Arts, Music, and Recreation TV & Film Best 'South Park' Characters and their Episodes Share Flipboard Email Print TV & Film TV Shows Comedies Dramas Documentaries For Kids Movies by Nancy Basile Nancy Basile is an entertainment writer who specializes in cartoons, comic books, and other elements of pop culture. She has more than two decades of experience writing. Updated March 08, 2017 01 of 11 'South Park' Characters Comedy Central The characters on South Park include a wide variety of personalities, and each South Park characters is hilarious in his or her own right. With a population that includes the four main boys, to their parents, to the school teachers, to the proprietors, South Park looks a lot like your home town. Just funnier. 02 of 11 Eric Cartman Eric Cartman. Comedy Central You'd think because his mother appeared on the cover of CrackWhore Magazine on , Eric would be a rather disturbed little boy. But not so! Sure, he's selfish, hot-tempered and swears like a sailor, but that's only because he's insecure about being the fattest kid in school. And what third-grader doesn't need to blow off a little steam by screaming racial slurs now and again? The important thing is, when times have been tough for the boys (such as when they needed to replace Kenny with another friend) Eric's been there to make matters worse. Some of Cartman's evil schemes include pretending his hand was Jennifer Lopez, running an amusement park, locking away Butters so he could join the party at Casa Bonita, and breaking out of fat camp. See the many faces of Cartman that include some of my favorite disguises. Best Eric Cartman Episodes "Weight Gain 4000," Season 1Cartman tries to slim down by mistakenly drinking a protein shake mix and ends up bigger than ever. "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000," Season 4Cartman is jailed and befriends a seasoned con to help him bust out. "Trapper Keeper," Season 4Cartman's precious Trapper Keeper becomes an organism set to destroy the world. "Cartmanland," Season 5After inheriting a fortune from his grandmother, Cartman builds an amusement park so he can control who is allowed to enter. "Fat Butt and Pancake Head," Season 7Cartman's hand suddenly becomes the talented Jennifer Lopez, and Ben Affleck is attracted. "Cartman's Incredible Gift," Season 8After sustaining a serious head injury due to a steep fall, Cartman appears to have psychic powers and takes on other famous psychics. 03 of 11 Kenny McCormick Kenny McComrick. Comedy Central It is fortunate that Kenny is always tucked into the hood of his orange parka, because he smells bad. Poor people do. Yes, the outfit makes it difficult to understand what he's saying, but who cares? He's poor. His family is poor, and they live on the poor side of town. Poor, poor, poor. That's why Kenny dies each week. He deserves it for being poor. Or, at least that's what Cartman would say. Lately Kenny's back from the dead and doing well in South Park. He doesn't die every week... yet. Kenny's been killed by just about everyone on the show. Some of his more memorable deaths were at the hands of Santa Claus, Mr. Hat, the Mir Space Station and just about all of his friends, by accident, of course. Best Kenny McCormick Episodes "Ladder to Heaven," Season 6The boys build a giant stairway to retrieve Kenny from heaven, thus ending his weekly deaths. "Pinkeye," Season 1A pink eye epidemic breaks out just as the boys are trying to win the Halloween costume contest. "Clubhouses," Season 2Each boy builds his own clubhouse, though Stan wants Wendy to join his club. "Jewbilee," Season 3Kyle and Ike go on a camping trip for Jewish boys and Moses appears out of the flames. "Fat Camp," Season 4Kenny gets his own TV show called "Krazy Kenny." "How to Eat With Your Butt," Season 5Kenny's face (a picture of his butt inside his hood) ends up on a milk carton. "Major Boobage," Season 12Kenny stars on this homage to Heavy Metal, getting hooked on the latest drug craze. 