Recurring South Park characters

There are many recurring characters in the animated series South Park, aside from the four main characters, Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski and Kenny McCormick. Butters Stotch and Tweek replaced Kenny for a half season each during the sixth season. See their respective articles for details.

School (children)

See also: Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Butters Stotch, Tweek, Token Black.

Related Topics:
Eric Cartman - Stan Marsh - Kyle Broflovski - Kenny McCormick - Butters Stotch - Tweek - Token Black

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Timmy

Timmy is a blond child in a wheelchair, who can usually only say his own name, a garbled line that sounds like "livin' a lie", and Jimmy's name or in some episodes, some basic other words: in a Thanksgiving school play where Timmy plays the part of Helen Keller, he could say "Gobbles", the name of a disabled turkey the children bought to act in the play (). In one episode, where the boys attempt to go back in time, he actually successfully yells "Someone please help me!" as he rolls down the highway at super speed.

Related Topics:
Wheelchair - Thanksgiving - Helen Keller - Gobbles - Turkey

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In one episode he was part of a successful band, the lead singer for Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld, despite his limited vocabulary. During this episode, people complained that he was being exploited, even though he achieved extreme popularity. When his parent's were interviewed over him, it was discovered that his parents shared the same disability as Timmy.

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Timmy was originally described as being retarded, but over time his character has become described less as such and more often as "disabled". He also at times shows a level of understanding and cleverness that would imply he is fairly cognizant.

Related Topics:
Retarded - Disabled

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Timmy is friends with South Park's other disabled character, Jimmy, though in the first episode where Jimmy appears, "Cripple Fight", Timmy was intensely jealous of him and tried even to have him killed (by giving him a parka that made him look like Kenny, and in the Jimmy's face was photoshopped by Timmy, onto some explicit pictures that resulted in his expulsion from the scouts, much to Timmy's delight.

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Due to the popularity of the South Park show, Timmy's exclamation "TIMMEH!" soon entered popular culture as an outburst used to describe, chide, or respond to moments of extreme uncoordination, lack of concentration or other losses of logic, sense or reason. It also sounds like the Japanese word 'temee', which is a rude variation of the word 'temae', a way of addressing someone. Trey Parker is fluent in Japanese, so its use here may not be a coincidence.

Related Topics:
Popular culture - Logic - Sense - Reason - Japanese - Temae - Trey Parker

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Token Black (formerly Token Williams)

Token Williams/Black is the only black child in the main characters' class. His name comes from the phrase "token minority," typically used to describe non-white persons thrown into small roles in TV shows and movies. In a satire on racial stereotypes, Token's family is the wealthiest of the families shown on South Park.

Related Topics:
Token minority - Racial stereotype

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In the episode Here Comes the Neighborhood, Token's last name is said to be "Williams", but in episodes Quest for Ratings and Wing, his last name is said to be "Black". This may either simply be his stage name, or the South Park creators may have either forgotten it or deliberately changed it (see "Jimmy" below).

Related Topics:
Here Comes the Neighborhood - Wing

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In episode 401, "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", Cartman is sent to juvenile detention for a hate crime after he assaulted Token.

Related Topics:
Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 - Juvenile detention - Hate crime

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In episode 512, Here Comes the Neighborhood,

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Token is being bullied by his classmates because his parents are rich; his dad makes at least US$200,000 per year, they live in a house four times as big as the other houses in South Park and he has lobster in his lunch box. Token tries to blend in by wearing cheap clothes bought at J-Mart (a parody of K-Mart), instead of Armani, but does not really succeed. Token then writes to a real estate developer so there will be more rich kids in South Park. Eventually Will Smith, Snoop Dogg, Oprah Winfrey and P. Diddy all come to live in South Park, with their children (who play polo and speak with a British English accent). Mr. Garrison successfully incites the regular 'poor' people in SP, to start to discriminate and protest against the inflow of rich people, by burning large wooden "lower case t's" (for 'time to go') in the rich people's yards and scaring them by dressing up as ghosts (in white sheets that look like KKK outfits), since supposedly rich people are afraid of ghosts. Finally all the rich people move away from SP and Mr. Garrison suggests to sell all the rich people's houses so they themselves can become rich. Jimbo reminds him that that was exactly not the point and after some thought Mr. Garrison exclaims: "Well at least we got rid of all those nigg...!" thereupon being abruptly cut off by the end of the show and the credits.

Related Topics:
Bullied - US$ - Lobster - K-Mart - Armani - Real estate developer - Will Smith - Snoop Dogg - Oprah Winfrey - P. Diddy - Polo - British English - Burning - Ghost - KKK - Nigg...

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In episode 709, Christian Hard Rock, Token was the bass player for Cartman's Christian rock band, Faith + 1. Token didn't know he could play bass until Cartman told him "you're black, so you can play bass". Then Token responded with a classic and smooth bass line, supporting Butters' drumming. He was quite surprised to find that particular skill in himself.

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In episode 714,"Raisins", he steals Wendy Testaburger from Stan, who flips him off because of it.

Related Topics:
Raisins - Wendy Testaburger - Stan

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In the episode Quest for Ratings his last name is given not as Williams, but as Black; this seems to have been confirmed in Wing. This break in continuity is probably to utilize the pun of Token's name, that he is, literally, the show's "token black."

Related Topics:
Quest for Ratings - Wing - Continuity - Black

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Wendy Testaburger

Wendy was, for a long time, the object of Stan's affections; however, he would throw up out of nervousness whenever she came near him. She later dumped him for Token.

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She is quite liberal in her political views, and often argues with Cartman. She is easily the smartest of all the children in the class, for example, in the episode "Tom's Rhinoplasty", she disposes of the substitute teacher, communicating in fluent Arabic with Iraqi agents.

