- For other uses, see Steve (Disambiguation).
Steven "Steve" Black, (Formely Bob Williams), is the father of Tolkien and husband of Linda Black. He is very wealthy, owning a large house and an expensive SUV, and a diehard fan of author J.R.R. Tolkien. He previously worked as a lawyer and as co-executive of a financial consulting firm until he entered the marijuana farming business.
He makes his first appearance in "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000". His name is given as Steve in "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers".
Background[]
Steve's first speaking role was in "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", in which after Cartman is arrested for throwing a rock at his son Tolkien, and arrested for committing a Hate Crime. Mr. Black, however, disagrees with hate crime legislation and educates the boys on why it's a hypocritical concept. He then sends the boys to the governor to change the laws. He would have done it himself but mentions that he was black. He later appears in the background of Chef's protest of the South Park Flag, with Tolkien and Mrs. Black in "Chef Goes Nanners".
He and his wife were part of the Marsh Family's book club, as seen in "Proper Condom Use", and seem to be referred to as 'Bob and Linda' since the other fathers present all had been previously named, but they did not speak here.
His second speaking role was in the episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood", in which Tolkien begins to question why they are so rich while everyone else is poor. Mr. Black reveals that Mrs. Black is a chemist for a pharmaceutical company, while he is revealed to be a lawyer. Both of Tolkien's parents are horrified when Tolkien wants to shop at J-Mart and he seems to not understand how to shop like middle-class people. He is so out of touch with middle-class society, that he mistakes the fluorescent lights for an alien weapon and he even handed his car keys to a J-Mart employee, thinking he was the valet.
His next appearance was in "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers", in which he and his wife are horrified to discover that Tolkien was seen the pornographic film called, Back Door Sluts 9. When Mr. Black demonstrates horror at discovering Tolkien has seen the porno, he exclaims "Oh god, not that one!", causing Mrs. Black to give him a furious look. His name was revealed to be Steve in this episode.
He is one of Randy Marsh's drinking buddies in "Broadway Bro Down" and later in "Insecurity" when he and the dads become insecure that the UPS man is having sex with their wives.
He and Linda allow Liane Cartman and Eric Cartman to stay at their home after a fire damaged their home in "1%". Even though Steve was generous, his wife Linda was surprised that Cartman and Tolkien were friends.
In "Sons A Witches", he is one of the dads who attends "Crack and Jack Witch Week" at Halloween every year, a tradition going back a few decades, and is part of the campaign to clarify not all witches are bad.
Cartman had dinner with the family in "Doubling Down", questioning when they could disrespect the American flag until Steve happened to mention seeing Heidi Turner with Kyle Broflovski, unaware of their relationships with Cartman.
He and his wife again sat with Cartman for dinner in "Dead Kids", where it is revealed that he and his wife have a regular date night and do not allow their son to watch PG-13 films unsupervised.
It is revealed in "The Big Fix" that Steve named his son after his favorite author, J.R.R. Tolkien, of whom he has been a fan for much of his life, does not believe in drinking or smoking, and has become co-executive of a financial consulting firm. From this episode, Steve's prominence has increased, having major roles in several episodes like "Credigree Weed St. Patrick's Day Special" as well as South Park: The Streaming Wars and its second part.
Marijuana Farmer[]
Initially hired by Randy as a financial consultant for Tegridy Farms, Steve leaves the company and moves his family to a marijuana farm across the street named Credigree Weed since "The Big Fix". His first competition against Tegridy Farms involves the sales of "St. Patrick's Day" specials. After receiving a large order of 2.5 tons from Farty O'Cool, Steve buys all of Randy's stocks while the latter is in jail and labels them as his own, in order to keep up with the demand. This plot is later exposed by Randy himself.
Steve establishes a streaming service in South Park: The Streaming Wars, where the water rights of his farm are being sold to the citizens of Denver who are experiencing a drought. When Steve informs Pi-Pi that he would be closing the service owing to water shortage for the crops, he realizes that the latter had been the mastermind behind the drought, and gets assaulted by Pi-Pi's newly recruited henchman, ManBearPig. Steve is subsequently saved by Chuck Chuck, and he returns to Randy, convincing him to work together to expose Pi-Pi's scheme.
Appearance[]
Steve is a middle-aged man and he wears a blue jacket, white shirt, and black tie. He also wears brown/red pants and black shoes. He has black curly hair.
In his earlier appearances in Season Four, his skin was darker like the rest of his family and his eyes were slightly smaller.
Video Games[]
South Park: The Fractured But Whole[]
In "Operation: Blind Justice", the New Kid is tasked to intrude the Black Residence and apprehend Steve, whom Harrison Yates claimed that he is a "mastermind drug dealer". This, however, is proven to be false, as he was tasked to be arrested to be sacrificed to Shub-Niggurath. After the Coon and Friends and the Freedom Pals rescue the black people unjustly imprisoned, both him and Mrs. Black call out Tolkien for playing too rough, though they continue to let him play with the other kids.
Trivia[]
- The character was performed by Adrien Beard in the first couple of appearances and Trey Parker in most other episodes.
Prominence[]
- "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" - Gives Kyle and Stan a lesson on racism.
- "Chef Goes Nanners" - Protests with his wife and Chef to change the South Park flag because of its racist connotations.
- "Helen Keller! The Musical" - Seen recording the play with the other fathers.
- "Cripple Fight" - Seen at the bar.
- "Proper Condom Use" - Seen at the Marsh's house. He can also be seen at the P.T.A meeting.
- "Here Comes the Neighborhood" - He, his wife and his son become friends with the rich black people who move into South Park until everyone leaves after several of the South Park White men dress up as "ghosts".
- "Red Hot Catholic Love" - Seen at the church.
