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** MeanCharacterNiceActor: MaryKayBergman, who voiced her in the film, was very nice in her life, even giving close friend Creator/TaraStrong a dog for her 26th birthday (the last one Bergman was actually around for). [[note]] Who, by the way, is Canadian.[[/note]]
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** MeanCharacterNiceActor: MaryKayBergman, Creator/MaryKayBergman, who voiced her in the film, was very nice in her life, even giving close friend Creator/TaraStrong a dog for her 26th birthday (the last one Bergman was actually around for). [[note]] Who, by the way, is Canadian.[[/note]]
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** [[spoiler: It was also the reason for Kenny's birth as they went to a cult meeting sorely for the alchohal. This somehow wound up with Carol being chosen to birth "the spawn of Chthulu".]]
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** [[spoiler: It was also the reason for Kenny's birth as they went to a cult meeting sorely for the alchohal. alcohol. This somehow wound up with Carol being chosen to birth "the spawn of Chthulu".]]Cthulhu".]]
* AmericanAccents: Carol has a Southern one.
* AmericanAccents: Carol has a Southern one.
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** MeanCharacterNiceActor: MaryKayBergman, who voiced her in the film, was very nice in her life, even giving close friend TaraStrong Creator/TaraStrong a dog for her 26th birthday (the last one Bergman was actually around for). [[note]] Who, by the way, is Canadian.[[/note]]
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* HappilyAdopted: With the Broflovskis, Ike is fairly content; his real hindrance is with the monotony of middle-class life, the fact that his peers are [[SirSwearsALot "f*cking idiots"]], and constantly having to hear about Susan Boyle's performance of ''LesMiserables'' on ''BritainsGotTalent''.
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* HappilyAdopted: With the Broflovskis, Ike is fairly content; his real hindrance is with the monotony of middle-class life, the fact that his peers are [[SirSwearsALot "f*cking idiots"]], and constantly having to hear about Susan Boyle's performance of ''LesMiserables'' ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' on ''BritainsGotTalent''.
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** But they are also seen using weed.
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** [[spoiler: Course considering how Kenny was birthed...]]
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* WordOfGod: Jimbo is Randy's half-brother ([[spoiler: even though he was supposed to be Sharon's brother]]).
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* TheAlcoholic: Both of them, but Stuart seems to be the town alcoholic.
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* NoNameGiven: Mrs. McCormick's name has never actually been revealed, but fans often refer to her as "Carol", as it was a common placeholder name used for other mothers early on (ie: Mrs. Marsh in season 1, Mrs. Stotch in early season 5). In the early fanbase days, some fanworks would also refer to her as "Peggy".
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* NoNameGiven: Mrs. McCormick's [=McCormick=]'s name has never actually been revealed, but fans often refer to her as "Carol", as it was a common placeholder name used for other mothers early on (ie: Mrs. Marsh in season 1, Mrs. Stotch in early season 5). In the early fanbase days, some fanworks would also refer to her as "Peggy".
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Carol is actually a fanspeculated name, if I recall. The show hasn\'t really said it.Other tropers can do as they wish, I\'m still getting the hang of the site.
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* TheOtherDarrin: He's had at least eight different voice actors/[[CrossdressingVoices actresses]], and is one of the few cases along with the Kindergartners where actual children's voices are used rather than pitch-manipualted adults.
* Retcon: Was originally not meant to be adopted, but was revealed to be such after Parker and Stone realized he resembled Terrance and Phillip.
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* TheOtherDarrin: He's had at least eight different voice actors/[[CrossdressingVoices actresses]], and is one of the few cases along with the Kindergartners where actual children's voices are used rather than pitch-manipualted pitch-manipulated adults.
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Marshall voices Mrs.Stotch, if I\'ve recalled right. Some of her roles get confused with Stewart\'s and vice-versa. Others seem about right.
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* TheOtherDarrin: He's had seven at least eight different voice actors/[[CrossdressingVoices actresses]], and is one of the few cases along with the Kindergartners where actual children's voices are used rather than pitch-manipualted adults.adults.
* Retcon: Was originally not meant to be adopted, but was revealed to be such after Parker and Stone realized he resembled Terrance and Phillip.
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** To clarify, it was perfectly reasonable (albiet starting to push it) for this to be the case when the show started back in The90s, but considering that [[NotAllowedToGrowUp nobody has been allowed to age]] for the past sixteen years, this emerged.
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** MeanCharacterNiceActor: MaryKayBergman, who voiced her in the film, was very nice in her life, even giving close friend TaraStrong a dog for her 26th birthday (the last one Bergman was actually around for). [[note]] Three guesses where Tara Strong is from.[[/note]]
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** MeanCharacterNiceActor: MaryKayBergman, who voiced her in the film, was very nice in her life, even giving close friend TaraStrong a dog for her 26th birthday (the last one Bergman was actually around for). [[note]] Three guesses where Tara Strong Who, by the way, is from.Canadian.[[/note]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. In "About Last Night" he was a [=McCain=] voter who reacted to the election's outcome by jumping out the window—of the first floor of the house. As it turns out, it was all a rouse, [[spoiler: [[TheMole since he was under orders from Obama and McCain all along]]]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. In "About Last Night" he was a [=McCain=] voter who reacted to the election's outcome by jumping out the window—of the first floor of the house. As it turns out, it was all a rouse, ruse, [[spoiler: [[TheMole since he was under orders from Obama and McCain all along]]]].
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* DomesticAbuse: On the season two episode "Chicken Fucker," Stuart and Carol appeared on an episode of ''{{COPS}}'' where Stuart is being beaten up by Carol for being a lazy alcoholic who can't hold down a job.
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* DomesticAbuse: On the season two episode "Chicken Fucker," Stuart and Carol appeared on an episode of ''{{COPS}}'' ''Series/{{COPS}}'' where Stuart is being beaten up by Carol for being a lazy alcoholic who can't hold down a job.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Especially in TheMovie, where she crosses into CompleteMonster territory. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better.]]
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!Chef (Jerome [=McElroy=])
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->''"Hello there, children!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: IssacHayes (regular voice), Peter Serafinowicz (Darth Chef)
The school chef and token minority of the early seasons (Seasons 1-9). The former go-to guy for advice for the boys, which was often dispensed in R-rated song about making love to women.
* CatchPhrase: "Hello there, children!"
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A massively violent and gory one to boot. Given the falling out between his voice actor and the rest of the staff, it's not at all surprising.
** And then they pulled him out from the rubble and rebuilt him as [[StarWars Darth Chef]]. A subtle form of [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life writing the plot]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Chef was voiced by popular RAndB musician IsaacHayes. This was considered so significant that the credits sequences dedicated an entire frame to "[-And featuring-] ISAAC HAYES [-as the voice of 'chef'-]", even in episodes where he didn't appear.
** Darth Chef was voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, a BritishTelly actor famous across ThePond as the voice of [[ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]] and a role in ''ShaunOfTheDead''.
* KilledOffForReal: In "The Return of Chef". [[spoiler:Or maybe not.]]
* MagicalNegro: In fact, while he was on the show he seemed to be the only adult with any kind of common sense.
** Subverted when he sometimes decides that helping the boys would be more trouble than it's worth (in "Simpsons Already Did It", for example, he starts singing a song when he realizes the boys just told him that they killed their teacher and the autopsy found their "sea men" in her stomach, and he starts preparing to send them to Thailand instead). And when Chef goes crazy, he ''really'' goes crazy.
** In the episode "Red Hot Catholic Love", when the confused boys asked Chef why and what the priest want to put something on their butts, he walks away.
* [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard]]: Although this was really just a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot.
* NWordPrivileges: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He calls the boys "crackers."
** Of course, the boys don't even know what it means. (Although Cartman does later on, as he says to Stan: "Token is gonna want to kick your cracker teeth in!)
* OnlySaneMan: At least among the other adults.
** Until the time of his death when [[spoiler:he was brainwashed into becoming a child molester.]]
* {{Pluralses}}: While brainwashed by the [[ChurchOfHappyology Super Adventure Club]], he at one point tells Kyle, "I specializes in your asshole."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TakeOurWordForIt: Whenever the children ask about something he ''really'' doesn't want to tell them.
* TokenMinority: The only non-white adult in the town in the early seasons.
* VerbalTic: Always greets the kids with "Hello there, children.", even if there's only one of them.
** His father has also been heard using "children" when referring to one child. Although it was Cartman, so it could have been a fat joke.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: BarryWhite was supposed to be the voice of Chef, but due to White's Christian upbringing, turned down the role. Ironic, considering Isaac Hayes was a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientologist]] and quit doing ''South Park'' because the show offended his religion.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: He has had sex with white women (cf. "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig," where, while watching Kyle's elephant make love to Cartman's pig, Chef realizes that it's similar to the many times he's made it with a white woman), but really, he's not picky.
