- For other uses, please see Timmy (disambiguation).
Timmy is a fictional character from animated television series South Park, Who happens to look like a male situated in Winchester called Matthew Lloyd, voiced by Trey Parker. He is a child with strawberry-blonde hair who uses a wheelchair, although he can actually stand and walk somewhat without it. He usually only says his own name and the slurred phrase "livin' a lie."[1] In some episodes, he says some other basic words: He can say "Jimmy" (referring to Jimmy Vulmer, who is the other handicapped character in South Park). In a Thanksgiving school play where Timmy plays the part of Helen Keller, he could say "Gobbles", the name of a disabled turkey the children bought to act in the play ("Helen Keller! The Musical"). In one episode, in which the boys attempt to go back in time, ("4th Grade") he successfully yells, "Please help me!" a few times as he rolls down the highway. In another ("The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000"), when his power chair is hooked via string to Kenny's tooth, he incorrectly interprets the word "go", and yells "Go! Timmy! Go!" before driving. He can also say "Lords of the Underworld" (the name of his band) and "shit" (in "It Hits the Fan").
Character history and development
Timmy first appears in the episode "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000." His scenes from that episode have little importance to the central plot, and Comedy Central originally wanted to cut Timmy out, due to the controversial nature of having including a mentally retarded character. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, pushed hard for his inclusion however; their basis of Timmy was to show that, though Timmy was different, the other South Park children treated him normally. Originally intended for only one episode, Timmy proved so popular he was given his own episode, "Timmy 2000."
In it, he is part of a successful band, singing lead for Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld, despite his limited vocabulary. During the episode, people complain that he is being exploited, even though he achieves extreme popularity. The message at the end of the episode, however, was that since Timmy enjoyed playing music, and people enjoyed him playing, there was nothing wrong with it. In the same episode, his parents were shown to have the same condition as him, revealing that his condition may be genetic.
Timmy was originally described as being mentally retarded, but over time his character has become described less as such and more often as "disabled." In various episodes (such as "Up the Down Steroid") he appears to be quite cognizant, intelligent and principled. In Cripple Fight and Make Love, Not Warcraft, he appears to have no trouble operating a computer. He appears to have hydrocephalus, as well as involuntary movements.
Timmy is friends with South Park's other disabled character, Jimmy, who can actually understand what Timmy is saying. In the first episode in which Jimmy appears, "Cripple Fight", Timmy is intensely jealous of him and even tries to have him killed (by giving him a parka that made him look like Kenny). Later on, however, the two are shown as being friends.
Trivia
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- Rapper Ludacris referenced Timmy in a guest verse on Missy Elliot's song "Gossip Folks" ("I'm Ludacris, living loud like Timmy").
- In the episode Timmy 2000, he actually says "Timmy, and the Lords of the Underworld", the name of the band (albeit slurred) at the end of the episode.
- In the episode Die Hippie, Die, a joint-smoking man who eerily resembles Timmy rolls by in a wheelchair during Randy and Sharon's Woodstock flashback - perhaps Timmy's father.
Episodes in which he is prominent
- The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000- Helps Stan, Cartman and Kyle try to pull Kenny's tooth out.
- Timmy 2000- Unnecessarily diagnosed with A.D.D and joins the band The Lords of the Underworld, which becomes nationally famous.
- Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?- Makes the fellow Christian fourth graders fearful, due to the fact that he can't confess his sins.
- Probably- Is "healed" by Cartman.
- 4th Grade- Helps his fellow fourth graders by strapping a time traveling device to his wheelchair, which ends up going terribly wrong.
- Helen Keller! The Musical- Gets the lead part in the Thanksgiving musical play and finds a retarded pet turkey.
- Cripple Fight- Becomes envious of Jimmy's popularity and fights him in an alley.
- Professor Chaos- Auditions to be the new "fourth kid".
- Simpsons Already Did It- One of the many "Simpsonized" residents.
- Krazy Kripples- Becomes part of The Krips with Jimmy; helps end the Krips vs. Bloods gang war.
- Up the Down Steroid- Participates in the Special Olympics and tries to get Jimmy off steroids.