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Major characters
The main characters of the show are four elementary school students (often called "the boys" when as a group for easier reference):

Picture Name Description
Stanley "Stan" Marsh Often the "straight man" of the group. Generally good natured and clear-thinking, he usually tries to come up with logical solutions to their outrageous situations. Stan acts as the alter-ego for creator, Trey Parker, and often summarizes the message or moral of the episode. He is best friends with Kyle and their relationship is central to many episodes.
Kyle Broflovski High-strung, skeptical, and at times self-righteous; yet is the most easily influenced. Kyle is effectively the alter-ego of Matt Stone, who is ethnically Jewish, but unlike Kyle, is spiritually agnostic. Along with Stan, Kyle often provides a reasonable perspective on the crazy behavior of the adult world around them. Kyle is often depicted as the smartest and most moral member of the quartet.
Eric Theodore Cartman Loosely inspired by Archie Bunker, and frequently the catalyst for the plot. He is campy, aggressive, sadistic, bigoted, spoiled, overweight, rude, and antagonistic. He regularly insults Kyle for being Jewish, Kenny for being poor, and Stan for being a "dirty hippie". His pretentious and sociopathic ways, meanwhile, often causes him to regularly be disdained by the other boys, who don't quite know why they put up with him. Cartman's plans to solve problems normally involve killing Kyle. Cartman commonly acts in a manner directly opposed to, or against, that of the other boys. He also demonstrates an uncanny ability as a businessman and leader. In many episodes he displays the ability to make money quickly, as well as to sway large groups of children or adults to pursue his goals.
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick Comes from an extremely crude, poverty-stricken family. He is obsessed with sex and bathroom humor. His speech is difficult to understand due to his hood closed around his face, although all of his lines are real dialogue. During the first five seasons Kenny served as the eternal victim, who is routinely killed in a number of grotesque (yet often very entertaining) ways during each episode, only to miraculously reappear alive in the next episode. Near the end of Season 5, Kenny is killed off for the next season and is replaced, first by Butters and later by Tweek, as the fourth friend. He reappears as a regular character in Season 7, and while he does not necessarily die in every episode any more, on occasion he still meets a harsh fatality. Cartman once responded to a liability suit for Kenny's death by saying "Kenny dies all the time!"
The show's earliest well-known gimmick, beginning in the first episode, was that in every episode, Kenny would unexpectedly die in some horrible way. After this, Stan would shout, "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" and Kyle would add, "You bastards!" In recent seasons, three other characters have gained prominence:

Timmy A schoolmate confined by disability to a wheelchair. He has a limited vocabulary, usually only consisting of his own name, Jimmy's name, his pet turkey's name, "Gobbles", "And the lords of the underworld", and other assorted gibberish. On occasion, has managed a few other words. As a standing joke, he was misdiagnosed with ADHD. He was featured in the 4th grade beginning theme which replaced the original theme during the 4th season. He also replaced Kenny in the theme song in season 6 when Kenny remained dead for an entire season.
Leopold "Butters" Stotch (replaced Kenny as a main character during the first part of the Season 6. Though Kenny was brought back for the 7th season, Butters has remained prominent)
Nervous, naive, easily manipulated, and repressed — while at the same time remains ironically optimistic, and sometimes insightful. He is often callously punished by his overbearing and oppressive parents, and is meanwhile blatantly vilified, taken advantage of and/or disregarded by Cartman, Stan, and Kyle. Adding to the tragic nature of his character, his birthday is September 11. Butters has also adopted the alter ego of Professor Chaos, the costume inspired by Doctor Doom, and has a sidekick called General Disarray. His character is based on Director of Animation Eric Stough.

Tweek (replaced Kenny during the second part of the Season 6):
Spastic and neurotic, Tweek generally wants to be left alone. He also suffers from ADHD (referred to as its accepted variant ADD in the show). His problems are often glossed over by his very docile, Hallmark commercial-esque coffee-shop-owning parents (whose constant supply of coffee is most likely the source of their son's jilty behavior). Although initially touted as one of the leading supporting characters, he has since been upstaged by the more viewer-popular Butters and has returned to playing a minor role.