The fourth season of ''

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'', an American

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created by

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and

Matt Stone Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and musician. He is best known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon (musical), The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his cre ...

, 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 have 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

put '2000' in the titles to make fun of the ubiquity of the phrase." This is the first season not to feature

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as a series regular, who provided many of the female voices on the show (Bergman died by

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on November 11, 1999). It also marks the only whole season to be animated with their old software

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before switching to

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and

Mona Marshall Mona Marshall is an American television and 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, '' .h ...

replaced Mary Kay Bergman in season four after her death.

Voice cast

This is the first season to feature

and

as series regulars, who would go on to provide many of the female voices on the show. They replaced

, who died on November 11, 1999.

Main cast

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Eric Cartman Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to as just 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 characters, ...

, Randy Marsh, Mr. Garrison, Clyde Donovan,

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, Mr. Mackey, Stephen Stotch,

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and Phillip *

Kyle Broflovski Kyle Broflovski () is a fictional character in the adult animation, adult animated sitcom ''South Park''. He is voiced by and loosely based on series co-creator Matt Stone. Kyle is one of the series' four central characters, along with his frie ...

Kenny McCormick Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick is a fictional character and one of the four main protagonists in the adult animated sitcom ''South Park'', alongside Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Eric Cartman. His often muffled and incomprehensible speech—th ...

Butters Stotch Leopold "Butters" Stotch is a fictional character in the adult animated television series ''South Park''. He is loosely based on co-producer Eric Stough and his voice is provided by co-creator Matt Stone. He is a student at South Park Elementary ...

Gerald Broflovski Gerald Broflovski and Sheila Broflovski are fictional characters in the animated television series ''South Park''. The two are an upper middle-class married Ashkenazi Jewish couple who raise their ten-year-old son Kyle and three-year-old Canadia ...

, Stuart McCormick, Pip Pirrup,

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, Terrance and

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Liane Cartman Liane Cartman, formerly known as Carol 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 ...

Shelly Marsh ''South Park'' is an American adult animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. The ongoing narrative revolves around four boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and ...

, Sharon Marsh, Mayor McDaniels, Carol McCormick, Wendy Testaburger, Principal Victoria and Ms. Crabtree *

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and Linda Stotch *

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as Chef

Guest cast

Richard Belzer Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was an American actor, comedian, and author. He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/sergeant and investigator John Munch, whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC ...

as Loogie (" The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000") *

Cheech Marin Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian and actor. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dom ...

as Carlos Ramirez (" Cherokee Hair Tampons") *

Tommy Chong Thomas B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, musician and activist. He is known for his role/inspiration in the marijuana industry, his Cannabis (drug), marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movie ...

as Chief Running Pinto ("Cherokee Hair Tampons") * Dian Bachar as Chris (" Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" and " Probably") *

Malcolm McDowell Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943) is an English actor. He first became known for portraying Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's ''if....'' (1968), a role he later reprised in ''O Lucky Man!'' (1973) and ''Britannia Hospital ...

as narrator (" Pip") *

Louis Price Louis Bernhardt Price (born March 29, 1953) is an American R&B and soul singer, and actor notable for being the lead singer of the first post- Dennis Edwards led version of The Temptations from 1977 to 1979. Price lived in Chicago as a child and ...

as Cornwallis's singing voice (" A Very Crappy Christmas")

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

South Park Studios
– official website with

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of full episodes for the United States, Australia, and New Zealand
The Comedy Network
– full episodes for Canada {{South Park episodes, 4 2000 American animated television seasons