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==The Marsh Family== |
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===Randy and Sharon Marsh=== |
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Randy and Sharon (originally "Carol") Marsh are the parents of ], and his exceptionally violent sister Shelley. |
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Sharon Marsh is a receptionist at Tom's ] and Randy is a ]. During his younger years Randy was a member of a briefly successful ] "Ghetto Avenue Boys" and retains a penchant for singing and dancing. Randy frequently displays impulsiveness and irrationality, summed up well in the ability to take something 'too far', time and again. There are several episodes in which he features as a main character. He tends to be a leader in one of the groups of citizens when they protest or fight each other, usually the side representing the "Democrat" point of view (i.e ]). |
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===Stan Marsh=== |
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'''Stanley "Stan" Marsh''' is one of the central ] in the ] '']''. Voiced by series co-creator ], Stan and ] often trade places as the 'leader' of the four main characters. Stan is arguably the most normal of the kids, and is generally honest, very mature for his age, and well-meaning. He is somewhat more assertive than his best friend Kyle. |
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===Shelley Marsh=== |
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{{main|Shelley Marsh}} |
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'''Shelly''' is a violent twelve-year-old with an awkward set of headgear braces. She enjoys watching "Friends", listening to Britney Spears records, dating older men, beating up Stan, and calling him and his friends "turds." Despite the mutual dislike between Shelly and the boys, she and ] formed a cease-fire in the episode "]" and get back at Shelly's boyfriend, Skyler, who is twenty-two years old and was only dating her for sex (she refused and he dumped her). |
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===Grampa Marsh=== |
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{{main|Grampa Marsh}} |
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"Grampa" Marvin Marsh is the elderly patriarch of the Marsh family, and lives with the Marsh family. He is 102 years old and confined to a wheelchair. He is somewhat ] and calls Stan "Billy". He has been referred to as both Sharon and Randy's father.{{cn}} |
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===Jimbo Kern=== |
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{{main|Jimbo Kern}} |
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Stan's uncle Jimbo Kern, Randy's half brother, represent South Park's large population of stereotypical "]s". Him and his sidekick ] are are obsessed with large ]s, ], ]s, explosions, and killing animals. They detest "liberals" and circumvent anti-] laws by yelling "it's coming right at us!" before shooting any animal, thereby justifying the kill as self defense. |
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Jimbo and Ned met while in the ], where Jimbo was a ] ]. |
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==The Broflovski Family== |
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===Gerald and Shiela Broflovski=== |
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{{main|Gerald and Sheila Broflovski}} |
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Gerald is the father and head of the family. His occupation as a lawyer has given him high status in profile cases such as in episodes like ] and ]. As '']'''s character ] satirizes ], Gerald Broflovski satirizes ]. |
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Sheila is Gerald's wife and the ] of the family. She is often noted for (and sometimes notoriously remembered) her ] and strong belief in moral ]s. Sheila often pushes her son Kyle to "always do the right thing" and abstain from immorality. Viewers can see her strong belief in her principles especially in '']''. She maybe a satirization of the ] side of the ]. |
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===Kyle Broflovski=== |
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{{main|Kyle Broflovski}} |
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Kyle is the central character in the family. He is one of the show's four main children along with ], ], and ] (though ] was elevated to main character status since ]). Kyle tends to be the most logical, rational, and resonable boy among the four. He often abstains from certain fads exeplified in ] and ]. |
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===Ike Broflovski=== |
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{{main|Ike Broflovski}} |
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Ike Broflovski is Kyle's adopted baby brother and a Canadian, indicated by his trademark flapping ovoid head. He is the ball in Kyle's game of "Kick the Baby." Ike speaks in baby talk, but sometimes speaks profanely, often due to the influence of his brother. Ike watches "]" weeknights from 10-11 pm and reads ] novels contributing to his status as a genius. |
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==The Cartman Family== |
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===Liane Cartman=== |
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{{main|Ms. Cartman}} |
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] mom, Liane Cartman, is famous in South Park for being sexually promiscuous. She was at one point the featured model on the cover of ''Crack Whore Magazine''. Young Eric denies this allegation made by Stan and Kyle in many episodes. In South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut it was revealed that she takes part in German ']'. It was revealed in the episode ], that she is a ], and is actually Cartman's biological father. The identity of Cartman's biological mother has never been revealed. |
