Clyde Donovan: South Park's Crybaby

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  @guldmattbb473 · 3 months ago (edited)

  Clyde is interesting because he somehow simultaneously has a lot of character and very little, so he always feels like a natural fit for any storyline where they need one of the kids to be there without making them feel out of character. Clyde can be the popular jock that gets his ego boosted by the girls’ list one episode, then be bamboozled into going off to be a pirate in another episode, then be peer pressured into pretending to like CRED in another, then be the villain of the South Park Stick of Truth all because Cartman wouldn’t let him play after he lost the stick, then be the only one not vaccinated in the future. He’s kind of the perfect jack of all trades character for the show if you really think about it. How many other South Park characters really have this same level of utilization without having to adjust the story around fitting their character?

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• AR

  @Artydomi · 3 months ago (edited)

  The funniest Clyde moment for me is when he was so embarrassed about having lice that he tells everyone he's at the doctor because he has AIDS

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• AL

  @aliciahuang6329 · 2 months ago

  Clyde is a realistic child living in the world of south park

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• RS

  @rsaotome89 · 3 months ago

  Clyde ironically acts older than the other boys by how immature he can be. Almost makes me think he was held back and is older than everyone else.

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• AQ

  @AquaJulieMarine · 2 months ago

  Remember when the whole fandom shipped Clyde’s dad and Cartman’s mom and made Cartman and Clyde stepbrothers before Janice popped up? Good times.

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• SI

  @silverriku12 · 2 months ago

  Clyde has never been a favorite character of mine, but him asking his dad's girlfriend if he can call her mom solely so he can say "Fuck you, Mom!" sent me

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• JA

  @jamesbaron8387 · 2 months ago

  Honestly Clyde tsking credit for the urinal incident might have been a way to avoid anyone finding out about the colostomy bag thing.

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• DA

  @dariogrtheartist7534 · 3 months ago

  I'm a big fan of how Eric calls him "Clahd"

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• CA

  @caioaugusto5019 · 3 months ago

  Clyde always felt to me like a sorta stand-in for an "average nobody" archetype. Maybe it's just cuz his design doesn't exactly have much of any distinct fearures

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• ZA

  @zacbendable6346 · 3 months ago

  Clyde putting the seat up then flipping off his dead mother is still one of my favorite Clyde moments

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• IN

  @insanemtl5890 · 2 months ago

  Clyde is like a less intelligent, less malicious, lite version of Cartman

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• SA

  @samuraiofgullane2002 · 2 months ago

  This sounds kinda random, but I think Clyde and Pip could’ve made an interesting dynamic had the latter not been killed off. One who cares for social status and desire to fit in and one who’s not to bothered by social status despite being an outcast and treated poorly. Also, Clyde and Craig is another dynamic I wish the show did more with.

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