- For other uses, see Thomas (Disambiguation).
Thomas is a boy who suffers from Tourette's syndrome. He first and last appears in the Season Eleven episode "Le Petit Tourette". It is hinted at the near end of his debut episode that Craig Tucker may or may not have a crush on him.
Background[]
While in Toy Safari, Eric Cartman notices Thomas swearing constantly, giving him the idea of faking Tourette's syndrome. After Kyle Broflovski is deemed intolerant of people with the affliction, due to Kyle claiming Cartman to be faking it, he encounters Thomas when attending a meeting for people with Tourette's. He revealed that his father divorced his mother over the issue and only sees him during Christmas.
After Kyle is brought before a group of kids with Tourette's including himself, and hearing Cartman called having Tourette's awesome, Thomas soon realized Kyle was right, Cartman is faking it, so he later helps Kyle with a plan to stop Cartman from appearing on Dateline with Chris Hansen so he will receive more attention. Thomas and Kyle contact a number of pedophiles and invite them to the studio claiming it to be their home. Thomas welcomes them in, but upon seeing Hansen, they all shoot themselves, causing the audience to flee thus ruining the recording.
Hansen sees Thomas outside and is infuriated, but he replies with swearing which causes Hansen to leave. Cartman, however, is happy to have had the show canceled though, as he has actually lost control of his speech, revealing embarrassing secrets about himself. Craig Tucker then asks Thomas if he can be his friend, as he adores Thomas due to him being able to swear whenever he wishes.
Realizing Cartman was in fact glad not to appear on Dateline, this backfired as he and Kyle responded with "Aw, shit!"
Appearance[]
Thomas has a light yellow shirt with green stripes and dark green trousers. He has mustard dirty blond hair and faint bags under his eyes.
Personality[]
Thomas suffers from regular outbursts of swear words, primarily "cock" and "shit," wherever he may be, which is not helped by his mother who tries to integrate him into society when he has a series of outbursts in a toy shop. He also has a very nervous personality, similar to that of Tweek Tweak or Rebecca Cotswolds, and has black rings under his eyes implying he is very stressed and does not get much sleep.
He attends the Tourette's Tolerance and Understanding Foundation where there are regular meetings for him and other children with Tourette's syndrome.
Interactions[]
Eric Cartman[]
Cartman was faking having Tourette's in order to get away with saying swear words with impunity. After Cartman whispered to Thomas, "Isn't having Tourette's awesome?", Thomas immediately realized that Kyle was right about Cartman being a fraud.
Kyle Broflovski[]
Kyle with Thomas.
Thomas cooperates with Kyle in stopping Cartman's attempt to get on Dateline to spew anti-Semitic and vulgar messages on national television, agreeing that Cartman was faking the condition and giving people a negative impression of people affected by Tourette's. It is unknown how he felt about Kyle before realizing that Kyle was right about Cartman.
Craig Tucker[]
Craig seemed to think Thomas was very cool for being able to swear whenever he wanted, something Craig couldn't do himself without getting into trouble, which properly could be referred to as romantic feelings stemming from jealousy. At the end of the episode, he flirted with him by asking him, "Could I just like, hang out with you sometime? Like, do your laundry, maybe?" However, the pair has not been seen together since, nor has Thomas been seen at South Park Elementary. This could imply that Craig may have a crush on him out of admiration for Thomas's ability to get away with shouting out obscenities due to his disorder.
Trivia[]
- He has the same first name as Craig's father, and awkwardly enough, Craig seems to have an (at least subconscious) crush on him due to his ability to blurt out obscenities and curse words without getting into trouble due to his Tourette's syndrome.
- His tired eyes may or may not be a result of sleep deprivation caused by his trouble of controlling his tics keeping him up at night (as well as the fact that his father both divorced and separated from his mother literally only because of him, with the stress piled up), as well as his hair being messy and tousled-looking, with tossing and turning from the stress and the anxiety caused by his shame and embarrassment of his psychological disorder.
- The fact that he is always frowning may be because he is sad with his struggles with his Tourette's syndrome.
- His soft and quiet voice also may be a result of his mellowed-out repressed feeling to submit to his Tourette's syndrome and feel sad with emotions in his tone and voice, same as the other Tourette's Syndrome patients (children) who Kyle is introduced to in the episode; same as the fact that they also possess tired eyes and messy-looking and tousled-looking hair; possessing tired bags under their eyes and sad frowns on their faces.
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