04 of 11 Kyle Broflovski Kyle Broflovski. Comedy Central Along with being Stan's best friend and one of the only Jews in South Park, Kyle is the smartest of the four boys. This often makes him the lone voice of reason against Cartman's many schemes. It hasn't, however, prevented him from joining the suicide cult of magician David Blaine, or questioning the existence of God while being the only fourth grader suffering from acute hemorrhoids, or playing with poo that turns out to be Mr. Hankey. But Kyle usually succeeds in learning from his mistakes. Best Kyle Episodes "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo," Season 1Kyle meets a new Christmas legend, Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo, though no one believes him. "Clubhouses," Season 2Like the other boys, Kyle builds his own clubhouse. "Trapper Keeper," Season 4When Cartman's precious Trapper Keeper becomes an organism set to destroy the world, Kyle is the only one who can enter the belly of the beast and save everyone. "Passion of the Jew," Season 8Kyle questions his Jewish faith when after he watches The Passion of the Christ. "Cartoon Wars Part I, Part II," Season 10Kyle loves Family Guy, but Cartman hates it. The two begin a race to Hollywood: Cartman to destroy the cartoon and Kyle to save it. 05 of 11 Stan Marsh Stan Marsh. Comedy Central Stan is your average, happy go-lucky kid. Of the four boys we know from South Park he's the most normal. Though he's dealing with an alocholic father and a crazy sister, his home life is still fairly normal. He has an on-again-off-again romance with Wendy. Whether it's something as noble as leading his friends on a mission to return a goat to Afghanistan, or as simple as breaking into a secret military base to recover his Okama Gamesphere, Stan almost always tries to do the right thing. Best Stan Marsh Episodes "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boatride," Season 1Stan befriends Big Gay Al when he realizes his own dog may be homosexual. "Proper Condom Use," Season 5South Park Elementary heats up when the boys must endure sex education, though the lessons make them afraid of girls. "Red Hot Catholic Love," Season 6Stan tries to get to the bottom of the scandal involving Catholic priests. "Woodland Critter Christmas," Season 8Stan helps the little animals in the woods prepare for their Savior, only to discover the Lord they serve isn't the one he thought. "Bloody Mary," Season 9Stan is terribly embarrassed when his drunken father visits a statue of the Virgin Mary that is supposed to bleed, thinking it will cure him of his alcoholism. 06 of 11 Mr. Garrison Mr. Garrison and Mr. Slave. Comedy Central Mr. Garrison is the boys' teacher. But that doesn't even come close to covering the many facets of his personality. Mr. Garrison started his life on South Park being a teacher, who was possibly gay, who had a friend named Mr. Hat, a puppet that may or may not have been alive. Then Mr. Garrison become the openly gay teacher. And now, he's a she thanks to an operation he had recently. Mr. Garrison also made friends with Mr. Slave, who left him after the operation. Mr. Slave is now living with Big Gay Al. Best Mr. Garrison Episodes "Tom's Rhinoplasty," Season 1Mr. Garrison takes time off for a nose job, but his substitue, Ms. Ellen, catches Wendy's attention. "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics," Season 3Mr. Garrison gets his own solo song during this blasphemous Christmas special. "It Hits the Fan," Season 5After Cartman lets a dirty word slip, Mr. Garrison sings a lovely song to the kindergarteners. "The Entity," Season 5After Mr. Garrison gets fed up with long lines at the airport, he invents his own form of unusual transportation. "The Death Camp of Tolerance," ,a href="http://animatedtv.about.com/od/episodeguide2/a/spepguide6.htm">Season 6riends of Mr. Garrison, Mr. Slave and Lemmiwinks, a brave, little gerbil, are introduced in this episode. 07 of 11 Butters South Park - Butters. Comedy Central Butters is in class with Stan, Cartman, and Kenny. When Kenny died for good in season five, Butters became their new best friend. Unfortunately when Butters didn't meet the boys' standards, Butters was fired as the new best friend. Butters has very strict parents who ground him for just about everything he does. Poor Butters has endured a lot of strife thanks to Cartman and friends. He is punished when he believes he is the only one who can see a dead Eric Cartman. He dresses as a girl for a slumber party, makes friends with the girls, and then must abandon them when their plan to learn the girls' secret comes to fruition. He befriends and then loses AWESOM-O, a robot who is really Cartman. He has suffered a lot of heartache in the name of friendship. Best Butters Episodes "Casa Bonita," Season 7Cartman traps Butters in an underground bunker so that he, Cartman, may enjoy a party at his favorite restaurant, Casa Bonita. "Raisins," Season 7Butters becomes attached to one of the pretty servers at the provocative