Best South Park Characters

Cartman is one of the worst human beings in the history of fiction. He's a narcissist and a sociopath, for starters. He'll screw over his friends, his family, and anyone else that gets in the way of whatever petty and insignificant goal has grabbed hold of his attention at any given moment.

And yet, against all odds, he's the most loathsome character we've ever loved. Whether it's his horrible voice, his petulant whining, or his brilliant business ideas -- "Oh Randy, you're breaking my balls here... You're breaking my balls, Randy. " -- there's stuff that ONLY Cartman can do. Only Cartman could feed Scott Tenorman his parents. Or get his mother arrested, or change the future of civilization so he can play the Nintendo Wii.

Cartman is that kid you hung out with - even though you hated him. Or he's that kid that you realize you hate when you're an adult and he's just a kid and man, you should cut him some slack. But some kids are already huge a-holes. At the same time, ...more

Cartman...where do I start... He's for sure a racist, selfish, narcissistic, bigoted, misogynist, anti-semitic, manipulative, sadistic, obese grade-A sociopath. But he's gut-bustlingly hilarious and is a borderline child prodigy with his intelligent, unique, strategic ways to achieve his goal. Without Cartman, South Park wouldn't be the same. He does the most offensive, amoral things to prove a point or to achieve for his own personal gain---no matter how degrading or ridiculous it is. Cartman is one of the most legendary fictional characters of all time.

Whether we get to see his evil mastermind (feeding Scott Tenorman his parents) or his soft heart (saving all the cats in his attic), Cartman is simply the best character in animated television ever. Especially his interactions with Butters are among the funniest things I have ever seen. And while Butters is such an adorably clueless character, he can't compete with the genius of Eric Cartman. The determination and creativity with which he pursues his horrible political and personal agenda makes for great entertainment.

He's dressed up as hitler and marched the people through the town in an attempt to enialate Jews! He's killed and fed someone their own parents over $10! He's summoned chuthulu on the whole town...

Yes, it's Eric Theodore Cartman!

By far the funniest character on South Park. He is rasist, narcissistic, self centered and a huge, whiney dick who does nothing but hurt others to get what he wants, but let's be honest, he's a character we all love to hate.

He may be one of the most evil characters fiction has ever brought to us, and mainly because he goes outside the usual 'revenge' or 'take over the world' plot. He will go out of his way to physically or mentally hurt anyone that gets in his way for something as stupid as getting the latest console.

His character along with his stereotypical 'fat, spoilt single child' has been created marvellously, not to mention he has the greatest catchphrases..."Screw you guys, I'm going home! "

Honestly, Butters is one of the most stable and sensible people in South Park; which is saying a lot, seeing as he is a 10-year-old. Compared to many of the other characters, he's a breath of fresh air. He keeps things funny and interesting, but he's not so obnoxious and overbearing like some other characters. Butters is one of the most iconic characters in South Park. His trademark is child innocence and ignorance. In all these weird ass adventures he gets caught up in, he's still positive and optimistic. In my opinion, he's a blinding ray of sunshine in the dark of the other South Park characters. That's what makes him so special, and makes him one, if not the, best character in South Park. You can't change my mind.

Butters was my first favourite character on South Park. I was watching my parents watching T.V. when I was supposed to be in bed. He was the first character I saw and I loved him. I was like 7 when I discovered him, sadly I got caught and grounded. He's my most favourite character before Wendy.

I love this character the most! His accent, his innocence, his posture & gesture, his considerate & optimistic attitude and above all his incoherent mumbling when hole is nervous! Whenever his scene pops up I always laugh even when he is just staring and doing nothing!

Butters is just one that is not a psycho ass, retard or know-it-all like the rest, he doesn't swear or do bad stuff as much, but that makes it much more funny when he does. The funniest thing is that the rest of the characters are super heroes, but Butters is a villain.

Kenny is a really underrated character. He's an amazing big brother to his sister Karen. He's very boyish and cheerful. Hell, despite having practically inaudible dialogue, he's made me laugh more than any of the other characters.

Also, he's the only child character to have a super power, the inability to actually stay dead. I love that Kenny is aware of his power and takes it quite seriously, as he should. Everything about Kenny makes me very happy. Even his silly perverted mind.

