Bebe Stevens as Kyle Broflovski. Given the current discourse surrounding police violence and over-funding, Yates feels like an of-the-moment caricature. [7] Having appeared first in The Spirit of Christmas shorts, he often displays the highest moral standard of all the boys and is usually depicted as the most intelligent. The 25 Best South Park Characters Ever, Ranked 1 Eric Cartman. 2 Randy Marsh. 3 Stan Marsh. 4 Butters. 5 Kyle Broflovski. 6 Timmy Burch. 7 Kenny McCormick. 8 Mr. Garrison. 9 Towelie. 10 Goth Kids. More items Unlike Costello, however, Nathan is one of the show's few out-and-out villains, a drug dealer with a passionate hatred of Jimmy Valmer, whom he repeatedly attempts to torture and kill. Stan is portrayed as the everyman of the group,[2] as the show's official website describes him as "a normal, average, American, mixed-up kid". Classic Quote: "I'm sorry, I thought this was America!". [1] The town is also home to an assortment of characters who make frequent appearances in the show such as students and their family members, elementary school staff, and recurring characters.[1]. ", Mr. Garrison's lover for a while, before he became Mrs. Garrison anyway, was Mr. Slave, a BDSM enthusiast with basically one catch phrase that is really funny every time he says it. Randy has a different one every week. You'll have to read on. Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, South Park has been around for more than 20 years; and, while Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman are the beloved central characters, the series has [83][84] This trait was used less throughout the show's runtime, and was last seen in the episode "Fun with Veal". He is based on Trey Parker's junior high school counselor, Stan Lackey. [8] Eliza Schneider and Mona Marshall succeeded Bergman in 1999, and respectively 2000, with Schneider leaving the show in 2003, after the seventh season. He's not as laugh-out-loud funny as Cartman, either, but the boy who used to be a simple punchline originally, he died every episode, and gets away with uttering obscenities by mumbling has, over the years, turned out to be the most heroic "South Park" character of them all. [8] A few staff members such as Jennifer Howell, Vernon Chatman, John Hansen, and Adrien Beard have voiced the other recurring characters. [14], Stone and Parker voice most of the male South Park characters. With a narcissistic insistence on his own righteousness, even when his position contradicts a previous one, Garrison does occasionally make a good point, as with his review of the Jodie Foster movie "Contact.". Free from his abuser at last, Satan finally learned to stand up for himself. The catchphrase also appears in MAD magazine's satire of TITANIC where Stan, Kyle and Cartman are shown on a lifeboat while they were supposedly escaping from the sinking ship. On "South Park," everyone seems to think he's far more talented than he actually is. A few characters have had a major recurring role in the past episodes in the show before they were either killed or retired. Chef promptly suffered a humiliating death in an episode that implied that a cult called the Super Adventure Club had brainwashed him into becoming a pedophile. [118][119][120] When Sophie Rutschmann of the University of Strasbourg discovered a mutated gene that causes an adult fruit fly to die within two days after it is infected with certain bacteria, she named the gene "Kenny" in honor of the character. Wendy is known to be protective of her relationship with Stan. But even when the consequences of his schemes are humiliating, like when he has to perform uncomfortably intimate tasks as Butters' fake robot friend, Awesome-O, Cartman never for a moment considers that he might bear some responsibility. Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. He usually wears a navy-blue beanie cap with a red trimming and a red pom-pom ball on the top of it, matching red gloves, a light-brown jacket with a matching red collar, blue jeans, and black shoes. Sadly, as reported by The Independent, the Church of Scientology, ostensibly acting on Hayes' behalf, declared that Hayes had resigned from the show following the episode "Trapped in the Closet," which mocked the church and its star celebrity, Tom Cruise. Mr. Mackey's social worker then re-ties his tie, which makes his head swell back to its original size. He can't help it. [34][36] Kyle is distinctive as one of the few Jewish children on the show, and because of this, he often feels like an outsider amongst the core group of characters. He is almost always seen in cahoots with his best bud, and fellow vet, Ned, and together they are usually on the fringes of society advocating for violence and/or drunkenness. To prove that he could out-kink any celebrity, he even shoved a visiting Paris Hilton inside his own rectum. As