Related Topics:
Liberal - Arabic

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Wendy tends to get extremely jealous. When Stan becomes enamoured with the substitute teacher (Miss Ellen), Wendy tries to win him back by wearing a tight leather skirt and heavy makeup; when that doesn't work, she has Miss Ellen shot into space. When all the boys become obsessed with Bebe's breasts in "Bebe's boobs destroy society", Wendy gets breast implants for three thousand dollars, only to be laughed at by her classmates, and poked by Butters

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Her character was reportedly inspired by Trey Parker's fiancee, who broke off their engagement and married someone else – just weeks before South Park became a hit.

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Quotes:

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: "Hi, Stan!"

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: "Eeeewwww!"

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: "Oh, look, a French fry"

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Bebe Stevens

Bebe is Wendy's blonde-haired best friend. She once had a "relationship" with Kyle, but after she couldn't take the "codependency", she started another "relationship" with Clyde. The first of the South Park kids to hit puberty, as seen in Episode 610 "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society".

Related Topics:
Blond - Puberty

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Philip "Pip" Pirrip

Pip is a British child who is extremely unpopular with his classmates due to his foreign ancestry and his general wimpiness. The other boys generally assume him to be French, even though he hates the French. His character is based on Pip from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, a book which series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone hated; the explanation that Dickens' Pip gives for his nickname is the same one South Park's Pip gives for his. In episode 205, "Conjoined Fetus Lady", Pip is a main character.

Related Topics:
British - French - Charles Dickens - Great Expectations - Episode 205, "Conjoined Fetus Lady"

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Episode 405 took time away from South Park to present Matt Stone and Trey Parker's version of Great Expectations. Naturally, this episode features Pip heavily and bears his name as the title. Malcolm McDowell of A Clockwork Orange fame introduces and narrates the story. This episode has never been rerun by Comedy Central.

Related Topics:
Episode 405 - Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange - Comedy Central

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Clyde Donovan

Clyde Donovan is a minor cast member on the South Park cast, he plays minor roles in various episodes but maintains a constant presence. He replaces Cartman as "the fat kid" in the Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 episode 401, where Cartman gets sent to prison for an alleged hate crime against Token.

Related Topics:
Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 episode 401 - Hate crime

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Craig

Even though he hangs out with the boys, Craig is most well known for flipping off people seemingly without reason, and is often seen sitting outside the principal's office. (His parents also seem to have this problem.) Additionally, he had short success on South Park Elementary's Television Station with a show that featured close-up shots of animals with a wide angle lens, and he later added hats to the animals on his show. The show was cancelled after some of the other South Park characters did an exposé on ongoing cough syrup addiction in the school on their competing News Show. Craig's show was cancelled for its incredible drop in ratings after cough syrup was banned. Whenever Cartman gets something new or does something impressive, he often insists that he and Stan, Kyle and Kenny go tell "Craig and those guys" before they do anything else.

Related Topics:
Flipping off - Exposé

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Jimmy

Like Timmy, he is handicapped, but he uses crutches to walk and is able to speak to people (albeit with a mild stutter). He likes to perform stand-up comedy. His favorite song is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," which he (excruciatingly) performs in front of City Hall. In the episode Cripple Fight he and Timmy engage in a fistfight that is, shot-for-shot, nearly identical to the fistfight seen in They Live. Later, though, they get along very well, playing together in a Lord of the Rings parody, teaming up against Christopher Reeve in "Krazy Kripples" and in "Up the Down Steroid" Jimmy seems to be the only one who can understand Timmy's utterances. His last name is uncertain; he was known as "Jim Swanson" in Krazy Kripples, but "Vulmer" in the episode Up the Down Steroid (it was possibly changed in order to avoid confusion with another handicapped character in an animated show, Joe Swanson from Family Guy, a show that Trey Parker and Matt Stone hate). Jimmy has recently started to expand his role on South Park; it is unknown if he is being eased in as a main character.

Related Topics:
Stand-up comedy - The Twelve Days of Christmas - They Live - Lord of the Rings - Parody - Christopher Reeve - Steroid - Joe Swanson - Family Guy

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Sixth Graders

The sixth graders are a group of boys who are just becoming aware of their sexuality. They have an extremely high interest in porn. They are also still just kids and like to ride their bikes and pretend they are doing something exciting or dangerous. They also hate water. According to episode 810 Pre-School, they are infatuated with Stan's mother's breasts. In the same episode Cartman tricks the sixth graders into thinking his buttocks are actually Stan's mothers breasts.

Related Topics:
Sexuality - Porn - Pre-School

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Kindergartners

The Kindergartners were first introduced when Mr. Garrison was made their teacher after losing his job as the third grade teacher. The kindergartners are voiced by real-life toddlers and speak in garbled baby talk. Among the toddlers is Ike Broflovski, who joined the class as a three year old and won class president in the episode "Trapper Keeper".

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Goth Kids

A small clique of goths hang around the back of the school. They constantly refer to themselves as "nonconformist," but are portrayed as cookie-cutter clichés. Stan joined them for a while after Wendy left him, and later recruited one of them for his dance troupe.

Related Topics:
Clique - Goth

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In one episode, they participated in a talent show, singing a song about how they wouldn't participate in the talent show.

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Bill, Terrance, and Fosse

Bill, Terrance, and Fosse are three boys, who are mostly seen in antagonistic roles. In episode An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig, Bill and Fossee were seen as sidekicks to Dr. Mephisto's son, who does not appear in any other episodes outside of crowd scenes. In Lil' Crime Stoppers, Bill and Fosse stole a doll and then played out a kidnapping scene with Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny. They often giggle and refer to the actions of themselves and others as "gay."

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