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* AntiVillain: After getting dumped by Heidi in favor for Cartman and becoming like the latter, Kyle becomes one of Type II and III. He believes that all the abuse he had to endure and the meanness appearing in South Park were a result of the vulgarness of Terrence and Phillip and Canadian media in general and tries to an end to their shows so they can no longer corrupt the morals of people in other countries It leads to [[spoiler: Canada getting nuked by the President much to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Kyle's horror.]]]]
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* TragicHero: Kyle honestly wants to do the right thing and see South Park the error of their ways. However his antagonism toward Cartman and obsession in beating him has always been in the way of him making any actual changes for the better as well as putting his own morals into question. It reaches its climax in season 21 when a girl he likes dumps him for his rival and become very much like him that he goes on a moral crusade against Canada so no one else will become like Cartman [[spoiler: only to get the country nuked.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After all the abuse he endured in South Park it seems that he has finally reached his breaking point after Heidi breaks up with for Anit-Semitic reasons, goes back to Cartman and becomes a more extreme version of the latter as well as the subsequent bullying came afterwards. He blames Canada for all his suffering and the meanness of South Park which leads to him to [[spoiler: getting the country nuked.]]
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** Reaches the point in season 21 where [[spoiler:his anger that a girl he liked rejected him for Cartman and basically turned into a female Cartman enraged him so much that he [[ItMakesSenseInContext indirectly got Toronto nuked.]]]]
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Stan. Seems to have been downplayed since their fight near the end of season 19. In "Hummels and Heroin" in season 21 for instance, Kyle wants nothing to do with Stan's attempt to get his grandfather out of an opioid smuggling scheme he was forced into. ''Cartman'' was more willing to help, with Kyle clearly unhappy to go along with it.
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* CelibateHero: Well he's not actively celibate or anything (keep in mind he's only 10 years old) but, regardless, he pays the least amount of attention to girls out of the boys (even compared to [[AmbiguouslyBi Cartman]]). The only three girls that he had any interest in were Rebecca Cotswald (from Season 3), Nichole (from Season 16), and Leslie (from Season 19) yet nothing came out of it. There was also some ShipTease with Bebe earlier in the show's run, but that hasn't been revisited.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: {{Downplayed}}, but seems to have shades of this with Wendy. They are usually seen talk to each other in background scene, and Wendy even helping Kyle find his brother Ike "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" and the real list "The List". When parred together in the episode "Follow That Egg" to take care of an egg they worked efficiently well, with Wendy complimenting Kyle's parenting skills, and Kyle comforting her when she was missing her egg. There were even two boys saying "Those two should just screw and get it over with" when they were discussing Stan's recent change in behavior. Despite this, the two have never showed any romantic feelings for each other whatsoever, and Kyle even telling Stan that he would never date his best friend's ex-girlfriend when the latter was starting to get jealous of the two working together in the aforementioned "Follow That Egg".
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* PlatonicLifePartners: {{Downplayed}}, but seems to have shades of this with Wendy. They are usually seen talk to each other in background scene, and Wendy even helping Kyle find his brother Ike "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" and the real list "The List". When parred together in the episode "Follow That Egg" to take care of an egg they worked efficiently well, with Wendy complimenting Kyle's parenting skills, and Kyle comforting her when she was missing her egg. There were even two boys saying "Those two should just screw and get it over with" when they were discussing Stan's recent change in behavior. Despite this, the two have never showed any romantic feelings for each other whatsoever, and Kyle even telling Stan that he would never date his best friend's ex-girlfriend when the latter was starting to get jealous of the two working together in the aforementioned "Follow That Egg".
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* CoolBigBro: Tries to be this for Ike with varying results.
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Stan's closest friend. He and his parents are Jewish, but his younger brother Ike is actually from Canada. He appears to be the smartest, at least academically, of the original four, but has a tendency to get sucked into the latest fads/problems/social issues sweeping South Park. Kyle is also known as the moral compass of the otherwise chaotic town- although has a nasty temper to go along with it.
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Stan's closest friend. He and his parents are Jewish, but his younger brother Ike is actually from Canada. He appears to be the smartest, at least academically, of the original four, but has a tendency to get sucked into the latest fads/problems/social issues sweeping South Park.
