"ManBearPig" is the sixth episode of the tenth season

South Park (season 10)

Season 10 of South Park, an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, began airing on March 22, 2006. The tenth season concluded after 14 episodes on November 15, 2006...

 of Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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's South Park

South Park

South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

. It originally aired on April 26, 2006. The episode parodies the film An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate, he has given more than a thousand times.Premiering at the...

.
Former U.S. Vice President

Vice President of the United States

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 Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 visits South Park Elementary School and warns the school's students about the terrible ManBearPig, a scary monster

Monster

A monster is any fictional creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is somewhat hideous and may produce physical harm or mental fear by either its appearance or its actions...

 which is "half man

Human

Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...

, half bear

Bear

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, and half pig

Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild boar, and several other wild relatives...

" and roams the Earth attacking humans for no reason at all. He also demands throughout the episode that people will take him "serial" or "cereal", which he uses apparently in place of the word "serious[ly]", referencing a real-life appearance Al Gore made on The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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before the episode aired, where he misunderstood a question regarding his favorite cereal.

Later, the boys' basketball

Basketball

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 game is interrupted by another visit from Al Gore, who is poorly disguised as the ManBearPig and claims to be "trying to spread ManBearPig awareness" by handing out flyers and bumper stickers.