List of other South Park residents
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This page is a list of residents in the television series South Park. This does not include family members, school staff, the children, minor characters or one-off characters.
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[edit] Big Gay Al
Big Gay Al (voiced by Matt Stone) is a stereotypical homosexual man known for his flamboyant and positive demeanor. For example, he almost always responds to the greeting "How are you?" with an upbeat "I'm super! Thanks for asking!" At one point in the show, he runs an animal farm for gay animals who have been rejected by homophobic pet owners. He temporarily adopted Sparky, Stan's gay dog, who had run away from home. Later on in the episode, his large shelter vanishes, but the various animals remained, and were adopted by their former owners who had missed them greatly. Ever since, he has been a particularly good friend to Stan.
He had a minor role in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, where it is revealed he is in fact a celebrity. He was the co-host and an entertainer at the troops' USO show, in which he performed his own musical number called "I'm Super".
In the episode "Cripple Fight", he had taken up the position of the leader of a scouting troop, since he has been in the scouts since he was nine years old. However, the parents of the children are uneasy about a gay scout leader, and the club fires him. The boys rally to get him back, and Gloria Allred and others force the Scouts to reaccept him. He rejects this, saying he knows the Scout leaders are still good men, and since the scouts are a private club, they should have the right to exclude people if they chose to, just as he has the right to express himself as a gay man.
Big Gay Al eventually starts up a relationship with Mr. Slave, the ex-boyfriend of Mr. Garrison; the two broke up when the latter got a sex change. Soon after, Al and Slave become engaged. Mrs. Garrison swore she would stop gay marriage in "Follow That Egg!," because she wanted Mr. Slave back; when she failed, Al and Mr. Slave got married.
[edit] Dr. Alphonse Mephesto and Kevin
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto is a mad scientist, who specializes in genetic engineering, and is the father of a boy called Terrance (not to be confused with the Terrance from Terrance and Phillip). The character is an extended reference to Marlon Brando's portrayal of Dr. Moreau in the 1996 film version of The Island of Dr. Moreau. His name is a reference to Mephistopheles. He always tries to help those who require his talents, but his experiments sometimes go wrong and put the whole town in danger.
Like Dr. Moreau, Dr. Mephesto creates strange creatures with his talents, however his creations are things like animals with multiple buttocks. Mephesto believes it is for the good of the Earth, and that one-assed animals are useless and must be destroyed. He even goes as far as presenting a "seven-assed Galapagos Turtle" in an attempt to win a Nobel Prize, but loses to Randy Marsh's "Unified Theory of Fart Thing." He also performs experiments ranging from simple DNA tests to creating a genetic clone of Stan Marsh for his son's science project. Dr. Mephesto apparently has a brother who attempts to kill him every month for unknown reasons. Playing on his real-world origins, he is a member of the National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes, a group not fond of "that other NAMBLA". One of his most impotant appearances were in Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut and Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut.
Kevin, Dr. Mephesto's assistant, is described as "that little monkey guy"; he is a small little creature who dresses like Dr. Mephesto. He was created as a failed attempt to make a famous pop star. He is silent, and mostly follows Mephesto around. While his exact nature is never addressed on the show, Kevin's story is told in the song "Mephesto and Kevin" by Primus from Chef Aid: The South Park Album. He was apparently a failed attempt to create a perfect pop singer, a test tube baby created from Michael Jackson's sperm and the egg of an unspecified, musically talented female donor, brought to term inside the womb of a llama.
