Craig Tucker

Craig Tucker is one of the 4th graders who attends South Park Elementary in the series South Park. He is voiced by Matt Stone. His last name was revealed to be Tucker in Pandemic.

Appearance
Craig wears a blue jacket and a matching blue aviator hat with a yellow puffball on top. In the early seasons of the series, he wore blue jeans, but in more recent seasons he wears high-waisted black pants, making him look taller and his legs look longer than the other childrens'. Craig's hair was shown to be black in "South Park is Gay!", although it was brown in "The Losing Edge". In "Lice Capades", Craig has black hair again. It is possible that he dyes his hair black, or that for some reason, he chose to dye it brown in "The Losing Edge". Another possibility is that it is a mix-up, and it is actually Clyde. It is revealed in "Tweek vs. Craig" that he is fairly thin, weighing only 45 pounds.

In "Quest for Ratings", when Craig's school program is cancelled, the teacher orders him to be castrated. It is uncertain whether he went through with it or not.

Personality
Craig is implied to have bad behaviour, and is referred to as "the biggest trouble-maker" in his class by Eric Cartman in "Tweek vs. Craig". Craig has a habit of flipping people off, whether to express disdain towards them or not; a trait the official South Park website states is learned from his family, who are all seen flipping each other off in "Tweek vs. Craig". Due to this habit, he is frequently sent to Mr. Mackey's office. Often scenes involving a character visiting Mr. Mackey's office show Craig sitting in the waiting seats outside the door. It is possible that, as he is a year older than other students, he has beenn left back.

Craig has notable leadership skills, as he is the leader of a gang who are social rivals with Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny. The first appearance of the group is in "Tweek vs. Craig", and they are first acknowledged by the main characters in "How to Eat with Your Butt". The main characters are first shown viewing Craig's gang as rivals in "South Park is Gay!. Cartman frequently refers to the gang 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 their group, although, given by their designation, Craig is the primary leader.

Another example of Craig's abilities in leadership occurs in "Hooked on Monkey Phonics", when he leads the male students in their plan to harm Mark Cotswolds. The episode also shows that his assertiveness can also lead to bullying.

Craig often seems more competitive towards the main characters than even his gang (see below). In "Quest for Ratings", he opens a television show in the school entitled "Animals Close-Up With a Wide-Angle Lens", which rivals 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.

Mysterion
Craig is also a candidate to be Mysterion, a rival superhero to The Coon, played by Eric Cartman. Craig's leadership skills, the parallel created between him and Stan and the similarities of the voices make Craig a plausible candidate. However, Craig likes things that are "Nice and boring" as revealed in Pandemic 2: The Startling, so saving the town from crime on a daily basis may not appeal to him.

Family
Craig's first name indicates that he is of Scottish descent, and his surname, Tucker, suggests English ancestry.

Craig is the only member of his family with black hair (his mother being blond 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 blond. A third possibility is that one or more of his ancestors had brown hair, and he inherited the color 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.

It is hinted in "My Future Self 'n' Me" that he does not have a good relationship with his parents.

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 orange-red hair, although he seems to be balding. Thomas is considered one of the rednecks in town. In Free Willzyx he said the whale told him his dad was going to enter his room naked or beat him up. Since it was just 2 pranksters at the aquarium it may not have happened. He has the same name as Tom Tucker, the news anchor (along with Diane Simmons) of Channel 5 WQHG Quahog on Family Guy, another name mistake.

Mrs. Tucker


She is Craig's mother. she has long, blond 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. Craig apparently does not care much for her.

She also appears in Tooth Fairy Tats as the mother of the little boy named Billy who needs a bone marrow transplant. She has a different last name.

Younger Sister


She closely resembles Millie, one of Craig's classmates. She has the same color 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 differences in their appearance are that Thomas is taller, has a rounder face, and balding.) 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.

Grandmother
Craig's grandmother appears in flashbacks in Pandemic 2: The Startling and gave him 100 dollars for his birthday.

Tweek Tweak
Ever since "Tweek vs. Craig", it seems that the two have some sort of feud. It is guessed that Craig appealed to Tweek, as he was the fourth friend in "How to Eat with Your Butt" and it seems that Tweek preferred Craig over the main boys because of his absence after "Child Abduction is Not Funny". He was sitting next to Tweek at the assembly in "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson". Tweek is the person used most to fill in the spot of the gang's fourth friend. Since Token and Clyde seem to have made a best friend pact, it is possible that Craig and Tweek are best friends as well.

Eric Cartman
Cartman appears to view Craig as a friend the same way he views Jimmy. Craig actually hates Cartman, but he has been seen with him as a right-hand man, like in Lice Capades. Craig is the main rival of Cartman and the other boys. It is possible that Craig started to dislike the boys because he was manipulated in the events in the episode "Tweek vs. Craig". Although, Craig has seemed to accept Stan, Kyle and Kenny in some episodes such as The Death of Eric Cartman. But still hates Cartman. Also, in the episode, Tsst Cartman confronts Craig and asks him if he can stay at his place for a while. Craig refuses and says "But I hate you". Sometimes this hatred isn't always against Cartman. In the episode South Park is Gay! Craig and his gang seems to be rivals with Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman.

