Is Eric Cartman a sociopath?

[her209]

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# Glibness and Superficial Charm

# Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.

# Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."

# Pathological Lying
Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.

# Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.

# Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.

# Incapacity for Love

# Need for Stimulation
Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common.

# Callousness/Lack of Empathy
Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.

# Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.

# Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency
Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet "gets by" by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.

# Irresponsibility/Unreliability
Not concerned about wrecking others' lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.

# Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity
Promiscuity, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts.

# Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle
Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor work ethic but exploits others effectively.

# Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility
Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily.

Sans the sexual stuff, he passes all of the above tests.

 

[shortylickens]

Nahhhh, Eric Cartman is a run of the mill bitch-ass.

 

[Mo0o]

No. He shows remorse when he realizes he's done something thats not socially acceptable

Watch the episode where he thinks he's dead after eating all the KFC skins. It proves he's not a sociopath

 

[Perknose]

Is he a sociopath? Why, yes . . . yes he is. Many cartoon figures are. Having only two dimensions, as they do, may somehow contribute to this under-reported epidemic. I know I wouldn't let my daughter date one, would you?


In their defense, though, they're not bad, they're just drawn that way.

 

[effowe]

Watch Scott Tenorman Must Die, most definitely.

 

[0roo0roo]

the creators of southpark consider children sociopaths. in a way..they are.

 

[jamesbond007]

Cartman is my idol and my only aspiration in life is to be like him.

:heart:

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
No. He shows remorse when he realizes he's done something thats not socially acceptable

Watch the episode where he thinks he's dead after eating all the KFC skins. It proves he's not a sociopath

To be fair, he only did those things because he thought his soul was stuck on Earth.

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: effowe
Watch Scott Tenorman Must Die, most definitely.

greatest episode ever.

although I was watching the towlie gamesphere episode the other day and caught something I must have missed/not seen the times I've watched before. Cartman's slingblade was friggin hilarious.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Mo0o
No. He shows remorse when he realizes he's done something thats not socially acceptable

Watch the episode where he thinks he's dead after eating all the KFC skins. It proves he's not a sociopath

To be fair, he only did those things because he thought his soul was stuck on Earth.

I think I remember reading some commentary on southpark by Trey and Matt. They were saying they wanted Cartman to do all these bad things but to not really grasp the consequences of his actions. So i think they picture him as this really impressionistic kid that gets really worked up about things but doesnt realize teh real ramifications. Obviously there are departures like Scott Tenorman Must Die but I think they even said thats the worst they'd ever make Cartman do and some of teh story ideas they came up with they thought was too evil even for Cartman

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: effowe
Watch Scott Tenorman Must Die, most definitely.

He is definitely a master manipulator. He manipulates Cesar Millan into leaving and gets his mom to buy him toys at the end of the episode.

 

[HannibalX]

No, he's a cartoon character.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Mo0o
No. He shows remorse when he realizes he's done something thats not socially acceptable

Watch the episode where he thinks he's dead after eating all the KFC skins. It proves he's not a sociopath

To be fair, he only did those things because he thought his soul was stuck on Earth.

I think I remember reading some commentary on southpark by Trey and Matt. They were saying they wanted Cartman to do all these bad things but to not really grasp the consequences of his actions. So i think they picture him as this really impressionistic kid that gets really worked up about things but doesnt realize teh real ramifications. Obviously there are departures like Scott Tenorman Must Die but I think they even said thats the worst they'd ever make Cartman do and some of teh story ideas they came up with they thought was too evil even for Cartman

I dunno, there many other examples of Cartman doing bad things knowing exactly the consequences of his actions. For example, in the episode where Cartman discovers he is a "ginger" and leads the gingers to exterminate all the non-ginger kids. In another episode, he dressed up like Hitler (whom he admits he admires in the WoW episode) and leads a group of people to get rid of the Jews. Another example is when Cartman uses the m-word to get all the parents arrested.

 

[rockyct]

Well, he'd be locked up if it were real life, but he's hilarious because it's a cartoon.

 

[Vinny N]

Oh god....my ex was a sociopath

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Mo0o
No. He shows remorse when he realizes he's done something thats not socially acceptable

Watch the episode where he thinks he's dead after eating all the KFC skins. It proves he's not a sociopath

To be fair, he only did those things because he thought his soul was stuck on Earth.

I think I remember reading some commentary on southpark by Trey and Matt. They were saying they wanted Cartman to do all these bad things but to not really grasp the consequences of his actions. So i think they picture him as this really impressionistic kid that gets really worked up about things but doesnt realize teh real ramifications. Obviously there are departures like Scott Tenorman Must Die but I think they even said thats the worst they'd ever make Cartman do and some of teh story ideas they came up with they thought was too evil even for Cartman

hehe, can't get much worse than that though. :laugh:

Clearly he is a Sociopath, but he's a hilarious character and SP wouldn't be near as good without him.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Vinny N
Oh god....my ex was a sociopath

Pics of said sociopath?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Not sure about Cartman, but according to that list I sure am.

 

[venkman]

oh noes, i'm a sociopath!

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
Cartman is my idol and my only aspiration in life is to be like him.

:heart:

same. cartman is awesome.

an awesome sociopath.

 

[vhx]

Yes he is. IIRC he had someone's parents killed then ground them up into chili and then had the son eat it.

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: vhx
Yes he is. IIRC he had someone's parents killed then ground them up into chili and then had the son eat it.

That's in the "Scott Tenorman Must Die" episode I mentioned.

 

[T9D]

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[EGGO]

Watch Scott Teterman Must Die and tell me he isn't.

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: EGGO
Watch Scott Teterman Must Die and tell me he isn't.

you're the first person to mention this episode