[edit] Dr. Doctor
Dr. Doctor, is a South Park doctor seen during scenes set at Hells Pass Hospital, known for making unusual medical diagnoses. In the episode "You Got F'd in the A", which is a spoof of the film You Got Served, the Doctor treats Randy Marsh after Randy is "served" (slang term for being challenged to a dance competition) by a group of street dancers, as if "being served" constitutes an actual physical transgression that incurs major injuries. In "Pre-School", he treats the kids of South Park after bullying, even though they were merely the victim of mild abuse such a "second-degree titty twister." In "Cartman's Incredible Gift", after Cartman is hospitalized following an attempt to fly by jumping off a roof with cardboard wings, the Doctor tells his mother that he is "incredibly stupid" and that the stupidity caused the fall. In another episode, he explains Cartman's situation with the explanation, "his time is running out", and uses that phrase as if it were a literal medical diagnosis, explaining if he doesn't get more time soon he could die. In the series, he has been voiced by Trey Parker since 1997,[1] though he was voiced by George Clooney in the 1999 feature film South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, in which his character was called Dr. Gouache.[2] Although he is listed as "Dr. Doctor" at the Internet Movie Database, and wears an name tag also identifying him as such, he was also called "Doctor Gouache" in "Cartman's Incredible Gift".
[edit] Mayor McDaniels
Mayor McDaniels is the mayor of South Park. She attended Princeton University, and thinks South Park is a dump and that all of its occupants are idiots. She hates Barbrady as well, but is largely stuck with him, though it is implied that they have had some secret, rather unusual liaisons together, at least some of which may involve the Japanese mafia. While acting as mayor, she often makes light of serious situations. Her civic ideas for the city are often made without regard for future consequences, which are usually disastrous. In "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo", she tries to resolve offended feelings towards the public school Christmas play by having a play created that makes no references to any religion or religious holiday, resulting in an esoteric production that all the townspeople loathe. In "Summer Sucks", after all fireworks are declared illegal with the exception of snakes, she tries to make South Park famous by igniting the world's largest snake in place of a big fireworks display. Neglecting to take into account the size and duration of such a snake, it cut a path of destruction across the entire country, even extending to New York City. McDaniels unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide in "Die Hippie, Die", after seeing the deleterious effect of a "hippie jam band festival" on the town, for which she signed the permit.
[edit] Mr. Hankey
Mr. Hankey the "Christmas poo", voiced by Trey Parker, is a talking piece of excrement; a scatological counterpart to Santa Claus, but with the lighthearted flair of 1960s-era Rankin & Bass holiday specials. He first appeared in the first season episode "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo". He emerges from the toilet bowl on Christmas Eve and brings presents to good boys and girls whose diet has been high in fiber. He is especially close to Kyle, consoling him during his Christmas-Hanukkah depression and generally appears to help the boys out with something or gives them advice. Mr. Hankey has appeared in various Christmas episodes, and inspired an actual retail CD Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics in which he has his own theme song.
In his first appearance, he appeared anthropomorphic only to Kyle and Chef, symbolising that Mr. Hankey has to be believed in to exist, although he often leaves a trail behind that is attributed by the adults to antisocial behavior by Kyle. Due to his physical state, he can only emerge from the sewers during the Christmas season or he will dry up and die. Trey Parker states on the DVD commentary to "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" that Mr. Hankey was inspired by how his father scared him into flushing the toilet as a young child, lest he suffer a bite from Mr. Hankey.
[edit] Ned Gerblansky
Ned Gerblansky (voiced by Trey Parker) and his best friend Jimbo Kern 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 hunting regulations, which they seem to have misinterpreted as anti-hunting laws, by yelling, "It's coming right for us!" before shooting any animal, thereby justifying the kill as self-defense and later, after a court ruling, shooting the animals so as to "thin out their numbers", despite the fact that they are shown shooting at endangered species when they shout this phrase.
