List of supporting characters on South Park
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The following is a list of recurring character
s in the animated television series South Park
. This does not include the school children, family members or the school staff.
, Singing voice Trey Parker
) is a stereotypical homosexual man known for his flamboyant and positive demeanor. For example, he almost always responds to the greeting "How are you?" with an upbeat "I'm super! Thanks for asking!" At one point in the show, he runs an animal farm for gay animals who have been rejected by homophobic pet owners. He temporarily adopted Sparky, Stan's gay dog, who had run away from home. Later on in the episode, his large shelter vanishes, but the various animals remained, and were adopted by their former owners who had missed them greatly. Ever since, he has been a particularly good friend to Stan.
He had a minor role in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, where it is revealed he is in fact a celebrity (or had become so since his appearance in his first encounter with Stan). He was the co-host and an entertainer at the troops' USO show, in which he performed his own musical number called "I'm Super".
In the episode "Cripple Fight
", he is the leader of the boys' Boy Scout troop. However, the parents of the children are uneasy about a gay scout leader, and the club fires him. The boys rally to get him back, and Gloria Allred
and others lobby the Scouts to reaccept him, suing the Scouts in a Supreme Court case that they win. Al rejects this, saying that he knows the Scouts are still good men, and since the Scouts are a private club, they should have the right to exclude people if they choose to, just as he has the right to express himself as a gay man.
Big Gay Al eventually enters into a relationship with Mr. Slave, the ex-boyfriend of Mr. Garrison, whom he married in "Follow That Egg!
".
Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave later appeared in an attempt to help the boys change the definition of the word fag in "The F Word
".
accent. He first appears in "Butter's Very Own Episode", in which he directs Butters down a dark road to South Park giving the horrific history of the road to him, ending his speech with "Yah, lotta history down that road." He appears again in "Asspen
" when he tries to talk Stan out of racing down the K-13 while giving the terrible history about the run and the lives lost on it, ending his speech with "Yah, a lotta history on that ski run." A more direct parody of Pet Sematary
is made in "Marjorine
" when he tries to talk Mr. Stotch out of burying what he believes to be Butter's body on the Indian burial ground, saying, "Don't bury your son's body at the Indian burial ground, Stotch! The one that's right up over there, behind the Andersons' bar.", closing with Crandall's signature line "Sometimes... dead is better."
, features thick red hair and a large red mustache. His first appearance is in "Goobacks
", in which he hosts a rally of many working-class men upset over losing their jobs to the Goobacks, time travelers from the future who work for next to nothing. When he went to plead and debate his case about immigration on The O'Reilly Factor
he was described only with the description "Pissed-Off-White Trash-Redneck-Conservative" as he engaged in a debate with his opposition "ageing-hippie-liberal-douche" . He and the other men decide to all "get gay" with one another, having homosexual sex in the hopes that this will prevent future generations of children that will give rise to the Goobacks. His next appearance is a one liner in "Smug Alert!
", in which he is angered at Gerald Broflovski for putting a homemade ticket on his car because of its gas consumption. His also appeared is in the episode "Margaritaville
" in which he again loses his job, this time to economic hardships. He's latest appearance is in "W.T.F.
", in which he becomes a fan of the W.T.F and repeats his catchphrase with many variations like "They Broke His Jaw".
) is a mad scientist
who specializes in genetic engineering
, and has a son named Terrance (not to be confused with Terrance from Terrance and Phillip). The character is an extended reference to Marlon Brando
's portrayal of Dr. Moreau in the 1996 film version of The Island of Dr. Moreau
. He always tries to help those who require his talents, but his experiments sometimes go wrong and put the whole town in danger.
Like Dr. Moreau, Dr. Mephesto creates strange creatures with his talents, such as animals with multiple buttocks. Mephesto believes it is for the good of the Earth, and that one-assed animals are useless and must be destroyed. In "Spontaneous Combustion
", he even goes as far as presenting a "seven-assed Galapagos Turtle" in an attempt to win a Nobel Prize
, but loses to Randy Marsh's "Unified Theory of Fart Thing." He genetically splices a squirrel with provolone
cheese in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA
". He also performs experiments ranging from simple DNA tests to creating a genetic clone of Stan Marsh for his son's science project. Mephesto also provides normal genetic testing services, as when Cartman has him determine who was his father in "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
" and "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut
". Mephesto has a brother who attempts to kill him every month for unrevealed reasons, as mentioned in the aforementioned episode. Playing on his real-world origins, he is a member of the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes, a group not fond of "that other NAMBLA", as seen in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA".
Kevin, Dr. Mephesto's silent companion, described as "that little monkey guy", is a small little creature who dresses like Dr. Mephesto. He is based on Majai, a character created for the 1996 film adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau. While Kevin's exact nature is never addressed on the show, his story is told in the song "Mephesto and Kevin" by Primus
from Chef Aid: The South Park Album
. He was apparently a failed attempt to create a perfect pop singer, a test tube baby created from Michael Jackson's
sperm and the egg of an unspecified, musically talented female donor, brought to term inside the womb of a llama.
In 200
, the DNA test from "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" was revisited. Mitch Connor
reveals to Cartman that Dr. Mephesto's DNA Test in the episode was covered up. They visit Herbert Garrison
and demand to see Mr. Hat, who reveals the results were indeed tampered with, before the episode ends on a cliffhanger. In 201
, both characters return, unwilling to allow visitors into their laboratory, trying to become recluse, but ultimately they allow Cartman in when Mitch poses as an African-American and accuses Mephesto of not allowing him in due to racism.
Cartman begs Mephesto to explain who his father is, but Mephesto is stalled by Kyle, Stan, Kenny and the prophet Muhammed who rush into the open door, which Mephisto closes afterward. They ask him to clone Muhammed, only for someone to appear at the door and attempt the same method Cartman did before. Stan and Kyle are angry he is racist so he lets him in, only for them to be Ginger Kids, who hold Mephesto and Cartman's potential fathers hostage while their leader, Scott Tenorman, reveals the identity of Cartman's father. As it turned out, Mephisto's brother who had shot him was a Broncos fan, covering up so they could formulate a plan to protect the Denver Bronco who was Cartman's father, Jack Tenorman.
abstract or metaphorical ideas as actual diseases or injuries. In "The Biggest Douche in the Universe
", after Cartman is admitted to the hospital following his possession by the soul of his deceased friend, Kenny McCormick
, the Doctor's diagnosis is "his time is running out", and uses that phrase as if it were a literal medical diagnosis, explaining if he does not get a "time transplant", he will die. In the episode "You Got F'd in the A
", which is a spoof of the film You Got Served
, the Doctor treats Randy Marsh
after Randy is "served" (slang term for being defeated in a dance competition) by a group of street dancers, as if "being served" constitutes an actual physical transgression that incurs major injuries. In "Pre-School
", he treats the kids of South Park after bullying, even though they were merely the victim of mild abuse such as the "second-degree titty twister." In "Cartman's Incredible Gift
", after Cartman is hospitalized following an attempt to fly by jumping off a roof with cardboard wings, the Doctor tells his mother that he is "incredibly stupid" and that the stupidity caused the fall. He continues to appear occasionally, including in "Medicinal Fried Chicken
" where his actions and mistaken research lead to the return of KFCs and re-illegalization of marijuana.
In the series, he has been voiced by Trey Parker
since 1997, though he was voiced by George Clooney
in the 1999 feature film South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, in which his character was called Dr. Gouache. Although he wears a name tag also identifying him as "Dr. Doctor", he was called "Doctor Gouache" in "Cartman's Incredible Gift".
priest who serves as the mouthpiece for South Park's Christian caricatures. His name is a play on the name of reggae
star Maxi Priest
. He first appeared in the first season episode "Damien". In the episode "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery
", Maxi, in his hatred of Halloween, kills many South Park citizens in order to convince people that Halloween is evil. In "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
", he claims that Timmy will go to Hell, since Timmy's speech impediment makes it impossible for him to confess his sins.
Though Father Maxi is a priest and required to be celibate, he does not seem to regularly practice this. Like most of the adults in South Park, he has had sex with Mrs. Cartman at some point in his life, and was caught having sex with a "Mrs. Donovan". In "Cripple Fight
", he admitted to having gone through a homosexual phase in his youth, but claims to be reformed. However, he apparently once had a relationship with a man named Peterson whom he was supposed to be reforming of homosexuality.
In "Red Hot Catholic Love
", he pursues Catholic sex abuse cases as the only uncorrupted priest in the episode, and espouses a version of liberal Christianity
in saying that the Bible
is a collection of moral parables meant to act as an ethical guide, and not be taken literally. In "Follow That Egg", he officiates Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave's wedding, despite his earlier stand against homosexuality. In "The F Word
", he is seen outside his chapel displaying a "God Hates Fags" sign towards an obnoxious gang of Harley-Davidson
riders, who have been deemed as "fags" under city ordinance.
is portrayed on South Park as a composite of several animals. His first appearance was in "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus
". He can be summoned in Heaven when his name is spoken, and sometimes on Earth, where he appears as beams of light with a deep voice. God is a Buddhist, although only people of the Mormon faith are allowed in Heaven. As the population of Heaven began to dwindle, and the population of Hell rose, as told in "Best Friends Forever
", God started to allow others into Heaven. This was an attempt to build up Heaven's army to protect God's Kingdom from the increasingly larger Army of Satan. It is said that the PlayStation Portable
was created by God to help find the human who could lead his army, which turned out to be Kenny. Every 2000 years, he comes to Earth to answer one question. He is included as a figure with the South Park series 3 Jesus action figure by Mezco. He is voiced by Trey Parker.
Jesus (voiced by Matt Stone
) is a fictional character
based on the biblical Jesus
. On South Park, Jesus had his own public-access television
cable TV show called Jesus and Pals. He was killed while fighting Iraqis during an attempt to rescue Santa on Christmas Eve in the episode "Red Sleigh Down
." This was his last major role on the show until he was resurrected
five years later in the eleventh season episode "Fantastic Easter Special
".
He is portrayed as represented in Christian thought—i.e., he is the Son of God, has numerous miraculous powers (including prophecy, healing and resurrection), as well as the ability to fly and expert carpentry skills. He tells people to do good things and they will go to heaven but many church people go to Hell making Jesus moot. The exact nature of his abilities varies from episode to episode—for example, "Super Best Friends
" portrays some of his most famous miracles as farces, despite still having basic powers, while in "Fantastic Easter Special
," he claims to only have his powers after being killed and resurrected, so he makes Kyle kill him so he can save the Easter bunny.
Jesus is usually portrayed as being calm and self-assured, being kind and peaceable to everyone; nevertheless, he often acts more typical of South Park characters. He is often seen, for example, fighting villains, and while inept at it in "Damien
", he later is shown ("Red Sleigh Down
," "Fantastic Easter Special
" and "Imaginationland Episode III
") as being very skilled with guns, swords and a glaive
(in "Imaginationland III" he leads the charge of the good imaginary characters into battle.) He makes a cameo as a soldier in South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, implying that he's on the American side. He is also a member of the Super Best Friends
, a group of religious figures who fight against the forces of evil (except for Buddha
, who doesn't believe in evil).
Before his second death, Jesus hosted a television talk show called Jesus and Pals on South Park public-access television
cable TV. Jesus would often receive on-air calls from guests, and would be depicted as reluctant to respond to questions regarding issues such as homosexuality
, euthanasia
and his own crucifixion
. In the episode "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
", Jesus's show entered a ratings war with Jimbo Kern and Ned Gerblansky's hunting program Huntin' and Killin. The show's producer, in an attempt to increase ratings, fabricates controversy between guests, and Jesus and Pals turns into a Jerry Springer
-style farce. During live production of the face-off between Ned and Jimbo vs. the children on Jesus and Pals, the guests and audience breakout into a brawl. It led to a huge fight until Jesus discovered what happened, and sent his producer to Hell. In Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut, when Mr. Garrison asks "who here hasn't had sex with Mrs. Cartman," Jesus and Priest Maxi exchange uncomfortable glances, implying that he, like most everyone else in South Park, has at some point had a relationship with Cartman's mother.
In the Jesus vs. Frosty short which started South Park, the boys make a snowman which comes to life after they put a hat on him. The snowman kills Cartman and Kenny and even poses as Santa. Stan and Kyle are the only ones left and seek help from a baby Jesus who comes alive from a Nativity Scene and knocks Frosty's hat off. In Jesus vs. Santa, Jesus arrives from Heaven to seek retribution. He wants to get rid of Santa once and for all since people don't see Christmas as Jesus's birthday anymore. With help from Brian Boitano
, the boys tell Jesus that Santa is keeping his birthday alive and they tell Santa if it wasn't for Jesus there wouldn't be a Christmas. At that point, both Santa and Jesus apologized to each other, and Jesus decided to offer Santa an orange smoothie, which Santa likes. Some footage from this short was used in the episode "A Very Crappy Christmas
".
In the Imaginationland-trilogy he is depicted as "one of the most revered fictional characters". To add to the confusion: in previous "South Park" episodes Jesus interacted in real life with other South Park citizens, just like Santa Claus
who is also shown in the "Imaginationland" episodes as a fictional character. Other famous religious icons such as Moses
, Ganesha
, Buddha
, Joseph Smith
and God
are also shown as citizens of Imaginationland.
Despite the subject material, the South Park iteration of Jesus was absent from the episode The Passion of the Jew, an eighth season episode dealing with Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ and the various responses to the film from the four principal characters as well as the rest of the town itself.
