Clyde Donovan

Clyde Donovan is voiced by Trey Parker, and is one of the Four's Classmates. He's a cry baby, and a tad stupid. Clyde made his first major appearance in "Weight Gain 4000" as an Indian in the play being performed for Kathy Lee Gifford. He has consistently remained present throughout the 10 and a half seasons, though recently, he has taken on a larger role, as part of a gang which Cartman often calls "Craig and those guys".

He is also a playable character in South Park Rally. He must be unlocked by being the only one to collect eggs in the Easter race.

Appearance
He has medium-brown hair, and wears a burgundy coat, grayish-brown trousers, and sometimes wears ocean-blue mittens. He has been labeled "the second fattest kid next to Cartman" despite appearing about the same weight as the others. He has a somewhat nasal voice, similar to that of Craig's. It is rumored that Clyde only has one testicle.

Interests
Clyde seems to have a liking for adult related materials. In episode 1008, "Make Love, Not Warcraft", he is seen reading an adult magazine instead of playing the game and in episode 911, "Ginger Kids", the topic of his presentation is mentioned as lesbian cheerleaders. In the episode Marjorine, Butters (in the character of Marjorine) says "...And getting my snootch pounded on Friday nights", to which Clyde responds "Nice". In the episode "Cherokee Hair Tampons", Butters comments that Clyde would have helped in getting Cartman's kidney for Kyle, but his appetite for tacos got in the way. In the episode "Clubhouses", he began dating Bebe though it is unknown as to whether or not this relationship continued.

On several occasions, when things get surreal in the show, Clyde shows little or no interest. For instance, when the boys audition for a new fourth friend, and he is eliminated as a candidate, he eventually decides that it is stupid, and shows no actual interest in being their fourth friend. Also, while everyone else is obsessing over the World of Warcraft game, he questions its importance and reads Playboy instead - which causes the "rogue" to defeat the other players once again.

He is an avid supporter of the school football team, the South Park Cows, and is extremely upset when the PETA demand that they change the name and mascot in "Douche and Turd",. He then is overjoyed at the end when they are able to keep their name.

In "Marjorine", Clyde stood up for Cartman when Kyle and Stan were ridiculing him for his discovery of the girls' future telling device. This surprised many of the boys who were in Cartman's basement at the time, including Cartman himself. Although this initially indicates that he's somewhat on Cartman's side, he ignores him along with the rest of the class in "The Death of Eric Cartman". He may have only been curious about the future telling device Cartman was reporting, and wanted Stan and Kyle to be quiet while Cartman explained.

Colostomy
In the episode "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" Mr. Mackey originally blamed Clyde for the feces that was found in the urinal. However, his parents came to school and revealed that Clyde could not have done it since he had a colostomy at the age of five. However, when he was showering in "Lice Capades", there was no colostomy pouch attached to his stomach. It was also nowhere to be seen during the scene in "The List" where he is standing in his underwear in front of the mirror, admiring himself.

Lice Situation
In "Lice Capades" he thought at first that he was the only one in the school who had head lice. He did not want to reveal it or have it found out, because he feared he would be made fun of and embarrassed by Cartman and the rest of the class. However, Clyde's lice problem was not revealed to the others, as Kenny McCormick was accused by Cartman (because Kenny is poor). This episode was the first time his last name was 'Harris', as stated at the lice inspection. However, in the later reruns, this was corrected.

Family
He told the environmentalists in "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" that his father, like Randy Marsh, is a geologist(who said there was no evidence of global warming), though Mr. Donovan is only shown with Clyde alongside his mother in the episode "Child Abduction is not Funny". The couple appear again in the Atheists Club of "Red Hot Catholic Love", leading us to believe that Clyde's family, like most South Parkites, is Roman Catholic. He has a dog named Rex Donovan, who had a sexual encounter with Stan's dog, Sparky Marsh. His mother is referred to as Martha in Red Hot Catholic Love. His name suggests Scottish ancestry.

In the episode "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?", Father Maxi was caught by the children having sex with a woman named Mrs. Donovan (whom he later described as an evil temptress), however she looks nothing like Martha. Her exact relation to Clyde, if any, has been left ambiguos.

In the Season 11 finale, "The List" it is revealed that his father owns a shoe shop. This is why the girls declared him the cutest boy in South Park Elementary; so that they could have easier shoe-shopping sprees. However, as mentioned above, Mr. Donovan was supposedly a geologist. Of course, he may have more than one job, or he may have quit geology since "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow", and taken up a career as a shoestore owner.

The Donovan family apparently sold their house and moved to another as of the Season eight episode "The Jeffersons", as it is mentioned that Michael Jefferson bought "the Donovan's old house".

Quotes

 * Clyde - "Am I an Indian, or a pioneer?"
 * Mr. Garrison - "Do you have a feather on your head?"
 * Clyde - "Yeah."
 * Mr. Garrison - "Then you're an Indian."


 * Clyde - [Upon hearing that Tweek and Craig are going to fight] "Really? Cool." [the boys stand around waiting] "It's funny, 'cause Tweek and Craig both went home about fifteen minutes ago."


