The fourth season of ''
South Park
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'', an American
animated
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television series
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created by
Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...
and
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...
, began airing on April 5, 2000. The fourth season concluded after airing 17 episodes on December 20, 2000.
The first four episodes in this season has the year 2000 at the end of their episode titles. As explained in the FAQ section on the official website: "When the year 2000 was coming up, everyone and their brother had '2000' in the titles of their products and TV shows. America was obsessed with 2000, so
Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...
put '2000' in the titles to make fun of the ubiquity of the phrase."
This is the first season not to feature
Mary Kay Bergman
Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the lead female voice actress on ''South Park'' from the show's 1997 debut until her death. Thr ...
as a series regular, who provided many of the female voices on the show (Bergman committed
suicide
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on November 11, 1999). It also marks the only whole season to be
Animated
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with their old software
PowerAnimator
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before switching to
Maya
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Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
without her.
Eliza Schneider
Eliza Jane Schneider is an American actress, voice actress, singer, playwright, dialect coach and dialectologist. She has appeared on television and as a voice over actress on video games and animations. She also performs various musical and ...
and
Mona Marshall
Mona Marshall is an American voice actress, known for her work in a number of cartoons, anime shows, films and video games. Her major credits include ''South Park'', where she voices many of the female characters on the show; '' Fraggle Rock: The ...
replaced Mary Kay Bergman in season four after her death.
Voice cast
This is the first season to feature
Eliza Schneider
Eliza Jane Schneider is an American actress, voice actress, singer, playwright, dialect coach and dialectologist. She has appeared on television and as a voice over actress on video games and animations. She also performs various musical and ...
and
Mona Marshall
Mona Marshall is an American voice actress, known for her work in a number of cartoons, anime shows, films and video games. Her major credits include ''South Park'', where she voices many of the female characters on the show; '' Fraggle Rock: The ...
as series regulars, who would go on to provide many of the female voices on the show. They replaced
Mary Kay Bergman
Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the lead female voice actress on ''South Park'' from the show's 1997 debut until her death. Thr ...
, who died of suicide on November 11, 1999.
Main cast
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Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...
as
Stan Marsh
Stanley Randell William Marsh is a fictional character in the adult animated television series '' South Park''. He is voiced by and loosely based on series co-creator Trey Parker. Stan is one of the series' four central characters, along with ...
,
Eric Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to by his surname Cartman, is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom '' South Park'', created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. He is voiced by Parker, and is one of the series' four main chara ...
,
Randy Marsh
Randall Gilbert Marsh (born April 8, 1949) is an American former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1981 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000 to 2009. Marsh wore the uniform number 30.
Major Lea ...
,
Mr. Garrison
Herbert Garrison, formerly known as Janet Garrison, Ethan F Garrison, and the President, is a fictional character and occasional antagonist on the American animated television series '' South Park''. The character is voiced by cocreator Trey ...
,
Clyde Donovan
Clyde Donovan (formerly known as Clyde Goodman and Clyde Harris) is a fictional character in the adult animated television series '' South Park''. He is voiced by series co-creator Trey Parker. Clyde is a student at South Park Elementary School ...
,
Mr. Hankey,
Mr. Mackey,
Stephen Stotch,
Jimmy Valmer
James "Jimmy" Valmer () is a fictional character from the American animated television series ''South Park''. He is voiced by Trey Parker. He is physically disabled, requiring forearm crutches in order to walk.
Character biography
In season 7 ep ...
,
Timmy Burch
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and
Phillip
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*
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...
as
Kyle Broflovski
Kyle Matthew Broflovski is a fictional character in the adult animated television series ''South Park''. He is voiced by and loosely based on co-creator Matt Stone. Kyle is one of the series' four central characters, along with his friends Stan ...
,
Kenny McCormick
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character and one of the four main characters in the adult animated television series ''South Park'' along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His often muffled and incomprehensible speec ...
,
Butters Stotch
Leopold "Butters" Stotch is a fictional character in the adult animated television series ''South Park''. He is voiced by series co-creator Matt Stone and loosely based on co-producer Eric Stough. He is a student at South Park Elementary School. ...
,
Gerald Broflovski
Gerald and Sheila Broflovski are fictional characters in the animated television series ''South Park''. The two are an upper middle-class married Jewish couple who raise their ten-year-old son Kyle and three-year-old Canadian-born adopted son Ike ...
,
Stuart McCormick,
Pip Pirrup
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,
Craig Tucker
Craig Tucker is a fictional character in the adult animated television series '' South Park''. One of the main characters' fourth-grade classmates, he debuted in the season one episode " Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" singing "We Wish You a Merr ...
,
Jimbo Kern
The following are fictional characters in the American animated television series ''South Park''.
The Marshes
Stan Marsh
Randy Marsh
Randy Marsh is the most prominent parent on the show. He is named after the father of series co-creator Trey ...
,
Terrance and
Jesus
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*
Eliza Schneider
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as
Liane Cartman
Liane Marie Cartman is a fictional character in the adult animated television series ''South Park''. She is the single mother of main character Eric, who raises him in the fictional town of South Park, Colorado. Liane is considered one of the more ...
,
Shelly Marsh,
Sharon Marsh
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, Mayor McDaniels, Mrs. McCormick,
Wendy Testaburger
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, Principal Victoria and Ms. Crabtree
*
Mona Marshall
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as
Sheila Broflovski
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and Linda Stotch
*
Isaac Hayes
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as Chef
Guest cast
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Richard Belzer
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as Loogie ("
The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000")
*
Cheech Marin
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as Carlos Ramirez ("
Cherokee Hair Tampons
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")
*
Tommy Chong
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as Chief Running Pinto ("Cherokee Hair Tampons")
*
Dian Bachar
Dian Bachar (; born October 26, 1970) is an American actor most notable for his roles in various films by or starring his friends Trey Parker and Matt Stone, such as ''Cannibal! The Musical'' (George Noon), ''Orgazmo'' (Ben Chapleski) and his mos ...
as Chris ("
Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?
"Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series ''South Park'', and 57th episode of the series overall.
Going by production order, it would be 10th episode of Season 4. "Do the Handicapp ...
" and "
Probably")
*
Malcolm McDowell
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as narrator ("
Pip")
*
Louis Price
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Price lived in Chicago as a child and att ...
as Cornwallis's singing voice ("
A Very Crappy Christmas")
Episodes
References
External links
South Park Studios– official website with
streaming video
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of full episodes.
The Comedy Network– full episodes for Canada
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2000 American television seasons