Kyle is also known as the moral compass of the otherwise chaotic town- although has a nasty temper to go along with it.
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->''"I'm Jewish. I've got some hang-ups about killing Jesus."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone
!!!!!!Debut: "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"
Stan's closest friend. He and his parents are Jewish, but his younger brother Ike is actually from Canada. He appears to be the smartest, at least academically, of the original four, but has a tendency to get sucked into the latest fads/problems/social issues sweeping South Park.
* AcademicAthlete: A young version. He's noted in-series as loving football and basketball while also demonstrating high intelligence (his [[JewishAndNerdy wimpy cousin]] Kyle even calls him a "redneck jock stereotype" in one episode).
* {{Adorkable}}: A number of fans see him as this.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In earlier seasons, Kyle would often feel left out by his friends around the holidays, him being a Jew and all. He even gets an AntiChristmasSong, "The Lonely Jew at Christmas".
* ArchEnemy: For Cartman (sometimes reaches TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou levels).
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Briefly, in "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000".
* AuthorAvatar: He's a stand-in for Matt Stone.
* BackFromTheDead: In "Imaginationland", he is choked to death by [=ManBearPig=], only for Cartman to resuscitate him.
* BadassBookworm: On the outside, a potty-mouth, angry nine-year old who's also the smart one of the group, but the movie demonstrated that he can hack into top secret military databases. He has also been shown to be fairly athletic at points of the show and fully capable of kicking Cartman's ass when necessary.
* BeingGoodSucks: Kyle always tries to do the right thing, even if it doesn't get him rewarded or gain happiness. It becomes more apparent when Cartman, a sociopath at the age of 10, is involved because despite Kyle hating him with all his heart, he could never let Cartman suffer from his own stupid actions and wants to at least see him do the right thing once in his life.
* BerserkButton: Don't call his mom a bitch. Or make fun of his Jewish heritage. Or be Eric Cartman and do pretty much anything. At this point in the series, it's more the third thing than the first two.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kyle is usually very kind, but you might not want to anger him if you know what's good for you. See BerserkButton above.
* BigBrotherBully: To Ike in the first season. "[[CatchPhrase Kick the baby]]!"
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Ike has become one of Kyle's highest priorities sometime after "Ike's Wee Wee", from following him to Somalia and getting him home safe to worrying about Ike getting circumcised or keeping him from running off with his teacher to Milan. Could arguably be Kyle's biggest drive after his antagonism towards Cartman.
** He briefly played this role to Blanket in "Jeffersons" due to his father neglecting him. He goes from giving him a band-aid to try to take away Jefferson's custody of him.
* BreakTheCutie: Most notably in "Cartmanland". It's one thing being pushed into denouncing the existence of a God (or in this case a righteous God). It's another to be pushed to the point of giving up on life due to Cartman's constant KarmaHoudini instances. It takes one major case of divine intervention to rectify.
* BrutalHonesty: Can do this at times.
* ButtMonkey: Mostly having to do with being the center of Cartman's torment around him being a Jew.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Kyle does this to his mom in "Fun with Veal" and in TheMovie.
--> '''Sheila:''' Kyle, if you don't do as you're told, [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry I'm going to be very angry]]!\\
'''Kyle:''' Well, ''you'' made me eat veal and didn't tell me what it was, so go ahead and be angry, you baby calf-killing [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]!\\
'''Sharon:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Very persuasive]].
* CatchPhrase:
** "You bastards!", after Stan's "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!".
** "You know, I've learned something today," although this is sometimes said by Stan, and other characters as well.
** "Fatass" is something he says to Cartman every episode they interact in. Stan sometimes calls him that, too.
* CelibateHero: Well he's not actively celibate or anything (keep in mind he's only 10 years old) but, regardless, he pays the least amount of attention to girls out of the boys (even compared to [[AmbiguouslyBi Cartman]]). The only three girls that he had any interest in were Rebecca Cotswald (from Season 3), Nichole (from Season 16), and Leslie (from Season 19) yet nothing came out of it. There was also some ShipTease with Bebe earlier in the show's run, but that hasn't been revisited.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early in the show's run, his personality was more similar to Stan's; he was more childish, bratty, indifferent and a BigBrotherBully to Ike on a larger scale. As the series went on, his character got more fleshed out and unique to Stan's, and he also became much more kind-hearted (if you aren't Cartman, that is), and his love for Ike is a lot more manifested. On the other hand, he can be more overly-dramatic about social values (almost bordering on SoapboxSadie in seasons 19-20) and will move mountains to prove Cartman wrong about the silliest of things, something his earlier self wouldn't have done due to apathy.
