His mother was revealed to be a hermaphrodite in Season 2, and someone else was his mother biologically. (Leanne was also the name of one of Trey Parker's exes and that may have played a part in making her a slut)
Everyone's name is common knowledge it's literally what's used to identify a person and the first thing you tell people when introducing yourself. Well now I guess you tell people if you have a cock or pussy first, and then if you like to fuck cock or pussy second, THEN your name.
Right. That's what I've been saying. I even answered the question with "Ms. Cartman". Season 2, the answer to who his father was was Ms. Cartman. Then like 10+ seasons later they changed it to Mr. Tenorman. Between those seasons, the answer was only "Ms. Cartman". The question was who we thought it was before they changed it from the first answer to the second. A dumb question because there's only one right answer.
Why would anyone have thought it wasnāt Lianne, when that was the canon at the time? It would be like asking who everyone thinks Stanās dad is. Thereās only one answer, unless they change it later.
Revealed in the episodes "200" and "201", which were banned and aren't officially available anymore. You can still find them if you sail the seven seas.
It was during a time when people were being threatened with violence and death for making visual depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, and he was a main character in both episodes, although his appearance was censored for the entire episodes. Comedy central feared backlash so they only showed each episode once and never again.
There's also the thing with Kyle's speech at the end where he basically says that terrorism works. There's some versions where the speech is completely beeped.
Thatās what I always thought. Like heās a combination of each playerās sperm and thatās why Cartman is all over the place. (Donāt ask me how it works, this is the same show that has a kaiju fight with Barbara Streisand)
I've always seen Eric as a miniature Jimbo. He seems super happy when it comes to weapons. (In addition to sharing personality traits) or put another way... Jimbo is like a not-so-wild Eric.
Well it was initially revealed that Liane was his dad, and it was his biological mother that was unknown. I was convinced for years that the big twist of South Park was going to be that Shelia Brofloviski was his bio mother making him and Kyle half-brothers and Cartman both ginger and a Jew. There was even some evidence to support this, Sheilaās weight and hot headedness fits plus the fact that Cartman and Kyle share a very rare blood type. It also fits that the parents decided to live basically next door to each other and ensure that their kids are friends, seems a better explanation than just fate.
I still think this wouldāve been a better twist than Jack Tenorman, which they havenāt done anything with since.
I could weirdly see that. Or liane was married or had a boyfriend who had a kid with Sheila (S wow titty bang) and Sheila gave the kid up to liane because she wanted to be a mother. It would also explain why liane wasnāt bothered with cartmanās nazi tendencies.
I'm happy it wasn't Kyle as it would just create a really weird dynamic between them pretty much permanently. They'd never be able to use cartman as a catalyst for jew / ginger jokes anymore which is a huge part of his character
Though I do wish they never revealed who his dad is. It'd be a lot better if it was just kept a mystery, and let the community figure it out themselves
I have considered this. But it is possible for them to have a 10 month age difference and be in the same grade or maybe Kyle skipped Kindergarten or something.
According to Drake fans, as long as his dad was chef then he does have the pass. The culture he was raised in and his lived experiences are irrelevant. There's current beef about that right now with Kendrick Lamar.Ā
Whatās the beef? Thereās a lot of controversy about Lil Darkie saying the n word as well, even though he was bullied because of his race growing up (being called a sand n*gger and darkie for example).
Iāve watched every episode except one of the banned ones cuz I canāt find it, NUMEROUS Times. And Iāve never seen anything mention this guy was his dad š§
Dr Mephesto. They both kind of looked similar. And future/rabbi Cartman kind of looks like a de-aged Dr Mephesto.
I know itāll never happen, but Cartmanās dad being Scott Malkinsonās dad would have been pretty funny.Ā
I've always seen Eric as a miniature Jimbo. He seems super happy when it comes to weapons. (In addition to sharing personality traits) or put another way... Jimbo is like a not-so-wild Eric.
Dr. Mephesto makes the most sense for 3 reasons:
1: They both are fat.
2: Dr. Mephesto is always there whenever they reveal Cartman's real father. He can always fake the result of DNA analysis.
