Red (also known as Bertha and Rebecca)[5] is a student at South Park Elementary. She was, up until the sixth season, a character who never spoke on her own. She is, arguably, the third-most prominent female character in fourth grade, behind Wendy and Bebe. She sits at the front of Mr. Garrison's class, usually to the far right. Red is one of "the popular girls" in the fourth grade. She is almost always shown with the other popular girls like Wendy, Bebe, Milly, Annie, Esther, Lola, Heidi, and sometimes Sally.
Appearance
Red's hair is similar to Wendy Testaburger's, in fact, it appears to an exact "flip" of Wendy's hair, although it is red and slightly shorter. She also is very similar to Sally Turner; the two both have red hair, wear similar clothes, and have similar voices. The differences between Red and Sally are that Red doesn't have a butterfly clip in her hair, Sally wears a blue sweater, and Sally also wears green pants, unlike Red's, which are blue. In the earlier seasons, she wore a dark blue jacket with purple pants. In the later seasons, she wears a navy blue jacket with buttons and mauve trimming at the top instead and navy blue pants.
In "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", she was shown to be wearing a violet jacket with tan trimming and matching mittens while on the bus with Bebe. In "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", when she was dressed as a "stupid spoiled whore", Red wore a violet bolero jacket with brown fur trim, an orange string bikini top, a denim miniskirt, fishnets, and teal boots. She also had pink blush on her face, blue eye shadow, pink lipstick, and her hair was very glossy. During the whore-off scene, she wore a pair of violet gloves mainly because the outside was cold.
When dressed for the sleepover in "Marjorine" she wore a golden-yellow, blue button-down top with a deep yellow lace collar and yellow, blue and white striped pajama pants.
- To see images of Red, visit Red/Gallery.
Personality
Red has played a modest role as a part of Wendy's gang. Sometimes, she has been portrayed as the more confrontational of the girls, demonstrated when she called out "Marjorine" (actually Butters disguised as a girl) and called her a geek and said she'd live alone for the rest of her life at Heidi Turner's sleepover, and when she warned Wendy about the corrupted list of the cutest boys at South Park Elementary.
Red has also shown a bit of a kind personality; in some episodes she has been kind to many people and engaging in friendly conversations with many people, like in "Erection Day" she kindly greets Jimmy when he comes to talk to her, but when she hears what he has to say she becomes very disgusted with him and slaps him. Also, she hasn't been afraid to stand up for others: in "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", Red and Lola rush to Butters' defense after the four main characters criticize him for taking the credit for writing the title book.
A trait of courage was shown in "Marjorine" when the girls did "Light as a feather, stiff as a board", when Red volunteered to go first. This is a very spiritual activity and when Marjorine (Butters) saw them doing this he was screaming and accusing them of being witches.
She has also been shown to like to party, like in "Marjorine" where she was shown dancing to the new Justin Timberlake CD with her friends after they gave Marjorine (Butters) a make-over. She was also shown in "Douche and Turd" that she was on the school cheerleading squad along with some other girls; another hint which shows that she likes to dance and party.
Red also appears to be interested in music, particularly Justin Timberlake, as shown in "Marjorine". When the girls were suggesting ideas of what they could do at Heidi's sleepover party, Red stated that she brought the new Justin Timberlake CD and that they should dance to it. After they give Marjorine a make-over, they all dance to it, which also shows that Red has a fun attitude.
In "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society", an episode of season six, she was given her first speaking role. In this episode, Wendy brought up that she couldn't stand Bebe anymore. The girls begin talking nastily about Bebe. Red then says: "You know what I heard? I heard that she made out with eight different boys in one minute." After this she didn't speak until season eight in "The Jeffersons" where she says two words. In season eight again, in "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" she spoke a lot. After this season, primarily "Stupid Spoiled Whore Playset", Red was considered as a secondary character. In season nine she played an important role in "Marjorine" where she was one of the girls at Heidi Turner's sleepover. In "Erection Day" she speaks again to Jimmy. Her role has been gradually increasing since this. Before, people used to recognize her as the red haired girl who was seen in the background of many episodes.
Red was shown to be on the school cheerleading squad along with other girls like Bebe, Heidi, Esther, Annie, and another girl named Mandy, who has a lisp like Stan's sister Shelly Marsh. Red is shown to be leading the team along with Bebe and Mandy. They performed in Douche and Turd in front of the whole school introducing their mascot, Mooey the Cow, for the school pep rally.
Wendy, Lola, and Red, being approached by Stan.
