List of Minor Characters from Season One

This list is for minor characters from the first season of South Park.

Damien
Damien is the son of Satan, and claims to be from the seventh layer of hell.

Damien has bizarre powers which include summoning shadow demons and launching size-varying fireballs from his fingertips. He appears to be based on Damien Thorn from The Omen. Whenever he speaks, voices speaking in Latin play in the background. They are saying "Rectus… Dominus… Cheesy Poofs…" ("Rectus Dominus" is cod Latin for "Ass Master" which is an often used insult on the show, and Cheesy Poofs is Cartman's favorite snack.)

In his only speaking appearance to date, "Damien", Damien comes to the boys' class. He claims to be the son of Satan, which is completely ignored by Mr. Garrison, depsite his obvious evil powers (it might be that Mr. Garrison just didn't care). Damien is rejected from sitting with the main characters during lunch and after being taunted by Kenny and Stan, he turns Kenny into a duck-billed platypus, he then demands to speak to Jesus. Damien's father, Satan, challenges Jesus to a boxing match, and most everyone bets their money on Satan, with one (ironically, Satan himself) betting their money on Jesus. Jesus is horribly beaten, but Satan throws the fight. He allows Jesus to win in order to get everyone's money. Damien then returns to Hell alongside his father, claiming that he only does his evil because he has to. Subsequently, Damien has appeared in the background of various episodes, and was seen in the movie theatre with various South Park children watching Asses of Fire in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. He was also seen auditioning to be the kids' new fourth friend in "Professor Chaos".

Ms. Ellen
Ms. Ellen was a substitute teacher in the episode, "Tom's Rhinoplasty".

She caught the attention of Stan Marsh who threw up every time he saw her. This made Wendy Testaburger jealous and she organized a plot to get rid of her from the school which ended up with Arabs bursting into the classroom, Ms. Ellen throwing a sword at Kenny McCormick, and then being launched from a rocket towards the sun by Arabs. When Stan tells her how he feels, she explains to him that she is a lesbian. The four boys then proceeded to eat a box and lick carpet, literal examples of lesbian sex.

Sparky
Sparky is the name of Stan Marsh's dog.

Part doberman and part wolf, Stan claims that Sparky is 'the toughest dog on the mountain.' ...This assertion is challenged by other South Park residents when Sparky's homosexual nature is made manifest - first with the mutt Sylvester and then with Clyde's dog Rex. (Sparky also has a brief physical encounter with the mail-ordered poodle Fifi, but his only interest is in Fifi's diamond-studded collar.)

Overhearing Stan repeating an anti-gay tirade first heard from Mr. Garrison, Sparky flees to the shelter of Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary. He is soon found and returned, and makes very few sporadic appearances in the series after "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride".

Starvin' Marvin
Starvin' Marvin is a thin little boy from Ethiopia, who first appeared in the episode "Starvin' Marvin". He doesn't know English, but he learns in this episode how to say a few phrases (such as "Sweet!" or, "Yeah, I want the Cheesy Poofs!"). He also learned how to say his name (the name the boys had given him. The boys were intrigued by the clicking sounds of Starvin' Marvin's language (which actually more resembles the Khoisan languages of Southern Africa.)

In his first appearance, Marvin was accidentally shipped over to the boys, who then took him into their custody, and tried to teach him the ways of the Americans. But they were found out, and forced to return him to Ethipia. In his second (and currently last) appearance, "Starvin' Marvin in Space", Marvin got a hold of a rocket ship, which he and the boys used to travel to outer space. Later in this episode, Marvin brought all of the other Ethiopians to the paradise planet "Marklar".

Visitors
Visitors were aliens that came to Earth and gave Eric Cartman an Anal Probe in the episode "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe". They also kidnapped Ike and then said that cows were the most intelligent species on earth.

Additionally, South Park animators have "hidden" visitors in many episodes, especially early in the series. They poke a little fun at this practice in "Cancelled" (an episode in which the Visitors returned) when the receptionist at the proctologist's office is a Visitor disguised only in a wig. Then, to the sound of percussive music, this Visitor dramatically removes his/her wig.