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Eric Cartman

January 01, 1970

"Cartman" redirects here. For other uses, see Cartman (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Eric Carmen.

Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to by his last name,[1] is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. He is voiced by Parker, and is one of the series' four main characters, alongside Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick. He first appeared with the name Kenny in the short film The Spirit of Christmas (1992), and later appeared in the 1995 film of the same title before debuting in "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", the first episode of the series, on August 13, 1997.

Eric Cartman
South Park character
First appearanceJesus vs. Frosty (1992, short)
Created byTrey Parker
Matt Stone
Designed byTrey Parker
Matt Stone
Voiced byTrey Parker
In-universe information
Full nameEric Theodore Cartman
AliasThe Coon
GenderMale
Occupation
Family
  • Liane Cartman (mother)
  • Jack Tenorman (father)
  • Scott Tenorman (half-brother)
  • Mabel Cartman (grandmother)
  • Harold Cartman (grandfather)
  • Florence Cartman (great-grandmother)
  • Jonas Cartman (great-grandfather)
  • Howard Cartman (uncle)
  • Stinky Cartman (uncle)
  • Elvin Cartman (cousin)
  • Fat Bob Cartman (uncle)
  • Lisa Cartman (aunt)
  • Jane Cartman (ancestor)
  • Bucky Cartman (ancestor)
  • Jo Cartman (ancestor)
  • Joe Cartman (ancestor)
SpouseYentl Cartman (alternate future wife)
Significant otherHeidi Turner (ex-girlfriend)
Children
  • Menorah Cartman (alternate future daughter)
  • Moisha Cartman (alternate future son)
  • Hackelm Cartman (alternate future son)
NationalityAmerican
ResidenceSouth Park, Colorado, United States

Cartman is an elementary school student who lives with his single mother, Liane, in the eponymous Colorado town. Cartman is principally characterized by his obesity, his amorality, and his bigoted and especially antisemitic disposition, being described by Parker and Stone as "a little Archie Bunker." In later seasons, particularly following the fifth season episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die" (in which he turns the titular Scott Tenorman's parents into chili, in order to feed it to him as revenge for bullying him), Cartman exhibits increasingly psychopathic and manipulative behavior. The latter is showcased through Cartman's various schemes, the majority of which fail either due to opposition from other characters or Cartman's own hubris, frequently leaving Cartman in complete humiliation.

Cartman is widely considered to be the most popular South Park character, one of the most influential fictional characters of all time, and an American cultural icon.[2][3][4] Parker and Stone have stated that he is their favorite character, and the one with whom they most identify. South Park has received both praise and criticism for Cartman's politically incorrect behavior.

Role in South Park

Cartman attends South Park Elementary as part of Mr. Garrison's class. During the first 58 episodes, he and his classmates were in the third grade, before transitioning to the fourth grade during the fourth season. He is the only child of Liane Cartman, a promiscuous single mother. In the episode "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut", Liane is said to be intersex, being both Eric's mother and father.[5] This is later revealed to be an elaborate ruse in the fourteenth-season episode "200". In the following episode, "201", it is revealed that Cartman's true biological father is Jack Tenorman, a former player for the Denver Broncos whom he arranged to have killed in "Scott Tenorman Must Die"; Scott Tenorman, Jack's son, is thus revealed to be Cartman's half-brother.[6]

Cartman is distinguished from most of the other children by a wider physical appearance,[7] and is subject to ridicule from others for his obesity.[8] He is most commonly portrayed as an antagonist, with most of his actions driving the events of many episodes.[9] Cartman is alienated by the majority of the other children for his strong amorality,[10][11][12][13][14] but they are occasionally influenced by his manipulation.[15]

Though Cartman has shared an enmity with all three of his friends, his rivalry with Stan and Kyle has progressed significantly during the show's run, with Cartman routinely exposing them to physical endangerment. Cartman, a staunch antisemite, reflects most of his hatred towards the Jewish Kyle, such as deliberately infecting him with HIV ("Tonsil Trouble").[7][16] Kyle occasionally exhibits similar behavior in such episodes as "Fatbeard", wherein Kyle encourages Cartman to travel to Somalia, hoping he will be killed.[17]

His rivalry with the other characters stems from opposition with their personalities. Where Kyle is restrained by firm morals, Cartman indulges in sadistic hedonism. He revealed that he hated Kenny the most in the episode "Jakovasaurs". He has on numerous occasions made fun of Kenny for being poor.[18] In "Kenny Dies", Cartman takes advantage of his declining health to get a ban on stem cell research lifted in order to construct his own Shakey's Pizza restaurant out of fetus stem cells. However, Cartman also implies that Kenny is his best friend, making their relationship unclear.[19][20]

Kyle is sometimes an enthusiastic participant in Cartman's schemes and he is sometimes seen treating Kyle well, although this is generally to put aside their hatred momentarily for a common goal or for manipulation.[21] Parker and Stone have compared the relationship to that between Archie Bunker and Michael Stivic on All in the Family. Kyle has a tendency to make what he thinks are safe bets with Cartman, often losing these bets when the improbable actions promised by Cartman are accomplished. Cartman's motivation in this regard is not only monetary gain, but an obsession with beating Kyle, a fixation that ultimately plays a major part in a subplot to the three-part "Imaginationland".[7] This obsession has been shown to overshadow other goals Cartman wishes to achieve. Cartman has a high sadistic streak towards Kyle, and has repeatedly expressed desire in seeing him suffer,[22] often to extremes.[23] In "You're Getting Old", it is suggested that Kyle and Cartman may be developing a genuine friendship, possibly due to the void left by Stan's apparent departure. This relationship ends in "Ass Burgers", however, due to Kyle finding out how Cartman was producing his hamburgers. Cartman's resentment of Stan is at times reserved for when Cartman actively proclaims his hatred for both Stan and Kyle as a duo, and his contempt for Stan as an individual is usually due to his annoyance with Stan's sensitivity, affection for animals, and relationship with Wendy Testaburger.[24]

Despite being intolerant of other cultures, Cartman displays an aptitude for learning foreign languages. He knows German, and once uses this knowledge to impersonate Adolf Hitler while promoting the extermination of Jews to an oblivious audience that did not speak German,[25] and in interactions with Mexican laborers, such as the episode "My Future Self n' Me", seems to speak at least conversational Spanish.[26] This is in service of a running joke in which Cartman displays incredible aptitude at quickly learning almost any topic in service of his schemes, despite being an awful student in a school environment and displaying extreme ignorance about subjects that do not immediately interest him.

