Carol McCormick

Carol McCormick

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Carol McCormick
Character Information
Gender	Female
Race	Caucasian
Hair	Red
Occupation	Dishwasher at Olive Garden
Religion	Roman Catholic Formerly: Cult of Cthulhu
Voiced by	Currently: April Stewart Formerly: Mary Kay Bergman (1997-1999) Eliza J. Schneider (1999-2003)
Relatives
Father or Father In-Law	Grandpa McCormick
Husband	Stuart McCormick
Sons	Kevin McCormick Kenny McCormick
Daughter	Karen McCormick
Appearances
First	"Starvin' Marvin"

Carol McCormick is the wife to Stuart McCormick, as well as the mother of Kenny, Kevin, and Karen. She first appeared in the Season One episode, "Starvin' Marvin".

Background

Religion

Her family seems to be fairly religious and Roman Catholic, like most of the townspeople. She yells at Kenny for wanting to miss church in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut to go watch Asses of Fire while Stuart stood up for the Church in "Red Hot Catholic Love", where they were one of the few families in town that did not convert to atheism. They also continue to pray after Kenny has died on a few occasions, and Kenny's funerals, when they occur, are always religious in nature.

In "Coon vs. Coon & Friends", it is revealed that she joined the Cult of Cthulhu for free beer and regrets it because she has to rebirth Kenny every time he dies.

Interests

She seems to like knitting. In "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", she is shown knitting when Kenny tells her that he made her favorite drink. She also says that knitting a sweater is better than molesting children in "The Wacky Molestation Adventure".

Voice Acting

From 1997 to 1999, she was voiced by Mary Kay Bergman. Bergman described the character as one of her five favorite voice roles in the series, together with Liane Cartman, Sheila Broflovski, Wendy Testaburger, and Shelley Marsh, also mentioning that she based the voice of the character on a "female version of Bill Clinton". After Bergman's death, the character was voiced by Eliza Schneider, from 1999 to 2003. Since 2004, her voice has been provided by April Stewart.

Criminal Record

• Domestic abuse: In various episodes, such as "Chickenlover" and "The Poor Kid", Carol is seen physically fighting with her husband, Stuart.
• Drug possession: In "The Poor Kid", it is revealed that Carol and Stuart have a meth lab in their backyard, which helped get both of them arrested and their children temporarily put under foster care.

Appearance

Carol on the SP-site

Carol wears a lime-green T-shirt which usually reads "I'm with Stupid", and dark blue jeans. The arrow is supposed to point at Stuart, but she is usually standing on the wrong side of him, so it points off in some other direction. Her hair is red, and similar in style to Red's, but her bangs go in the same direction as Wendy Testaburger's. She has a shadowy patch on her right cheek and on her right arm, which may be a bruise or simply filth.

Carol in her formal attire in "Quintuplets 2000"

In "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", her shirt had an American flag embroidered on it, accompanied by the phrase "God Bless". When the McCormick's went on the John Denver experience, however, it appeared as a solid green T-shirt. In "Best Friends Forever", it is a solid, but darker green.

For special occasions, she wears a fake fur coat with a red crop top underneath and a red miniskirt, but as of Season Twelve she would wear a dark green blouse and a long gray skirt. At events such as funerals, she wears a much more black fancy shirt and dress with a veil.

At night, she wears a nightshirt with several bunnies on it and pajama pants.

As of "The Ring", like many other adults, her appearance has been cleaned up, including small subtle changes to her hairstyle, T-shirt, arms and pants. Her arms have been straightened, the shirt is no longer angled, and her hair now has fine detail.

In South Park: Post Covid, Carol appears as an elderly woman. She is visibly aged, has gained some weight, and wears a dark green sweater with a large stripe design. Her hair remains similar to the hairstyle she had when she was younger, albeit greying.

To see images of Carol McCormick, visit Carol McCormick/Gallery.

