Post by Yum wafflez on Mar 5, 2007 16:07:51 GMT -5
Herbert Garrison, voiced by Trey Parker, is a recurring character in the South Park cartoon series. For the first eight seasons of the series, the character was known as Mr. Garrison but in season 9 underwent sex reassignment surgery. The character is thereafter known as Mrs. Garrison, despite being unmarried.
Garrison grew up in Arkansas, speaks with a Southern accent, and has a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Denver Community College (as seen in the episode "The Entity").
For the first three seasons, Mr. Garrison was the third-grade teacher at South Park Elementary School. In the fourth season, the status quo was shaken up when he was suspended indefinitely for (inadvertently) trying to solicit sex from Cartman, and afterwards he left the school to publish a sexually explicit romance novel titled In the Valley of Penises (a possible reference to Jean M. Auel's The Valley of Horses, or Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, which were equally sexually explicit), but went into hiding after the book was considered the "best homoerotic novel since Huckleberry Finn". After he admitted his homosexuality, he tried to re-acquire his job as third-grade teacher but was turned down because the school did not hire gays. He was later rehired as the kindergarten teacher, where he enjoyed teaching sex education. By the end of the sixth season he was promoted to the fourth grade after the death of Ms. Choksondik. In contrast to the naïve majority of adults in South Park, Mrs. Garrison is one of the show's more cynical characters.
also:Mr. Hat initially appeared to be simply a puppet used by Mr. Garrison as a teaching aide. However, Mr. Hat later appears to perform activities not possible if he were merely a puppet, and it is not entirely clear how much autonomy Mr. Hat and Mr. Garrison have from each other. In the episode "Chef Aid", Mr. Hat is able to drive a car through a prison wall to rescue Mr. Garrison and Chef. Mr. Hat has been able to move his eyes at Mr. Garrison, and in a fictional crossover psychotherapy session with Dr. Katz (from another Comedy Central series) in "Summer Sucks", Katz suggests that Mr. Hat was a personification of Mr. Garrison's gay side. Garrison rejected this, and Katz was never able to counterpoint because he was killed shortly afterwards by a gigantic novelty firework. Further evidence of Hat's autonomy is in Worldwide Recorder Concert, where Mr. Hat beats up Mr. Mackey, or in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut when Satan picks up Mr. Hat as a companion to replace Saddam Hussein. Satan speaks Mr. Hat's lines in a voice very similar to Mr. Garrison's.
Mr. Hat is also a racist, as seen in "Chef Goes Nanners," where he is a member of the South Park branch of the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Garrison claims to not be a racist, and in fact at one point refuses to go with Mr. Hat to a Klan meeting (and is then shocked when Mr. Hat disappears from his hand and appears later at the rally, again leading one to speculate on his autonomy). The episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood," however, implies that Garrison may be a racist himself, leading to the possibility that, just like Mr. Hat's sexuality, his racism may be a product of Mr. Garrison's suspected multiple personality disorder (or vice versa).
In the episode "Summer Sucks", we see Mr. Hat in the steam room, and when he is spoken to, he looks and blinks even though he is by himself.
plus:Mr. Twig was a short-term companion to Mr. Garrison, and loved to give Mr. Garrison Blow jobs and rim jobs on occassion, "I sure miss those nice perky woody lips of his, they were so good at pleasuring" Mr. Garrison says. Mr. Twig was introduced in the episode "Summer Sucks", as a replacement for Mr. Hat. Mr. Twig consisted of a twig wearing a purple shirt with a pink triangle collar. His voice was identical to Mr. Hat's until his final scene in "Chef Aid", where he spoke with a French accent. Mr. Twig was not well-received by the children in Garrison's third grade class, who repeatedly called for the return of Mr. Hat.
Though Garrison constantly assured himself that Mr. Twig was a better choice than Mr. Hat, he came to terms with his attachment to Mr. Hat in the episode "Chef Aid", upon being broken out of jail by him. Mr. Twig, advising Garrison to follow his heart, was discarded, and has not been heard from since.
Garrison grew up in Arkansas, speaks with a Southern accent, and has a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Denver Community College (as seen in the episode "The Entity").
For the first three seasons, Mr. Garrison was the third-grade teacher at South Park Elementary School. In the fourth season, the status quo was shaken up when he was suspended indefinitely for (inadvertently) trying to solicit sex from Cartman, and afterwards he left the school to publish a sexually explicit romance novel titled In the Valley of Penises (a possible reference to Jean M. Auel's The Valley of Horses, or Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, which were equally sexually explicit), but went into hiding after the book was considered the "best homoerotic novel since Huckleberry Finn". After he admitted his homosexuality, he tried to re-acquire his job as third-grade teacher but was turned down because the school did not hire gays. He was later rehired as the kindergarten teacher, where he enjoyed teaching sex education. By the end of the sixth season he was promoted to the fourth grade after the death of Ms. Choksondik. In contrast to the naïve majority of adults in South Park, Mrs. Garrison is one of the show's more cynical characters.
also:Mr. Hat initially appeared to be simply a puppet used by Mr. Garrison as a teaching aide. However, Mr. Hat later appears to perform activities not possible if he were merely a puppet, and it is not entirely clear how much autonomy Mr. Hat and Mr. Garrison have from each other. In the episode "Chef Aid", Mr. Hat is able to drive a car through a prison wall to rescue Mr. Garrison and Chef. Mr. Hat has been able to move his eyes at Mr. Garrison, and in a fictional crossover psychotherapy session with Dr. Katz (from another Comedy Central series) in "Summer Sucks", Katz suggests that Mr. Hat was a personification of Mr. Garrison's gay side. Garrison rejected this, and Katz was never able to counterpoint because he was killed shortly afterwards by a gigantic novelty firework. Further evidence of Hat's autonomy is in Worldwide Recorder Concert, where Mr. Hat beats up Mr. Mackey, or in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut when Satan picks up Mr. Hat as a companion to replace Saddam Hussein. Satan speaks Mr. Hat's lines in a voice very similar to Mr. Garrison's.
Mr. Hat is also a racist, as seen in "Chef Goes Nanners," where he is a member of the South Park branch of the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Garrison claims to not be a racist, and in fact at one point refuses to go with Mr. Hat to a Klan meeting (and is then shocked when Mr. Hat disappears from his hand and appears later at the rally, again leading one to speculate on his autonomy). The episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood," however, implies that Garrison may be a racist himself, leading to the possibility that, just like Mr. Hat's sexuality, his racism may be a product of Mr. Garrison's suspected multiple personality disorder (or vice versa).
In the episode "Summer Sucks", we see Mr. Hat in the steam room, and when he is spoken to, he looks and blinks even though he is by himself.
plus:Mr. Twig was a short-term companion to Mr. Garrison, and loved to give Mr. Garrison Blow jobs and rim jobs on occassion, "I sure miss those nice perky woody lips of his, they were so good at pleasuring" Mr. Garrison says. Mr. Twig was introduced in the episode "Summer Sucks", as a replacement for Mr. Hat. Mr. Twig consisted of a twig wearing a purple shirt with a pink triangle collar. His voice was identical to Mr. Hat's until his final scene in "Chef Aid", where he spoke with a French accent. Mr. Twig was not well-received by the children in Garrison's third grade class, who repeatedly called for the return of Mr. Hat.
Though Garrison constantly assured himself that Mr. Twig was a better choice than Mr. Hat, he came to terms with his attachment to Mr. Hat in the episode "Chef Aid", upon being broken out of jail by him. Mr. Twig, advising Garrison to follow his heart, was discarded, and has not been heard from since.
