Timmy (South Park character)

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*South Park* character
Timmy

Gender:	Male
Hair:	Strawberry blonde
Age:	9
Job:	Student
Religion:	Catholic
First appearance:	"The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000"
Voiced by:	Trey Parker

Timmy is a fictional one-joke character from animated television series South Park, voiced by Trey Parker. He is a child with strawberry-blonde hair who uses a wheelchair, although he can actually stand and walk somewhat without it. He usually only says his own name and the slurred phrase "livin' a lie."^[1] In some episodes, he says some other basic words: He can say "Jimmy" (referring to Jimmy Vulmer, who is the other disabled character in South Park). In a Thanksgiving school play where Timmy plays the part of Helen Keller, he could say "Gobbles", the name of a disabled turkey the children bought to act in the play ("Helen Keller! The Musical"). In one episode, in which the boys attempt to go back in time, ("4th Grade") he successfully yells, "Please help me!" a few times as he rolls down the highway. In another ("The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000"), when his power chair is hooked via string to Kenny's tooth, he incorrectly interprets the word "go", and yells "Go! Timmy! Go!" before driving. He can also say "Lords of the Underworld" (the name of his band in "Timmy 2000") and "shit" (in "It Hits the Fan"). The idea of the character came from Brady Revves.

1 Family
2 Siren Lake
3 Cultural references
4 Episodes in which he is prominent
5 Notes

[edit] Family

Timmy's parents are named Richard and Helen, who appear to have the same disabilities as Timmy. (as per clip from episode "Timmy 2000.")

[edit] Siren Lake

In January 2007, British metal band Siren Lake named their van Timmy, in homage to the cartoon character. This has gained them a huge amount of media coverage including an appearance on Peter Snow's, Newsnight.

[edit] Cultural references

Rapper Ludacris referenced Timmy in a guest verse on Missy Elliot's song "Gossip Folks" ("I'm Ludacris, living loud like Timmy").
The popular MMORPG World of Warcraft features the character Timmy the Cruel in the Stratholme instance (who yells "TIMMY!" when he appears).

[edit] Episodes in which he is prominent

The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000- Helps Stan, Cartman and Kyle try to pull Kenny's tooth out. This was actually his first appearance.
Timmy 2000- Unnecessarily diagnosed with A.D.D and joins the band The Lords of the Underworld, which becomes nationally famous.
Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?- Makes the fellow Christian fourth graders fearful, due to the fact that he can't confess his sins.
Probably- Is "healed" by Cartman (tries to walk out of his wheelchair but falls over).
4th Grade- Helps his fellow fourth graders by strapping a time traveling device to his wheelchair, which ends up going terribly wrong.
Helen Keller! The Musical- Gets the lead part in the Thanksgiving musical play and finds a retarded pet turkey.
Cripple Fight- Becomes envious of Jimmy's popularity and fights him in an alley.
Professor Chaos- Auditions to be the new "fourth kid".
Simpsons Already Did It- One of the many "Simpsonized" residents.
Krazy Kripples- Becomes part of The Krips with Jimmy; helps end the Krips vs. Bloods gang war.
Up the Down Steroid- Participates in the Special Olympics and tries to get Jimmy off steroids.
Make Love, Not Warcraft-Timmy is playing World of Warcraft.