Personality

Her original appearance

She and her husband Stuart McCormick are prone to excessive drinking, and often fight and bicker with one another. Carol often claims that if Stuart would stop drinking and being lazy, and get a job, they might not be so hungry and poor. Their fighting often escalates to physical beating, and she once gave him a black eye. She seems to have quite some strength, seeing as when she hits Stuart as well as when she tackled Gerald Broflovski to the ground in "I'm a Little Bit Country". Carol does care for Stuart deep down, though, as she was concerned for him when he went ill after consuming a drink mixed with abortion medication, got his nose broken on the John Denver experience, and was molested by the entire NAMBLA Society in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA".

However, she also seems to think that the McCormick residence primarily belongs to her, as in "Chickenlover", she says (regarding Stuart): "I want him out of my house! He ain't worth a shit! He can't even hold a fuckin' job!" and yells a similar phrase at him in "Best Friends Forever". However, Stuart and Gerald built that same house when they were teenagers, as revealed in "Chickenpox".

She speaks with a thick Southern accent, a trait passed on to her eldest son.

Family

Stuart McCormick

Main article: Stuart McCormick

Stuart and his wife have been together for at least ten years. She appears familiar with his high school history in "Chickenpox" suggesting that they may have been together as far back as then and before the birth of their eldest child. They share a love of drinking and drugs and have been seen fighting over such substances before. They are often depicted arguing and even physically fighting with one another, but the series seems to reinforce that they do care about each other, particularly in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA". Kenny sees this behavior between them as normal, dismissing it in South Park: The Fractured But Whole, during which they can be heard having sex after one of their fights.

Kevin McCormick

Main article: Kevin McCormick

Very little is known about Kevin or any of his relationships. She seems to care for him, scolding Kenny for not sharing a blanket with Kevin in "Spookyfish". When Stuart and Kevin got into a drunken fight in "The Poor Kid", Carol insulted both of them, but also tried to stop Stuart from fighting Kevin.

Kenny McCormick

Main article: Kenny McCormick

Kenny is Carol's second child and younger son, and they have a good relationship, often driven by her desire for him to make something more of himself and avoid making mistakes. She was confrontational when warning him to attend church in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and in "Timmy 2000", she was willing to buy a hundred dollars' worth of Ritalin for Kenny's supposed ADD problem. She tried to make extra allowances for him during her pregnancy in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" so he would not feel left out or ignored. In "Best Friends Forever", when Carol notices how Kenny had done nothing but play his new PSP, she expresses openly that she doesn't want Kenny's future to be like her and Stuart's life and though confrontational is clearly concerned for him. In the "Blame Canada" number of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, after Kenny's fiery demise, she expresses having had big plans for her son, wishing him to become a doctor or a lawyer, either profession promising lots of money; those hopes are realized in South Park: Post Covid, when Kenny becomes a famous scientist.

Carol is afraid of his alter-ego Mysterion in "Coon vs. Coon & Friends", whom he uses to scare his parents into submission and manipulate them to treat the kids better. When her children are taken away in "The Poor Kid", she does not want to see them go and is distressed being separated from them.

At the end of "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", after Kenny dies, Carol gives birth to a baby who looks just like him. She mentions this being the fifty-second occurrence of this happening, correlating with his number of deaths on the show at that time. This indicates that every time Kenny dies, he is reborn and grows to be his age within a day's time or less. This is later reaffirmed in "Coon vs. Coon & Friends" when Kenny kills himself at the end, and she remarks with some regret that she and her husband should never have attended a "stupid cult meeting", confirming she is aware of Kenny's deaths.

Though Carol and Stuart are aware of his numerous deaths, they care deeply for their son and always seem genuinely horrified by his illnesses and deaths, attending his stays in the hospital and arranging funerals. In "Spookyfish" she shows up at the Marsh Residence extremely drunk in one such instance, blaming Kenny's death for her state. In "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining", Carol and Stuart were shocked and extremely disturbed when Kenny's remains were delivered to them by Mr. Hankey, which further reinforces her love for him.

Karen McCormick

Main article: Karen McCormick

Karen is her youngest child and only daughter. She is a rather shy and timid child who often relies on Kenny for support and protection, though her relationship with her mother seems good. In "The Poor Kid", Carol holds Karen in her arms while trying to stop a fight between Stuart and Kevin, and Karen asks for her mother when she and her siblings are in The Soft Room. In "The City Part of Town", she holds Karen on her lap during the gentrification meeting and has her arm around her when they're sitting on their couch. She does care greatly for Karen's well-being, as shown in "Naughty Ninjas" when she is concerned about Karen bringing in a syringe from the homeless living outside their house.