Although he dies very often, and isn't exactly given as much attention as the other three main characters, I feel Kenny has a lot deeper character than meets the eye. On the outside, yes he's adorable and continues to make us laugh at his constant perverseness.

Yet, if we look closer we can see he's shown to really show compassion for his friends, he does well as a protective older brother, and we can see how much he hates and feels about his curse. I especially love the more recent episodes where Kenny is no longer so much as a "prop" and more like an actual character. It really shows that Kenny has feelings and it really makes you rethink all the times he's died and how he's had to relive over and over.

Really Kenny is a very interesting character, and a very cute one at that. ^ ^

He's underrated but he's one of the best characters on the show. Kenny is one of the few characters who actually cares about his loved ones and would even sacrifice his own life for them. Even though you can barely hear him most of the time, he's still funny as hell. Even though he dies half of the time he's still a optimistic character who doesn't let anything ruin his day. Kenny is the bomb.

Some people think that it is boring that you can almost never tell what he is saying, But sometimes it actually makes it funnier. I love to try to guess what he is actually saying. He is so awesome and it is cool to see him die every episode. It s also funny that he is so funny.

People think that Kyle or Butters or Jimmy or Stan are the nicest characters, but it is actually Kenny because he always sacrifices his life to save others, for example in the movie when he removes his hood. This may not be a big deal to you since he can never rlly die, but it still hurts and he is still using his power for good.

He is also the best-designed character with his hood. Plus, he is the smartest character. Take this quote for example:

Mmph mph mm mph hmm mmph mmph mmhppp!
-Kenny McCormick

As a worshipper of randy, at the church of randy marsh, I can without a doubt say that Randy is the best and funniest South Park character ever. Every episode randy stars in and every episode me makes a cameo in is the greatest. Randy is a classic, he's so childish yet thinks he's so great and he's the only scientist in town and he's just the best. I can't even explain it. His run when he's dressed as Spider-Man says it all.

He's the best, around! No-one's ever gonna keep him down! He really is the best character, often used as the key character to highlight the satirical point of the episode, to brilliant effect. South Park simply couldn't work without him or cartman, but I think Randy has both the funniest and cleverist moments. Cartman appeals to the lower common denominator, but Randy is where it's at!

Slowly but surely, Randy has become my favorite character by FAR. His silly remarks that really make no sense in the situations make me laugh harder than any other character. Sure, Cartman is hilarious but Randy is just too comical. "What seems to be the officer, problem? " Wow, great line. Referring to Sharon (his wife) about not having the world's largest poop, "OH YEAH SHARON, ACT LIKE EVERYTHING'S OKAY, REAL MATURE SHARON! " laugh out loud. I'm surprised he's not number 2 at bare minimum. I can see why he's not number 1, everyone votes for Cartman but one day you all will realize how ' hilarious Randy is and his conduct... Butters sucks, the only times I think he is funny is when he says his famous line "I can't do [X] because my parents will ground me. " Randy ALL THE WAY!

Why is butters higher up? Randy is so much more funny, and still has the same innocence and naivety that butters has. And it honestly helps that he has that while being a grown man, which just makes it more funny. He's my second favorite character, and just brings life to the show. He's really likable.

Kyle really had great growth.. When the show first began, Kyle actually was kinda boring, and was a less funny version of stan. But ever since season 5, he really changed as being more determined, standing up to Cartman because it's the morally correct thing to do, and just interesting and funny overall. Kyle is know a bright, able, courageous, and persistent kid who is hilarious when it comes to dry humor and sarcasm. He has great one liners, and is a funny character. I also love Kyle because I can relate to him well, with him always trying to do the right thing. I respect him so much when he gets humiliated by Cartman (who is hilarious, by the way) and is still able to do what's right. He is a phenomenal character and should be higher up on this list.

Kyle is basically the ONLY reason I watch South Park. Honestly, it gets on my nerves that most of the fandom prefers the show's humor more than its moral nature. We need morals, and with that being said, Kyle would be a perfect leader! Also, I'm surprised people call him a hypocrite compared to Cartman. And when he saves Cartman from something, he has proper reasons. Cartman has only saved Kyle for his own SELFISH motives. And even though Kyle's often thought of as the least popular of the four boys (which is a shame), people still call him OVERRATED. Like WHAT THE HELL?! With that fact, he's clearly UNDERRATED! People really need to check their facts and realize that we all need a Kyle Broflovski in our lives!

