List of South Park adults
There are many recurring characters in the animated series South Park, aside from the four main characters, Eric Theodore Cartman, Stanley "Stan" Marsh, Kyle Broflovski and Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick. Leopold "Butters" Stotch and Tweek replaced Kenny for a half season each during the sixth season. See their respective articles for details.
Family members
Gerald, Sheila and Ike Broflovski
Kyle's family is Jewish. His mother Sheila is involved in the community and his father Gerald is a lawyer who once made large amounts of money suing literally everyone in the town for sexual harassment. Because of his father's job, Kyle's family is the most well-off of the four.
The Broflovskis also adopted a Canadian baby and named him Ike Moisha Broflovski. In the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut this becomes a matter of concern when Ike is persecuted by the US, not for being Jewish, but for being Canadian. 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.
In the "It's Christmas in Canada" episode of season 7, Ike is reunited with his birth-parents for a short time.
Sheila has lead protests/boycotts/changes of the following (listed by episode):
- 106: Against the airing of Terrance and Phillip
- 110: Against the nativity/Christmas in the school play
- 205: Educating the general public about "Conjoined Twin Myslexia," a disorder which results in siamese twins being born with one of the twins already dead.
- 507: Sex education needs to be taught at a younger age
- 614: The children are intolerant of Homosexuality
Kyle's cousin from New York, Kyle Schwartz, is the epitome of a Jewish stereotype. He is terrible at sports (so much so that the boys have him join their little league baseball team to help them lose in The Losing Edge), is notoriously cheap, and has a variety of medical conditions, although he has shown to be quite resilient. He wants to be an investment banker when he's older.
It is revealed in "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" that Mr. Broflovski was one of Cartman's possible fathers; in another episode (Chef Aid) Mrs. Broflovski has sex with Chef (see below) with Gerald's knowledge. One could speculate that this implies the two have an open marriage, however this cannot be confirmed.
Randall "Randy" and Sharon Marsh, Shelley and Grandpa
Randy and Sharon Marsh are the parents of Stan, and his exceptionally violent sister Shelley.
Randy is a geologist, the only scientist in SP aside from Dr. Alphonse Mephisto, but during his younger years was a member of a briefly successful boy band. He occasionally shows a penchant for singing and dancing.
In the "Spontaneous Combustion" episode, Randy is awarded a Nobel Prize for finding the cause of the spontaneous human combustion of some SP persons. He won the prize in favor of Dr. Alphonz Mephisto and a 'real scientist' who found the grand unification theory. It turned out the spontaneous combustion was caused by people holding in their farts and explosion of the accumulated methane (or marsh gas) in their guts. Kenny was the first to die as he fell in love with a girl and did not want to fart in her presence.
In the little league episode Randy would constantly get into fights with other fathers. He would always take off his shirt and say "what you gonna do?" after normally winning the fight the police would take him away with his underwear show and saying things such as "I thought this was America?" During the Bat Dad fight he has visions just as Rocky did in Rocky V including Mickey telling him to get up.
Shelly is a violent teenager with an awkward set of headgear braces. She enjoys dating older men, beating up Stan, and calling him and his friends "turds". Despite the mutual dislike between Shelly and most of the boys, she and Eric Cartman formed a mutual cease-fire in the episode Cat Orgy after they get back at Shelly's boyfriend, Skylar, who is twenty-two years old only dating her for sex.
"Grandpa" Marvin Marsh is the elderly father of Randy, and lives with the Marsh family. He is over 100 years old and confined to a wheelchair. His thoughts and actions are typically very perverted. He is somewhat senile and calls Stan "Billy". On episode 106, "Death", Grandpa constantly demands that "Billy" euthanize him. In "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes", he is employed as a greeter at the newly-constructed Wall-Mart store. He features heavily in another episode, where the Senior citizens lose their car licenses.
