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==The Marshes== |
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===Stan Marsh=== |
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{{Main|Stan Marsh}} |
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===Randy and Sharon Marsh=== |
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'''Randy and Sharon Marsh''' (] '''Kimble''')<ref name="My Future Self n' Me">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park|credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2002-12-04 |season=6 |number=616}}</ref> are the most prominent set of parents on the show. Their first names are derived from the first names of series co-creator ]'s parents,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/archives.php?id=11551| title=FAQ Archives| publisher=South Park Studios| accessdate=2009-03-01}}</ref> and Parker describes Randy as "the biggest dingbat in the entire show".<ref>{{cite web| author=Jake Trapper and Dan Morris| title=Secrets of 'South Park'| publisher=]| date=September 22, 2006| url=http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Entertainment/Story?id=2479197&page=3| accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref> Randy is voiced by Parker. Sharon was originally voiced by ], later ], and is currently voiced by ]. According to the ] episode "]", the Marsh home address is 260 Avenue de los Mexicanos. However, in season 5 episode 9 "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants", Stan's return address is 2001 Bonanza Street, South Park, CO. 80439. |
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Randy and Sharon have known each other since childhood.<ref name="clubhouses">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=1998-09-28 |season=2 |number=212}}</ref> Taking liberties with its ], the show established Randy and Sharon as being a couple as young adults during the ] era,<ref name="hippie">{{cite episode |title=]|url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2005-03-16 |season=9 |number=902}}</ref> while in the present day they still appear to be no older than their mid-forties. As husband and wife, the two tend to be content with each other. They maintain steady friendships with the parents of Stan's friends, and are revealed as enjoying the act of watching ] together in order to enhance their sexual relationship.<ref name="towers">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2002-11-13 |season=6 |number=613}}</ref> Their marriage has not been without its frequent arguments, which are usually instigated when Sharon is annoyed, ashamed, or disgusted by Randy's eccentricities. The two even once went through a brief separation. After quickly entering a new relationship, Sharon realized how much she was still in love with Randy, and the two promptly reconciled.<ref name="clubhouses"/> Randy and Sharon tend to showcase liberal viewpoints, having protested the ]<ref name="I'm a Little Bit Country">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=] |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2003-04-09 |season=7 |number=701}}</ref> and supported ] during the ].<ref name="lastnight">{{cite episode |title=]|url= |series=] |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2008-11-05 |season=12 |number=1212}}</ref> |
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Like Parker's father, Randy is a ], making his first appearance in the series while monitoring a ] in the episode "]". Aside from briefly taking a job as an associate at a ]-like discount store,<ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2004-11-03 |season=8 |number=809}}</ref> and being portrayed as working in this capacity until he was fired at the end of the 12th season,<ref name="lastnight"/> In "]" it is revealed that he got another job which has yet to be shown. The specifics of his new employer are unknown, however it has been shown that his current employment involves geology.<ref name="Broadway Bro Down">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2011-10-26 |season=15 |number=1511}}</ref> It is also revealed in "]" that a teenaged Randy had been a member of a boyband known as the "The Ghetto Avenue Boys" and enjoyed a fleeting period of fame before the band was replaced and Randy was forced to move back to South Park. Upon returning to South Park, Randy's involvement with the band was the object of ridicule amongst the towns' inhabitants, prompting Randy to discourage his son's efforts to form a band with his friends. A recurring character trait of Randy's is his being prone to overreacting and obsessively seizing upon irrational ideas and fads, whether by himself or as part of a large contingent of the town's adult population. Though the show frequently depicts him to be a moderate drinker, numerous episodes have dealt with Randy's exorbitant behavior brought upon by his severe intoxication.<ref name="lastnight"/><ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=1999-11-24 |season=3 |number=314}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2005-12-07 |season=9 |number=914}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2005-04-06 |season=9 |number=905}}</ref> |
