History Jerkass / SouthPark

* Even Stan and Kyle themselves can be this at times, particularly in the earlier seasons. Season 6 has shown them to be just as manipulative and dismissive towards Butters as Cartman.

* Saddam Hussein is (somehow) worse than Cartman. He's very abusive in his relationship with Satan, and thinks he's higher than everyone else. He also once took the power of Canada as a tyrannical Prime Minister, forcing the Broflovski family to almost lose Ike, and later kills Kenny for no reason than to prove how evil he is.

** Possibly his Crowning Moment of Jerkassery is in "Cartmanland", where he spends a huge inheritance on an amusement park, refuses to open it to the public, then runs TV advertisements telling everyone that they can't come.
** Cartman examples could fill several pages, but the episode "Awesome-O" really stands out. Butters generally treats Cartman at least better than Stan and Kyle (though he has admitted to not liking him much) and has never actively done anything to hurt him, or anybody. For no reason other than having material to humiliate Butters with (because he seems to get a kick out of taking advantage of Butters' naiveté), Cartman pretends to be Butters' new robot friend to find out his secrets. He doesn't feel guilty about it at any point either. That particular scheme however, backfired in several ways.
** And, of course, the infamous "Scott Tenorman Must Die" episode, where Cartman was constantly humiliated by the titular teenage boy, and plots to take revenge. After failing several times, Cartman puts an EvilPlan into place, which culminates in [[spoiler:the deaths of Scott's parents, whose corpses Cartman hacks up and bakes into chili. The next day, at a chili cook-off, Cartman feeds said chili to Scott. To add insult to injury, after Cartman reveals his plot and Scott breaks down crying, horrified that he has eaten his parents, [[Music/{{Radiohead}} his favorite band]] enters and ridicules him, calling him a crybaby and uncool before exiting stage left. To top it all off, Cartman licks the tears off of the boy's face as the crowd looks on in horror.]]

* Kyle's dad Gerald can be one. Being a lawyer has given him several other opportunities to choose the side that pays better over his own son, and he's been a jerk in other ways on occasion (like in "Smug Alert"). [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven in Season 20 when he decides to start brutally trolling women and girls (some of them are ''cancer survivors'', and one of them is DrivenToSuicide as a direct result of his trolling) ForTheEvulz.]]

* Herbert Garrison, the boys' homeroom teacher, is a short-tempered, foul-mouthed, power-hungry teacher who treats his students with very little respect and rarely gets his head out of his ass to save them in the face of legitimate danger. Though since his second change in Season 12, this has been toned down somewhat. He returns to this role by Season 20, where he becomes the [[spoiler: the '''President of the United States''', with the sole purpose of abusing his power UpToEleven in the most criminal ways possible, with rape and terrorism being his worst offenses.]]

* Kyle's dad Gerald can be one. Being a lawyer has given him several other opportunities to choose the side that pays better over his own son, and he's been a jerk in other ways on occasion (like in "Smug Alert"). [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven in Season 20 when he decides to start brutally trolling women and girls (some of them are ''cancer survivors'', and one of them is DrivenToSuicide as a direct result of his trolling) ForTheEvulz.]]

* Caitlyn Jenner, male-to-female transgender former Olympic swimmer. She cheerfully joins Mr. Garrison in openly bullying others while campaigning for presidency, and regularly runs over people when driving her car.

** Possibly his Crowning Moment of Jerkassery is in the episode "Cartmanland", where he spends a huge inheritance on an amusement park, refuses to open it to the public, then runs TV advertisements telling everyone that they can't come.

* Stan's dad Randy was {{Flanderized}} into one as seasons passed, devolving into a spoilt, irrational ManChild who often disregards his son to [[SeriousBusiness erupt into chaos]] over ''everything''.

* Butters' grandma, as [[PsychopathicManchild she bullies Butters for her amusement]]. This was deliberate, setting the message that people you might never suspect might be bullies -- and the elderly are not exempt from being petty and cruel.

* Saddam Hussein is (somehow) worse than Cartman. He's very abusive in his relationship with Satan, and he thinks he's higher than everyone else. He also once took the power of Canada as a tyrannical Prime Minister, forcing the Broflovski family to almost lose Ike, and later he kills Kenny for no reason than to prove how evil he is.

* One of the most, if not ''the'' most, infamous example in WesternAnimation is Eric Cartman.

* One of the most infamous examples in western animation is Eric Cartman. Possibly his Crowning Moment of Jerkassery: spending a huge inheritance on an amusement park, refusing to open it to the public, then running TV advertisements telling everyone that they can't come. Cartman examples could fill several pages, but the episode "Awesome-O" really stands out. Butters generally treats Cartman at least better than Stan and Kyle (though he has admitted to not liking him much) and has never actively done anything to hurt him, or anybody. For no reason other than having material to humiliate Butters with (because he seems to get a kick out of taking advantage of Butters' naiveté), Cartman pretends to be Butters' new robot friend to find out his secrets. He doesn't feel guilty about it at any point either. That particular scheme however, backfired in several ways. There's also the infamous episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", where he grinds up a kids' parents into chili, and forces said child to eat said chili. Said child's father is also revealed to be Cartman's father as well.
* Stan's dad Randy was Flanderized into one as seasons passed, devolving into a spoilt, irrational ManChild who often disregards his son to [[SeriousBusiness erupt into chaos]] over ''everything''.

