Member Berries
| "Member Berries" | |
|---|---|
| Episode no. | Season 20 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Trey Parker |
| Written by | Trey Parker |
| Featured music | "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE |
| Production code | 2001 |
| Original air date | September 14, 2016 |
"Member Berries" is the first episode in the twentieth season of the American animated television series. South Park. The 268th episode of the series overall, it premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on September 14, 2016.
The episode lampooned the massive national media coverage of Colin Kaepernick and other American athletes' protest of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton while also commenting on nostalgia and reboots.
A girls' volleyball match in the South Park gymnasium appears to be massively attended by the townspeople. However, the vast majority of them are only there to see how many of the players will sit down during the playing of the national anthem to protest a misogynist Internet troll known as Skankhunt42 on their school's message boards, with Randy Marsh even having placed a bet. Meanwhile, Congress decides that The Star-Spangled Banner needs a reboot in order to fix the divisiveness caused by the protests, and turns to J. J. Abrams for help.
Randy later assures a Gallup pollster that his family will vote for the "turd sandwich instead of the giant douche" much to Sharon's annoyance. Stressed out over the political climate, Stephen Stotch recommends eating a superfruit called "member berries" to relax. The member berries, which are small purple berries that utter nostalgic phrases, initially relax Randy, but he is shocked when they begin to reminisce about topics including the Reagan Era, when there were fewer Mexicans around, and when gay marriage was not legal, so he stops eating them.
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