!Mr./Ms. Herbert/Janet Garrison
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->''"I tell you, there's some crazy stuff going on in this town."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
The boys' eccentric homeroom teacher throughout most of the series. He used to carry a sarcastic hand puppet with him (two, actually: Mr. Hat and Mr. Twig), but later left them behind. His gender and sexual preferences have been in constant flux.
* AnythingThatMoves: He's ''been'' anything that moves and back again at this point.
* BadBadActing: His ventriloquist act... isn't.
* [[ButYouScrewOneGoat But You Screw One Pig and One Pigeon!]]...and who knows what else...
* CharacterDevelopment: Complete with a ''StarWars'' style quest to come to terms with his sexuality. It... didn't entirely stick.
* CloudCuckoolander: He believes Mr. Hat and Mr. Twig to be sentiment beings, for starters. [[spoiler:(Though eventually, it turns out ''[[TheCuckoolanderWasRight they are]]''.)]]
* DemotedToExtra: Originally the second-most prominent adult on the show, he's now limited to a single line in scenes inside the classroom.
* DepravedHomosexual: To quote Chef: "Children, there's a difference between gay people, and Mr. Garrison."
** Then again, he's been a Depraved Heterosexual too.
*** And a Depraved Lesbian. He's a depraved whatever-his-orientation-is-at-the-moment.
* DirtyCoward: In "Super Fun Time" he tries to sacrifice some children to save himself from gunmen.
-->Please, don't take me. Take the children, they're worth more for you!
* DynamicCharacter
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: Subverted in Season 12 when his female-to-male sex change operation turns out to be a success.
* FreudianExcuse: Inverted. He has been deeply tormented all his life because his father ''didn't'' molest him as a child.
* HairTriggerTemper: The only adult in South Park as remotely volatile as Eric Cartman.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: He was this way before coming out of the closet.
* {{Jerkass}}
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Whenever he tries to teach children. From the first episode alone: "ChristopherColumbus discovered America and was the Indians' best friend. He helped the Indians win their war against Frederick Douglass, and freed the Hebrews from Napoleon, and discovered France."
* RapeIsLove: Believed that his father didn't love him because he was never molested by him as a child. Strangely, his mother feels the same way and is shocked to find out it never happened.
* SadistTeacher: His emotional imbalances cause him to be this quite often.
* StrawMisogynist:
-->Well I'm sorry, I just don't trust something that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
* TransparentCloset: For the first few seasons.
* {{Transsexual}}: Became a woman in season 9 and back to a man in season 12.
* TurnInYourBadge
!Mr. Mackey
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->''"Drugs are bad, mmm-kay?"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
South Park Elementary's guidance counselor with a very large head. Incredibly mellow, mmm-kay?
* BerserkButton: Don't crap in the urinal. Don't touch his mountain of stuff. Don't take tooth decay even remotely lightly. And don't partake in whatever other new childhood trauma-spawned pet peeve he's dealing with this week
* ButtMonkey: Most of the kids have no respect for him whatsoever, as shown in "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" and "Erection Day".
* CluelessAesop: Often tries to deliver messages to the kids with no logic or knowledge behind them. At one point he fails at teaching sex ed because he's forgotten how it works.
* DrugsAreBad: The TropeNamer, heavily parodied. After giving an anti-drug speech to the class, he got [[MisBlamed busted for allegedly holding marijuana]], leading to him being fired. The ensuing depression and poverty led him to using the same drugs he talked about to cope.
* {{Flanderization}}: "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" and onward have begun play up the angry aspect of his personality
* HairTriggerTemper: He seems to have developed quite a nasty one recently, for example "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce", "Insheeption" and "Royal Pudding".
--> "I will rape in the fucking mouth, m'kay! I will rape you in the fucking mouth!"
* SternTeacher: Although he's started crossing over into SadistTeacher as of late (see above episodes).
* TookALevelInJerkass: See HairTriggerTemper.
* VerbalTic: Mr. Mackey ends most of his sentences with "m'kay".
** It also crosses over into other languages; when speaking Spanish in "Rainforest Schmainforest" he uses "m'bien".
* WrongGenreSavvy: No one in their right mind would accept a gift from Eric Cartman of all people after [[spoiler: throwing him bodily under a bus]]. You can't really feel sympathy for Mackey's comeuppance in this episode.
!Diane Choksondik
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker (2000-2002)
A grossly big-breasted woman who temporarily teaches the 4th graders until her death in Season 6.
* DeathByIrony: A subtle example. It seems, from the comments made about the contents of her stomach ''post-mortem'', that she literally...well, I'm sure you can figure it out.
* FanDisservice: The sex scene between her and Mr. Mackey in "Proper Condom Use".
* GagBoobs: They practically sag to her feet.
* KilledOffForReal
* LazyEye
* MeaningfulName: Just read it out loud.
** Interestingly, the children never catch on to this obvious source of mockery, instead calling her "Ms Makesmesick" or some tame variation thereof.
* SternTeacher: She at least tries to be this.
!Principal Victoria
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->''"Ooh my, what an exciting day!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
The principal of South Park Elementary, constantly trying to please everyone and failing.
* AmericanAccents: Minnesotan.
* BenevolentBoss: Sometimes.
* BerserkButton: She has zero tolerance for jokes about breast cancer because [[spoiler:she's a survivor of it.]]
** To the point where she not only allowed, but ''encouraged'' Wendy to beat up Cartman for making fun of it.
* MeaningfulName: A {{spoonerism}} of ''{{Dallas}}'' actress' Victoria Principal's name.
* PointyHairedBoss
* StonersAreFunny: In "Helen Keller! The Musical."
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->''"It's like, [[{{Self-Deprecation}} the same shit just happens over and over]] and then in a week [[ResetButton it just all resets]] until it happens again. [[LampshadeHanging Every week]] it's kind of the same story [[RecycledINSPACE in a different way]], but it just keeps getting more and more ridiculous!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
Stan's mom. Much saner than her husband. Not that that says much.
* CloserToEarth: Duh.
** CharacterizationMarchesOn: Was actually the more vindictive of the two earlier on (i.e. "Clubhouses").
* ADayInTheLimelight: Although it is only the B-story, "Crème Fraiche" is the only time we follow Sharon without Stan or Randy.
* HotMom: According to the Sixth Graders, who go through great efforts to gain a picture of her breasts.
** After days of trying, Butters managed to get a semen sample after thinking about them.
** They stand out more when she's in her undergarments or a tight dress.
* InformedAttribute: See "HotMom" above and the picture at right. This is due to her character being introduced when women in the show were still drawn without breasts.
* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: With her husband, Randy. Inarguably the show's definitive example.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's really the only one of the boys' parents who is semi-normal, and is the closest adult equivalent in the wake of Chef's [[KilledOffForReal demise]].
* TheOtherDarrin: After Wendy, she has the most noticeable change in voices.
* {{Tuckerization}}: She's named after Parker's mom, too.
!Jimbo Kern and Ned Gerblansky
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->''"It's coming right for us!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone (Jimbo Kern) and Trey Parker (Ned Gerblansky)
Stan's Uncle (Jimbo Kern) and his old Vietnam war buddy (Ned Gerblansky) who lost his arm due to a grenade explosion and speaks with a voice box thanks to a laryngectomy he had to have for his throat cancer. They own the local gun store and love to go hunting.
* {{Badass}}: In ''[[TheMovie South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]'' they prove that they still have some fight in them when they take on the Canadian army.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: They've been considerably more calm and level-headed in recent seasons (though granted this may be partially due to being OutOfFocus and are still among [[AdultsAreUseless the mindless panicking masses]] in South Park usually).
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Until recently, Ned pretty much vanished off the face of the Earth.
* {{Eagleland}}: Mostly Type II.
-->'''Jimbo''': Whoo! Let's go kill some god damn Australians!
-->'''Ned''': I think we are actually fighting Canadians.
-->'''Jimbo''': Canadians, Australians, what the hell's the difference?
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Though there are some questions about Jimbo...
* LivingProp: Ned.
* ManlyMenCanHunt
* OutOfFocus: Neither have had much focus in the recent seasons, usually appearing in crowd scenes. Ned has not had a speaking role since "Here Comes the Neighborhood".
** Jimbo was mentioned in "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining" and can be seen briefly at the wheel. However, he doesn't say anything or do anything else.
* RefugeeFromTime: Possibly the reason they are OutOfFocus. They're Vietnamn vets which means that realistically they'd be in their early 60's by now.
* SatelliteCharacter: Ned.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: They often use automatic weapons and rocket launchers to hunt deer and rabbits.
* TrrrillingRrrs: In "Summer Sucks", Ned can somehow do this despite speaking through his voice box.
* VocalEvolution: Ned's synthesized voice in "Volcano" was a lot more authentic-sounding, as opposed to later episodes where it became a [[TheyJustDidntCare highly transparent imitation]].
* WordOfGod: Jimbo is Randy's half-brother ([[spoiler: even though he was supposed to be Sharon's brother]]).