". When the boys try to make money by snatching Tooth Fairy
money left underneath other boys' pillows, they encounter another set of boys trying to do the same thing. These rivals bring the boys back to Loogie, whereupon they learn that the Tooth Fairy business is actually a crime syndicate, with Loogie being portrayed as a youth Mafia
kingpin. He wears a zoot suit
and his headquarters is a basement Italian
restaurant. Instead of merely dressing up like the Tooth Fairy and procuring the money, he has an entire assembly line
of employees who procure the teeth and inspect them for quality. When the boys attempt to break off into their own independent syndicate, Loogie intervenes and targets Kenny to teach them a lesson (which is a spoof on common Mafia practices). He is voiced primarily by Richard Belzer
, although the final recordings were performed by Trey Parker
. He made another cameo appearance in "Professor Chaos
", where he was one of twenty candidates to replace the then-deceased Kenny in the boys' group. He survived the first round to become a semi-finalist but was one of four boys cut in the second round. In this episode, when his name was called out to advance to the next round, he was referred to as "Luigi".
To date, the show has not specified whether the character's name is actually Loogie, such that the "Luigi" reference is a "nod" or "nonce usage", or whether instead his given name is Luigi and the appellation "Loogie" is a (likely pejorative
) nickname.
on her, and in another, she indicates obliquely that they have had dealings with the Japanese mafia. Her civic ideas for the city are often made without regard for future consequences, which are usually disastrous. In "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo", she tries to resolve offended feelings towards the public school Christmas play by having a play created that makes no references to any religion or religious holiday, resulting in an esoteric production that all the townspeople loathe. In "Summer Sucks
", after all fireworks are declared illegal with the exception of snakes, the town is endangered by a giant snake she arranges to have set off. She attempts suicide in "Die Hippie, Die
", after a hippie
music festival she signs the permit for has deleterious effects on the town. In "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
", when Garrison asks the question of who has not slept with Mrs. Cartman, she exchanges uncomfortable glances with Principal Victoria, implying that she, like most everyone else in South Park, has at some point been involved with Cartman's mother.
McDaniels was conceived because Trey Parker and Matt Stone wanted the mayor to be someone more sophisticated than other South Park residents and believed she was better than the rest of the town.
, the Jewish prophet, appears in "Jewbilee
" as the focus of a ritual in which Jews make macaroni pictures, popcorn necklaces and soap carvings at a Jewish scout camp. His appearance is patterned after the Master Control Program from the film Tron
and a large glowing spinning dreidel
. The episode's antisemitic antagonist, Garth, captures him in a conch shell before calling upon the Biblical character Haman
. Kenny McCormick
, who had been banished from the camp by Moses for not being Jewish, saves the camp by breaking the conch shell open with his head. Moses also appears in the episode "Super Best Friends
", in which he acts as the computer at the Super Best Friends headquarters, and demonstrates the ability to play a tape by having it inserted through a port in his front. Additionally, Moses appears at the Hall of the Super Best Friends in the episode "200
", where he offers the opinion that it will be okay for the prophet Muhammad
to appear in Southpark in a U-Haul
, if the U-Haul has no windows.
. He first appeared in the first season episode "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
". He emerges from the toilet bowl on Christmas Eve and brings presents to good boys and girls whose diets have been high in fibre
. He is especially close to Kyle
, consoling him during his Christmas-Hanukkah depression and generally appears to help the boys out with something or gives them advice. Mr. Hankey has appeared in various Christmas episodes, and inspired an actual retail CD Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
in which he has his own theme song. In his first appearance, he appeared anthropomorphic only to Kyle and Chef, although he often leaves a trail behind that is attributed by the adults to antisocial behavior by Kyle. Due to his physical state, he can only emerge from the sewers during the Christmas season or he will dry up and die.
The Mr. Hankey character was based on an idea Trey Parker's father created when he was potty-training Trey as a child. Parker said he refused to flush the toilet at age three or four, so his father told him if he did not flush the stool, who he called "Mr. Hankey", it would come to life and kill him. Parker said he planned to incorporate Mr. Hankey into South Park, but did not decide right away to make him a Christmas figure; previously, Parker envisioned the character simply as a talking stool and drew him with a sailor's hat, not a Christmas hat. John Kricfalusi
, the creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show
, claimed Mr. Hankey concept was stolen from Kricfalusi's cartoon short, "Nutty the Friendly Dump", and even discussed taking legal action against the show. Parker and Stone denied the allegation and said they were not fans of Ren & Stimpy.
, prone to showing interest in Cartman's food, to which Cartman usually responds, "No, Mr. Kitty, that's mine! That's a bad kitty!" Her first appearance was in "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
". In the episode "Spookyfish
", a kindhearted and generous Cartman from a parallel universe arrives and is friendly to Kitty, much to our universe's Cartman's irritation. Kitty's most prominent role was in the season three episode "Cat Orgy
". Mr. Kitty was mentioned in "The Death of Eric Cartman
" as being part of the list of beings to whom Cartman needed to apologize in order to reach Heaven
. Although Mr. Kitty is indicated to be female in "Cat Orgy
", in the season 12 episode, "Major Boobage
", the children experiment with Mr. Kitty's urine after learning that the urine of male cats can cause intoxication— indicating that Mr. Kitty is actually male.
Jimbo and Ned met while in the Vietnam War
, where Jimbo was a helicopter pilot. During the war, Ned lost his right arm when a hand grenade exploded in his hand. Ned also lost his formerly mellifluous voice due to cancer, apparently caused by cigarette smoking, and is forced to speak with a mechanical larynx
. Despite the fact that Ned lost one of his arms, he can still wield two-handed weapons, such as a flamethrower, and even an M249 SAW in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
. It was revealed in the episode "Summer Sucks" that Ned has an ex-wife, though her name is never mentioned.
Ned and Jimbo were inspired by characters Trey Parker used to draw during high school.
and are both voiced by Trey Parker
. They first appear in the episode "The Succubus
", when they come to South Park for Chef's wedding. They appear later in the episode "The Biggest Douche in the Universe
" when Chef takes Cartman
and his mother to his parents' manor house in Scotland
. They perform a shaman-esque ritual to exorcize Kenny's
soul from Cartman's body. In "Red Sleigh Down
", they are seen in a crowd during the town's Christmas celebration. Interestingly, they are not seen at Chef's funeral in "The Return of Chef
".
The McElroys' main subject of conversation is their supposed encounters with the Loch Ness Monster
. They repeatedly claim that they have seen him on multiple occasions, and are constantly harassed by him, as he tries to swindle them out of "tree-fiddy" ($3.50). According to Thomas, the monster has pretended to be a girl scout, an alien, and Chef's imaginary friend from childhood.
. Mayor McDaniels still often summons him, as he actually does keep the peace in South Park, as shown in "Chickenlover
" when shortly after he quits, the city falls into chaos. Officer Barbrady doesn't drink coffee, as seen in episode "Gnomes
"; he instead prefers to get hit in the face by a cat swung by the tail. He is slightly overweight
and talks louder than he should, most likely because of his hearing aid.
Barbrady was illiterate until season two's "Chickenlover". After his illiteracy was exposed, Barbrady was ordered to learn how to read by the Mayor. Chickenlover made him learn to read by leaving the notes at the crime scenes describing where he would strike next. Barbrady was thankful at first to Chickenlover, but arrested him nonetheless for his crimes. Chickenlover then gave him the book Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
, which Barbrady thought was such an awful book that he vowed never to read anything ever again.
In "Chickenlover" and "Spookyfish
" Barbrady claims to have a wife. However, she has never appeared on the show. In other episodes, it has been implied that he and Mayor McDaniels are in a relationship, despite her general disdain for him.
In the season seven episode "Toilet Paper
", Barbrady claims, while being interrogated by Hannibal Lecter
-like character Josh, that he was beaten with a belt by his uncle and that his father forced him to wear a dress and sit on all of his uncle's laps on poker night. Josh interjects that this is the reason he became a police officer in the first place; to protect himself.
Parker's voice for Officer Barbrady was inspired by Dennis Prager
, a syndicated radio talk show host, who Parker said he and Stone liked to make fun of for his "big, bombastic, stupid voice".
In "Chickenlover", it was established that Barbrady was the only police officer in town. In later seasons, he was phased out in favor of an actual police force, led by the equally incompetent Sergeant Yates. Barbrady's role in the series has decreased as a result, but he still appears regularly, most recently in "200
" while protecting the town, and was considered a possible father for Eric Cartman, having been in the room on the day of the DNA test
; however, this was ruled out when the true identity of Eric Cartman's father was revealed in "201
".
. Matt Stone
performs his voice (although in the credits, it is said to have been voiced by himself). He is a primary antagonist in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
, in which he is introduced as Satan's lover in Hell
. Though Satan eventually kills him in the movie, he returns to Hell in the series, and remains a recurring character until "It's Christmas in Canada
".
Saddam Hussein's body is made in the usual South Park style (resembling construction paper
), but his head is a photograph cutout, a technique also used with appearance by Mel Gibson
and Ben Affleck
. Saddam is also notable for having a "Canadian-style" head; that is, his head is cut into two pieces, which come apart when he talks, instead of having an conventially-articulated mouth. However Saddam's head animation has retained this quality in other appearances, unlike any other non-Canadian. He also uses uː in place of /aʊ/ (as Canadians are often perceived to do
with "aboot" in place of "about" in South Park).
While Saddam on South Park is based on the real-life Saddam, he has a very high-pitched voice, is homosexual, speaks English and often calmly uses Canadian slang
, as when he says, "relax guy". He was so emotionally abusive to Satan during their relationship that Satan ultimately exiles him to Heaven. Saddam attempts to conquer Canada in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" and "It's Christmas in Canada".
(voiced by Trey Parker
) lives at the North Pole in his Fortress of Solitude
, aided two months out of the year by the Underpants Gnomes. Santa is often shown with South Park's other Christmas-related characters, Mr. Hankey and Jesus. His relationship with the latter has been rocky. In the animated short, "The Spirit of Christmas
", Jesus and Santa had a fight to determine what the true meaning of Christmas was—giving or Jesus' birth. With some advice from Brian Boitano
, the boys told Jesus that Santa keeps the spirit of Christmas alive, and then told Santa that if it wasn't for Jesus there would be no Christmas at all. The two reconciled, though they would later fight again in "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
", when Santa felt gypped that there are more Jesus-related Christmas songs than ones about him. Nevertheless they made up again, and Jesus later lost his life to save Santa from Iraqis in "Red Sleigh Down
." To commemorate his good friend, Santa declares that in every Christmas, everyone should remember Jesus.
Santa is known for not being afraid to get violent to protect the true meaning of Christmas. In "Red Sleigh Down" he was captured by Iraqis and had to shoot his way free, in "Woodland Critter Christmas
" his skill with a shotgun and sledgehammer saved Christmas from the Anti-Christ, and in "Imaginationland Episode III
" he was seen sporting a golden axe to fight off the army of evil imaginary creatures after being revived by Butters (who used his imagination, due to the fact the Santa had died in flames during the terrorist attack).
Satan is a recurring character, based on the Judeo-Christian-Islamic figure of the same name
, voiced by Trey Parker
. He presides over Hell
and is constantly at war with God, but far from being merciless and innately evil as Satan is often portrayed in other media, he is depicted in South Park as a soft-hearted, misunderstood anti-hero
capable of compassion and genuine emotional attachment.
Many of Satan's appearances on South Park (as well as his role in the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
) focus on his romantic attachments, all of which so far have been homosexual
. In the beginning of the story, Satan is romantically involved with Saddam Hussein. As the plot of South Park progresses, Satan exiles Saddam after Saddam becomes too domineering. Satan has since had two other partners, Chris and Kevin (see below). Satan also has a rarely seen son named Damien, who, while never specifically labeled as the Antichrist
, is based on the character from The Omen
. Satan makes a cameo on the end of the current opening.
According to the audio commentary for the episode "Damien
", South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone
came up with the idea of Satan and Saddam Hussein being lovers on the set of BASEketball
, where they would attempt to impress girls by improvising scenes between the two characters, one assuming the role of Satan and one of Saddam. Parker also mentions on the same commentary track that he and Stone were inspired to make Satan a wimp by the character of Pinhead
in Hellraiser 3.
Satan has tried three times so far in the course of South Parks run to take over Earth: in the episodes "Damien
" and "Best Friends Forever
", and also in the feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. All three attempts failed, with the last also leading to Satan's breakup and out-of-anger murder of his then-boyfriend Saddam Hussein, although his attempt in "Damien
" was fake—the real reason he did it was to get rich on the money that the townsfolk had bet on him.
Though presently single, Satan has had three romantic relationships so far. His most significant relationship was with Saddam Hussein in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. However, Saddam was emotionally abusive to the comparatively-meek and ineffectual Satan, and seemed more interested in Satan for sex and world domination than out of love. With some prompting from Kenny
, Satan stands up to Saddam, casts him back down into hell, impaling him on a stalagmite
, and calls off his invasion of Earth.
Saddam is seen again in "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
". By this time Satan has a new boyfriend named Chris, a passive milquetoast
who avoids conflict and confrontation. Saddam asserts to Satan that Chris is not fit for Satan, who truly prefers rebellious troublemakers like Saddam himself, and after inviting Saddam to his hotel room, the conflicted Satan spends the night with him. Subsequently, Chris and Saddam began to kill each other over and over again—appearing alive in Hell the next day—until Satan seeks God's advice. God points out to Satan that Satan is too dependent on relationships, and needs to learn to develop his own sense of independence and self-worth, rather than choose partners who are bad for him. Satan decides to break up with both Saddam and Chris, and when Saddam refuses to acknowledge Satan's wishes, Satan banishes Saddam to Heaven, which is populated entirely by Mormon
s.