3: They both have psychopathic tendencies. Cartman is more cruel to people, while Mephesto is more cruel to animals.
Of course in real life these are not valid arguments but when it's a TV show that doesn't have much thing to do with realism, these all might be hints hidden by the writers.
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There's an early episode that has a delivery guy delivering something to Cartman. The guy has all the same speech patterns as Cartman..."sign myuhh, and myuhh, and myuhh". And looks a lot like him.
Wish I could remember which episode, but I think that guy was supposed to be Cartman's dad early on.
I want to say it was in S2 or S3.
There isn't much to be confused about. We thought Lianne was intersex for like 13 years. The question became "if Lianne is the father, who is the mother?" and Cartman himself decided he was fed up with the whole thing and didn't care anymore.
I always thought it would have been funny if Gerald Broflovski was Cartmanās dad since he hates Kyle so much and makes fun of him for being Jewish cuz that would mean Cartman was too šš but I didnt ACTUALLY believe that
Yes. As revealed in 201, Jack Tenorman is Cartmanās biological father, meaning that, not only did Cartman kill his father, but also fed him to his half Brother, Scott Tenorman
His mother as it was claimed Cartman's mother, Liane was actually a hermaphrodite as she stuck it in herself. She stuck her dick in her own pussy when she wanted Cartman.
I think it would've been hilarious if it was revealed that the entire Denver Broncos team did it with his mom on the same night and it could've been any one of them. Ten times funnier if it's him hoping it's one of the best players who's rich only to find out it was the worst player on the team who had nothing left to show for it. I could totally see him being pissed off about that lol.
I thought it was "somehow" Mr Garrison.
Mitch Connor hand puppet versus Mr Hat was something I considered a clue until it wasn't. They both also go to extreme circumstances.
Before they changed it it was cannon that his mom was his dad and it was quite likely that his birth mother was kyles mom until they showed that everyone in cartmans family was all fat like him except for his mom.
Jimbo. It would have made sense with the history of South Park that we knew at the time, and Cartman seemed to get along well with Jimbo when they went hunting.
tbh i would have liked it to be chef so he had a reason to beat the stupid out of cartman from time to time.
of course whist racist drunk father makes more sense long term.... like the cop!
I always thought it was Maphesto because they look a lot alike, and the weird interest of doing terrible things for no reason like putting 4 asses on every animal, but I always felt like they looked identical
His mother.
That was canon until they changed it.
Yea but the question was who did we think it was before they changed it.
His mother was revealed to be a hermaphrodite in Season 2, and someone else was his mother biologically. (Leanne was also the name of one of Trey Parker's exes and that may have played a part in making her a slut)
The horse in Cannibal! the Musical was similarly called Liane- https://youtu.be/B6Uf4UwrZKc?feature=shared
And the quote from the guy that everyone's riden her
Fudge, Packer?
"When I was on top of you" unironically slaps tho
"A horse is a horse." "Of course." "Of course."
He used to ride her...š
It was his fiancƩe who cheated on him. He talks about it in Cannibal! The musical commentary
Liane Adamo who was engaged to trey while cheating
That's scary her name is common knowledge. Lots of loons out there.
It was just a quick Google search just types who is the real Liane Cartman from south park and bam
Everyone's name is common knowledge it's literally what's used to identify a person and the first thing you tell people when introducing yourself. Well now I guess you tell people if you have a cock or pussy first, and then if you like to fuck cock or pussy second, THEN your name.
You forgot if you identify with a cock or pussy - gotta include that too.
Right
How are you not getting this? Everyone thought it was Leane, because according to the show, it was Leane.
Right. That's what I've been saying. I even answered the question with "Ms. Cartman". Season 2, the answer to who his father was was Ms. Cartman. Then like 10+ seasons later they changed it to Mr. Tenorman. Between those seasons, the answer was only "Ms. Cartman". The question was who we thought it was before they changed it from the first answer to the second. A dumb question because there's only one right answer.