I feel like the only reason some people don't like him is because they are in love with cartman. Yes, I know that he's funny and all, but that's it. Cartman is a horrible person. Kyle may not be as hysterical, but he still is funny. You can't just like a character because they are funny, there needs to be other traits. Cartman has none. Kyle is an actual good human being, who is smart as well as compassionate and relates to others. He is a great romodel, who even though is constantly tormented and humiliated by Cartman A LOT, always keeps moving forward, and will do anything in his power to protect the ones he cares about as well as do what's right.

He's the smartest character on the show, but people hate him for that. He's not ashamed of being Jewish, despite it often isolating him and getting him bullied by Cartman. He's also the most mature and compassionate, and is always there for his little brother Ike. He has also been shown to stand up for other young children, such as Blanket, and he told the other boys he didn't want to toilet paper their teacher's house because she had kids. He's also grown massively. In Season 3, he went along with the Chinpokomon fad to fit in, but in Season 7 he told the other kids he wasn't going to buy along with the meteor sexual craze because he'd rather be who he is. He's my favourite character for these reasons and so many more

Stan is reasonable, caring, and adorable. In more detail though, I like Stan the best because he actually cares about all of his friends, though it's not always shown and he does sometimes mark Cartman off as evil (but who really doesn't? Anyone who doesn't recognize Cartman as the (loveable) jerk is blind). I especially find his sensitivity about animal issues cute and nice -- and Stan makes so many good points about humanity and society in general. Stan also has great interaction with characters that don't get much love in both the series and in reality. I really like him, and agree with how Cartman made him the hero in his bloody Christmas story. Stan really is the hero of the show.

The reason why Stan is my favorite is because he's the most relatable character on the show. Most of the decisions he makes are things that most people would do. He's also much smarter and more mature than Kyle, Kenny and Cartman. Having him be the voice of reason is what makes his character the strongest in my opinion. With all this madness going on there has to be somebody normal there too. His reactions to all the crazy things going on is hilarious and relatable. Cartman may be the face of the series, but Stan is the heart and soul of the series. It just wouldn't be South Park without him.

I like how he has the guts to stand up for himself when he's being disrespected, but sometimes takes it too far with his words. But he has a good heart, caring, kind, well mannered, mature for his age & polite.

Stan plays the role of the most reasonable and level-headed character from the series. He may not be as outstanding as Cartman or his father Randy, but you've got to admit that his personality is really loveable. He's often described as the most sensitive out of the main four boys and the one with the most moral values.
It's always interesting to see how a normal person would react in ridiculous situations that occur throughout the show all the time. And that's when Stan has to face the stupidity and craziness. You can't not love Stan Marsh.

He burst into the most inapropriate songs at the most random moments, and we love him for it. Isaac Hayes was number one actor on show, no question. Then there's the fact that in the first episode, he pulled the fire drill just to let the kids go save Ike. RIP, Chef.

Chef is like real cool! Like esp when he says overly libido sorta stuff all the time, never anything else! So funny! Hey and also like when he says "hey kids how you doing'? " and they say "bad" all the time!.. That's seriously hilarious!

I loved chef I wish he was still on south park. Chocolate salty balls is the best south park song of all time. It's a shame the guy that voiced him died.

''Hello there children! '' Chef was a great funny character that I wanted to see more of, but unfortunately the early beginnings of the show is all your gonna get.

"Now what do you think will happen when I introduce the element of the gerbil to the endothermic heat of Mr. Slave's tight ass? " Cue innocent (except for Cartman) nine-year olds staring in horror. He's insane, and has been a closeted and open gay, a transsexual, a lesbian, and straight. The most demented resident nigh Cartman in South Park.

He's Hilarious. First season hankey the Christmas poo, at the town meeting I laughed my ass off when he stood up at end of meeting said, "Can we also get rid of all the Mexicans" Mayor, "No garrison we can't get rid of the Mexicans.." That just cracked me up but there's so many more underrated great lines of his.