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Sharon makes her first appearance in "]". In one brief moment in the episode "]", she is mistakenly called Carol, as is ]. She has never been portrayed in a work capacity on the show, but is briefly depicted as a receptionist at ], a local surgical clinic, in '']''. She has close-cropped brown hair, and wears a brown long-sleeved ] adorned with red ruffles at the cuffs and collar, and dark blue pants (her sweater looks like an elongated version of the coat worn by her son). Sharon's ] are the subject of infatuation by several of the town's prepubescent boys, including ], much to Stan's annoyance and disgust. Though they are said to be very attractive, it is not known if Sharon knows of the town's opinion of her breasts.<ref>{{cite episode |title=]|url= |series=LockWood |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2003-04-23 |season=7 |number=706}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=]|url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2004-11-10 |season=8 |number=810 |
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}}</ref> During the episode "]", Randy and Sharon separated, indicating deep discontent with their marriage. In the next episode ] they get back together again. |
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===Shelly Marsh=== |
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'''Shelly Lynn Marsh''' is Randy and Sharon's daughter and ] older sister. The character was voiced by ] until Bergman's death, and Shelly has subsequently been voiced by ]. Her new voice artist is ]. |
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Shelly has an extremely aggressive temper and has very little respect for Stan and his friends, usually referring to them as "]". In "]", she physically abused him, hurled him around their house, and in the feature film '']'', she demolished a wooden chair over his head. This does not mean she hates her brother, as in the former episode she lies to protect him from being sent away. There have been other moments when she also seems to have superhuman strength, and once had the ability to lift a piano over her head with ease, seen during "]". She does help Stan when he is in real danger, although in "]" this was apparently only because she wants the privilege of beating up her brother all to herself. |
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In the episode "]", Shelly was dating Skyler, a 22-year-old who has his own band. Shelly also internet dated a boy named Amir in the episode "]" who she later met in California but could not properly look him in the eye. |
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Shelly is prominent in the episodes "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", and "]". |
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===Grandpa Marsh=== |
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'''"Grandpa" (Marvin) Marsh''' is ] grandfather. He is voiced by ], who also provides the voices for both his son Randy and his grandson Stan. In "]" Sharon acknowledges to Sheila that Marvin is her father (although she may just refer to her father-in-law that way). According to the episode "]", Grandpa is 102 years old. It is also revealed in the episode that he helped his grandfather commit suicide. In the episode "]", he revealed that he worked 55 years in a steel mill and he flew ] fighter planes over Germany in ]. In another episode "Fantastic Easter Special" Randy is driving and says to Stan that he was brought into the society by his father prompting Stan to say "grandpa is a member too?" "He is also familiar with typically British words as "]" and "]". Both Grandpa Marsh and his own grandfather call their grandsons "Billy", even after being corrected multiple times. |
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'''Grandma Marsh''' is shown in the episode "]", but has never been seen with the family. |
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===Jimbo Kern=== |
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'''Jimbo Kern''' (sometimes portrayed as '''Kerns''' or '''Uncle Jimbo''') is uncle to Stan. Earlier episodes indicated him to be the brother of Stan's mother ], but an interview with Stone established him as the half-brother of Stan's father, Randy,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/archives.php?id=33371| title=FAQ Archives| publisher=South Park Studios| accessdate=2009-01-22}}</ref> though their fraternal relationship is rarely explored on the show. Jimbo is voiced by series co-creator ]. Jimbo is a ] ] and gun enthusiast, owning a local firearms store and leading an ] lifestyle. He is often accompanied by his war buddy ]. Jimbo frequently keeps company with the town's working-class citizens, and often expresses a blue-collar point of view during the show's frequent satire of both ] and ] politics. Jimbo and Ned were inspired by characters series co-creator ] used to draw during high school.<ref>{{cite video | people=Trey Parker, Matt Stone|date=2003|title=South Park: The Complete First Season: "Weight Gain 4000"|format=Audio commentary |medium=CD|publisher=Comedy Central}}</ref> It is hinted in the episode "]" that Jimbo is gay, as he is the only character apart from Mr. Garrison who can say "Fag" without being bleeped. However, he was seen in the episode "]" peeking at the title antagonist's mother when ] saw that she was removing her ]; putting his possible homosexual identity in question. |
