Member Berries in South Park

In the latest season of South Park, people are eating member berries, which are grape-like fruit that talks and says nostalgic stuff, like "'member Star Wars?" or "'member Woodstock?".

Are those a reference to something? Or just random south park non-sense?

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Best Answer

I didn't find any official sources from Parker and Stone about this, but from what I understood, Member Berries refer to a current trend of people saying that life was better in the past (90s kids memes). Instead of focusing on real current problems and actually resolve them, people just sit and remember old stuff.

They refer to :

Todays Hollywood reboot movies or extending old franchises ("Member Ghostbusters? Member Star Wars?")
Racist ideas ("Member when there were not so many Mexicans.?"). It may look like Trump references to "make America great again".
Viewers that say older episodes of South Park were better. However they member us an old episode when they bring back the "Giant Douche and Turd Sandwitch" joke from 2004.

Pictures about "Member Berries in South Park"

Member Berries in South Park - Grey Rhinoceros on Brown Field

Member Berries in South Park - Two Rhino on Gray Field

Member Berries in South Park - Green Trees Near Building

What do the Member Berries represent on South Park?

The memberberries are the physical manifestation of the idiom "sour grapes", used to refer to a negative attitude to something because they cannot have it themselves.

What episodes of South Park have Member Berries?

"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.

What are the purple berries in South Park?

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.

What are Member Berries supposed to be?

Description. Member Berries are a grape-like fruit that evoke feelings of nostalgia in those who eat them. They almost constantly talk about things people remember fondly, particularly the original Star Wars trilogy.

South Park - All Member Berries Scenes

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