Veronica Crabtree

Veronica Crabtree

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Veronica Crabtree
Character Information
Gender	Female
Race	Caucasian
Hair	Brown
Died	"Cartman's Incredible Gift"
Occupation	School Bus Driver
Voiced by	Eliza J. Schneider Formerly: Karri Turner ("The Unaired Pilot") Mary Kay Bergman (Seasons 1-3)
Appearances
First	"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"
Final	"Cartman's Incredible Gift"

For the ex-fiance of Chef, see Veronica.

Ms. Veronica Crabtree was South Park Elementary's main bus driver. She was voiced by Mary Kay Bergman during the first three seasons and by Eliza J. Schneider until Crabtree's death in Season Eight.

While she has never performed the voice in the series, April Stewart has stated on Twitter that she performed the voice in her audition before Season Eight and is still capable of doing so.

Background

In "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut", it is implied at the end of the episode that she had sexual intercourse with Liane Cartman, which made her a potential mother of Cartman, but as a result of "201", it is revealed that Liane was Eric's mother.

Crabtree was, for the most part, a background character, used only for the occasional joke or for scenes on the School Bus. However, she received a prominent role in "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)", when upon driving the kids back from school, she takes the bus off the main road and ends up getting it stuck on the edge of a cliff. Crabtree immediately goes to get help for the kids and orders them to stay on the bus in her absence, by threatening to kill a bunny with a gun. While the students have assorted flashbacks relating to past adventures, she makes it to the main road and is picked up by a trucker named Marcus, with his truck delivering Roofies. She takes several, believing them to be aspirin. However, the drugs only seem to calm her slightly from her normal insanity. She begins a relationship with Marcus, thus forgetting about the kids, and begins life as a stand-up comedian on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. However, she finds the life empty and goes off with Marcus to watch the sunset. In the end, the episode everything, even Crabtree's own story is implied to be a dream of one of the boys, which she and Marcus acknowledge sadly.

She was the object of a few sexual jokes one of which had Chef 'paper bagging' her ugly face so he could succeed at having sex with her in "Chef Aid". Another joke was about her impossibly wide vagina in the episode "Fat Camp", where Kenny was supposed to crawl into her uterus and stay there for six straight hours before coming out. She was excited about being on TV, adding that she had not had this much attention paid to her cooch since she was 16. Later, when Kenny's lookalike, came out of her uterus dead, she sarcastically said: "I told you I was a tight virgin flower." after having passed a 35th trimester boy.

Her last speaking role was in "The Simpsons Already Did It", driving the bus and surprising Butters, styled as Otto Man from Simpsons. She only screamed a few times, then drives off.

She also appeared briefly in "I'm a Little Bit Country" where she sang a song with the others.

Death

Ms. Crabtree's death in "Cartman's Incredible Gift"

Ms. Crabtree was murdered, as well as the bird nesting on her head, by Michael Deets in "Cartman's Incredible Gift". Michael had killed her by several stabbings and having her left hand and the bird's left wing cut off. Officer Mitch Murphy commented "She was considered an ancillary character, one the fans wouldn't miss much." Harrison Yates also yelled, "She may not have been in any recent episodes, but dammit she deserved better than this!", poking fun at her lack of recent appearances at the time. This also marked one of South Park's few moments of breaking the fourth wall, which is very rare. Her position as the school bus driver was then evidently taken over by Jose Venezuela, as shown in "Ginger Kids" and later an Unnamed Bus Driver in "South Park: The Streaming Wars".

Appearance

She wore a blue sweater and green trousers. She had crooked yellow teeth, baggy eyes, wrinkles, an angry expression (most of the time), and messy, scraggly dark brown hair. The bird living on her head has three small feathers on its orange head, a green belly, and blue wings. (In "Fat Camp", it is revealed that she has brown socks). She also appeared to be overweight.

To see images of Veronica Crabtree, visit Veronica Crabtree/Gallery.

Personality

Ms. Crabtree appeared to be mentally unstable and had anger issues. She was usually cranky and she constantly screamed at the children on her bus and always angrily demanded, "What did you say?!" after they insult her. Occasionally, she screamed blindly at the students to intimidate them. In later episodes, she appeared to be slightly calmer and rational. It may be possible that the reason why she so angry, uptight and aggressive was from watching bus driver training videos, as shown in "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)".

