There are quite a few bad fathers in South Park with questionable parenting methods.
Most of the dads in South Park are known to be pretty dumb, careless, and neglectful to both
their kids and their wives. It’s not uncommon to see one of the dads running around causing mayhem
in the town of South Park as well. However, there are a few dads who do a pretty solid
job raising their kids. The really bad fathers on the other hand can be straight up abusive.
There are even some fathers who have gone as far as getting other people murdered.
I’m Kifinosi with WickedBinge, and this is South Park Dads: Good to Evil
To start things off, we will be going over the good fathers and working our way
down to the bad. This is the good section. The Gold Medal of Good goes to Token’s dad,
Steve Black. Steve is a good citizen of South Park and a positive role model for Token, because just
like his wife Linda, he has a steady job. Token’s dad is a lawyer while his wife Linda is a chemist.
This is why Token’s family is richer than the other families in South Park. Steve appears to be
intelligent and level-headed. He’s seen explaining to the boys why he thinks hate crime legislation
is hypocritical in the episode “Cartman’s Silly Hate Crime 2000”. It seems Steve’s good qualities
have rubbed off on Token because he’s one of the more well level-headed kids in South Park.
The Silver Medal of Good goes to Cartman and Scott Tenorman’s father, Jack Tenorman.
Jack’s most prominent appearance was in the episode “Scott Tenorman Must Die”
in which he was killed by Cartman and grounded up into chili. The reason why Jack snatches
up this medal is because he was known to have played for the Denver Broncos, which must make
him a pretty solid guy. Cartman found out in the episode “201” that Jack Tenorman was his father,
making Scott Tenorman his half-brother. It is unknown whether or not Jack knew about
his relation to Cartman. However, we do have to take away some points for knocking up Liane
at the drunken barn dance and walking out on her. Jack also showed concern for saving the pony from
being slaughtered by Mr. Denkins when he was tricked by Scott which must make him a morally
conscious guy. However, Scott is shown to have some of the same manipulation skills as Cartman
which must come from their dad’s genes. The Bronze Medal of Good goes to Jimmy’s dad,
Ryan Valmer. Ryan was shown along with his wife, Sarah to be concerned about Jimmy’s well-being
when he joined the gang. However, Ryan doesn’t appear to be as warm and compassionate as Sarah
is towards Jimmy. Ryan appears to ignore Jimmy and show disregard towards him in multiple episodes.
He can also be quite nosy. For example, in one episode Ryan asked Jimmy if he was masturbating.
Nonetheless, Ryan still gets the bronze medal because Jimmy
is a great kid with a good head on his shoulders. Next up is Mr. Garrison’s father, Herbert Garrison
Sr. Garrison Sr’s most prominent appearance was in the episode “World Wide Recorder Concert”. In
the present, he appears to be a solid guy working at a gas station. It was revealed
that in Mr. Garrison’s past, Garrison Sr. would have sex with many different women. This seems
to have traumatized Mr. Garrison. However, Mr. Garrison was also traumatized because his father
hadn’t had sex with him too. In the episode, Mr. Garrison confronts his father for never sexually
abusing him as a child. Throughout the episode, all the characters try convincing Garrison Sr. to
sexually abuse his son, but he appears to be the only sane one knowing that it’s wrong. Garrison
Sr. eventually gets Kenny G to sexually abuse Mr. Garrison pretending that it’s him. While Garrison
Sr. did eventually contribute to Mr. Garrison being sexually abused, he does get some points
for his strong moral compass against such an act. Last in the good section we have PC Principal.
While PC Principal isn’t the best person, he still is a good dad. When Vice Principal Strong Woman
gets pregnant with the PC babies, PC Principal offers all of his support. He is shown to love and
care about the PC babies and their mother deeply. However, as a principal before he met Strong
Woman, PC Principal was very strict and downright abusive to the students of South Park Elementary.