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Jimbo is shown on numerous occasions to drive a ].<ref name="volcano">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=] |credits=] and ] |network=] |airdate=1997-08-27 |season=1 |number=103}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=1998-06-10 |season=2 |number=206}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2002-07-17 |season=6 |number=610}}</ref><ref name="smug">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=] |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2006-03-29 |season=10 |number=1002}}</ref><ref name="summer">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=] |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=1998-06-24 |season=2 |number=608}}</ref> He likes to place bets on local sporting events, such as elementary school football games<ref name="gayal">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=1997-09-03 |season=1 |number=104}}</ref> and boxing matches.<ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=] |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=1998-02-04 |season=1 |number=108}}</ref> Jimbo campaigned in opposition of a proposal to change the South Park flag because the flag depicted the town's racist past. As a show of friendship with ], Jimbo agreed to a compromise with supporters of the change.<ref>{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=] |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2000-07-05 |season=4 |number=408}}</ref> Jimbo has also publicly voiced his opinion on other occasions, such as when he was displeased with a fireworks ban,<ref name="summer"/> and clashed with protesters of the ].<ref name="I'm a Little Bit Country"/> |
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===Aunt Flo=== |
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'''Aunt Flo Kimble''' was Sharon's aunt. Up until "]", she used to visit the Marshes every month, and stay for about five days or so. This would turn Sharon into "a total bitch". During the episode, the goldfish she had given Stan for ] killed her, and this upset Sharon, because now Aunt Flo could never visit her again. Her monthly routine of visiting, the standard time her visits lasted, and Sharon's reaction to them, was a parody of ]. Similarly, her death parodied menopause, as the phrase "a visit from Aunt Flo" is a common ] for menstruation. Aunt Flo also had ]. |
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==The Broflovskis== |
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===Kyle Broflovski=== |
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{{Main|Kyle Broflovski}} |
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===Gerald and Sheila Broflovski=== |
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{{main|Gerald and Sheila Broflovski}} |
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===Ike Broflovski=== |
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'''Ike Moisha Broflovski''' (born '''Peter Gints''') <ref name="ike">{{cite episode |title=]|url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/103560/|series=South Park|credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone|network=Comedy Central|airdate=May 27, 1998|season=2|number=204}}</ref> is the adopted baby brother of Kyle, born in Canada. He has appeared in the series since ]. Ike has black hair, and, like all Canadians portrayed on the series, is depicted as having small beady eyes and a head which is completely divided in two, and separates completely from the lower half whenever he talks. |
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Ike's original birth name was Peter Gints. He was put up for adoption by his Canadian parents after Canada had been 'devastated by the cola wars'. Although Kyle initially rejected Ike upon finding out that he was adopted, Ike idolizes his brother and Kyle watches out for him. In a recurring gag during some earlier season episodes, Kyle would exclaim "Kick The Baby!" and proceed to punt Ike like a football. |
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It is revealed in season four that Ike is a genius and is sent to Kindergarten a year early. At age 3, Ike composes sheet music, reads ] novels, and watches The NewsHour with ] every night. On his first day at school, he ran for class president and won, and at ] camp, he recreates ] the ] using macaroni. He is also ]ed in "]" after saving the Canadian Princess and was also involved in ] and ]'s plans to steal the ] in "]". |
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Throughout the show's run, Ike's dialogue has consisted of sound bites provided by various small children of the show's production staff. Despite Ike being a genius, his dialogue mostly consists of toddler-like, nonsensical babble, such as "I pooped my pants" or "ring around a rosy". Later season episodes depict him as speaking more coherently. His body temporarily was taken over by the spirit of Michael Jackson in the episode "Dead Celebrities". |
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===Kyle Schwartz=== |
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'''Kyle Schwartz''' is ]'s irritating, and ] ] cousin from ], with mannerisms distinctly modeled after ]. Kyle Schwartz has a goofy looking appearance with a fat head and small mouth. He has heavy breathing due to asthma along with bad eyesight for which he has large glasses. |