Yeah I'd say Garrison/Pres. Garrison deserves top 10 they have changed his persona a lot over various season whether there good or not is your preference. For the most Garrison having the equivalent personality of Sir Donald Trump is gold to me.

How this character is not higher on the list dumbfounds me, he should easily be in the top ten. All the episodes where he is the focal point are top drawer.

''Drugs are bad M'kay.'' Mr. Mackey is my favorite adult character in terms of a school setting I always fought he was great whatever you could do with him.

Best South Park character ever mkay, and don't know why he is so low on this list mkay.

Don't do drugs, drugs are bad, mmkay? If you do drugs, then you're bad...

Young Mr. Mackey in "Insheeption" is the funniest thing I've ever seen

Timmy is a rlly underrated character. People think it is boring that he can only say TIMMY! or LIVIN A LIE! And some other phrases but I always get excited when he is in an episode. He should appear more. I also love the Timmy-Jimmy relationship

He should get a spin off

Jimmy is easily the most underrated character. At first, I just thought he was just a boring cripple kid, but I really got to know him in "Cripple Fight", "Erection Day", and that steroid episode. He's really grown on me

''Cripple Fight! '' Jimmy is alright to me not that bad, but ugh... I felt he got some better material in season 19 of the PC season where his in a major role of detailing news and ads I fought was clever to do.

Super under-rated character. Although disabled, he's hilarious and sometimes badass! Jimmy always has something that makes me laugh or puts a giant smile on my face

To me, Jimmy is just an over all likeable character. He isn't mean spirited, has good humorous moments, and is just a interesting charater to watch.

Ah yes Craig Tucker, one of my top 10 favorite character. I related to him in some way, but dang I'll never be as cool as him. He is cute (not in a weird way) and never afraid to speak out his opinion even though he sometimes said it in a sarcastically way. I somehow find his signature chullo hat and his habits of flipping people off randomly really iconic.
A cold person who loves his beloved pet and bf. Lmao totally forgot about his beloved boy toy, his relationship with Tweek is really adorable, one of the most stable healthy relationship ever. Hope to see him more in the episode

Craig is definitely the best character, he flips off people and he's badass, plus he's actually a fan favourite with Kenny and he deserves the most love, I really love him a lot, he's my third favourite after Butters and Kenny, followed by Pip as fourth, but seriously, how could you not love him? Plus he's gay. If Craig would be number one in this list I'd be so happy

Craig is a cool character who is well cemented in this show he should be higher up he certainly makes this show more entertaining with or without tweek this show could do to make episodes more focused on Craig as well as Clyde ecause they are likeable characters.. Craig is a funny interesting character with a likeable attitude and personality he isn't a troublemaker as he's labelled to be but is mischievous

While he's typically a pretty 'average' background character, I fell in love with Craig in the episode Pandemic just because of his sarcasm. I honestly wish that Stans clique would interact with Craig's clique a lot more!

Ike is a straight up boss. He has sex with his hot teacher and is smarter than most people in the town.

Whenever I see Ike and the way he reacts to things I laugh out loud every time. And he's super cute too

I can't help but to listen to little Ike's voice so often, it's so cute!

Funniest simple character! Love how he's the only Canadian main character

I really don't get it why so much hate for her. If it's because she broke up with Stan, well it's true she break up with Stan but although she said he and Stan can still be friends, I hate how stan acted like a jerk (it's obvious that Wendy's answers are mean), also, they're back together since the List when she realized that he has in a really awesome way. If it's because if because she has beat up Cartman, well you must HATE TOKEN TOO, because Token has also beaten up Cartman too. In both case, Cartman really deserve what he get. Overall, Wendy is highly underrated, she's my favorite character anyway.

She's a good role model for people, especially younger girls, because how she accepts her flaws, talks about the issue of photoshop bodies online, helpful, good at communicating & she's very smart. I like Wendy!

