Eric Cartman Eric Cartman Eric Theodore Cartman, voiced by Trey Parker, is a fictional character in the animated series South Park. He is one of the four central characters, all of whom are eight-year old boys. According to creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, when they were creating South Park, they were upset that "nowadays, it would be impossible to put a character like Archie Bunker on TV". But they thought that if he was a cartoon character, it might just be allowed. Hence, Cartman was born. Eric, who is often only addressed by his last name, "Fatass" or "the fat kid", is spoiled, self-centered to the point of narcissism, foul-tempered, foul-mouthed, disloyal, manipulative, cowardly, racist, anti-Semitic, bullying, and openly contemptuous of the few who can stand his company. Perhaps his family life is to blame: his mother is an intersexual porn-queen (but a very sweet mom all the same), his other parent is unknown. Ms. Cartman dotes on her son endlessly, beyond simply spoiling him. Cartman can almost always get what he wants simply by whining. Then again, his bad attitude may possibly genetic, as all of his other relatives appear to have exactly the same temperament as Eric himself (except for his good counterpart from a parallel universe). As the chubby antihero of the four lads, he was never intended to be the hero of the series, but within the first season he captured the popular imagination more than his three friends. The more outrageous his behavior, the more audiences seem to love him. (Compare Archie Bunker's original inspiration, Alf Garnett.) Cartman has been hinted as having serious emotional problems and/or gender issues; he occasionally has tea parties with stuffed dolls, and has also been shown dressing up as and pretending to be Britney Spears. During Season 4, episode #406, Cartman joins NAMBLA, the North American Man-Boy Love Association and becomes their poster boy, before he is rescued by NAMBLA, the North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes. Cartman wears a light blue and yellow ski cap, a red jacket, yellow gloves, and brown pants. He has brown hair, which has been regularly seen since late in Season 5 (his hair magically turns black whenever he wears his Hitler outfit). Cartman has dressed up as Hitler in one of the halloween specials and in an episode from the 8th season. He tries to organize people in the episode where he sees The Passion, and thinks it is Mel Gibson's way to rally people against the Jews. He can be seen as Hitler after he organizes all the people in his anti-Jew march (though they think it's something else.) The eradication of all the Jews is one of his life goals, with his other goal to make 10 million dollars. He has had numerous attempts, including starting a church and collecting donation money and starting a boy band called "Fingerbang" (Cartman doesn't know what it really means, he says he saw it on HBO), which he had a vision of in a dream. When Cartman got a million dollars, he used it to buy his own amusement park, which he did not allow anyone else to go into. It went about as well as anyone would have expected. Favorite words and catchphrases "Screw you guys, I'm going home." "You're breaking my balls man, you're breaking my balls!" "You will respect my authoritah (sic)!" "I'm not fat, I'm big boned" "This is all a bunch of tree-hugging hippie crap!" "... or I'll kick you (square) in the nuts!" "Sweeeet!" "You can go over nyahh, but I'm going over nyah!" "Your family's poor Kenny! YOUR FAMILY'S POOR!" "hippie!" (to any person he is displeased with) "balls" (a word that somehow finds its way into Cartman's lines in nearly every episode) "Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!" In Season 1, where he dresses up as Adolf Hitler and goes to school. A few catchphrases he tries to make cool: Hella; as in "No way, that's Hella lame!" (in the "Cartman from a parallel universe" halloween episode) Tits; as in "That is so Tits!" (in the toothfairy episode) Meecrob (Cartman says this is a nasty Thai appetizer, and uses this to become a new swear word, after the word shit becomes nationalized after being on TV) Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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