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South Park is full of absolute chaos and
although the main focus of the show is
the kids oftentimes the parents are the
cause of that chaos from
misunderstandings to riots to full-on
war with other countries everything
imaginable that could go wrong finds a
way to go wrong but in times of trouble
who else can you rely on other than your
parents today we'll be breaking down
South Park's parents and trying to
figure out who are the best and who are
the absolute worst I'm Brad with wicked
binge and this is South Park parents
best to worst how did I manage to raise
such a smart kid and before we begin we
just want to make things clear
we'll be ranking parents together as a
team we want to know which South Park
kids have the best parents and which
have parents that are totally crazy now
let's get started as usual we'll be
dividing our list into three sections
the good the gray and bad to evil now
let's start with the good and the best
of the good parents we have Stephen and
Lynn the black parents a token black
they work hard to provide a good life
for themselves and their son son can you
just hurry it up I don't think we quite
fit in here they try to help their son
when he begins to be self-conscious
about being more well-off and clearly
took something from the experience still
doing small things to make them feel
more like his peers like watching
pandering television and eating just
macaroni and cheese for dinner
they clearly care for their son a lot
making sure he's healthy and happy in
spite of the dysfunction around them and
instilling good values into him which
actually really shows because all the
kids in South Park token is actually
presented as one of the most mature and
well-adjusted which suggests that his
parents have done a good job raising him
in fact his family life seems to be far
more normal than the other kids in the
neighborhood so a good job to them
moving on to the silver medal for good
we have Jimmy's parents Ryan and Sarah
Vaughn mer it isn't easy raising a child
with special needs but thanks to their
love and support Jimmy grew to be
friendly and optimistic they take a
grounded approach when confronting their
son over anything
for example sitting down to discuss his
behavior when he accidentally joined the
violent gang your
I've noticed a change in your behavior
or being upfront when they think he's
indulging in well typical things a young
man does alone Jeremy were you
masturbating you know that's actually a
pretty awkward but they mean well they
aren't always as involved as they should
be but still a for effort next we have
mr. and mrs. Rodriguez
restaurant owners relatively new to
South Park they moved from Boise to give
a better life for their son they expect
a lot from him at a young age juggling
school a social life and working in the
family restaurant but you know it makes
sense
they clearly devoted a lot of time and
energy into a business and learn how to
dedicate themselves in order to be
successful something they want to pass
on to their child so it's obvious that
they want their son to have pride in his
family and the work that will someday be
passed down to him his father in
particular seems nervous about angering
potential customers telling David not to
anger Cartman since he was a Yelp of
Europe no one stopped these but starting
over in a new community must have been a
stressful enough experience without the
review bombarding Cartman is evil do you
ride your tiny bicicleta next door
Heidi's parents mr. and Nancy Turner
they aren't shown very much but we see
enough of them to know they're very
protective during their daughter's
summer party Nancy states she invited
margarine out of sympathy for the little
girl being new to town and not having
any friends yet not realizing it was
butters in the same episode
mr Turner is seen guarding the house to
keep any boys at bay his methods were
obsessive with most agreeing using
binoculars a little much but he meant
well
our next choice may be a surprise but
we're gonna go with Laura and Thomas
sucker Craig is a bit of a troublemaker
without a doubt he doesn't care for
Authority and has no issues simply
flipping people off rather than actually
talking to them the family is
dysfunctional at times
scolding each other at the dinner table
and flipping the bird frequently to
express anger and irritation but we
ranked on this side because they also
taught their son some great values
Thomas shows pride in hearing his son
getting into fights and winning but he
also eventually comes around after
believing Craig is gay
next are Roger and Betsy Donovan Roger
we don't see too much of aside from an
occasional small speaking role but
Clyde's mother is another matter she
passes away relatively early in the
series and it clearly impacted Clyde a
lot
she guilts him about leaving the toilet
seat up all the time even coming to a
school to yell at him for it it was
ultimately what killed her she appears
to Clyde one last time begging him to
not let it happen to anyone else
which just resulted in giving her son a
traumatic scar for the rest of his life
blaming himself for his mother's death
and schooled him only to prevent him
from getting hurt or hurting others but
still what a way to go and that pretty
much wraps up our good parents now we're
moving on to the gray area and starting
out with our gray area we're going to
have to place the Stevens and the test
of burgers together their hit or miss
when it comes to parenting in their own
ways so it was hard to dub one couple
worse than the other for the Stephens
they allowed their daughter to cave to
the pressure of being a stupid spoiled
herb and let her host a horribly
inappropriate party I mean this is
really pretty screwed up to say the
least
for Wendy her parents are clearly moral
and upfront but they also came a lot to
the masses in popular belief
mr. testaburger is even willing to be a
sugar daddy to two underage girls right
in front of his daughter again really
screwed up stuff we can at least say
that baby and Wendy have picked up some
leadership skills from their mothers and
have been raised to help their peers
rather than tear them down so all in all
when you look past some of their worst
moments it appears they've done quite a
bit right next we have PC principal and
strong woman parents by accident they
have a weird way of raising their kids
because they aren't given enough time to
have a mature relationship between them
both professionally and personally they
end up having to raise kids before being
ready you better watch your
microaggressions bro while PC principal
shouldn't be beating up children then
again it was Cartman he at least steps
up as a father regardless of the fact
that strong woman was trying to do
everything on her own
whole life to be the strongest woman
possible they both were clearly doing
what they thought fast which says a lot
for their character should they have let
their kids be exposed to fame at such a
young age no but you have to hand it to
those kids they were determined next we
have to include mr. and mrs. garrison
senior when your parents - the erratic
perverted and out-of-control mr.
