Title: 'South Park' Season 29: Episode 3 Brings Aura Battles to South America URL Source: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/ Published Time: 2026-10-15T03:01:08+00:00 Markdown Content: * [Plus Icon Film](https://variety.com/v/film/) * [Plus Icon TV](https://variety.com/v/tv/) * [Plus Icon What To Watch](https://variety.com/what-to-watch-streaming-movies-shows-online/) * [Plus Icon Music](https://variety.com/v/music/) * [Plus Icon Docs](https://variety.com/t/documentaries-to-watch/) * [Plus Icon Digital & Gaming](https://variety.com/v/digital/) * [Plus Icon Global](https://variety.com/c/global/) * [Plus Icon Awards Circuit](https://variety.com/e/contenders/) * [Plus Icon Video](https://www.youtube.com/@variety/videos) * [Plus Icon What To Hear](https://variety.com/t/what-to-hear/) Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu Plus Icon Click to Expand Search Input * [Got a Tip?](https://variety.com/tips) * [Newsletters](https://preferences.mail.variety.com/preferences) [Switch edition between U.S.
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[News](https://variety.com/c/news/) Oct 14, 2026 8:01pm PT # ‘South Park’: Stan Discovers Sephora’s Backrooms Before Ike Aura Battles a Looksmaxxing Chad By [Payton Turkeltaub](https://variety.com/author/pturkeltaub/) Plus Icon ### [Payton Turkeltaub](https://variety.com/author/pturkeltaub/) #### Latest * [‘South Park’: Stan Discovers Sephora’s Backrooms Before Ike Aura Battles a Looksmaxxing Chad](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/) 3 hours ago * [Sylvester Stallone Has ‘Millions of Regrets’ About Doing His Own Stunts: ‘I’m An Idiot for Doing That’](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sylvester-stallone-regrets-doing-stunts-im-an-idiot-1236912683/) 4 hours ago * [‘Full House’ Star Jodie Sweetin Says Dave Coulier is ‘Doing Great’ Following ‘Tough Battle’ with Cancer](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/jodie-sweetin-dave-coulier-cancer-battle-full-house-1236912656/) 6 hours ago [See All](https://variety.com/author/pturkeltaub/)  Add us as a Google Preferred Source  Comedy Central * [Comments](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/#article-comments) * [](https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?title=%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&app_id=278816682243900&href=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/) * [](https://twitter.com/intent/post?url=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/&text=%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99%3A%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad&via=variety) * [](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/&description=%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad) * [](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/#) * [](https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl&url=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/&posttype=link&title=%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad) * [](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/&title=%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad) * [](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/&title=%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad&summary&source=variety) * [](whatsapp://send?text=%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad%20-%20https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/) * [](mailto:?subject=variety%20:%20%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad&body=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/%20-%20%E2%80%98South%20Park%E2%80%99:%20Stan%20Discovers%20Sephora%E2%80%99s%20Backrooms%20Before%20Ike%20Aura%20Battles%20a%20Looksmaxxing%20Chad) * [](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/) * [](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-season-29-sephora-backrooms-aura-battle-1236909613/#respond) In the third episode of “[South Park](https://variety.com/t/south-park/)” Season 29, the gang gets stuck in Sephora’s “Backroom,” Stan’s dad shrinks himself using products from the beauty chain and aura battles take over [South America](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/south-park-south-america-trump-lake-america-1236854908/) (the newly named mountain town), meaning internet lingo like “mogging,” “maxxing” and “mewing” (along with “chad,” “cringe” and “rizz”) are plentiful.
In the episode, titled “You Like That On Your Face,” Kyle must try to help his little brother, Ike, win his live-streamed aura battle at school against Chad, though his concern over the practice means he isn’t of much assistance. (Kyle calls aura battling and looksmaxxing a “bad combination.”) ### Popular on Variety ## Related Stories [](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/michael-b-jordan-battlefield-video-game-movie-sony-1236731771/) ### [Sony in Talks to Land 'Battlefield' Video Game Movie From Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B.
Jordan](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/michael-b-jordan-battlefield-video-game-movie-sony-1236731771/) But it’s Ike’s lucky day as Cartman steps up to help him prepare.
“I’m sure that deep down your brother wants to help. Maybe he just he just doesn’t know how,” says Cartman while comforting Ike ahead of the battle.