Stan Marsh
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| Stanley 'Stan' Marsh | |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Hair: | Black |
| Age: | 9 |
| Job: | Student |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| First appearance: | The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Frosty) |
Life
Stan is also notably the skeptic of the group, and is often preachy and very critical of popular trends. This is evident in episode 407 "Cherokee Hair Tampons" when he challenged the character Miss Information and her shop of alternative medicine, in episode 504 "Super Best Friends" when he helped battle David Blaine's suicidal cult, and in episode 615 where he accuses psychic medium John Edward of being "The Biggest Douche in the Universe." However, sometimes Kyle takes on this role, and it is Stan who is the gullible one — such as with the metrosexual trend in the episode "South Park is Gay!", the Chinpokomon episode, and again in the episode "Raisins," in which he turns to the goth lifestyle. Stan's and Kyle's personalities tend to be similar, but are not quite interchangeable.An avid animal lover, Stan resists the influence of his uncle Jimbo to hunt in "Volcano", has tried to save baby cows in "Fun With Veal," and attempted to return a goat to its rightful owners in "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants". Although well-intentioned, these interventions often lead him and his friends into serious trouble.
For the first seven seasons of the show, Stan's girlfriend was Wendy Testaburger. In the early days of the series a running gag would be that Stan would throw up out of nervousness whenever Wendy spoke to him. As the show progressed, however, the Stan-Wendy storyline diminished greatly. In the penultimate episode of the seventh season, entitled "Raisins", Wendy announced that she had broken up with Stan, who eventually learned to cope with his loss.
Stan's recent interest in Wendy was apparent in the episode "Follow That Egg!" when he grew jealous of Kyle working with Wendy. He, however, decided to show her up by telling her off at the end of the episode.
Family
Stan is the son of Randall "Randy" (a geologist with the United States Geological Survey) and Sharon Marsh (a receptionist at Tom's Rhinoplasty). He has an older sister, Shelley, who bullies him on a regular basis. Stan's crotchety 102-year-old wheelchair-bound Italian grandfather, Marvin Marsh, calls him "Billy" and often attempts to coerce Stan to kill him. He is also the nephew of hunter Jimbo Kern, Randy's half-brother.Stan's Parents share their names with Trey Parker's real-life parents, Sharon Parker and Randolph "Randy" Parker Jr.
Stan's pets have included a gay dog named Sparky, and a killer goldfish.
Appearance
He wears a dark blue hat with red trim and pom-pom, a brown coat, blue pants, and red mittens. Like Kyle and Kenny, Stan rarely takes off his hat, but has been shown on those occasions when he removes it (the first being during the episode "How to Eat with Your Butt") to have shaggy black hair like his father. He also apparently has blue eyes, as noted by Kyle when Butters draws their cartoon forms in "A Very Crappy Christmas".
Catchphrases and Mannerisms
Since its beginning, the series has had a running gag where when Kenny is killed, Stan will announce "Oh my God, you/they killed Kenny!" Kyle will then respond: "You bastard(s)!" Stan once used this to find Kyle in Super Best Friends. He went looking for Kyle to try and stop him from killing himself. When he saw that Kenny had killed himself, Stan shouted out "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" and Kyle shouted out "You bastards!". Stan heard Kyle and kept shouting this out until he was lead to Kyle.Stan's often-used catchphrase "Dude, this is pretty fucked up right here" originated in the second Spirit of Christmas short.
In many episodes, Stan often sums up the episode's main points in a small speech that often begins with, "You know, I learned something today."
Stan also has a habit of holding the bridge of his nose and closing his eyes tightly when frustrated.
Stan often says "Aw, aw!" when he's upset. This is perhaps a reference to BASEketball, in which Trey Parker often used this line.
Athletics
Stan is quite athletically proficient, and is regularly the captain or star player of his school's sports teams. He was the quarterback of the school football team in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" and the pitcher of the baseball team in "The Losing Edge".Music
Although not as musically inclined as Kyle or Cartman, Stan did manage to write and perform a song about the importance of hybrid cars in "Smug Alert!". He can play the guitar rather well, though lyrics do not appear to be a strong point. (In a perhaps deliberate contrast, his "alter-ego" Trey Parker is the musical half of the South Park creator duo.) Like Kenny and Kyle, he plays the violin and also managed to write a song with Elton John entitled "Wake Up Wendy". Stan is also, according to the episode "You Got F*ucked In The Ass", a talented line dancer, instructed by his father.Trivia
- Voiced by Trey Parker and is considered Parker's representation in the South Park universe.
- Has asthma.
- A fan of the Denver Broncos. This parallels Trey Parker, who also liked the Broncos as a child.
- Doesn't have as much of an adversarial relationship with Cartman as Kyle and Kenny do.
- According to [The South Park Scriptorium] and the episode "My Future Self 'n Me", Stan's birthday is October 19 (the same as Trey Parker.)
- Is the oldest of the four boys.
- In the Japanese language dub of the show, he is voiced by Hiro Yuki.
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