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. In earlier episodes he can be seen with a skeletal, gray, prosthetic arm. Ned also lost his formerly mellifluous voice due to cancer, apparently caused by cigarette smoking, and is forced to speak with a mechanical larynx. Despite the fact that Ned lost one of his arms, he can still wield two-handed weapons, such as a flamethrower, and even an M249 SAW in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
[edit] Officer Barbrady
Officer Barbrady is a police officer who is extremely incompetent at what he does and is generally a bumbling oaf, incapable of solving any of the crimes he is charged to investigate. Voiced by Trey Parker, he even unintentionally helped Mr. Garrison try to kill Kathie Lee Gifford. For whatever reason, Mayor McDaniels still often summons him, probably because he is the only cop in South Park until season seven. Despite this he actually does keep the peace in South Park, as shown in "Chickenlover" when shortly after he retired, the city fell into chaos, though this may indicate it is his mere existence rather than anything he does which keeps order in town. Barbrady is likely near deaf; he wears a hearing aid and speaks in a loud, expressionless manner. Officer Barbrady doesn't drink coffee, as seen in episode "Gnomes"; he instead prefers to get hit in the face by a kitty swung by the tail. He also appears to be slightly overweight and was apparently abused as a child and, as he put it, "forced to wear a dress and ride his uncles' laps."
Barbrady was illiterate until season two's "Chickenlover". After his illiteracy was exposed, Barbrady was ordered to go to school to learn how to read by the Mayor. Chickenlover made him learn to read by leaving the notes at the crime scenes describing where he would strike next. Barbrady was thankful at first to Chickenlover, but arrested him nonetheless for his crimes. Chickenlover then gave him the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand which Barbrady thought was an awful book, and a waste of time.
In "Chickenlover" and "Spookyfish" Barbrady claims to have a wife, however she has never appeared on the show. In other episodes, it has been implied that he and Mayor McDaniels are in a relationship, despite her general disdain for him.
In the season seven episode "Toilet Paper", Barbrady claims, while being interrogated by Hannibal Lecter-like character Josh, that he was beaten with a belt by his uncle and that his father forced him to wear a dress and sit on all of his uncle's laps on poker night. Josh interjects that this is the reason he became a police officer in the first place; to protect himself.
[edit] Father Maxi
Father Maxi aka Priest Maxi[3] (voiced by Matt Stone) is a Catholic priest who serves as the mouthpiece for South Park's Christian community. He first appeared in the first season episode "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo". His personality seems somewhat flexible based on the needs of the show. In some episodes he claims homosexuality is a sinful choice, that Jews will go to hell, and that Halloween is evil. In the episode "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", Maxi, in his hatred of Halloween, kills many South Park citizens in order to convince people Halloween is evil. In one episode he bluntly claimed that Timmy would go to Hell, since Timmy's speech impediment makes it impossible for him to confess his sins. However, in the episode "Red Hot Catholic Love", he unearthed the massive corruption behind the many church-related sexual assaults.
Though Father Maxi is a priest and required to be celibate, he does not seem to regularly practice this. Like most of the adults in South Park, he has had sex with Mrs. Cartman at some point in his life, and was caught having sex with a "Mrs. Donovan" (possibly Clyde Donovan's mother) in "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?". In "Cripple Fight" he admitted to having gone through a homosexual phase in his youth, but claims to be reformed. However he apparently once had a relationship with a man named Peterson whom he was supposed to be reforming of homosexuality. Despite this stand on homosexuality, Maxi later officiates Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave's wedding in the episode "Follow That Egg".
[edit] Sergeant Harrison Yates
Sergeant Yates (called Lou in "Cartman's Incredible Gift"), voiced by Trey Parker, is an inept Irish-American police detective with the Park County Police Department. He was originally shown as working for the FBI in "Christian Rock Hard", a character looking exactly like him (but with a different voice, clothes, and personality) was shown working for the South Park Police Department in "Casa Bonita", and in "Free Willzyx" he and his men were investigating the theft of an orca whale in Denver. He is often depicted as either incompetent, socially backward or corrupt. In "The Jeffersons", when he learns a wealthy black man named Mr. Jefferson has moved into South Park, he leads a police conspiracy to frame the man for crime he did not commit, but aborts the plan when he actually sees the light-skinned Mr. Jefferson, and becomes disillusioned with the long-time police tradition of framing wealthy black men for crimes they didn't commit. (In actuality, Mr. Jefferson was an incognito Michael Jackson). In "Cartman's Incredible Gift", when a serial killer strikes South Park, Yates becomes enamored with the idea that Cartman has psychic powers that can capture the killer, and eschews proven criminal science such as fingerprinting and blood analysis as "hocus pocus", even arresting and beating a number of innocent people in the process, and nearly allowing the real killer to go free. In "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", he initially takes no action when it is reported that Ike Broflovski's kindergarten teacher is having sex with him because he finds the idea of a female teacher having sex with a male student alluring. Yates is usually seen with his partner, who is voiced by Matt Stone. His partner has been called Harris ("The Jeffersons", "Free Willzyx"), Murphy ("Cartman's Incredible Gift"), and Mitch ("Eek, A Penis!").