Trivia

• Carol McCormick's first name was unknown until South Park: The Fractured But Whole, where Stuart finally reveals that her name is Carol when the two were arguing. Her name itself may be both a reference to how both Liane Cartman's and Sheila Broflovski's first names were originally Carol, and how the majority of the fandom would refer to Carol by the name of Carol.

Prominence

• "Starvin' Marvin" - She and Stuart cheer Kenny on while he is fishing for a can of preserved food. She later realizes her family does not have a can opener.
• "Chickenlover" - Carol and Stuart are shown to be fighting when Cartman, as a police officer, investigates on them.
• "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)"
• "Chickenpox" - Makes Kenny give the other boys chickenpox.
• "Spookyfish" - Demands information from Stan in a near drunken tirade when Kenny does not come back home.
• "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!"
• "Rainforest Shmainforest" (cameo) - Seen with The Boys other mothers, before they go on a trip to the rain forest.
• "Spontaneous Combustion" - Goes to Kenny's funeral.
• "Chinpokomon" - Seen with other parents at the Marsh residence.
• "The Red Badge of Gayness" - Cries when she reads that Kenny had died again.
• "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" - Seen during the final Christmas song.
• "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus"
• "Timmy 2000"
• "Quintuplets 2000" - Travels to Romania with Kenny.
• "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" - She and Stuart are trying to have another baby.
• "Fat Camp" - She and Stuart are proud that Kenny has his own live TV show.
• "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" - She and Stuart are arrested for child molestation along with all the other adults in South Park.
• "Cripple Fight" - Goes to church with her family.
• "Cartmanland" - She and Stuart sue Cartman because Kenny died on one of the rides in his amusement park. They are only mentioned and do not actually appear in this episode.
• "Proper Condom Use" - Seen at the school PTA.
• "How to Eat with Your Butt" - She and Stuart get Kenny to apologize to the Thompsons when he unintentionally tricked them into thinking that their lost son had been discovered.
• "Kenny Dies" - Carol, Stuart, and family mourn Kenny's semi-permanent death.
• "Red Hot Catholic Love" - She is seen with Stuart in the crowd. She was one of the parents that remained faithful to the church and her relationship with God and did not convert to atheism.
• "A Ladder to Heaven" - Breaks down when she and Stuart show Kyle, Cartman, and Stan the urn in which holds Kenny's remains.
• "Red Sleigh Down"
• "I'm a Little Bit Country"
• "Red Man's Greed"
• "South Park is Gay!" - She, along with the other wives, is at first okay with metrosexuality, but becomes mad when the men pay no attention to them.
• "Christian Rock Hard" - Visits Kenny at the police station.
• "Grey Dawn"
• "Butt Out"
• "It's Christmas in Canada"
• "Good Times with Weapons" - Seen at the Park County Community Center.
• "Goobacks"
• "Die Hippie, Die"
• "Best Friends Forever" - She and Stuart fight to have Kenny's feeding tube put back in.
• "The Losing Edge"
• "The Return of Chef" - Seen at Chef's funeral.
• "Make Love, Not Warcraft" - Argues with her husband while Kenny plays World of Warcraft.
• "The List" - She is shown eating cereal and Pop-tarts for dinner, with the rest of her family, and is shocked and horrified when Kenny is shot with Bebe's bullet.
• "Tonsil Trouble" - Seen at the teachers' lounge and is later seen at Cartman and Kyle's AIDS benefit concert.
• "Britney's New Look" - Seen taking photos of Britney Spears, along with many other people.
• "Major Boobage" - Watches Gerald deliver a statement after being caught cheesing.
• "The Ring" - Goes to Kenny's funeral.
• "Margaritaville"
• "Eat, Pray, Queef"
• "Pinewood Derby" - Seen among the residents at the end of the alien test.
• "The F Word" - Attends a court session against the boys.
• "Sexual Healing" - She is the one who finds Kenny after he dies.