We can’t forget about the time PC Principal beat up Cartman in the episode “Stunning and
Brave” and left him in the hospital. There was also his scrap with Leslie, but in all fairness
she was an ad. Not to mention when it was revealed what PC actually stands for, and how he was just
pretending to be virtuous to sleep with women. That wraps up the good, now we will be getting
into the not so good but not so bad. This is the gray area.
First up is Liane’s father and Cartman’s grandfather, Harold Cartman. Not much is
known about Harold, and his only appearance was in the episode “Merry Christmas Charlie Manson”.
For the most part he appears to be a friendly man. However, he seems to share the same attributes as
Cartman. For example, being just as lazy. It could be argued that Cartman gets these negative
qualities from his grandfather and the other members of his extended family. We have to put
Harold in the gray area instead of the good section because he helped create a monster.
Next up is Craig’s dad, Thomas Tucker. Thomas has been shown throughout the series to not be
the best influence over Craig. Just like his wife Laura, he has the negative habit
of flipping others off which has rubbed off on his son. In the episode “Tweek x Craig”,
he was excited when he found out Craig got in a fight at school, implying that Thomas encourages
Craig’s troublemaker behavior. Thomas mainly has to lose points for the fact that he was
unsupportive of Craig’s relationship with Tweek at first, and he didn’t want Craig
to be gay. However, he eventually came around and accepted the idea. Thomas also seemed to
care for his wife’s well-being and privacy in the episode “The Magic Bush” when the
boys caught footage of Craig’s mom’s bush. Next we have Heidi’s father, Thomas Turner.
Thomas’ most significant appearance was in the episode “Marjorine”. He was seen to be wildly
overprotective of Heidi, and keeping a lookout to make sure no boys come to her slumber party.
Despite his overprotectiveness against boys, he wasn’t able to protect his daughter against the
most harmful boy she encountered and went out with, Eric Cartman. Thomas along with his wife,
both allowed Heidi to remain in her abusive relationship with Cartman.
Next is Wendy’s dad, Mr. Testaburger. Not much is known about Mr. Testaburger, but he appears
to share similar qualities to Mrs. Testaburger. They’re both really strict with their daughter and
want her to do well in school. He also appears to attend a lot of PTA meetings with his wife. It’s
been shown a couple times that Mr. Testaburger, just like Mrs. Testaburger, can also be negligent
and ignore his daughter a lot. Mr. Testaburger’s most significant role was in the episode “Stupid
Spoiled Whore Video Playset”. When Wendy tried to express her concern for the Paris Hilton fad, her
parents both ignored her and brushed her off. It wasn’t until Wendy threatened to go to the Paris
Hilton store and buy a thong that her dad got mad. When Mr. Testaburger goes with Wendy to the store,
he is shown to be just as annoyed with it as her. When two girls start rubbing against him he
changes his mind and allows Wendy to be a whore. Next is Nichole’s dad, Mr. Daniels. Mr. Daniels
was seen in the episode “Cartman Finds Love” being unsupportive of Nichole’s relationship with Token.
He makes racist remarks because he didn’t like the idea that they moved to a whole new town
and she dates the only other black kid. When she goes on a date with Kyle later in the episode,
he is more accepting of it and calls Kyle “a nice white Jewish boy”. However,
Nichole ends up with Token instead of Kyle in the end because that’s what she truly wanted.
Next is Bebe’s dad, Mr. Stevens. Not much is known about Mr. Stevens, and he usually
just appears as a background character. His wife, Mrs. Stevens has had a larger role in
the show than him. All we know is that Mr. Stevens allowed Bebe to host her egregious
stupid spoiled whore party at their home in “Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset”. However,
at the end of the episode Mr. Stevens realized the error of his ways and told
Bebe she’s not allowed to dress in such a way. Last up in the gray section is Dr. Mephesto,
who is a father to his two sons, Terrance and Kevin. What puts Dr. Mephesto just a few points
away from being in the bad section is for all of his dangerous genetic experiments. There’s also
the fact that he takes on the role of a mad scientist more than a father figure. It was
revealed in the episode “An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig” that the boys’ classmate Terrance is
the son of Dr. Mephesto. Terrence is shown to be arrogant and have a superiority complex, insulting
the boys and calling them names. Dr. Mephesto uses his other son Kevin as an assistant who
follows him around everywhere. It’s been revealed that Kevin was created from a failed genetic
experiment. Dr. Mephesto probably isn’t the most responsible fatherly figure in South Park.
