Eric Cartman

Who is Eric Cartman?

Eric Theodore Cartman, usually referred to as just Cartman, is one of the main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick. All of them are the same age (which is ten), and all of them are male. Expect an "AYE!" and an insult when you call him fat. Easy way to make him cry: say, "You don't have dad." It's the truth. Cartman is sometimes the main antagonist of an episode. None of the other four main children really consider Cartman their friend and do not know why they started hanging out with him in the first place, but a certain form of unstable friendship ends up being born between them. Cartman is known for being slightly overweight, short, very obnoxious and skilled with his verbal comebacks.

Appearance

Cartman wears a red jacket, yellow mittens, a blue hat with a yellow puff ball on top, brown pants, black shoes, and white socks . He sometimes wears a green t-shirt with a bear picture on under his jacket, a white tank top, and occasionally a dark red t-shirt. He has medium-brown hair and a double-chin. He also has triangular-shaped eyebrows, in contrast to the other main boys' rectangular ones. Even though Cartman is overweight, he always denies it by saying, "I'm not fat, I'm just big-boned", or some variation thereof.

Personality

Cartman is described in various terms, in short, he is an evil, vicious, angry, self-absorbed, immature, destructive, sarcastic, snooty, loud-mouthed, lazy, and insane child. He is the most foul-mouthed character in the show. He is also racist and stereotypes almost everyone he sees. The very dark, usually disturbing undertones to his personality often hint at an extreme mental imbalance. Apart from being portrayed as having a general lack of moral responsibility or social conscience, he also seems to take pleasure from others' misfortune and is generally unable to show empathy, although there have been exceptions, how when he, Despite the severity of his actions, it is likely that they are a type of emotional defense mechanism against his insecurity.

Discrimination

Even though Cartman is a child, he discriminates against a lot of people. In fact, he is a racist, sexist, and specialist. He hates African Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, Aborigines, and Asians. He is a racist because he thinks that "minorities" would take over the world someday.

Antisemitism and Other Forms of Bigotry

"If you had a chance to go back in time right now and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it? I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him, because I think he was awesome, but you would, right?" - Cartman Cartman is extremely anti-Semitic, and a great many of his bigoted actions are directed towards all Jews and especially toward his Jewish friend Kyle, whom he openly hates and considers sub-human because of his faith.

Eccentricities

It has been repeatedly shown that Cartman has serious behavioral and emotional problems. He has extremely exaggerated anger issues and violent tendencies when upset. Perhaps the best example of this is seen when he had two people shot, ground into chili and then fed to their distraught son, causing a horrified Kyle to say that he and Stan should never piss off Cartman again. This has since been regarded as Cartman's defining moment and has been brought up again countless times during the series. He also has displayed traits of gender confusion; he occasionally has tea parties with stuffed dolls (pretending they are talking about how cool he is), owns a (supposed) female cat named "Mr. Kitty".

Mispronunciations

He has a peculiar, geographically indeterminable accent, or possibly speech impediment, with odd pronunciations of certain words and names which has shown to be a dominant trait in the extended Cartman family. Aside from the sheer volume of expletives in his dialog, he also uses words in different (and often grammatically incorrect) context. Some examples of this are: instead of saying 'I'm serious" he will say "I'm seriously", instead of saying "here" he will say "heahre". List of how Cartman currently pronounces some things: Kyle - Kahl / Keh-al / Kel / Kyel Kenny - Keeny / Kinny Wendy - Weendy / Windy Clyde - Clay / Clayed Mom - Meom / Meem / Mium Cool - Kewl School - Schewl Coon - Cyoon / Cyune My - Mah / Miah / Mio Authority - Authoritah Here - Hyah / Heahre

Ignorance

Although Cartman can at times be worldly, he is often wildly misinformed; he once believed that dolphins lived in igloos and mistook a canned food drive for 'when you cut open a chick's stomach and pull out the baby from inside,' and mistakes sexual harassment when 'you're having intercourse with a lady friend and someone tickles your balls from behind.' Cartman appears to know very little about the female anatomy. He threatened a woman with, "Bitch, I'll twist your nuts off!"

Impatience

Cartman shows a pathological degree of impatience when forced to do something he does not want to do or when he has to wait for something he wants. An example of the former is seen when Cartman electrocutes himself in an attempt to create a flashback and avoid studying.

Physical Confrontations

Although Cartman frequently insults and taunts his friends, he sometimes appears to be more cowardly than they are when it comes to physical confrontation.

Health

Eric is quite possibly morbidly obese. In "1%", it is revealed that he is so unhealthy that he single-handedly made the school's average on the Presidential Fitness Test the lowest in the entire country, despite the fact that all of the other students scored average on the test.

Catchphrases

— "SCREW YOU GUYS! I'M(-A) GOIN' HOME!" — "RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!" — "I'm not fat, I'm big boned!" — "Seriously, you guys!" or “I’m so serious".

Mental Health

However, obesity, HIV, poor eyesight, and bad tonsils may be the least of Cartman's health concerns; Cartman seems to have a very poor mental health. He shows signs of not only anti-social behavior, but also sadism, identity issues, sexual confusion, psychosis, psychopathic nature, and narcissism. He apparently dreams of humiliating, beating, emotionally destroying or even killing Kyle.

Miscellaneous Mannerisms

Cartman has a disturbing habit of appearing in other people's homes in the middle of the night. He has a preoccupation with becoming mature, or at least more so than his friends, which frequently ends in him doing something that is anything but mature. Cartman also appears to be driven by a desire to surpass Kyle (especially), Stan, and Kenny. Knowing that his satisfaction chiefly comes with seeing other people unhappy, Kyle once deliberately congratulated Cartman on winning a bet. This, of course, ruined Cartman's egotistical satisfaction at having humiliated him.