[edit] Skeeter
Skeeter is a red-haired townsperson. He first appeared in the episode "Sexual Harassment Panda". He has a southern accent, and typically is portrayed as a redneck. He hangs out at the bar a great deal, where in one episode, he greets newcomers by saying, "Hey! *whatever they are*! We don't take kindly to your types around here!" This is generally followed by the bartender replying, "Now, Skeeter, he/she/they/it ain't hurtin' nobody."
He is shown leading various mobs in different episodes, or otherwise appears as a background character or regular townee. His most notable appearances include leading the campaign to "Free Hat McCullough" in "Free Hat", and as a war supporter who sings in "I'm a Little Bit Country". He states, "If you don't like it, you can GIT OUT!"
He has a daughter, as indicated near the end of "Good Times with Weapons".
[edit] Towelie
Towelie, voiced by Vernon Chatman, is a talking "RG-400 Smart Towel" manufactured by Tynacorp. The exact details of his creation are hopelessly confused, but he was apparently meant to be an alien spying weapon, and was stolen by a paramilitary group before he simply "got high and wandered off" to South Park. He often speaks in a high pitched voice. He is usually seen either giving towel-related advice to the citizens of South Park or, more often, getting high on marijuana. Towelie constantly reminds other characters, "Don't forget to bring a towel!" Then, after an awkward pause, he asks the subjects, "You wanna get high?"
Towelie first appeared in "Towelie". After Kenny's death, the boys went searching for a replacement friend in the episode "Professor Chaos". Towelie, a possible candidate, was said to be "high all the time" and undependable by the boys. This episode also stated that Towelie is 17 years old in towel years. Nonetheless, Towelie makes it to the final round. He also makes brief cameos in "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" and "Red Man's Greed". He starred in "A Million Little Fibers", a parody of the controversy that surrounded James Frey's memoir A Million Little Pieces on The Oprah Winfrey Show, after it was discovered to have been partially fabricated.
[edit] Tuong Lu Kim
Tuong Lu Kim, a.k.a. City Wok Guy, is a seemingly stereotypical Chinese character,[4] prone to mispronouncing the word "city" as "shitty". Voiced by Trey Parker, Kim is also known for how he says various other words, such as R's instead of L's. He first appeared in the episode "Jared Has Aides", though his name was not given until "Child Abduction Is Not Funny". According to the DVD commentary on "Jared Has Aides", Kim is based on an actual person. While doing sound mixing on their film Orgazmo, Parker and Matt Stone would phone a real life City Wok just to hear the man’s voice. Kim’s main job is the owner of City Wok, a Chinese take out service. He also operates the dangerous airline service City Airlines in "It's Christmas in Canada". In "Child Abduction Is Not Funny", he is established to be an expert at building walls, a stereotypical parody of the Chinese building of the Great Wall of China, although his efforts are thwarted by a pack of Mongolians. He is also depicted as being married to the singer Wing in the episode of the same name.
[edit] References
- ^ Dr. Doctor character page at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ George Clooney at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ He is listed as such as the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ The character states that he is Chinese in "Child Abduction Is Not Funny".
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