Stephen and Linda Stotch
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| Stephen and Linda Stotch | |
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| Age: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male and Female |
| Hair color: | Brown and blonde |
| Job: | Unknown and Engineer |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| First appearance: | The Wacky Molestation Adventure |
| Voiced by: | Trey Parker (Stephen)
Mona Marshall (Linda) |
Stephen (previously Chris) and Linda Stotch are recurring characters in the animated series South Park. They are Butters' parents.
[edit] Stephen
Stephen is most notable for his harsh treatment of Butters. He seems to also have homosexual tendencies, but suppresses them after nearly losing his family in "Butters' Very Own Episode". He is also shown to be very selfish, considering his needs and ambitions above those of Butters, as seen in the episode "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", when he attempts to sell Butters to Paris Hilton. He is a good friend of Randy Marsh and Gerald Broflovski and among the more prominent adults of the town. His career is unknown, but it is suggested by his harsh parenting techniques and haircut that he has a military background. Two interesting things to note, are that a protester that looked identical, and sounded identical to Stephen can be seen in "Quintuplets 2000", and a reporter who also looked identical to Stephen was seen in "Are You There God? It's Me, Jesus". His name repeatedly switches between Stephen and Chris. In "Raisins", Linda addresses him as Stephen, while in Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset, she calls him Chris. Either one of them could be a middle name, though.
It is suggested that he is homophobic, which is ironic because in "Butters' Very Own Episode", Butters discovers that Stephen experimented with homosexuality and in "Cartman Sucks", Stephen reveals to Butters that he's bicurious and doesn't mind if his son turns out the same way. It is shown in "Raisins" that he had made a bet with Linda that Butters wouldn't turn out gay (which he won).
Stephen can also be noted for his unusual, and seemingly phoney or forced, way of crying or weeping.
[edit] Linda
Linda Stotch is shown to be a quiet, submissive woman. She is often seen reading or cleaning the house. She is an engineer and also serves on the city council as the treasurer. Linda has also been shown to be much more sympathetic and tender to Butters compared to Stephen. She is shown to care a lot about Butters as in "Marjorine".
[edit] Episodes in which Stephen and/or Linda are prominent
- "The Wacky Molestation Adventure" - First appearance.
- "How to Eat With Your Butt" - Get angry at Butters for making rude faces (though it is actually how Butters looks).
- "Butters' Very Own Episode" - Linda discovers Stephen is bisexual and has been having secret homosexual affairs. She goes insane, nearly killing Butters in the process.
- "Jared Has Aides" - They ground Butters for getting a liposuction. They also starting beating him up offscreen, due to a prank call made by Cartman posing as Butters.
- "Freak Strike" - They ground Butters for putting balls on his chin.
- "My Future Self n' Me" - They realize how bad they've been to Butters after he had his house smeared with feces for lying to him about the whole 'future self' thing.
- "Raisins" - They find out that Butters has got a girlfriend. It is revealed Stephen and Linda had made a bet on whether Butters would turn gay or not. Stephen had won the bet. But while visiting Raisins, Butters and his parents find out that his girlfriend was only flirting him out for money. Dejected, Butters walks away while Stephen and Linda remain in Raisins in shock.
- "Casa Bonita" - They fear for Butters after his disappearance.
- "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" - They try to sell Butters to Paris Hilton.
- "Die, Hippie, Die" - Linda is the engineer on the Hippie Driller 2000.
- The Death of Eric Cartman - They believe Butters is going insane after he says he starts to see ghosts.
- "Marjorine" - They witness Butter's "suicide" (Butters actually faked it). Later, when Butters returns home, they think he's a zombie, and they chain him up downstairs.
- "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" - Stephen goes on the expedition with Randy and Gerald.
- "Cartoon Wars Part I" - Stephen is the only person in the town who supports free speech.
- "Cartman Sucks" - Stephen takes Butters to a reparative therapy camp when he thinks Butters might be "bicurious" although he later states that he himself is bi-curious too.
- "Imaginationland" - Stephen and Linda visit Stan's house after Butters is left in "Imaginationland", mentioning that they think he has been kidnapped, sodomized repeatedly, killed and had his genitals have been fed to wild animals.
- "Imaginationland III" - They acknowledge Butters' deeds to Imaginationland, yet ground him because of his absence when he's supposed to be helping out in the house's basement.
- "The List" - They agree they shouldn't ground Butters for not being the ugliest kid in the class.
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