Mabel Cartman

Mabel Louise Cartman (1929-2001) was Cartman's grandmother who first appeared in "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods". She is married to Harold Cartman.

History
When Eric Cartman got the part to sing the Cheesy Poofs Theme Song in a Cheesy Poofs commercial in, Cartman called her amongst his other relative and friends so as to remind them to watch his performance on TV. He was however cut out from most of the commercial, with the exception of his last line being "lame."

Mabel and the other Cartman relatives appeared very prominently shortly after in the episode "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!", in which her daughter Liane Cartman, along with Eric, Stan, Kyle and Kenny go to spend Christmas with the Cartman family in Nebraska. Cartman was particularly excited due to the fact that his grandmother always gave him spectacular gifts. However, he was sorely disappointed when Mable gave him a simple shirt, stating that she had gone senile and needed to be put into a home. The family would later enjoy a family dinner, along with Mable's son Howard Cartman, who was in prison and who joined the family via TV. Howard, along with his cell mate Charlie Manson would later break-out and hold the family hostage, until at last re-arrested by the police.

Grandma Mable later died of an unknown cause, and the funeral was depicted in "Cartmanland" Cartman was furious at the funeral being held on a Saturday and complained throughout it all, stating "It didn't take her this long to die..." However at the reading of the will it was revealed that, she left her family next to nothing money-wise due to the fact that they would "Just spend it on Crack". All of her wealth, which rounded off to a million dollars, was left to Eric, who used the money to buy his own amusement park.

Trivia

 * Cartman, trying to get back his $16.12 in the episode Scott Tenorman Must Die tells Scott that his Grandma is dying, a few weeks later she actually does die in the episode Cartmanland.