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Liane Cartman, formerly known as Carol Cartman, is a fictional character in the
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''. She is the single mother of main character
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, who raises him in the fictional town of South Park,
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. Liane is considered one of the more prominent parents of all the South Park
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, as she makes many appearances throughout the series. Liane first appeared in the series' first episode " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", which premiered on
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on August 13, 1997. Though the first episode, as well as the " Spirit of Christmas" shorts made by series co-creators
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and
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, were animated with
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through
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, after the series third episode, " Weight Gain 4000", she is animated with a computer and rendered to mimic that style. Liane is named after co-creator Parker's ex-fiancée Liane Adamo, who broke up after he discovered she had an affair. She was originally voiced by
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, and later
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, and currently
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. As she frequently appears in the series, Liane has also appeared in many ''South Park''-related media. This includes appearing in the 1999 film '' South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut'', as well video games like '' South Park: The Stick of Truth'' and '' South Park: Phone Destroyer''.


Character

She is named after Liane Adamo, the ex-fiancée of series co-creator Trey Parker, who broke up after Adamo committed infidelities against Parker. Like many of the other characters in the series, Liane consists of simple geometric shapes. She has long brunette hair, usually tied in a bun, and wears a turquoise sweater and brick red trousers; her outfit is quite similar to her son's, with her sweater having the color as his
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, and her trousers having the same color as his coat. Liane also has the average height of an adult female character in the series. In the earlier seasons, Liane was frequently shown giving people of the town of South Park her baking, mostly cookies. Coincidentally, there is a picture with her and her son at
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where Liane is holding a plate of cookies. One example of her generosity is seen in " Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", where she gives a plate of cookies to Officer Barbrady at the Drunken Barn Dance. Yet, like Eric, there are numerous implications that she is racist and antisemitic; usually in the earlier seasons, Eric quotes his mother for use of politically incorrect or offensive statements. For example, in " Good Times with Weapons", Eric claimed that he and Liane went to see the movie ''
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'' for an argument proving that Jews are sneaky liars. Earlier in the series, Liane was sexually active and promiscuous. She occasionally worked as a crack whore, and appeared in "''Crack Whore Magazine''" in " Pinkeye", for which she was then young and needed money. Liane also acted in German scheisse movies. Then, she had no problems with sexual relations with anybody in the town, whereas invites any stranger to her home. But it was hinted that in " Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" that she had intercourse with a few citizens of South Park. In recent seasons, she changed her character and seems to be more responsible with Eric.


Hermaphrodite and parentage

In "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", Dr. Alphonse Mephesto stated that Liane was a
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with both male and female sexual organs. Mephesto also told her son Eric that Liane is not his mother but rather his father. It was also stated that in the events of the episode, years ago at the Drunken Barn Dance, Liane proceeded to have sex with numerous men and women. Eric later becomes skeptical and confronts Mr. Garrison and Mr. Hat during " 200" for the truth of the paternity test results. The next episode, " 201" reveals that Liane is not a hermaphrodite, and the citizens of South Park lied in order to protect the
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from a scandal. Scott Tenorman captures him and reveals that the former's real father was Scott's father Jack Tenorman, a Broncos player who Cartman had arranged to be killed, eventually made into chili, and fed to Scott.


Family

Liane is the single mother of 10-year-old
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. She has a kind and soft voice and shows great deference towards him. Like her son, she denies Eric's obesity, and also says he's big-boned, however it was confirmed in the episode " Fat Camp" that she lied about it all along; Liane likes to give him food smothered between normal and junk food, such as in "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", she gave him a "chocolate chicken pot pie with icing on top". Though Eric and Liane share a great bond with each other, in later seasons, she feels stern about his poor actions, which resolves further in later episodes. During " PC Principal Final Justice", Cartman and Liane argue, until the former pulls out a gun, in which the latter also responds in the same way, and gets Cartman to listen to her. Liane has also gotten tired of her son misbehaving in recent episodes, from being embarrassed at Eric for not getting his shot to her losing her job as a real estate agent and moving from their original home to Coney Island Hotdog, she finally stops giving into Eric after he tries to give her breast enlargement surgery. Liane and Eric have an extended family, who was first shown in " Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!". The two, along with her son's other friends, who are Stan, Kyle, and
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, are in
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to visit Liane's relatives - most of which are similar to Cartman, with the same speech mannerisms, as well as catchphrases such as "Respect Mah Authoritah!" or "Kickass!". Liane's relatives are parents Harold and Mabel (who died prior to Cartmanland), brothers Howard, Stinky and Bob, and grandmother Florence. She also has a sister-in-law named Lisa, two nephews named Elvin and Fred, and a niece named Alexandra. Her family, as well as other members of the Cartman family (who've also appeared in the episode) makes an appearance in the beginning of Cartmanland at Mabel's funeral.


See also

* South Park (Park County, Colorado) * South Park City


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