* TheChewToy: In recent seasons, though the Season 18 episodes don't feature him often.
* ChildProdigy: He's regularly portrayed as the top student in his class, has the highest capabilities with the computer, including photoshopping a photo to fool the Japanese government to stop whaling and get his best friend out of trouble and single-handedly thwarting a terrorist attack with some inspired Google-fu. He's also shown more than a slight capability with philosophy and managed to remove himself from reality.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: This is available only when Cartman has a new, evil plan.
* CompressedHair: He easily gets a Jewfro that's larger than his head into a small hat. {{Justified|Trope}} since it's just the art style exaggerating the size of it.
* TheConscience: Over the course of the show, he's evolved into this, as he's often stuck playing the voice of reason as well as the conscience in a show featuring Eric Cartman.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He never stops reminding everyone that Cartman's fat.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Strictly speaking, though he and [[TheProtagonist Stan]] can switch roles from time to time.
* DirtyCoward: Happens often. When he, along with the rest of his friends, does something wrong (or even thinks that they did), he usually tries to frame it on Butters.
* DisneyDeath: In "Imaginationland Part II", [[spoiler: during a scene parodying ''Film/TheAbyss'']].
* DoggedNiceGuy: Seldom gets what he wants despite trying to be a decent person. Often due to Cartman.
* FieryRedhead: Mixed with his HotBlooded tendencies whenever his ChronicHeroSyndrome [[CharacterizationMarchesOn personality kicks in]].
* TheFinickyOne: He has shades of this at times, though his foil, and more or less the entire world he lives in, is so immoral he doesn't really need that high standards to get wound up over it.
* {{Flanderization}}: His obsession with beating Cartman, to the point of occasionally leaning into KnightTemplar territory.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: The voice of morality and plays the "good angel" on Stan's shoulder, prodding him to do the right thing, in direct opposition to Cartman's "bad angel" who will do the wrong thing and take Stan along for the ride.
* GoodIsNotNice: Seeing some of the conflicts between him and Cartman [[ItMakesSenseInContext out of context]] wouldn't make all that clear that Kyle's supposed to be the good guy. One example is in "Le Petit Tourette", though, in the perspective of the adults. Cartman fakes Tourette's Syndrome to get what he wants, and Kyle, [[CaptainObvious who's known Cartman all his life]], gets annoyed and says that he doesn't have Tourette's, and an authority figure that has it accuses Kyle of being a bully and he is taken to observe various kids with Tourette's (with lack of swearing). He is then forced to apologize to Cartman. However, when Cartman plans to bad-mouth Jews, it's the straw that breaks the camel's back, so Kyle devises an elaborate plan that actually saves Cartman from going in too deep. His method involved having [[KickTheSonOfABitch tons of pedophiles committing suicide]] to stop the show and is angry when Cartman thanks him for it.
* HairTriggerTemper: He is quite easily pissed off, usually because of something Cartman says or does.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: After Cartman starts a rumor in "Cartman Finds Love" that he and Kyle are together, Kyle tries his damnedest to express that he is not gay and not gay for Cartman. He ''really'' does not like the idea of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything drinking pee or eating bananas]].
* TheHero: Either swaps this role with Stan semi-frequently or works with Stan (and sometimes the other boys) as a duo/team of sorts in undermining the numerous insane and evil plots they often (unwillingly) discover. Also, in keeping with his "hero" status, he is the only one out of the five main boys who doesn't have an extensive criminal record.
* HeroicSacrifice: Without death involved. "Margaritaville" has Kyle use his new credit card without a spending limit to pay for the town's debts, even if it means he will be in debt himself for the rest of his life.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Stan.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Has shades of this due to his antagonism toward Cartman. In some episodes he thinks nothing of having him dead. Although this also depends on how far Cartman has spent in monster territory in previous episodes.