Red has been shown to be one of the very popular girls in the grade. She may even be more popular than Wendy or Bebe. In many different episodes, she has been shown in the background with many different girls. In the older episodes, she was shown in almost every episodes, being followed by boys, which could be suggesting that she is also very pretty and attractive. Also when Clyde became aware that he was the cutest boy in the class in "The List", the first person he asked out was Red. In "Erection Day", when Jimmy found out he had to have sex with someone to stop having his erection problems, the first person he went to was Red. Also in "Something You Can Do with Your Finger", when Cartman payed all of the girls to go crazy for there music video, he chose Red and Bebe to hug and rub him over all of the other girls, there-again, showing that Red is one of the cutest girls in the grade.
Red has also shown jealousy, anger, and sadness. In "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society", she is shown gossiping about Bebe with Wendy and the other girls. In "Elementary School Musical", She is seen sad, saying "I'd give anything to be with Bridon Guermo, but he'd never go out with me. I'm nobody."
Commercialism
In "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods", Red is shown in the Cheesy Poofs commercial that Cartman was supposed to be in. During the episode, Cartman was bragging to the third grade class (which they were in at the time) about how he won the competition and how he was going to be in the Cheesy Poofs commercial. Everyone was jealous of Cartman but Red must have been selected to be in the commercial by the company. She was actually shown more in the commercial than Cartman was.
Relationships
Stan Marsh
In "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", at Bebe's party, she held Stan down and tried to kiss him. This was most likely because all the girls were acting like whores during the episode. Aside from the aforementioned instance, they have not interacted one-on-one. However, in "Butterballs", after Stan voiced his dissatisfaction over bullying, Red congratulated him, saying "at least someone in this school has some balls."
Bridon Gueermo
In "Elementary School Musical", she had a crush on Bridon Gueermo, as do the rest of the girls, and says that she would give anything to be with Bridon, after Bebe brings up that she saw him at the movies seeing High School Musical 3. But then she points out that he would never go for her because she is nobody. Wendy tells her that it's not true and then breaks into song.
Clyde Donovan
In The List, it was revealed that Red was dating Clyde, but this was only because of the girls plot to get free shoes from him. So we can not say that she actually "liked" him, especially because on the real list that one fan calculated, Clyde was listed number thirteen, meaning that he was one of the bottom five cutest guys in the class.
Jimmy Valmer
It appeared in "Erection Day" that Red may have had a bit of a liking for Jimmy, when he approached her, she seemed really friendly and a bit shy, however this turned right around after Jimmy asked her immediately to have sex with her. She then slapped him, called him a jerk, and walked away disgusted with him.
Butters Stotch
Red's first interaction with Butters in "Marjorine" was a rather unpleasant one, as previously discussed; however, she was quick to defend him against the boys in "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs", telling them not to pick on Butters because he was, as she put it, "a very fragile artist."
Craig Tucker
Craig and Red are paired together in "Follow That Egg!". Like the other children, they seem to greatly enjoy one another's company during the project.
Annie Faulk
Red and Annie have appeared together in the background from early on, though it's become more common to see them together in the more recent seasons, implying that the two may have a close friendship like that of Wendy and Bebe's but Red has also been shown being followed by many boys and girls, showing that she is very popular and has many good friends. And still of all these appearances, she has been shown with Annie the most.
Kevin Stoley
In the earlier seasons, Red was often shown in the background with Kevin, usually hanging out or at lunch (the two were even shown to be trading sandwiches in "Sexual Harassment Panda"). The two of them also appeared together at Cartman's party in "Damien" and held hands during "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ". In addition, Kevin is seen looking sad at the dance in "Hooked on Monkey Phonics" right near Red, who is dancing with Token.
Around the fourth season the lunch room's design began changing as the main boys were more often seen with other children, and the two were no longer regularly shown together. In addition, newer episodes such as "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers" and "Fatbeard", portray Kevin as a geek with an obsession of Star Wars, and Red is shown to be one of the popular girls in the school, making it highly unlikely that their friendship has continued. Also, as Red's role in the series has gradually increased, while Kevin's has remained the same.
The two have not been shown together with a few exceptions, such as "Lice Capades", in class in "Fatbeard" and arguably "Super Fun Time" (They are missing for the majority of the episode, and only appear at the end.)
Token Black
Token and Red attended the dance together in "Hooked on Monkey Phonics".
Trivia
- As of Season Seventeen, Red has had a speaking role in 19 episodes.
- In "The Hobbit", Red was the only one who wasn't insulted by Wendy Testaburger.
- Erection Day was the only episode when she was called by Bertha.
Prominence
- "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" - She is seen on the bus with Bebe Stevens.
- "Weight Gain 4000" - She is seen performing in a school play as an Indian.
