South Park took aim at the freemium mobile games world on Wednesday night in a barbed episode that painted the medium as an unethical cash grab.

In the episode titled "Freemium Isn't Free," the likenesses of Canadian comedy superstars Terrance and Philip are imported into a mobile game, undoubtedly a nod to Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. But the fart-loving pair quickly points out that the game bearing their name isn't actually all that fun.

"With mobile apps, we now can make games that are boring and stupid, but if you pay for incentives, you're rewarded," the Canadian Minister of Mobile Games explains to Terrance and Phillip.

The explanation continues, comparing current freemium games with the RPG reward loop of old, in which your time and effort would be rewarded with experience points. But now, with micro-payments, players have the option of paying for each step of that loop.

One of the tips on making money from freemium games involves waiting: "Make the game about waiting, but let the player pay not to wait." This should be a strategy familiar to anyone who has played Candy Crush Saga, Clash of Clans, Farmville — or pretty much any other mobile title. Instead of spending money up front, the currency you're spending is your time.

The show has a very sound grasp on terms used by mobile game marketers and analysts who observe them. Later in the episode, it uses the term "whale" to describe mobile games' power users who spend a great deal of money. In January, app testing firm Swrve released a report stating that half of a game's in-app purchase revenue comes from just 0.15% of players.

"It's all about finding the heaviest users and extracting the most amount of cash from them. That's how you get addicts to spend $200 for a game that isn't even worth 40 cents." the cackling Canadian game minister explains in the South Park episode.

While the segment is a satirical, biting look at the current state of free-to-play, it's certainly not off the mark. With mobile games so heavily invested in the model (and with no other as-successful funding methods), it's not likely to change anytime soon, even if we wanted it to.

You can watch the full episode of South Park on Hulu and the South Park website.