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He is voiced by ]. His voice is based on ]' impression of Cary Grant in the movie '']''. Tony Curtis' real name was Bernard Schwartz, which may explain Kyle's surname. His first appearance was in "]" when he had to stay with Kyle and his family since his mother was in the hospital. At the end of "The Entity," Kyle receives a $5 million dollar check after the "IT," a vehicle he invested in, was banned and the airline companies were bailed out. |
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===Cleo=== |
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'''Cleo Broflovski''' is Sheila's mother and Kyle's grandmother, who died three months before "]". The boys dig her up in an attempt to scare the fifth-graders on ]. |
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==The Cartmans== |
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===Eric Cartman=== |
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===Liane Cartman=== |
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'''Liane Marie Cartman''', originally voiced by ] and later by ] and ], is the sweet-natured mother of ]. Initially, her ], often with total strangers, was a running gag. It seemed as though all of the adults in South Park had slept with her (including the women). Although in episode 7, she is indicated to be a "]", she says in "]" that she has not done drugs in some time, and works two jobs, even though she and Eric are the second-poorest family in South Park after ]'s. <ref name="The Poor Kid">{{cite episode|title=]|series=South Park|network=Comedy Central|season=15|number=14|airdate=November 16, 2011}}</ref> Liane is also the name of the horse that eventually leaves the protagonist in Parker and Stone's ].<ref>Trey Parker and Matt Stone, ]: 13th Anniversary Edition, Director's Commentary (2000), TROMA Entertainment Inc.</ref> It is also revealed that she is a hermaphrodite, though this is brought to debate when Dr. Mephisto states that as a hermaphrodite she could not bear children and in episode "201" it is revealed that Eric's real father is ], the father of his arch-nemesis ]. |
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===Jack Tenorman=== |
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'''Jack Tenorman''' is the father of Scott Tenorman and Eric Cartman. He dies in the ] episode "]", when he and his wife are shot dead by a farmer who had been told by Cartman that they were going to kill a pony he owns. |
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In the ] episode "]", Cartman is told that Liane is a ] (has both ] and ]) and that she is actually his father, having impregnated an unknown woman. However, in the ] episode "]", ] tells Cartman that this was actually a cover-up. In the following episode "]", it is revealed that it was a lie the entire town told to protect the ] ] team, especially since they were in the midst of a ] run. Jack, a Broncos player, was Cartman's actual father and Liane is his mother after all, meaning also that his nemesis ] is his half-brother. Cartman, being as shallow as he is, is more distraught to learn that he is "half ginger", than to realize that he fed his own father to his half-brother. |
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===Scott Tenorman=== |
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'''Scott Tenorman''' is Jack's son, and Cartman's half-brother. Scott and Cartman have an on-going feud with each other. In his first appearance in "]", Scott is depicted as a bully to Cartman, selling him his ], stealing his money and publicly humiliating him, which further encourages Cartman to keep their feud alive. Their feud temporarily dies down after Cartman feeds Scott his parents' remains in the form of chili. In the ] episode "]", Cartman, with help from ], attempts to officially end their feud by giving Scott a ]. It is revealed in "201" that Scott is the leader of the "]" and wants revenge on Cartman. |
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He Later Starred In A Game Called "Tenorman's Revenge" That Was Released For The Xbox 360 in 2009 in which he was the antagonist. |
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===Extended Cartman family=== |
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The extended Cartman family is shown in the episode "]", where Eric and the others go on a trip to ] to visit them for Christmas. Most of his relatives (except for his grandmother) appear to be physically similar to him; all fat (this is in direct contradiction to the episode "Fat Camp" in which Eric's mother Liane states that the Cartman extended family is in fact not genetically fat as she had led her son to believe), with the same speech impediment and catchphrases such as "Kick-ass!", "I'll kick you squah in the nuts", "Respect mah authoritah!", and "No, that's my pot pie. No, that's a bad !". The family returns in the episode "]" at his grandmother's funeral, where she leaves her entire estate (valued at $1 million) to Eric, citing that all the other family members would have spent it all on ]. His grandparents' names are Harold and Mabel; his uncles are Howard and Stinky. He has an aunt, Lisa, and three cousins, Fred, Alexandra (who is thin, like Liane and unlike the other Cartmans) and Elvin. He also has a great-grandmother, Florence, and a relative named "Fat Bob". |
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==The McCormicks== |