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===Eric Cartman=== |
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Eric Cartman, ] by ], is a ] in the ] '']''. He is one of the four central characters. Cartman is arguably the most well-known and recognizable character of ''South Park''. Cartman is the most rude and self-centered and constantly torments Kyle for being ]. |
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===Extended Cartman Family=== |
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The extended Cartman family is shown in the episode "]", where he and the others go on a trip to ] to visit them for ]. Most of his relatives appear to be similar in matter to him; all fat, with the same speech impedement and ]s. The family is seen again in the episode "]" at his grandmother's funeral — where she leaves her estate (valued at $1,000,000) to Eric, citing that all the other family members would have spent it all on ]. His grandparents' names are Harold and Mabel, and has uncles named Howard and Stinky. |
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==The McCormick Family== |
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===Mr. and Mrs. McCormick=== |
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{{main|Mr. and Mrs. McCormick}} |
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] family, the McCormicks, are exceptionally ], and are depicted as being stereotypical "]". A typical daily meal in this family would consist of frozen ]s with no side dishes. Kenny's father, Stuart, was a high school friend of Gerald Broflovski. He is an ], a fact that Cartman never lets Kenny forget. |
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Kenny's mother, whose first name has never been mentioned, was only sixteen years old when she had Kenny. The McCormicks are too poor to buy and own a house, instead living in a run-down shack that Stuart and Gerald built as a hideaway when they were teenagers. |
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===Kenny McCormick=== |
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Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick', voiced by ] (and, on one occasion, ]), is a ] in the ] '']''. He is one of the four central characters, all of whom are nine-year old boys. (The characters were eight years old in the earlier episodes.) |
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He is well-known for almost always wearing an orange ], and for being killed in almost every episode during the show's first five seasons (although he seems unconcerned and only hates the fact that nobody cares that he dies), with only a few exceptions. Due to his hood, which covers his mouth in all but a few scenes in the show's history, his lines are muffled, though occasionally they are intelligible, and ]ing sometimes clarifies his lines. He has only spoken without being muffled on two occasions: the movie '']'' and the episode "]". When he is frightened, Kenny will tighten his hood, which hides his face and muffles his speech to an even greater extent. |
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===Kevin McCormick=== |
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Little is known about Kevin, he appears to be older than Kenny by a few years and has parted brown hair which sticks up. His voice is provided by ] and sounds like Bill, Terrance and Fosse, three of Kenny's classmates. |
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==The Stotch Family== |
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===Stephen and Lynda Stotch=== |
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{{main|Stephen and Lynda Stotch}} |
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Stephen and Lynda Stotch are Butters' parents. They are most often depicted as harsh and authoritarian parents who will punish Butters for any misdemeanor, even things which are not his fault. (For example, in the episode ] they attack Butters for confessing to TP'ing the art teachers house, when he hadn't - Butters defense that he was "shot up with ]") |
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Lynda wears a maroon dress and has blonde hair, and displays a submissive personality. She is employed as an engineer. Stephen wears an olive drab shirt and a distinctive white tie, with a hairstyle similar to a grown-out crewcut. His appearance implies a military background of some sort, possibly explaining why Butters refers to him as "Sir". In ] he was revealed as a closet homosexual (or bisexual), prompting Lynda to try and kill Butters before attempting suicide. The events have never been mentioned since, as the episode ended with Stephen (then named Chris) promising to resolve his "deviant" issues. In a later episode, Cartman, pretending to be Butters while talking to Stephen on the phone, called him 'queero.' |
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===Butters Stotch=== |
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{{main|Butters Stotch}} |
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Leopold "Butters" Stotch (voiced by ]) is a fictional character in the ] '']''. Originally called "Poof Poof" and "Swanson", his nickname is a play on the word '']'', and it may derive from his hair color, or because he is sometimes ''butterfingered'' (clumsy). Butters has a large tuft of blonde hair on top of his head, and wears an aquamarine jacket with green pants. He speaks with a distinctive, stuttering South Carolina-esque accent. The character is loosely based on ''South Park'' director of animation ], whom Parker and Stone regarded as a "goody-goody" because he always worried about causing offense. |
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==The Tweek Family== |
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