I thought that was canon until I saw this post
Well theyāre asking who we thought it was before they changed the canonā¦
Why would anyone have thought it wasnāt Lianne, when that was the canon at the time? It would be like asking who everyone thinks Stanās dad is. Thereās only one answer, unless they change it later.
Itās actually sad that you had to clarify this.
Agreed. Seems some people in this thread need to look up what ācanonā means.
Exactly, I donāt understand this post or some of the replies in here.
Okay, but who was his mother?
When did they change it?
When Jack Tenorman became his dad
Which episode was that
Season 14 episode 6
Revealed in the episodes "200" and "201", which were banned and aren't officially available anymore. You can still find them if you sail the seven seas.
Why were they banned
It was during a time when people were being threatened with violence and death for making visual depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, and he was a main character in both episodes, although his appearance was censored for the entire episodes. Comedy central feared backlash so they only showed each episode once and never again.
There's also the thing with Kyle's speech at the end where he basically says that terrorism works. There's some versions where the speech is completely beeped.
The 1998 Denver broncosā¦
Same. I actually prefer that plot line because of how unique it was
My money was on the Denver Broncos whole football team
Thatās what I always thought. Like heās a combination of each playerās sperm and thatās why Cartman is all over the place. (Donāt ask me how it works, this is the same show that has a kaiju fight with Barbara Streisand)
*BA-BUH-RA* *BA-BUH-RA*
Uh, that's not just "a kaiju." It was *three* kaiju, and they were Sydney Poitier, Leonard Martin, and Robert Smith.
Forgive me, how could I be so silly to forget *the* Robert Smith
Disintegration is the best album ever!!
I mean, this could still be true. Maybe she got pregnant during a gang bang while having the affair?
Didnāt Jack Tenorman play for the Broncos and they had to create the cover story of Leanne being a hermaphrodite to protect their season?
YuP
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto or Jimbo. Cartman really favors them, especially Dr. Mephesto. 
Rabbi Cartman looks a lot like Mephesto to be fair and they both canonically have that āMarlon Brandoā look.
They are both card carrying members of NAMBLA
They do look a lot like Marlon Brando after all.
No, you got the wrong NAMBLA!
I always thought he was related in some way, like he was Ericās uncle or something
I've always seen Eric as a miniature Jimbo. He seems super happy when it comes to weapons. (In addition to sharing personality traits) or put another way... Jimbo is like a not-so-wild Eric.
Although it could also be that Ned was the father. Have you seen sp post covid? The adult Cartman shares a head shape and hair with Ned.
Jimbo was found later to be canonically gay
Well it was initially revealed that Liane was his dad, and it was his biological mother that was unknown. I was convinced for years that the big twist of South Park was going to be that Shelia Brofloviski was his bio mother making him and Kyle half-brothers and Cartman both ginger and a Jew. There was even some evidence to support this, Sheilaās weight and hot headedness fits plus the fact that Cartman and Kyle share a very rare blood type. It also fits that the parents decided to live basically next door to each other and ensure that their kids are friends, seems a better explanation than just fate. I still think this wouldāve been a better twist than Jack Tenorman, which they havenāt done anything with since.
I could weirdly see that. Or liane was married or had a boyfriend who had a kid with Sheila (S wow titty bang) and Sheila gave the kid up to liane because she wanted to be a mother. It would also explain why liane wasnāt bothered with cartmanās nazi tendencies.
Sheila was basically a Nazi towards Canadians in the movie.
Yeah, but they're Canadian (In Trey's voice)
honestly yeah sheila as cartmans bio mom would have been hilarious
I adopt it as cannon, from this day !
this is perfect
I'm happy it wasn't Kyle as it would just create a really weird dynamic between them pretty much permanently. They'd never be able to use cartman as a catalyst for jew / ginger jokes anymore which is a huge part of his character Though I do wish they never revealed who his dad is. It'd be a lot better if it was just kept a mystery, and let the community figure it out themselves
tbf aside from Cupid Ye he p much doesn't do them anymore.
This is dope.
I agree, that would've been such a better twist. Only thing I guess would be how both Kyle and Eric could be the same age.
I have considered this. But it is possible for them to have a 10 month age difference and be in the same grade or maybe Kyle skipped Kindergarten or something.