Conversely, in "Major Boobage", Cartman shelters the town's cats when they are outlawed;[27] outside of episodes that take place in alternate timelines, this is the only multi-scene plotline in which Cartman acts in a traditionally moral way without any ulterior motive being indicated on-screen.

Cartman will use an awkward pause during a conversation as an opportunity to casually remind Kenny that he hates him.[28] Cartman's mischievous treatment of Butters, and the relationship the duo shares, has received significant focus in the more recent seasons of the series.[7] This reflects Parker's interest, as the scenes between the two are the ones he most enjoys writing.[29]

Several episodes concern Cartman's greed and his get-rich-quick schemes, although his numerous attempts to attain wealth generally fail.[9] His extreme disdain for hippies serves to satirize the counterculture of the 1960s and its influence in contemporary society,[30] reflecting Parker's real-life antipathy towards hippies.[31] Though the role is customarily taken by Stan or Kyle, Cartman will occasionally be the one to reflect on the lessons learned during the course of an episode with a speech that often begins with "You know, I've learned something today ...".[32]

Character

Creation and design

 
Cartman's hair, which is usually hidden underneath his hat

A precursor to Cartman first appeared in the first The Spirit of Christmas short, dubbed Jesus vs. Frosty, created by Parker and Stone in 1992 while they were students at the University of Colorado. In the short, the character resembling Cartman was named "Kenny", and a variation of the catchphrase "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" was exclaimed when this character was killed by an evil snowman. The character was composed of construction paper cutouts and animated through the use of stop motion.[33] When commissioned three years later by friend Brian Graden to create another short as a video Christmas card that he could send to friends, Parker and Stone created another similarly-animated The Spirit of Christmas short, dubbed Jesus vs. Santa.[34][35] In this short, his character first appears as he does in the series, and is given the name "Cartman", while the character of Kenny appears as the character is depicted today and given Cartman's moniker from the previous short. Cartman next appeared on August 13, 1997, when South Park debuted on Comedy Central with the episode "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe".

In keeping with the show's animation style, Cartman is composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary colors.[33][36] He is not offered the same free range of motion associated with hand-drawn characters; his character is mostly shown from one direction, and his movements intentionally jerky.[7][33][36] Ever since the show's second episode, "Weight Gain 4000" (season one, 1997), Cartman, like all other characters on the show, has been animated with computer software, though he is portrayed to give the impression that the show still utilizes its original technique.[33]

Cartman is usually depicted wearing winter attire which consists of a red coat, brown pants, yellow gloves/mittens, and a yellow-brimmed turquoise knit cap tapered with a yellow pom-pom. He has parted brown hair, and he is seen without his hat more often than the other characters with distinctive headwear. As he is overweight, his body is wider and his hands noticeably larger than those of the other children, and his head is more elliptical. An additional curved line on his lower face represents a double chin.

Parker adduced that he came up with the voice of Cartman while he and Stone were in film class, where they would speak in high-pitched childish voices, which was quite irksome to their film teachers. They would naturally reproduce these voices in the initial seasons of South Park.[37][38] Although he had originally voiced Cartman without any computer manipulation, Parker now does so by speaking within his normal vocal range with a childlike inflection. The recorded audio is then edited with Pro Tools, and the pitch is altered to make the voice sound like that of a fourth grader.[39][40][41] Parker says to achieve the effect of Cartman's voice, he simply uses the same technique when voicing Stan while "adding a lot of fat to it".[42]

Development

 
Cartman is voiced by series co-creator Trey Parker.

Cartman is partially named after and based on Matt Karpman, a high school classmate of Parker who remains a friend of both Parker and Stone.[43] Cartman is also inspired to some degree by All in the Family patriarch Archie Bunker, who is himself inspired by Alf Garnett from Till Death Us Do Part, the original British version of All in the Family. Parker and Stone are reportedly big fans of All in the Family. They alleged in 2008 that creating Cartman as a "little eight-year-old fat kid" made it easier for the two to portray a Bunker-like character after the introduction of political correctness to late-20th century television.[9][44] While developing the character, Parker noted that everyone either remembers "an annoying fat kid in their pasts", or "they were the annoying fat kid".[45] Stone has observed that "kids are not nice, innocent, flower-loving little rainbow children ... they don't have any kind of social tact or etiquette, they're just complete little raging bastards".[11]

In the season five (2001) episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Cartman is tricked into buying the pubic hair of a local ninth-grader named Scott Tenorman for $16.12. He then successfully executes an elaborate scheme to publicly humiliate Scott in front of his favorite band Radiohead, by getting Scott's parents killed and then tricking Scott into eating them.[46] The show's writers debated during production of the episode whether or not the incident would be "a step too far, even for Cartman".[9] Parker felt that the act could sufficiently be the culmination of Cartman's sociopathic behavior, and would "[set] a new bar" by portraying Cartman as being capable of performing anything short of murder.[9][47][48][49] Fans reacted by ranking it as Cartman's "greatest moment" in a 2005 poll on Comedy Central's website.[50] It is later revealed in the season fourteen episode "201" that Jack Tenorman, Scott's father, was a football player for the Denver Broncos who impregnated Cartman's mom, therefore making him Cartman's father too.[51]

Parker and Stone, despite being the basis for Stan and Kyle, insist that Cartman is their favorite character, and the one with whom they identify the most.[9][52]

Personality and traits

There's a big part of me that's Eric Cartman. He's both of our dark sides, the things we'd never say.