Lianne Cartman
Cartman's mom is famous in South Park for being sexually promiscuous. In South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut it was revealed that she takes part in German 'scheisse' movies and Kyle and Stan often attempt to alert Cartman to his mother's sexual deviancy which, contrary to evidence, he emphatically denies. In fact, it was revealed that, as a hermaphrodite, Lianne could not possibly be Cartman's mother and is, in fact, his father. The identity of Cartman's real mother is unknown.
Lianne often does whatever Cartman tells her to do. She waits on him as if she were his slave while he watches television. She also perpetuates the belief that Cartman is not fat but "big boned".
Lianne is the name of a much-despised former girlfriend of Trey Parker's, who also gave this name to his ill-fated horse in Cannibal! The Musical.
The McCormicks
Kenny's family, the McCormicks, are exceptionally poor, and represent stereotypical "white trash". A typical daily meal in this family would consist of frozen waffles with no side dishes ("are we to understand that there will *be* no side dishes with our frozen waffles?" - Cartman) Kenny's father, Stuart, was a high school friend of Gerald Brovlovski. He is an alcoholic, a fact that Cartman never lets Kenny forget. Kenny's mother, who is only about sixteen years older than him, usually wears an "I'm With Stupid" T-shirt, but has on occasion been shown with a "God Bless America" shirt instead.
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. In episode 406, "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", shortly after Kenny dies Mrs. McCormick gives birth to a baby named Kenny, and states that this is the 52nd time Kenny has died, implying that the McCormicks give birth to a new Kenny after nearly every episode (which of course does not explain how the Kenny is eight in every episode).
Chris and Linda Stotch
Chris (called Stephen in recent episodes) and Linda Stotch are Butters' parents. They are extremely naive and seem oblivious to many aspects of their son's life. At the same time, they are extremely domineering, punishing him (usually by grounding him for weeks) for minor incidents, while terrifying him about apocryphal threats, such as "Super-AIDS." Their lack of parenting skills may well explain Butters' nervous disposition.
Mr. Stotch is apparently a closet homosexual, as Butters once followed him to a gay bath house. In response, Mrs. Stotch tried to kill Butters by drowning him in a lake and, when she believed she had successfully carried out the murder, attempted to cover up the death with her husband's help. It turned out Butters didn't die after all and had only floated off in the car.
Tweek's Parents
Tweek's parents own a coffee shop. They believe that Tweek has ADD, although his problems apparently stem from the fact he drinks too much coffee. Mr. Tweek has a penchant for the extended use of metaphors for coffee. In the episode, Underpants Gnomes, he also sanctioned the use of children in political commercials to push his point of view. He also occasionally makes playful jokes that freak his son out (for example, claiming he was planning to sell Tweek into slavery).
Timmy's Parents
Timmy's parents are apparently afflicted with the same disorder which affects Timmy. While the disorder itself is unknown, it results in all three members of the family being confined to an electronic wheelchair, and unable to verbalize anything except their own first name. Timmy's parents are named Richard and Helen.
School (adults)
Mr./Mrs. Herbert Garrison
See: Herbert Garrison
Chef
Main article: Chef
Jerome 'Chef' McElroy is one of very few black characters in South Park, and the chef at the South Park Elementary School. A stereotypical character, Chef is obsessed with sex (especially with white women), and he is somewhat promiscuous. He is a talented singer, and has a tendency to sing wildly inappropriate songs when his muse strikes him. The children often seek him out when in need of guidance or information. He is voiced by Isaac Hayes. He refers to Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny as 'children' even if there is only one of them present. He once almost married a succubus, but the boys saved him. His parents live in Scotland, and his mother has a tendancy to offer any problem that has a soul, "tree-fiddy" or three dollars and fifty cents, mainly to the Loch Ness Monster.
See also: Chocolate Salty Balls, Chewbacca Defense.
Chef's appearances have been more and more limited as the show has progressed.
Quote: Let's all go home and find a nice white woman to make love to.
