Liane Cartman

Liane Cartman, originally voiced by the late Mary Kay Bergman and later by Eliza J. Schneider and April Stewart, is the single parent of Eric Cartman on the television program South Park. She is infamous for being an intersexual, and is very promiscuous, often with total strangers.

Character

Ms. Cartman is about average height for a woman in South Park. She has brown hair and wears a light blue top with red trousers. She shows great deference to her overweight son Eric and has been seen on numerous occasions bowing to his will. It is seen that they have a great bond with each other. However, since the episode "Tsst", she has begun to grow resistant to his whining and his demands—seen in a way in "Go God Go" and "Go God Go XII", where she is quite stern with Eric when he shows great impatience regarding the release date of the Wii console, although this may have been because she doesn't approve of modern day technology. However, in Cartman Sucks, she questions Mrs Broflovski about Eric's photograph, showing her resistance may have weakened.

Liane is a good-natured individual but with a definite edge to her. Her voice is usually kind and soft, and her actions are usually to aid others, particularly Eric. She is also very sexually active and regularly pursues this activity. She is reputedly a crack whore, and has taken part in German "Scheiße movies". She also has no issue with commencing sexual relations with complete strangers, usually visitors to the home.

Although Liane is constantly having sex, and ignores the presence of anyone around her to sexually persuade men into her bedroom, it is slightly unknown if Eric knows the full extent to what his mom really does behind closed doors. Eric has come across various numbers of porn sights and "family videos" gone awry, but seems to either ignore the fact that his mom is a slut or looks as it to be just his sweet, loving mother conned out of her own environment. Eric knows not to complain to his mother, probably already figuring out that if he makes her feel bad about hurting her son, she will eventually turn on him and no longer spoil him in the natural way. Even in the episode "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" and "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" where it is revealed to Eric that his mom has had sex with the entire town, he still has no conversations with his mom about her secret life.

Family and friends

Her major family link in the show is her son, Eric. She spoils and mothers him to a great degree, a major factor in his obesity and general attitude. The extended Cartman family is seen in "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!," and then later in "Cartmanland;" they seem to have many of Cartman's characteristics, including obesity, rudeness and even some of the same catchphrases, such as "Kickass!" and "Respect my authoritah!" Interestingly Liane seems to be the only Cartman without these traits.

In terms of friends, she seems integrated into the circle of parents around the town. She is often seen with Stan's parents among the others when they congregate. However, the episode "Tsst!" seems to imply that Liane has few or no friends, and that her servitude to her son is a psychological attempt to make up for that.

Major episode appearences

"Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut"

In this episode it is revealed that she has slept with almost every adult in South Park (except Halfy who has no legs), including Chief Running Water, Chef, Mr. Garrison, Principal Victoria, the mayor, Jesus, Priest Maxi, Mephisto, his assistant Kevin, Jimbo, Ned, Gerald Broflovski, and the 1989/1991 Denver Broncos. She also explains sex to Cartman; "sometimes the man puts his who-who-dilly in the woman's cha-cha".

"Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut"

It is in this episode that it is learned that Ms. Cartman was her son's father: thus she is a intersexual; called a hermaphrodite in the show.

"Tsst"

To help control Eric's behavioral issues, she hires the help of Cesar Millan. He teaches her a method of curbing Eric's temper and whining by a method he uses on dogs, that is poking (with two fingers) the subject in the neck, making the onomatopoeic noise "Tsst!", but otherwise completely ignoring him unless he acts fully submissive. This approach works, and Liane is overjoyed. She tries to form a relationship (either romantic or platonic) with Cesar, but he turns her down as she is just a client, and she soon begins to spoil Cartman again.

External links

• Ms. Cartman - Profile at SouthParkStudios.com