 Trey Parker[53]

Cartman uses profanity (as do his friends) to provide a means for Parker and Stone to portray how they believe young boys really talk when they are alone.[36][54] According to Parker, Cartman does not possess the "underlying sweetness" of the show's other child characters. Cartman is shown at times to be completely amoral and remorseless. Cartman, as with Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski, is amused by bodily functions and toilet humor,[55] and his favorite television personalities are Terrance and Phillip, a Canadian duo whose comedy routines on their show-within-the-show revolve substantially around fart jokes.

Cartman is sensitive and in denial about his obesity. Often reasserting Liane's notion by exclaiming "I'm not fat, I'm big-boned!" and will just as often either threaten to bring harm to anyone who mocks his weight or curse them out in aggravation.[9] He has also had people killed; after his psychiatrist mocked his weight, Cartman framed the man as a pedophile to his wife, causing her to commit suicide. He views himself as more mature than his fellow friends and classmates, and often grows impatient with their company; despite claiming to be more mature, he will often break down crying childishly and pathetically whenever he feels defeated. This often leads to loud arguments, which in earlier seasons typically end with Cartman peevishly saying "Screw you guys ... I'm going home!" and then leaving.[9] In an action King's College philosophy professor David Kyle Johnson describes as "directed either toward accomplishing his own happiness or the unhappiness of others", Cartman often feigns actual friendship with his classmates when needing a favor.[15] The lack of a true father figure in his life, and Liane's promiscuity and drug use have caused repressed psychological hardship in Cartman's life. As a parent, Liane often spoils Cartman,[56][57] and is largely ineffectual as a disciplinarian.[58] Cartman sometimes commands his mom to do tasks for him, but more often resorts to pleading with her in an ingratiating tone. When neither method works, he resorts to excessive and indecipherable whining, to which Liane usually succumbs.[59] Parker has noted that this is the primary cause for Cartman's behavior, stating that Cartman is "just a product of his environment".[9]

We always had this thing where Cartman's mother was so sweet—she was always so sweet to him and giving him whatever he wanted. And I don't know if it's worse in L.A. than most places in the country—I hope so—but [we've met] so many parents who were just so desperately trying to be friends to their kids. And it was the thing we really picked up on. And it was just like, 'These [people] are making these really evil kids'.
– Trey Parker, discussing Liane's role in shaping Cartman's personality in an interview with NPR[9]

Cartman thrives on achieving ascendancy over others,[60] and exerts his will by demagogy and by demanding that others "Respect my authoritah!"[9] Cartman has several times declared that his dream is getting "Ten million dollars", and that if he got it he would be "so happy". He has shown initiative in taking a businesslike approach to earning money, starting his own "hippie control" and "parental revenge" operations, as well as a Christian Rock and a boy band, a basketball team of crack babies (parody of the NCAA) and his own church.[61]

Cartman's anti-Semitism, while mostly limited to mocking Kyle, culminates in the season eight episode "The Passion of the Jew". In the episode, Cartman, after watching The Passion of the Christ numerous times, deifies the film's director, Mel Gibson, and starts an official Gibson fan club, praising Gibson for "trying to express—through cinema—the horror and filthiness of the common Jew".[62] Cartman's interpretation of the film influences him to dress up as Adolf Hitler and lead other fan club members (who are oblivious of Cartman's actual intentions) in a failed effort to engage in a systematic genocide of the Jews similar to that of the Final Solution.[62] In the season 10 episode "Smug Alert!", Cartman anonymously saves Kyle's life in an effort to get him and his family to return to South Park from San Francisco, revealing that he craves the animosity shared between the two.[63] Cartman later directs the "evil god" Cthulhu to destroy "most of the synagogues" during the season 14 episode "Coon vs. Coon and Friends".[64]

Upon hearing his classmates tell him that they hold him in the lowest regard possible and that they could not possibly think any worse of him, a stubborn Cartman misinterprets this act as their attempt to make him feel better, and convinces himself that everyone thinks he is the "coolest kid in school". In the season 13 (2009) episode "Fishsticks", Cartman subconsciously believes that he helped in creating a joke that quickly becomes a nationwide sensation, despite the fact that the character Jimmy Valmer writes the joke without any assistance. Carlos Delgado of If Magazine noted this as "Cartman being so egotistical that he manipulates the past to serve his own purposes".[65]

Though he is commonly portrayed as having a chauvinist disrespect for foreign cultures, Cartman is shown at least twice ("My Future Self n' Me" and "Pandemic") to be able to speak fluent Spanish (and German).[66]

Cultural impact

Cartman is a South Park fan favorite,[8] and is often described as the most famous character from the series as well as having a significant influence on comedy and culture.[9][67][68] With a headline to their online written version of a radio report, NPR declared Cartman as "America's Favorite Little $@#&*%".[9] "Respect my authoritah!" and "Screw you guys ... I'm going home!" became catchphrases and, during the show's earlier seasons, were highly popular in the lexicon of viewers.[69][70] His eccentric enunciation of "Hey!" was included in the 2002 edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases.[71] Stone has said that when fans recognize him or Parker, the fans will usually do their imitation of Cartman, or, in Parker's case, request that he do Cartman's voice.[72]

In 2005, Comedy Central ran a three-night marathon of episodes showcasing what voters had deemed to be his "25 greatest moments".[50] A two-disc DVD collection entitled "The Cult of Cartman", which Comedy Central described as "12 classic episodes with Cartman at his very worst!", was released in 2008.[73]

In a 1999 poll conducted by NatWest Bank, eight and nine-year-old children in the United Kingdom voted Cartman as their favorite personality. This drew the concern of several parent councils who were expecting a character from a television show aimed at children to top the list, to which Stone responded by claiming the results of the poll were "upsetting to people who have an idyllic vision of what kids are like".[74]

While some in the Jewish community have praised the show's depiction of Cartman holding an anti-Semitic attitude towards Kyle as a means of accurately portraying what it is like for a young Jew to have to endure prejudice,[75] other Jews have blamed South Park and Cartman for having found themselves surrounded by "acceptable racism".[76] On November 20, 2008, a Facebook group titled "National Kick a Ginger Day, are you going to do it?" surfaced, suggesting abuse towards redheads. Thousands of internet users signed up as a member of the group, and reports of a feared increase of bullying of red-headed students across Canada soon followed. The group's administrator, a 14-year-old from Vancouver Island, said the group was only intended as a joke, and apologized for the offense it caused. The group was inspired by the season nine (2005) episode "Ginger Kids", in which Cartman incites prejudice towards those with red hair, pale skin, and freckles, a group he calls "Gingers" and claims are inherently evil and without souls. [77]