Family #1

- Liane Cartman: Liane dotes on her son endlessly, beyond simply spoiling him. Cartman usually gets whatever he wants simply by whining in his signature style. He also frequently insults her in her presence, which she accepts without question. Although Liane possesses a social and moral conscience, Cartman is usually able to manipulate her into doing even morally reprehensible things for him.

Family #2

- Pets and Toys Cartman has a cat named Mr. Kitty, and a pot-bellied pig named Fluffy Mr. Kitty and Fluffy have never been seen together in the series thus far. He also has a stuffed frog toy named Clyde Frog. Other beloved stuffed animals include Wellington Bear (a take on Paddington Bear), Polly Prissypants the rag doll, purple lizard Rumpertumskin (a take on Rumpelstiltskin), and Peter Panda. Cartman nearly always plays with these toys by himself, perhaps out of embarrassment or (just as likely) mean-spiritedness. Occasionally others are allowed to play with him

"Friends" #1

- Stan Marsh: Stan has a older sister, a nice mom and an asshole dad. Stan has bleached hair and grown out black roots. Stan is mostly shown wearing a brown jacket with a red collar, a blue hat with a red puffball and rim, and blue jeans. Under his jacket, he either wears a red and blue baseball shirt or a white T-shirt/v-neck. Stan is generally the most tender and sensitive of the four boys. For example, in "Kenny Dies", he finds it difficult to see Kenny in his ill state, and in "Raisins" he becomes depressed after losing his girlfriend to Tolkien.

"Friends" #2

- Kyle Broflovski: Kyle has anger issues, a little brother, a nice mom and a nice dad. Kyle has red puffy curly hair. Underneath his hat, he has red hair, much like his mother's. Kyle wears a greenish lime ushanka, a bright orange jacket, dark green pants, and lime-green mittens. Kyle weighs 83 lbs. He had firm morals and generally was the "good boy" of the group, often being the one to deliver the "I learned something today" speech at the end of the episodes. Most notably, his temper shortened considerably. Like his mother, Kyle does speeches to say what he thinks is right.

"Friends" #3

- Kenny McCormick: Kenny is most famous for dying, and revive the next day. He has a muffled speech. He an alcoholic father, a mother, an older brother, and a little sister who Kenny is very affectionate with. Kenny wears an orange parka, orange pants and brown gloves. Almost all of the time, Kenny has his hood on so that only his eyes are seen. Underneath his hood, he has messy blond hair, which looks somewhat similar to that of Tweek's, another character on the show. On occasion, usually when he is scared or crying, he will pull the strings on his hood to make it tighten. He is shown at times to have almost nothing on underneath his parka, as seen in "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000", the film, "Lil' Crime Stoppers", and "Lice Capades", though mostly he does have a white T-shirt on. Kenny is shown to have blue eyes. Kenny is the most sexually knowledgeable and experienced of the group. When an unknown term is introduced to Stan, Kyle, and Cartman, Kenny will be called upon by his friends to clarify, although Kenny sometimes does not know the meaning of the term himself. His muffled responses are often met with laughter or further confusion. Kenny does seem to act differently without his parka on.

Who is The Coon?

The Coon is the costumed alter-ego of Eric Cartman. He first appears in the self-titled episode "The Coon". He was also the leader of Coon and Friends, but he was kicked out by the other members because he was beating them up and blackmailing other heroes. The Coon eventually went to the evil side when he formed an alliance with Cthulhu. He embark on a killing spree with Cthulhu, eventually making Cthulhu level the entire city of San Francisco. He continues on his killing spree, making Cthulhu destroy the Burning Man festival, slaughter Justin Bieber and most of his fans, and banish his friends to the sunken city of R'Lyeh However, Cthulhu is eventually defeated when Mint-Berry Crunch uses his super powers to seal him back into his own dimension.

The Coon's Appearance

The Coon wears a raccoon-like mask with raccoon ears with metal claws, a utility belt, a red cape with a capital "C" on the back of it, a raccoon tail, a white shirt with a capital "C", and a gray jacket and gray pants.

The Coon's Personality

Like his alter-ego Cartman, the Coon is deemed selfish, ego-maniacal, with a short temper, and wanted to be the only one with the spotlight, demonstrated as he tried to get rid of Mysterion so he can be South Park's only superhero. He defines being a hero as making the world a better place for himself. But in reality, the Coon is a villain. He has a massive problem with concealing his identity - as Cartman, he is always going out of his way to promote the Coon and defends him when someone insults him (such as when Kyle called him "faggy"), then accidentally letting his identity slip several times as the Coon, as he constantly gets extremely agitated when someone insults Cartman (Mysterion could tell he was Cartman from the fact that he said Kyle hated him, although he already knew by the Coon's weight)

The Coon's Equipment

The Coon's primary weapons are sharp metal claws attached to his fingers (made to resemble a raccoon's claws). He uses them to scratch up a man's face in "The Coon" (the man comments afterward "ow, that really stings!"), and to beat up Mosquito and Mint-Berry crunch (they appeared to cause more serious injury, as evidenced by the large amount of blood on Mosquito). He also uses his bare hands to hurt his enemies, such as when he punches Professor Chaos in the face or when he kicks Mosquito in the face and groin. He is shown using a variety of conventional equipment such as computers, binoculars, and TV's, all of which have coon-themed names and labels on them. In "The Coon", he also uses large amounts of dynamite to try to blow up a hospital, but abandons the plot soon after Professor Chaos (Butters) is defeated. While usually preferring to scale buildings for transportation (usually through the use of ladders), he is not above simply asking his mother (who he refers to as "The Coon's faithful butler") to drive him places (he refers to her car as "The Coon-Mobile").