In the 2005 episode "Best Friends Forever
", Satan has another boyfriend named Kevin, who acts as his advisor, and urges Satan along in his attempts to conquer the universe; however, when it is clear the battle is lost for them and the figure continues to press him, Satan breaks up with Kevin and dispatches him.
where he is a television critic
for magazine
s and is known by most Canadians as being obnoxious and "a dick", as evidenced by his nickname. He is uptight and short-tempered, especially with Terrance and Phillip's toilet humour and almost all the rest of his Canadian ilk though he has patriotism for his country and expresses special contempt for Americans
and ethnic hatred
towards the Inuit
people. Scott was also Saddam Hussein's advisor twice, first in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" and then to the new Prime Minister of Canada in "It's Christmas in Canada", who turned out to be Saddam in disguise.
Scott's first appearance was in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
", where he was shown to be the nemesis of Terrance and Phillip. He then appeared in "real life" during "It's Christmas in Canada
", attempting to stop the boys from getting Kyle Broflovski
's brother Ike back. Scott returned in the season 15 episode "Royal Pudding
", labeled as the "The Giant" due to radiation poisoning in Ottawa
causing him to grow to slightly larger size. After being accused of abducting the Princess of Canada on misinformation, Scott helps in her rescue from Tooth Decay
and is awarded the Canadian Medal of Courage.
"), voiced by Trey Parker, is a police detective with the Park County Police Department. He was originally shown working for the FBI
in "Christian Rock Hard
," but was shown working for the South Park Police Department in "Casa Bonita
". In "Free Willzyx
" he and his men were investigating the theft of an orca
whale in Denver
. He is often depicted as either incompetent or corrupt. In "The Jeffersons
", when he learns that a wealthy black man named Mr. Jefferson has moved into South Park, he leads a police conspiracy to frame the man for a crime he did not commit
, but aborts the plan when he actually sees the light-skinned Mr. Jefferson, and becomes disillusioned with the long-time police tradition of framing wealthy black men for crimes they didn't commit
. (In actuality, Mr. Jefferson was an incognito Michael Jackson
). In "Cartman's Incredible Gift", when a serial killer
strikes South Park, Yates becomes enamored with the idea that Cartman has psychic powers that can capture the killer, and dismisses proven criminal science such as fingerprinting and blood analysis as "hocus pocus". As a result, he arrests and even kills a number of innocent people based on Cartman's alleged "psychic visions", failing to identify the killer as such when he first investigates him, despite an overabundance of evidence, and nearly letting him go free. In "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy
", he initially takes no action when it is reported that Ike Broflovski's kindergarten teacher is having sex with him, because he finds the idea of a female teacher having sex with a male student alluring. Cartman asks Yates to help him get back a photo he wrongfully thinks Kyle stole in the episode "Cartman Sucks
". In the season 13 episode "Butters' Bottom Bitch
", Yates goes undercover as a (female) prostitute to try and crack down on prostitution in South Park—and insists on going through various sexual acts (including oral sex
and a gang bang
) before arresting the clients.
Yates is usually seen with his grey-haired partner, Detective Mitch Murphy, voiced by Matt Stone. Murphy, along with the rest of the Park County police force, is shown to be more sensible and less corrupt than Yates, although he is still prone to the typical incompetence seen in the show's adults. Murphy has also been referred to as Harris ("The Jeffersons", "Free Willzyx").
". He has a southern accent, and typically is portrayed as a redneck. He hangs out at the bar a great deal, where in the aforementioned episode, he greets newcomers by saying, "Hey! We don't take kindly to your types in here!" This is generally followed by the bartender interjecting, "Now, calm down, Skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody".
He is shown leading various mobs in different episodes, or otherwise appears as a background character or regular townee. His most notable appearances include leading the campaign to "Free Hat McCullough" in "Free Hat
", and as a war supporter who excoriates anti-war protesters in the episode "I'm a Little Bit Country
". He also appears in the "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson
" episode.
He has a daughter, as indicated near the end of "Good Times with Weapons
".
) is Stan's dog. He first appeared in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride
" in which it was revealed that he is gay. Stan was very upset that Sparky was gay, provoking Sparky to run away to "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary", where he would live with other gay animals. He, along with all of the other animals, returned to their owners after the people of South Park learned to become more accepting of their sexuality.
He has been seen in "Proper Condom Use
", and "Good Times With Weapons
", in which his fur was used to disguise Butters
as a dog. Sparky also makes a cameo in "Woodland Critter Christmas
", and was briefly seen in the episode "Spookyfish
". He is included as a figure with the South Park series 2 Stan action figure by Mezco
.
duo from Canada
who appear on The Terrance and Phillip Show, which is frequently watched by Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny. Terrance Henry Stoot of Toronto
(voiced by Matt Stone
) has black hair and wears a red shirt with a letter "T," while Phillip Niles Argyle of Montreal
(voiced by Trey Parker
) has blond hair, diabetes, and a blue shirt with a "P."
Initially, it is indicated that Terrance and Phillip are cartoons, although generally from second season appearances onwards, they are presented as real living people within the South Park universe. The pair are also partly based on Beavis and Butt-head
, particularly in their early appearances.
The characters were inspired by the number of complaints about fart
jokes in South Park. In commentary by Matt Stone and Trey Parker during the first episode in which Terrance and Phillip appeared, they complained of many people claiming that South Park was poorly animated and just all fart jokes. In response the creators invented Terrance and Phillip to demonstrate just what a show that was indeed all fart jokes would be, and made it even more poorly animated.
It is revealed in the episode "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow
" that Terrance and Phillip met at the "Canadian School for Gifted Babies" (a school full of Ike-style babies). The duo briefly separated in "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow", with Phillip having a "serious job" as an actor in "Canadian Shakespeare" plays. Terrance also becomes obese in this episode.
Terrance and Phillip have small beady eyes and Pac Man
-like heads which flap up and down whenever they speak, as do all Canadians featured on the show.
In the 1999 movie
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
, outrage on the part of American mothers to the duo's profane act leads to their arrest, and a war
between Canada and the United States. Their deaths at the hands of Kyle
's mother Sheila cause the upwelling of Satan and his partner-in-evil, Saddam Hussein, from the underworld
. However, they are resurrected at the end of the movie by Kenny
's wish that everything should return to normal.
They married their girlfriends in a double wedding at the end of the episode "Eat, Pray, Queef
".
Towelie is a talking "RG-400 Smart Towel" manufactured by Tynacorp. The exact details of his creation are hopelessly confused, but he was apparently genetically engineered to be an alien spying weapon, and was stolen by a paramilitary group before he simply "got high and just sort of wandered off" to South Park. He speaks in a high-pitched voice, and is usually seen either giving towel-related advice to the citizens of South Park or, more often, getting high on marijuana. Towelie constantly reminds other characters, "Don't forget to bring a towel!" Then, after an awkward pause, he asks the subjects, "You wanna get high?"
Towelie first appeared in the fifth season episode "Towelie", which the boys run into him after he flees a paramilitary group and aliens. After Kenny's death, the boys went searching for a replacement friend in the sixth season episode "Professor Chaos". Towelie, a possible candidate, was said to be "high all the time" and undependable by the boys. This episode also stated that Towelie is 17 years old in towel years. Nonetheless, Towelie makes it to the final round. He also makes brief cameos in "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants
" and "Red Man's Greed
". He starred as the main character in "A Million Little Fibers
", a parody of the controversy that surrounded James Frey
's memoir A Million Little Pieces
on The Oprah Winfrey Show
, after it was discovered to have been partially fabricated. In a parody of A&E
's documentary TV series Intervention
, the boys stage a televised intervention for Towelie in the episode "Crippled Summer
" and convince him to enter rehab
. This episode also revealed that Towelie has an infant son named Washcloth.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone explained on the DVD commentary for "Towelie" that the character was conceived as a joking reference to the over-marketing of characters in the wake of the series' success. Eric Cartman
, partially breaking the fourth wall
, delivers the penultimate line of Towelie's eponymous episode: "You're the worst character ever, Towelie," to which Towelie responds, "I know".
Chinese
character. He is prone to mispronouncing the word "city" as "shitty", and pronouncing Rs instead of Ls
.
Lu Kim first appeared in the episode "Jared Has Aides
", though his name was not given until "Child Abduction Is Not Funny
". According to the DVD commentary on "Jared Has Aides", Tuong is based on an actual person. While doing sound mixing on their film Orgazmo
, Parker and Matt Stone would phone a real life City Wok
just to hear the man's voice.
Lu Kim's main job is the owner of City Wok, a Chinese take out service. He also operates the airline service City Airlines. Keeping with Chinese stereotypes, Tuong is an expert at building walls, and displays anti-Japanese sentiment
. In the episode "Wing
", he appears as the husband of the titular character
, a Chinese-New Zealand singer guest starring as herself.
Lu Kim's actual identity, Dr. Janus, appears in the episode "City Sushi
". In the episode's two plotlines, Dr. Janus falsely diagnoses Butters
with multiple personality disorder
before being revealed to suffer from the disorder himself, while Lu Kim plots to murder his new Japanese rival Junichi Takayama. In a twist, Dr. Janus and Kim are revealed to be one and the same. Although Kim's actual identity is revealed to the people of South Park (leading Takayama to commit suicide
in disgrace), the police decide not to help him with his condition, so that the town will still have an Asian restaurant. Lu Kim thus remains oblivious about his true self. Dr. Janus is likely to be named after Janus
, the Roman god of beginnings and transition
s, who is usually depicted with two heads facing opposite directions.
". He is called "Ugly Bob" due to his hideous appearance, despite the fact looks very much like them and other Canadians. Because of his looks, Terrance and Phillip encourage him to wear a paper bag over his head. Later he reappears as the boyfriend of Terrance's ex-wife Celine Dion
, who is pregnant with Bob's child. Bob told Celine his name was "Handsome Bob", Dion leaves him when she sees his face.
He returned in the season 15 episode "Royal Pudding
", meeting Ike on a bus back to Canada to save the Princess. Bob joins Ike, Scott and an Inuit duo to rescue the Princess from her kidnapper, Tooth Decay. Tooth Decay is killed when Ike removes Bob's paper bag mask, the sight of Bob turning Tooth Decay to stone. For his actions Bob was awarded the Canadian Medal of Courage.
Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in an episode, sometimes being the main focus...
s in the animated television series 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...
. This does not include the school children, family members or the school staff.
Big Gay Al
Big Gay Al (Speaking voice Matt StoneMatt Stone
Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....
, Singing voice Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
) is a stereotypical homosexual man known for his flamboyant and positive demeanor. For example, he almost always responds to the greeting "How are you?" with an upbeat "I'm super! Thanks for asking!" At one point in the show, he runs an animal farm for gay animals who have been rejected by homophobic pet owners. He temporarily adopted Sparky, Stan's gay dog, who had run away from home. Later on in the episode, his large shelter vanishes, but the various animals remained, and were adopted by their former owners who had missed them greatly. Ever since, he has been a particularly good friend to Stan.
He had a minor role in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, where it is revealed he is in fact a celebrity (or had become so since his appearance in his first encounter with Stan). He was the co-host and an entertainer at the troops' USO show, in which he performed his own musical number called "I'm Super".
In the episode "Cripple Fight
Cripple Fight
"Cripple Fight" is the second episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and 67th episode of the series overall...
", he is the leader of the boys' Boy Scout troop. However, the parents of the children are uneasy about a gay scout leader, and the club fires him. The boys rally to get him back, and Gloria Allred
Gloria Allred
Gloria Rachel Allred is an American lawyer noted for taking high-profile and often controversial cases, particulary those involving the protection of women's rights.-Early life:...
and others lobby the Scouts to reaccept him, suing the Scouts in a Supreme Court case that they win. Al rejects this, saying that he knows the Scouts are still good men, and since the Scouts are a private club, they should have the right to exclude people if they choose to, just as he has the right to express himself as a gay man.
Big Gay Al eventually enters into a relationship with Mr. Slave, the ex-boyfriend of Mr. Garrison, whom he married in "Follow That Egg!
Follow that Egg!
"Follow That Egg" is the tenth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 2, 2005. In the episode, Mrs. Garrison tries to get back together with her ex-boyfriend Mr...
".
Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave later appeared in an attempt to help the boys change the definition of the word fag in "The F Word
The F Word (South Park)
"The F Word" is the twelfth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 193rd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 4, 2009...
".
Mechanic
Mechanic is a nameless character who wears a wide-brimmed fedora and overalls, and speaks with a heavy MaineMaine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
accent. He first appears in "Butter's Very Own Episode", in which he directs Butters down a dark road to South Park giving the horrific history of the road to him, ending his speech with "Yah, lotta history down that road." He appears again in "Asspen
Asspen
"Asspen" is the second episode of the sixth season of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on March 13, 2002. It parodies several sports movies of the 1980s.-Plot:...
" when he tries to talk Stan out of racing down the K-13 while giving the terrible history about the run and the lives lost on it, ending his speech with "Yah, a lotta history on that ski run." A more direct parody of Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by Stephen King. It was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and was later made into a film of the same name.-Plot:...
is made in "Marjorine
Marjorine
"Marjorine" is episode 134 of Comedy Central's South Park. It aired on October 26, 2005.-Plot:The episode begins with Cartman gathering the boys together in his basement to show them a video tape of the girls of South Park Elementary using a device, which is a high-tech gadget which gives them the...
