But then they came up with the idea that it might be allowed if the character were an animated nine (formerly eight) year-old boy living in the mountain town of South Park, Colorado. Background Concept and CreationĪccording to the creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, they thought it would be impossible to put a character like Archie Bunker on late-20th century television. 3.2 Antisemitism and Other Forms of BigotryĮric Cartman is a male.1.4.1 Manipulation and Leadership Ability.He also weighs 90 pounds, as revealed in ' Weight Gain 4000'. In earlier episodes, Kenny was his best friend, however, in later seasons, Butters Stotch is usually depicted as such.Ĭartman was the first one of the boys to be shown without his hat, as seen in ' Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!'. However he is usually Kyle's first choice when he breaks his friendship with Stan. None of the other three 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 sometimes the main antagonist of an episode, for example ' Trapper Keeper'. ' Cartman Gets an Anal Probe' For other uses, see Eric (Disambiguation).Įric Theodore Cartman, usually referred to as just Cartman, is one of the main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick.
