South Park’s latest episode, “Post COVID”, mocks a future in which bitcoin and other cryptocurrency are the only currencies accepted. The animated sitcom, which lasts an hour, focuses on a future in which the main characters have grown up except Kenny McCormick, who is now dead.

Stan Pays for a 1 Night Stay at the ‘Super 12 Motel Plus’ in the Future Using Bitcoin

The popular television sitcom South Park featured on Comedy Central is extremely well known in today’s pop culture ever since Trey Parker and Matt Stone created the show in 1997. Over the last 24 years, the animated sitcom has aired more than 300 episodes and in more recent times, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick have been dealing with an interesting world. Kyle tells Stan that Kenny has died in the “Post COVID” episode.

When Stan decides to go to Kenny’s funeral services, he spends his stay at the Super 12 Motel Plus and is greeted by a clerk who explains Stan booked one of the motel’s Mach 10 Super Plus rooms. “Now of course we only take bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies,” the motel clerk says to Stan. “Because… ya know — It’s the future — we’ve all decided centralized banking is rigged so we trust more in fly-by-night Ponzi schemes,” the Super 12 Motel Plus clerk added. Stan sighs, and then hands the clerk the card with the bitcoin logo on it. It also has a QR code.

Bitcoin Has Been Featured on Television Since 2012

Bitcoin was featured in numerous television series over the past decade in various settings. On Marvel Cinematic Universe’s action drama TV show “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, bitcoin was mentioned in 2018. Bitcoin was also featured on the American comedy-drama “Shameless” multiple times. Jeopardy, an American game show that featured crypto assets as the top asset, also mentioned bitcoin on two occasions.

Before South Park appeared bitcoin on the shows “Parks and Recreation,” Mr. Robot,” “Morgan Spurlock Inside Man,” “Navy CIS LA,” “Almost Human,” “House of Cards,” and “The Big Bang Theory.” Bitcoin’s first mention on television was on an episode of “The Good Wife” in 2012 and Krusty the Clown from “The Simpsons” mentioned the cryptocurrency the following year.

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