Recurring South Park characters
The 4 main characters in the animated series South Park are Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broslofski and Kenny McCormick. See those articles for details.There are several other recurring South Park characters'''.
Lianne Cartman is (supposedly) the mother of Eric, and puts up with his constant whining and abuse by doting on him to the point of compounding his personal problems. She rarely raises her voice, and the only discipline she dispences is a very rare slap to the face when Eric embarrass her in public. Despite her sweetness, she is a hermaphroditic porn-queen and prostitute. Quite early on, it was revealed that Mrs. Cartman was actually Eric's father.
The Jewish parents of Kyle, Gerald and Sheila are also the adopted parents of baby Ike Moisha, himself of Canadian descent. Ike's Canadian ancestry is indicated in the show, for unknown reasons, by his odd, flapping, egg-shaped head.
Randy and Sharon Marsh are the parents of Stan, and his exceptionally violent sister Shelley. Grandpa Marsh on episode 106: Death keeps asking Stan to kill him.
Kenny's family, the McCormicks, are exceptionally poor, in part because Kenny's father, Stuart, is an alcoholic, a fact that Cartman never lets Kenny forget. The McCormicks have been through a lot of grief over the course of the series, in large part due to the many deaths of their son.
See also: Mr. Garrison.
Jerome 'Chef' McElroy is one of very few black characters in South Park, and the chef at the local school. A stereotyped character, Chef is obsessed with sex and somewhat promiscuous. He is however a talented singer, and has a tendency to sing wildly inappropriate songs. The children often seek him out when in need of guidance or information. See also Salty Chocolate Balls.
Quote: Let's all go home and find a nice white woman to make love to.
After Mr. Garrison was temporarily suspended from teaching duties, he was replaced by Ms. Choksondik, who was most notable for her implausibly large, saggy breasts and one lazy eye. Ms. Choksondik inexplicably died in the middle of the sixth season, and Mr. Garrison eventually replaced her as the fourth grade teacher. Before her death, Ms. Choksondik had a sexual relationship (her first) with Mr. Mackey.
Mr. Mackey is the school guidance counselor. He is best known for his simplistic attitude towards drugs (and his catchphrase, "drugs are bad, mmm'kay?"), a parody of Just Say No campaigns; he never gives any reason why drugs are bad.
See also: Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broslofski, Kenny McCormick, Butters Stotch.
Timmy is a handicapped child who can only say his own name, and is confined to a wheelchair. Nevertheless, in one episode he was part of a successful band, the Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld.
Token Williams is the only black child in the main characters' class. Cartman was once imprisoned for a hate crime after he assaulted Token. In addition to being the only black child, he is also considerably richer than his classmates. In episode 714 — entitled Raisins — he steals Wendy Testaburger from Stan, who flips him off because of it.
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.
Quote: oh, look, a French fry.
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.
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 off of 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.
Tweek is a particularly nervous child, apparently as a result of drinking too much coffee. He is inclined to scream at the slightest provocation, or complain of "too much pressure!" when anyone asks him to perform the slightest task.
Clyde is the brown-haired boy who is part of the group, but doesn't maintain any major presence.
Even though he hangs out with the boys, Craig is the one who is (in)famous for flipping off people.
Like Timmy, he is handicapped, but he uses crutches to walk. Despite having a s-s-stuttering problem, he likes to perform stand-up comedy.
Big Gay Al is a stereotyped gay man. He runs an animal farm for gay animals who have been rejected by homophobic pet owners. He also appeared in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, entertaining U.S. troops.
Jimbo Kerns and Ned Gerblansky are both obsessed with killing animals, circumventing anti-hunting laws by claiming self-defense - and thus, always exclaiming "It's coming right for us!" - before shooting some animal that was not, in most cases, coming right for them.
Ned lost his voice due to cancer, and is forced to speak with an electronic voicebox. He also lost an arm in the Vietnam War.
Officer Barbrady is the town's only policeman, and is particularly inept. He was illiterate until forced to learn to read to solve a crime. He then read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, an experience that made him regret ever learning to read.
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto is a stereotyped mad scientist, who specialises in genetic engineering, and like Frankenstein, proceeds to create strange creatures without stopping to consider whether he should.
He often seems interested in genetically engineering creatures with more than one anus - an apparent parody of the (real world) creation of a mouse with a human ear growing from its back.
He is a member of NAMBLA, the 'North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes'.
City Wok is a Chinese restaurant, whose employees have stereotypically heavy accents. The word "city" appears often in the restaurant and in the employees' dialogue, the joke being that the employees' accents make the word "city" sound like "shitty."Family members
Mrs. Cartman
Gerald and Sheila Broslofski, and Ike
Gerald is a lawyer, and once made money for suing literally everyone in the town for sexual harassment.
In the movie, , Sheila became enraged that a Canadian film had introduced Kyle to "naughty language", and sparked a war between the United States and Canada.Randy and Sharon Marsh, Shelley and Grandpa
The McCormicks
School (adults)
Chef
Ms. Choksondik
Mr. Mackey
School (children)
Timmy
Token Williams
Wendy Testaburger
Bebe Stevens
Philip "Pip" Pirrip
Tweek
Clyde
Craig
Jimmy
Misc
Big Gay Al
Jimbo and Ned
Officer Barbrady
Dr. Mephesto
Terrance and Philip
See Terrance and PhilipCity Wok