 
Someone cosplaying as Cartman at a convention

Other characters commonly express lessons learned from the antagonistic actions Cartman commonly provokes; this has resulted in these characters giving their opinions on issues such as hate crime legislation,[78] civil liberties,[30] excessive religious devotion,[79] the stem cell controversy,[12] anabolic steroid use,[80] the "right to die" debate,[81] and prejudice.[8] In the season 10 (2006) episode "Cartoon Wars Part II", Cartman, planning to exploit the public's fear of terrorism, seeks to get the Fox television series Family Guy, a program he despises, permanently removed from the airwaves when Fox plans to air an episode despite its inclusion of a cartoon likeness of Muhammad. This leads Kyle to give a short speech about the ethics of censorship,[82] which reiterates Parker and Stone's sentiments of "Either it's all okay, or none of it is" in regards to whether or not any subject should remain off-limits to satire.[83] Both Cartman's commentary and the commentary resulting in response to his actions have been interpreted as statements Parker and Stone are attempting to make to the viewing public, and these opinions have been subject to much critical analysis in the media and literary world.[84]

The book South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today includes an essay in which Johnson uses Cartman's actions and behavior as examples when discussing the logical problem of moral evil,[85] and another essay by College of Staten Island professor Mark D. White cited the season two (1998) episode "Chickenlover", in which Cartman is temporarily granted law enforcement powers, in its discussion regarding the command theory of law and what obligates a citizen to obey the law.[85] Essays in the books South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Blame Canada! South Park and Contemporary Culture, and Taking South Park Seriously have also analyzed Cartman's perspectives within the framework of popular philosophical, theological, political, and social concepts.[84][86][87] Parker and Stone downplay the show's alignment with any particular political affiliation, and deny having a political agenda when creating an episode.[46][88][89] In response to the focus on elements of satire in South Park, Parker has said that the main goal of the show is to portray Cartman and his friends as "kids just being kids" as a means of accurately showcasing "what it's like to be in [elementary school] in America".[90][91]

Recognition

TV Guide ranked Cartman at number 10 on their 2002 list of the "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters",[92] 24th on TV Guide's "25 Greatest TV Villains", 198th on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons",[93] and 19th on Bravo's "100 Greatest TV Characters" television special in 2004.[94] When declaring him the second-scariest character on television (behind only Mr. Burns of The Simpsons) in 2005, MSNBC's Brian Bellmont described Cartman as a "bundle of pure, unadulterated evil all wrapped up in a fat—er, big-boned—cartoony package" who "takes a feral delight in his evildoing".[95] In 2014, IGN ranked Cartman first place on their list of "The Top 25 South Park Characters", commenting that he was "the obvious choice" of number one and that "sometimes the obvious choice is also the right one." The website stated that despite Cartman being "one of the worst human beings in the history of fiction ... he's the most loathsome character we've ever loved." IGN concluded by calling him "the biggest contribution to the world of animated characters that South Park has made – and that's saying something."[4] In 2020, Paste ranked Cartman as #17 of their "The 50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time".[96]

In other media

  • Cartman has a major role in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut,[97] the full-length film based on the series, and appeared on the film's soundtrack singing the same musical numbers performed in the movie.[98] As a tribute to the Dead Parrot sketch, a short that features Cartman attempting to return a dead Kenny to a shop run by Kyle aired during a 1999 BBC television special commemorating the 30th anniversary of Monty Python's Flying Circus.[99] Cartman is also featured in the documentary film The Aristocrats, telling his version of the film's titular joke to Stan, Kyle, and Kenny,[100] and in "The Gauntlet", a short spoofing both Gladiator and Battlefield Earth that aired during the 2000 MTV Movie Awards.[101][102]
  • Cartman is a central character in South Park: Post Covid, the first television special made for Paramount+. In the special, which takes place 40 years after the events of the series, Cartman is depicted as having converted to Orthodox Judaism, becoming a rabbi with a wife and three children, much to the chagrin of Kyle.[103]
  • Cartman returns in the follow-up special South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid. In it, Cartman has thoroughly convinced his family that Kyle is out to break them apart on the grounds of being anti-Jewish (in reality, Kyle intends to go back in time to try and alter the events of the COVID outbreak and Cartman is concerned that this will cost him his family). In retaliation, Cartman organizes a rebellion group consisting of Butters, Clyde and Scott Malkinson with the sole purpose of going back in time and killing him. After a brief altercation with Kyle himself, Cartman changes his mind about the plan and kills an adult Clyde in the past, who volunteered to attempt to kill Kyle, allowing Stan and Kyle to help their younger selves save their friendship before the pandemic kicked off. In the now-altered future, Cartman is shown to be alcoholic, homeless, and bitter.[104]
  • For their 2007 Snakes & Arrows tour, the rock band Rush commissioned a short, video introduction for the song "Tom Sawyer". Cartman, dressed in a long wig to look like singer Geddy Lee, sings his own, personal, version of the song's lyrics prompting the usual outrage from Kyle. The video can be seen on the band's Snakes & Arrows concert video.[105]
  • In 2002, Cartman became the main protagonist of a series of promotional videos for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, which are played on the big-screen TVs inside of Staples Center where the character ridicules the mascots of rival teams and reacts to various aspects of the game.[106]
  • Short clips of Cartman introducing the starting lineup for the University of Colorado football team were featured during ABC's coverage of the 2007 match-up between the University of Colorado and the University of Nebraska.[107]
  • In 2008, Parker, as Cartman, gave answers to a Proust Questionnaire conducted by Julie Rovner of NPR.[9]
  • Parker performs as Cartman on tracks for Chef Aid: The South Park Album and Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics.[108][109][110] Cartman also appears in six South Park-related video games: In South Park, Cartman is controlled by the player through the first-person shooter mode who attempts to ward off enemies from terrorizing the town of South Park.[111] In South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, a user has the option of playing as Cartman when participating in the game's several "minigames" based on other popular arcade games.[112] In the racing game South Park Rally, a user can race as Cartman against other users playing as other characters, while choosing to place him in any of a variety of vehicles.[113] In South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!, Cartman can be selected as a playable character used to establish a tower defense against the game's antagonists.[114] In South Park: The Stick of Truth, Cartman is the leader of one of two tribes in South Park, at war over the Stick of Truth.[115] He plays a similar role in this game's superhero themed sequel, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, where he leads the Coon & Friends team.[116]

