Jimmy Valmer

Jimmy Valmer (formerly Jimmy Swanson) is a character in South Park. He is voiced by Trey Parker. This character is possibly inspired by Tiny Tim Cratchit from Dickens's "A Christmas Carol".

Appearance
Jimmy wears a yellow long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans and black boots; he wears braces, has a rather lopsided face, brown hair, and sideburns. Like Timmy, he is handicapped, but with a (far less severe form) of cerebral palsy and can still walk with the aid of crutches. They seem to hinder his arm use, as in "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes," when he is struggling unsuccessfully to get Sharon Marsh a shopping cart.

From "Cripple Fight" through "Super Fun Time," his eyebrows were the same color as his hair. However, as of "The China Probrem" they are black just like other characters his age.

He is also able to communicate with people, Thоugh with a severe stutter and a Brooklyn-type accent, although he sometimes ends his sentences with "very much" when there is no need for it.

Character
Like Timmy, the humor of Jimmy's character comes from his endless optimism despite his handicap; his disability is not mocked per se, but rather his exaggerated eagerness to be a successful "handi-capable" person is. Jimmy has recently started to expand his role on South Park; it is unknown if he is being eased in as a main character. He seems to be eager to be a member of the main character's gang - In "Professor Chaos" he is one of the final ten chosen to be a fourth member of the main boys gang. He was not picked for being a sycophant and trying too hard, which may be why he was declined as a fourth member. In later seasons, he is shown as a frequent add-on member in Craig's gang.

He is generally a popular and gifted student at school, and he is moral and knows how to be a friend. However, he is foul-mouthed and very competitive; taking steroids just so he can win the Special Olympics. He and Timmy also competed against Christopher Reeve in "Krazy Kripples". He is also seen singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas" in "Red Sleigh Down," but his stutter makes it very slow going, as each time the scene cuts back to him he is just ending the verse he started in the last one.

Entertainment
He likes to perform stand-up comedy, in the style of Jay Leno, but he is often criticized for his jokes, even though everyone considered them hilarious in "Cripple Fight". When telling a joke, he often starts it of with "Have you seen this? Have you heard about this?" in the style of The Tonight Show's host Jay Leno. When finishing a joke, even if there's only one person listening to him, and no matter what their reaction to the joke, he will usually say "Wow, what a great audience!". In "Fishsticks" one of his jokes became famous and was considered to be the greatest joke in the world by everyone, except Kanye West.

Jimmy also likes singing. His favorite song is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," he sings it painfully slowly with a stutter in front of a polite audience at the City Hall in "Red Sleigh Down". He has also acted on a few occasions, such as "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers".

Fighting
Jimmy seems to be rather good at fighting. In the episode Cripple Fight he and Timmy engage in a fistfight that is, shot-for-shot, nearly identical to the fistfight scene in the John Carpener 1980's science fiction film "They Live". Timmy and Jimmy become friends in subsequent episodes. Jimmy seems to be the only one who can understand Timmy's limited speech.

Jimmy was using steroids in "Up the Down Steroid" (see below), and was shown developing drug induced 'roid rage' threatened he'd kick Cartman's ass and beating up his girlfriend. He often uses his crutches as a highly dangerous weapon when fighting as demonstrated in "Good Times with Weapons".

However in "Casa Bonita", Cartman, manages to slam him against the lockers, but this could be attributed to the fact that Cartman doesn't have a disability and he surprised him. Kyle scolded him for "Beating up a handicapped kid."

Friends and peers
Jimmy is generally portrayed as the most well-liked character in the boys' circle of friends, he has never been hatefully singled-out in the school or bitterly discriminated against.

Timmy
Timmy and Jimmy are frequently seen together; they'll often be in the same situation and have the same goals and will work together to achieve them. Jimmy is the dominant voice and decision-maker in the friendship, being the one who can speak.

Jimmy first entered the show in Cripple Fight causing Timmy to be jealous that Jimmy was given the attention and adoration as 'the handicapped kid', a reputation that was originally his.

Timmy presumably ended his jealousy soon afterwards, as he became friendly and loyal to Jimmy--in the manner previously described--in every following episode in which they were together.

Cartman
Jimmy appears to be much more permissive and accepting of Cartman than most others. He's also the only character other than Butters (and most adults) to usually refer to him by his first name Eric, suggesting that Jimmy doesn't hate or strongly disrespect him. He has also expressed some dislike of Cartman and rejecting him as a friend.

