Fails the Bechdel test
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999. Directed by Trey Parker, written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Pam Brady.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3, though someone marked that rating as dubious.
The film
When four boys in South Park Stan Marsh, Kyle and his stepbrother Ike Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick sees an R-rated movie featuring Canadians "Terrance & Phillip: Asses of Fire", they are pronounced "corrupted", and Kyle's mom Sheila with the rest of the parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada for World War 3! It's all up to Stan, Kyle and Cartman to save Terrence and Phillip before Satan and his lover Saddam Hussein from Hell rules the world and it'll be the end of the whole world.
- Released
- 30 Jun 1999
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 73 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 11 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Kyle 149 lines, man
- Cartman 145 lines, man
- Stan 127 lines, man
- Kyle'S Mother 93 lines, woman
- Satan 78 lines, man
- Saddam Hussein 57 lines, man
- Terrance 40 lines, man
- Kenny 39 lines, man
- Mr. Mackey 36 lines, man
- Phillip 36 lines, man
Full cast, 21 people
- Trey Parker as Stan Marsh / Eric Cartman / Gregory / Satan / Mr. Garrison / Mr. Hat / Phillip Niles Argyle / Randy Marsh / Clyde Donovan / Tom - News Reporter / Midget In A Bikini / Canadian Ambassador / Bombardiers / Mr. Mackey / Army General / Ned Gerblanski / Christophe - Ze Mole (or The Mole) / Big Gay Al (singing) / Adolf Hitler / Additional Voices (voice)
- Matt Stone as Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Saddam Hussein / Terrance Henry Stoot / Big Gay Al / Ticket Taker / Stuart McCormick / Jimbo Kearn / Gerald Broflovski / Butters Stotch / Additional Voices (voice)
- Mary Kay Bergman as Liane Cartman / Sheila Broflovski / Sharon Marsh / Carol McCormick / Wendy Testaburger / Clitoris / Additional Voices (voice)
- Isaac Hayes as Chef (voice)
- Jesse Brant Howell as Ike Broflovski (voice)
- Anthony Cross-Thomas as Ike Broflovski (voice)
- Franchesca Clifford as Ike Broflovski (voice)
- Bruce Howell as Man in Theater (voice)
- Deb Adair as Woman in Theater (voice)
- Jennifer Howell as Bebe Stevens (voice)
- George Clooney as Dr. Gouache (voice)
- Brent Spiner as Conan O'Brien (voice)
- Minnie Driver as Brooke Shields (voice)
- Dave Foley as The Baldwin Brothers (voice)
- Eric Idle as Dr. Vosknocker (voice)
- Nick Rhodes as Canadian Fighter Pilot (voice)
- Toddy Walters as Winona Ryder (voice)
- Stewart Copeland as American Soldier #1 (voice)
- Stanley G. Sawicki as American Soldier #2 (voice)
- Mike Judge as Kenny's Goodbye (voice)
- Howard McGillin as Gregory (singing voice) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 120
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 to 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 to 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 to 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 49 |
| 16 to 18 | 5 | 19 |
| 19 to 21 | 20 | 43 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 to 27 | 9 | 38 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 18 |
| 31 to 33 | 12 | 7 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 6 |
| 37 to 39 | 6 | 28 |
| 40 to 42 | 17 | 20 |
| 43 to 45 | 1 | 27 |
| 46 to 48 | 5 | 7 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 5 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 6 |
| 55 to 57 | 3 | 27 |
| 58 to 60 | 4 | 6 |
| 61 to 63 | 4 | 17 |
| 64 to 66 | 6 | 49 |
| 67 to 69 | 3 | 50 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 7 |
| 73 to 75 | 4 | 29 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 56 |
| 79 to 81 | 10 | 8 |
| 82 to 84 | 1 | 41 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 60 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 2 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 1 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 19 |
| 97 to 99 | 8 | 18 |
| 100 to 102 | 3 | 42 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 11 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 37 |
| 109 to 111 | 19 | 21 |
| 112 to 114 | 3 | 23 |
| 115 to 117 | 9 | 19 |
| 118 to 120 | 16 | 121 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
183 lines from women, 990 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 13 men in the cast. 4 women and 40 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 1,299.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 80 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 19% of the words (2,239), men 81% (9,639). Women have 16% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
108
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 9 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Trey Parker (man)
- Written by
- Trey Parker (man), Matt Stone (man), Pam Brady (woman)
- Produced by
- Frank C. Agnone II (man), Trey Parker (man), Matt Stone (man)
- Edited by
- John Venzon (man)
- Music by
- Marc Shaiman (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
4 women, 8 men, 43 not listed
-
Sound
7 women, 32 men, 13 not listed
-
Production
6 women, 8 men, 14 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 7 men, 13 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 4 men, 11 not listed
-
Editing
3 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 36 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jennifer Howell 25, Deb Adair 33, Mary Kay Bergman 38
Men
Matt Stone 28, Trey Parker 29, Bruce Howell 30, Isaac Hayes 56
Exhibit G: the money
It made 4.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $21 million
- Box office
- $83.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 120 scenes and 1,299 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
