south park

I choose Cartmen, the fat and obnoxious kid from the TV show South Park. This character has some stereotypes associated with him such as being an overweight American kid he loves to eat food, he is a teenager who knows everything, and he also has the role of the big intolerable elementary school bully.

Cartman is just like the typical middle class American overweight kid who is always shown eating and orders his mother to serve him with food. Cartman’s mom is always trying to help him out but, he plays the role of the teenager who thinks he knows everything in the world and doesn’t need to take any advice from his elders. Cartman also plays the school bully as he tries to boss his friends and school mates around believing that he is superior to his friends.

The show South Park is entirely based on satire and irony so the character of Cartman fits into the stereotypical fat, know it all teenager who needs no guidance in life from others. Cartman has not really influenced my decision of how I think about white, overweight, teenage Americans that like to bully over people. But every time I view the character Cartman, it reminds me of some of my friends and former class mates that Cartman is made to be based off.