always, using the duo's absurdly limited comedic repertoire as a narrative springboard has yielded a surprising amount of depth, giving "South Park" a way to riff on fame, celebrity, censorship, and marketing in more creative ways than originally seemed possible. Along with the rest of the characters, Craig moved to the fourth grade in "Fourth Grade". He nearly always ends up in positions of power and connections, despite his inability to vanquish his foes. [8] Bergman was originally listed in the credits under the alias Shannen Cassidy to protect her reputation as the voice of several Disney characters. Despite this, Butters has continued to be a major character in recent seasons and continues to be a frequent source of help to Cartman, while also being the main victim of Cartman's constant pranking and manipulation; in Awesom-O, however, Butters finally gets his revenge on Cartman by showing a videotape of him doing a Britney Spears dance routine to a life-sized cutout of Justin Timberlake to the whole town, humiliating Cartman. Kenny.". They killed Kenny!" Gerald is a lawyer who also serves on South Park's council as the city attorney,[56] and his role in this profession has been put on display in episodes such as "Sexual Harassment Panda" and "Chef Goes Nanners" in which a trial or legal issue plays a large part in the plot. Does anything really matter? What began as a simple, crude animated Christmas short has become a vast, sprawling franchise that seems likely to keep expanding in unexpected directions. He's dated many men and women throughout the show and has struggled with his gender, his sexuality and just about everything else in his life, which has left him angry and bitter most of the time. Timmy? Wendy was voted student council president, something first noted in "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society" and re-addressed seven seasons later in "Dances with Smurfs", when Cartman becomes the morning announcer and starts spreading defaming comments about hermost notably her supposed genocide of the Smurfs. For most of season 23, Randy was officially the protagonist of South Park as the show focused on his work at the Tegridy Farms instead of the town of South Park and its elementary school. "South Park" has a long history of both making gay jokes and creating characters who transcend them. Trey Parker and Matt Stones are the kings of political incorrectness and social take downs, and as such have created an unbelievable menagerie of awesome characters with which they can aim their cultural barbs. Cartman, more than anyone else, represents the best and the worst that South Park is. WebPrice and other details may vary based on product size and color. Classic Quote: "There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.". He's fat. Senior gentleman running in park South Park's resident stereotypical beer drinking, gun-toting, war veteran redneck, Jimbo Kern is Randy Marsh's half brother and uncle to Stan. While both characters are generally liked and accepted as the straight men of the show, I think they are both really Ages: 3 years and up [47][48] Nevertheless, Kenny returned from the year-long absence in the season six finale "Red Sleigh Down", and has remained a starring character since, although he only appears once in Season 20. While "South Park" often heedlessly rushes into attempts to be as offensive as possible, Nathan's evil genius blasts apart stereotypes in a unique and memorable way. However, with his typically good spirits, Jimmy would probably still count his foes among the members of his "great audience." He also serves on the city council, specializing in the town's parks and public grounds. If you had to pick one "main" character on South Park, it would probably have to be Stan Marsh. [14][15] They are not offered the same free range of motion associated with hand-drawn characters, as they are mostly shown from only one angle, and their movements are animated in an intentionally jerky fashion. Sweetly naive and innocent, Butters will do anything to please others, which occasionally leads him into truly horrific situations. The only hard and fast rule for this list is the character cannot have been a one-off; each one must have appeared in at least two episodes. Randy is also responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic after Mickey Mouse encouraged him to have sexual intercourse with a bat and a pangolin while he was sick during his trip in China ("Band in China"). [126], List of students at South Park Elementary, Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus, "Eric Cartman: America's Favorite Little $@#&*%", "Fox Refused to Take 'South Park' in 1997 Because of One Character, and Something Else as well", "That Time Fox Refused To Pick Up South Park Because Of Mr. Hankey", "Contemporary Cartoon Conjures Racist