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Trey Parker and Matt Stone have repeatedly stated that Cartman is their ultimate favorite of all the characters in the show. Trey suddenly blurted out, "Cartman! That’s the perfect name for The Fat Kid." Karpman's retorts against that further convinced Trey that "The Fat Kid" had to be named Cartman. Trey was sitting in a corner quietly watching Karpman and their other friends trash talk during the game when one person said, "Shut up Karpman". Frosty had been completed back in 1992 and "The Fat Kid" needed a name. According to their mutual friend Jonathan Korty, Trey came up with the name Cartman during a Super Bowl party on 29 January 1995. Karpman was known for being slightly overweight, short, very obnoxious and skilled with his verbal comebacks. Ĭontrary to popular belief that Cartman's name was derived from German war-pilot Erich Hartmann (which would reflect his love of Hitler and the Nazis), Cartman's name and personality are based on Matt Karpman, a friend of Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

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.

3.2 Antisemitism and Other Forms of BigotryĪccording 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.

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.