Token Black
Token has always been a member of Craig's gang (even when Clyde or Jimmy aren't present) and the two are often seen next to each other. However, the two haven't actually been heard talking. Token is more connected to Clyde, however. It seems that Craig mostly hangs out with Clyde and Token.

Clyde Donovan
Clyde is a member of Craig's gang. Clyde sometimes leads the group which suggests that he and Craig share the spot of the leader, but the position has been confirmed to be Craig as the group is collectively named "Craig and those other guys". It seems that Craig mostly hangs out with Clyde and Token.

Jimmy Vulmer
Jimmy has been Craig's friend on a few occasions. He has been hanging around Craig in the background for other episodes as well.

Kevin C.
Kevin has been seen in the background talking to Craig many times. This suggests that the two are friends.

Kenny McCormick
Craig and Kenny seem to have formed a friendship. Kenny helped Craig with his show in Quest for Ratings (although it was induced by Cartman saying that Kenny couldn't join the school news team due to his poverty), and the two were partners in "Super Fun Time". They are not shown as being closer friends than Kenny is to any of the main boys, however. In the episode Lice Capades he accuses Kenny of having lice, and is the first to restrain him. In Pandemic 2: The Startling, Kenny is heard saying 'I fucking hate Craig!' at the end(this could have been because how Craig reacted to the situation in that episode and pandemic).

Jason
Jason has been in Craig's gang on one occasion, but has not been seen with Craig since South Park is Gay!.

Thomas?
In Le Petit Tourette, Craig meets Thomas at the end and asks if he can hang out with him and "do his laundry". However, it is unknown if the two are even friends as Thomas hasn't been seen since this episode and the two haven't been seen together on screen.

Prominence
Craig, at the beginning of the series, was only a background student, but was featured more prominently since season three as a secondary character. Currently, he mainly shares Clyde's role of being another student who speaks a lot, but also has another importance that he and his friends are social rivals of the main characters. Craig is prominent and is mentioned many times whenever students are seen. (Craig gets sent to Mr. Mackey's office for repeatedly flipping people off. First use of Craig as a secondary character.) (Craig is fooled into the challenge of fighting Tweek, and vice versa.) (Craig successfully sues Wendy for sexual harassment after she touches his thigh.) (Craig leads the other boys, and directs them on what to do about Mark Cotswalds.) (Craig, wearing a spaceman helmet, directs the couple to Treasure Cove, where they'll find a phone.) (Craig and his gang are invited over by Stan and Kyle to see the Thompsons, who have buttocks where their heads should be. First mention of Craig's gang.) (Craig is a candidate for the boys' fourth friend.) (Craig and his gang are in conflict with the main characters because they persist that they're gayer.) (Craig and his gang play "ninjas" with the main characters.) (Craig's show, Animals Close Up With a Wide-Angle Lens, is crushing the boys' [minus Kenny, but with an extended gang] news show.) (Craig and Stan search in Mexico for a cheap space program.) (Craig, Token, and Clyde confront Cartman at his "Goodbye, Kyle" party and ask him why Kyle isn't there.) (Craig works as Cartman's right-hand man in the investigation on who has lice. He also has many lines in this episode.) (Craig tells Cartman he hates him and slams the door in his face.) (Craig, believing Cartman to have Tourette's Syndrome, is miserably jealous of him because he gets away with saying terrible things about people.) (Craig is among the boys who are in the background for the episode [His gang, Cartman, Kenny etc].) (Craig is among the secondary fourth graders [Token, Clyde, Bebe, etc.] who have a small part in the episode. He was twelfth on the first list, but it is hinted by Bebe that he was placed very high on the real list.) (Craig is Kenny's partner on the field trip.) (Craig joins with the boys to perform in a pan flute band to make easy money. This plan backfires, however, and the five are sent all the way to Peru. He is angry that the boys wasted his birthday money, and constantly complains about how they swindled him out of his money, which irritates the boys. However, he is the only one who can stop the Furry Death.) (Complains about the situation. Defeats the Guinea Pirate and stops the Furry Death.)
 * Rainforest Schmainforest
 * Tweek vs. Craig
 * Sexual Harassment Panda
 * Hooked on Monkey Phonics
 * The Wacky Molestation Adventure
 * How to Eat with Your Butt
 * Professor Chaos
 * South Park is Gay
 * Good Times with Weapons
 * Quest for Ratings
 * Free Willzyx
 * Smug Alert!
 * Lice Capades
 * Tsst
 * Le Petit Tourette
 * Guitar Queer-o
 * The List
 * Super Fun Time
 * Pandemic
 * Pandemic 2: The Startling