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ManBearPig is a major antagonist in the adult animated sitcom South Park.
He is a demon from Hell that thrives on temptation, often making deals that involve causing immense carnage toward the next generation when the debt is due. Though often appearing feral, he is sentient and intelligent, sometimes wearing clothing or having specific goals.
The creature was first believed to be a fictional creation of Al Gore he used to advance his career, but was proven to be real in "Time To Get Cereal", when it began to menace South Park citizens.
He was voiced by Matt Stone.
Behavior[]
Manbearpig is described by Al Gore, who is dedicated to spreading awareness against him, as a creature who is "half man, half bear, and half pig" and wanders the Earth randomly killing everyone he sees. According to Gore, he is the single biggest threat to humanity today. Manbearpig's eponymous debut episode, in which he makes no physical appearance, presents Gore's hypothesis as absurd and untrue, parodying the real Gore's views and activism regarding climate change and global warming. However, in light of subsequent real-life findings indicating global warming to be a more genuine and significant threat than previously believed by most, Manbearpig is revealed to actually exist and comes to walk the Earth during Season 22.
Biography[]
ManBearPig was first mentioned in the episode of the same name. Al Gore gives a presentation to the students of South Park Elementary, in which he claims that the creature walks the Earth alone and "doesn't care who you are or what you did, he simply wants to get you", declaring that he is the one to kill ManBearPig and that he is "super cereal". The boys do not believe him.
Later, when they are playing basketball, the silhouette of a mysterious creature is seen across the horizon. It is immediately revealed to be Al Gore in disguise attempting to spread awareness of ManBearPig. Randy later picks the boys up, telling them there is no such thing as a ManBearPig and that Gore is just trying to look for attention.
The next day Stan, feeling sorry for Gore, convinces Cartman, Kyle and Kenny to go hunting with him for ManBearPig in the Cave of the Winds. Gore leads them away from the tour to find "clues" to ManBearPig, asking them to search for ManBearPig's droppings. Gore soon accidentally causes a cave in, but he falsely blames it on ManBearPig, and flees the cave with the tour, leaving the boys trapped inside.
While everybody is trying to dig out the boys, Gore attempts to flood the cave, believing this will kill ManBearPig. Rescue diggers free the boys just as the flood destroys the cave. Gore ecstatically believes he has killed ManBearPig, but is shouted at angrily by Stan for nearly killing him and his friends. Gore doesn't seem to care in the least, and promises to make a movie about himself.
ManBearPig returns in "Imaginationland, Episode II,” as a supporting antagonist. He is heard speaking to declare himself the most evil imaginary creature and disagreeing with the Minotaur. He returns later when the portal between Imaginationland opens, rampaging the government laboratory and killing numerous people including Kyle. ManBearPig is pulled back into Imaginationland, taking Stan with him, but Cartman is able to revive Kyle from his injuries.
When Gore pores over security footage and uncovers the evidence of ManBearPig's existence, he declares that Imaginationland must be nuked. The government agrees, but only because Imaginationland has a terrorist connection. He is present for the final battle at Imaginationland, but his ultimate fate is unknown after Butters Stotch restores the timeline.
ManBearPig returns as the main antagonist of "Time To Get Cereal,” where he goes on a rampage in South Park and the surrounding area. Jimbo Kern and Ned Gerblanski track him to Tegridy Farms, where he appears and attacks Ned, taking him away. Later, he brutally mauls two children outside South Park Elementary, though Detective Yatesassumes the cause of death is another school shooting. ManBearPig is next seen slaughtering most, if not all, the customers at Red Lobsterbefore attacking a Baskin-Robbins as well. With help from Al Gore and Satan, Kyle, Kenny, Cartman and Stan discover that ManBearPig is a demon who was summoned to Earth decades ago, but they are arrested for the "shootings" instead.
ManBearPig's rampage continues in "Nobody Got Cereal?", starting with the murder of a couple outside a Jared jewelry store. The boys manage to escape jail, and Stan returns home to the farm and learns that his grandfather, Marvin Marsh was responsible for summoning ManBearPig and confronts him. Marvin admits he and the other old people summoned the demon decades ago, but they didn't realize he would live to see the consequences of his actions. In the meantime, Kenny, Cartman and Kyle request help from Satan who agrees to help the boys defeat ManBearPig. However, in the fight with Satan, ManBearPig manages to subdue and kill him by ripping off his left horn and plunging it into his chest.
Stan, who is granted power of attorney by his town, enters in a sit-down negotiations with ManBearPig which tells them that he will never come back again if they will give up soy sauce and Red Dead Redemption 2, but people outside the court show reluctance and refuse to sign the agreement. Stan has no choice but to talk with ManBearPig's lawyer about restructuring another deal in which ManBearPig is set to return in five years, in which time the carnage will be a thousand-fold.
He makes a brief cameo celebrating the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the "South ParQ Vaccination Special".
PigBearGirl and Chuck Chuck.
Years later in South Park: The Steaming Wars, Manbearpig is revealed to have been working with Pi-Pi, robbing the state's water supply and causing a drought in Colorado that's effecting park county and Denver. He is shown to have killed Talnua Cussler, and has also killed the Water Commissioner and attempted to kill Steve Black to mantain control over Pi-Pi's plan. After Randy Marsh has a plan of restoring the state's water supply, Manbearpig is ordered by Pi-Pi to put a stop to it, which includes destroying the Government Desalinization Plant. It is soon revealed that Steve Black survived, and was sent underneath Pi-Pi's Splashtown with Manbearpig's wife, PigBearGirl, and their son, Chuck Chuck, who also help get Cartman, Tolkien, and Butters to the surface. Manbearpig turns against Pi-Pi when it's revealed that he was attempting to control climate change by "fucking its mom", and slices his head off with his claws. After that, Manbearpig and his family go into the woods, the town is initially worried about Manbearpig (referred to as Climate Change) eventually going to kill them all, before dismissing it as they have enough water for the Summer.
Trivia[]
- The design of Manbearpig bears a strong resemblance to Katahdin, from the 1979 horror film Prophecy.
- Manbearpig is an allegory for climate change, especially in the Cereal Story arc. He was originally portrayed as fictional, referencing Matt Stone and Trey Parker's belief that climate change was an overblown issue. When they changed their stance, they portrayed Manbearpig as a serious threat.
- The way Manbearpig kills Satan is reminiscent of how Abomination defeats Hulk in The Incredible Hulk.