!Shelley Marsh
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->''"Shut up, turd!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
Stan's older sister, who cruelly bullies him to ridiculous levels.
* TheArtifact: Only a few later appearances refer to her original sociopath persona (eg. "Over Logging") with her usually acting as merely a generic sister character.
* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In her first episode in particular.
* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill
* ComedicSociopathy
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Cat Orgy" and "Broadway Bro Down"
* HiddenDepths: "Broadway Brow Down" attempted to give her a softer side.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Suggested a few times.
* KarmaHoudini: Got away with her bullying for the most part.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou / HypocriticalHeartwarming: "No Juvenile Hall turd is going to kill you. That's my job."
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some official material spells her name as Shelly.
* TeensAreMonsters
* TeensAreShort: She's 13, but is the same height as the average ''South Park'' fifth grader.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Parker's sister, who also abused Trey by tossing him down the stairs, punching him, and locking him out of the house.
!Marvin "Grampa" Marsh
-->''"I killed '''my''' grandpa when I was your age."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
Stan and Shelley's grandfather and Randy's father. Calls Stan "Billy," and has been suicidal since he turned 102.
* CatchPhrase: "(You) son of a whore!"
* CerebusRetcon: Is revealed to have Alzheimer's in "Cash for Gold", casting a slightly less comical light on some of his habits.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Death" and "Gray Dawn".
* DrivenToSuicide: In "Death". Multiple times. All of them unsuccessful.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In "Grey Dawn".
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: As mentioned above, always calls Stan "Billy" for some reason. Trey Parker says his own grandfather used to do the same.
* OutOfFocus: Though his appearances were infrequent to begin with, he was non-existent for several seasons before reappearing in Season 16's "Cash for Gold".
* SeniorSleepCycle
* VeteranInstructor: The only man old enough to have actually seen the Civil War… reenactment of 1924.
!Gerald Broflovski
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->''"So call me, Kyle's dad. Because it's not about money, it's about… wait, what am I saying? Call me!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone
Kyle's dad, and a wealthy lawyer.
* AllMenArePerverts
* AmoralAttorney: Once exploited the town, who was on a suing spree for sexual harassment, to make enough money to get a bigger house.
* CloserToEarth: A rare male example. He does do some stuff of questionable morality, but by and large, it's his ''wife'' leading the mass suicides and starting wars over trivial things.
** Though after TheMovie, the relationship seems to have reversed.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In recent seasons, coinciding with DependingOnTheWriter.
* KarmaHoudini: In "Sexual Harassment Panda".
* TransNature: "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" reveals him to have a very, [[{{Squick}} very disturbing]] form of it.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Continuing the pattern, he's named after Stone's father.
!Sheila Broflovski
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->''"Whatwhatwhaaaat?!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), Mona Marshall (2004-present)
Kyle's mom. A "big fat bitch", according to Cartman.
* BeehiveHairdo
* BerserkButton: God help you if you swear with her in plain sight.
* BigBad: Shares this position in TheMovie with Saddam Hussein.
* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero:]] Saves Sharon from angry [[{{Joisey}} Jerseyites]] in "It's A Jersey Thing".
* CatchPhrase: Whatwhatwhaaaat?!
* CovertPervert: She's not nearly as much of a prude when it comes to her sex life with her husband.
* FieryRedhead
* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of TheMovie.
* HiddenDepths: The Jersey side of her doesn't really come out unless she gets around other people from Jersey.
* {{Jerkass}}: Especially in TheMovie, where she crosses into CompleteMonster territory. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better.]]
** [[OutOfFocus Not nearly as funny now though]].
** MeanCharacterNiceActor: MaryKayBergman, who voiced her in the film, was very nice in her life, even giving close friend TaraStrong a dog for her 26th birthday (the last one Bergman was actually around for). [[note]] Three guesses where Tara Strong is from.[[/note]]
* JewishMother
* KarmaHoudini: One might say she got off way too easily for instigating a Canadian holocaust, killing Terrence and Phillip despite Kyle's warnings and nearly causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
** Although to be fair, Kenny's wish at the end of the film restores everything to they way it was in the beginning, and during the closing number, she pats Terrance and Phillip on the shoulder, calling them "super sweet."
* KnightTemplarParent
* MamaBear: Taken way too far, as she is willing to ''literally start wars'' to protect her children against things they really don't need protecting against.
* {{Moral Guardian|s}}: A scathing parody.
--> Remember what the MPAA says. "[[ValuesDissonance Horrific, deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don't say any naughty words!]]"
* MyBelovedSmother
* [[spoiler:ANaziByAnyOtherName: By the climax of the movie, she has Canadians being gunned down in the streets, ''death camps'' for Americans with Canadian ancestry, and fully endorses electric torture on children.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero coupled with MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the movie.
* NotSoHarmless: Her "moral crusades" were normally played for laughs, but in TheMovie [[spoiler:she single handedly causes World War III and subsequently the Apocalypse.]]
* OldShame[=/=]ThatManIsDead: Was born and raised in {{Joisey}}, moved as far away as she could, and went to great lengths to never let the truth be known.
* OutofFocus: Hasn't appeared terribly often in later seasons.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Towards Canadians in TheMovie, despite the fact that her own adopted son is Canadian.
* ThinkOfTheChildren
* TookALevelInKindness: After the movie. See "A Very Crappy Christmas" and "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina".
* {{Tuckerization}}: Even if it's kinda unflattering to Sheila Stone.
* VillainDecay: Not nearly as abrasive in later appearances. Over the past eight seasons, Randy Marsh has taken the mantle of "parent who overreacts to things and causes problems".
* VillainousBreakdown: Involves [[MoralEventHorizon shooting Terrence and Phillip]].
* VillainousBSOD / HeroicBSOD: Gets one at the end of the movie, where she realized that she brought enough intolerance to the world to allow the second coming of Satan (and his boyfriend Saddam).
* VillainSong: "Blame Canada".
* TheVillainSucksSong: "Kyle's Mom is a Bitch".
* WellIntentionedExtremist: And how!
!Ike Broflovski
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->'''Ike (season 1):''' ''Zeeponanner.''\\
'''Ike (season 13):''' ''I feel like an asshole.''
Kyle's baby brother, very smart for his age.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Played with. Originally, he was this, following Kyle and inevitably going through the "[[KickTheDog kick the baby]]!" routine. However, as time went on, the two became much closer as Ike's intelligence increased, and now Ike serves as one of Kyle's biggest priorities whenever he gets into trouble.
* BadassAdorable
* BrattyHalfPint: Runs away to Somalia because he's tired of the tedium of middle class suburban life before hitting 4 years old.
* BreakoutCharacter
* CanadaEh: Actually where he's from ([[CaptainObvious he's adopted]]).
* CharacterDevelopment: He is the only character to age mentally, rather than simply chronologically[[hottip:*:Though one can argue the gang [[CharacterizationMarchesOn did this on a more subtle level as well]]; he started out as a babbling toddler who spouted nonsense, yet now, at just a year older, he's very intelligent, and speaks more coherently.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He's started acting more and more like an adult in a toddler's body.
* ChildProdigy: While the other Jew Scouts at Jewbilee made macaroni art looking like they were actually made by children, Ike created ''an exact replica of The Last Supper'' with the same materials.
* CoolSword: He gets one in "Royal Pudding."
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: What everyone thinks of his relationship with his teacher.
-->"Nice..."
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. In "About Last Night" he was a [=McCain=] voter who reacted to the election's outcome by jumping out the window—of the first floor of the house. As it turns out, it was all a rouse, [[spoiler: [[TheMole since he was under orders from Obama and McCain all along]]]].
* HappilyAdopted: With the Broflovskis, Ike is fairly content; his real hindrance is with the monotony of middle-class life, the fact that his peers are [[SirSwearsALot "f*cking idiots"]], and constantly having to hear about Susan Boyle's performance of ''LesMiserables'' on ''BritainsGotTalent''.
** Subverted in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", in which he tells Kyle that he is "dead to him" and runs away from home to go to Milan with [[HotForTeacher his teacher]]. He eventually learns the error of his ways, however.
** He also becomes very upset about leaving his adopted family in "Christmas in Canada".
* HotForTeacher: As well as [[HotForStudent reciprocated]] in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy"]].
* LikesOlderWomen: In "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy".
* TheOtherDarrin: He's had seven different voice actors/[[CrossdressingVoices actresses]], and is one of the few cases along with the Kindergartners where actual children's voices are used rather than pitch-manipualted adults.
* TheRunaway: In "Fatbeard".
* TookALevelInBadass: In "About Last Night" and "Royal Pudding". The kid's four and he's a knight in Canada and a [[spoiler: skilled computer hacker.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
!Kyle Schwartz
->''"I'm back!"''
Kyle's cousin Kyle, called "Kyle 1" by Sheila. Became a millionaire.
* AllJewsAreCheapskates
* FanNickname: "Kyle's Cousin Kyle," though [[WordOfGod Trey and Matt]] also call him that and "Kyle 2."