See also

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Cartman redirects here For other uses see Cartman disambiguation Not to be confused with Eric Carmen Eric Theodore Cartman commonly referred to by his last name 1 is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom South Park created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone He is voiced by Parker and is one of the series four main characters alongside Stan Marsh Kyle Broflovski and Kenny McCormick He first appeared with the name Kenny in the short film The Spirit of Christmas 1992 and later appeared in the 1995 film of the same title before debuting in Cartman Gets an Anal Probe the first episode of the series on August 13 1997 Eric CartmanSouth Park characterFirst appearanceJesus vs Frosty 1992 short Created byTrey ParkerMatt StoneDesigned byTrey ParkerMatt StoneVoiced byTrey ParkerIn universe informationFull nameEric Theodore CartmanAliasThe CoonGenderMaleOccupationStudent Rabbi South Park Post Covid Unemployed revised timeline in South Park Post Covid The Return of Covid FamilyLiane Cartman mother Jack Tenorman father Scott Tenorman half brother Mabel Cartman grandmother Harold Cartman grandfather Florence Cartman great grandmother Jonas Cartman great grandfather Howard Cartman uncle Stinky Cartman uncle Elvin Cartman cousin Fat Bob Cartman uncle Lisa Cartman aunt Jane Cartman ancestor Bucky Cartman ancestor Jo Cartman ancestor Joe Cartman ancestor SpouseYentl Cartman alternate future wife Significant otherHeidi Turner ex girlfriend ChildrenMenorah Cartman alternate future daughter Moisha Cartman alternate future son Hackelm Cartman alternate future son NationalityAmericanResidenceSouth Park Colorado United States Cartman is an elementary school student who lives with his single mother Liane in the eponymous Colorado town Cartman is principally characterized by his obesity his amorality and his bigoted and especially antisemitic disposition being described by Parker and Stone as a little Archie Bunker In later seasons particularly following the fifth season episode Scott Tenorman Must Die in which he turns the titular Scott Tenorman s parents into chili in order to feed it to him as revenge for bullying him Cartman exhibits increasingly psychopathic and manipulative behavior The latter is showcased through Cartman s various schemes the majority of which fail either due to opposition from other characters or Cartman s own hubris frequently leaving Cartman in complete humiliation Cartman is widely considered to be the most popular South Park character one of the most influential fictional characters of all time and an American cultural icon 2 3 4 Parker and Stone have stated that he is their favorite character and the one with whom they most identify South Park has received both praise and criticism for Cartman s politically incorrect behavior Contents 1 Role in South Park 2 Character 2 1 Creation and design 2 2 Development 2 3 Personality and traits 3 Cultural impact 3 1 Recognition 4 In other media 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Bibliography 7 External linksRole in South ParkCartman attends South Park Elementary as part of Mr Garrison s class During the first 58 episodes he and his classmates were in the third grade before transitioning to the fourth grade during the fourth season He is the only child of Liane Cartman a promiscuous single mother In the episode Cartman s Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut Liane is said to be intersex being both Eric s mother and father 5 This is later revealed to be an elaborate ruse in the fourteenth season episode 200 In the following episode 201 it is revealed that Cartman s true biological father is Jack Tenorman a former player for the Denver Broncos whom he arranged to have killed in Scott Tenorman Must Die Scott Tenorman Jack s son is thus revealed to be Cartman s half brother 6 Cartman is distinguished from most of the other children by a wider physical appearance 7 and is subject to ridicule from others for his obesity 8 He is most commonly portrayed as an antagonist with most of his actions driving the events of many episodes 9 Cartman is alienated by the majority of the other children for his strong amorality 10 11 12 13 14 but they are occasionally influenced by his manipulation 15 Though Cartman has shared an enmity with all three of his friends his rivalry with Stan and Kyle has progressed significantly during the show s run with Cartman routinely exposing them to physical endangerment Cartman a staunch antisemite reflects most of his hatred towards the Jewish Kyle such as deliberately infecting him with HIV Tonsil Trouble 7 16 Kyle occasionally exhibits similar behavior in such episodes as Fatbeard wherein Kyle encourages Cartman to travel to Somalia hoping he will be killed 17 His rivalry with the other characters stems from opposition with their personalities Where Kyle is restrained by firm morals Cartman indulges in sadistic hedonism He revealed that he hated Kenny the most in the episode Jakovasaurs He has on numerous occasions made fun of Kenny for being poor 18 In Kenny Dies Cartman takes advantage of his declining health to get a ban on stem cell research lifted in order to construct his own Shakey s Pizza restaurant out of fetus stem cells However Cartman also implies that Kenny is his best friend making their relationship unclear 19 20 Kyle is sometimes an enthusiastic participant in Cartman s schemes and he is sometimes seen treating Kyle well although this is generally to put aside their hatred momentarily for a common goal or for manipulation 21 Parker and Stone have compared the relationship to that between Archie Bunker and Michael Stivic on All in the Family Kyle has a tendency to make what he thinks are safe bets with Cartman often losing these bets when the improbable actions promised by Cartman are accomplished Cartman s motivation in this regard is not only monetary gain but an obsession with beating Kyle a fixation that ultimately plays a major part in a subplot to the three part Imaginationland 7 This obsession has been shown to overshadow other goals Cartman wishes to achieve Cartman has a high sadistic streak towards Kyle and has repeatedly expressed desire in seeing him suffer 22 often to extremes 23 In You re Getting Old it is suggested that Kyle and Cartman may be developing a genuine friendship possibly due to the void left by Stan s apparent departure This relationship ends in Ass Burgers however due to Kyle finding out how Cartman was producing his hamburgers Cartman s resentment of Stan is at times reserved for when Cartman actively proclaims his hatred for both Stan and Kyle as a duo and his contempt for Stan as an individual is usually due to his annoyance with Stan s sensitivity affection for animals and relationship with Wendy Testaburger 24 Despite being intolerant of other cultures Cartman displays an aptitude for learning foreign languages He knows German and once uses this knowledge to impersonate Adolf Hitler while promoting the extermination of Jews to an oblivious audience that did not speak German 25 and in interactions with Mexican laborers such as the episode My Future Self n Me seems to speak at least conversational Spanish 26 This is in service of a running joke