" when he tries to talk Mr. Stotch out of burying what he believes to be Butter's body on the Indian burial ground, saying, "Don't bury your son's body at the Indian burial ground, Stotch! The one that's right up over there, behind the Andersons' bar.", closing with Crandall's signature line "Sometimes... dead is better."
Darryl Weathers
Darryl Weathers is a worker from the Construction Workers' Union whose catchphrase consists of variations on the phrase "They're taking our jobs!", with "jobs" pronounced roughly "dʒɵbz" or "dʒɵrbz" and with the phrase's verb tense and subject and predicate number changed as appropriate for the context. His appearance, modeled on that of Jeff FoxworthyJeff Foxworthy
Jeffrey Marshall "Jeff" Foxworthy is an American comedian, television and radio personality and author. He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which also comprises Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. Known for his "you might be a redneck" one-liners, Foxworthy...
, features thick red hair and a large red mustache. His first appearance is in "Goobacks
Goobacks
"Goobacks" is the 7th episode of the 8th season of the animated television series South Park, and the 118th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 28, 2004...
", in which he hosts a rally of many working-class men upset over losing their jobs to the Goobacks, time travelers from the future who work for next to nothing. When he went to plead and debate his case about immigration on The O'Reilly Factor
The O'Reilly Factor
The O'Reilly Factor, originally titled The O'Reilly Report from 1996 to 1998 and often called The Factor, is an American talk show on the Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Bill O'Reilly, who often discusses current controversial political issues with guests.The program was the most watched...
he was described only with the description "Pissed-Off-White Trash-Redneck-Conservative" as he engaged in a debate with his opposition "ageing-hippie-liberal-douche" . He and the other men decide to all "get gay" with one another, having homosexual sex in the hopes that this will prevent future generations of children that will give rise to the Goobacks. His next appearance is a one liner in "Smug Alert!
Smug Alert!
"Smug Alert!" is the second episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 141st episode overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 29, 2006...
", in which he is angered at Gerald Broflovski for putting a homemade ticket on his car because of its gas consumption. His also appeared is in the episode "Margaritaville
Margaritaville
"Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...
" in which he again loses his job, this time to economic hardships. He's latest appearance is in "W.T.F.
W.T.F.
"W.T.F." is the 10th episode of the 13th season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 191st overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 21, 2009...
", in which he becomes a fan of the W.T.F and repeats his catchphrase with many variations like "They Broke His Jaw".
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto and Kevin
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto (also spelled and pronounced Mephisto while once referenced as "Alfonz Mephesto"; voiced by Trey ParkerTrey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
) is a mad scientist
Mad scientist
A mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, specifically science fiction. The mad scientist may be villainous or antagonistic, benign or neutral, and whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, mad scientists often work with fictional technology in order to forward their schemes, if...
who specializes in genetic engineering
Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest...
, and has a son named Terrance (not to be confused with Terrance from Terrance and Phillip). The character is an extended reference to Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr. was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St...
's portrayal of Dr. Moreau in the 1996 film version of The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)
The Island of Dr. Moreau is a 1996 science fiction horror film, the third major movie version of the H. G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau about a scientist who attempts to convert animals into people...
. He always tries to help those who require his talents, but his experiments sometimes go wrong and put the whole town in danger.
Like Dr. Moreau, Dr. Mephesto creates strange creatures with his talents, such as animals with multiple buttocks. Mephesto believes it is for the good of the Earth, and that one-assed animals are useless and must be destroyed. In "Spontaneous Combustion
Spontaneous Combustion (South Park episode)
"Spontaneous Combustion" is the 33rd episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on April 14, 1999.-Plot :...
", he even goes as far as presenting a "seven-assed Galapagos Turtle" in an attempt to win a Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
, but loses to Randy Marsh's "Unified Theory of Fart Thing." He genetically splices a squirrel with provolone
Provolone
Provolone is an Italian cheese that originated in Southern Italy, where it is still produced in various shapes as in 10 to 15 cm long pear, sausage, or cone shapes. A variant of Provolone is also produced in North America and Japan...
cheese in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA
Cartman Joins NAMBLA
"Cartman Joins NAMBLA" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 53rd episode of the series overall...
". He also performs experiments ranging from simple DNA tests to creating a genetic clone of Stan Marsh for his son's science project. Mephesto also provides normal genetic testing services, as when Cartman has him determine who was his father in "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
"Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut" is the first season finale of the animated television series South Park, and the 13th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 25, 1998. It is part one of a two-episode story arc, which concluded with...
" and "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut
Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut
"Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut" is the second episode of the second season of the animated series South Park, and the 15th episode of the series overall. It premiered on Comedy Central in the United States on April 22, 1998...
". Mephesto has a brother who attempts to kill him every month for unrevealed reasons, as mentioned in the aforementioned episode. Playing on his real-world origins, he is a member of the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes, a group not fond of "that other NAMBLA", as seen in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA".
Kevin, Dr. Mephesto's silent companion, described as "that little monkey guy", is a small little creature who dresses like Dr. Mephesto. He is based on Majai, a character created for the 1996 film adaptation of The Island of Dr. Moreau. While Kevin's exact nature is never addressed on the show, his story is told in the song "Mephesto and Kevin" by Primus
Primus (band)
Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...
from Chef Aid: The South Park Album
Chef Aid: The South Park Album
-Episode reference:- Singles :* "Chocolate Salty Balls "CD1# "Chocolate Salty Balls " - Performed By Chef# "Oh Holy Night" - Performed By Eric Cartman...
. He was apparently a failed attempt to create a perfect pop singer, a test tube baby created from Michael Jackson's
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
sperm and the egg of an unspecified, musically talented female donor, brought to term inside the womb of a llama.
In 200
200 (South Park)
"200" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 200th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 14, 2010...
, the DNA test from "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" was revisited. Mitch Connor
Fat Butt and Pancake Head
"Fat Butt and Pancake Head" is fifth episode of the seventh season of the Comedy Central series South Park. It was originally broadcast on April 16, 2003.- Plot :...
reveals to Cartman that Dr. Mephesto's DNA Test in the episode was covered up. They visit Herbert Garrison
Herbert Garrison
Mr. Herbert Garrison is a recurring character in the American animated television series South Park. He is voiced by Trey Parker. For the first eight seasons of the series, the character was known as Mr. Garrison but underwent sex reassignment surgery in the season 9 episode "Mr. Garrison's Fancy...
and demand to see Mr. Hat, who reveals the results were indeed tampered with, before the episode ends on a cliffhanger. In 201
201 (South Park)
"201" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 201st overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 21, 2010. The episode continued multiple storylines from the previous episode, "200", in which a group of angry...
, both characters return, unwilling to allow visitors into their laboratory, trying to become recluse, but ultimately they allow Cartman in when Mitch poses as an African-American and accuses Mephesto of not allowing him in due to racism.
Cartman begs Mephesto to explain who his father is, but Mephesto is stalled by Kyle, Stan, Kenny and the prophet Muhammed who rush into the open door, which Mephisto closes afterward. They ask him to clone Muhammed, only for someone to appear at the door and attempt the same method Cartman did before. Stan and Kyle are angry he is racist so he lets him in, only for them to be Ginger Kids, who hold Mephesto and Cartman's potential fathers hostage while their leader, Scott Tenorman, reveals the identity of Cartman's father. As it turned out, Mephisto's brother who had shot him was a Broncos fan, covering up so they could formulate a plan to protect the Denver Bronco who was Cartman's father, Jack Tenorman.
Dr. Doctor
Dr. Doctor is a South Park doctor seen during scenes set at Hells Pass Hospital, known for making unusual medical diagnoses, including instances in which he reifiesReification (fallacy)
Reification is a fallacy of ambiguity, when an abstraction is treated as if it were a concrete, real event, or physical entity. In other words, it is the error of treating as a "real thing" something which is not a real thing, but merely an idea...
abstract or metaphorical ideas as actual diseases or injuries. In "The Biggest Douche in the Universe
The Biggest Douche in the Universe
"The Biggest Douche in the Universe" is the 15th episode of the sixth season of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. It was first broadcast on November 27, 2002 and was the last in a mini-arc depicting Cartman being occasionally possessed by Kenny...
", after Cartman is admitted to the hospital following his possession by the soul of his deceased friend, Kenny McCormick
Kenny McCormick
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is one of the four central characters along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His oft-muffled and indiscernible speech—the result of his parka hood covering his...
, the Doctor's diagnosis is "his time is running out", and uses that phrase as if it were a literal medical diagnosis, explaining if he does not get a "time transplant", he will die. In the episode "You Got F'd in the A
You Got F'd in the A
"You Got F'd in the A" is episode 115 of the Comedy Central series South Park...
", which is a spoof of the film You Got Served
You Got Served
You Got Served is a film written and directed by Chris Stokes, manager of its stars, recording artist Omarion, Marques Houston and the members of boy band B2K. The plot concerns a group of dancers, who take part in a street dancing competition...
, the Doctor treats Randy Marsh
Randy Marsh
Randall Gilbert Marsh is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1981 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000-2009. Marsh wore the uniform number 30...
after Randy is "served" (slang term for being defeated in a dance competition) by a group of street dancers, as if "being served" constitutes an actual physical transgression that incurs major injuries. In "Pre-School
Pre-School (South Park)
"Pre-School" is the 121st episode and the 10th in season 8 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on November 10, 2004.- Plot :...
", he treats the kids of South Park after bullying, even though they were merely the victim of mild abuse such as the "second-degree titty twister." In "Cartman's Incredible Gift
Cartman's Incredible Gift
"Cartman's Incredible Gift" is episode 124 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired December 8, 2004. Though a minor part of the episode, it marks the last appearance of the seldom-seen South Park Elementary school bus driver Mrs. Veronica Crabtree...
", after Cartman is hospitalized following an attempt to fly by jumping off a roof with cardboard wings, the Doctor tells his mother that he is "incredibly stupid" and that the stupidity caused the fall. He continues to appear occasionally, including in "Medicinal Fried Chicken
Medicinal Fried Chicken
"Medicinal Fried Chicken" is the third episode of the 14th season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 198th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 31, 2010...
" where his actions and mistaken research lead to the return of KFCs and re-illegalization of marijuana.
In the series, he has been voiced by Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
since 1997, though he was voiced by George Clooney
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
in the 1999 feature film South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, in which his character was called Dr. Gouache. Although he wears a name tag also identifying him as "Dr. Doctor", he was called "Doctor Gouache" in "Cartman's Incredible Gift".
Father Maxi
Father Maxi (aka Priest Maxi) (voiced by Matt Stone) is a CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
priest who serves as the mouthpiece for South Park's Christian caricatures. His name is a play on the name of reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
star Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest
Max Alfred "Maxi" Priest is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with a R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, and became one of the first international successes who regularly dabbled in the genre as well as being one of the most...
. He first appeared in the first season episode "Damien". In the episode "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery
Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery
"Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" is the twelfth episode of the third season of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on October 27, 1999...
", Maxi, in his hatred of Halloween, kills many South Park citizens in order to convince people that Halloween is evil. In "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and 57th episode of the series overall. "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" originally aired in the United States on July 19, 2000 on Comedy Central. It is the first part of a two...
", he claims that Timmy will go to Hell, since Timmy's speech impediment makes it impossible for him to confess his sins.
Though Father Maxi is a priest and required to be celibate, he does not seem to regularly practice this. Like most of the adults in South Park, he has had sex with Mrs. Cartman at some point in his life, and was caught having sex with a "Mrs. Donovan". In "Cripple Fight
Cripple Fight
"Cripple Fight" is the second episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and 67th episode of the series overall...
", he admitted to having gone through a homosexual phase in his youth, but claims to be reformed. However, he apparently once had a relationship with a man named Peterson whom he was supposed to be reforming of homosexuality.
In "Red Hot Catholic Love
Red Hot Catholic Love
"Red Hot Catholic Love" is the 87th episode of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on July 3, 2002. It was selected #2 of the "10 South Parks that Changed the World", and was also part of "South Park's Dirty Dozen." In the DVD commentary for this episode, Stone and Parker...
", he pursues Catholic sex abuse cases as the only uncorrupted priest in the episode, and espouses a version of liberal Christianity
Liberal Christianity
Liberal Christianity, sometimes called liberal theology, is an umbrella term covering diverse, philosophically and biblically informed religious movements and ideas within Christianity from the late 18th century and onward...
in saying that the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
is a collection of moral parables meant to act as an ethical guide, and not be taken literally. In "Follow That Egg", he officiates Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave's wedding, despite his earlier stand against homosexuality. In "The F Word
The F Word (South Park)
"The F Word" is the twelfth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 193rd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 4, 2009...
", he is seen outside his chapel displaying a "God Hates Fags" sign towards an obnoxious gang of Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...
riders, who have been deemed as "fags" under city ordinance.
God
GodGod
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
is portrayed on South Park as a composite of several animals. His first appearance was in "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus
Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus
"Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus" is episode 47 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It was originally broadcast on December 29, 1999 and featured the then-nearing end of the 2nd millennium...
". He can be summoned in Heaven when his name is spoken, and sometimes on Earth, where he appears as beams of light with a deep voice. God is a Buddhist, although only people of the Mormon faith are allowed in Heaven. As the population of Heaven began to dwindle, and the population of Hell rose, as told in "Best Friends Forever
Best Friends Forever
"Best Friends Forever" is the fourth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series series South Park. It was written and directed by co-creator Trey Parker and first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 30, 2005....
