Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve
Character Information
Gender	Male
Race	Caucasian
Hair	Gray
Age	52 (deceased)
Date of Birth	September 25, 1952
Died	October 10, 2004
Occupation	Actor Activist Supervillain
Religion	Unitarian Universalist
Voiced by	Matt Stone
Wikipedia	Christopher Reeve
Appearances
First	"Krazy Kripples"

For other uses, see Christopher (disambiguation).

Christopher Reeve was an American actor and activist for stem cell research, who was best known for his portrayal as the superhero Superman in the original Warner Bros Superman film series. He appeared in the episodes "Krazy Kripples" and "200", in which he is the main antagonist in the former.

Background

In "Krazy Kripples", Christopher Reeve comes to town to promote stem cell research. In order to 'cure' his quadriplegia, he is shown sucking the fluids out of fetuses from a medical bio-hazard container. With each fetus he sucks dry, Reeves' condition lessens. However, even after regaining his ability to move his limbs, he becomes dependent on stem cells to gain superhuman powers.

In a reversal of character, Reeve becomes the villain when stem cell research is banned, making Gene Hackman Hack-Man, who portrayed the villain Lex Luthor, his rival. He forms a supervillian group called Legion of Doom in response of this. Reeve is eventually imprisoned by the passing of a law banning stem cell research in a manner similar to the end of the movie Superman II, trapped in a 2 dimensional Phantom Zone in outer space.

He makes another appearance in "200", as one of the celebrities suing South Park.

Appearance

Reeve appears to be confined to his electric wheelchair for the first part of "Krazy Kripples" and after having consumed many fetuses, he was able to walk towards the end of the episode. Reeve has gray hair and can be seen wearing a red collared shirt under a green sweater and blue pants.

Personality

Reeve is portrayed as evil and power-hungry, greedily consuming the blood of aborted fetuses to give himself super-powers, showing his complete disregard for the bioethics of his actions, with the intention to conquer the world as an all-powerful supervillain.

Images of Christopher Reeve

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Christopher Reeve in "Krazy Kripples".

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Reeve obtaining stem-cells from an aborted fetus.

Trivia

• Reeve did not actually consume fetuses, nor is this a known form of stem cell treatment.
• According to the DVD commentaries, creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker had been developing the idea of a Christopher Reeve parody for several years, but were deterred from doing so due to its potentially contentious nature. However, they eventually decided to go through with it after seeing his appearance on Larry King Live, in which he espoused what they perceived to be an unwarranted sense of self-entitlement, especially in relation to those people who had been born with disabilities.

References

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