garrison it's easy to see some wrong
choices were made now because we know so
little about them we can only judge and
place them based on what we've seen
they're seen early in the series and
it's expressed that they had a loving
and pretty much perfect home life but
that didn't mean mr. garrison jr. was
okay with that when he visits them while
chaperoning a school trip he guilt his
father about not having abused him
growing up demanding to know if it was
due to him being unattractive you can't
help but feel bad for a garrison senior
when he gets the guilt trip from not
only his unstable son but also from his
white your son tricking him into
thinking it's his father but at least it
wasn't as disgusting as it could have
been I guess the next one was a tough
call but we're gonna have to give this
spot to Richard and mrs. tweak they just
barely made the neutral part of our
ranking since they have a very shady
business practice of sneaking meth into
their coffee to get people hooked on it
made with ingredients from local
tweakers in the real reason they can be
ranked this I'm is due to how they're
shown to treat their son they use his
panic attacks to their advantage when
guilt-tripping which is pretty terrible
his horrible anxiety seems to be the
direct result of all the coffee they
give him - which is seriously a bit
negligent they support his relationship
with Craig wholeheartedly which is nice
we're so proud of you but that doesn't
mean they should have used having a gay
son as a sort of status symbol but in a
society where children are cast out due
to who they're attracted to this likely
came as a relief to their anxious son
and with that we've wrapped up the gray
area we now get to the dark side these
parents have a lot of problems they
range from bad to awful to pure evil
starting out the dark side we have Randy
and Sharon and all honesty their ranking
is weighed down overwhelmingly by
Randy's craziness yes Stan why don't you
go upstairs and play with yourself in
fact oftentimes Sharon ends up being the
voice of reason to balance out her
husband's irresponsible behavior and
Italy they both clearly care for their
children but they have different ways of
expressing it and he is always dragging
his family through ridiculous situations
from causing panic over global warming
to flooding a theater which resulted in
the death of a small boy - running a pot
farm then there's the fact that he's
prone to getting into fights with other
dads at his son's sports games drives
drunk with his son and his son's friends
in the car and causes all sorts of riots
across South Park there's a reason God
made in a weird way he doesn't see much
of this as dangerous or bad so his
intentions aren't necessarily the worst
but he makes some pretty reckless
parenting choices to say the least
Sharon on the other hand while she does
have the steadier head on her shoulders
also caves Randy a lot and stays with
them simply because it was more
comfortable than moving on and although
you can't blame her for what Randy does
she does let him get away with quite a
bit and finally something worth noting
about Sharon when she thought Stan
murdered someone her first instinct was
to bury and hide the body I don't know
what that says about her morality but it
says a lot about her loyalty to her
children next we have Linda Cartman
single mother and father to her son Eric
she's so lonely she tries to be more a
friend to her son than a parent sheet
Nicole antics she's been featured in who
knows how many adult videos leaving an
emotional scar on her son and because
she allows him to stay deluded he can
never admit when he's wrong we nice to
be firmer in later episodes scolding
Eric over his language and misdeeds
towards his friends but she let so much
slide for so long it's tough to see any
recovery we've been shown throughout
multiple episodes that the reason why
Cartman is such a monster is because his
mother has allowed him to get away with
anything
yes darling you can have whatever you
want which ultimately turned him into a
narcissist but that said her intentions
are pure she really does seem to think
she's doing what's right and she does
show love to her son but still she's
created a monster the bronze medal for
worst parents goes to the broflovskis
Gerald and Sheila what can we say about
these two one started a war with Canada
the other a war with
in mark but at least Sheila didn't try
to get her youngest son to take the fall
for being the troll that harassed a
woman so much she took her own life hey
Ike
just stay calm and act like I'm yelling
at you okay pal they both clearly have
issues but it's awful how they grow to
treat their kids Sheila is never willing
to hear Kyle out
despite the young kid being in the right
when his mother goes off the deep end
ironically with Kyle being the voice of
reason in the show more often than not
his mother never listens to him
she believes any of Gerald's lies and
while smart can be incredibly naive
Gerald has definitely grown to be the
worst of the two harassing women and
young girls for kicks berating his
oldest son and guilting his youngest son
he likely can't be redeemed at this
point next we have Kenny's parents
Stuart and Carol taking the silver medal
for worst parents not much to say about
these two went on screen they're usually
seen screaming at one another and
getting into physical fights they make
in distribute meth in and right outside
the family house barely make enough to
feed and clothe their children and curse
their oldest son when they join the cult
in their own youth that really just
happen I don't think so
even after having their children taken
away during a domestic dispute
they still don't show any improvement
and continue to be toxic influences in
their kids lives their suggested to be
physically abusive and without a doubt
negligent their bitterness is also
directed at their kids and frankly Kenny
being the sweet angel that he is
deserves so much better so who can
possibly be more worse than cooking meth
and starting wars who takes the gold
medal for the worst parents in South
Park we have to give it to Stephen and
linda stotch butters parents it's a
running gag in the show that butters
gets grounded for anything