* HotBlooded: At least when Cartman's involved.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** In ''Tonsil Trouble'' he complains about Cartman making fun of HIV despite laughing at his condition earlier. Even if he was laughing at the irony of the situation based on previous episodes, this episode alone frames him as this trope.
** In ''The Stick of Truth'', he requests a group of elves to kidnap your character and threatens to blackmail your character, even though you're already a member of Kupa Keep. Ironically, Cartman recruited your character in a much more polite manner. This example is more benign than the former though as the characters were playing a game and he puts his grudge towards Cartman aside to stop Clyde.
* TheIdealist: Very much so in the later seasons, and serves as a good counterbalance to [[TheCynic Stan's]] [[CharacterizationMarchesOn later cynicism]].
* IllBoy: Not too blatant, but Kyle gets sick ''much'' more often than the others boys ([[TheyKilledKennyAgain unless you count Kenny's constant dying]]). Suffered kidney failure and mentioned to have Type 1 Diabetes in "Cherokee Hair Tampons", got infected with a hemorrhoid in "Cartmanland" (which turned ''[[YouFailBiologyForever fatal]]''), was sick throughout the entirety of "The Snuke" and had a quick cold in "Guitar Queer-O". Well, it's either this or plot convenience or for [[TheWoobie other reasons]].
* InformedJudaism: For all the mentioning of his family's faith, Kyle rarely goes to temple or prays, or even wears a kippah. Plus, his family eats pork products (they had pork for dinner in "Conjoined Fetus Lady" and Kyle threw up bean with bacon soup in "Cherokee Hair Tampons"), which isn't kosher. Partial justification: early on, Kyle's family was the only Jewish family in town, and they're probably not very religious to begin with (as we've mentioned, he's a stand-in for Matt Stone, who is ethnically Jewish but was raised agnostic and is an atheist). Plus, [[DontExplainTheJoke that's part of the joke]].
* InsufferableGenius: Sort of. Kyle, being TheSmartGuy, is very intelligent, and when this is combined with HotBlooded and SnarkKnight, it becomes something of a subtle version of this trope. [[MoralityChain He believes himself to be on a moral ground high above others]], [[EvilCounterpart especially]] [[ArchEnemy Cartman]].
* JerkassBall: He and Stan are usually [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Men]] to the craziness of the world around them, and act as more moralistic foils to Cartman. At times however, often when Cartman is not in a starring role, they can act rather selfish or immoral, having nothing against using similar bullying or conniving tactics to Cartman to get what they want. This is more toned down in later seasons, though still pops up every now and then.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be HotBlooded on occasion, mostly due to Cartman's behavior, and in earlier seasons he wasn't much better than Cartman himself. However, despite his intense hatred and resentment towards Cartman he's still a NiceJewishBoy, especially in later episodes.
* JewishAndNerdy: Subverted. He's Jewish and the smartest kid in the group, but he's cool enough to avert the trope. He also hates his cousin's stereotypical nerdiness.
* KidsAreCruel: In earlier episodes, despite viewing himself as having much higher moral ground than Cartman, Kyle was essentially a lower-scale bully. It was actually him [[BreakTheCutie that tormented Pip to the point of earning a broken nose]] and joined in exploiting and disregarding Butters and Kenny on numerous occasions. There are also subtle hints [[CreateYourOwnVillain that his bullying turned Cartman into the anti-Semitic monster he is today]]. This is toned down in later episodes, though he can still act self righteous or show {{Jerkass}} traits on occasion. He often calls Cartman "fatass" even when Cartman hasn't done anything wrong in that episode towards anyone.
* KnightTemplar: He is gradually leaning towards this trope in his rivalry with Cartman; some of their conflicts have shown his willingness to outright kill him. In "Fatbeard" for example, he attempts to convince Cartman to travel to Somalia in his ill-defined plan to become a pirate, and he is later seen gloating about assisting in Cartman's supposed death, unfazed by the fact that Butters, Clyde and Kevin went along with him. Ike joining, however, is enough to change his mind.
* TheLancer: Often, to Stan's TheHero.
* MessianicArchetype: Blatantly so in ''Margaritaville''.
