Eric Cartman
South Park character
Eric Cartman
Gender
Male
Hair
Brown
Job
Student, occasional
entrepreneur
Voiced by
Trey Parker
First appearance
The Spirit of
Christmas
Jesus vs. Frosty
South Park
"Cartman Gets An Anal
Probe"
Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional char-
acter on the American animated television
series South Park. One of the four main char-
acters along with fellow protagonists Stan
Marsh,
Kyle
Broflovski,
and
Kenny
McCormick, Cartman is often portrayed as
the series’ main antagonist in opposition of
his friends. He debuted on television when
South Park first aired on August 13, 1997; he
had earlier appeared in The Spirit of Christ-
mas shorts created by Trey Parker and Matt
Stone in 1992 ("Jesus vs. Frosty") and 1995
("Jesus vs. Santa").
Voiced by Trey Parker, Cartman is an
overweight,
spoiled,
foul-mouthed, mean-
spirited, selfish, and ill-tempered fourth-
grader living with his hermaphroditic de
facto mother in the fictional town of South
Park, Colorado, where he commonly has ex-
traordinary
experiences
not
typical
of
conventional small-town life.
Cartman is one of the most popular char-
acters on the show, and has remained one of
the most recognizable television characters
ever since South Park became a hit during its
first season. Parker and Stone describe the
character as "a little Archie Bunker", and
state that he is their favorite character, and
the one with whom they most identify. During
its thirteen seasons, South Park has received
both praise and criticism for Cartman’s tend-
ency to be politically incorrect and shock-
ingly profane. Prominent publications and
television channels have included Cartman
on their lists of the most iconic television and
cartoon characters of all-time.
Role in South Park
Cartman attends South Park Elementary as
part of Mr. Garrison’s fourth grade class.
During the show’s first 58 episodes (1997 un-
til the season four episode "4th Grade" in
2000), Cartman and the other main child
characters were in the third grade. He is an
only child being raised by Liane C