Eric Cartman "Screw you hippy!!"
Eric Cartman is the big boned loser of the four kids. He is from a single parent family. He doesn't know who his father is (the subject of the last episode of the first series).

Likes: Cheesy Poofs, Megaman, his pot-bellied pig Fluffy, swearing.

Dislikes: Hippies, anal probes and aliens, anyone who tries to mess with Fluffy, people who don't buy him the right birthday present, Kyle's mum.

Stan Marsh "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!!"
Stan Marsh is the sort-of leader of the group. He is the only athlete of the four and is the only one who has a girlfriend.

Likes: Wendy Testaberger, his gay dog Sparky, John Elway, football.

Dislikes: puking at Wendy, his sister.

Kyle Broslofski "You Bastards!!!!"
Kyle is probably the sensible and smarter one out of the four. He's Jewish and has an irritating mum who always seems to wreck the kid's fun either by having their favourite TV show banned or having their Christmas pageant stopped.

Likes: Mr. Hankey.

Dislikes: Christmas because he's Jewish and gets no presents, the aliens who abducted his little brother Ike.

Kenny McCormick "mhhhhmmhmhhhmmmmm mmhmmhhmmh mmhhm mhmmmhmm"
Kenny is the poorest of the group. He has an alcoholic dad and a mum to match. Kenny mumbles everything.

Likes: Staying alive (but he only manages to do so in one episode), talking dirty.

Dislikes: Dying all the time, being teased because he's poor.

Chef "Children, children."
The school canteen chef who can't get enough of love (sex).

Likes: Making sweet love, singing raunchy songs to the schoolkids.

Dislikes: Not having sex.

Mr. Garrison "You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!!!!"
The school teacher. Often thought of as gay. Likes to talk through his helpful glove puppet, Mr. Hat.

Likes: Looking like David Hasselhoff, Mr. Hat, smoking dope while watching Teletubbies.

Dislikes: Kathie Lee Gifford, people calling him gay.

Mr. Hat "You can say that again Mr. Garrison"
Mr. Hat is Mr. Garrison's glove puppet.

Likes: Teaching class.

Dislikes: Kathie Lee Gifford.

Officer Barbrady "OK, move along. There's nothing to see here."
The stupid local police officer who can't read.

Likes: Making kids go to school on Saturday.

Dislikes Not being able to read.

Uncle Jimbo "It's comin' right for us!"
Stan's uncle who is determined to make him a man, not a wuss. He'd like to see the South Park Elementary's football team win at least one game.

Likes: Fishing with hand grenades, hunting.

Dislikes: Wimps.

Ned "It hurts! It hurts!"
Jimbo's hunting pal who's stint in Vietnam left him with an electronic voice box.

Likes: Drinking, hunting.

Dislikes: Wimps.

Wendy Testaberger "Don't f*#k with Wendy Testaberger."
The main female character on the show. Wendy is Stan's girlfriend.

Likes: Stan.

Dislikes: Miss Ellen.

Mrs. Cartman "Would you like some cheesy poofs hun?"
The mother of Eric Cartman who went to the Barn Dance, one night, had sex with everyone and got pregnant.

Likes: making cookies, having sex with everyone in and out of town.

Dislikes: Well... nothing really.

Mephesto "This beast is a disgrace to genetic engineers everywhere."
The crazy genetic engineer who likes to splice animal DNA together to form strange creatures like 5 assed monkeys.

Likes: Animals with more than one ass.

Dislikes: People who spoil his experiments.

Ike "Don't kick the baby'
Ike's (Canadian) baby brother who was once abducted by aliens. He's a football in Kyle's eyes unless he's about to be castrated.

Likes: Following his brother to school.

Dislikes: Circumcision, being kicked by Kyle, being kidnapped by aliens.

Mr. Mackey "Drugs are bad, mmkay"
The dorky school sounsellor who's always telling the kids that drugs and alcohol are bad.

Likes: Telling kids that drugs and alcohol are bad.

Dislikes: "Drugs, alcohol."