Butters
From the very brief one-on-one interaction Butters and Jimmy have had on the show, it can be seen that their relationship in neutral. In Erection Day, Jimmy came to Butters for advice on his erection problems, expressing that Butters is the only one he can tell who won't make fun of him for it. But despite their perceived ability to get along so well, nothing has indicated that they've ever bonded or gotten to know each other.

Stan, Kyle and Kenny
Jimmy's relationship with the three normal weight boys is the same as with most of the kids in the school (and Butters for that matter); they do things together and have good times, but usually aren't closely involved in one another's affairs.

Romantic and Sexual
He had a girlfriend in "Up the Down Steroid" named Nancy. They had met during free period at school the week before. He beat her up after a rush of testosterone hit him after consuming steroids and also accused her of cheating on him. He also beat his mother up when she came to defend Nancy. It seemed as if Nancy forgave him for that, though, as she still rooted for him at the Special Olympics.

He was the first 4th grader to lose his virginity; however, in "My Future Self n' Me", he told another boy how he and his girlfriend had sex after trying ecstasy. Because he acted like a comedian while saying this, it is most likely a joke.

In "Erection Day", Jimmy started getting erections, and in an effort to stop them in time for the talent show, he had sex with a prostitute who went by the street name Nut Gobbler. Also, in this episode, he asks Rebecca, a kid in his class, to have sex with him to stop his erections; but she slapped him and called him a jerk after that.

Family
His parents are named Ryan Valmer and Sarah. Apparently, they both used to tease handicapped people when they were in high school, and are ultimately convinced that God made their son handicapped to punish them for that.

When Jimmy started getting erections in Erection Day, his parents hired a counselor known as "Dr. Pal", to convince Jimmy that these spontaneous erections were a normal phase, and that there was nothing to worry about.

As revealed in Night of the Living Homeless, Ryan is apparently the Chief of the Fire Department.

Appearance
Sarah wears a white shirt, underneath an orange sleeveless dress, with a white belt around her waist. Her hair is long and black, and she wears red lipstick. Her breasts seem to be quite large and full-shaped.

Ryan wears a blue shirt with a greenish-blue tie, underneath a red sweater with a blue and orange diamond pattern at the bottom. He also wears green trousers. His hair is brown, and he seems to have a slight double chin.

Personality
Sarah apparently can get very emotional, as in Krazy Kripples, when she and Ryan try to get Jimmy out of the gang he's joined, and he refuses, she bursts into tears. Ryan seems to be rather nosy, as in Up the Down Steroid, he kept poking into Jimmy's room, asking if he was masturbating.

Episodes Jimmy is prominent in

 * "Cripple Fight"
 * "How to Eat with Your Butt"
 * "Professor Chaos"
 * "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society
 * "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers"
 * "Red Sleigh Down"
 * "Krazy Kripples"
 * "Raisins"
 * "Up the Down Steroid"
 * "Douche and Turd"
 * "Quest for Ratings"
 * "The Losing Edge"
 * "The Death of Eric Cartman"
 * "Erection Day"
 * "Marjorine"
 * "Ginger Kids"
 * "Free Willzyx"
 * "The Return of Chef"
 * "Tsst"
 * "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce"
 * "Hell on Earth 2006"
 * "Guitar Queer-O"
 * "The List"
 * "Super Fun Time"
 * "The China Probrem"
 * "Breast Cancer Show Ever"
 * "Elementary School Musical"
 * "The Ring"
 * "The Coon"
 * "Margaritaville"
 * "Eat, Pray, Queef"
 * "Fishsticks"
 * "W.T.F."
 * "The F Word"
 * "Pee"
 * "You Have 0 Friends"
 * "Crippled Summer"
 * "Funnybot"

Seasons 1-4
Jimmy was not introduced until season 5.