restaurant, Raisins. "AWESOM-O," Season 8Poor Butters is fooled by Eric dressed as a robot named AWESOM-O who wants to learn all of his secrets. "Marjorine," Season 9Butters dresses as a girl in order to infiltrate a sleepover the 4th grade girls are having. "The Death of Eric Cartman," Season 9Butters thinks Cartman is dead and he's the only one who can communicate with him. "The Ungroundable," Season 12Butters is sure he sees a vampire at school, but no one believes him. 08 of 11 Timmy Timmy and Jimmy. Comedy Central Timmy is one of the boys' friends in their class. Timmy is in a wheelchair. The only things Timmy can say is his name, and his turkey's name, Gobbles. But with just one word, he has counseled his friend Jimmy not to use steroids and he fronted his own rock band. Best Timmy Episodes "Up the Down Steroid," Season 8Timmy figures out that Jimmy is taking steroids. Timmy is able to convince Jimmy to quit. "Krazy Kripples," Season 7After Christopher Reeves comes to town, Jimmy and Timmy join together to form a gang called the "Crips," only to discover one already exists. "Cripple Fight," Season 5As Cartman announces to the church and the grocery store, Timmy and Jimmy engage in a violent fight in the parking lot. "Timmy 2000," Season 4Rather than realizing the obvious, the school's staff diagnoses Timmy with ADD when he is unable to do his school work. 09 of 11 Jimmy Jimmy and Timmy. Comedy Central Jimmy was the new kid in Stan, Cartman, Kenny and Butters Mountain Scout Troop. He ended up outshining our Timmy with his stand-up comic routine. But then Timmy showed him a thing or two about kicking ass and saying "no" to drugs. Best Jimmy Episodes "Up the Down Steroid," Season 8Jimmy starts taking steroids for an upcoming competition, but gets out of control until Timmy talks him down. "Krazy Kripples," Season 7Jimmy isn't happy when Christopher Reeves comes to town, stealing all the attention. He and Timmy form a gang called the Crips. "Cripple Fight," Season 5Jimmy is the new kid in the scout troop, but gets on Timmy's bad side when he starts telling funny jokes. "Erection Day," Season 9As Jimmy's body is changing, he realizes he can't get in front of an audience to tell jokes unless he's, um, prepared himself. 10 of 11 Chef Chef. Comedy Central Chef was the school cafeteria's cook. He taught them lessons in life and helped them out. He sang songs about sex to explain to the kids, well just about everything. He was hot with the ladies, and firmly believed in the existence of extraterrestrials (visitors). He coached the school sports teams, and led the hardball team to become World Hardball Champions. Chef was killed after joining the Super Adventure Club in "The Return of Chef," because actor Isaac Hayes quit the show. Best Chef Episodes "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut," Season 1Chef is nearly apoplectic when Eric begins his search for his real father. "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut," Season 2Chef maintains his rare form of intuitive counseling when Eric continues to search for his biological father. "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls," Season 2The classic episode in which Chef sets up a booth to sell his famous chocolate salty balls. "The Succubus," Season 3Chef falls under the spell of a demon succubus, nearly marrying her until the boys step in. "Chef Goes Nanners," Season 4Chef grabs the spotlight when he protests that the new South Park flag is racist. "Proper Condom Use," Season 5Chef gives the boys the lowdown when they get confused about sex education. 11 of 11 Mr. Mackey South Park - Mr. Mackey and Ms. Choksondik. Comedy Central Mr. Mackey is South Park Elementary's Counselor. Serving his calling, he's always available to the children, working to figure out what's wrong with all the kids in South Park. He tries to strictly discipline the children, but usually just ends up saying, "Mm-kay?" He had a brief love affair with Ms. Choksondik before she died. Best Mr. Mackey Episodes "Proper Condom Use," Season 5Mr. Mackey and Ms. Choksondik get hot and bothered going over the lesson plans for sex education, learning a little about the subject themselves. "Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub," Season 3Mr. Mackey hosts a meteor shower party, complete with a hot tub. "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics," Season 3Mr. Mackey is the mild-mannered host of the Christmas special filled with songs that are anything but mild. Continue Reading