28 Facts About Eric Cartman

Eric Cartman is voiced by Parker, and is one of the series' four main characters, alongside Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick.

Eric Cartman is principally characterized by his obesity, his amorality, and his bigoted and especially antisemitic disposition, being described by Parker and Stone as "a little Archie Bunker".

Eric Cartman attends South Park Elementary as part of Mr Garrison's class.

Eric Cartman is the only child of Liane Cartman, a promiscuous single mother.

Eric Cartman is distinguished from most of the other children by a wider physical appearance, and is subject to ridicule from others for his obesity.

Eric Cartman is most commonly portrayed as an antagonist, with most of his actions driving the events of many episodes.

Eric Cartman is alienated by the majority of the other children for his strong amorality, but they are occasionally influenced by his manipulation.

Eric Cartman revealed that he hated Kenny the most in the episode "Jakovasaurs".

Eric Cartman has on numerous occasions made fun of Kenny for being poor.

In "Kenny Dies", Eric Cartman takes advantage of his declining health to get a ban on stem cell research lifted in order to construct his own Shakey's Pizza restaurant out of fetus stem cells.

However, Eric Cartman implies that Kenny is his best friend, making their relationship unclear.

Kyle has a tendency to make what he thinks are safe bets with Eric Cartman, often losing these bets when the improbable actions promised by Eric Cartman are accomplished.

Eric Cartman has a high sadistic streak towards Kyle, and has repeatedly expressed desire in seeing him suffer, often to extremes.

Eric Cartman knows German, and once uses this knowledge to impersonate Adolf Hitler while promoting the extermination of Jews to an oblivious audience that did not speak German, and in interactions with Mexican laborers, such as the episode "My Future Self n' Me", seems to speak at least conversational Spanish.

In keeping with the show's animation style, Eric Cartman is composed of simple geometrical shapes and primary colors.

Eric Cartman is not offered the same free range of motion associated with hand-drawn characters; his character is mostly shown from one direction, and his movements intentionally jerky.

Eric Cartman has parted brown hair, and he is seen without his hat more often than the other characters with distinctive headwear.

Eric Cartman is partially named after and based on Matt Karpman, a high school classmate of Parker who remains a friend of both Parker and Stone.

Eric Cartman is inspired to some degree by All in the Family patriarch Archie Bunker, who is himself inspired by Alf Garnett from Till Death Us Do Part, the original British version of All in the Family.

Parker and Stone, despite being the basis for Stan and Kyle, insist that Eric Cartman is their favorite character, and the one with whom they identify the most.

Eric Cartman uses profanity to provide a means for Parker and Stone to portray how they believe young boys really talk when they are alone.

Eric Cartman is shown at times to be completely amoral and remorseless.

Parker has noted that this is the primary cause for Eric Cartman's behavior, stating that Eric Cartman is "just a product of his environment".

Eric Cartman has shown initiative in taking a businesslike approach to earning money, starting his own "hippie control" and "parental revenge" operations, as well as a Christian Rock and a boy band, a basketball team of crack babies and his own church.

Carlos Delgado of If Magazine noted this as "Eric Cartman being so egotistical that he manipulates the past to serve his own purposes".

Eric Cartman is a South Park fan favorite, and is often described as the most famous character from the series as well as having a significant influence on comedy and culture.

The group was inspired by the season nine episode "Ginger Kids", in which Eric Cartman incites prejudice towards those with red hair, pale skin, and freckles, a group he calls "Gingers" and claims are inherently evil and without souls.

The book South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today includes an essay in which Johnson uses Cartman's actions and behavior as examples when discussing the logical problem of moral evil, and another essay by College of Staten Island professor Mark D White cited the season two episode "Chickenlover", in which Cartman is temporarily granted law enforcement powers, in its discussion regarding the command theory of law and what obligates a citizen to obey the law.