", God started to allow others into Heaven. This was an attempt to build up Heaven's army to protect God's Kingdom from the increasingly larger Army of Satan. It is said that the PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
was created by God to help find the human who could lead his army, which turned out to be Kenny. Every 2000 years, he comes to Earth to answer one question. He is included as a figure with the South Park series 3 Jesus action figure by Mezco. He is voiced by Trey Parker.
Jesus
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....
) is a fictional character
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
based on the biblical Jesus
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
. On South Park, Jesus had his own public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV show called Jesus and Pals. He was killed while fighting Iraqis during an attempt to rescue Santa on Christmas Eve in the episode "Red Sleigh Down
Red Sleigh Down
"Red Sleigh Down" is episode 96 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on December 11, 2002. The episode is notable for the return of Kenny from his death in Season Five...
." This was his last major role on the show until he was resurrected
Resurrection
Resurrection refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologically dead. It is used both with respect to particular individuals or the belief in a General Resurrection of the dead at the end of the world. The General Resurrection is featured prominently in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim...
five years later in the eleventh season episode "Fantastic Easter Special
Fantastic Easter Special
"Fantastic Easter Special" is the fifth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 158th episode of the series overall...
".
He is portrayed as represented in Christian thought—i.e., he is the Son of God, has numerous miraculous powers (including prophecy, healing and resurrection), as well as the ability to fly and expert carpentry skills. He tells people to do good things and they will go to heaven but many church people go to Hell making Jesus moot. The exact nature of his abilities varies from episode to episode—for example, "Super Best Friends
Super Best Friends
"Super Best Friends" is the third episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 68th episode of the series overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on July 4, 2001. The episode depicts several religious figures, including Muhammad,...
" portrays some of his most famous miracles as farces, despite still having basic powers, while in "Fantastic Easter Special
Fantastic Easter Special
"Fantastic Easter Special" is the fifth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 158th episode of the series overall...
," he claims to only have his powers after being killed and resurrected, so he makes Kyle kill him so he can save the Easter bunny.
Jesus is usually portrayed as being calm and self-assured, being kind and peaceable to everyone; nevertheless, he often acts more typical of South Park characters. He is often seen, for example, fighting villains, and while inept at it in "Damien
Damien (South Park episode)
"Damien" is the eighth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 4, 1998. In the episode, the boys' class is joined by a new student named Damien, who has been sent by his father Satan to find...
", he later is shown ("Red Sleigh Down
Red Sleigh Down
"Red Sleigh Down" is episode 96 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on December 11, 2002. The episode is notable for the return of Kenny from his death in Season Five...
," "Fantastic Easter Special
Fantastic Easter Special
"Fantastic Easter Special" is the fifth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 158th episode of the series overall...
" and "Imaginationland Episode III
Imaginationland Episode III
"Imaginationland Episode III", or "Moistening of the Scrotum" , is episode 1112 of Comedy Central's animated TV series South Park. It originally aired on October 31, 2007. It is the concluding episode in a three-part story arc that won the 2008 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for One Hour or...
") as being very skilled with guns, swords and a glaive
Glaive
A glaive is a European polearm weapon, consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole. It is similar to the Japanese naginata and the Chinese Guan Dao....
(in "Imaginationland III" he leads the charge of the good imaginary characters into battle.) He makes a cameo as a soldier in South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, implying that he's on the American side. He is also a member of the Super Best Friends
Super Best Friends
"Super Best Friends" is the third episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 68th episode of the series overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on July 4, 2001. The episode depicts several religious figures, including Muhammad,...
, a group of religious figures who fight against the forces of evil (except for Buddha
Gautama Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...
, who doesn't believe in evil).
Before his second death, Jesus hosted a television talk show called Jesus and Pals on South Park public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV. Jesus would often receive on-air calls from guests, and would be depicted as reluctant to respond to questions regarding issues such as homosexuality
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
, euthanasia
Euthanasia
Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering....
and his own crucifixion
Crucifixion
Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead...
. In the episode "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka
"The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" is the sixth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 19th episode of the series overall...
", Jesus's show entered a ratings war with Jimbo Kern and Ned Gerblansky's hunting program Huntin' and Killin. The show's producer, in an attempt to increase ratings, fabricates controversy between guests, and Jesus and Pals turns into a Jerry Springer
The Jerry Springer Show
The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries...
-style farce. During live production of the face-off between Ned and Jimbo vs. the children on Jesus and Pals, the guests and audience breakout into a brawl. It led to a huge fight until Jesus discovered what happened, and sent his producer to Hell. In Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut, when Mr. Garrison asks "who here hasn't had sex with Mrs. Cartman," Jesus and Priest Maxi exchange uncomfortable glances, implying that he, like most everyone else in South Park, has at some point had a relationship with Cartman's mother.
In the Jesus vs. Frosty short which started South Park, the boys make a snowman which comes to life after they put a hat on him. The snowman kills Cartman and Kenny and even poses as Santa. Stan and Kyle are the only ones left and seek help from a baby Jesus who comes alive from a Nativity Scene and knocks Frosty's hat off. In Jesus vs. Santa, Jesus arrives from Heaven to seek retribution. He wants to get rid of Santa once and for all since people don't see Christmas as Jesus's birthday anymore. With help from Brian Boitano
Brian Boitano
Brian Anthony Boitano is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985-1988 U.S. National Champion. He turned professional following the 1988 season...
, the boys tell Jesus that Santa is keeping his birthday alive and they tell Santa if it wasn't for Jesus there wouldn't be a Christmas. At that point, both Santa and Jesus apologized to each other, and Jesus decided to offer Santa an orange smoothie, which Santa likes. Some footage from this short was used in the episode "A Very Crappy Christmas
A Very Crappy Christmas
"A Very Crappy Christmas" is seventeenth and final episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 65th episode overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 20, 2000. In the episode, Kyle awaits Mr. Hankey on Christmas, but he does...
".
In the Imaginationland-trilogy he is depicted as "one of the most revered fictional characters". To add to the confusion: in previous "South Park" episodes Jesus interacted in real life with other South Park citizens, just like Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus...
who is also shown in the "Imaginationland" episodes as a fictional character. Other famous religious icons such as Moses
Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
, Ganesha
Ganesha
Ganesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...
, Buddha
Buddha
In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...
, Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith was founder of what later became known as the Latter Day Saint movement or Mormons.Joseph Smith may also refer to:-Latter Day Saints:* Joseph Smith, Sr. , father of Joseph Smith...
and God
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
are also shown as citizens of Imaginationland.
Despite the subject material, the South Park iteration of Jesus was absent from the episode The Passion of the Jew, an eighth season episode dealing with Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ and the various responses to the film from the four principal characters as well as the rest of the town itself.
Loogie (a/k/a Luigi)
Loogie or Luigi made his first appearance in "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000
"The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000" is episode 49 of Comedy Central's South Park. It originally aired on April 5, 2000.-Plot:...
". When the boys try to make money by snatching Tooth Fairy
Tooth fairy
The tooth fairy is a fantasy figure of early childhood. The folklore states that when a child loses a baby tooth, if he or she places it beneath the bed pillow, the tooth fairy will visit while the child sleeps, replacing the lost tooth with a small payment....
money left underneath other boys' pillows, they encounter another set of boys trying to do the same thing. These rivals bring the boys back to Loogie, whereupon they learn that the Tooth Fairy business is actually a crime syndicate, with Loogie being portrayed as a youth Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
kingpin. He wears a zoot suit
Zoot suit
A zoot suit is a suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing was popularized by African Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Italian Americans during the late 1930s and the 1940s...
and his headquarters is a basement Italian
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences, including Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Jewish and Arab cuisines...
restaurant. Instead of merely dressing up like the Tooth Fairy and procuring the money, he has an entire assembly line
Assembly line
An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods...
of employees who procure the teeth and inspect them for quality. When the boys attempt to break off into their own independent syndicate, Loogie intervenes and targets Kenny to teach them a lesson (which is a spoof on common Mafia practices). He is voiced primarily by Richard Belzer
Richard Belzer
Richard Jay Belzer is an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as John Munch, which he has portrayed as a regular cast member on the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as in guest...
, although the final recordings were performed by Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
. He made another cameo appearance in "Professor Chaos
Professor Chaos (South Park episode)
"Professor Chaos" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the Comedy Central series South Park and the 85th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on April 10, 2002.-Plot:...
", where he was one of twenty candidates to replace the then-deceased Kenny in the boys' group. He survived the first round to become a semi-finalist but was one of four boys cut in the second round. In this episode, when his name was called out to advance to the next round, he was referred to as "Luigi".
To date, the show has not specified whether the character's name is actually Loogie, such that the "Luigi" reference is a "nod" or "nonce usage", or whether instead his given name is Luigi and the appellation "Loogie" is a (likely pejorative
Pejorative
Pejoratives , including name slurs, are words or grammatical forms that connote negativity and express contempt or distaste. A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social groups but not in others, e.g., hacker is a term used for computer criminals as well as quick and clever computer experts...
) nickname.
Mayor McDaniels
Mayor McDaniels is the mayor of South Park. In one episode, she is discovered ordering Officer Barbrady to perform oral sexOral sex
Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...
on her, and in another, she indicates obliquely that they have had dealings with the Japanese mafia. Her civic ideas for the city are often made without regard for future consequences, which are usually disastrous. In "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo", she tries to resolve offended feelings towards the public school Christmas play by having a play created that makes no references to any religion or religious holiday, resulting in an esoteric production that all the townspeople loathe. In "Summer Sucks
Summer Sucks
"Summer Sucks" is the eight episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 21st episode of the series overall...
", after all fireworks are declared illegal with the exception of snakes, the town is endangered by a giant snake she arranges to have set off. She attempts suicide in "Die Hippie, Die
Die Hippie, Die
"Die Hippie, Die" is the second episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 16, 2005.-Plot:...
", after a hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
music festival she signs the permit for has deleterious effects on the town. In "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
"Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut" is the first season finale of the animated television series South Park, and the 13th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 25, 1998. It is part one of a two-episode story arc, which concluded with...
", when Garrison asks the question of who has not slept with Mrs. Cartman, she exchanges uncomfortable glances with Principal Victoria, implying that she, like most everyone else in South Park, has at some point been involved with Cartman's mother.
McDaniels was conceived because Trey Parker and Matt Stone wanted the mayor to be someone more sophisticated than other South Park residents and believed she was better than the rest of the town.
Moses
MosesMoses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
, the Jewish prophet, appears in "Jewbilee
Jewbilee
"Jewbilee" is the ninth episode of the third season and 40th overall episode of the animated television series South Park. The final part of The Meteor Shower Trilogy, the episode described what happened to Kyle and Kenny, who both went to a Jewish Scouting camp, on the night of the meteor shower...
" as the focus of a ritual in which Jews make macaroni pictures, popcorn necklaces and soap carvings at a Jewish scout camp. His appearance is patterned after the Master Control Program from the film Tron
Tron (film)
Tron is a 1982 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Lisberger, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Jeff Bridges as the protagonist Kevin Flynn; Bruce Boxleitner in a dual role as security program Tron and Tron's "User", computer programmer Alan Bradley; Cindy...
and a large glowing spinning dreidel
Dreidel
A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top, played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet:נ ,ג ,ה ,ש ,...
. The episode's antisemitic antagonist, Garth, captures him in a conch shell before calling upon the Biblical character Haman
Haman (Bible)
Haman is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who, according to Old Testament tradition, was a 5th Century BC noble and vizier of the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, traditionally identified as Artaxerxes II...
. Kenny McCormick
Kenny McCormick
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is one of the four central characters along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His oft-muffled and indiscernible speech—the result of his parka hood covering his...
, who had been banished from the camp by Moses for not being Jewish, saves the camp by breaking the conch shell open with his head. Moses also appears in the episode "Super Best Friends
Super Best Friends
"Super Best Friends" is the third episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 68th episode of the series overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on July 4, 2001. The episode depicts several religious figures, including Muhammad,...
", in which he acts as the computer at the Super Best Friends headquarters, and demonstrates the ability to play a tape by having it inserted through a port in his front. Additionally, Moses appears at the Hall of the Super Best Friends in the episode "200
200 (South Park)
"200" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 200th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 14, 2010...
", where he offers the opinion that it will be okay for the prophet Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
to appear in Southpark in a U-Haul
U-Haul
U-Haul International, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen U-Haul International, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation...
, if the U-Haul has no windows.
Mr. Hankey
Mr. Hankey the "Christmas Poo", voiced by Trey Parker, is a talking piece of fecesFeces
Feces, faeces, or fæces is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the anus or cloaca during defecation.-Etymology:...
. He first appeared in the first season episode "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (South Park episode)
"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" is the tenth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 17, 1997. In the episode, the Jewish character Kyle feels excluded from the rest of town during Christmas,...
". He emerges from the toilet bowl on Christmas Eve and brings presents to good boys and girls whose diets have been high in fibre
Dietary fiber
Dietary fiber, dietary fibre, or sometimes roughage is the indigestible portion of plant foods having two main components:* soluble fiber that is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and* insoluble fiber that is metabolically inert, absorbing water as it...
. He is especially close to Kyle
Kyle Broflovski
Kyle Broflovski is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is voiced by co-creator Matt Stone. Kyle is one of the show's four central characters, along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman...
, consoling him during his Christmas-Hanukkah depression and generally appears to help the boys out with something or gives them advice. Mr. Hankey has appeared in various Christmas episodes, and inspired an actual retail CD Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
"Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" is episode 46 of Comedy Central's animated television series South Park. An album of comedic holiday songs, some featured in the episode, and others exclusive to the album, or featured in other episodes, was released the week prior to the episode's original air...
in which he has his own theme song. In his first appearance, he appeared anthropomorphic only to Kyle and Chef, although he often leaves a trail behind that is attributed by the adults to antisocial behavior by Kyle. Due to his physical state, he can only emerge from the sewers during the Christmas season or he will dry up and die.