An EXTREMELY underrated character. All of the characters in south park have shown growths in their personalities but I think Wendy has shown one of the most substantial. In the earlier episodes she was an obsessed at time mentally unstable clinger to Stan and the episode "Toms Rhinoplasty" Is like the Scott Tenorman must die before that episode was even made. It seems after mary kay bergman died and a more mature voice was given to her that her character really began to, mature. The episodes were she takes the main role usually involve her fighting a cause (usually for the greater good) and fighting a bunch of idiots really. Not to mention shes one of the only characters to ever get back at cartman successfully. When shes the main character shes just kind of the underdog you always root for.

The episode where she fights Cartland is the only episode I like with Wendy, otherwise she is a arrogant, hypocritical, self-important nightmare of girl. She is all the whiny holier than though aspects of kyle without the humour or charm. She is incapable of having fun and is the Courtney love of South Park. She drags Stan down as a character and episodes that try to show their "love" are dull to watch

A pissed off Disney owner who literally beats the crap out of anybody who doesn't agree with him! Plus, his little "ha ha" between every sentence is perfect!

I like Mickey in general. Haha. But in South Park, he's so crazy and downright greedy that it makes him more likeable. Haha.

Haha this guy is awesome! He's so funny and hilarious. I can't stop laughing at the ring episode.

Oh what did it for me was when he unloads on the Jonas Brothers that was great, and hysterical.

Pip is my favourite south park character, he is really nice, I hope trey parker and matt stone do the right thing and bring pip back to south park.

Pip is my favourite south park character, he is really nice and I hope trey and matt will do the right thing and bring pip back to south park.

Oh what jolly good fun. Why did they kill off pip. They should bring him back. Him and butters would make a good team

I hate it when shows kill of one of the characters. They need to bring pip back.

AA Fackayou mongorians! I literally ran out of breath from laughing too hard! This guy is like every asian stereotype I've ever encountered in real life.

Ultimately the best South park character! The only reason he's not number one is because he has few appearance! Cartman is number 2 for me

''Let's go child labor! '' May I prease take your order, I need mor seasons to be apart of the Town of South Park. What do you say Dennis?

He's an ill-tempered, hilarious racist that really has an issue with "Japanese Dogs."

Towelie is the funniest character. He's the typical stoner in his own world.

"You're a towel! "

"I have no idea what's going on".

Completely off the wall stoner character in all honestly I didn't have much of a liking for.

Don't forget to bring a towel!

I like how the Popeye song plays when he gets high.

Mysterion is so cute when he is saving Karen! He is one of the most mature characters and it always makes me sad how he hates his cure and how everyone else can't understand him. Definitely best character!

I was having a little trouble picking and so I just picked Mysterion because I love Mysterion. So, anyway, yeah Mysterion is pretty awesome. Plus, he's adorable

Underrated character. So damn badass gotta love him.

He's my desktop wallpaper... My favorite character.

He's literally the most underrated character ever.

He is a hilarious guy, especially when he is out hunting in his very unique hunting style

''PC BRO! '' PC Principal is one of my favorite characters ever, the way his introduced, and than takes no crap from anybody a very intimidating, and fearless character in the series.

Annoying (bust designed that way)... Proves a nice satirical point about PC culture, but I'm ready to see him taken out of the show int he most 'South Park' way possible

Despite being overly PC he's showing it in a very masculine way which is the point I guess.

I die laughing whenever he comes on. So hilarious!

Clyde isn't the most populest kid in the school and only has a small group of friends which is Craig's gang he takes the lead in Craig's absence.. I find Clyde a very likeable character what with his nasally voice and his defensiveness for his peers he speaks up for his friends when he seems them being wronged.. Clyde isn't the cleverest I think he should be higher on this list because even though he's a side character he still delivers a very important role...

He is just yes. I enjoy his just random commentary and how he is pervy like Kenny, he also doesn't seem to fully hate cartman. I enjoy seeing clyde in south park I like his character in general.

Clyde is my hero he's so sweet and innocent.
sometimes I think he's abused by strict rules like butters also Clyde resembles rude Ralph of horrid Henry with the color of his hair and clothes lol it's awesome.
Clyde should be higher because he's a top side character. Team Clyde

93? And I thought he was one of the most popular

A talking christmas poo, who first appeared in mr hankey the christmas poo, first season. Oh mr. Hankey the christmas poo, he loves me and I love you!

What would south park be without a little toilet humor. They have the the sex, the drugs, the rock and roll, so why not?