* JewishAndNerdy
* OneSteveLimit: Averted intentionally.
* StopBeingStereotypical: The entire premise behind his first appearance.
!Liane Cartman
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->''"Yes, darling. You can have whatever you want."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
Cartman's mom [[spoiler:''and''[[hottip: *: not]] dad]], who lets him get away with ''anything''. She's also a "Dirty Slut".
* DopeSlap: Believe it or not, there are a handful of episodes where she whacks Cartman after he says something offensive.
* ExtremeDoormat: It turns out in one episode that she spoils Cartman for his attention, because she doesn't have any real friends.
** In "Coon 2: Hindsight", she actually grounds Cartman for beating up his friends and cursing. She quickly falls before the [=LeBron=] James Technique however.
* {{Flanderization}}: Inverted since the show has rather seldom shown her doing anything promiscuous in recent seasons, in favor of playing out her submissive traits.
** And then making her ''less'' submissive in even more recent ones.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Revealed in the season 1 finale/season 2 premiere two-part episode "Cartman's Mom Is (Still) a Dirty Slut."
** [[spoiler:In "201", its revealed that Liane ''is'' indeed Cartman's mother, she's not a hermaphrodite, and his father was Jack Tenorman.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: One of the few truly decent people in South Park.
* InTheBlood: In one episode where she takes the kids to visit her relatives, almost all of them act like Cartman, except his grandmother, who acts like Liane.
* MeaningfulName: Named after Trey Parker's ex-fiance who cheated on him numerous times.
* ReallyGetsAround: She's a prostitute who's slept with the entire adult population of South Park.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "Coon 2: Hindsight", she grounds Cartman and in "[=HumancentiPad=]", gets fed up with his attitude. Later on, [[spoiler: after he claims to the public that she has "fucked" him and ends up getting struck by lightning]] she is completely indifferent to his sobs, clearly through with his attitude.
!Stephen and Linda Stotch
->'''Linda:''' ''Oh, Stephen, I don't know if we should ground him or call a doctor.''
->'''Stephen:''' ''No, I think you'd better call a doctor. I'll ground him.''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker (Stephen Stotch), Mary Kay Bergman (Linda Stotch, 1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (Linda Stotch, 1999-2003), April Stewart (Linda Stotch, 2004-present)
Butters' authoritarian parents. Extremely strict, especially Stephen, and it's debated over how mentally stable either of them are. Close friends of the Marshes and Broflovskis, but not well-developed.
* AbusiveParents: Both physically and emotionally. It's just that no attention has been drawn to it yet (which can be TruthInTelevision).
* AllCrimesAreEqual: Ground Butters for any punishment, no matter how petty, or occasionally, extreme the actual crime is.
* AllMenArePerverts: Stephen in "Butters' Very Own Episode", and along with every other man in the town in "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers."
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sort of. As badly as they treat Butters, whenever he goes missing (Which happens quite a few times) they always freak out, and Linda is always reduced to tears. Given that this is ''South Park'', it's possible that they aren't intentionally malicious, just [[AdultsAreUseless really stupid]].
* CatchPhrase: "YouAreGrounded!" (in various ways).
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Linda's personality in seasons 5 and 6 can be quite jarring, most notably trying to drown Butters in "Butters's Very Own Episode" and both of them physically beating him in "Jared Has Aides." In contrast Linda is played as [[CloserToEarth the more gentle and submissive of the two]] in later seasons, usually only going along with punishing Butters under Stephen's influence.
* DepravedBisexual: Stephen.
* DisproportionateRetribution: They ground Butters for minor infractions, things he has no control over, and things that aren't even his fault.
* {{Jerkass}}: They were willing to sell their son to Paris Hilton. She offered $200 million. They haggled for $250 million.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Stephen is portrayed as the OnlySaneMan when it comes to the Muhammad controversy.
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Stephen and, to a lesser extent, Linda.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Linda has had her moments, such as "Pre-School" and "Marjorine", as she was seen crying when Butters was beaten up by [[JerkAss Trent]] [[TheBully Boyett]] in the former and when she believed that Butters committed suicide in the latter.
** PetTheDog: Despite his authoritarian attitude to parenting and his questionable attitude to discipline, he seems to show genuine love and concern for Butters on a regular basis. At the very least he seems to be a more devoted parent than Randy as of recently.
* KarmaHoudini: They have yet to get any real comeuppance for their treatment of Butters.
* LackOfEmpathy
* {{Retcon}}: In earlier episodes, Stephen's name was Chris. For a while they jumped back and forth until settling on Stephen.
!Stuart and Carol [=McCormick=]
->'''Carol:''' ''Yes. Kenny's such a great name. My little Kenny, a brand-new Kenny.''
->'''Stuart:''' ''[[LampshadeHanging God, this must be the fiftieth time this has happened.]]''
->'''Carol:''' ''Fifty-second.''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone (Stuart [=McCormick=]), Mary Kay Bergman (Carol [=McCormick=], 1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (Carol [=McCormick=], 1999-2003), April Stewart (Carol [=McCormick=], 2004-present)
Kenny's unemployed, neglectful, drug-addicted parents.
* TheAlcoholic: Both of them, but Stuart seems to be the town alcoholic.
* TheChewToy: Stuart in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA." In his words, he's had his "nuts broken..." (from Kenny hurling a baseball at his crotch), "body poisoned..." (when Kenny tried to give his mom a chocolate milk and vodka cocktail spiked with morning-after abortion pills, and Stuart drank it after Carol declined), "...and have been made love to in the ass by three dozen 40-year-old men" (which was actually his fault, as he was looking for Kenny and walked into the wrong hotel room). He also broke his nose and got violently ill on North Park Funland's "John Denver Experience" ride.
* DomesticAbuse: On the season two episode "Chicken Fucker," Stuart and Carol appeared on an episode of ''{{COPS}}'' where Stuart is being beaten up by Carol for being a lazy alcoholic who can't hold down a job.
** Dialogue seems to indicate that they ''both'' beat on each other a lot, but it's true that on-screen we only ever see it go one way.
*** Further applied in "Make Love Not Warcraft". The teaser depicted a shot of Stuart just about to slug his wife, but cuts off just beforehand. The finished episode has this altered to Carol actually shown beating Stuart up onscreen.
** This was also used as a plot setup for "The Poor Kid".
--> '''Police Officer:''' Now, look at the camera and say [[CatchPhrase "I'm white trash and I'm in trouble!"]]
--> '''Stuart:''' I'm white trash and I'm in trouble.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The most likely explanation for the above. Both Kenny and Kevin think it's hilarious.
* GroinAttack: Stuart becomes the victim of this in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA."
* NoodleIncident: Apparently, Mysterion [[spoiler:(aka Kenny)]] did something ''really'' brutal to them, as they cower at the sight of him.
* ParentalNeglect: Cartman pointed out in "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" that Kenny never tells his parents where he is because "they're alcoholics and they don't care."
* StonersAreFunny: More like "Drunks are Funny," but the principle's the same.
!Karen [=McCormick=]
Kenny's adorable little sister.
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* FragileFlower: Karen's pretty sensitive; she cries at the drop of a hat.
* ShrinkingViolet
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Kenny was mentioned to have a sister even back in season 1 press releases, though she seemed more like Ike's age back then, and was supposed to pop up in "Starvin Marvin" but never did. She made one appearance in a season 9 episode but didn't pop up ever again until season fifteen's "The Poor Kid".
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[[folder:South Park Elementary School Staff]]
!Chef (Jerome [=McElroy=])
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->''"Hello there, children!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: IssacHayes (regular voice), Peter Serafinowicz (Darth Chef)
The school chef and token minority of the early seasons (Seasons 1-9). The former go-to guy for advice for the boys, which was often dispensed in R-rated song about making love to women.
* CatchPhrase: "Hello there, children!"
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A massively violent and gory one to boot. Given the falling out between his voice actor and the rest of the staff, it's not at all surprising.
** And then they pulled him out from the rubble and rebuilt him as [[StarWars Darth Chef]]. A subtle form of [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life writing the plot]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Chef was voiced by popular RAndB musician IsaacHayes. This was considered so significant that the credits sequences dedicated an entire frame to "[-And featuring-] ISAAC HAYES [-as the voice of 'chef'-]", even in episodes where he didn't appear.
** Darth Chef was voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, a BritishTelly actor famous across ThePond as the voice of [[ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]] and a role in ''ShaunOfTheDead''.
* KilledOffForReal: In "The Return of Chef". [[spoiler:Or maybe not.]]
* MagicalNegro: In fact, while he was on the show he seemed to be the only adult with any kind of common sense.
** Subverted when he sometimes decides that helping the boys would be more trouble than it's worth (in "Simpsons Already Did It", for example, he starts singing a song when he realizes the boys just told him that they killed their teacher and the autopsy found their "sea men" in her stomach, and he starts preparing to send them to Thailand instead). And when Chef goes crazy, he ''really'' goes crazy.