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===Kenny McCormick=== |
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===Stuart and Carol McCormick=== |
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'''Stuart''' and '''Carol McCormick''' are both unemployed alcoholics raising their son ], older son ] and youngest daughter ] under poverty-stricken circumstances. Stuart is voiced by series co-creator ] and Carol, who was originally voiced by ], is currently voiced by ]. |
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The McCormicks are one of the poorest families in the town of South Park, living in a small, dilapidated house overrun by rats. Aside from Stuart once mentioning that he was missing work,<ref name="redbadge">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=] and Matt Stone |network=] |airdate=1999-11-24 |season=3 |number=314}}</ref> he and Carol have always been portrayed as being unemployed with little means of income; they are involved in ] production,<ref name="crimestoppers">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2003-04-23 |season=7 |number=706}}</ref> and ] has mentioned numerous times that the two are dependent on ]. In the episode "]", ] and ] are both referred to as Carol, and during the fourth season so was ]. The name 'Carol' was attached to Mrs. McCormick after the episode "]", although exactly which of the men's wives was being discussed is unclear. |
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Stuart was childhood friends with ], and the two worked together as teenagers at a pizza store. Having been unable to hold a steady job since, Stuart later felt contempt for and had a falling out with Gerald after Gerald went on to attend college and became a lawyer.<ref name="pox">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=1998-08-26 |season=2 |number=210}}</ref> Early in the show's run, it was revealed that the McCormicks' house was actually a play fort Stuart and Gerald built when they were young.<ref name="pox"/> The two later reconciled their differences, and Stuart has been portrayed as maintaining a friendship with Gerald and other adult characters on the show by keeping company with them at a local bar. |
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===Kevin McCormick=== |
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'''Kevin McCormick''' is the rarely seen eldest McCormick child. He has parted, messy brown hair that sticks up and has a messy face like his parents. His age is unknown. He has only spoken on two occasions and was voiced by Trey Parker with a rough voice similar to the former characters Bill and Fosse, though with a ]. |
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===Karen McCormick=== |
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'''Karen McCormick''' (voice of Celeste Javier) is the youngest of the McCormick children. She first appeared briefly in "]". Her first prominent role was in "]", in which she and her brothers are placed in foster care, and Kenny adopts his ] persona in order to protect and comfort her.<ref name="The Poor Kid"/> |
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=== Grandfather === |
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Kenny's unnamed grandfather appears in "]" which has Kenny giving him a "sensual full-body massage" in front of a live audience for money. Kenny's grandfather is also mentioned in "]", where Gerald Broflovski implies that he was an unemployed drunk much like Stuart. He also appears to have masturbation problems. |
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==The Stotches== |
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===Butters Stotch=== |
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{{Main|Butters Stotch}} |
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===Stephen and Linda Stotch=== |
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'''Stephen''' (sometimes '''Chris''') and '''Linda Stotch''' are a married couple who raise their son ] in the town of South Park, ]. Stephen is voiced by Trey Parker, and Linda by Mona Marshall. |
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Stephen and Linda began appearing towards the end of season 4, in correlation with their son Butters becoming a more significant character. Their most prominent role as a couple occurred during the season 5 finale "]", where they have to deal with the issues of Stephen's extramarital affairs with men and adhering to their concocted story about their son being abducted when Linda mistakenly thought she had successfully murdered Butters. Stephen and Linda were portrayed as having established a friendship with the parents of the show's other main child characters, joining them for book club meetings<ref name="condom">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker] and Matt Stone |network=] |airdate=2001-08-01 |season=5 |number=507}}</ref> and vacationing with them in ].<ref name="asspen">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2002-03-13 |season=6 |number=603}}</ref> |
