Clyde Donovan, formerly Clyde Goodman and Clyde Harris, is one of the boys' classmates. His birthday is April 10 as seen on his Facebook profile page in "You Have 0 Friends". In "Crack Baby Athletic Association", it is revealed that Clyde's mother is Dutch, and as such, he has at least some Dutch ancestry. Clyde is a member of Craig's Gang.
Biography[]
Clyde attends South Park Elementary School as a third, eventually fourth-grade student of Mr. Garrison's class. The latter took the position of the 45th President of the United States and was replaced by Ms. Nelson in season 19. Clyde resides in South Park, Colorado, and lives with his father, Roger, and an unnamed sister. His mother, Betsy, died in the events "Reverse Cowgirl" after Clyde left the toilet seat up. Though his name was 'Clyde Goodman' in the merchandise of the first few seasons, it was never used on the show. In "Quest for Ratings", he was named 'Clyde Donovan' during a news segment, but in "Lice Capades", he was referred to 'Clyde Harris' by the nurse. Eventually, his name later reverted back to 'Clyde Donovan' on his Facebook page in "You Have 0 Friends". He is a member of Craig's Gang, and consists of him, Craig Tucker, Tolkien Black, and Jimmy Valmer.
In South Park: Post Covid is shown to be assisting for Kenny McCormick's death. But, he is also an anti-vaxxer, as "out of shellfishness", refuses to get vaccinated.[1]
Appearance[]
In the series premiere, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", Clyde is composed with construction paper and is animated through stop motion. In subsequent episodes, beginning with "Weight Gain 4000", he is animated via computer software, though his appearance is rendered to mimic the style of construction paper used in the first episode. Clyde is composed of primary colors and simple geometrical shapes but isn't offered free range associated with hand-drawn characters; he is usually shown one angle and animated in an intentionally jerky fashion.[2][3]
Clyde has medium brown hair and wears a burgundy coat with blue trim and dark-gray pants. He occasionally wears blue mittens. He is also shown wearing a green t-shirt with a cow's face on it. On some occasions, Clyde can wear a red and white sports jacket resembling his coat. Trey Parker speaks in his normal vocal range, and is edited with ProTools as the pitch is altered to make the sound like that of a fourth grader.[4]
Personality[]
Clyde is shown to have low intelligence in some subjects, notably, math, such as in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, where, in solving five times two, he answers twelve, and Mr. Garrison refers to him as "a complete retard". On most things upsetting, he would sob uncontrollably, like in the episodes "Fourth Grade", "Fatbeard", and "It's Christmas in Canada". He also shows little to no interest when occasionally the show gets surreal.
Behind the scenes[]
- In "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson!" a kid looks like Clyde but with blonde hair.
- Francis is seen wearing Clyde's clothes in "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut".
- Kyle mentions in "Quest for Ratings" that Clyde has only one testicle, though this was likely a mere rumor, produced in an attempt to boost the news show's ratings.
- In the episode "Cherokee Hair Tampons" his favorite food was revealed to be tacos.
- Clyde is right-handed.
- In Dr. Shay's commercial in "Timmy 2000", a boy who resembles Clyde is seen crying.
- In "You Have 0 Friends", Clyde's birthday is revealed to be April 10, and his Facebook status is; "im da man, and you're not".
- In "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", Clyde gets raped by one of the whores.
- In "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride", Clyde has a much higher voice than usual and speaks similar to Butters.
- While Clyde is normally voiced by Trey Parker, his whizzy Mosquito voice in the Superhero Arc was done by Matt Stone.
- In "Cripple Fight", a boy who looks like Clyde with blond hair is seen sitting among the boy scouts.
- Clyde is the only member of Coon and Friends who is not voiced by his original voice actor.
- Clyde is the only kid with three Fantasy-themed costumes, which are Warrior and Lord of Darkness from The Stick of Truth game and Dwarf King in Phone Destroyer.
References[]
- ↑ Starkey, Adam (26 November 2021). "‘South Park: Post COVID’ reveals what happens to Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny as adults". NME. NME.
- ↑ Matt Cheplic. "'As Crappy As Possible': The Method Behind the Madness of South Park", Penton Media, 1998-05-01.
- ↑ Abbie Bernstein. "South Park – Volume 2", AVRev.com, 1998-10-27.
- ↑ "40 Questions". South Park Studios (2001-10-04).
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