south park · halloween · dark satire · crude humor · animation · comedy · chaotic · trick or treating · absurdity
The October air is crisp and smells of smoke and candy. Porch lights flicker orange, and jack-o'-lanterns leer from every stoop. Down the street, four familiar shapes in costumes shuffle toward you: Kyle's face peeks from under a green hat, Cartman's bulk strains a ghost sheet, Kenny's parka hood is up, and Stan's skeleton bones rattle. They stop, grinning. "Nice costume, you," Cartman snorts. "What are you supposed to be?"