in which Cartman displays incredible aptitude at quickly learning almost any topic in service of his schemes despite being an awful student in a school environment and displaying extreme ignorance about subjects that do not immediately interest him Conversely in Major Boobage Cartman shelters the town s cats when they are outlawed 27 outside of episodes that take place in alternate timelines this is the only multi scene plotline in which Cartman acts in a traditionally moral way without any ulterior motive being indicated on screen Cartman will use an awkward pause during a conversation as an opportunity to casually remind Kenny that he hates him 28 Cartman s mischievous treatment of Butters and the relationship the duo shares has received significant focus in the more recent seasons of the series 7 This reflects Parker s interest as the scenes between the two are the ones he most enjoys writing 29 Several episodes concern Cartman s greed and his get rich quick schemes although his numerous attempts to attain wealth generally fail 9 His extreme disdain for hippies serves to satirize the counterculture of the 1960s and its influence in contemporary society 30 reflecting Parker s real life antipathy towards hippies 31 Though the role is customarily taken by Stan or Kyle Cartman will occasionally be the one to reflect on the lessons learned during the course of an episode with a speech that often begins with You know I ve learned something today 32 CharacterCreation and design nbsp Cartman s hair which is usually hidden underneath his hat A precursor to Cartman first appeared in the first The Spirit of Christmas short dubbed Jesus vs Frosty created by Parker and Stone in 1992 while they were students at the University of Colorado In the short the character resembling Cartman was named Kenny and a variation of the catchphrase Oh my God they killed Kenny was exclaimed when this character was killed by an evil snowman The character was composed of construction paper cutouts and animated through the use of stop motion 33 When commissioned three years later by friend Brian Graden to create another short as a video Christmas card that he could send to friends Parker and Stone created another similarly animated The Spirit of Christmas short dubbed Jesus vs Santa 34 35 In this short his character first appears as he does in the series and is given the name Cartman while the character of Kenny appears as the character is depicted today and given Cartman s moniker from the previous short Cartman next appeared on August 13 1997 when South Park debuted on Comedy Central with the episode Cartman Gets an Anal Probe In keeping with the show s animation style Cartman is composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary colors 33 36 He is not offered the same free range of motion associated with hand drawn characters his character is mostly shown from one direction and his movements intentionally jerky 7 33 36 Ever since the show s second episode Weight Gain 4000 season one 1997 Cartman like all other characters on the show has been animated with computer software though he is portrayed to give the impression that the show still utilizes its original technique 33 Cartman is usually depicted wearing winter attire which consists of a red coat brown pants yellow gloves mittens and a yellow brimmed turquoise knit cap tapered with a yellow pom pom He has parted brown hair and he is seen without his hat more often than the other characters with distinctive headwear As he is overweight his body is wider and his hands noticeably larger than those of the other children and his head is more elliptical An additional curved line on his lower face represents a double chin Parker adduced that he came up with the voice of Cartman while he and Stone were in film class where they would speak in high pitched childish voices which was quite irksome to their film teachers They would naturally reproduce these voices in the initial seasons of South Park 37 38 Although he had originally voiced Cartman without any computer manipulation Parker now does so by speaking within his normal vocal range with a childlike inflection The recorded audio is then edited with Pro Tools and the pitch is altered to make the voice sound like that of a fourth grader 39 40 41 Parker says to achieve the effect of Cartman s voice he simply uses the same technique when voicing Stan while adding a lot of fat to it 42 Development nbsp Cartman is voiced by series co creator Trey Parker Cartman is partially named after and based on Matt Karpman a high school classmate of Parker who remains a friend of both Parker and Stone 43 Cartman is also inspired to some degree by All in the Family patriarch Archie Bunker who is himself inspired by Alf Garnett from Till Death Us Do Part the original British version of All in the Family Parker and Stone are reportedly big fans of All in the Family They alleged in 2008 that creating Cartman as a little eight year old fat kid made it easier for the two to portray a Bunker like character after the introduction of political correctness to late 20th century television 9 44 While developing the character Parker noted that everyone either remembers an annoying fat kid in their pasts or they were the annoying fat kid 45 Stone has observed that kids are not nice innocent flower loving little rainbow children they don t have any kind of social tact or etiquette they re just complete little raging bastards 11 In the season five 2001 episode Scott Tenorman Must Die Cartman is tricked into buying the pubic hair of a local ninth grader named Scott Tenorman for 16 12 He then successfully executes an elaborate scheme to publicly humiliate Scott in front of his favorite band Radiohead by getting Scott s parents killed and then tricking Scott into eating them 46 The show s writers debated during production of the episode whether or not the incident would be a step too far even for Cartman 9 Parker felt that the act could sufficiently be the culmination of Cartman s sociopathic behavior and would set a new bar by portraying Cartman as being capable of performing anything short of murder 9 47 48 49 Fans reacted by ranking it as Cartman s greatest moment in a 2005 poll on Comedy Central s website 50 It is later revealed in the season fourteen episode 201 that Jack Tenorman Scott s father was a football player for the Denver Broncos who impregnated Cartman s mom therefore making him Cartman s father too 51 Parker and Stone despite being the basis for Stan and Kyle insist that Cartman is their favorite character and the one with whom they identify the most 9 52 Personality and traits There s a big part of me that s Eric Cartman He s both of our dark sides the things we d never say Trey Parker 53 Cartman uses profanity as do his friends to provide a means for Parker and Stone to portray how they believe young boys really talk when they are alone 36 54 According to Parker Cartman does not possess the underlying sweetness of the show s other child characters Cartman is shown at times to be completely amoral and remorseless Cartman as with Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski is amused by bodily functions and toilet humor 55 and his favorite television personalities are Terrance and Phillip a Canadian duo whose