 * Clyde - [Watching the boys fight over who's more likely to win the fight.] "Wow. Tweek and Craig really hate each other, huh? This should be a good fight."


 * Herbert Garrison - "Now, can anyone tell me what two times ten is?
 * Clyde - "12?"
 * Herbert Garrison - "Okay, now lets get an answer from someone who's not a complete retard"


 * Stan - {Getting ready for the sledding competition] "Alright, where's Clyde?"
 * Clyde - [steps up] "Right here."
 * Stan - "Get on the sled, you fat piece of shit!"
 * Clyde - "For the last time, I'm not fat, so stop calling me fat, God-damnit!" [realizes he's responded as Cartman would, and covers his mouth with both hands]


 * Clyde - [in an English accent. Cartman looks on, startled] "You, sir, mocked Cartman before, yet you two sit here demanding answers! Now, damn you, let him speak!"


 * Clyde - [Cartman tries to get him to help the others defeat "The Rogue", but he resists] "I'm just gonna stop playing."
 * Cartman - "When Hitler rose to power there were a lot of people who just stopped playing. You know who those people were? The French! Are you French, Clyde?"
 * Clyde - "No."
 * Cartman - "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, Clyde?"
 * Clyde - "All right all right, I'll do it!"


 * Lead Screener - [writes a note and gives it to him] "Now now, it's all right. We're going to call your parents and get you to your doctor."
 * Clyde - "Please, ya-you don't understand. The other kids are gonna make fun of me forever!"
 * Lead Screener - "I'm sure your friends aren't that cruel."
 * Clyde - "Yes they are!"


 * Clyde - "This is so... embarassing."
 * Girl - "I have an ear infection. What are you seeing the doctor for?"
 * Clyde - "I have... I have AIDS." [his mother looks at him, astonished]

Name Controversy
Before the episode "Quests for Ratings", Clyde's name appeared as "Clyde Goodman" on South Park merchandise such as shirts and cups, but in "Quest for Ratings" it was changed to Donovan while the "report" about the state of his genitals was going on. Three seasons later, in "Lice Capades" he was called "Clyde Harris", but only in the first airing of the episode. The creators possibly realized their mistake, and changed the name back to Donovan the second time it aired.

Prominence
Clyde was used as a background character with no other role but to speak or be used at the beginning of the series. He has been given more personality and importance since season six, but his role is somewhat diminished by Craig, who is given more lines because of his status as a leader. Clyde even got his own episode, Lice Capades.

(Clyde's first appearance. He questions what role he'll be playing in the South Park play.)
 * Weight Gain 4000'

(Clyde's dog, Rex Donovan, gets raped by Stan's dog, Sparky Marsh.)
 * Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride

(Clyde is the only person who claps for Kevin (called "Casey")'s weed.)
 * An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig

(Clyde gets bitten by zombie Kenny, and turns into another zombie. Later, he eats Bebe's brains out.)
 * Pink Eye

(Clyde becomes Bebe's boyfriend after she "breaks up" with Kyle.)
 * Clubhouses

(Clyde points out to Mr. Adler that Tommy, a classmate, got his face removed in the belt sander. Later, he hands out brochures regarding Tweek and Craig's fight.)
 * Tweek vs. Craig

(Clyde becomes the new Cartman after Cartman gets sent to juvie, and suffers the torment Cartman usually would go through.)
 * Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000

(Clyde tries to tell the Earth Day committee that there's no proof of global warming which he heard from his father, who "is a geologist".)
 * '''Terrance and Philip: Behind the Blow

(Clyde is a candidate for the boys' new fourth friend, but didn't make the second cut along with Craig and Jason. When hearing the explanation for the friend contests, he calls out, "What if we don't want to be your friend?"
 * Professor Chaos

(Clyde, along with the other boys, dresses up and pretends to be a ninja.)
 * Good Times with Weapons

(Clyde takes the new episode of Craig's show and puts it into the big screens.)
 * Quest for Ratings

(Clyde was one of the boys who was invited to Bebe's whorish party.)
 * Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset

(Clyde is distraught that the South Park Cows are forced to change their name by the PETA.)
 * Douche and Turd

(Clyde is one of the boys trying to capture the girls' "device". He compliments "Marjorine's" supposed sex life.)
 * Marjorine

(Clyde lets the others down by reading Playboy rather than playing World of Warcraft.)
 * Make Love, Not Warcraft

(Clyde is accused of having crapped in the urinal, but his parents reveal that he could not possibly be the culprit, because he had had a colostomy.)
 * Mystery of the Urinal Deuce

(Clyde finds out that he has head lice, and is frightened of what the other kids might do to him.)
 * Lice Capades

(Clyde is listed cutest on The List and lets the popularity go to his head. Later, it was revealed that the girls just dated him because his dad owned a shoe store and they wanted free pairs from Clyde. It was said that he was in the bottom five on the list, also hinting from other clues that Craig was supposed to be first.)
 * The List