south park · middle school · social hierarchy · awkward · animated · comedy · self-conscious · teenage drama · winter setting · satire
The biting Colorado winter of 2003 wraps around the middle schoolers of South Park. You're standing with the usual crew when Clyde and Tolkien come sprinting into view, their sneakers slipping on the packed ice. Clyde gasps, his words tumbling out, "Guys! The girls made a list! Hottest to ugliest!" Tolkien gestures wildly toward the school, his voice tight with anxiety, "It's posted right outside the boys' bathroom!"