Craig Tucker

Craig is one of the 4th graders in the series South Park. He is voiced by Trey Parker.

Appearance


He wears a cold-blue jacket, black pants and a blue aviator hat with a yellow puffball on top. In older seasons, he wore blue jeans instead. He's been shown to have two hairstyles; In "South Park Is Gay!" he has black hair, however in "The Losing Edge" he's shown with brown hair in a style similar to Stan's. In "Lice Capades", he once again has black hair. He is fairly thin, as revealed in "Tweek vs. Craig". He weighs only 45 pounds.





Character
Craig has bad behaviour and said to be the biggest trouble-maker in class, most likely not just for his habit of flipping people off. Because of this, he always goes to Mr. Mackey's office. Many scenes with someone going to Mr. Mackey's office show Craig sitting outside.

Craig has notable leadership skills, as he is the leader of his own gang and he lead the plans to deal with Mark Cotswalds. Craig's assertiveness can sometimes lead to bullying, like in Ginger Kids.

Tourette's Syndrome?
He is notorious for flipping people off. In "Tweek vs. Craig", it is suggested that this is either a normal form of communication in his family, or that they all suffer from Tourette's Syndrome. When accused of having done so, he will often deny his actions, even immediately after. If the first possibility is correct, then he may be so used to doing it, that he doesn't give it any thought anymore.

In "Le Petit Tourette", he repeatedly states that he would be "sooooo happy" if he could say some of the things Cartman gets to say (Cartman has fooled people into believing he has Tourette's Syndrome, and can't control what he says). While this initially implies that he doesn't have TS, it might simply be that his tic is flipping people off, and he simply wishes it was uncontrollable swearing.

Gang
Craig is the leader of a gang who are social rivals with Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny. They first appeared in "South Park is Gay". Cartman referrs to them as "Craig and those Guys". The group usually consists of Craig, Clyde, Token, and sometimes Tweek, Jimmy, or Jason. Craig and Clyde seem to share/alternate in leadership of this group, although, given by their designation, Craig is the primary leader.

Craig seems to feel more competitive towards the main characters than even his gang (see below). In "Quest for Ratings", he opened a television show in the school entitled "Animals Close-Up With a Wide-Angle Lens", which rivaled against their news show. On the other extreme, he seems eager to help them at other times, as in "Free Willzyx", where he is one of the boys trying to get the orca back to it's "home" on the moon.

Feud with Tweek
In "Tweek vs. Craig", the boys, on account of a bet they had made, claimed to Tweek and Craig that each had insulted the other, and convinced them to fight. When it turned out neither of them knew how to fight, they had them trained for it. Craig was trained by Cartman, in Sumo wrestling. After the fight, both boys were hospitalized, but the kids fooled them into fighting again.

In recent seasons, they have been shown to stop hating each other, as Tweek is a regular member of Craig's gang and the two were seen talking in Butt Out.

Family
His first name indicates that he may be of Scottish descent. The family's canonical surname is unknown, but a popular name given to them in fanfiction is "Nommel".

Craig is the only member of his family with black hair (his mother being blonde and his father and sister being redheads). One possibility is that he dyes his hair black, which would go to great lengths to explain why his hair was brown in "The Losing Edge". However, none of his known family members have brown hair either, unless his mother is also a natural brunette, and dyes her hair blonde. A third possibility is that one or more of his ancestors had brown hair, and he inherited the colour from several generations ago. In some fan work, Craig's black hair is said to be from Asian decent, meaning he would be adopted.

In "Here Comes the Neighborhood", as Token is walking around South Park, looking sorrowfully at the others, he walks past the Welfare office. We see Craig and his parents stepping out of the office at the same time. While Token may have been exaggerating in his thoughts about how poor everyone else in town is, this might imply that Craig's parents are jobless, or that their job/s don't provide enough income for them to get by on it alone.

Thomas


Thomas is Craig's father. He is tall and portly He wears a blue sweater and brown trousers. Under his sweater is a white shirt. He has orangy-red hair, although he seems to be balding.

Mother


She has long, blonde hair, and wears a dull-green dress, with a white collar, a white belt around her waist, and white buttons going down all the way. Craig's nasally voice is most likely inherited by her, as she has a nasal voice too. Very little is known about her.

Younger Sister


She closely resembles Millie, one of Craig's classmates. She has the same colour patterns as Millie, though her hair is in long, higher-up pig-tails, as opposed to Millie's short, drooping ones.

Rebecca and Skeeter?
Main articles: Rebecca and Skeeter

Thomas closely resembles Skeeter, a frequently seen townsperson. (The main difference in their appearance is height.) This resemblance might imply a relation; perhaps that of siblings. If this is so, Rebecca (once called Bertha), Skeeter's daughter and one of Craig's female classmates, would also be his cousin.

Stripe
Craig apparently has a pet guinea pig named Stripe. Stripe has never been seen, and all we know of him is that Craig does not like it when he is insulted. Knowing this, Cartman riled Craig up in "Tweek vs. Craig" by saying that Tweek had said that Craig stuffs Stripe up his rectum before going to bed.

Episodes in which he is Prominent
(Craig gets sent to Mr. Mackey's office for repeatedly flipping people off. First use of Craig as a secondary character.)
 * Rainforest Schmainforest

(Craig is fooled into the challenge of fighting Tweek, and vice versa.)
 * Tweek vs. Craig

(Craig successfully sues Wendy for sexual harassment after she touches his thigh.)
 * Sexual Harassment Panda

(Craig leads the other boys, and directs them on what to do about Mark Cotswalds.)
 * Hooked on Monkey Phonics

(Craig, wearing a spaceman helmet, directs the couple to Treasure Cove, where they'll find a phone.)
 * The Wacky Molestation Adventure

(Craig is a candidate for the boys' fourth friend. When joining into the "argument competition", he can only think of "You guys are all dumb.")
 * Professor Chaos

(When the boys enter the school, Craig's gang shows and they try to be gayer than them. First mention of Craig's gang.)
 * South Park is Gay

(Craig and his gang play "ninjas" with the main characters.)
 * Good Times with Weapons

(Craig's show, Animals Close Up With a Wide-Angle Lens, is crushing the boys' [minus Kenny, but with an extended gang] news show.
 * Quest for Ratings

(Craig and Stan search in Mexico for a cheap space program.)
 * Free Willzyx

(Craig, Token, and Clyde confront Cartman at his "Goodbye, Kyle" party and ask him why Kyle isn't there.)
 * Smug Alert

(Craig tells Cartman he hates him and slams the door in his face.)
 * Tsst

(Craig, believing Cartman to have Tourette's Syndrome, is miserably jealous of him because he gets away with saying terrible things about people.)
 * Le Petit Tourette

(Craig is among the boys observing Stan and Kyle playing Guitar Hero.)
 * Guitar Queer-o

(Craig mans the distraction device in the first attempt to get The List. After seeing himself as twelfth on The List, he says "Hah! I'm hotter than you, fatso!" to Cartman.)
 * The List