Now we are entering the bad to evil. There are quite a few truly
wicked dads in South Park so stick with us. First up in the bad section is Randy’s dad
and Stan’s grandpa, Marvin Marsh. Marvin is not a very good fellow. In the episode “Death” he tries
to persuade Stan to help him kill himself. It was also revealed that he helped his own grandfather
kill himself when he was a kid. In the episode “Grey Dawn”, Marvin recklessly attempts to drive
right after he had his drivers license taken away. It’s also been revealed that Marvin is addicted to
gambling which was where Stan’s freemium addiction came from in the episode “Freemium Isn’t Free”.
He also revealed in the episode “Nobody Got Cereal?” that his son Randy was a mistake.
We think it’s safe to say that a lot of the dysfunctional antics in the Marsh family
can be pinpointed to Marvin’s reckless behavior. Next is Tweek’s dad and the owner of Tweek Bros.
Coffee, Richard Tweak. Richard goes in the bad section for the same reason as his wife,
Mrs. Tweak in the South Park Moms: Good to Evil video. He continuously feeds his son
too much coffee unaware it’s the cause of his physical and mental issues
which is an act of child abuse. It was also shown in the episode “Gnomes” that Richard can be quite
manipulative. When the boys need to write a paper for school, he uses them to push his own agenda.
He tells the boys that the Harbucks store is bad and harmful for small business owners like him.
Next up is Mr. Gueermo, Bridon Gueermo’s father seen in the episode “Elementary School Musical”.
In the episode, Mr. Gueermo was seen to be physically and emotionally abusive to his
son Bridon. He would force Bridon to act and be in plays and follow in his own footsteps.
If Bridon refused to comply he would threaten him by slapping him. We saw how Bridon just wanted to
play basketball, which his father called a “sissy” sport. The situation got so out of hand that
child protective services got involved and showed up at their house, until Mr. Gueermo
scared off the CPS workers by slapping them too. Next we have Gerald Broflovski. For most of the
series, Gerald appears as a relatively normal father. Although Gerald can be cold and negligent
at times, he’s still a lawyer with a steady income and has been shown to care for his
family. Gerald doesn’t appear to have that close of a relationship with his son Kyle. However, Kyle
does share a lot of the same characteristics his dad has like his intelligence and studiousness.
Gerald can also be just as strict as a parent as Sheila at times. What puts Gerald in this
section and makes him downright evil is his scrap in Season 20. Gerald was the troll skankhunt42 and
lied about it and hid it from his entire family. When he went to talk to Ike one on one
he was feeding him misogynistic garbage to justify his actions. Gerald’s trolling got so out of hand
that it caused a woman to kill herself. There was also the incident when Gerald got hooked
on cheesing in the episode “Major Boobage”. It was also shown in the episode “Smug Alert” that Gerald
has a smug superiority complex when he thought he was better than everyone for driving a hybrid car.
Another good example of Gerald’s smugness was in the episode “You’re Not Yelping”, when he thought
he was the greatest Yelp reviewer there was. The Bronze Medal of Evil goes to Stephen Stotch.
Stephen is extremely abusive towards his son Butters. While he isn’t the one who tried to drown
him in a car like his wife Linda did, the harm Stephen has caused Butters is just as impactful.
Stephen is super strict, and is quick to ground Butters for just about anything. In the Post Covid
specials it was revealed that Stephen grounded Butters in his room for 16 years which turned
Butters into a crummy salesman scamming people with NFTs. Stephen is also shown to be verbally
abusive and will yell at Butters if has to. A good example was in the episode “The Ungroundable”.