• "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" - Seen in Kyle's house with the other parents.
• "200"- Seen at the town's meeting.
• "It's a Jersey Thing" - Sitting on a sofa chair with Liane Cartman.
• "Coon 2: Hindsight" - Awakened by the Coon alarm.
• "Mysterion Rises" - It is discovered that Kenny's parents were part of Cthulhu's cult.
• "Coon vs. Coon & Friends" - It is revealed that every time after Kenny dies, his soul returns to her and she gives birth to him again, placing the newborn in his parka and tucking him in his bed.
• "T.M.I."
• "You're Getting Old" - Seen among the parents discouraging the boys from listening to tween wave music.
• "The Poor Kid" - Gets arrested, along with her husband.
• "Reverse Cowgirl"
• "I Should Have Never Gone Ziplining" - Seen shocked after receiving her son Kenny's remains from Mr. Hankey.
• "Sarcastaball" - Seen at the PTA meeting with all the other parents.
• "Insecurity" - Seen briefly at the town meeting.
• "A Scause For Applause" - Seen in the background while Jesus Christ gives his speech.
• "A Song of Ass and Fire" - Answers the door for the PS4 group.
• "Gluten Free Ebola"
• "Handicar" - She watches Wacky Races in her pajamas while eating cereal.
• "The Magic Bush" - Seen at the neighborhood watch meeting.
• "Stunning and Brave"
• "Where My Country Gone?"
• "The City Part of Town" - Her daughter asks her if she can get some ice cream, but she denies it.
• "Naughty Ninjas" - Starts arguing with Stuart how they need to get rid of the homeless outside their house.
• "PC Principal Final Justice" - Seen in the crowd of people standing in front of Whole Foods Market.
• "Skank Hunt" - Seen at the school assembly.
• "Not Funny" - Seen at Harrison Yates' press conference about TrollTrace.com.
• "Put It Down" - Seen at the school assembly.
• "Holiday Special"
• "Franchise Prequel"
• "Splatty Tomato"
• "The Problem with a Poo" - Seen at the Christmas Concert. Later seen watching Mr. Hankey leave South Park.
• "The Scoots" - Seen at the Park County Community Center.
• "Nobody Got Cereal?" - Seen at the South Park Community Center meeting.
• "Buddha Box" - Seen at the PTA meeting.
• "Bike Parade" - Watches Stuart scolding Kenny.
• "Band in China" - Seen at the Autumn Fest.
• "Shots!!!" - Seen at the PTA meeting. Later seen in the audience at the CDC Child Immunization challenge.
• "Let Them Eat Goo" - Seen in the town meeting.
• "Turd Burglars" - Seen at the women's meeting at Park County Community Center.
• "The Pandemic Special" - Appeared in a Zoom conference with Mr. Mackey and other parents, flipping out on Stephen Stotch when he taunted Thomas Tucker for "talking like a redneck".
• "South ParQ Vaccination Special" - Seen attempting to get the vaccines from the boys. She also dances with her husband, celebrating the end of the pandemic with the rest of South Park.
• "Japanese Toilet" - Attends Stan's speech outside of City Hall.
• "DikinBaus Hot Dogs" - Seen in line at Willy's Chilly Ice Cream Parlor with her family.

Movies

• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• South Park: Post Covid - Appears in the Shady Acres retirement home.
• South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 - Attends a court case involving streaming services at Park County Courthouse.
• South Park (Not Suitable For Children) - Attends the parent-teacher meeting at South Park Elementary.

References

South Park families

Main characters' families Broflovski Family | Cartman Family | Marsh Family | McCormick Family Other characters' families Adams-Makowski Family | Barbrady Family | Biggle Family | Black Family | Burch Family | Charlotte's Family | Cotswolds Family | Daniels Family | Donovan Family | Garrison Family | Gray Family | Gueermo Family | Hakeem Family | Hankey Family | Harrison Family | Mackey Family | Malkinson Family | Mephesto Family | Nelly's Family | Red's Family | Rodriguez Family | Stevens Family | Stotch Family | Tenorman Family | Testaburger Family | Tucker Family | Turner Family | Tweak Family | Valmer Family | White Family