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In keeping with the show's tradition of portraying adult South Park residents as frequently seizing upon irrational ideas, both Linda and Stephen have also been commonly depicted in this manner. Stephen even instigated one such concept when he constructed a mountain bunker as a proverbial "]" to provide shelter for ] supporters who thought ]'s victory in the ] would bring about chaos and the end of civilization.<ref name="lastnight">{{cite episode |title=]|url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2008-11-05 |season=12 |number=1212}}</ref> In addition to his tendency to be an overzealous disciplinarian, Stephen also adheres to a strict method of running his household, such as demanding that items in the kitchen pantry be alphabetized, noting that a well-organized pantry is "what keeps a family together".<ref name="ungroundable">{{cite episode |title=]|url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2008-11-19 |season=12 |number=1214}}</ref> |
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In his first role as a major character, Stephen was discovered to have been frequently going to a ] ] and a ] to have casual sex with men.<ref name="buttersshow">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2001-12-12 |season=5 |number=514}}</ref> Assuring Linda that he only did so out of curiosity, he promised to suppress any future homosexual urges,<ref name="buttersshow"/> and Stephen expressed slightly ] tendencies in later episodes. Though in the episode ], he grounded Butters for being "homophobic, chauvinistic and completely lacking in maturity", after Butters had made others drink his ], not knowing what it was as he previously only had been told by his father that it was "happy feelings". In ], he actually refrained from grounding Butters after getting yelled at, even after threatening to do so. |
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Linda, despite being a strict disciplinarian herself and rarely objecting to the punishments Stephen personally gives Butters, is usually shown to be a sympathetic mother towards her son. Serving on the city council as the town's treasurer, she is also an engineer.<ref name="hippie">{{cite episode |title=] |url= |series=South Park |credits=Trey Parker and Matt Stone |network=Comedy Central |airdate=2005-03-16 |season=9 |number=902}}</ref> |
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Stephen and Linda exhibit somewhat extreme reactions and a notable level of selfishness in their relationship with their son, often causing them to overlook or ignore Butters' attempts to communicate. In ], both are visibly distressed by Butters' (faked) death with Stephen going so far as to attempt bringing him back to life. When Butters returns home intending to expose the hoax, both parents think he is a zombie and chain him up in the basement. Though disgusted and afraid to approach their son, they nonetheless lure a woman to their home and kill her in order to "feed" Butters.<ref>Trey Parker and Matt Stone (October 26, 2005). "]". ''''South Park''''. episode 909. season 9. Comedy Central</ref> They both often seem to care for Butters, but were willing to sell him to Paris Hilton in "]". Their mixed sentiments are a likely cause of Butters' anxiety and neuroses. |
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===Extended Stotch family=== |
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Butters has an aunt and uncle living in Los Angeles as seen in the episode "]". He also mentions he has cousins in ] in "]" and an Uncle Bud who he admits sexually molested him in "]". He has a grandmother whom Butters' parents visit in the hospital when she is admitted with a stroke, the cause of which was seeing Butters on national TV with prosthetic testicles attached to his chin. She also appears in the episode "Butterballs" in which she visits the Stotch family and bullies Butters whenever his parents are not looking. |
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==List of other families== |
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===The Tweeks=== |
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]'s family. Tweek's parents run a coffee shop called Tweek Bros. Coffee (a parody of ]). It was nearly put out of business by the major coffee corporation, ]. After a large feud both businesses learned to work together. The Tweeks are their own product's most devoted fans. Even their son consumes several cups of coffee a day (despite his age), hence his constant twitching and general nervousness. They usually have heart-to-heart talks with their son in times of concern or crisis (such as child abduction or their company going out of business), but unfortunately they often oversimplify or overexaggerate the problems making Tweek's paranoia worse - generally speaking, every time Tweek has a new concern or problem his parents tend to aggravate it. '''Richard Tweek''' wears a maroon jumper which is his shirt for work (hence the name tag on it) and black trousers. He has a long pointed nose and dark curly brown hair. '''Mrs. Tweek''', whose first name has not been revealed on the show, wears a blue dress with a white apron, and long light brown hair. |
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Tweek's parents have appeared in several episodes, most notably "]" and "]". Mr. Tweek is voiced by Trey Parker and Mrs. Tweek has been voiced by ] and ]. She has not spoken since the episode "]", though she has made background appearances. |
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===The Blacks=== |