** In the episode "Red Hot Catholic Love", when the confused boys asked Chef why and what the priest want to put something on their butts, he walks away.
* [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard]]: Although this was really just a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot.
* NWordPrivileges: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He calls the boys "crackers."
** Of course, the boys don't even know what it means. (Although Cartman does later on, as he says to Stan: "Token is gonna want to kick your cracker teeth in!)
* OnlySaneMan: At least among the other adults.
** Until the time of his death when [[spoiler:he was brainwashed into becoming a child molester.]]
* {{Pluralses}}: While brainwashed by the [[ChurchOfHappyology Super Adventure Club]], he at one point tells Kyle, "I specializes in your asshole."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TakeOurWordForIt: Whenever the children ask about something he ''really'' doesn't want to tell them.
* TokenMinority: The only non-white adult in the town in the early seasons.
* VerbalTic: Always greets the kids with "Hello there, children.", even if there's only one of them.
** His father has also been heard using "children" when referring to one child. Although it was Cartman, so it could have been a fat joke.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: BarryWhite was supposed to be the voice of Chef, but due to White's Christian upbringing, turned down the role. Ironic, considering Isaac Hayes was a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientologist]] and quit doing ''South Park'' because the show offended his religion.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: He has had sex with white women (cf. "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig," where, while watching Kyle's elephant make love to Cartman's pig, Chef realizes that it's similar to the many times he's made it with a white woman), but really, he's not picky.
!Mr./Ms. Herbert/Janet Garrison
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->''"I tell you, there's some crazy stuff going on in this town."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
The boys' eccentric homeroom teacher throughout most of the series. He used to carry a sarcastic hand puppet with him (two, actually: Mr. Hat and Mr. Twig), but later left them behind. His gender and sexual preferences have been in constant flux.
* AnythingThatMoves: He's ''been'' anything that moves and back again at this point.
* BadBadActing: His ventriloquist act... isn't.
* [[ButYouScrewOneGoat But You Screw One Pig and One Pigeon!]]...and who knows what else...
* CharacterDevelopment: Complete with a ''StarWars'' style quest to come to terms with his sexuality. It... didn't entirely stick.
* CloudCuckoolander: He believes Mr. Hat and Mr. Twig to be sentiment beings, for starters. [[spoiler:(Though eventually, it turns out ''[[TheCuckoolanderWasRight they are]]''.)]]
* DemotedToExtra: Originally the second-most prominent adult on the show, he's now limited to a single line in scenes inside the classroom.
* DepravedHomosexual: To quote Chef: "Children, there's a difference between gay people, and Mr. Garrison."
** Then again, he's been a Depraved Heterosexual too.
*** And a Depraved Lesbian. He's a depraved whatever-his-orientation-is-at-the-moment.
* DirtyCoward: In "Super Fun Time" he tries to sacrifice some children to save himself from gunmen.
-->Please, don't take me. Take the children, they're worth more for you!
* DynamicCharacter
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: Subverted in Season 12 when his female-to-male sex change operation turns out to be a success.
* FreudianExcuse: Inverted. He has been deeply tormented all his life because his father ''didn't'' molest him as a child.
* HairTriggerTemper: The only adult in South Park as remotely volatile as Eric Cartman.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: He was this way before coming out of the closet.
* {{Jerkass}}
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Whenever he tries to teach children. From the first episode alone: "ChristopherColumbus discovered America and was the Indians' best friend. He helped the Indians win their war against Frederick Douglass, and freed the Hebrews from Napoleon, and discovered France."
* RapeIsLove: Believed that his father didn't love him because he was never molested by him as a child. Strangely, his mother feels the same way and is shocked to find out it never happened.
* SadistTeacher: His emotional imbalances cause him to be this quite often.
* StrawMisogynist:
-->Well I'm sorry, I just don't trust something that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
* TransparentCloset: For the first few seasons.
* {{Transsexual}}: Became a woman in season 9 and back to a man in season 12.
* TurnInYourBadge
!Mr. Mackey
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->''"Drugs are bad, mmm-kay?"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
South Park Elementary's guidance counselor with a very large head. Incredibly mellow, mmm-kay?
* BerserkButton: Don't crap in the urinal. Don't touch his mountain of stuff. Don't take tooth decay even remotely lightly. And don't partake in whatever other new childhood trauma-spawned pet peeve he's dealing with this week
* ButtMonkey: Most of the kids have no respect for him whatsoever, as shown in "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" and "Erection Day".
* CluelessAesop: Often tries to deliver messages to the kids with no logic or knowledge behind them. At one point he fails at teaching sex ed because he's forgotten how it works.
* DrugsAreBad: The TropeNamer, heavily parodied. After giving an anti-drug speech to the class, he got [[MisBlamed busted for allegedly holding marijuana]], leading to him being fired. The ensuing depression and poverty led him to using the same drugs he talked about to cope.
* {{Flanderization}}: "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" and onward have begun play up the angry aspect of his personality
* HairTriggerTemper: He seems to have developed quite a nasty one recently, for example "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce", "Insheeption" and "Royal Pudding".
--> "I will rape in the fucking mouth, m'kay! I will rape you in the fucking mouth!"
* SternTeacher: Although he's started crossing over into SadistTeacher as of late (see above episodes).
* TookALevelInJerkass: See HairTriggerTemper.
* VerbalTic: Mr. Mackey ends most of his sentences with "m'kay".
** It also crosses over into other languages; when speaking Spanish in "Rainforest Schmainforest" he uses "m'bien".
* WrongGenreSavvy: No one in their right mind would accept a gift from Eric Cartman of all people after [[spoiler: throwing him bodily under a bus]]. You can't really feel sympathy for Mackey's comeuppance in this episode.
!Diane Choksondik
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker (2000-2002)
A grossly big-breasted woman who temporarily teaches the 4th graders until her death in Season 6.
* DeathByIrony: A subtle example. It seems, from the comments made about the contents of her stomach ''post-mortem'', that she literally...well, I'm sure you can figure it out.
* FanDisservice: The sex scene between her and Mr. Mackey in "Proper Condom Use".
* GagBoobs: They practically sag to her feet.
* KilledOffForReal
* LazyEye
* MeaningfulName: Just read it out loud.
** Interestingly, the children never catch on to this obvious source of mockery, instead calling her "Ms Makesmesick" or some tame variation thereof.
* SternTeacher: She at least tries to be this.
!Principal Victoria
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->''"Ooh my, what an exciting day!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
The principal of South Park Elementary, constantly trying to please everyone and failing.
* AmericanAccents: Minnesotan.
* BenevolentBoss: Sometimes.
* BerserkButton: She has zero tolerance for jokes about breast cancer because [[spoiler:she's a survivor of it.]]
** To the point where she not only allowed, but ''encouraged'' Wendy to beat up Cartman for making fun of it.
* MeaningfulName: A {{spoonerism}} of ''{{Dallas}}'' actress' Victoria Principal's name.
* PointyHairedBoss
* StonersAreFunny: In "Helen Keller! The Musical."
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->''"It's like, [[{{Self-Deprecation}} the same shit just happens over and over]] and then in a week [[ResetButton it just all resets]] until it happens again. [[LampshadeHanging Every week]] it's kind of the same story [[RecycledINSPACE in a different way]], but it just keeps getting more and more ridiculous!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
Stan's mom. Much saner than her husband. Not that that says much.
* CloserToEarth: Duh.
** CharacterizationMarchesOn: Was actually the more vindictive of the two earlier on (i.e. "Clubhouses").
* ADayInTheLimelight: Although it is only the B-story, "Crème Fraiche" is the only time we follow Sharon without Stan or Randy.
* HotMom: According to the Sixth Graders, who go through great efforts to gain a picture of her breasts.
** After days of trying, Butters managed to get a semen sample after thinking about them.
** They stand out more when she's in her undergarments or a tight dress.
* InformedAttribute: See "HotMom" above and the picture at right. This is due to her character being introduced when women in the show were still drawn without breasts.
* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast: With her husband, Randy. Inarguably the show's definitive example.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's really the only one of the boys' parents who is semi-normal, and is the closest adult equivalent in the wake of Chef's [[KilledOffForReal demise]].
* TheOtherDarrin: After Wendy, she has the most noticeable change in voices.
* {{Tuckerization}}: She's named after Parker's mom, too.
!Jimbo Kern and Ned Gerblansky
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->''"It's coming right for us!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone (Jimbo Kern) and Trey Parker (Ned Gerblansky)
Stan's Uncle (Jimbo Kern) and his old Vietnam war buddy (Ned Gerblansky) who lost his arm due to a grenade explosion and speaks with a voice box thanks to a laryngectomy he had to have for his throat cancer. They own the local gun store and love to go hunting.
