Ms. Veronica Crabtree was a fictional character in the animated series "South Park". She was voiced by the late Mary Kay Bergman in the first three season and Eliza Schneider until the character's death. She was the school's angry bus driver.
She was similar to the school bus driver in the 1994 film "Forrest Gump", who also had a bird in her hair.
Appearance
She wore a blue sweater and green trousers. She had crooked yellow teeth, baggy eyes, an angry expression (most of the time), and messy, scraggly brown hair. Her hair used to have a bird living in it,
Personality
She appeared to be suffering from paranoia, or at least was mentally unstable. She constantly screamed "Sit down 'n shut up!" or screeched "Be quiet back there!" or asked the children on her bus "What did you say?" after they insulted her. They would say something else that sounds similar in order to avoid trouble, but Stan once just repeated what he said to her, and she responded with, "Oh, OK." However, sometimes, particularly in later episodes, she appears to be slightly calmer.
Major Appearances
In the episode Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut, it is implied at the end of the episode that she had sexual intercourse with Liane Cartman, which made her a potential mother of Eric Cartman, but as a result of 201, it is revealed Liane was the mother.
Crabtree was for the most part a background character, used only for the occasional joke. However, she got center stage in City on the Edge of Forever, when upon driving the kids back from school, she takes the bus off the main road and ends up getting it stuck on the edge of a cliff. Crabtree immediately goes to get help for the kids and orders them to stay on the bus in her absence by threatening to kill a bunny. While the students have assorted flashbacks relating to past adventures, she makes it to the main road and is picked up by a trucker, who slips her roofies in order to date-rape her. However, the drugs only seem to calm her slightly from her normal insanity. She begins a relationship with the trucker, and forgetting about the kids, begins life as a stand-up comedian on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. However, she finds the life empty and goes off with the trucker to watch the sunset. At the end the episode everything, even Crabtree's own story is implied to be a dream of one of the boys, which she and the trucker acknowledge sadly.
In the episode "Fat Camp", Kenny was supposed to crawl into her uterus and stay there for six straight hours before coming out. She was excited about being on TV, adding she hadn't "had this much attention paid to my cooch since I was 16!". Later when Kenny's lookalike came out dead, she said: "I told you I was a tight virgin flower." This is a continuity error - not only are the quotes contradictory, but Ms. Crabtree had sex with Chef in "Chef Aid", albeit with a bag over her own head.
Her final surviving appearance was in "Simpsons Already Did It" driving the bus and surprising Butters in a Simpson-ified form of herself. She only screams a few times and drives off.
Death
Ms. Crabtree's death in Cartman's Incredible Gift.
Ms. Crabtree was murdered - as well as the bird nesting on her head (with left hand and wing missing) - by Michael Deats in "Cartman's Incredible Gift" The police officers commented "She was considered an ancillary character. One the fans wouldn't miss much." and Sergeant Yates yelled "She may not have been in any recent episodes, but dammit she deserved better than this!" poking fun at her lack of recent appearances at the time and being one of South Park's few moments of breaking the fourth wall.
The school bus driver position was then evidently taken over by Mr. Venezuela, as shown in "Ginger Kids". Ironically, this is the last time the school bus has been seen from the interior in the series.
Quotes
- "SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!!!!"
- (when cussed at) "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?!"
- (takes out a bunny and a gun) Ya'll be quiet or the cute little bunny dies! (City on the Edge of Forever)
- (to Chef) "SIT DOWN, KID!" (Conjoined Fetus Lady)
- (to Chef) DO YOU WANT AN OFFICE REFERRAL!? (Conjoined Fetus Lady)
- "You look like a lump of dog shit just got hit by a CAR!!!" (City on the Edge of Forever)
- "I haven't had this much attention paid to my cooch since I was 16!" (Fat Camp)
- Executive: "How would you like to make a million dollars, baby?"
Mrs. Crabtree: "How'd you like to SUCK MY ASS?!?" (City on the Edge of Forever)
Trivia
- In the original promo for The Succubus Mrs. Crabtree was shown to be the new chef instead of Mr. Derp.
- In South Park:Bigger,Longer & Uncut she is wearing black pants rather than the usual green.
- It is unkown why Mrs.Crabtree is always angry there could be a possibiliy that she got stressed over something and started taking out on other people.
Appearances
- Cartman Gets an Anal Probe
- Weigh Gain 4000 (cameo)
- An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig
- Pinkeye
- Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut
- Ike's Wee-Wee (cameo)
- Conjoined Fetus Lady
- Chef Aid
- City on the Edge of Forever
- Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods
- South Park: Bigger,Longer and Uncut (cameo)
- Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics (cameo)
- Worldwide Recorder Concert
- Trapper Keeper
- Fat Camp
- Towelie (cameo)
- Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants (cameo)
- Fun With Veal (cameo)
- Simpsons Already Did It (last speaking-role)
- I'm a Little Bit Country (cameo)
- Goobacks (cameo)
- Cartman's Incredible Gift (dies in this episode)
| South Park Elementary staff | |
|---|---|
| Coach Miles | Girls' Volleyball Coach | Herbert Garrison | Mitchell | Mr. Derp | Mr. Garrett | Mr. Harris | Mr. Mackey | Mr. Meryl | Mr. Thompson | Mr. Wyland | Mrs. Streibel | Ms. Bronski | PC Principal | Pearl | Recess Supervisor | Richard Adler | Strong Woman | Substitute Teacher | Unnamed Bus Driver | |
| Former | |
| Diane Choksondik | Jerome "Chef" McElroy | Jose Venezuela | Margaret Nelson | Miss Claridge | Mr. Conners | Mr. Slave | Ms. Ellen | Ms. Stevenson | Nurse Gollum | Principal Victoria | Randy Marsh | Veronica Crabtree | |
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