Editing South Park (section)

===Re-rendered episodes===
From its debut in 1997 to the [[The Ungroundable|season twelve finale]] in 2008 the series had been originally produced in [[standard definition]], with a [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|4:3]] [[Aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]]. In 2009, the series switched to being produced in [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] [[High-definition television|high definition]] [[1080p]] with the beginning of the [[South Park (season 13)|thirteenth season]].<ref name="HD">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/01/13/south-park-now-in-hd|title=South Park Now in HD|access-date=June 9, 2020|last=Goldman|first=Eric|date=January 13, 2009|website=IGN|archive-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609231213/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/01/13/south-park-now-in-hd|url-status=live}}</ref> Since this, all twelve seasons originally produced in standard definition have been [[remaster]]ed by South Park Studios, being fully [[Rendering (computer graphics)|re-rendered]] in high definition. The aspect ratio of these episodes were also converted from 4:3 to 16:9 as well.<ref name="HD" /> The re-rendered versions were also released on Blu-ray. Several of the re-rendered episodes from the earlier seasons have their original uncensored audio tracks; they had previously been released in censored form.<ref name="HD" /><ref>The South Park Studios website.</ref><ref name="faq_targetdvd">{{cite web|url=https://southpark.cc.com/fans/faq/382114 |title=FAQ: Just saw new SP DVDs at Target. Are those special releases? |date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=South Park Studios |access-date=January 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206042043/http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/382114 |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Surpless|first=Brendan|title=Previous seasons of the hit series "South Park" are being re-rendered in full 1080p High Definition|url=http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/previous-seasons-of-the-hit-series-south-park-are-being-re-rendered-in-full-1080p-hi-def/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144620/http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/previous-seasons-of-the-hit-series-south-park-are-being-re-rendered-in-full-1080p-hi-def/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2015|publisher=High Def Disc NEws|access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>

The fifth-season episode "[[Super Best Friends]]", which was pulled from syndication and online streams following the [[201 (South Park)#Threats and censorship|controversy surrounding episode "201"]], was not released alongside the rest of the season when it was released in HD on iTunes in 2011. The episode was later re-rendered and made available for the Blu-ray release of the season that was released on December 5, 2017.<ref name="tvshowsondvd delay" /> The episode is presented in its original presentation, without Muhammad's image being obscured as in later episodes of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedigitalbits.com/item/south-park-season-5-brd|title=South Park: The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray Review)|first=Bill|last=Hunt|date=November 14, 2017|website=The Digital Bits|access-date=December 24, 2017|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224204002/http://www.thedigitalbits.com/item/south-park-season-5-brd|url-status=live}}</ref>