* {{Badass}}: In ''[[TheMovie South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut]]'' they prove that they still have some fight in them when they take on the Canadian army.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: They've been considerably more calm and level-headed in recent seasons (though granted this may be partially due to being OutOfFocus and are still among [[AdultsAreUseless the mindless panicking masses]] in South Park usually).
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Until recently, Ned pretty much vanished off the face of the Earth.
* {{Eagleland}}: Mostly Type II.
-->'''Jimbo''': Whoo! Let's go kill some god damn Australians!
-->'''Ned''': I think we are actually fighting Canadians.
-->'''Jimbo''': Canadians, Australians, what the hell's the difference?
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Though there are some questions about Jimbo...
* LivingProp: Ned.
* ManlyMenCanHunt
* OutOfFocus: Neither have had much focus in the recent seasons, usually appearing in crowd scenes. Ned has not had a speaking role since "Here Comes the Neighborhood".
** Jimbo was mentioned in "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining" and can be seen briefly at the wheel. However, he doesn't say anything or do anything else.
* RefugeeFromTime: Possibly the reason they are OutOfFocus. They're Vietnamn vets which means that realistically they'd be in their early 60's by now.
* SatelliteCharacter: Ned.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: They often use automatic weapons and rocket launchers to hunt deer and rabbits.
* TrrrillingRrrs: In "Summer Sucks", Ned can somehow do this despite speaking through his voice box.
* VocalEvolution: Ned's synthesized voice in "Volcano" was a lot more authentic-sounding, as opposed to later episodes where it became a [[TheyJustDidntCare highly transparent imitation]].
* WordOfGod: Jimbo is Randy's half-brother ([[spoiler: even though he was supposed to be Sharon's brother]]).
!Shelley Marsh
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->''"Shut up, turd!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
Stan's older sister, who cruelly bullies him to ridiculous levels.
* TheArtifact: Only a few later appearances refer to her original sociopath persona (eg. "Over Logging") with her usually acting as merely a generic sister character.
* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In her first episode in particular.
* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill
* ComedicSociopathy
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Cat Orgy" and "Broadway Bro Down"
* HiddenDepths: "Broadway Brow Down" attempted to give her a softer side.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Suggested a few times.
* KarmaHoudini: Got away with her bullying for the most part.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou / HypocriticalHeartwarming: "No Juvenile Hall turd is going to kill you. That's my job."
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some official material spells her name as Shelly.
* TeensAreMonsters
* TeensAreShort: She's 13, but is the same height as the average ''South Park'' fifth grader.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Parker's sister, who also abused Trey by tossing him down the stairs, punching him, and locking him out of the house.
!Marvin "Grampa" Marsh
-->''"I killed '''my''' grandpa when I was your age."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
Stan and Shelley's grandfather and Randy's father. Calls Stan "Billy," and has been suicidal since he turned 102.
* CatchPhrase: "(You) son of a whore!"
* CerebusRetcon: Is revealed to have Alzheimer's in "Cash for Gold", casting a slightly less comical light on some of his habits.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Death" and "Gray Dawn".
* DrivenToSuicide: In "Death". Multiple times. All of them unsuccessful.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In "Grey Dawn".
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: As mentioned above, always calls Stan "Billy" for some reason. Trey Parker says his own grandfather used to do the same.
* OutOfFocus: Though his appearances were infrequent to begin with, he was non-existent for several seasons before reappearing in Season 16's "Cash for Gold".
* SeniorSleepCycle
* VeteranInstructor: The only man old enough to have actually seen the Civil War… reenactment of 1924.
!Gerald Broflovski
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->''"So call me, Kyle's dad. Because it's not about money, it's about… wait, what am I saying? Call me!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone
Kyle's dad, and a wealthy lawyer.
* AllMenArePerverts
* AmoralAttorney: Once exploited the town, who was on a suing spree for sexual harassment, to make enough money to get a bigger house.
* CloserToEarth: A rare male example. He does do some stuff of questionable morality, but by and large, it's his ''wife'' leading the mass suicides and starting wars over trivial things.
** Though after TheMovie, the relationship seems to have reversed.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In recent seasons, coinciding with DependingOnTheWriter.
* KarmaHoudini: In "Sexual Harassment Panda".
* TransNature: "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" reveals him to have a very, [[{{Squick}} very disturbing]] form of it.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Continuing the pattern, he's named after Stone's father.
!Sheila Broflovski
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->''"Whatwhatwhaaaat?!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), Mona Marshall (2004-present)
Kyle's mom. A "big fat bitch", according to Cartman.
* BeehiveHairdo
* BerserkButton: God help you if you swear with her in plain sight.
* BigBad: Shares this position in TheMovie with Saddam Hussein.
* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero:]] Saves Sharon from angry [[{{Joisey}} Jerseyites]] in "It's A Jersey Thing".
* CatchPhrase: Whatwhatwhaaaat?!
* CovertPervert: She's not nearly as much of a prude when it comes to her sex life with her husband.
* FieryRedhead
* HeelFaceTurn: At the end of TheMovie.
* HiddenDepths: The Jersey side of her doesn't really come out unless she gets around other people from Jersey.
* {{Jerkass}}: Especially in TheMovie, where she crosses into CompleteMonster territory. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better.]]
** [[OutOfFocus Not nearly as funny now though]].
** MeanCharacterNiceActor: MaryKayBergman, who voiced her in the film, was very nice in her life, even giving close friend TaraStrong a dog for her 26th birthday (the last one Bergman was actually around for). [[note]] Three guesses where Tara Strong is from.[[/note]]
* JewishMother
* KarmaHoudini: One might say she got off way too easily for instigating a Canadian holocaust, killing Terrence and Phillip despite Kyle's warnings and nearly causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
** Although to be fair, Kenny's wish at the end of the film restores everything to they way it was in the beginning, and during the closing number, she pats Terrance and Phillip on the shoulder, calling them "super sweet."
* KnightTemplarParent
* MamaBear: Taken way too far, as she is willing to ''literally start wars'' to protect her children against things they really don't need protecting against.
* {{Moral Guardian|s}}: A scathing parody.
--> Remember what the MPAA says. "[[ValuesDissonance Horrific, deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don't say any naughty words!]]"
* MyBelovedSmother
* [[spoiler:ANaziByAnyOtherName: By the climax of the movie, she has Canadians being gunned down in the streets, ''death camps'' for Americans with Canadian ancestry, and fully endorses electric torture on children.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero coupled with MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the movie.
* NotSoHarmless: Her "moral crusades" were normally played for laughs, but in TheMovie [[spoiler:she single handedly causes World War III and subsequently the Apocalypse.]]
* OldShame[=/=]ThatManIsDead: Was born and raised in {{Joisey}}, moved as far away as she could, and went to great lengths to never let the truth be known.
* OutofFocus: Hasn't appeared terribly often in later seasons.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Towards Canadians in TheMovie, despite the fact that her own adopted son is Canadian.
* ThinkOfTheChildren
* TookALevelInKindness: After the movie. See "A Very Crappy Christmas" and "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina".
* {{Tuckerization}}: Even if it's kinda unflattering to Sheila Stone.
* VillainDecay: Not nearly as abrasive in later appearances. Over the past eight seasons, Randy Marsh has taken the mantle of "parent who overreacts to things and causes problems".
* VillainousBreakdown: Involves [[MoralEventHorizon shooting Terrence and Phillip]].
* VillainousBSOD / HeroicBSOD: Gets one at the end of the movie, where she realized that she brought enough intolerance to the world to allow the second coming of Satan (and his boyfriend Saddam).
* VillainSong: "Blame Canada".
* TheVillainSucksSong: "Kyle's Mom is a Bitch".
* WellIntentionedExtremist: And how!
!Ike Broflovski
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->'''Ike (season 1):''' ''Zeeponanner.''\\
'''Ike (season 13):''' ''I feel like an asshole.''
Kyle's baby brother, very smart for his age.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Played with. Originally, he was this, following Kyle and inevitably going through the "[[KickTheDog kick the baby]]!" routine. However, as time went on, the two became much closer as Ike's intelligence increased, and now Ike serves as one of Kyle's biggest priorities whenever he gets into trouble.
* BadassAdorable
* BrattyHalfPint: Runs away to Somalia because he's tired of the tedium of middle class suburban life before hitting 4 years old.
* BreakoutCharacter
* CanadaEh: Actually where he's from ([[CaptainObvious he's adopted]]).
* CharacterDevelopment: He is the only character to age mentally, rather than simply chronologically[[hottip:*:Though one can argue the gang [[CharacterizationMarchesOn did this on a more subtle level as well]]; he started out as a babbling toddler who spouted nonsense, yet now, at just a year older, he's very intelligent, and speaks more coherently.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He's started acting more and more like an adult in a toddler's body.
* ChildProdigy: While the other Jew Scouts at Jewbilee made macaroni art looking like they were actually made by children, Ike created ''an exact replica of The Last Supper'' with the same materials.
* CoolSword: He gets one in "Royal Pudding."
