Clyde Donovan

Clyde Donovan

Clyde has medium brown hair, wears a burgundy coat with blue trim, dark grey pants, and sometimes wears gloves. Underneath, he has been shown to wear a green t-shirt with a cow's face on the front. On occasion, Clyde is seen wearing a red and white sports jacket that resembles his usual coat. He has been labelled as "the second fattest kid after Cartman" despite appearing to be the same weight as the others, however this may have just been Butters trying to find someone to replace Cartman on the sled quickly as they were side by side, again proven by the fact that the sled does not have enough weight to move when Clyde is on it. Clyde has a somewhat nasally voice, similar to Craig's, but lighter. In "Ginger Kids", Clyde appears in pajamas, consisting of green pants and a green collared shirt with a dinosaur on the left breast pocket. In "Quest for Ratings", Clyde is rumored to only have one testicle, although this is never confirmed. In "The Urinal Mystery", Mr. Mackey announces that Clyde has a colostomy, and as such is incapable of defecating in a urinal, and is therefore innocent. However, this appears to have been reinterpreted in "Lice Capades", "The List", and "Wieners Out", as Clyde is shown without a colostomy bag, stoma, or any visual elements implying that he has had a colostomy. This could also simply be a detail they forgot when making the episodes. In the future timeline set in South Park: Post Covid, the adult Clyde has brown eyebrows, chin, and nose. He also wears a beige Hawaiian shirt with brown hibiscus and pineapple detailing, dark grey shorts, and blue sneakers. Clyde also wears a gold watch on his left wrist.

Clyde Donovan Personality

Clyde isn't very smart, or at least he's not good at math, and he's often described as one of the least intelligent members of the class. When his teacher asks him what five times two is, Clyde answers 12, and Garrison calls him "a complete retard." Clyde also writes a poor essay on why people need to recycle. However, considering that Mr. Garrison never teaches the kids, it's probably not Clyde's fault. Clyde has a habit of sobbing uncontrollably whenever he witnesses something disturbing. Examples of this are when Clyde overhears Cartman singing in "Fourth Grade", when the adults decide to give all the money they would have spent on Christmas presents for their children to the Broflovskis in "It's Christmas in Canada", and when Clyde realizes that there were no Crystal Lagoons, treasure, and loot after joining Cartman's "Somali Pirate Club" in "Fatbeard". This usually gets an angry response from Cartman. On several occasions when things get surreal on the show, Clyde shows little to no interest. For example, when the boys audition for a new fourth friend and he is eliminated as a candidate, Clyde eventually decides that it is stupid and shows no real interest in being their fourth friend. Also, while everyone else is obsessed with the game World of Warcraft, he questions its importance and reads Playboy instead, causing the "rogue" to beat the other players once again. During "Dances with the Smurfs", Clyde does his homework instead of listening to Gordon Stoltski's murder over the intercom.

Clyde Donovan's Family

Clyde told environmentalists in "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" that his father, like Randy Marsh, is a geologist, although Mr. Donovan is only shown with Clyde alongside his mother. The pair appear again at the Atheists Club in "Red Hot Catholic Love", leading us to believe that Clyde's family, like most South Park residents, is Roman Catholic. Clyde has a dog named Rex Donovan, who had a sexual encounter with Stan's dog Sparky Marsh. His mother is mentioned as Martha in "Red Hot Catholic Love", and her name suggests Irish or Scottish ancestry. However, Clyde's mother is Dutch, as revealed in "Crack Baby Athletic Association". In the season eleven finale, "The List", it is revealed that Clyde's father owns a shoe store. The girls declared him the cutest boy in South Park Elementary so they could have an easier time buying shoes. However, as mentioned above, Mr. Donovan was supposedly a geologist. Of course, he may have had more than one job, or he may have left geology since "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Heist", and started a career as a shoe store owner. Another take on this nonsense is that he is not Clyde's real father at all. The Donovan family has apparently sold their house and moved into another one as of the season eight episode "The Jeffersons", as Michael Jefferson is mentioned to have bought "the old Donovan house". In the episode "Reverse Cowgirl", shortly before her death, Clyde's mother mentions that he has a sister, and asks him to put the toilet lid down from now on for his sister's sake. In "South Park (Not Suitable For Children)", Clyde has a stepmother named Janice. He is hostile towards her and does not consider her to be his real mother. He only called her mother once just to insult her. It is revealed that she had a role in manipulating him.