* MistakenForGay:
** With Cartman in "Tonsil Trouble", whenever he exclaims that he's the one who [[spoiler: gave him AIDS]].
** In "Cartman Finds Love" only perpetuated ''by'' Cartman.
* MyBelovedSmother: Kyle on frequent occasions is shown to be submissive if not outright terrified of his overbearing mother. He has been shown to betray every moral ethic he has in fear of provoking her wrath.
* MommyIssues: In earlier seasons, ''especially'' in TheMovie.
* MoralityChain: Tries to be this to Cartman.
* NiceGuy: Kyle is one of the nicest characters you'll ever meet. He becomes one of the nicest characters later on in the series.
* NiceHat: He even made a big deal out of it when getting his school picture taken:
-->'''Photographer:''' Take off your hat, please?\\
'''Kyle:''' But I never take off my hat.\\
'''Photographer:''' Come on now, I bet your parents want a picture of ''you'' lookin' natural.\\
'''Kyle:''' This ''is'' how I look natural.\\
'''Ms. Choksondik:''' Kyle, we're taking pictures without hats today!\\
'''Kyle:''' ''(taking off hat)'' Crap!
* NiceJewishBoy: Probably the best modern version of the stereotype. Although he borders on JerkWithAHeartOfGold at times due to his short temper, he is well known for being a moral and compassionate boy who tries to do the right thing.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Near the end of "Stunning and Brave", Cartman utilizes a plan for getting rid of PC Principal and his friends ([[PetTheDog and shockingly doing so for Kyle's benefit no less]]!), so what does Kyle do? He intervenes by saying he changed his mind about Caitlyn Jenner, which foiled the plan and allowed the PC Frats to be able to stay. {{Subverted}} when you realize that if Kyle ''hadn't'' done that, PC Principal would've never gone through a HeelFaceTurn.
* NotSoDifferent: Kyle on occasion can show similar moments of greed or callousness as Cartman. This is highlighted in "Crack Baby Athletic Association", where Kyle agrees to exploiting crack-addicted babies for profit, and spends the entire episode obsessively trying to justify himself, beginning to sound more and more like Cartman as Stan nonchalantly points out.
* NoRespectGuy: He usually gets this treatment from Cartman.
* OnlySaneMan: Often trades this role with Stan.
* OutOfCharacterMoment:
** In "Woodland Critter Christmas", he [[spoiler: willingly becomes the human host of the Antichrist, just so that the Jews could "take control of Christmas once and for all". He comes to his senses soon after when he feels his soul burning]]. Of course, [[spoiler:[[CrackFic it's only a story Cartman wrote]]]].
** In "South Park is Gay", he gets so upset about his classmates making fun of him for not being metrosexual that he takes a train to New York City with intent to ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution kill]]'' the cast of ''Series/QueerEyeForTheStraightGuy''. This is before it's revealed that [[spoiler:the show is actually a plot by the Crab People to destroy humanity]], so that does not excuse him.
* TheParagon: ...Or at least he tries to invoke it. He would succeed... [[SurroundedByIdiots if the town wasn't so stupid]].
* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: Considers wearing his hat to be how he "looks natural" rather than showing off his very large Jewfro.
* PragmaticHero: How he deals with Cartman's schemes most of the time. In some cases however, he is fueled more out of personal hatred for Cartman, making him more a case of HeWhoFightsMonsters.
* RedOniBlueOni: Weirdly enough both. He's the Red Oni to Stan's Blue and the Blue Oni to Cartman's Red.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Kyle would like you to know that he and Eric Cartman are not a gay couple, no matter what Cartman says.
* TheSmartGuy: The smartest of the group, at least academically.
* TheSnarkKnight: One of the most sarcastic characters this series has.
* StraightMan: When Stan is the designated holder of the IdiotBall. Has become a regular occurrence from Season 15 on.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: His Jersey self is treated as this. While it's not explicitly superpowered, it is the only way to take on people from Jersey on their own terms.
* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: Kyle's given many variations of this over the years, usually in response to something Cartman says.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Occasionally. Particularly in the episode "Tonsil Trouble" when he makes fun of Cartman when he contracts HIV. This happens in the later seasons a lot more frequently.
* TookALevelInKindness: More or less the same evolution as Stan. He still has occasional self-righteous moments, though they are much more rare. Subverted in Season 16 from time to time.