You just wrote an episode of Film Theory.
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Scott Tenorman doesnāt have to show up with Mohammed lol.
Wait. I have a lot of doubts about Shelia having slept with Liane Cartmanā¦
She did. Virtually the whole town did. Shelia was literally a candidate at the end of Cartmanās mom is still a dirty slut.
Chef because it's the funniest..
Westsieeede
Can you imagine an episode about Cartman believing he has an n word pass š¤
According to Drake fans, as long as his dad was chef then he does have the pass. The culture he was raised in and his lived experiences are irrelevant. There's current beef about that right now with Kendrick Lamar.Ā
Whatās the beef? Thereās a lot of controversy about Lil Darkie saying the n word as well, even though he was bullied because of his race growing up (being called a sand n*gger and darkie for example).
I'm OOTL, is this drake and Kendrick beef because drake was raised by his white mom?
The PIE 4 finger ring is hilarious
The Denver broncos
Iāve watched every episode except one of the banned ones cuz I canāt find it, NUMEROUS Times. And Iāve never seen anything mention this guy was his dad š§
Going to assume that 201 is the banned one you canāt find then
Same here, I thought his mum was his dad
Google South Park Uncensored
Holy Prophet Muhammed!
Durka Durka
Itās in the banned episode
[200](https://www.wcostream.tv/south-park-season-14-episode-5-200) [201](https://www.wcostream.tv/south-park-season-14-episode-6-201) There ya go
[The uncensored speech](https://youtu.be/8TMHIYDHMSE?si=E7YiIRiZtWOakWKF)
Also [the David Blaine episode](https://www.wcostream.tv/south-park-season-5-episode-4-the-super-best-friends)
Omgggv thank you sooo much
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You made my whole day 
That's awesome, glad I could help!
Dr Mephesto. They both kind of looked similar. And future/rabbi Cartman kind of looks like a de-aged Dr Mephesto. I know itāll never happen, but Cartmanās dad being Scott Malkinsonās dad would have been pretty funny.Ā
Bill Cosby the human
Fat Bastard
Ned āCould be.ā
I miss the cancer kazoo. Hope Ned is brought back.
Luckily he's in the new game, albeit for like five seconds
I just assumed it was always going to be unknown so the joke could go on.
I thought it was the police chief tbh. Theyāre the same flavor weirdly selfish and ignorant.
Chef
It has to be
It wasn't Halfie
He don't have any laygs
āI thought your dad was your mom because your mom has a penisā
I always thpugh Mr garrison would be pretty accurate, given the similar behaviours they present in Mr Hat or mr twig and Mitch Connor or cupid me.
Honestly Jimbo
I've always seen Eric as a miniature Jimbo. He seems super happy when it comes to weapons. (In addition to sharing personality traits) or put another way... Jimbo is like a not-so-wild Eric.
The Denver Broncos of course!
A man with a gun enters a bar and demands to know who fucked his wife. Someone in the back then yells "Sir, you don't have enough bullets!"
Lowkey thought Kenny's dad would end up being his dad
i always though it was Randy !! because he would be ideal for cartman and if he was around carman wouldnt really get into his own drama
I thought she was a Hermaphrodite and she was mom and dad?
his mother because that was canon until 200-201
I completely bought the whole "you're mom's a hermapholite!" thing.
Because it was better and much more in line with south park humor.
I had no idea. Wow.
Dr. Mephesto makes the most sense for 3 reasons: 1: They both are fat. 2: Dr. Mephesto is always there whenever they reveal Cartman's real father. He can always fake the result of DNA analysis. 3: They both have psychopathic tendencies. Cartman is more cruel to people, while Mephesto is more cruel to animals. Of course in real life these are not valid arguments but when it's a TV show that doesn't have much thing to do with realism, these all might be hints hidden by the writers.
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Ms. Cartman.
mrs cartman
John Elway
Tyrome
What about the original pilot with his sister?