Season 5

 * "Super Best Friends"
 * "Towelie"
 * "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants"
 * "The Entity"
 * "Kenny Dies"
 * "Butters' Very Own Episode"

Season 6

 * "Jared Has Aides"
 * "Asspen"
 * "Freak Strike"
 * "Fun with Veal"
 * "The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer"
 * "The Simpsons Already Did It"
 * "Free Hat"
 * "A Ladder to Heaven"
 * "The Biggest Douche in the Universe"
 * "My Future Self 'n' Me"
 * "Red Sleigh Down"

Season 7

 * "Cancelled"
 * "Fat Butt and Pancake Head"
 * "Lil' Crime Stoppers"
 * "Christian Rock Hard"
 * "Grey Dawn"

Season 8

 * "Good Times with Weapons"
 * "The Passion of the Jew"
 * "Goobacks
 * "Pre-School
 * "Woodland Critter Christmas"

Season 9

 * "Die Hippie, Die"
 * "Best Friends Forever"
 * "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow"
 * "Trapped in the Closet"
 * "Bloody Mary"

Season 10

 * "Cartoon Wars Part II"
 * "A Million Little Fibers"
 * "ManBearPig"
 * "Go God Go XII"
 * "Stanley's Cup"

Season 11

 * "Cartman Sucks"
 * "The Snuke"
 * "Night of the Living Homeless"
 * "More Crap
 * "Imaginationland, Episode III

Season 12

 * "Britney's New Look"
 * "Canada on Strike"
 * "Eek, A Penis!"
 * "Over Logging"
 * "Pandemic"
 * "Pandemic 2: The Startling"
 * "About Last Night..."
 * "The Ungroundable

Season 13

 * "Pinewood Derby"
 * "Dead Celebrities"
 * "Whale Whores"

Season 14

 * "Sexual Healing"
 * "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs"
 * "Medicinal Fried Chicken"
 * "201
 * "Poor and Stupid"
 * "It's a Jersey Thing"
 * "Coon 2: Hindsight"
 * "Mysterion Rises"
 * "Coon vs. Coon & Friends"
 * "Crème Fraiche"

Name Dispute
Jimmy's last name is uncertain; he was known as "Jimmy Swanson" in "Krazy Kripples", but his name was changed to "Valmer" in "Up the Down Steroid" and all subsequent episodes. This was possibly referenced in "Tsst", when Cartman told him they were best friends, Jimmy asked him "what's my last name?" and Cartman didn't know.

It is possible--but unconfirmed--that the creators changed Jimmy's last name because of the similarity to the character Joe Swanson (who coincidentally is also handicapped) from Family Guy, a show that Matt and Trey have expressed disdain for. SouthParkStudios.com's FAQ states that the names of many South Park Characters, including Jimmy, have changed because the show's fast-paced production results in occasionally forgetting a name and changing it by accident. So it is possible that this is the entire reason for Jimmy's name change, but there is no official word from the studio confirming it.

Trivia

 * In the episode "Tsst" his house address is given as 1331.
 * Behind Ike Broflovski, Jimmy is the second youngest kid in South Park known to have had consensual sex.
 * In "Crippled Summer" it is shown that, while unable to walk without crutches, he can stand on his own without any support.
 * Jimmy is a Christian, and possibly a Protestant, he wasn't seen at the church in "Red Hot Catholic Love," meaning he isn't Catholic, but in "Krazy Kripples" he mentions about doing "a lock-in at the Rec Center for church." Jimmy is most likely a Protestant.
 * Jimmy's name most likely suggest he's of German Descent.
 * Jimmy was not a regular student of Garrison's class until "Le Petit Tourette," where he seemingly replaced Pip. However, Jimmy was shown to be in the class in "Goobacks", "Up the Down Steroid", "Erection Day", and "D-Yikes!".
 * Jimmy tends to be more of the main character in episodes with Timmy. He slowly started to replace Timmy in season 7 and has since become a regular secondary character, whereas Timmy has been reduced to mostly background appearances starting in season 9.
 * Jimmy is usually part of the Boys' gang whenever they go past 5 or one of them is preoccupied elsewhere.
 * Although he has an askew face, he isn't considered one of The Ugly Kids. The same goes for Timmy.
 * Jimmy seems to be unaware of his stuttering because in "Raisins" when Stan asks him to tell Wendy that she's a continuing source of inspiration to him, Jimmy stuttered (making it sound like "Stan says you're a cunt") and then when Wendy walked away, Jimmy finally finished the sentence, but he told Stan that their relationship was over.
 * Jimmy sometimes calls Timmy "Tim Tim" in Krazy Kriples.
 * Jimmy is part of Craig's Group of friends in " Good Time With Weapons ", but is shown trying to really hard to get into The Boys group, even bribing them with a basket of gifts and begging / praying to be chosen. This shows that he wants to be out of Craig's Group in favor of The Boys.

Pictures
To see more images of Jimmy, visit Jimmy Valmer/Gallery.