* TransNature: According to "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina", Kyle felt he was black all his life. However, this was never mentioned again. Kyle apparently accepted the way he was born.
-->'''Kyle:''' I've listened to HipHop, I watch {{UPN}}, and I love playing UsefulNotes/{{basketball}}.
* UnfortunateNames: You probably shouldn't name yourself "The Human Kite" [[AskingForIt when you're Jewish and Eric Cartman is around]].
* UnwittingPawn: Cartman's final revenge gambit in "Scott Tenorman Must Die" hinges on him and Stan backstabbing him.
* YouHaveToHaveJews: For Cartman to hate.
->''"I'm Jewish. I've got some hang-ups about killing Jesus."''
!!!!!!Voiced by: Matt Stone
!!!!!!Debut: "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"
Stan's closest friend. He and his parents are Jewish, but his younger brother Ike is actually from Canada. He appears to be the smartest, at least academically, of the original four, but has a tendency to get sucked into the latest fads/problems/social issues sweeping South Park.
* AcademicAthlete: A young version. He's noted in-series as loving football and basketball while also demonstrating high intelligence (his [[JewishAndNerdy wimpy cousin]] Kyle even calls him a "redneck jock stereotype" in one episode).
* {{Adorkable}}: A number of fans see him as this.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In earlier seasons, Kyle would often feel left out by his friends around the holidays, him being a Jew and all. He even gets an AntiChristmasSong, "The Lonely Jew at Christmas".
* ArchEnemy: For Cartman (sometimes reaches TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou levels).
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Briefly, in "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000".
* AuthorAvatar: He's a stand-in for Matt Stone.
* BackFromTheDead: In "Imaginationland", he is choked to death by [=ManBearPig=], only for Cartman to resuscitate him.
* BadassBookworm: On the outside, a potty-mouth, angry nine-year old who's also the smart one of the group, but the movie demonstrated that he can hack into top secret military databases. He has also been shown to be fairly athletic at points of the show and fully capable of kicking Cartman's ass when necessary.
* BeingGoodSucks: Kyle always tries to do the right thing, even if it doesn't get him rewarded or gain happiness. It becomes more apparent when Cartman, a sociopath at the age of 10, is involved because despite Kyle hating him with all his heart, he could never let Cartman suffer from his own stupid actions and wants to at least see him do the right thing once in his life.
* BerserkButton: Don't call his mom a bitch. Or make fun of his Jewish heritage. Or be Eric Cartman and do pretty much anything. At this point in the series, it's more the third thing than the first two.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kyle is usually very kind, but you might not want to anger him if you know what's good for you. See BerserkButton above.
* BigBrotherBully: To Ike in the first season. "[[CatchPhrase Kick the baby]]!"
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Ike has become one of Kyle's highest priorities sometime after "Ike's Wee Wee", from following him to Somalia and getting him home safe to worrying about Ike getting circumcised or keeping him from running off with his teacher to Milan. Could arguably be Kyle's biggest drive after his antagonism towards Cartman.
** He briefly played this role to Blanket in "Jeffersons" due to his father neglecting him. He goes from giving him a band-aid to try to take away Jefferson's custody of him.
* BreakTheCutie: Most notably in "Cartmanland". It's one thing being pushed into denouncing the existence of a God (or in this case a righteous God). It's another to be pushed to the point of giving up on life due to Cartman's constant KarmaHoudini instances. It takes one major case of divine intervention to rectify.
* BrutalHonesty: Can do this at times.
* ButtMonkey: Mostly having to do with being the center of Cartman's torment around him being a Jew.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Kyle does this to his mom in "Fun with Veal" and in TheMovie.
--> '''Sheila:''' Kyle, if you don't do as you're told, [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry I'm going to be very angry]]!\\
'''Kyle:''' Well, ''you'' made me eat veal and didn't tell me what it was, so go ahead and be angry, you baby calf-killing [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]!\\
'''Sharon:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Very persuasive]].