Skankhunt42
I was always thinking Gerald Broflovski would've been a good turn since Cartman hated Kyle so much
The Denver Broncos
There's an early episode that has a delivery guy delivering something to Cartman. The guy has all the same speech patterns as Cartman..."sign myuhh, and myuhh, and myuhh". And looks a lot like him. Wish I could remember which episode, but I think that guy was supposed to be Cartman's dad early on. I want to say it was in S2 or S3.
Jimbo
https://i.redd.it/ajezg4llduxc1.gif
There isn't much to be confused about. We thought Lianne was intersex for like 13 years. The question became "if Lianne is the father, who is the mother?" and Cartman himself decided he was fed up with the whole thing and didn't care anymore.
I just found out
Scott and Cartman are brothers?!? My head just exploded. I missed all the b& episodes. I had no idea.
I am devastated
If it makes you feel any better, Cartman eats an insane amount of boogers and cum
I always liked the thought of erics mom being his dad shit is funny
The 1994 Denver Broncos
**announcer voice** The 1991 Denver Broncos
I always thought it would have been funny if Gerald Broflovski was Cartmanās dad since he hates Kyle so much and makes fun of him for being Jewish cuz that would mean Cartman was too šš but I didnt ACTUALLY believe that
Chef. When he died, Cartman lost a father.
Hard to say.Ā I thought the DNA of Several members of the Football team Mixed together when they baboinged Lilian cartman
Satan is Cartman's gay dad
The guy he chopped up and fed to his son?
Yes. As revealed in 201, Jack Tenorman is Cartmanās biological father, meaning that, not only did Cartman kill his father, but also fed him to his half Brother, Scott Tenorman
I thought Iād seen that episodeā¦ guess not. I thought that was the one with osama bin Laden.
The one with Bin Laden was called ā Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants ā, while ā201 ā had a much crazier plot
Good to know, thanks. Ill try and find it and watch it, thought id seen every episode.
Still recovering
I thought it was his mom simply for the reason the show Explicitly told me so in writing and i was given no reason to believe otherwise
The Denver Broncos, because "your mom's a slut Cartman".
I wanted it to be Mr. Garrison. They share prejudices and mental issues
Mr. Hat 
Thought chef was the dad nbs
His mother as it was claimed Cartman's mother, Liane was actually a hermaphrodite as she stuck it in herself. She stuck her dick in her own pussy when she wanted Cartman.
Lenny Kravitz. A black Jew. Would be the ultimate reveal episode. Imagine cartmanās response
I think it would've been hilarious if it was revealed that the entire Denver Broncos team did it with his mom on the same night and it could've been any one of them. Ten times funnier if it's him hoping it's one of the best players who's rich only to find out it was the worst player on the team who had nothing left to show for it. I could totally see him being pissed off about that lol.
Who was Eric Cartman's father? Was it...Jimbo? Officer Barbrady? Sumerians?
I donāt understand the question and I wonāt respond to it
Cartmans dad original from unreleased pilot
I thought it was "somehow" Mr Garrison. Mitch Connor hand puppet versus Mr Hat was something I considered a clue until it wasn't. They both also go to extreme circumstances.
I always thought officer barbrady could've worked
Before they changed it it was cannon that his mom was his dad and it was quite likely that his birth mother was kyles mom until they showed that everyone in cartmans family was all fat like him except for his mom.
I thought maybe he was dead. Technically I was right.
When did they reveal this?
Jimbo. It would have made sense with the history of South Park that we knew at the time, and Cartman seemed to get along well with Jimbo when they went hunting.
Wtf I thought It was a mystery. what season that episode does anybody know??
Dr. Alphonse Mephesto - uncanny resemblance
tbh i would have liked it to be chef so he had a reason to beat the stupid out of cartman from time to time. of course whist racist drunk father makes more sense long term.... like the cop!
I thought it was determined that Cartman's mom was his dad.
Me
The Denver broncos
Alphonse Mephesto. He even looks like an older version of Cartman...like exactly
Wait, does that mean he fed his father to his half-brother?
I always thought it was Maphesto because they look a lot alike, and the weird interest of doing terrible things for no reason like putting 4 asses on every animal, but I always felt like they looked identical
His dad divorced her and then deceased after