Forever" and the controversial episode "Trapped In The Closet".
Special Features: Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies, DVD Previews
Other Information: The Set contained a 14-Day trial for World of Warcraft, the game parodied in Episode 8. Target released a special edition of the set, with a lenticular cover and three exclusive postcards. The somewhat obscure cover picture is from the episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft"
Special Features: Mini-Commentaries, Comedy Central Quickies, DVD Previews
Other Information: Every episode is uncensored for the first time. At the time of the set first being advertised, it was rumoured it would be released with a three-song download pack for Rock Band, but this was later found to be incorrect. Target released a special edition of the set, with a lenticular cover and three exclusive postcards. The box art for the regular edition feature Stan and Kyle playing guitars from the episode "Guitar Queer-o". It is the only season to feature just two characters on the cover.
Release Dates: March 10, 2009 (United States), May 25, 2009 (UK – Blu-ray Disc), October 19, 2009 (UK – DVD), May 14, 2009 (Australia – Blu-ray Disc), October 1, 2009 (Australia – DVD)
Special Features: Uncensored audio, Mini-Commentaries, "Six Days To South Park" Documentary, Behind The Scenes Of "Major Boobage" and "About Last Night"
Other Information: The Set was released with a code to collect a Digital Copy of all fourteen episodes, available for download to an MP4 or iPod. The US edition also came with an exclusive preview booklet of "The South Park Guide To Life". The box art represents the third episode in the season: "Major Boobage".
Release Dates: March 17, 2010 (United States), March 29, 2010 (UK – Blu-ray Disc), May 6, 2010 (Australia – Blu-ray Disc), September 27, 2010 (UK – Standard DVD), October 7, 2010 (Australia – Standard DVD)
Special Features: Uncensored audio, Mini-Commentaries, A Behind The Scenes Tour Of South Park Studios, Deleted Scenes. While somewhat unclear, the cover art is from episode 7 of the season:"Fatbeard".
Release Dates: April 26, 2011 (United States), August 11, 2011 (Australia – Standard DVD)
Special Features: Uncensored audio (with the exception of 201, which appears as it did when it originally aired on Comedy Central), Mini-Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, and the season thirteen episode "The Coon"
The Region 2 & 4 releases of "South Park – The Complete Fourteenth Season" has had both "200" and "201" removed for undisclosed reasons, despite the packaging claiming that all fourteen episodes are included in the set.
Special Features: Deleted Scenes, Mini-Commentaries, Behind The Scenes of "City Sushi" and the documentary "Six Days To Air – The Making Of South Park"
The cover is based on the 12th episode of the season "1%"
Other information: This is one of the 2 seasons so far to be rated 18 in the UK for the content of the episodes themselves, not additional material, the other season being 22.[70]
Special Features: Two theatrical trailers and a teaser trailer. Some DVDs also included the "What Would Brian Boitano Do? (Part 2)" music video. The Blu-ray version included a full length audio commentary (with Parker, Stone and others) as well as trailers and the music video.
Other Information: The US release of the film contains both English and French Audio Tracks, alongside English Subtitles. The UK and Australian release of the film only contains the English Audio Track. Due to arrangements made in the late 1990s, Paramount only owns US rights to this title. Warner Bros. has the international rights, despite Time Warner no longer owning any stake in Comedy Central.
Other Information: Imaginationland: The Movie is an uncensored, uncut version of the episode trilogy, originally aired as part of the eleventh season. The movie contains material not included in the original airings or the eleventh season DVD. The three episodes are edited together to create a feature-length presentation.
Special Features: "The Spirit Of Christmas – Jesus Vs. Santa" Short, Audio Commentary
Notes: The set was released as a celebration of 10 years of South Park. Each disc has a plain design, simply reading "South Park: The Hits – Volume 1". Each disc has a chrome finish, instead of the usual Matte, with glossy outline characters. "Best Friends Forever" and "Trapped in the Closet" were released for the first time on DVD. The Region 1 version has "Volume 1" in the title, as it was originally the intention to release Volume 2 at a later point in time. However, these plans were never executed. This has been fixed in the Region 2 and 4 release of the DVD, as Disc 1 was released separately as "Volume 1", and disc 2 was released separately as "Volume 2".
Release Dates: November 13, 2007 (United States), November 16, 2009 (UK)
Notes: The set was packaged in a single-disc digipak, with a golden spine designed to resemble a golden book. The release features seven of the series most festive episodes.
Release Dates: October 7, 2008 (United States), August 17, 2009 (UK)
Special Features: Eric Cartman's "Life Lessons", Comedy Central Quickies, "What What In The Butt?" Music Video
Notes: The set was released as a celebration of South Park's most loved character, containing twelve uncensored episodes. "Tonsil Trouble", "Eek, A Penis!" and "Super Fun Time" were released for the first time on DVD. The set was released in a hardbound book-format that resembles the cover of the bible.
Release Date: September 28, 2010 (United States), May 9, 2011 (UK – Exclusive To HMV)
Special Features: "Butter's Best Moments" Compilation
Notes: The American release features a range of extra items included with the DVD, including a book, a badge, stickers and a mini-poster, all encased within a hardbound lockable cardboard box. The British release comes in a standard size DVD case and includes these items as PDF extras on the DVD-rom. "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" was released for the first time on DVD. On Netflix, it is called A Very BUTTERY Collection.
On March 6, 2007, Comedy Central began a promotion offering users of the Xbox 360 Live a free download of the Season 8 premiere, "Good Times with Weapons". It was the first time any episode had been released in HD, or Widescreen. The promotion only lasted two weeks, and was restricted to certain countries. On March 20, 2007, Best Buy continued the promotion, this time offering the episode on HD DVD, free with the purchase of any Xbox 360 or HD DVD System. The DVD featured a Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 soundtrack, and a VC-1 encoded picture.
The first season and two thirds of the second season of the show (except for Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus) were issued in separate compilation volumes before their release as a box set. These are not listed here, as the volume releases comprise exactly the same order as each box-set, with four episodes per disc.