Mr. Mackey
Mr. Mackey is the school counselor who is notorious for saying the word "M'kay" after everything he says. He is often made the butt of jokes for his slow speech and balloon like head. He is quite inept at his job and was once suspended for passing around marijuana in class, which he did in order to let the kids know what it smells like so they can keep away from it. He is a former drug user himself, and was sexually involved with Ms. Choksondik until her death. It was even revealed that she died with Mr. Mackey's semen in her stomach. He also fought in the American-Canadian War in South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut, providing us with the classic line "Die Canadian M'kay!" It was during this film that he sang his famous song, "It's Easy M'kay". He sang this in order to rehabilitate the children after they kept using profanities after viewing the Terrance and Phillip movie "Asses of Fire".
Ms. Choksondik
After Mr. Garrison was temporarily suspended from teaching duties, he was replaced by Ms. Diane Choksondik, who was most notable for her implausibly large, saggy breasts and one lazy eye. She also strongly resembles former Attorney General Janet Reno. Ms. Choksondik 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, contrary to what the name "chokes on dick" would seem to imply, although it is implied that she dies because she 'choked on dick') with Mr. Mackey, after preparing sex education classes for the 4th grade children (as well as kindergarten). The children often refer to her as Ms. "Makes-me-sick", completely missing the apparently too-good-to-be-true humor of her real name.
Principal Victoria
Principal Victoria is the principal of South Park Elementary School. She is indecisive and eager to avoid any controversy. She speaks with a strong Minnesotan accent.
It is unknown whether Victoria is her first or last name (or both). Her inverted name is a reference to actress Victoria Principal. It is implied that she has had a sexual relationship with Mrs. Cartman.
Mrs. Crabtree
Veronica Crabtree was the school bus driver. She appeared to be suffering from paranoia, or at least was mentally unstable; she had a bird living in her hair and constantly asked the children on her bus "What did you say?" after they insulted her. They would say something else that sounds similar in order to avoid trouble. An example:
- "You fat, withered up, dried hog."
- "What did you say!?"
- "I said, 'I always wanted to travel to Prague'"
- "Oh, me too."
In one episode, however, Stan says what he really means to her:
- "We're not getting on you fat, ugly bitch."
- "What did you say!?"
- "I said, We're not getting on you fat ugly bitch."
- "Oh, alrighty then." (drives off)
- "Dude! I always wondered if that would work."
In the 2004 episode "Cartman's Incredible Gift", Mrs. Crabtree was murdered by a serial killer. At that point she had not been seen for several seasons, and it was even commented by a detective in the episode: "She may not have been in any recent episodes, but she didn't deserve this!"
One of the most notable scenes that she was involved in was when Kenny planned to climb into her uterus for 6 hours. When asked how she felt that her cervix was dialated and had oxygen tanks put in her vagina, she responded "Great! I haven't had this much attention paid to my cooch since I was sixteen."
School (children)
See also: Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Butters Stotch, Tweek, Token Black.
Bert
Appears only in episode 308 as a music promoter
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" though Jimmy can actually tell what he is saying, 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 (episode 414: Helen Keller! The Musical). 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. In the Episode: Timmy 2000, he managed to say "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld".
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 parents were interviewed over him, it was discovered that they shared the same disability as Timmy.
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.
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 Jimmy's face was photoshopped by Timmy, onto some explicit pictures that resulted in his expulsion from the scouts, much to Timmy's delight.
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.
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.
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).
In episode 401, "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", Cartman is sent to juvenile detention for a hate crime after he assaulted Token.
In episode 512, Here Comes the Neighborhood, 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 leave') 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 I got rid of all those damn ni...!" thereupon being abruptly cut off by the end of the show and the credits.
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.
In episode 714,"Raisins", he steals Wendy Testaburger from Stan, who flips him off because of it.
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."
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.
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.
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
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.
Quotes:
- "Hi, Stan!"
- [Stan vomits]
- "Eeeewwww!"
- "Oh, look, a French fry"
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".
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.
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.
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 Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 (episode 401), where Cartman gets sent to prison for an alleged hate crime against Token.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
In one episode, they participated in a talent show, singing a song about how they wouldn't participate in the talent show.