Past", "Entertainment and wartime make strange bedfellows", "Norman Lear Discovers Soul Mates in 'South Park', "We're Not Losing the Culture Wars Anymore", "Social satire keeps 'South Park' fans coming back for a gasp, and a laugh", "Pabst Blue Ribbon and Penn State subject to 'Sout Park' parody", "South Park: "Mysterion Rises" Review. [9][10][11], As a result, Parker and Stone broke off relations with FOX and took the series somewhere else. There are exceptions, especially when he is the superhero Mysterion. For this, Mr. Mackey is fired by the school and evicted by his landlord, and, feeling depressed, he ends up using alcohol, marijuana and LSD. While speaking at the U.S. WebI would have to say Randy, along with all of the Canadians on the show aside from Ike and Charlotte and her family, are the most overrated characters on the show. The ongoing narrative revolves around five children, Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Butters Stotch and their bizarre adventures in and around the fictional and eponymous Colorado town. He speaks with a Southern accent, and he is believed to be from Louisiana. [71] Parker and Stone initially intended for this to be Jimmy's only appearance, but decided to include the character in subsequent episodes. PC Principal is the cartoon embodiment of an overly politically correct, angry "snowflake" or a "Bernie Bro," if you will. Terrance and Phillip are a great example of Parker and Stone's ability to take one-joke characters and overdo the gag until it's funny again, somehow developing real personalities for them along the way. Classic Quote: "JESSE JACKSON IS NOT THE EMPEROR OF BLACK PEOPLE!". When Stan has an epiphany, he tells Tolkien "I've been trying to say that I understand how you feel, but I'll never understand. This aspect has been toned down in recent years, and is more or less completely absent from newer episodes. She was named after creator Trey Parker's ex-fianc, Liane Adamo, whom he broke up with after he discovered that she had an affair. This is Stan's mean older sister who is basically never happy, with anything, ever, especially her little brother. [50][51] It is revealed in the season 14 three-part story arc Coon 2: Hindsight, Mysterion Rises and Coon vs. Coon and Friends that Kenny canonically has an ability to resurrect after dying, though he is always the only one who can ever remember dying, despite his friends always bearing witness. Initially created as a bit of meta-comedy, Terrance and Philip originally represented the criticisms aimed at the She is also the other voice of reason (besides Kyle). Classically known as the character with muffled dialogue, Kenny McCormick is undoubtedly the best character on South Park. He was briefly fired from his geologist job near the end of the 12th season, and quit briefly during the end of the 14th season, but has since been-rehired both times. When trolling, he makes provocative statements against women, and, most notably, creates images where he "puts a dick in [women's] mouths." Curiously, one thing that isn't a product of Kyle's temper is his habit of kicking his brother Ike like a football both kids seem to enjoy it, and Kyle remains highly protective of his brother, even when a retcon reveals that Ike is an adopted Canadian. [57] Gerald is, in season 20 of the show, revealed to be an internet troll. He's fat. In the season 4 (2000) episode "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", he is nominated as "the second fattest kid in class" besides Cartman, and is chosen to replace him in the sled race. WebGregory Of Yardale as Sheila Broflovski. He's a master of the terrible one-liner and really bad jokes, but he's also often a leader in various schemes thought up by the kids at school. It is revealed that each time he dies, Kenny's mom spontaneously gives birth to him, and then is put back in his orange parka and in bed, to regenerate overnight. In "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", his father declares hate crime legislation to be "a savage hypocrisy". It is assumed he is at least 40 years old (he once said he had sex at 19 and that it has been about 21 years since). Despite the constant setbacks, Nathan proves to be arguably the most resilient character on the show, surviving potentially lethal events that would have easily killed Kenny. Cartmanloud, obnoxious, and obeseis sometimes portrayed as the series' antihero[5] and whose anti-Semitic attitude has resulted in an ever-progressing rivalry with Kyle. In addition to the standard growing pains, like overbearing teachers, difficult family members, and dangerous politics, their town has also had to deal with multiple paranormal incursions, unhinged celebrities on bizarre crusades, and visits from deities from multiple faiths. Apart from being briefly appointed to the fictional federal position of "Secretary of Offense" under the Clinton Administration, Sheila is a stay-at-home mother. [16] Stewart was originally credited under the name Gracie Lazar,[17] while Schneider was sometimes credited under her rock opera performance pseudonym Blue Girl. The Top Ten. Jimmy Valmer is everyone's favorite handicapped standup comedian at South Park Elementary. Wendy has previously been voiced by Karri Turner (in the unaired pilot), Mary Kay Bergman, Mona Marshall, Eliza Schneider, and is currently voiced by April Stewart. [5] Other children and classmates are alienated by Cartman's insensitive, racist, homophobic, anti-semitic, misogynistic, lazy, self-righteous, and wildly insecure behavior. No one likes him, yet he's in the middle of everything. And I'm like, 'What do you mean?' Clyde Donovan (originally Clyde Goodman and briefly Clyde Harris), voiced by Trey Parker,[78] maintains a friendship with the show's main characters and is among the most often-seen of the boys' extended group, playing supporting roles in several episodes. Mr. Garrison was also inspired by a British literature professor Parker had at the University of Colorado; Parker said the voice he uses for the character is a dead-accurate impression of him. By remaining constantly upbeat despite his disabilities, he's accrued two different arch-enemies. One of the boys' female classmates, who briefly was Cartman's girlfriend. Initially created as a bit of meta-comedy, Terrance and Philip originally represented the criticisms aimed at the early episodes of "South Park": that it's all just crude animation and fart jokes. After his name was changed, Comedy Central changed the synopses and subtitles for every past episode that mentions the name "Token" to "Tolkien". His oft-muffled and indiscernible speechthe result of his parka hood covering his mouthis voiced by co-creator Matt Stone. [121], The characters of the South Park franchise have spawned several merchandise items, varying from toys to apparel items. Discuss everything South Park with fans from around the world!. They killed Kenny!" They probably have names, but they don't matter. Misogynist, racist, homophobic, vain, selfish, delusional, and not particularly smart, he's quite possibly one of the worst people ever put in charge of an elementary school class. [61] Her outrage escalated in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut when she further protested Terrance and Phillip by forming "Mothers Against Canada", which eventually instigated a war between Canada and the United States making her one of the main antagonists of the film. From a satirical standpoint, Barbrady may be behind the times, but this nave moron is still sorely missed. In the season 12 episode "Eek, a Penis! For the first eight seasons of the series, the character was known as Mr. Garrison. [123] Comedy Central itself has made available a variety of products through its website, including T-shirts, figures, hats, pants, and even shot glasses. It's a declaration of character. Wendy is very prominent in the show's earlier seasons, usually quarreling with Eric Cartman or reinforcing her relationship with Stan. She speaks in several episodes (especially in the first season) and is often chosen to help the boys out over her classmates. Generally, he has been a background character with a stray line here or there, but over the years has taken on a bigger and bigger role, including having entire episodes dedicated to him, like "Royal Pudding." [25][26][27][28][29] He is also the most prejudiced character on the show. The bong-smoking, Funkytown-loving towel that gets the boys into all kinds of trouble, Towelie is a very minor character in the grand scheme of things, but every one of his episodes is a total classic. Clyde was so embarrassed when a girl at the doctor's office asked what he was going in for that he said he had AIDS.[79]. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Like her boyfriend Stan, Wendy is mature for her age, critical of popular trends, moral and intellectual, as well as being a feminist, as noted in many of her appearances. Sharon Marsh as Token Black. The child of the relatively even-keeled lawyer Gerald and the overbearing loudmouth Sheila, Kyle has inherited both his father's morals and his mom's short temper, though the bullying he endures from Cartman for being Jewish bolsters the latter considerably. quickly became a popular catchphrase,[4][45] while both Kenny and the phrase have appeared on some of the more popular pieces of South Park merchandise,[44] including shirts, bumper stickers, calendars and baseball caps,[31] and inspired the rap song "Kenny's Dead" by Master P,[44] which was featured on Chef Aid: The South Park Album. New York, South Park Character Original Enamel Pin Big Gay Al - Kenny Cartmen Stan Kyle . 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