- "Starvin' Marvin" - She is seen frightened as a flock of wild turkeys' invade and destroy the classroom.
- "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" - She is seen singing "We Wish Your a Merry Christmas". She is in the second column of the first row.
- "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!" - She is seen at the mall in Nebraska.
- "Tweek vs. Craig"- She is seen in Home Economics class.
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - First speaking role; she was in Mr. Mackey's program with the other kids. She also assisted in helping Terrance and Phillip.
- "Hooked on Monkey Phonics"- She was seen dancing with Token Black.
- "Chef Goes Nanners" - Seen on Wendy's debate team.
- "Something You Can Do with Your Finger" - She, along with Bebe, Annie, and Milly act as groupies for Fingerbang's makeshift music video. She goes crazy over Matt Lauer.
- "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society" - She and the other girls gossip about Bebe, with her saying that she heard Bebe made out with eight different boys in one minute.
- "The Jeffersons" - She asks who the Jeffersons are.
- "Douche and Turd" - She is part of the cheerleading squad presenting in front of the school at the pep rally.
- "Quest for Ratings"- She is seen getting high on cough medicine with Bebe in the girls' bathroom.
- "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" - Arguably her biggest role so far; As Wendy becomes unpopular with the girls, Red takes Wendy's place.
- "Erection Day" - When Jimmy asks her to have sex with him, she slaps him and calls him a jerk. This is the first and only time as of yet when she has been called "Bertha".
- "Marjorine" - She is one of the girls at Heidi's sleepover, and is the object in the game "Light as a feather, stiff as a board". She also speaks the most out of all the girls, next to Heidi.
- "Follow That Egg!" - She is officially referred to as "Red" for the first time.
- "Lice Capades" - She wanted to know who had the head lice.
- "The List" - She is now called Rebecca, she is part of the voting committee and warns Wendy to quit looking for the secret behind the rigged voting.
- "Eek, A Penis!" - Seen in hallways; background only.
- "Super Fun Time" - Seen with the rest of the class in the final scene.
- "Breast Cancer Show Ever" - She calls the Goth Kids "emo kids".
- "Elementary School Musical" - She says that Bridon Gueermo will never go out with her because she's nobody, but Wendy reassures her that she is special, and breaks into song. Wendy refers to her as "Red", once again making her real name a mystery.
- "The Ungroundable" - She uses the flak jacket perk, and then tells Stan that "Its not a cheat because she ranked up".
- "Eat, Pray, Queef" - Comments on the boys stupidity a number of times.
- "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" - Defends Butters against the boys.
- "Insheeption" - Asks Wendy if Stan really has a problem.
- "Coon vs. Coon & Friends" - She is seen at the Justin Bieber concert.
- "Bass to Mouth" - Part of the group of kids trying to catch Wikileaks.
- "1% - Present at Clyde Frog's funeral.
- "Reverse Cowgirl" - Seen in the background of Mr. Garrison's class.
- "Cash For Gold" - Seen in the background on the playground.
- "Faith Hilling" - Seen in the memeing class with the other fourth grade students.
- "Jewpacabra" - Seen at the Easter egg hunt.
- "Butterballs" - Seen in the background at the school assembly and supported and participated in Stan's anti-bullying video.
- "Cartman Finds Love" - Seen in the background in Mr. Garrison's classroom and in the hallways, when Cartman asks her and Bebe about Nichole.
- "Sarcastaball" - Seen in Butters's dream, with Wendy, kissing Butters.
- "Going Native" - Seen eating in the cafeteria.
- "A Scause For Applause" - Seen in the background in the school hallways.
- "Let Go, Let Gov" - Seen eating in the cafeteria.
- "Informative Murder Porn" - Speaks at a meeting about murder porn at the community center after a murder in South Park.
- "The Hobbit" - Seen as a cheerleader.
- "The Cissy" - Seen with Wendy and Bebe, in the girls' bathroom, trying to stop Cartman from using their toilet.
South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!
Red plays no role in the storyline of South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! and is one of the 'additional characters' unlocked at the game's completion. She is the same class as Eric Cartman, Wendy Testaburger and Token Black, moving slowly but dealing heavy damage. Her unique special ability has her yell out "Sunshine!" and causes damage to all enemies within a small radius. She also has a fast charge rate.
References
- ↑ South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999). IMDb.com.
- ↑ "South Park" Something You Can Do with Your Finger (TV episode 2000). IMDb.com.
- ↑ "South Park" The Jeffersons (TV episode 2004). IMDb.com.
- ↑ "South Park" Insheeption (TV episode 2010). IMDb.com.
- ↑ South Park Studios FAQ - Name Changes (October 20, 2010).
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