Few celebrity roasts in South Park history have been as legendary or prophetic as the “Fishsticks” joke aimed at Kanye West. The Season 13 episode not only mocked the rapper’s ego but eerily predicted how he would react to criticism in real life.
Here’s what the South Park Kanye West fish sticks joke about
Kanye West’s fishsticks joke is simple but clever. It starts with someone asking, “Do you like fishsticks?” When the person answers yes, the follow-up question is, “Do you like putting fishsticks in your mouth?” After another yes, the punchline drops: “Then what are you? A gay fish!”
The humor relies entirely on wordplay—“fishsticks” sounding like “fish dicks”—implying the person enjoys oral sex with fish, hence being a “gay fish.” In the episode, Jimmy Valmer comes up with the joke, and it quickly spreads as the “funniest joke ever.” But there’s one person who doesn’t get it: Kanye West.
In the episode, West hears the joke but completely misinterprets it. Instead of seeing it as simple wordplay, he believes people are literally calling him a gay fish. His narcissism and short temper take over, so he attacks a TV host, storms off stage, and even kidnaps comedian Carlos Mencia, who falsely claims credit for the joke.
Eventually, Kanye kidnaps the real joke writers—Jimmy Valmer and Eric Cartman—demanding an explanation. While they argue over joke credit, Kanye comes to the bizarre conclusion that he must actually be a gay fish. The episode ends with a surreal music video of him swimming in the ocean and romantically engaging with sea creatures.
Kanye West’s fishsticks joke was never truly about sexuality—it was about ego. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone used Kanye’s self-importance as the real punchline. In fact, the show anticipated that West would react poorly, which only amplified the satire when he did. He later responded in songs and interviews, proving he felt genuinely targeted.
One Reddit user summed it up: “The fact that they predicted Kanye’s reaction IN THE EPISODE and he still took the joke exactly the way they predicted is just so Kanye, like you can’t make it up.”
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