Towelie

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. For the South Park episode, see Towelie (South Park episode).

Towelie smoking a bong.

Towelie, (also known as Toweleeeie or Stephen McTowelie), is a recurring character in the animated series South Park, voiced by Vernon Chatman. He is a talking "RG-400 Smart Towel" manufactured by Tynacorp, designed to automatically be able to adjust his absorbency level depending on the dampness of the surface he is used on. He is usually seen either giving towel-related advice to the citizens of South Park or, more often, getting high on marijuana or other recreational drugs (sometimes accompanied by the theme song from Popeye). Towelie often falsely claims that drugs improve his memory and/or make him smarter.

He was deliberately made to be an exceedingly bad, two-dimensional character. According to DVD commentary, he was created from a series of conversations at one of the South Park writers' retreats, during which someone yelled to those on a boat, "Don't forget to bring a towel!" Series creator Trey Parker then yelled the same phrase, but in a voice resembling that of the current Towelie, followed by cocreator Matt Stone shouting, "Towelie says, 'Don't forget to bring a towel!'" The line is a reference to the novel "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". This idea was then further refined to create a character with absolutely no value whatsoever, apparent at the end of the eponymous episode, "Towelie", when Cartman says, "You're the worst character ever, Towelie." Towelie sanguinely replies, "I know." There was also an idea of the creation of a character who could absolutely not be used for merchandise. Of course, he subsequently appeared on many pieces of merchandise, not unlike many of South Park's other minor characters. During the episode "Towelie", there are advertisements for Towelies towels and T-shirts that can either say "I Hate Towelie" or "I Love Towelie".

1 Trivia
2 Quotations
3 Episodes featuring Towelie
4 External links

[edit] Trivia

Said to be age 17 "in towel years".

Auditioned for the role of Stan, Kyle, and Cartman's new friend (replacing Kenny and Butters). Attempted to play the song "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar for the finals of the competition, but was unable to remember the notes, presumably because he was high at the time. The boys ultimately rejected him.

Sometimes shown talking to his joint.

Vernon Chatman, who provides the voice of Towelie, is also the co-creator of the sketch comedy series Wonder Showzen.

[edit] Quotations

Audio clips of some quotations are available on the Towlie Soundboard.

Towelie: "Don't forget to bring a towel!"
Towelie: "You wanna get high?" (spoken in the same tone used by Tommy Chong in Up in Smoke)
Towelie: (when high) "Oh man..."
Stan: "What?"
Towelie: "I'm so high right now, I have no idea what's going on."
Cartman: "You just have no long-term memory because you get high all the time!"
Towelie: "Don't preach to me, fatso!"
Cartman: "I can preach to you all I want 'cause you're stupid!"
Towelie: "You're stupid!"
Cartman: "Yeah, you're a towel!"
Towelie: "You're a towel!"
Towelie: "Just let me get high, I know I can remember if I get high."
Towelie: "That's it."
Kyle: "That's it?"
Towelie: "Yeah, that's the melody to Funky Town."
Towelie: "If you ever go to a hotel, be sure to bring your own towel. You never know where hotel towels have been."
Stan: "Get the hell out of here, Towelie."
Towelie: "So...you mean you don't want Towelie around?"
Kyle: "No!"
Towelie: "So am I to understand that there's been a... Towelie ban?"
Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny: ".......AGGHHHHH!"
Towelie: "I shouldn’t get high to come up with ideas. I should come up with ideas and then get high to reward myself!"
Geraldo Rivera: "Stephen McTowelie, author of A Million Little Fibers, is a towel!"
Towelie: "You're a towel."
Geraldo: "No, you're a towel."
Towelie: "Well, you're a beaner towel."
P.F. Chang's Customer: "This guy is clueless."
Towelie:"Don't call me shoeless! You're shoeless!"
Customer: "Yeah, well you're a towel!"
Towelie:"You're a towel!"
P.F. Chang's Manager: "All right, that's it! Get out of here! You're fired!"
Towelie:"Yeah!"
P.F. Chang's Manager: "Not him, you!"
Towelie: "Aww..."
Towelie: "How spicy would you like your chang sauce?"
Towelie: Maybe people will apply the lessons from my memoirs to their own lives!
Publisher: "No, they won't, because they're people, and you're a towel."
Towelie: "You're a towel."
Publisher: "No, I'm a big book publisher who's not the least bit interested in your stoney memoirs. You're a towel."

[edit] Episodes featuring Towelie

"Towelie" : introduces himself
"Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" : brief cameo, prompting Towelie ban pun
"Professor Chaos" : finalist in the "Kenny replacement" auditions
"I'm A Little Bit Country" : seen in the background only
"Red Man's Greed" : seen at town meeting
"A Million Little Fibers" : a Towelie-centered episode; featuring none of the other boys