comedy routines on their show within the show revolve substantially around fart jokes Cartman is sensitive and in denial about his obesity Often reasserting Liane s notion by exclaiming I m not fat I m big boned and will just as often either threaten to bring harm to anyone who mocks his weight or curse them out in aggravation 9 He has also had people killed after his psychiatrist mocked his weight Cartman framed the man as a pedophile to his wife causing her to commit suicide He views himself as more mature than his fellow friends and classmates and often grows impatient with their company despite claiming to be more mature he will often break down crying childishly and pathetically whenever he feels defeated This often leads to loud arguments which in earlier seasons typically end with Cartman peevishly saying Screw you guys I m going home and then leaving 9 In an action King s College philosophy professor David Kyle Johnson describes as directed either toward accomplishing his own happiness or the unhappiness of others Cartman often feigns actual friendship with his classmates when needing a favor 15 The lack of a true father figure in his life and Liane s promiscuity and drug use have caused repressed psychological hardship in Cartman s life As a parent Liane often spoils Cartman 56 57 and is largely ineffectual as a disciplinarian 58 Cartman sometimes commands his mom to do tasks for him but more often resorts to pleading with her in an ingratiating tone When neither method works he resorts to excessive and indecipherable whining to which Liane usually succumbs 59 Parker has noted that this is the primary cause for Cartman s behavior stating that Cartman is just a product of his environment 9 We always had this thing where Cartman s mother was so sweet she was always so sweet to him and giving him whatever he wanted And I don t know if it s worse in L A than most places in the country I hope so but we ve met so many parents who were just so desperately trying to be friends to their kids And it was the thing we really picked up on And it was just like These people are making these really evil kids Trey Parker discussing Liane s role in shaping Cartman s personality in an interview with NPR 9 Cartman thrives on achieving ascendancy over others 60 and exerts his will by demagogy and by demanding that others Respect my authoritah 9 Cartman has several times declared that his dream is getting Ten million dollars and that if he got it he would be so happy He has shown initiative in taking a businesslike approach to earning money starting his own hippie control and parental revenge operations as well as a Christian Rock and a boy band a basketball team of crack babies parody of the NCAA and his own church 61 Cartman s anti Semitism while mostly limited to mocking Kyle culminates in the season eight episode The Passion of the Jew In the episode Cartman after watching The Passion of the Christ numerous times deifies the film s director Mel Gibson and starts an official Gibson fan club praising Gibson for trying to express through cinema the horror and filthiness of the common Jew 62 Cartman s interpretation of the film influences him to dress up as Adolf Hitler and lead other fan club members who are oblivious of Cartman s actual intentions in a failed effort to engage in a systematic genocide of the Jews similar to that of the Final Solution 62 In the season 10 episode Smug Alert Cartman anonymously saves Kyle s life in an effort to get him and his family to return to South Park from San Francisco revealing that he craves the animosity shared between the two 63 Cartman later directs the evil god Cthulhu to destroy most of the synagogues during the season 14 episode Coon vs Coon and Friends 64 Upon hearing his classmates tell him that they hold him in the lowest regard possible and that they could not possibly think any worse of him a stubborn Cartman misinterprets this act as their attempt to make him feel better and convinces himself that everyone thinks he is the coolest kid in school In the season 13 2009 episode Fishsticks Cartman subconsciously believes that he helped in creating a joke that quickly becomes a nationwide sensation despite the fact that the character Jimmy Valmer writes the joke without any assistance Carlos Delgado of If Magazine noted this as Cartman being so egotistical that he manipulates the past to serve his own purposes 65 Though he is commonly portrayed as having a chauvinist disrespect for foreign cultures Cartman is shown at least twice My Future Self n Me and Pandemic to be able to speak fluent Spanish and German 66 Cultural impactCartman is a South Park fan favorite 8 and is often described as the most famous character from the series as well as having a significant influence on comedy and culture 9 67 68 With a headline to their online written version of a radio report NPR declared Cartman as America s Favorite Little amp 9 Respect my authoritah and Screw you guys I m going home became catchphrases and during the show s earlier seasons were highly popular in the lexicon of viewers 69 70 His eccentric enunciation of Hey was included in the 2002 edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases 71 Stone has said that when fans recognize him or Parker the fans will usually do their imitation of Cartman or in Parker s case request that he do Cartman s voice 72 In 2005 Comedy Central ran a three night marathon of episodes showcasing what voters had deemed to be his 25 greatest moments 50 A two disc DVD collection entitled The Cult of Cartman which Comedy Central described as 12 classic episodes with Cartman at his very worst was released in 2008 73 In a 1999 poll conducted by NatWest Bank eight and nine year old children in the United Kingdom voted Cartman as their favorite personality This drew the concern of several parent councils who were expecting a character from a television show aimed at children to top the list to which Stone responded by claiming the results of the poll were upsetting to people who have an idyllic vision of what kids are like 74 While some in the Jewish community have praised the show s depiction of Cartman holding an anti Semitic attitude towards Kyle as a means of accurately portraying what it is like for a young Jew to have to endure prejudice 75 other Jews have blamed South Park and Cartman for having found themselves surrounded by acceptable racism 76 On November 20 2008 a Facebook group titled National Kick a Ginger Day are you going to do it surfaced suggesting abuse towards redheads Thousands of internet users signed up as a member of the group and reports of a feared increase of bullying of red headed students across Canada soon followed The group s administrator a 14 year old from Vancouver Island said the group was only intended as a joke and apologized for the offense it caused The group was inspired by the season nine 2005 episode Ginger Kids in which Cartman incites prejudice towards those with red hair pale skin and freckles a group he calls Gingers and claims are inherently evil and without souls 77 nbsp Someone cosplaying as Cartman at a convention Other characters commonly express lessons learned from the antagonistic actions Cartman commonly provokes this has resulted in these characters giving their