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."
Misc
Mr. Hankey
Mr. Hankey, the "Christmas Poo," is the scatological counterpart to Frosty the Snowman, with the light-hearted flair of 60's-era Rankin & Bass holiday specials. He emerges from the toiletbowl on Christmas Eve and brings presents to boys and girls with high fiber diets. Mr. Hankey has appeared in at least three Christmas episodes, and inspired an actual retail CD (Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics) in which he has his own theme song. In one episode he departed from the Christmas theme to drive a snooty annual ('anal' according to Mr. Garrison) film festival out of town with a tornado made of sewage. His trademark line is "Howwwwww-dy ho!"
Big Gay Al
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. He sang the song 'I'm Super' whilst the kids tried to free Terrance and Phillip. He was banned as a boy scouts leader for being homosexual, to be replaced by a 'macho man' who took nude photographs of the children.
Mr. Slave
Mr. Slave is the former gay lover and sex slave of teacher Mr. Garrison. Mr. Slave was first introduced as a replacement for Mr. Garrison's beloved hand-puppet Mr. Hat. Mr. Slave has been known to insert animals into his anus as in the episode 'The Death Camp of Tolerance' in which a gerbil named Lemmiwinks must travel through Mr. Slave's digestive system with the help of the spirits of other animals who perished there. In 'Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset', Paris Hilton suffers an identical fate. Mr. Slave is no longer Mr. Garrison's lover after episode 901 Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina, Mr. Slave states that he doesn't like vaginas because he is gay.
Jimbo and Ned
Stan's uncle Jimbo Kerns (who is presumably Sharon's brother) and his sidekick Ned Gerblansky represent South Park's large population of stereotypical "hicks". They are obsessed with large trucks, beer, guns, explosions, and killing animals. They detest "liberals" and circumvent anti-hunting laws by yelling "it's coming right for us!" before shooting any animal, thereby justifying the kill as self defense.
Jimbo and Ned met while in the Vietnam War, where Jimbo was a helicopter pilot. During the war, Ned lost his right arm when a hand grenade exploded in his hand. Ned also lost his voice due to cancer, and is forced to speak with an electronic voicebox.
It has been implied that Jimbo is a homosexual, as he was able to say the word "fag" without being bleeped, a feat only permissible for gay characters by Comedy Central standards.
Officer Barbrady
Until the seventh season, Officer Barbrady was the town's only policeman. Since then, he has led the South Park police force particularly ineptly. The police force motto on his squad car is, "To Patronize and Annoy." 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. He has a hearing aid and speaks louder than he should.
Mayor and aides
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Mayor McDaniels is the mayor of South Park. Even though she is a Princeton University graduate, she is a largely incompetent politician and is mostly interested in getting good publicity for herself. Her two sycophantic aides usually tell her what to do.
The mayor often openly pines that she hates South Park and considers the people who live in it to be a collection of "brain-dead hicks". She hates Barbrady as well, but is largely stuck with him; however, it is implied that she and him have had some secret, rather unusual liasions together (in Pinkeye and Summer Sucks). It is sometimes implied that she is a closet lesbian.
In the episode 902, Die Hippie, Die, she attempted to commit suicide by shooting herself in the head, but was later shown in that same episode with a bloody bandage around her head.
Dr. Mephisto and Kevin
Dr. Alphonse Mephisto 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. Dr. Mephisto is based on Marlon Brando's character in the 1996 movie version of "The Island of Dr. Moreau".
He often seems interested in genetically engineering creatures with more than one pair of buttocks - an apparent parody of the (real world) creation of a mouse with a human ear growing from its back [1].
He is a member of NAMBLA, the 'North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes'.
He is often followed by a short odd looking man/boy-person named Kevin, wearing the same clothes as Dr. Mephisto. He quietly follows Mephisto as if he is an assistant, though he rarely assists with anything, and never speaks. It was revealed in Primus's song "Mephisto and Kevin" that Kevin was an experiment to create the perfect pop star, a clone of Michael Jackson that was birthed by a llama. He has a sweet, golden voice that was never heard in the show. In the Spontaneous Combustion episode, Dr. Mephisto complains (mentioning the name Kevin) that the Nobel Prize awards were rigged when he came out 2nd, after Randy Marsh, with his genetically engineered seven-assed Galápagos turtle.