The Mr. Hankey character was based on an idea Trey Parker's father created when he was potty-training Trey as a child. Parker said he refused to flush the toilet at age three or four, so his father told him if he did not flush the stool, who he called "Mr. Hankey", it would come to life and kill him. Parker said he planned to incorporate Mr. Hankey into South Park, but did not decide right away to make him a Christmas figure; previously, Parker envisioned the character simply as a talking stool and drew him with a sailor's hat, not a Christmas hat. John Kricfalusi
John Kricfalusi
Michael John Kricfalusi , better known as John K., is a Canadian animator. He is creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, its adults-only spin-off Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", The Ripping Friends animated series, and Weekend Pussy Hunt, which was billed as "the world's first interactive web-based...
, the creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show
The Ren and Stimpy Show
The Ren & Stimpy Show, often simply referred to as Ren & Stimpy, is an American animated television series, created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on the titular characters: Ren Höek, a psychotic chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a good-natured, dimwitted cat...
, claimed Mr. Hankey concept was stolen from Kricfalusi's cartoon short, "Nutty the Friendly Dump", and even discussed taking legal action against the show. Parker and Stone denied the allegation and said they were not fans of Ren & Stimpy.
Mr. Kitty
Mr. Kitty is a grey housecat owned by CartmanEric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name...
, prone to showing interest in Cartman's food, to which Cartman usually responds, "No, Mr. Kitty, that's mine! That's a bad kitty!" Her first appearance was in "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" is the first episode of the animated television series South Park. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on August 13, 1997...
". In the episode "Spookyfish
Spookyfish
"Spookyfish" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 28th episode of the series overall. "Spookyfish" originally aired in the United States on October 28, 1998 on Comedy Central...
", a kindhearted and generous Cartman from a parallel universe arrives and is friendly to Kitty, much to our universe's Cartman's irritation. Kitty's most prominent role was in the season three episode "Cat Orgy
Cat Orgy
"Cat Orgy" is the 38th episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park.It originally aired on July 14, 1999. It is the first episode of a three-part story arc, often known as The Meteor Shower Trilogy, which tells three different stories all taking place on the same night. The other two...
". Mr. Kitty was mentioned in "The Death of Eric Cartman
The Death of Eric Cartman
"The Death of Eric Cartman" is is the sixth episode of the ninth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 133rd episode overall...
" as being part of the list of beings to whom Cartman needed to apologize in order to reach Heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
. Although Mr. Kitty is indicated to be female in "Cat Orgy
Cat Orgy
"Cat Orgy" is the 38th episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park.It originally aired on July 14, 1999. It is the first episode of a three-part story arc, often known as The Meteor Shower Trilogy, which tells three different stories all taking place on the same night. The other two...
", in the season 12 episode, "Major Boobage
Major Boobage
"Major Boobage" is the third episode of the twelfth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 170th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 26, 2008...
", the children experiment with Mr. Kitty's urine after learning that the urine of male cats can cause intoxication— indicating that Mr. Kitty is actually male.
Ned Gerblansky
Ned Gerblansky (voiced by Trey Parker) and his best friend Jimbo Kern represent South Park's large population of stereotypical "rednecks". They are obsessed with large trucks, beer, guns, explosions, and killing animals. They detest "liberals" and circumvent hunting regulations, which they refer to as anti-hunting laws, by yelling, "it's coming right for us!" before shooting any animal, thereby justifying the kill as self-defense. After a court ruling, they are seen shooting animals so as to "thin out their numbers", despite the fact that they are shown shooting at endangered species while shouting, "it's coming right for us!"Jimbo and Ned met while in the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
, where Jimbo was a helicopter pilot. During the war, Ned lost his right arm when a hand grenade exploded in his hand. Ned also lost his formerly mellifluous voice due to cancer, apparently caused by cigarette smoking, and is forced to speak with a mechanical larynx
Mechanical larynx
A mechanical larynx, also referred to as a "throat back", is a medical device used to produce clearer speech by those who have lost their original voicebox, usually due to cancer of the larynx. The most common device is the electrolarynx which is handheld, battery operated and placed under the...
. Despite the fact that Ned lost one of his arms, he can still wield two-handed weapons, such as a flamethrower, and even an M249 SAW in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 animated musical comedy film based on the animated television series South Park, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The film was directed by Parker, who also stars along with the rest of the regular voice cast from the series, including Stone, Mary...
. It was revealed in the episode "Summer Sucks" that Ned has an ex-wife, though her name is never mentioned.
Ned and Jimbo were inspired by characters Trey Parker used to draw during high school.
Nellie and Thomas McElroy
Nellie and Thomas McElroy were the parents of ChefChef (South Park)
Jerome "Chef" McElroy is a fictional character on the Comedy Central series South Park. He was voiced by Isaac Hayes. A cafeteria worker at the local elementary school in the town of South Park, Colorado, Chef was generally portrayed as more level-headed than the other adult residents of the town...
and are both voiced by Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
. They first appear in the episode "The Succubus
The Succubus
"The Succubus" is the 34th episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on April 21, 1999.-Plot:Eric Cartman must go to the local eye doctor, whom he hates because the doctor always makes fun of his obesity by referring to him as "Piggy"...
", when they come to South Park for Chef's wedding. They appear later in the episode "The Biggest Douche in the Universe
The Biggest Douche in the Universe
"The Biggest Douche in the Universe" is the 15th episode of the sixth season of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. It was first broadcast on November 27, 2002 and was the last in a mini-arc depicting Cartman being occasionally possessed by Kenny...
" when Chef takes Cartman
Eric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name...
and his mother to his parents' manor house in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. They perform a shaman-esque ritual to exorcize Kenny's
Kenny McCormick
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is one of the four central characters along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His oft-muffled and indiscernible speech—the result of his parka hood covering his...
soul from Cartman's body. In "Red Sleigh Down
Red Sleigh Down
"Red Sleigh Down" is episode 96 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on December 11, 2002. The episode is notable for the return of Kenny from his death in Season Five...
", they are seen in a crowd during the town's Christmas celebration. Interestingly, they are not seen at Chef's funeral in "The Return of Chef
The Return of Chef
"The Return of Chef" is the first episode of the tenth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 140th episode overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 22, 2006. It was advertised as the tenth season premiere. The episode was the first after the...
".
The McElroys' main subject of conversation is their supposed encounters with the Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next....
. They repeatedly claim that they have seen him on multiple occasions, and are constantly harassed by him, as he tries to swindle them out of "tree-fiddy" ($3.50). According to Thomas, the monster has pretended to be a girl scout, an alien, and Chef's imaginary friend from childhood.
Officer Barbrady
Officer Barbrady (voiced by Trey Parker) is a South Park city police officer who is extremely incompetent at what he does and is generally a bumbling oaf, incapable of solving any of the crimes he is charged to investigate. He even unintentionally helped Mr. Garrison try to kill Kathie Lee GiffordKathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter and actress, best known for her 15-year run on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin...
. Mayor McDaniels still often summons him, as he actually does keep the peace in South Park, as shown in "Chickenlover
Chickenlover
"Chickenlover" is the third episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 16th episode of the series overall. It aired on Comedy Central in the United States on May 20, 1998.-Plot:...
" when shortly after he quits, the city falls into chaos. Officer Barbrady doesn't drink coffee, as seen in episode "Gnomes
Gnomes (South Park episode)
"Gnomes" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 30th episode of the series overall. "Gnomes" originally aired in the United States on December 16, 1998 on Comedy Central. This episode marks the first appearance of Tweek and his...
"; he instead prefers to get hit in the face by a cat swung by the tail. He is slightly overweight
Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems...
and talks louder than he should, most likely because of his hearing aid.
Barbrady was illiterate until season two's "Chickenlover". After his illiteracy was exposed, Barbrady was ordered to learn how to read by the Mayor. Chickenlover made him learn to read by leaving the notes at the crime scenes describing where he would strike next. Barbrady was thankful at first to Chickenlover, but arrested him nonetheless for his crimes. Chickenlover then gave him the book Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing...
by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....
, which Barbrady thought was such an awful book that he vowed never to read anything ever again.
In "Chickenlover" and "Spookyfish
Spookyfish
"Spookyfish" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 28th episode of the series overall. "Spookyfish" originally aired in the United States on October 28, 1998 on Comedy Central...
" Barbrady claims to have a wife. However, she has never appeared on the show. In other episodes, it has been implied that he and Mayor McDaniels are in a relationship, despite her general disdain for him.
In the season seven episode "Toilet Paper
Toilet Paper (South Park episode)
"Toilet Paper" is the 99th episode of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on April 2, 2003. It is a parody of the movie Silence of the Lambs.- Plot :...
", Barbrady claims, while being interrogated by Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal Lecter M.D. is a fictional character in a series of horror novels by Thomas Harris and in the films adapted from them.Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer...
-like character Josh, that he was beaten with a belt by his uncle and that his father forced him to wear a dress and sit on all of his uncle's laps on poker night. Josh interjects that this is the reason he became a police officer in the first place; to protect himself.
Parker's voice for Officer Barbrady was inspired by Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager is an American syndicated radio talk show host, syndicated columnist, author, and public speaker. He is noted for his conservative political and social views emanating from conservative Judeo-Christian values. He holds that there is an "American Trinity" of essential principles,...
, a syndicated radio talk show host, who Parker said he and Stone liked to make fun of for his "big, bombastic, stupid voice".
In "Chickenlover", it was established that Barbrady was the only police officer in town. In later seasons, he was phased out in favor of an actual police force, led by the equally incompetent Sergeant Yates. Barbrady's role in the series has decreased as a result, but he still appears regularly, most recently in "200
200 (South Park)
"200" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 200th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 14, 2010...
" while protecting the town, and was considered a possible father for Eric Cartman, having been in the room on the day of the DNA test
Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut
"Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut" is the first season finale of the animated television series South Park, and the 13th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 25, 1998. It is part one of a two-episode story arc, which concluded with...
; however, this was ruled out when the true identity of Eric Cartman's father was revealed in "201
201 (South Park)
"201" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of South Park, and the 201st overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 21, 2010. The episode continued multiple storylines from the previous episode, "200", in which a group of angry...
".
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein is depicted with appearance and mannerisms that differ dramatically from the real Saddam HusseinSaddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
. Matt Stone
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....
performs his voice (although in the credits, it is said to have been voiced by himself). He is a primary antagonist in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 animated musical comedy film based on the animated television series South Park, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The film was directed by Parker, who also stars along with the rest of the regular voice cast from the series, including Stone, Mary...
, in which he is introduced as Satan's lover in Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
. Though Satan eventually kills him in the movie, he returns to Hell in the series, and remains a recurring character until "It's Christmas in Canada
It's Christmas in Canada
"It's Christmas in Canada" is episode 111 of the American cartoon series South Park. The episode originally aired on December 17, 2003 and was nominated for an Emmy Award...
".
Saddam Hussein's body is made in the usual South Park style (resembling construction paper
Construction paper
Construction paper is a tough, coarse, colored paper. The texture is slightly rough, and the surface is unfinished. Due to the source material, small particles are visible on the paper’s surface. It is used for projects or crafts....
), but his head is a photograph cutout, a technique also used with appearance by Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...
and Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
. Saddam is also notable for having a "Canadian-style" head; that is, his head is cut into two pieces, which come apart when he talks, instead of having an conventially-articulated mouth. However Saddam's head animation has retained this quality in other appearances, unlike any other non-Canadian. He also uses uː in place of /aʊ/ (as Canadians are often perceived to do
Canadian raising
Canadian raising is a phonetic phenomenon that occurs in varieties of the English language, especially Canadian English, in which certain diphthongs are "raised" before voiceless consonants...
with "aboot" in place of "about" in South Park).
While Saddam on South Park is based on the real-life Saddam, he has a very high-pitched voice, is homosexual, speaks English and often calmly uses Canadian slang
Slang
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo...
, as when he says, "relax guy". He was so emotionally abusive to Satan during their relationship that Satan ultimately exiles him to Heaven. Saddam attempts to conquer Canada in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" and "It's Christmas in Canada".
Santa
Santa ClausSanta Claus
Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus...
(voiced by Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
) lives at the North Pole in his Fortress of Solitude
Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude is the occasional headquarters of Superman in DC Comics. Its predecessor, Superman's "Secret Citadel", first appeared in Superman #17, where it was said to be built into a mountain on the outskirts of Metropolis...
, aided two months out of the year by the Underpants Gnomes. Santa is often shown with South Park's other Christmas-related characters, Mr. Hankey and Jesus. His relationship with the latter has been rocky. In the animated short, "The Spirit of Christmas
The Spirit of Christmas (short film)
The Spirit of Christmas is the name of two different animated short films made by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. They are notable for being precursors to the animated series South Park. To differentiate the two, they are often referred to as Jesus vs. Frosty and Jesus vs. Santa .- Jesus vs. Frosty...
", Jesus and Santa had a fight to determine what the true meaning of Christmas was—giving or Jesus' birth. With some advice from Brian Boitano
Brian Boitano
Brian Anthony Boitano is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985-1988 U.S. National Champion. He turned professional following the 1988 season...
, the boys told Jesus that Santa keeps the spirit of Christmas alive, and then told Santa that if it wasn't for Jesus there would be no Christmas at all. The two reconciled, though they would later fight again in "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
"Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" is episode 46 of Comedy Central's animated television series South Park. An album of comedic holiday songs, some featured in the episode, and others exclusive to the album, or featured in other episodes, was released the week prior to the episode's original air...