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: What everyone thinks of his relationship with his teacher.
-->"Nice..."
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. In "About Last Night" he was a [=McCain=] voter who reacted to the election's outcome by jumping out the window—of the first floor of the house. As it turns out, it was all a rouse, [[spoiler: [[TheMole since he was under orders from Obama and McCain all along]]]].
* HappilyAdopted: With the Broflovskis, Ike is fairly content; his real hindrance is with the monotony of middle-class life, the fact that his peers are [[SirSwearsALot "f*cking idiots"]], and constantly having to hear about Susan Boyle's performance of ''LesMiserables'' on ''BritainsGotTalent''.
** Subverted in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", in which he tells Kyle that he is "dead to him" and runs away from home to go to Milan with [[HotForTeacher his teacher]]. He eventually learns the error of his ways, however.
** He also becomes very upset about leaving his adopted family in "Christmas in Canada".
* HotForTeacher: As well as [[HotForStudent reciprocated]] in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy"]].
* LikesOlderWomen: In "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy".
* TheOtherDarrin: He's had seven different voice actors/[[CrossdressingVoices actresses]], and is one of the few cases along with the Kindergartners where actual children's voices are used rather than pitch-manipualted adults.
* TheRunaway: In "Fatbeard".
* TookALevelInBadass: In "About Last Night" and "Royal Pudding". The kid's four and he's a knight in Canada and a [[spoiler: skilled computer hacker.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
!Kyle Schwartz
->''"I'm back!"''
Kyle's cousin Kyle, called "Kyle 1" by Sheila. Became a millionaire.
* AllJewsAreCheapskates
* FanNickname: "Kyle's Cousin Kyle," though [[WordOfGod Trey and Matt]] also call him that and "Kyle 2."
* JewishAndNerdy
* OneSteveLimit: Averted intentionally.
* StopBeingStereotypical: The entire premise behind his first appearance.
!Liane Cartman
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->''"Yes, darling. You can have whatever you want."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
Cartman's mom [[spoiler:''and''[[hottip: *: not]] dad]], who lets him get away with ''anything''. She's also a "Dirty Slut".
* DopeSlap: Believe it or not, there are a handful of episodes where she whacks Cartman after he says something offensive.
* ExtremeDoormat: It turns out in one episode that she spoils Cartman for his attention, because she doesn't have any real friends.
** In "Coon 2: Hindsight", she actually grounds Cartman for beating up his friends and cursing. She quickly falls before the [=LeBron=] James Technique however.
* {{Flanderization}}: Inverted since the show has rather seldom shown her doing anything promiscuous in recent seasons, in favor of playing out her submissive traits.
** And then making her ''less'' submissive in even more recent ones.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Revealed in the season 1 finale/season 2 premiere two-part episode "Cartman's Mom Is (Still) a Dirty Slut."
** [[spoiler:In "201", its revealed that Liane ''is'' indeed Cartman's mother, she's not a hermaphrodite, and his father was Jack Tenorman.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: One of the few truly decent people in South Park.
* InTheBlood: In one episode where she takes the kids to visit her relatives, almost all of them act like Cartman, except his grandmother, who acts like Liane.
* MeaningfulName: Named after Trey Parker's ex-fiance who cheated on him numerous times.
* ReallyGetsAround: She's a prostitute who's slept with the entire adult population of South Park.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "Coon 2: Hindsight", she grounds Cartman and in "[=HumancentiPad=]", gets fed up with his attitude. Later on, [[spoiler: after he claims to the public that she has "fucked" him and ends up getting struck by lightning]] she is completely indifferent to his sobs, clearly through with his attitude.
!Stephen and Linda Stotch
->'''Linda:''' ''Oh, Stephen, I don't know if we should ground him or call a doctor.''
->'''Stephen:''' ''No, I think you'd better call a doctor. I'll ground him.''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker (Stephen Stotch), Mary Kay Bergman (Linda Stotch, 1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (Linda Stotch, 1999-2003), April Stewart (Linda Stotch, 2004-present)
Butters' authoritarian parents. Extremely strict, especially Stephen, and it's debated over how mentally stable either of them are. Close friends of the Marshes and Broflovskis, but not well-developed.
* AbusiveParents: Both physically and emotionally. It's just that no attention has been drawn to it yet (which can be TruthInTelevision).
* AllCrimesAreEqual: Ground Butters for any punishment, no matter how petty, or occasionally, extreme the actual crime is.
* AllMenArePerverts: Stephen in "Butters' Very Own Episode", and along with every other man in the town in "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers."
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sort of. As badly as they treat Butters, whenever he goes missing (Which happens quite a few times) they always freak out, and Linda is always reduced to tears. Given that this is ''South Park'', it's possible that they aren't intentionally malicious, just [[AdultsAreUseless really stupid]].
* CatchPhrase: "YouAreGrounded!" (in various ways).
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Linda's personality in seasons 5 and 6 can be quite jarring, most notably trying to drown Butters in "Butters's Very Own Episode" and both of them physically beating him in "Jared Has Aides." In contrast Linda is played as [[CloserToEarth the more gentle and submissive of the two]] in later seasons, usually only going along with punishing Butters under Stephen's influence.
* DepravedBisexual: Stephen.
* DisproportionateRetribution: They ground Butters for minor infractions, things he has no control over, and things that aren't even his fault.
* {{Jerkass}}: They were willing to sell their son to Paris Hilton. She offered $200 million. They haggled for $250 million.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Stephen is portrayed as the OnlySaneMan when it comes to the Muhammad controversy.
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Stephen and, to a lesser extent, Linda.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Linda has had her moments, such as "Pre-School" and "Marjorine", as she was seen crying when Butters was beaten up by [[JerkAss Trent]] [[TheBully Boyett]] in the former and when she believed that Butters committed suicide in the latter.
** PetTheDog: Despite his authoritarian attitude to parenting and his questionable attitude to discipline, he seems to show genuine love and concern for Butters on a regular basis. At the very least he seems to be a more devoted parent than Randy as of recently.
* KarmaHoudini: They have yet to get any real comeuppance for their treatment of Butters.
* LackOfEmpathy
* {{Retcon}}: In earlier episodes, Stephen's name was Chris. For a while they jumped back and forth until settling on Stephen.
!Stuart and Carol [=McCormick=]
->'''Carol:''' ''Yes. Kenny's such a great name. My little Kenny, a brand-new Kenny.''
->'''Stuart:''' ''[[LampshadeHanging God, this must be the fiftieth time this has happened.]]''
->'''Carol:''' ''Fifty-second.''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone (Stuart [=McCormick=]), Mary Kay Bergman (Carol [=McCormick=], 1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (Carol [=McCormick=], 1999-2003), April Stewart (Carol [=McCormick=], 2004-present)
Kenny's unemployed, neglectful, drug-addicted parents.
* TheAlcoholic: Both of them, but Stuart seems to be the town alcoholic.
* TheChewToy: Stuart in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA." In his words, he's had his "nuts broken..." (from Kenny hurling a baseball at his crotch), "body poisoned..." (when Kenny tried to give his mom a chocolate milk and vodka cocktail spiked with morning-after abortion pills, and Stuart drank it after Carol declined), "...and have been made love to in the ass by three dozen 40-year-old men" (which was actually his fault, as he was looking for Kenny and walked into the wrong hotel room). He also broke his nose and got violently ill on North Park Funland's "John Denver Experience" ride.
* DomesticAbuse: On the season two episode "Chicken Fucker," Stuart and Carol appeared on an episode of ''{{COPS}}'' where Stuart is being beaten up by Carol for being a lazy alcoholic who can't hold down a job.
** Dialogue seems to indicate that they ''both'' beat on each other a lot, but it's true that on-screen we only ever see it go one way.
*** Further applied in "Make Love Not Warcraft". The teaser depicted a shot of Stuart just about to slug his wife, but cuts off just beforehand. The finished episode has this altered to Carol actually shown beating Stuart up onscreen.
** This was also used as a plot setup for "The Poor Kid".
--> '''Police Officer:''' Now, look at the camera and say [[CatchPhrase "I'm white trash and I'm in trouble!"]]
--> '''Stuart:''' I'm white trash and I'm in trouble.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: The most likely explanation for the above. Both Kenny and Kevin think it's hilarious.
* GroinAttack: Stuart becomes the victim of this in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA."
* NoodleIncident: Apparently, Mysterion [[spoiler:(aka Kenny)]] did something ''really'' brutal to them, as they cower at the sight of him.
* ParentalNeglect: Cartman pointed out in "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" that Kenny never tells his parents where he is because "they're alcoholics and they don't care."
* StonersAreFunny: More like "Drunks are Funny," but the principle's the same.
!Karen [=McCormick=]
Kenny's adorable little sister.
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* FragileFlower: Karen's pretty sensitive; she cries at the drop of a hat.