In the Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut story arc, Mephisto agrees to test several of the men in South Park to find out who Cartman's father was; both he and Kevin were actually potential fathers, along with nearly every other adult male in town. Neither Mephisto or Kevin have been shown in recent seasons.
Towelie
Towelie is a sophisticated, high tech towel. His action is mostly limited to giving towel advice ('Don't forget to bring a towel', a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and getting high on pot/weed. Although proclaimed by Cartman to be the "worst character ever," he became instantly popular with South Park fans. He is often quoted, and Comedy Central was quick to release Towelie merchandise.
Quote: You wanna get high?
Halfie
A disheveled, legless Army veteran, possibly mentally disturbed or shell-shocked. He claimed to be the man responsible for serial sexual assaults on chickens in the "Chicken Lover" episode. Mr. Garrison replied, "Oh, you can't screw anybody, Halfie; you don't have any legs!" This is also given as the reason why Halfie is one of few men in South Park who hasn't slept with Cartman's mom.
Priest Maxi
Priest Maxi is a Catholic priest who serves as the mouthpiece for South Park's Christian community. He is a narrow-minded and intolerant man who is convinced most people are going to be damned to Hell, often for trivial offenses. In one episode he bluntly claimed that Timmy would go to Hell, since Timmy cannot confess his sins, as he cannot speak anything fluently.
Despite his character flaws, it was he who, in one episode, unearthed the massive corruption behind the many church-related sexual assaults and forced the Catholic Church to stop letting priests molest young boys, even though he performed adultery in a confession booth himself.
He also seems to know very little about religion - once, when seeing Jesus, he exclaimed "Hey, it's that guy from Public Access!"
Much like Principal Victoria, his inverted name is a reference to singer Maxi Priest. Like many men in SP, he's a great fan of the Denver Broncos.
Terrance and Phillip
City Wok
City Wok is a Chinese restaurant, apparently the only one of its kind in South Park. The restaurant first appeared in episode #601: Jared Has Aides. The word "city" appears often in the restaurant, its entreés and in the owners' dialogue (the joke being that his accent makes the word "city" sound like "shitty"; however, when he pronounced words starting with 'sh', such as 'shrimp', he ends up saying 'cimp'.)
City Wok also doubles as the airline company City Airlines, which took Kyle and his friends to Canada (episode #715: It's Christmas in Canada) so they could retrieve Kyle's adoptive brother Ike.
City Wok is managed and operated by Tuong Lu Kim. He has also constructed a city wall (obviously fashioned after the Great Wall of China) for South Park, per the request of parents who wanted to protect their children from being kidnapped (episode #611: Child Abduction is Not Funny). Like its Chinese counterpart, the wall faced constant invasion from Mongolians. He is married to a Chinese woman named Wing, fashioned after and played by the singer; she was smuggled into the country by the Chinese Mafia.
Jesus
Jesus has his own cable access show in South Park, Jesus and Pals. He has offered much sage advice to the boys, who have also discovered that all of Jesus' miracles were in fact rather clumsy sleight of hand designed to fool the gullible. However, in the sixth season Christmas episode, Red Sleigh Down, he was killed by an Iraqi soldier while protecting Santa and the boys, and has not appeared since; he was apparently killed permanently, but presumably he could resurrect himself and appear in a later episode.
Satan
In addition to Jesus, Satan the Prince of Darkness is also often seen on South Park, though he actually lives in one of the few places worse than the town (Hell). Apparently, Satan on South Park is gay, though he also has a son named Damien as well. Satan has had relationships with Saddam Hussein, most particularly in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut and the fourth-season religious story arc. He also had a boyfriend named Chris afterwards, but left both of them in an attempt to find himself. He later seemed to have a boyfriend named Kevin, but broke up with him too.