", when Santa felt gypped that there are more Jesus-related Christmas songs than ones about him. Nevertheless they made up again, and Jesus later lost his life to save Santa from Iraqis in "Red Sleigh Down
Red Sleigh Down
"Red Sleigh Down" is episode 96 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on December 11, 2002. The episode is notable for the return of Kenny from his death in Season Five...
." To commemorate his good friend, Santa declares that in every Christmas, everyone should remember Jesus.
Santa is known for not being afraid to get violent to protect the true meaning of Christmas. In "Red Sleigh Down" he was captured by Iraqis and had to shoot his way free, in "Woodland Critter Christmas
Woodland Critter Christmas
"Woodland Critter Christmas" is episode 125 of the Comedy Central series South Park, and originally aired December 15, 2004. It is currently the last South Park Christmas theme episode.-Synopsis:...
" his skill with a shotgun and sledgehammer saved Christmas from the Anti-Christ, and in "Imaginationland Episode III
Imaginationland Episode III
"Imaginationland Episode III", or "Moistening of the Scrotum" , is episode 1112 of Comedy Central's animated TV series South Park. It originally aired on October 31, 2007. It is the concluding episode in a three-part story arc that won the 2008 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for One Hour or...
" he was seen sporting a golden axe to fight off the army of evil imaginary creatures after being revived by Butters (who used his imagination, due to the fact the Santa had died in flames during the terrorist attack).
Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
, voiced by Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
. He presides over Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
and is constantly at war with God, but far from being merciless and innately evil as Satan is often portrayed in other media, he is depicted in South Park as a soft-hearted, misunderstood anti-hero
Anti-hero
In fiction, an antihero is generally considered to be a protagonist whose character is at least in some regards conspicuously contrary to that of the archetypal hero, and is in some instances its antithesis in which the character is generally useless at being a hero or heroine when they're...
capable of compassion and genuine emotional attachment.
Many of Satan's appearances on South Park (as well as his role in the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 animated musical comedy film based on the animated television series South Park, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The film was directed by Parker, who also stars along with the rest of the regular voice cast from the series, including Stone, Mary...
) focus on his romantic attachments, all of which so far have been homosexual
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
. In the beginning of the story, Satan is romantically involved with Saddam Hussein. As the plot of South Park progresses, Satan exiles Saddam after Saddam becomes too domineering. Satan has since had two other partners, Chris and Kevin (see below). Satan also has a rarely seen son named Damien, who, while never specifically labeled as the Antichrist
Antichrist
The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner...
, is based on the character from The Omen
The Omen
An original score for the film, including the movie's theme song Ave Satani, was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for which he received the only Oscar of his long career. The score features a strong choral segment, with a foreboding Latin chant...
. Satan makes a cameo on the end of the current opening.
According to the audio commentary for the episode "Damien
Damien (South Park episode)
"Damien" is the eighth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 4, 1998. In the episode, the boys' class is joined by a new student named Damien, who has been sent by his father Satan to find...
", South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....
came up with the idea of Satan and Saddam Hussein being lovers on the set of BASEketball
BASEketball
BASEketball is a 1998 American David Zucker comedy starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Dian Bachar, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, Yasmine Bleeth, and Jenny McCarthy...
, where they would attempt to impress girls by improvising scenes between the two characters, one assuming the role of Satan and one of Saddam. Parker also mentions on the same commentary track that he and Stone were inspired to make Satan a wimp by the character of Pinhead
Pinhead (Hellraiser)
Pinhead is a fictional character from the Hellraiser series. Created by Clive Barker and portrayed by Doug Bradley, Pinhead is a prominent figure in the series, mostly featured as the main antagonist....
in Hellraiser 3.
Satan has tried three times so far in the course of South Parks run to take over Earth: in the episodes "Damien
Damien (South Park episode)
"Damien" is the eighth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 4, 1998. In the episode, the boys' class is joined by a new student named Damien, who has been sent by his father Satan to find...
" and "Best Friends Forever
Best Friends Forever
"Best Friends Forever" is the fourth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series series South Park. It was written and directed by co-creator Trey Parker and first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 30, 2005....
", and also in the feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. All three attempts failed, with the last also leading to Satan's breakup and out-of-anger murder of his then-boyfriend Saddam Hussein, although his attempt in "Damien
Damien (South Park episode)
"Damien" is the eighth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 4, 1998. In the episode, the boys' class is joined by a new student named Damien, who has been sent by his father Satan to find...
" was fake—the real reason he did it was to get rich on the money that the townsfolk had bet on him.
Though presently single, Satan has had three romantic relationships so far. His most significant relationship was with Saddam Hussein in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. However, Saddam was emotionally abusive to the comparatively-meek and ineffectual Satan, and seemed more interested in Satan for sex and world domination than out of love. With some prompting from Kenny
Kenny McCormick
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is one of the four central characters along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His oft-muffled and indiscernible speech—the result of his parka hood covering his...
, Satan stands up to Saddam, casts him back down into hell, impaling him on a stalagmite
Stalagmite
A stalagmite is a type of speleothem that rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions and the deposition of calcium carbonate. This stalagmite formation occurs only under certain pH conditions within the underground cavern. The corresponding formation on...
, and calls off his invasion of Earth.
Saddam is seen again in "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park, and 57th episode of the series overall. "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" originally aired in the United States on July 19, 2000 on Comedy Central. It is the first part of a two...
". By this time Satan has a new boyfriend named Chris, a passive milquetoast
Milquetoast
A milquetoast is a weak, ineffectual or bland person. The word is derived from the character Caspar Milquetoast from the 1924 comic strip The Timid Soul.Milquetoast may also refer to:...
who avoids conflict and confrontation. Saddam asserts to Satan that Chris is not fit for Satan, who truly prefers rebellious troublemakers like Saddam himself, and after inviting Saddam to his hotel room, the conflicted Satan spends the night with him. Subsequently, Chris and Saddam began to kill each other over and over again—appearing alive in Hell the next day—until Satan seeks God's advice. God points out to Satan that Satan is too dependent on relationships, and needs to learn to develop his own sense of independence and self-worth, rather than choose partners who are bad for him. Satan decides to break up with both Saddam and Chris, and when Saddam refuses to acknowledge Satan's wishes, Satan banishes Saddam to Heaven, which is populated entirely by Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...
s.
In the 2005 episode "Best Friends Forever
Best Friends Forever
"Best Friends Forever" is the fourth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series series South Park. It was written and directed by co-creator Trey Parker and first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 30, 2005....
", Satan has another boyfriend named Kevin, who acts as his advisor, and urges Satan along in his attempts to conquer the universe; however, when it is clear the battle is lost for them and the figure continues to press him, Satan breaks up with Kevin and dispatches him.
Scott the Dick
Scott lives in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
where he is a television critic
Film criticism
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. In general, this can be divided into journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic criticism by film scholars that is informed by film theory and...
for magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s and is known by most Canadians as being obnoxious and "a dick", as evidenced by his nickname. He is uptight and short-tempered, especially with Terrance and Phillip's toilet humour and almost all the rest of his Canadian ilk though he has patriotism for his country and expresses special contempt for Americans
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and ethnic hatred
Ethnic hatred
Ethnic hatred, inter-ethnic hatred, racial hatred, or ethnic tension refers to feelings and acts of prejudice and hostility towards an ethnic group in various degrees. See list of anti-ethnic and anti-national terms for specific cases....
towards the Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
people. Scott was also Saddam Hussein's advisor twice, first in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" and then to the new Prime Minister of Canada in "It's Christmas in Canada", who turned out to be Saddam in disguise.
Scott's first appearance was in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
"Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" is the second season premiere of the animated television series South Park, and the 14th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 1, 1998...
", where he was shown to be the nemesis of Terrance and Phillip. He then appeared in "real life" during "It's Christmas in Canada
It's Christmas in Canada
"It's Christmas in Canada" is episode 111 of the American cartoon series South Park. The episode originally aired on December 17, 2003 and was nominated for an Emmy Award...
", attempting to stop the boys from getting Kyle Broflovski
Kyle Broflovski
Kyle Broflovski is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is voiced by co-creator Matt Stone. Kyle is one of the show's four central characters, along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman...
's brother Ike back. Scott returned in the season 15 episode "Royal Pudding
Royal Pudding
"Royal Pudding" is the third episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 212th episode of the series overall. "Royal Pudding" premiered in the United States on Comedy Central on May 11, 2011...
", labeled as the "The Giant" due to radiation poisoning in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
causing him to grow to slightly larger size. After being accused of abducting the Princess of Canada on misinformation, Scott helps in her rescue from Tooth Decay
Dental caries
Dental caries, also known as tooth decay or a cavity, is an irreversible infection usually bacterial in origin that causes demineralization of the hard tissues and destruction of the organic matter of the tooth, usually by production of acid by hydrolysis of the food debris accumulated on the...
and is awarded the Canadian Medal of Courage.
Sergeant Harrison Yates
Sergeant Harrison Yates (called Lou in "Cartman's Incredible GiftCartman's Incredible Gift
"Cartman's Incredible Gift" is episode 124 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired December 8, 2004. Though a minor part of the episode, it marks the last appearance of the seldom-seen South Park Elementary school bus driver Mrs. Veronica Crabtree...
"), voiced by Trey Parker, is a police detective with the Park County Police Department. He was originally shown working for the FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
in "Christian Rock Hard
Christian Rock Hard
"Christian Rock Hard" is the ninth episode of the seventh season of the American animated series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 23, 2003. In the episode, the kids start a rock band, but concerned with the fact that people will potentially download...
," but was shown working for the South Park Police Department in "Casa Bonita
Casa Bonita (South Park episode)
"Casa Bonita" is the 11th episode of the 7th season of Comedy Central's South Park. It revolves around Eric Cartman's plots to get to a popular Mexican restaurant known as Casa Bonita, which is a fairly accurate representation of an actual theme restaurant in Colorado. The episode originally aired...
". In "Free Willzyx
Free Willzyx
"Free Willzyx" is the thirteenth episode of the ninth season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 30, 2005...
" he and his men were investigating the theft of an orca
Orca
The killer whale , commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas...
whale in Denver
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
. He is often depicted as either incompetent or corrupt. In "The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...
", when he learns that a wealthy black man named Mr. Jefferson has moved into South Park, he leads a police conspiracy to frame the man for a crime he did not commit
Miscarriage of justice
A miscarriage of justice primarily is the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit. The term can also apply to errors in the other direction—"errors of impunity", and to civil cases. Most criminal justice systems have some means to overturn, or "quash", a wrongful...
, but aborts the plan when he actually sees the light-skinned Mr. Jefferson, and becomes disillusioned with the long-time police tradition of framing wealthy black men for crimes they didn't commit
Racial profiling
Racial profiling refers to the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement...
. (In actuality, Mr. Jefferson was an incognito Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
). In "Cartman's Incredible Gift", when a serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
strikes South Park, Yates becomes enamored with the idea that Cartman has psychic powers that can capture the killer, and dismisses proven criminal science such as fingerprinting and blood analysis as "hocus pocus". As a result, he arrests and even kills a number of innocent people based on Cartman's alleged "psychic visions", failing to identify the killer as such when he first investigates him, despite an overabundance of evidence, and nearly letting him go free. In "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy
Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy
"Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy" is the tenth episode of season 10, overall the 149th, of Comedy Central's South Park. It originally aired on October 18, 2006....
", he initially takes no action when it is reported that Ike Broflovski's kindergarten teacher is having sex with him, because he finds the idea of a female teacher having sex with a male student alluring. Cartman asks Yates to help him get back a photo he wrongfully thinks Kyle stole in the episode "Cartman Sucks
Cartman Sucks
"Cartman Sucks" is episode 1102 of Comedy Central's "South Park" and the second episode of the show's 11th season. It originally aired on March 14, 2007...
". In the season 13 episode "Butters' Bottom Bitch
Butters' Bottom Bitch
"Butters' Bottom Bitch" is the ninth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 190th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 14, 2009...
", Yates goes undercover as a (female) prostitute to try and crack down on prostitution in South Park—and insists on going through various sexual acts (including oral sex
Oral sex
Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...
and a gang bang
Gang bang
A gang bang is a situation in which one person has sexual intercourse and performs other sex acts with a number of people, either in turn or at the same time. When the person has not consented to such activity, it is called gang rape or pack rape.A limited study by Joan and Dwight Dixon indicate...
) before arresting the clients.
Yates is usually seen with his grey-haired partner, Detective Mitch Murphy, voiced by Matt Stone. Murphy, along with the rest of the Park County police force, is shown to be more sensible and less corrupt than Yates, although he is still prone to the typical incompetence seen in the show's adults. Murphy has also been referred to as Harris ("The Jeffersons", "Free Willzyx").
Skeeter
Skeeter is a red-haired townsperson. He first appeared in the episode "Sexual Harassment PandaSexual Harassment Panda
"Sexual Harassment Panda" is the 37th episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on July 7, 1999. This was the first episode to air after the release of the theatrical film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut...
". He has a southern accent, and typically is portrayed as a redneck. He hangs out at the bar a great deal, where in the aforementioned episode, he greets newcomers by saying, "Hey! We don't take kindly to your types in here!" This is generally followed by the bartender interjecting, "Now, calm down, Skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody".