Craig Tucker, friend of Clyde Donovan

Craig Tucker Clyde seems to get along pretty well with Craig. He even seems to lead Craig's gang from time to time, despite Craig being the confirmed leader. However, the two usually just hang out together. They are often seen together, showing that they are probably good friends. Clyde and Craig are seen together in several episodes, either sitting next to each other or just talking to each other. In "Crack Baby Athletic Association", they are seen working together to get Cartman to search for Slash. In "The Last of the Meheecans", they play Texans vs. Mexicans on Cartman's side to stop the "Mexicans" from getting past their border (which they unfortunately fail to do). In Elementary School Musical, they eat together in the school cafeteria. In "Breast Cancer Show Ever", they cheer each other up while watching Cartman and Wendy fight. In "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society", Clyde hugs Craig as they rekindle their friendship. In "Lice Capades", Craig tells Clyde to bring a bar of soap and a sock to beat up Kenny. Because of this, many fans view them as best friends like Stan and Kyle. Their names are sometimes confused as shown in "Super Fun Time" and they have almost identical nasal voices. This was also noted in South Park: The Stick of Truth when after talking to Craig after he replaces Clyde as the owner of the gun shop, he will say that he was given that role because Grand Wizard Cartman said he sounds like Clyde, however he denies it. In The Stick of Truth, Craig joins Clyde's Army of Darkness as his second-in-command.

Tolkien Black friend of Clyde Donovan

Tolkien and Clyde appear to be good friends. They are often seen talking to each other in background scenes and both form the core of Craig's group. In "Naughty Ninjas", Clyde helped Tolkien form the Ninja group.

Kyle Broflosvki

Clyde and Kyle usually get along. In "The List", when Clyde was voted the cutest guy in class and Kyle was voted the ugliest, Clyde still tried to comfort Kyle, even though he was being a bit condescending at the time. However, Kyle insulted Clyde during their sled competition in "Cartman's Dumb Hate Crime 2000" for being fat, though since he was filling in for Cartman at the time, this was to be expected. In the episode "A Boy and a Priest", when Clyde is celebrating his birthday party, he is seen talking to Kyle. Also at Clyde's birthday in the same episode, Kyle was sitting next to him. In "Death", Clyde blamed Kyle for his mother, Sheila called her mother to stop Clyde from keeping an eye on Terrance and Phillip.

Eric Cartman

Clyde typically shows little to no interest in Cartman's antics. However, he does join in on them from time to time, usually as a result of everyone else joining in as well, such as his goblin hunt in "Imaginationland", his membership in the superhero group Coon and Friends. There was one occasion where Clyde vehemently defended Cartman when Kyle and Stan didn't believe him in "Marjorine", which shocked everyone present. It is implied that Clyde is somewhat easy to manipulate, as he usually ends up following Cartman's lead in his various schemes. However, there are other times when Clyde is distracted from Cartman's plans: when most of the 4th grade had been recruited to help defeat Jenkins in World of Warcraft in "Make Love, Not Warcraft", Clyde was more interested in a Playboy magazine. He was part of Cartman's pirate crew in "Fatbeard" and worked for Cartman in "Crack Baby Athletic Association". In "Skank Hunt", Clyde suggested that he, Stan, Kyle, Butters, Tolkien, Craig, and Jimmy smash all of Cartman's electronic devices because they thought he was Skankhunt. As of "White People Renovating Houses", Cartman seems to have forgiven Clyde and the boys for breaking his things, as he is no longer isolated from them and has rejoined their circle. Cartman appears to have a strong hatred for Clyde, as evidenced by his "Shit List" in "The Fractured But Whole", where he placed Clyde third as his most hated person, after Kyle and Liane Cartman respectively.

Baby Stevens ex girlfriend of Clyde Donovan

In the episode "Clubhouses", Bebe has to break the news to Kyle that they can just be friends and then Bebe says, "Okay, let's go Clyde." Bebe also uses the corrupt list in "The List" to make Clyde popular, so she can date him and justify getting free shoes from the shoe store Clyde's father owns at the South Park Mall. In ''Deep Learning'', Bebe and Clyde resume their relationship.

Clyde Donovan's Sport

Clyde has been seen as jockish and is interested in sports. He plays football for the South Park Cows in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" and "The Coon" and continues to show support for the team throughout "Douche and Turd". However, Clyde becomes very upset at the name change and during the change he is again shown to be wearing the jersey under his clothes. Clyde is also on the basketball team in "Elementary School Musical" and was on the football team in "Medical Fried Chicken". Clyde was seen playing baseball in "The Losing Edge", where he plays shortstop, which is usually the position of the best defensive player on a baseball team. However, like all the boys at South Park Elementary, Clyde hated the game and tried hard to lose it so he wouldn't have to keep playing. Clyde is also a huge Denver Broncos fan, as seen in "Marjorine". In "Make Love, Not Warcraft", a lamp featuring the Colorado Avalanches can be seen in his room, implying that Clyde might be a hockey fan. Also, in South Park: The Stick of Truth, hockey gloves are part of his costume.