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]'s family. They are the "]" black people on this show, and Token Black is the "token black kid" at school. The only African-American family in South Park and also the wealthiest. In "]", it is revealed that Token's mother, Linda Black, is a chemist (although ] is considered the only scientist{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} in South Park), and his father Steve is a lawyer. |
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Cartman always makes fun of Token for being black and is very stereotypical toward him. Token's last name in the series was originally "Williams". The name "Black" is given, because he is the only black child in South Park. Some of Cartman's racist comments include that Token has a bass guitar in his basement and that he knows how to play it, both of which turn out to be true, despite Token not knowing it. Cartman bases these assumptions about Token and his family on nothing more than the stereotype that "if you're black, you can play bass". |
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===The Donovans=== |
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]'s family (portrayed as Harris in one episode). Clyde has stated that his father is a geologist (although ] is considered the only scientist{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} in South Park). In the episode "]", it is said that Clyde's father owns a shoe store. The family was accidentally referred to as the "Harrises" in "]", however, this was changed back to Donovan in the later re-airings of the episode. |
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Betsy Donovan is killed in the episode ] in a toilet accident. |
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===The Testaburgers=== |
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]'s family. The Testaburgers seem to be fairly well-off and fairly functional compared to most South Park families, though they seem to be less intelligent and socially aware than Wendy herself. Although, it seems that they don't pay much attention to her or listen to her; nevertheless they attempt to rein her in when she seems to be acting badly herself. Wendy's mother attempts to prevent her from getting breast implants in "]", while her dad is indignant that Wendy supposedly wants to dress like a ] in "]", though he was eventually convinced to allow it by the store's whorish clientele. They also refused to listen to her excuses for beating up ] in "]", and forced her to promise that it wouldn't happen. In the episode "]", it is revealed that Mrs. Testaburger is the city planner. |
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Mr. Testaburger has been voiced by both ] and ]. |
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===The Stevenses=== |
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]'s family. From what has been shown of them, they are very stereotypical. Her mother appears in "]", where it is implied that she is dumb and managed to get by relying on her looks. In that episode, Bebe is smart and more thoughtful than her mother, though she seems more interested in make-up and boys than Wendy. Bebe's father is briefly seen in "]". |
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===The Tuckers=== |
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The Tuckers are ]'s family. The family consists of Craig, his insanely tall portly redheaded father '''Thomas Tucker''', who is balding with an orange semi-mohawk, his mother, and his younger sister named Ruby. Little is known of them except that flipping each other the ] appears to be the family norm. Craig's family's tendency for flipping each other off has been heavily ingrained into Craig, who for the first several seasons is implied to have been sent to either the principal's or counselor's office on a daily basis because of the habit. In the recent episode "]", neither Craig nor anyone in his family flipped anyone else off, even when they got into a heated argument with the Broflovskis and Marshes, but this is possibly because they only do it in each other's company. |
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All members of the Tucker family were first seen in the episode "]", and were not seen again in their entirety until the "Pandemic" duology (Craig's sister only appeared in a photograph), but Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have made short cameos throughout the series. |
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===The Burches=== |
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]'s parents are named '''Richard Burch''' and '''Helen Burch''', and apparently suffer from the same form of ] as Timmy himself. When they are interviewed on television in "]", all they can say are their own names, just like their son. |
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===The Valmers=== |
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Formerly named '''Swanson''' (and often misspelled '''Vulmer'''), this is ]'s family. His father, '''Ryan Valmer''', dresses much like ], and apparently likes coffee and sexual exchange talk. At the beginning of the episode "]", Mr. Valmer displays the title "Chief of Fire Department". Very little is known about his mother, '''Sarah Valmer'''. Jimmy's parents also say (in the episode ]) that the reason Jimmy was born with a handicap because they made fun of handicapped people in high school and it was God's way of punishing them. |
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