* ShrinkingViolet
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Kenny was mentioned to have a sister even back in season 1 press releases, though she seemed more like Ike's age back then, and was supposed to pop up in "Starvin Marvin" but never did. She made one appearance in a season 9 episode but didn't pop up ever again until season fifteen's "The Poor Kid".
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[[folder:South Park Elementary School Staff]]
!Chef (Jerome [=McElroy=])
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->''"Hello there, children!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: IssacHayes (regular voice), Peter Serafinowicz (Darth Chef)
The school chef and token minority of the early seasons (Seasons 1-9). The former go-to guy for advice for the boys, which was often dispensed in R-rated song about making love to women.
* CatchPhrase: "Hello there, children!"
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A massively violent and gory one to boot. Given the falling out between his voice actor and the rest of the staff, it's not at all surprising.
** And then they pulled him out from the rubble and rebuilt him as [[StarWars Darth Chef]]. A subtle form of [[RealLifeWritesThePlot real life writing the plot]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Chef was voiced by popular RAndB musician IsaacHayes. This was considered so significant that the credits sequences dedicated an entire frame to "[-And featuring-] ISAAC HAYES [-as the voice of 'chef'-]", even in episodes where he didn't appear.
** Darth Chef was voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, a BritishTelly actor famous across ThePond as the voice of [[ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]] and a role in ''ShaunOfTheDead''.
* KilledOffForReal: In "The Return of Chef". [[spoiler:Or maybe not.]]
* MagicalNegro: In fact, while he was on the show he seemed to be the only adult with any kind of common sense.
** Subverted when he sometimes decides that helping the boys would be more trouble than it's worth (in "Simpsons Already Did It", for example, he starts singing a song when he realizes the boys just told him that they killed their teacher and the autopsy found their "sea men" in her stomach, and he starts preparing to send them to Thailand instead). And when Chef goes crazy, he ''really'' goes crazy.
** In the episode "Red Hot Catholic Love", when the confused boys asked Chef why and what the priest want to put something on their butts, he walks away.
* [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard]]: Although this was really just a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot.
* NWordPrivileges: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He calls the boys "crackers."
** Of course, the boys don't even know what it means. (Although Cartman does later on, as he says to Stan: "Token is gonna want to kick your cracker teeth in!)
* OnlySaneMan: At least among the other adults.
** Until the time of his death when [[spoiler:he was brainwashed into becoming a child molester.]]
* {{Pluralses}}: While brainwashed by the [[ChurchOfHappyology Super Adventure Club]], he at one point tells Kyle, "I specializes in your asshole."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TakeOurWordForIt: Whenever the children ask about something he ''really'' doesn't want to tell them.
* TokenMinority: The only non-white adult in the town in the early seasons.
* VerbalTic: Always greets the kids with "Hello there, children.", even if there's only one of them.
** His father has also been heard using "children" when referring to one child. Although it was Cartman, so it could have been a fat joke.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: BarryWhite was supposed to be the voice of Chef, but due to White's Christian upbringing, turned down the role. Ironic, considering Isaac Hayes was a [[ChurchOfHappyology Scientologist]] and quit doing ''South Park'' because the show offended his religion.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: He has had sex with white women (cf. "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig," where, while watching Kyle's elephant make love to Cartman's pig, Chef realizes that it's similar to the many times he's made it with a white woman), but really, he's not picky.
!Mr./Ms. Herbert/Janet Garrison
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->''"I tell you, there's some crazy stuff going on in this town."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
The boys' eccentric homeroom teacher throughout most of the series. He used to carry a sarcastic hand puppet with him (two, actually: Mr. Hat and Mr. Twig), but later left them behind. His gender and sexual preferences have been in constant flux.
* AnythingThatMoves: He's ''been'' anything that moves and back again at this point.
* BadBadActing: His ventriloquist act... isn't.
* [[ButYouScrewOneGoat But You Screw One Pig and One Pigeon!]]...and who knows what else...
* CharacterDevelopment: Complete with a ''StarWars'' style quest to come to terms with his sexuality. It... didn't entirely stick.
* CloudCuckoolander: He believes Mr. Hat and Mr. Twig to be sentiment beings, for starters. [[spoiler:(Though eventually, it turns out ''[[TheCuckoolanderWasRight they are]]''.)]]
* DemotedToExtra: Originally the second-most prominent adult on the show, he's now limited to a single line in scenes inside the classroom.
* DepravedHomosexual: To quote Chef: "Children, there's a difference between gay people, and Mr. Garrison."
** Then again, he's been a Depraved Heterosexual too.
*** And a Depraved Lesbian. He's a depraved whatever-his-orientation-is-at-the-moment.
* DirtyCoward: In "Super Fun Time" he tries to sacrifice some children to save himself from gunmen.
-->Please, don't take me. Take the children, they're worth more for you!
* DynamicCharacter
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: Subverted in Season 12 when his female-to-male sex change operation turns out to be a success.
* FreudianExcuse: Inverted. He has been deeply tormented all his life because his father ''didn't'' molest him as a child.
* HairTriggerTemper: The only adult in South Park as remotely volatile as Eric Cartman.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: He was this way before coming out of the closet.
* {{Jerkass}}
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Whenever he tries to teach children. From the first episode alone: "ChristopherColumbus discovered America and was the Indians' best friend. He helped the Indians win their war against Frederick Douglass, and freed the Hebrews from Napoleon, and discovered France."
* RapeIsLove: Believed that his father didn't love him because he was never molested by him as a child. Strangely, his mother feels the same way and is shocked to find out it never happened.
* SadistTeacher: His emotional imbalances cause him to be this quite often.
* StrawMisogynist:
-->Well I'm sorry, I just don't trust something that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
* TransparentCloset: For the first few seasons.
* {{Transsexual}}: Became a woman in season 9 and back to a man in season 12.
* TurnInYourBadge
!Mr. Mackey
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->''"Drugs are bad, mmm-kay?"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker
South Park Elementary's guidance counselor with a very large head. Incredibly mellow, mmm-kay?
* BerserkButton: Don't crap in the urinal. Don't touch his mountain of stuff. Don't take tooth decay even remotely lightly. And don't partake in whatever other new childhood trauma-spawned pet peeve he's dealing with this week
* ButtMonkey: Most of the kids have no respect for him whatsoever, as shown in "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" and "Erection Day".
* CluelessAesop: Often tries to deliver messages to the kids with no logic or knowledge behind them. At one point he fails at teaching sex ed because he's forgotten how it works.
* DrugsAreBad: The TropeNamer, heavily parodied. After giving an anti-drug speech to the class, he got [[MisBlamed busted for allegedly holding marijuana]], leading to him being fired. The ensuing depression and poverty led him to using the same drugs he talked about to cope.
* {{Flanderization}}: "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" and onward have begun play up the angry aspect of his personality
* HairTriggerTemper: He seems to have developed quite a nasty one recently, for example "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce", "Insheeption" and "Royal Pudding".
--> "I will rape in the fucking mouth, m'kay! I will rape you in the fucking mouth!"
* SternTeacher: Although he's started crossing over into SadistTeacher as of late (see above episodes).
* TookALevelInJerkass: See HairTriggerTemper.
* VerbalTic: Mr. Mackey ends most of his sentences with "m'kay".
** It also crosses over into other languages; when speaking Spanish in "Rainforest Schmainforest" he uses "m'bien".
* WrongGenreSavvy: No one in their right mind would accept a gift from Eric Cartman of all people after [[spoiler: throwing him bodily under a bus]]. You can't really feel sympathy for Mackey's comeuppance in this episode.
!Diane Choksondik
!!!!!!Voiced by: Trey Parker (2000-2002)
A grossly big-breasted woman who temporarily teaches the 4th graders until her death in Season 6.
* DeathByIrony: A subtle example. It seems, from the comments made about the contents of her stomach ''post-mortem'', that she literally...well, I'm sure you can figure it out.
* FanDisservice: The sex scene between her and Mr. Mackey in "Proper Condom Use".
* GagBoobs: They practically sag to her feet.
* KilledOffForReal
* LazyEye
* MeaningfulName: Just read it out loud.
** Interestingly, the children never catch on to this obvious source of mockery, instead calling her "Ms Makesmesick" or some tame variation thereof.
* SternTeacher: She at least tries to be this.
!Principal Victoria
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->''"Ooh my, what an exciting day!"''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999), Eliza Schneider (1999-2003), April Stewart (2004-present)
The principal of South Park Elementary, constantly trying to please everyone and failing.
* AmericanAccents: Minnesotan.
* BenevolentBoss: Sometimes.
* BerserkButton: She has zero tolerance for jokes about breast cancer because [[spoiler:she's a survivor of it.]]
** To the point where she not only allowed, but ''encouraged'' Wendy to beat up Cartman for making fun of it.
* MeaningfulName: A {{spoonerism}} of ''{{Dallas}}'' actress' Victoria Principal's name.
* PointyHairedBoss
* StonersAreFunny: In "Helen Keller! The Musical."