Quotes

• "Sit down and shut up!"
• "What did you say?!"
• "Y'all be quiet or the cute little bunny dies!" from the episode "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)"
• "You look like a lump of dog shit just got hit by a CAR!" from the episode "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)"
• "I haven't had this much attention paid to my cooch since I was 16!" from the episode "Fat Camp"
• Executive: "How would you like to make a million dollars, baby?"
  Ms. Crabtree: "How'd you like to suck my ass!?" from the episode "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)"
• "Be quiet back there! These roads are slick!"
• "GOD! Oh, for Christ's sake, I don't believe this!"
• "Come on! We're runnin' late!"
• "DO YOU WANT AN OFFICE REFERRAL?"
• "SIT DOWN, KID!!!"
• "I said SIT DOWN!"

Trivia

Ms. Crabtree's pants are black instead of green.

• The character may have been inspired by the school bus driver in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, who was abusive and also had a bird in her hair. Some contend that the bus driver featured in Forest Gump was not abusive, as there is no evidence of this. Rather, she seems to have had a gruff personality consistent with the times. Also, there doesn't seem to be a bird in her hair, but rather a headband with bows or the like.
• Ms. Crabtree shares the name with the teacher from "The Little Rascals" series, who also has the same name as her. Only difference is that she is more kind and respected.
• In the original promo for "The Succubus", Ms. Crabtree was shown to be the new chef replaced instead of Mr. Derp.
• In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, her pants are black rather than the usual green.
• The only episodes where Ms. Crabtree is shown to be happy are "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)", "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics", and "Fat Camp."
• Ms. Crabtree had a speaking role in 12 episodes by the time she was killed off.
• In Season One, Ms. Crabtree's pants are rather tan instead of the current green.
• In "Fat Camp", it is shown that she has brown socks.
• In early seasons, Ms. Crabtree's eyebrows used to be black but in later seasons, they're brown.
• In "Chef Aid", her house is shown to be yellow.
• Her last name is meaningful. She is very crabby and a bird's nest in her hair as if she were a tree.
• Despite her angry nature, she is shown to care deeply about the kids as seen in "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)".
• Ms. Crabtree was the first character to be voiced by Karri Turner, later Mary Kay Bergman.
  • She is the first female character to appear in the series.
• According to "Fat Camp", it is implied that she had underage sex when she was a teenager.

Prominence

• "The Unaired Pilot" (voiced by Karri Turner) - Drives the school bus.
• "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" - Drives The Boys to school.
• "Weight Gain 4000" (Cameo) - Seen driving the bus.
• "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" - Tells Kyle's elephant that he cannot get on the bus and will have to ride on the special needs bus.
• "Pinkeye" - Seen driving the bus.
• "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" - Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick tell her that their not getting on.
• "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" (Cameo) - Stated to be one of the mothers of Eric Cartman.
• "Ike's Wee Wee" (Cameo) - Drives away screaming.
• "Conjoined Fetus Lady" - Drives the bus to the dodgeball tournament.
• "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)" - Accidentally gets the bus stuck hanging from a cliff. When trying to get help, she ends up becoming a comedian instead.
• "Roger Ebert Should Lay off the Fatty Foods" - Drives the class to the Tantalus V. Observatory.
• "Chef Aid" - Chef has sex with her for money.
• "Spookyfish" (Cameo) - Seen driving the bus.
• "Rainforest Shmainforest" (Cameo) - Seen driving the bus.
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Cameo)
• "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" (Cameo) - Seen during the final song.
• "World Wide Recorder Concert" - Drives the third-grade class, Mr. Garrison and Mr. Mackey.
• "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" (mention)
• "Trapper Keeper" - Seen driving the bus to school.
• "Fat Camp" - Impostor Kenny climbs up her uterus and stays there for six hours.
• "Towelie" (Cameo) - Seen driving the bus.
• "Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants" (Cameo) - Seen driving the bus.
• "Fun with Veal" (Cameo) - Seen on the bus at the beginning of the episode.
• "The Simpsons Already Did It" (final speaking role) - Seen driving the bus.
• "I'm a Little Bit Country" (Cameo) - Seen in the crowd, near the end of the episode.
• "Goobacks" (Cameo/Obscured)
• "Cartman's Incredible Gift" - Murdered by the hands of Michael Deets, making this her final appearance.
• "Dead Kids" - Her picture, along with other deceased characters from the school is shown briefly.

Video Games

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Veronica's picture is seen on the "Hall of Honor" along with deceased faculty members and students.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

As with the previous game, Veronica's photograph is present in the Hall of Honor, although this time it is not explorable.

See Also

• LGBT in South Park