Satan has tried on at least three occasions ("Damien," "SP:BLU" and "Best Friends Forever") to take over Earth and/or Heaven, but has yet to succeed. Nevertheless he is often a sympathetic character, his romantic problems getting more airtime than his plans for evil. Often he seems to be playing the role of a tough guy, though in reality he is lonely and depressed inside.
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Saddam Hussein is also a repetitive character on South Park, though his biography on the show does not parallel the real dictator's life very well---according to the show, Saddam died a while back (in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus"; however in later episodes, different versions of his death are retold) and went to hell, where he started a homosexual relationship with Satan (see above). However, Satan, being more sensitive than one would think, was hurt by Saddam's constant emotional abuse and downtalking, and Saddam was really more interested in using Satan as a way to return to Earth than in love (see South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut). Satan eventually killed Saddam, which of course only caused him to go back to Hell, and after some drama involving Satan's new lover, Chris (see Do the Handicapped Go To Hell?/Probably, Saddam was sent to Heaven, inhabited only by the souls of sanctimonious Mormons, which was a torture worse than Hell for him.
When Saddam began to be in the news during the lead-up to the Second Gulf War, South Park creators had to tinker with their storyline to make a good parody. In "Ladder to Heaven", the American government suspects Saddam of making WMDs in Heaven and plan to invade; they eventually give up, yet it is revealed that actually they were right, Saddam had made a weapons factory in the sky. Finally, in "Christmas in Canada"---which originally aired only three days after the real Saddam Hussein was captured---South Park featured an episode where Saddam was found, somehow on Earth, in Canada and captured---he has not been seen since.
Dr. Doctor
Dr. Doctor, the only doctor in South Park and at Hells Pass Hospital, often treats the kids of South Park after bullying. In his diagnosis, he often uses the kids' slang terms to describe their injuries such as "second-degree titty twister" (See List of school pranks).
He is entirely incompetent as a doctor and in the film South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut he replaced Kenny's heart with a baked potato; a reference to a song in Cannibal! The Musical.
Farmer Carl Denkins
Denkins is a farmer, who lives just outside South Park. He shot and killed Scott Tenorman's parents for trespassing on his property. In episode 605 Fun with Veal, he was known as Ranger Bob. In the early episodes, his chicken fell prey to the chicken lover, his cows were mutilated by aliens and performed a mass suicide.
Sergeant Yates
Sgt. Lou Yates is an inept police officer who first appeared in the 7th season episode "Christian Rock Hard", showing the boys what happens to musicians when people download music for free from the Internet. His first main role is when Michael Jackson (disguised as Mr. Jefferson) moves into South Park. Yates basically hates any black man wealthier than himself and frames him —as Mark Fuhrman was accused of doing to O.J. Simpson— but becomes freaked out when he realizes "Mr. Jefferson" is "white". He reappears in "Cartman's Incredible Gift" investigating the "serial killer" where he is the stupid cop that believes Cartman is psychic. He seemed to replace Officer Barbrady for most of the eighth season, but the other reappeared in the seventh. His wife, Maggie, speaks with an Irish accent.
Skylar
Skylar is a 22 year old high schooler and a member of the group Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld (previously just the Lords of the Underworld), before leaving to form his own band called Reach For The Skylar after Timmy got all the acclaim. He has quite a high-pitched voice, is very immature for his age, and is often remarked to be a total douchebag. In one famous episode, he dates Shelly Marsh, Stan's 12 year old sister, and her revenge against him for dumping her is aided by Cartman, which brings the two as friends.
Mr Twig
Frequenty forgotten 3rd Mr Garrison friend, replacing Mr Hat for a short time when Mr Hat ran away in the episode Summer Sucks. (Mr Hat was seen in a sauna with Brett Favre and a bottle of Thousand Island Dressing... Mr Hat, being a "two timing whore" was replaced by Mr Twig who understood him more. Mr Twig was eventually killed by Mr Hat.