opinions on issues such as hate crime legislation 78 civil liberties 30 excessive religious devotion 79 the stem cell controversy 12 anabolic steroid use 80 the right to die debate 81 and prejudice 8 In the season 10 2006 episode Cartoon Wars Part II Cartman planning to exploit the public s fear of terrorism seeks to get the Fox television series Family Guy a program he despises permanently removed from the airwaves when Fox plans to air an episode despite its inclusion of a cartoon likeness of Muhammad This leads Kyle to give a short speech about the ethics of censorship 82 which reiterates Parker and Stone s sentiments of Either it s all okay or none of it is in regards to whether or not any subject should remain off limits to satire 83 Both Cartman s commentary and the commentary resulting in response to his actions have been interpreted as statements Parker and Stone are attempting to make to the viewing public and these opinions have been subject to much critical analysis in the media and literary world 84 The book South Park and Philosophy You Know I Learned Something Today includes an essay in which Johnson uses Cartman s actions and behavior as examples when discussing the logical problem of moral evil 85 and another essay by College of Staten Island professor Mark D White cited the season two 1998 episode Chickenlover in which Cartman is temporarily granted law enforcement powers in its discussion regarding the command theory of law and what obligates a citizen to obey the law 85 Essays in the books South Park and Philosophy Bigger Longer and More Penetrating Blame Canada South Park and Contemporary Culture and Taking South Park Seriously have also analyzed Cartman s perspectives within the framework of popular philosophical theological political and social concepts 84 86 87 Parker and Stone downplay the show s alignment with any particular political affiliation and deny having a political agenda when creating an episode 46 88 89 In response to the focus on elements of satire in South Park Parker has said that the main goal of the show is to portray Cartman and his friends as kids just being kids as a means of accurately showcasing what it s like to be in elementary school in America 90 91 Recognition TV Guide ranked Cartman at number 10 on their 2002 list of the Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters 92 24th on TV Guide s 25 Greatest TV Villains 198th on VH1 s 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons 93 and 19th on Bravo s 100 Greatest TV Characters television special in 2004 94 When declaring him the second scariest character on television behind only Mr Burns of The Simpsons in 2005 MSNBC s Brian Bellmont described Cartman as a bundle of pure unadulterated evil all wrapped up in a fat er big boned cartoony package who takes a feral delight in his evildoing 95 In 2014 IGN ranked Cartman first place on their list of The Top 25 South Park Characters commenting that he was the obvious choice of number one and that sometimes the obvious choice is also the right one The website stated that despite Cartman being one of the worst human beings in the history of fiction he s the most loathsome character we ve ever loved IGN concluded by calling him the biggest contribution to the world of animated characters that South Park has made and that s saying something 4 In 2020 Paste ranked Cartman as 17 of their The 50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time 96 In other mediaCartman has a major role in South Park Bigger Longer amp Uncut 97 the full length film based on the series and appeared on the film s soundtrack singing the same musical numbers performed in the movie 98 As a tribute to the Dead Parrot sketch a short that features Cartman attempting to return a dead Kenny to a shop run by Kyle aired during a 1999 BBC television special commemorating the 30th anniversary of Monty Python s Flying Circus 99 Cartman is also featured in the documentary film The Aristocrats telling his version of the film s titular joke to Stan Kyle and Kenny 100 and in The Gauntlet a short spoofing both Gladiator and Battlefield Earth that aired during the 2000 MTV Movie Awards 101 102 Cartman is a central character in South Park Post Covid the first television special made for Paramount In the special which takes place 40 years after the events of the series Cartman is depicted as having converted to Orthodox Judaism becoming a rabbi with a wife and three children much to the chagrin of Kyle 103 Cartman returns in the follow up special South Park Post Covid The Return of Covid In it Cartman has thoroughly convinced his family that Kyle is out to break them apart on the grounds of being anti Jewish in reality Kyle intends to go back in time to try and alter the events of the COVID outbreak and Cartman is concerned that this will cost him his family In retaliation Cartman organizes a rebellion group consisting of Butters Clyde and Scott Malkinson with the sole purpose of going back in time and killing him After a brief altercation with Kyle himself Cartman changes his mind about the plan and kills an adult Clyde in the past who volunteered to attempt to kill Kyle allowing Stan and Kyle to help their younger selves save their friendship before the pandemic kicked off In the now altered future Cartman is shown to be alcoholic homeless and bitter 104 For their 2007 Snakes amp Arrows tour the rock band Rush commissioned a short video introduction for the song Tom Sawyer Cartman dressed in a long wig to look like singer Geddy Lee sings his own personal version of the song s lyrics prompting the usual outrage from Kyle The video can be seen on the band s Snakes amp Arrows concert video 105 In 2002 Cartman became the main protagonist of a series of promotional videos for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL which are played on the big screen TVs inside of Staples Center where the character ridicules the mascots of rival teams and reacts to various aspects of the game 106 Short clips of Cartman introducing the starting lineup for the University of Colorado football team were featured during ABC s coverage of the 2007 match up between the University of Colorado and the University of Nebraska 107 In 2008 Parker as Cartman gave answers to a Proust Questionnaire conducted by Julie Rovner of NPR 9 Parker performs as Cartman on tracks for Chef Aid The South Park Album and Mr Hankey s Christmas Classics 108 109 110 Cartman also appears in six South Park related video games In South Park Cartman is controlled by the player through the first person shooter mode who attempts to ward off enemies from terrorizing the town of South Park 111 In South Park Chef s Luv Shack a user has the option of playing as Cartman when participating in the game s several minigames based on other popular arcade games 112 In the racing game South Park Rally a user can race as Cartman against other users playing as other characters while choosing to place him in any of a variety of vehicles 113 In South Park Let s Go Tower Defense Play Cartman can be selected as a playable character used to establish a tower defense against the game s antagonists 114 In South Park The Stick of Truth Cartman is the leader of one of two tribes 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