- "Child Abduction is Not Funny" - Seen attempting to protect his son along with his wife.
- "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers" - Horrified that his son watched a porn film and tries to explain the activity to his son.
- "Red Man's Greed" - Seen in the background.
- "Grey Dawn" - Seen in a fenced enclosure with his wife.
- "It's Christmas in Canada" - Seen in the crowd of people at the Christmas tree lighting in South Park.
- "Good Times with Weapons" - Seen at the community center for the town meeting.
- "You Got F'd in the A" - Seen in the crowd watching the dance-off.
- "Douche and Turd" - Seen watching Stan get banished from the town for not voting.
- "The Losing Edge" - Seen watching baseball with his wife.
- "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" - Seen taking shelter at the community center.
- "Cartoon Wars Part I" - Seen in the crowd at the town's meeting.
- "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" - Seen at the town meeting at the community center.
- "Hell on Earth 2006" - Seen outside the Stotch's house hearing the news on Butters disappearance.
- "Le Petit Tourette" - Seen in the Dateline audience.
- "Britney's New Look" - Seen taking photos of Britney Spears along with many other people.
- "Major Boobage" - Attends the town meeting at the community center.
- "Over Logging" - Attends Randy's speech at City Hall.
- "About Last Night..." - Celebrates Barack Obama's election victory with the townsfolk.
- "Eat, Pray, Queef" - Seen singing with his son.
- "Pinewood Derby" - Seen sitting with his son at the Pinewood Derby.
- "200" - Seen at the town's meeting.
- "201" - Seen in the crowd giving Santa in a bear costume to gingers.
- "It's a Jersey Thing" - Seen in the crowd trying to keep New Jersey people out of town.
- "T.M.I." - Seen at the parent-teacher meeting.
- "Broadway Bro Down"- Seen at the aquatic center and at Hooters with Randy and his other friends.
- "1%" - Allows the Cartman family to stay at their home after a fire.
- "Reverse Cowgirl" - Seen at the town meeting at the community center.
- "Gluten Free Ebola" - Seen at the town meeting.
- "Handicar" - Seen leaving Bijou Cinema with Linda.
- "The Magic Bush" - Seen at the Tucker Residence.
- "The City Part of Town" - Seen at the town meeting at City Hall. He and his wife can also be seen at the SoDoSoPa.
- "You're Not Yelping" - Seen at City Hall.
- "Tweek x Craig" - Seen walking with his family, and watching Tweek and Craig get back together.
- "PC Principal Final Justice" - Seen at the gun show.
- "Skank Hunt" - Seen at the school assembly.
- "Members Only" - Seen shopping when President Garrison arrives and goes on a tirade.
- "Not Funny" - Seen at Harrison Yates' press conference about TrollTrace.com and at church.
- "Put It Down" - Seen at the school assembly.
- "Franchise Prequel" - Seen at the Valmer's house for the meeting.
- "Sons A Witches" - He dresses up a witch with the other men.
- "Doubling Down" - Eats dinner with his family and Eric Cartman and tells Cartman about Kyle and Heidi holding hands at the park.
- "Splatty Tomato" - Seen at the town meeting at the community center.
- "Dead Kids" - Cartman talks to him and Linda about Black Panther.
- "A Boy And A Priest" - Seen walking into church.
- "The Problem with a Poo" - Seen at the Christmas Concert. Later watches Mr. Hankey leave South Park.
- "The Scoots" - Seen at the Park County Community Center.
- "Nobody Got Cereal?" - Seen in front of Park County Courthouse, waiting for Stan's verdict on the negotiation with ManBearPig.
- "Buddha Box" - Gets a Buddha Box.
- "Unfulfilled" - Seen protesting against Amazon on the customer's side.
- "Bike Parade" - Seen watching the bike parade.
- "Band in China" - Seen at the Autumn Fest.
- "Shots!!!" - Seen at the PTA meeting.
- "Let Them Eat Goo" - Seen in the town meeting.
- "Season Finale" - Seen outside of City Hall, supporting Randy's imprisonment.
- "Basic Cable" - Appears with his family in the "Blacks vs Whites" show, during the random streaming series scene.
- "Christmas Snow" - Loses his "Christmas Spirit" after the liquor is prohibited during the holidays, but cheers up after Randy comes up with his Christmas special.
- "The Pandemic Special" - Seen at Randy's presentation and later at the hospital with a mustache.
- "South ParQ Vaccination Special" - Seen at the end celebrating the end of the pandemic.
- "The Big Fix" - Starts his own weed farm after partnering with Randy to work at Tegridy Farms.
- "Credigree Weed St. Patrick's Day Special" - Started to sell his own St. Patrick's Day Special and suddenly sold Randy's special after he was arrested.
- "Cupid Ye" - Overhears Cupid Cartman in Tolkien's bedroom, and opens the door just as Cartman makes his escape.
- "Japanese Toilet" - Attends Stan's speech outside of City Hall.
- "DikinBaus Hot Dogs" - Seen getting food at DikinBaus Hot Dogs with his wife.
- "Spring Break" - Conversates with Randy about their kids masculinity.
Movies[]
- South Park: Post Covid - Appears in the Shady Acres retirement home.
- South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid - Seen attending Shelley's funeral.
- South Park: The Streaming Wars - Establishes his own streaming service.
- South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 - Was rescued by ManBearPig's son, Chuck Chuck, and teams up with Randy to expose Pi-Pi's scheme.
- South Park: Joining the Panderverse - Steve is one of the men willing to work in order to get services from a handyman. Later forms part of a group protesting the University of Colorado Boulder, and then against billionaires outside South Park Country Club.
- South Park (Not Suitable For Children) - Attends the parent-teacher meeting at South Park Elementary.
References[]
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