Randy and Sharon Marsh

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*South Park* character
Randy Marsh and Sharon Marsh

Gender:	Male and Female
Hair:	Black/Brown
Age:	Unknown; probably mid-thirties
Job:	Randy is a Geologist and Sharon is a Secretary at Tom's Rhinoplasty.
Religion:	Roman Catholic, Atheist (in "Red Hot Catholic Love"), Mormon (in "All About Mormons")
First Appearance:	Volcano
Voiced By:	Trey Parker and April Stewart

Randy and Sharon (Kern) (known in Death as Carol) Marsh are fictional characters in the animated series South Park. Randy is voiced by Trey Parker. Sharon has been voiced by Mary Kay Bergman, Mona Marshall, Eliza Schneider and currently April Stewart .

1 Jobs
2 Family
3 Drinking problem
4 Episodes in which they are prominent
5 Notes

[edit] Jobs

Randy is shown to be South Park's only Geologist in the first seasons of South Park. Because of his occupation and education, he is very often called upon to play the role of whatever scientist the town may be needing for its current endeavors; though he lacks the ability to perform any of the aforementioned tasks. He becomes famous for his theory of moderation in the episode "Spontaneous Combustion". He temporarily works at the South Park Wall-Mart in "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes".

Sharon works in Tom's Rhinoplasty as seen in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.

[edit] Family

Randy and Sharon are most notable as the father and mother of one of the main characters of the show, Stan Marsh. They have two children, Stan and Shelley. Randy's father is Marvin Marsh. Sharon's relationship with Randy was rather strong until the episode "Clubhouses" where they divorce due to constant bickering. After Randy and Sharon divorced with amazing haste, Sharon almost immediately married a guy named Roy, a geeky-looking, rather bipolar man who was never seen on the show before. They eventually reconciled and enjoy a normal, if not strained relationship to this day.

[edit] Drinking problem

Randy being arrested for drunk driving

Randy has a drinking problem as examined in "Bloody Mary" (and previous episodes such as "The Red Badge of Gayness", "Clubhouses" and "The Losing Edge") when he was caught drunk-driving. Cartman also mentions it in the episode "Grey Dawn", stating at one point "Looks like your dad's been hitting the bottle again, Stan."

Randy is depicted as everything from a casual drinker to an alcoholic throughout the run of the show.

[edit] Episodes in which they are prominent

Despite appearing in a number of episodes, Randy is seldom given a prominent role. Yet, occasionally he becomes the focus of the entire plot or at least a sub-plot. Episodes that have surrounded around Randy has become a lot more frequent in recent seasons.

Randy in a hot tub with Gerald Broflovski

"Volcano" - Randy, not yet depicted as Stan's father, discovers the volcano which is about to erupt. His hair style is also different and would later change.

"Death" - Randy and Sharon are at Grampa's birthday party and they go off with the other parents to protest about Terrance and Phillip.

"Clubhouses" - Randy and Sharon get divorced. Randy assumes the role of a partying father with little care or time to spend with his kids. Sharon remarries almost immediately to Roy. Through the clever workings of Stan, they meet in the clubhouse, where they play truth or dare. Sharon dares Randy to "do her" in the clubhouse and they ultimately reconcile and get back together.

"Spookyfish" - Randy is miserable that Sharon's Aunt Flo has to stay.

"Spontaneous Combustion" - Randy is put in charge of figuring out why people are spontaneously combusting, although he is a geologist and has no certification or scientific background in the field of biology. Randy finds the reason, but lets his new found popularity go to his head when his prediction backfires.

"Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub" - Randy and Gerald Broflovski watch each other masturbate in a hot tub at Mr. Mackey's meteor party and Randy comes to the conclusion that he himself may be gay.

"The Red Badge of Gayness" - Randy is one of the Civil War re-enactors, first as the Union general,then later joins Cartman and the Confederacy.

"Something You Can Do with Your Finger" - When Stan starts a "Boy Band," Randy is enraged, due to his own experience in such a band, the Ghetto Avenue Street Boys. During his youth, he dropped out of high school to go on to fame, only to see the band break up when they were considered "too old to be in a boy band" (Randy was only 19). Randy had to give up most of his acquired wealth and possessions and was forced to return home, where he used his remaining royalties to graduate and study geology.

"My Future Self n' Me" - Randy and Sharon deceitfully hire an actor to play Stan's future self in order to scare him away from drugs.

"I'm a Little Bit Country" - Randy tries to prevent the War in Iraq through his anti-war rock.

"South Park Is Gay!" - Randy is among the men who turn metrosexual. A horrified Sharon and the other mothers try to stop it.

"Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes" - Randy becomes brainwashed by the new Wall-Mart and quits his geologist job in order to work there.

"The Losing Edge" - Randy habitually fights other parents at Little League baseball games, and engages in a grande melee with "Bat Dad."

"Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" - Randy figures out when global warming is coming, but in the end it is revealed to be a false claim.

"Bloody Mary" - Randy is caught driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI).

"ManBearPig" - Randy is jilted by Stan hanging out with Al Gore.

"Make Love, Not Warcraft" - Randy plays World of Warcraft and helps to save "the World...of Warcraft."

"Stanley's Cup" - Randy tries to convince Stan not to coach the pee-wee hockey team. This is due to the fact that when Stan last played many years ago he missed a shot and made a big match come to a draw.

[edit] Notes

Randy and Sharon used to be hippies as shown in "Die Hippie, Die". Although not stated, it appears they were at Woodstock 1969 when they first met. This would seem to place them in their mid-to-late forties, but this was just a cutaway joke, backed up by Randy stating at one point in Season 9 that he was 35 years old.
Randy and Sharon get their names from Trey Parker's own parents.
Randy Parker, Trey Parker's father, actually is a geologist. Sharon Parker, however, is an insurance broker.
Sharon's outfit resembles Stan's outfit except larger and with some other slight modifications.
Randy inexplicably develops a dimpled chin in Season 2, which he retains throughout the series. This is first seen in the episode Conjoined Fetus Lady.
According to "Future Stan", Randy doesn't like chicken, and Sharon has a scar on her left knee from when she slipped in a swimming pool.
Randy is easily one of the most overdramatic characters, often moaning: "Staaan" when calling his name. He is extremely gullible, especially in regard to social trends and liberal issues; he will almost instantly hop onto any bandwagon mentality, radically supporting it to the point of absurdity. Ironically, he can just as quickly assume the exact opposite position on an issue, often for petty and childish reasons (see Goobacks). He is also prone to massively overreact to relatively insignificant problems (as in You Got F'd In the A and Stanley's Cup). One of his most frequently used phrases is "Oh my God," spoken in typical over-the-top melodramatic fashion.