Sharon Marsh
From South Park Archives
| South Park character | |
|---|---|
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| Sharon Carol Marsh | |
| Gender | Female |
| Hair | Brown |
| Age | 37 |
| Job | Receptionist at Tom's Rhinoplasty |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Voiced by | April Stewart |
| Appearances | |
| First | "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig" |
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[edit] Appearance
Her outfit slightly resembles that of Stan's, except with a few slight variations. She wears a brown sweater with red frilly ruffles on the cuffs and the collar, and dark blue jeans. Her hair is brown, and seems to be slightly wavy.
Some characters (and viewers) find her sexy, as in Preschool, the sixth graders agree to protect the boys from Trent Boyett in exchange for a photo of Sharon's breasts, as the leader states (to Stan): "Your Mom has the hottest boobs!" In another episode, Lil' Crime Stoppers, Butters is asked by the boys to provide a seamen sample for a case they're working on. After masturbating, he was finally able to produce a sample after he thought about Sharon's breasts. However, because of the way that women in South Park are traditionally animated, Sharon's breasts cannot be seen by the audience unless she is in nothing but a brasseire.
At bedtime, she wears a creamy-white, knee-length nightgown with pink lining at the hem and neck, and two orange-yellow flowers embroidered on the chest.
For special occasions, she wears a brown dress with red trimming on top or a black dress.
A curious trait about her is her eyebrows. When relaxed or angry, she has eyebrows the same color as her hair. However, when solemn or surprised, they often disappear from view.
It is heavily implied in many scenes in the Marsh family's living room that Sharon is farsighted, as whenever she is reading or doing finances she has to wear reading glasses.
[edit] Character
In the movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, it is revealed that Sharon is the receptionist at Tom's Rhinoplasty.
Sharon, in earlier seasons, was portrayed as a loving, but stern, suburban mother. She wanted to protect Stan from dirty language in Death and Bigger, Longer & Uncut. In Spookyfish, she was so protective that she buried the bodies of people she thought Stan had killed. She also was the unofficial leader in the charge against Chinpokomon. She often was caught up in fads around town, like holistic medicine in Cherokee Hair Tampons and atheism in Red Hot Catholic Love.
In the April Stewart-era seasons, Sharon has become the sane half of her marriage. She acts a foil to the craziness that surrounds her; craziness often caused by her husband. In The Losing Edge, she was embarrassed by randy getting drunk and starting fights at little league games. This was apparently lost on Randy, who imagined her cheering him on in his big fight. In With Apologies to Jesse Jackson, she is noticeably upset in the car ride home after randy says "nigger" on Wheel Of Fortune. Most recently in the Pandemic arc, she gets repeatedly angry at Randy for video taping the guinea pig attacks.
"Future Stan", in the episode My Future Self and Me, mentions that Sharon has a scar on her left knee, which is left over from a time when she slipped in a swimming pool. Sharon is named after Trey Parker's mother, Sharon Parker. One interesting thing to note, is that Sheila referred to her as "Carol" in the episode Death. This might have just been a name that the creators chose to stick on her until they could give her character more thought (similar to how Butters, while he was a background character, was simply referred to as "Swanson" at first.), or this might be her middle name. Another thing to note is that Sharon Parker, unlike Mrs. Marsh, is an insurance broker.
[edit] Family
[edit] Randall "Randy" Marsh
- Main Article: Randy Marsh.
Sharon's husband is Randy Marsh, whom she seemed to be inseparable from for the first season and half of the second season. In the season 2 episode Clubhouses, they divorced because they were constantly arguing. Sharon temporarily married a geeky looking guy named Roy, whom Stan could never get on good terms with (though he wasn't really trying, anyway). At the end, Randy and Sharon played Truth or Dare, and, touched by the sentiments surrounding the game and their history together, fell in love again and remarried. Roy was never seen again. This could happen again due to the events of About Last Night.
There have been a few strains in the marriage, and she was rather annoyed with him and even yelled at him in Pandemic for recording everything the family did, saying at the start to Stan "(Because) ever since your father got that stupid video camera, he thinks he has to record everything the family does." However, as she was reprimanding him for recording everything the family does, the Furry Death attacked, and it is heavily implied that Randy was a victim. However, he evidently survived, and they went on to survive the entire crisis. She may have destroyed the camcorder by punching it out.
[edit] Shelley Marsh
- Main Article: Shelley Marsh.
Sharon's daughter is Shelley Marsh, who seems to have her mother's hair color as different . Sharon and Randy are completely concerned of the abuse Shelley gives to their son, Stan that he's hurtfully innocent.
[edit] Stanley "Stan" Marsh
- Main Article: Stan Marsh.
Her son is Stanley Marsh. She seems to be closer to him than her daughter, although she does get angry with him at irrational times, while remaining pleased with him when she should be angry. In Spookyfish she tried to protect him by burying the bodies of Spookyfishs's vitims because she thought Stan killed them. She has told him, in the episode Clubhouses, that she considers his happiness and Shelley's happiness secondary to her own. In Pandemic she got worried to the point of becoming prone to losing her temper when he went missing (having been arrested by the military as a Peruvian flute band).
[edit] Aunt Flo
Aunt Flo was Sharon's aunt, who would come to visit the Marsh residence once a month, and stay for nearly a week at a time. In the episode Spookyfish, Aunt Flo gave her great-nephew, Stan, a goldfish for Halloween, but it was evil, and killed many people, including Aunt Flo. This upset Sharon, because Aunt Flo would not come and visit her anymore.
Aunt Flo is an obvious reference to the menstrual cycle, and her death parodies the menopause.
[edit] Roy
Roy was Sharon's new boyfriend after she divorced Randy in Clubhouses. She stayed with him until she dared Randy to have sex with her and they make up. He seemed to have what could best be described as bipolar disorder: one second trying to be nice and caring towards stand then after simply shrugging it off Roy became angry and irrational. He often tells Stan to chop firewood after these incidence, so much that stand stated they had enough for a whole year.
[edit] Episodes in which Sharon is Prominent
(Sharon and her husband, Randy, join the group protesting Terrance and Phillip. Interestingly, she was referred to as "Carol" in this episode along with Sheila Broflovski)
(Sharon and Randy divorce due to constant bickering. Sharon remarries to a guy named Roy.)
(Sharon's Aunt Flo comes to stay. Sharon buries all the dead bodies whom the fish has slaughtered, believing Stan to be the culprit.)
(She and Randy try to track down the boys and the porno they rented. After meeting with the other parents, they all decide to put the porn "into context.")
(She and Randy hire an actor to play a drug-addicted adult version of Stan.)
(She, along with the other wives, is at first okay with metrosexuality, but becomes mad when the men pay no attention to them.)
(Sharon supports Turd Sandwich because she thinks Giant Douche is sexist.)
(Sharon thinks it ridiculous that all of the men are obsessing over Randy's latest crap.)
(She gets irritated by Randy persistently videotaping everything the family does, and this goes to the next level when Stan goes missing, having been arrested by the military because he had made a Peruvian flute band.)
(She is angry at Randy and Stan for getting mad at her queefing. She tells them about the still existent double-standard between men and women and inspires them to sing "Queef Free".)
| Kern / Marsh Family |
| Jimbo Kern | Aunt Flo Kimble | Grampa Marvin Marsh | Randy Marsh | Sharon Marsh | Shelley Marsh | Stan Marsh See Also: List of Families |