* CatchPhrase:
** "You bastards!", after Stan's "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!".
** "You know, I've learned something today," although this is sometimes said by Stan, and other characters as well.
** "Fatass" is something he says to Cartman every episode they interact in. Stan sometimes calls him that, too.
* CelibateHero: Well he's not actively celibate or anything (keep in mind he's only 10 years old) but, regardless, he pays the least amount of attention to girls out of the boys (even compared to [[AmbiguouslyBi Cartman]]). The only three girls that he had any interest in were Rebecca Cotswald (from Season 3), Nichole (from Season 16), and Leslie (from Season 19) yet nothing came out of it. There was also some ShipTease with Bebe earlier in the show's run, but that hasn't been revisited.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early in the show's run, his personality was more similar to Stan's; he was more childish, bratty, indifferent and a BigBrotherBully to Ike on a larger scale. As the series went on, his character got more fleshed out and unique to Stan's, and he also became much more kind-hearted (if you aren't Cartman, that is), and his love for Ike is a lot more manifested. On the other hand, he can be more overly-dramatic about social values (almost bordering on SoapboxSadie in seasons 19-20) and will move mountains to prove Cartman wrong about the silliest of things, something his earlier self wouldn't have done due to apathy.
* TheChewToy: In recent seasons, though the Season 18 episodes don't feature him often.
* ChildProdigy: He's regularly portrayed as the top student in his class, has the highest capabilities with the computer, including photoshopping a photo to fool the Japanese government to stop whaling and get his best friend out of trouble and single-handedly thwarting a terrorist attack with some inspired Google-fu. He's also shown more than a slight capability with philosophy and managed to remove himself from reality.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: This is available only when Cartman has a new, evil plan.
* CompressedHair: He easily gets a Jewfro that's larger than his head into a small hat. {{Justified|Trope}} since it's just the art style exaggerating the size of it.
* TheConscience: Over the course of the show, he's evolved into this, as he's often stuck playing the voice of reason as well as the conscience in a show featuring Eric Cartman.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He never stops reminding everyone that Cartman's fat.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Strictly speaking, though he and [[TheProtagonist Stan]] can switch roles from time to time.
* DirtyCoward: Happens often. When he, along with the rest of his friends, does something wrong (or even thinks that they did), he usually tries to frame it on Butters.
* DisneyDeath: In "Imaginationland Part II", [[spoiler: during a scene parodying ''Film/TheAbyss'']].
* DoggedNiceGuy: Seldom gets what he wants despite trying to be a decent person. Often due to Cartman.
* FieryRedhead: Mixed with his HotBlooded tendencies whenever his ChronicHeroSyndrome [[CharacterizationMarchesOn personality kicks in]].
* TheFinickyOne: He has shades of this at times, though his foil, and more or less the entire world he lives in, is so immoral he doesn't really need that high standards to get wound up over it.
* {{Flanderization}}: His obsession with beating Cartman, to the point of occasionally leaning into KnightTemplar territory.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: The voice of morality and plays the "good angel" on Stan's shoulder, prodding him to do the right thing, in direct opposition to Cartman's "bad angel" who will do the wrong thing and take Stan along for the ride.
* GoodIsNotNice: Seeing some of the conflicts between him and Cartman [[ItMakesSenseInContext out of context]] wouldn't make all that clear that Kyle's supposed to be the good guy. One example is in "Le Petit Tourette", though, in the perspective of the adults. Cartman fakes Tourette's Syndrome to get what he wants, and Kyle, [[CaptainObvious who's known Cartman all his life]], gets annoyed and says that he doesn't have Tourette's, and an authority figure that has it accuses Kyle of being a bully and he is taken to observe various kids with Tourette's (with lack of swearing). He is then forced to apologize to Cartman. However, when Cartman plans to bad-mouth Jews, it's the straw that breaks the camel's back, so Kyle devises an elaborate plan that actually saves Cartman from going in too deep. His method involved having [[KickTheSonOfABitch tons of pedophiles committing suicide]] to stop the show and is angry when Cartman thanks him for it.
* HairTriggerTemper: He is quite easily pissed off, usually because of something Cartman says or does.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: After Cartman starts a rumor in "Cartman Finds Love" that he and Kyle are together, Kyle tries his damnedest to express that he is not gay and not gay for Cartman. He ''really'' does not like the idea of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything drinking pee or eating bananas]].
