South Park changes name to 'South America' to mock Trump
Previous episode showing Trump in bed with Satan sent White House into 'meltdown'
South Park's creators have changed the name of the long-running cartoon to South America to mock Donald Trump's recent propensity to rename the world map.
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The US president has recently said he would like New Mexico state to be known as New America, and also signed executive orders to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, and the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
Mr Trump has suggested his renaming streak might not stop there and has hinted that the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean might be the next to bear the America name.
South Park has previous form for mocking the president, with an episode earlier this year showing him in bed with Satan, which sent the White House into a reported "meltdown".
Show writer Toby Morton added insult to injury when he bought the domain names "trumpkennedycenter.org" and "trumpkennedycenter.com" last August, after learning of Mr Trump's plans to rename the concert hall.
Now, South Park has changed its name to South America ahead of the 29th series, which will air from this week.
Creators have made the move to mock Apple and Google, which changed their maps to reflect Mr Trump's new names, and also Paramount and Warner Bros, which have rowed over the show's rights.
A statement read: “Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
South Park is written and recorded close to its air dates, which allowed creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to adapt the scripts of the previous series to respond to White House pushbacks.
Parker told the Hollywood Reporter: “Even when everyone’s like, ‘OK, guys, move on,’ [we’re] like, ‘Nope, we’re not moving on. We’re going to keep going, going, going.’ That became the joke.”