Stephen yells at Butters for reorganizing the food pantry incorrectly. Out of the two parents,
Stephen is usually the one to take the lead in the mistreatment of their son.
Stephen & Linda tried to sell Butters to Paris Hilton in the episode “Stupid Spoiled Whore Video
Playset”, had him anally probed in the episode “The Death of Eric Cartman”,
and physically beat him in the episode “Jared Has Aides”. We also have to mention that Stephen has
homophobic tendencies. A good example was in the episode “Cartman Sucks” when Cartman tried to put
his penis in Butters’ mouth, Stephen sent Butters to a camp because he thought he was bicurious.
The Silver Medal of Evil goes to Kenny’s dad, Stuart Mccormick. Stuart and his wife,
Carol frequently get into physical fights in front of their kids. The situation got so severe to the
point that Kenny and his siblings were put into foster care in the episode “The Poor Kid”. Stuart
has no job and can hardly provide for his family. His family lives off of welfare and
eats frozen waffles and pop tarts for dinner because of this. Stuart along with his wife
Carol is seen to be an alcoholic and he’s shown to be frequently drinking. It was revealed in the
episode “Chickenpox” that Stuart was once really good friends with Gerald when they were younger.
However, the difference in their socioeconomic levels caused a rift in their friendship.
Stuart now harbors resentment towards Gerald for being employed and earning more than him.
The Gold Medal of Evil goes to Randy Marsh. In the earliest seasons of the show,
Randy is a fairly normal dad who loves his family. He has a steady job as a geologist and is mostly
just a bumbling idiot. However, Randy worsens and gets more evil and self-destructive as the
series goes on. Similar to Stuart, Randy is also an alcoholic. Randy doesn’t know how to admit his
alcoholism is a problem and it takes a toll on the people around him. And just like Stephen,
he’s also abusive towards everyone in his family. Randy and Sharon often get into verbal fights in
front of their children due to his reckless behavior and have gotten multiple divorces in
the show. As the series goes on, Randy turns into a narcissistic man-child who will stop at nothing
to do exactly what he wants when he wants, not taking anyone else into consideration.
In the Season 9 episode “The Losing Edge”, Randy gets into baseball fights with the other dads.
In the Season 14 episode “Medicinal Fried Chicken” Randy tries to get testicular cancer so he can get
his own marijuana card. In the episode “Nightmare on FaceTime” he decides to buy a Blockbuster
store. Randy has committed multiple crimes in the show, such as getting arrested for drunk driving
and committing murder & assault. It seems Randy’s poor parenting has had a very negative impact on
his kids, because Stan’s depression is a recurring theme throughout the show. Not to mention Shelly
can be physically aggressive and beat up Stan when the parents aren’t around. However, the
main reason Randy snatched up the gold medal of evil is for his Tegridy Farms shenanigans in later
seasons. Randy selfishly buys a house on a farm to sell marijuana to satisfy his own selfish desires,
despite everyone else in the family hating the idea. In the Season 23 episode “Mexican Joker”,
Randy commits a terrorist attack when he finds out that other people have been growing their own
marijuana. This causes multiple people in South Park to be brutally murdered from the event.
Now we will be moving onto the deadly sins medals. These are the fathers who will take home the
medals for pride, wrath, sloth, greed, and envy. The Pride Medal goes to Gerald Broflovski.
Gerald was so prideful about being a hybrid car owner that he moved
his entire family over to San Francisco. The Wrath Medal goes to Stephen Stotch.
Stephen has a track record of being very angry and wrath-like. He gets so mad that he’ll ground
Butters for doing absolutely nothing. The Sloth Medal goes to Harold Cartman.
Harold’s lazy sloth-like behavior has definitely rubbed off on his grandson.
The Greed Medal goes to Randy Marsh. Randy will stop at nothing to make all
the profits he can off selling his Tegridy. And finally, the Envy Medal goes to Stuart
Mccormick because he was so envious and jealous of Gerald’s success that they lost touch as friends.