He is shown leading various mobs in different episodes, or otherwise appears as a background character or regular townee. His most notable appearances include leading the campaign to "Free Hat McCullough" in "Free Hat
Free Hat
"Free Hat" is episode 88 of the animated series South Park. It originally aired on July 10, 2002. The episode ridicules Lucasfilm's digital altering of George Lucas' original Star Wars trilogy and Steven Spielberg's E.T....
", and as a war supporter who excoriates anti-war protesters in the episode "I'm a Little Bit Country
I'm a Little Bit Country
"I'm a Little Bit Country" is the 100th episode of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired April 9 2003, a week prior to the U.S. invading Iraq. The episode is similar to the 1972 film 1776.- Plot :...
". He also appears in the "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson
With Apologies to Jesse Jackson
"With Apologies to Jesse Jackson" is the first episode of the American animated television series South Park, and the 153rd episode overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 7, 2007...
" episode.
He has a daughter, as indicated near the end of "Good Times with Weapons
Good Times with Weapons
"Good Times with Weapons" is episode 112 of South Park. The first episode of Season 8, it originally aired on March 17, 2004. The episode's animation routinely switches from the usual cutout-and-solid-color style to a highly stylized anime theme. Asian-style ambience plays in the background.This...
".
Sparky the Dog
Sparky (voiced by George ClooneyGeorge Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award...
) is Stan's dog. He first appeared in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride
Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride
"Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" is the fourth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on September 3, 1997 on Comedy Central in the United States. The episode was written by series co-founders Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and directed by Parker...
" in which it was revealed that he is gay. Stan was very upset that Sparky was gay, provoking Sparky to run away to "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary", where he would live with other gay animals. He, along with all of the other animals, returned to their owners after the people of South Park learned to become more accepting of their sexuality.
He has been seen in "Proper Condom Use
Proper Condom Use
"Proper Condom Use" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 72nd episode of the series overall. "Proper Condom Use" originally aired in the United States on August 1, 2001 on Comedy Central.-Plot:...
", and "Good Times With Weapons
Good Times with Weapons
"Good Times with Weapons" is episode 112 of South Park. The first episode of Season 8, it originally aired on March 17, 2004. The episode's animation routinely switches from the usual cutout-and-solid-color style to a highly stylized anime theme. Asian-style ambience plays in the background.This...
", in which his fur was used to disguise Butters
Butters Stotch
Leopold "Butters" Stotch is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is voiced by series co-creator Matt Stone and loosely based on co-producer Eric Stough. He is a fourth-grade student who commonly has extraordinary experiences not typical of conventional small-town...
as a dog. Sparky also makes a cameo in "Woodland Critter Christmas
Woodland Critter Christmas
"Woodland Critter Christmas" is episode 125 of the Comedy Central series South Park, and originally aired December 15, 2004. It is currently the last South Park Christmas theme episode.-Synopsis:...
", and was briefly seen in the episode "Spookyfish
Spookyfish
"Spookyfish" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the animated television series South Park, and the 28th episode of the series overall. "Spookyfish" originally aired in the United States on October 28, 1998 on Comedy Central...
". He is included as a figure with the South Park series 2 Stan action figure by Mezco
Mezco Toyz
Mezco Toyz is a toy company that makes action figures and other collectibles based on original and licensed properties. Its most popular product is the cult hit toy line Living Dead Dolls. Other popular licensed properties include Family Guy, South Park and Hellboy...
.
Terrance and Phillip
Terrance and Phillip are a comedyComedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
duo from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who appear on The Terrance and Phillip Show, which is frequently watched by Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny. Terrance Henry Stoot of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
(voiced by Matt Stone
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone is an American screenwriter, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner and best friend, Trey Parker....
) has black hair and wears a red shirt with a letter "T," while Phillip Niles Argyle of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(voiced by Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short...
) has blond hair, diabetes, and a blue shirt with a "P."
Initially, it is indicated that Terrance and Phillip are cartoons, although generally from second season appearances onwards, they are presented as real living people within the South Park universe. The pair are also partly based on Beavis and Butt-head
Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...
, particularly in their early appearances.
The characters were inspired by the number of complaints about fart
Fart
Fart is an English language vulgarism most commonly used in reference to flatulence. The word "fart" is generally considered unsuitable in a formal environment by modern English speakers, and it may be considered vulgar or offensive in some situations. Fart can be used as a noun or a verb...
jokes in South Park. In commentary by Matt Stone and Trey Parker during the first episode in which Terrance and Phillip appeared, they complained of many people claiming that South Park was poorly animated and just all fart jokes. In response the creators invented Terrance and Phillip to demonstrate just what a show that was indeed all fart jokes would be, and made it even more poorly animated.
It is revealed in the episode "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow
Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow
"Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 70th episode of the series overall. "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" originally aired on July 18, 2001 on Comedy Central. In the episode, the four boys learn...
" that Terrance and Phillip met at the "Canadian School for Gifted Babies" (a school full of Ike-style babies). The duo briefly separated in "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow", with Phillip having a "serious job" as an actor in "Canadian Shakespeare" plays. Terrance also becomes obese in this episode.
Terrance and Phillip have small beady eyes and Pac Man
Pac-Man
is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
-like heads which flap up and down whenever they speak, as do all Canadians featured on the show.
In the 1999 movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 animated musical comedy film based on the animated television series South Park, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The film was directed by Parker, who also stars along with the rest of the regular voice cast from the series, including Stone, Mary...
, outrage on the part of American mothers to the duo's profane act leads to their arrest, and a war
War
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
between Canada and the United States. Their deaths at the hands of Kyle
Kyle Broflovski
Kyle Broflovski is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is voiced by co-creator Matt Stone. Kyle is one of the show's four central characters, along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman...
's mother Sheila cause the upwelling of Satan and his partner-in-evil, Saddam Hussein, from the underworld
Underworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
. However, they are resurrected at the end of the movie by Kenny
Kenny McCormick
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is one of the four central characters along with his friends Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His oft-muffled and indiscernible speech—the result of his parka hood covering his...
's wish that everything should return to normal.
They married their girlfriends in a double wedding at the end of the episode "Eat, Pray, Queef
Eat, Pray, Queef
"Eat, Pray, Queef" is the fourth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 185th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 1, 2009...
".
Towelie
Towelie first appeared in the fifth season episode "Towelie", which the boys run into him after he flees a paramilitary group and aliens. After Kenny's death, the boys went searching for a replacement friend in the sixth season episode "Professor Chaos". Towelie, a possible candidate, was said to be "high all the time" and undependable by the boys. This episode also stated that Towelie is 17 years old in towel years. Nonetheless, Towelie makes it to the final round. He also makes brief cameos in "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants
Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants
"Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 74th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 7, 2001; and is notable as the first episode to air after the...
" and "Red Man's Greed
Red Man's Greed
"Red Man's Greed" is episode 707 of the Comedy Central series South Park, first broadcast on April 30, 2003. It is a parody of the Indian removal policies of the 19th century. Alex Glick won a guest voice role in a charity auction.- Plot :...
". He starred as the main character in "A Million Little Fibers
A Million Little Fibers
"A Million Little Fibers" is the fifth episode of the tenth season of the animated television series South Park, and the 144th episode overall. It was first broadcast on Comedy Central in the United States on April 19, 2006...
", a parody of the controversy that surrounded James Frey
James Frey
James Christopher Frey is an American writer. His books A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard , as well as Bright Shiny Morning , were bestsellers...
's memoir A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces
A Million Little Pieces is a semi-fictional memoir by James Frey. It tells the story of a 23-year-old alcoholic and drug abuser and how he copes with rehabilitation in a Twelve steps-oriented treatment center...
on The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, after it was discovered to have been partially fabricated. In a parody of A&E
A&E Network
The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...
's documentary TV series Intervention
Intervention (TV series)
Intervention is an American television program about the realities facing addicts of many kinds.Each program follows one or two participants, each of whom has an addiction or other mentally and/or physically damaging problem and believes that they are being filmed for a documentary on their problem...
, the boys stage a televised intervention for Towelie in the episode "Crippled Summer
Crippled Summer
"Crippled Summer" is the seventh episode and mid-season finale of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 202nd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 28, 2010...
" and convince him to enter rehab
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...
. This episode also revealed that Towelie has an infant son named Washcloth.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone explained on the DVD commentary for "Towelie" that the character was conceived as a joking reference to the over-marketing of characters in the wake of the series' success. Eric Cartman
Eric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name...
, partially breaking the fourth wall
Fourth wall
The fourth wall is the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a traditional three-walled box set in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play...
, delivers the penultimate line of Towelie's eponymous episode: "You're the worst character ever, Towelie," to which Towelie responds, "I know".
Tuong Lu Kim
Tuong Lu Kim, also known as the City Wok Guy (voiced by Trey Parker), is a stereotypicalStereotype
A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings...
Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
character. He is prone to mispronouncing the word "city" as "shitty", and pronouncing Rs instead of Ls
Lallation
A Lallation is an imperfect enunciation of the letter "R", in which it sounds like "L", as frequently found in infantile speech.The speech pattern has been particularly associated with the use of the English language by Chinese people and Japanese people. The use of lallation has thus been a common...
.
Lu Kim first appeared in the episode "Jared Has Aides
Jared Has Aides
"Jared Has Aides" is the first episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series South Park. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 6, 2002. In the episode, weight loss advocate Jared Fogle incurs the wrath of South Park after he announces that he lost...
", though his name was not given until "Child Abduction Is Not Funny
Child Abduction Is Not Funny
"Child Abduction Is Not Funny" is episode 90 of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on July 24, 2002. This episode mocks moral panics, and was the last to feature Tweek as the "fourth friend" alongside Stan, Kyle and Cartman....
". According to the DVD commentary on "Jared Has Aides", Tuong is based on an actual person. While doing sound mixing on their film Orgazmo
Orgazmo
Orgazmo is a 1997 comedy film written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the animated series South Park, and directed by Parker.-Plot:...
, Parker and Matt Stone would phone a real life City Wok
City Wok
City Wok is a chain of Asian-themed casual restaurants in California, United States and in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.Restaurants are located in Studio City, Coachella, Palm Desert, Thousand Oaks, Orange, San Diego and Santo Domingo...
just to hear the man's voice.
Lu Kim's main job is the owner of City Wok, a Chinese take out service. He also operates the airline service City Airlines. Keeping with Chinese stereotypes, Tuong is an expert at building walls, and displays anti-Japanese sentiment
Anti-Japanese sentiment
Anti-Japanese sentiment involves hatred, grievance, distrust, dehumanization, intimidation, fear, hostility, and/or general dislike of the Japanese people and Japanese diaspora as ethnic or national group, Japan, Japanese culture, and/or anything Japanese. Sometimes the terms Japanophobia and...
. In the episode "Wing
Wing (South Park)
"Wing" is the third episode of the ninth season animated series South Park. It was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 23, 2005 and was named after New Zealand singer Wing, who also stars in the episode...
", he appears as the husband of the titular character
Wing (singer)
Wing Han Tsang , popularly known simply as Wing, is a New Zealand singer of Hong Kong origin. She is known for her unique, offbeat singing style.-Career:...
, a Chinese-New Zealand singer guest starring as herself.
Lu Kim's actual identity, Dr. Janus, appears in the episode "City Sushi
City Sushi
"City Sushi" is the sixth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 215th episode of the series overall. "City Sushi" first aired in the United States on Comedy Central on June 1, 2011. It is the first episode to air in June since the 2002...
". In the episode's two plotlines, Dr. Janus falsely diagnoses Butters
Butters Stotch
Leopold "Butters" Stotch is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is voiced by series co-creator Matt Stone and loosely based on co-producer Eric Stough. He is a fourth-grade student who commonly has extraordinary experiences not typical of conventional small-town...
with multiple personality disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....
before being revealed to suffer from the disorder himself, while Lu Kim plots to murder his new Japanese rival Junichi Takayama. In a twist, Dr. Janus and Kim are revealed to be one and the same. Although Kim's actual identity is revealed to the people of South Park (leading Takayama to commit suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
in disgrace), the police decide not to help him with his condition, so that the town will still have an Asian restaurant. Lu Kim thus remains oblivious about his true self. Dr. Janus is likely to be named after Janus
Janus
-General:*Janus , the two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings*Janus , a moon of Saturn*Janus Patera, a shallow volcanic crater on Io, a moon of Jupiter...
, the Roman god of beginnings and transition
Transition
Transition or transitional may refer to:* Transition economy* Transition function* Transition * Transitional government* Transition * Transition , a flying car made by Terrafugia...
s, who is usually depicted with two heads facing opposite directions.
Ugly Bob
Bob's first appearance was in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My AnusTerrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus
"Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" is the second season premiere of the animated television series South Park, and the 14th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 1, 1998...
". He is called "Ugly Bob" due to his hideous appearance, despite the fact looks very much like them and other Canadians. Because of his looks, Terrance and Phillip encourage him to wear a paper bag over his head. Later he reappears as the boyfriend of Terrance's ex-wife Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, who is pregnant with Bob's child. Bob told Celine his name was "Handsome Bob", Dion leaves him when she sees his face.
He returned in the season 15 episode "Royal Pudding
Royal Pudding
"Royal Pudding" is the third episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 212th episode of the series overall. "Royal Pudding" premiered in the United States on Comedy Central on May 11, 2011...
", meeting Ike on a bus back to Canada to save the Princess. Bob joins Ike, Scott and an Inuit duo to rescue the Princess from her kidnapper, Tooth Decay. Tooth Decay is killed when Ike removes Bob's paper bag mask, the sight of Bob turning Tooth Decay to stone. For his actions Bob was awarded the Canadian Medal of Courage.