* Chef explains to Stan in "Kenny Dies" that [[JerkassGods God is one of these]]:
-->'''Chef:''' Stan, sometimes God takes those closest to us, because it makes him feel better about himself. He is a very vengeful God, Stan. He's all pissed off about something we did thousands of years ago. He just can't get over it, so he doesn't care who he takes. Children, puppies, it don't matter to him, so long as it makes us sad. Do you understand?\\
'''Stan:''' But then, why does God give us anything to start with?\\
'''Chef:''' Well, look at it this way: if you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop. Then you take it away. If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, then it would have nothin' to cry about. That's like God, [[GodIsEvil who gives us life and love and help just so that he can tear it all away and make us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. You see, it's our tears, Stan, that give God his great power.]]
* Stephen and Linda Stotch are AbusiveParents who seem to take joy in grounding poor Butters, Stephen especially, and they [[DisproportionateRetribution sometimes threaten to do so for stupid reasons, like having nightmares or being the ugliest kid in school.]] In addition, they were not only willing to sell their own son to Paris Hilton, they got angry at him for objecting, despite Paris Hilton treating every single one of her pets horribly.
* Butters' grandma, as [[PsychopathicManchild she bullies Butters for her amusement.]] This was deliberate, setting the message that people you might never suspect might be bullies -- and the elderly are not exempt from being petty and cruel.

* Perhaps among the most well-known of all animation is Eric Cartman. He is one of the most infamous examples in western animation. Possibly his Crowning Moment of Jerkassery: spending a huge inheritance on an amusement park, refusing to open it to the public, then running TV advertisements telling everyone that they can't come. Cartman examples could fill several pages, but the episode "Awesome-O" really stands out. Butters generally treats Cartman at least better than Stan and Kyle (though he has admitted to not liking him much) and has never actively done anything to hurt him, or anybody. For no reason other than having material to humiliate Butters with (because he seems to get a kick out of taking advantage of Butters' naiveté), Cartman pretends to be Butters' new robot friend to find out his secrets. He doesn't feel guilty about it at any point either. That particular scheme however, backfired in several ways. There's also the infamous episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", where he grinds up a kids' parents into chili, and forces said child to eat said chili. Said child's father is also revealed to be Cartman's father as well.

!!''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

* Perhaps among the most well-known of all animation is Eric Cartman. He is one of the most infamous examples in western animation. Possibly his Crowning Moment of Jerkassery: spending a huge inheritance on an amusement park, refusing to open it to the public, then running TV advertisements telling everyone that they can't come. Cartman examples could fill several pages, but the episode "Awesome-O" really stands out. Butters generally treats Cartman at least better than Stan and Kyle (though he has admitted to not liking him much) and has never actively done anything to hurt him, or anybody. For no reason other than having material to humiliate Butters with (because he seems to get a kick out of taking advantage of Butters' naiveté), Cartman pretends to be Butters' new robot friend to find out his secrets. He doesn't feel guilty about it at any point either. There's also the infamous episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", where he grinds up a kids' parents into chili, and forces said child to eat said chili. That particular scheme however, backfired in several ways.

* Perhaps among the most well-known of all animation is Eric Cartman. He is one of the most infamous examples in western animation. Possibly his Crowning Moment of Jerkassery: spending a huge inheritance on an amusement park, refusing to open it to the public, then running TV advertisements telling everyone that they can't come. Cartman examples could fill several pages, but the episode "Awesome-O" really stands out. Butters generally treats Cartman at least better than Stan and Kyle (though he has admitted to not liking him much) and has never actively done anything to hurt him, or anybody. For no reason other than having material to humiliate Butters with (because he seems to get a kick out of taking advantage of Butters' naiveté), Cartman pretends to be Butters' new robot friend to find out his secrets. He doesn't feel guilty about it at any point either. That particular scheme however, backfired in several ways.

* Kyle's dad Gerald can be one. Being a lawyer has given him several other opportunities to choose the side that pays better over his own son, and he's been a jerk in other ways on occasion (like in "Smug Alert"). [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven in Season 20 when he decides to start brutally trolling women and girls (some of them are ''cancer survivors'', and one of then commits suicide as a direct result of his trolling) ForTheEvulz.]]

* Stephen and Linda Stotch are AbusiveParents who seem to take joy in grounding poor Butters, Stephen especially, and they [[DisproportionateRetribution sometimes threaten to do so for stupid reasons, like having nightmares or being the ugliest kid in school.]] In addition, they were willing to sell their own son to Paris Hilton. As Paris offered 200 million dollars for him, while Stephen asked for 250 million dollars.

* Saddam Hussein is worse than Cartman. He's very abusive in his relationship with Satan, and he thinks he's higher than everyone else. He also once took the power of Canada as a tyrannical Prime Minister, forcing the Broflovski family to almost lose Ike, and later he kills Kenny for no reason than to prove how evil he is.

* Kyle's dad Gerald can be one. Being a lawyer has given him several other opportunities to choose the side that pays better over his own son, and he's been a jerk in other ways on occasion (like in "Smug Alert"). [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven in Season 20 when he decides to start trolling women for fun.]]