'South Park' Revives Craig and Tweek in Club Sports Episode 'We Be Clubbin''

Season 29's fifth episode of "South Park" brought Craig Tucker and Tweek Tweak back to the forefront of the show for the first time in years, as a "blue wave" swept through the mountain town following last week's midterm elections.

The episode, titled "We Be Clubbin'," opens with an assembly at South Park Elementary. The student body learns that new "liberal changes" will follow the midterms. "Of course, we could just go on and on and make a bunch of jokes about him, but it's no fun punching down on a helpless loser," the principal tells the students. "So we're just gonna sort of not do that this week, Ok?"

The first liberal change is a restored PC Principal, who proclaims: "We are gonna get shit back on track! We are gonna be tolerant. We're gonna be respectful of all races. We're gonna have fucking sex changes for all fucking students. We're gonna support fucking Palestine! And we are no longer going to forget about the minority and the gay students at this school."

That last line sets the plot in motion. Cartman realizes everyone — including the couple themselves — forgot Craig and Tweek's anniversary.

Why does 'Heated Rivalry' matter here?

Tweek explains that Craig has been busy with club sports practices. Cartman presses the point with a pointed reference: "Well, I mean, it's just, they get new friends, and they're all club sports friends, you know. And they hang out in hotels together and go on trips. You ever seen that show, 'Heated Rivalry,' Tweek? Yeah, it's not good. Those guys go at it pretty hardcore."

So Tweek joins South America Club Sports himself. The idea, as the pair put it, is to travel town to town and check into hotel rooms together. But the extra time together doesn't jog Craig's memory about the anniversary. It just makes them fight more.

How does the episode end?

Eventually Tweek and Craig decide the pressure of club sports — and their "heated rivalry" as athletes — is too much. After a heartfelt conversation, Craig apologizes to Tweek and both leave the athlete life behind.

It's a happy ending. The final scene shows Tweek and Craig drinking Slurpees outside a 7-Eleven.

The return is notable for how long the characters have been offscreen. Before Wednesday night's episode, Tweek last appeared in a "South Park" episode in 2021, while Craig hadn't been featured since 2019.

For a couple long treated as a quiet fixture of the show's background, the episode resets their storyline around a fresh pop-culture reference — and leaves them back where fans like them best, outside the convenience store.