* TheHero: Either swaps this role with Stan semi-frequently or works with Stan (and sometimes the other boys) as a duo/team of sorts in undermining the numerous insane and evil plots they often (unwillingly) discover. Also, in keeping with his "hero" status, he is the only one out of the five main boys who doesn't have an extensive criminal record.
* HeroicSacrifice: Without death involved. "Margaritaville" has Kyle use his new credit card without a spending limit to pay for the town's debts, even if it means he will be in debt himself for the rest of his life.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Stan.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Has shades of this due to his antagonism toward Cartman. In some episodes he thinks nothing of having him dead. Although this also depends on how far Cartman has spent in monster territory in previous episodes.
* HotBlooded: At least when Cartman's involved.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** In ''Tonsil Trouble'' he complains about Cartman making fun of HIV despite laughing at his condition earlier. Even if he was laughing at the irony of the situation based on previous episodes, this episode alone frames him as this trope.
** In ''The Stick of Truth'', he requests a group of elves to kidnap your character and threatens to blackmail your character, even though you're already a member of Kupa Keep. Ironically, Cartman recruited your character in a much more polite manner. This example is more benign than the former though as the characters were playing a game and he puts his grudge towards Cartman aside to stop Clyde.
* TheIdealist: Very much so in the later seasons, and serves as a good counterbalance to [[TheCynic Stan's]] [[CharacterizationMarchesOn later cynicism]].
* IllBoy: Not too blatant, but Kyle gets sick ''much'' more often than the others boys ([[TheyKilledKennyAgain unless you count Kenny's constant dying]]). Suffered kidney failure and mentioned to have Type 1 Diabetes in "Cherokee Hair Tampons", got infected with a hemorrhoid in "Cartmanland" (which turned ''[[YouFailBiologyForever fatal]]''), was sick throughout the entirety of "The Snuke" and had a quick cold in "Guitar Queer-O". Well, it's either this or plot convenience or for [[TheWoobie other reasons]].
* InformedJudaism: For all the mentioning of his family's faith, Kyle rarely goes to temple or prays, or even wears a kippah. Plus, his family eats pork products (they had pork for dinner in "Conjoined Fetus Lady" and Kyle threw up bean with bacon soup in "Cherokee Hair Tampons"), which isn't kosher. Partial justification: early on, Kyle's family was the only Jewish family in town, and they're probably not very religious to begin with (as we've mentioned, he's a stand-in for Matt Stone, who is ethnically Jewish but was raised agnostic and is an atheist). Plus, [[DontExplainTheJoke that's part of the joke]].
* InsufferableGenius: Sort of. Kyle, being TheSmartGuy, is very intelligent, and when this is combined with HotBlooded and SnarkKnight, it becomes something of a subtle version of this trope. [[MoralityChain He believes himself to be on a moral ground high above others]], [[EvilCounterpart especially]] [[ArchEnemy Cartman]].
* JerkassBall: He and Stan are usually [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Men]] to the craziness of the world around them, and act as more moralistic foils to Cartman. At times however, often when Cartman is not in a starring role, they can act rather selfish or immoral, having nothing against using similar bullying or conniving tactics to Cartman to get what they want. This is more toned down in later seasons, though still pops up every now and then.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be HotBlooded on occasion, mostly due to Cartman's behavior, and in earlier seasons he wasn't much better than Cartman himself. However, despite his intense hatred and resentment towards Cartman he's still a NiceJewishBoy, especially in later episodes.
* JewishAndNerdy: Subverted. He's Jewish and the smartest kid in the group, but he's cool enough to avert the trope. He also hates his cousin's stereotypical nerdiness.
* KidsAreCruel: In earlier episodes, despite viewing himself as having much higher moral ground than Cartman, Kyle was essentially a lower-scale bully. It was actually him [[BreakTheCutie that tormented Pip to the point of earning a broken nose]] and joined in exploiting and disregarding Butters and Kenny on numerous occasions. There are also subtle hints [[CreateYourOwnVillain that his bullying turned Cartman into the anti-Semitic monster he is today]]. This is toned down in later episodes, though he can still act self righteous or show {{Jerkass}} traits on occasion. He often calls Cartman "fatass" even when Cartman hasn't done anything wrong in that episode towards anyone.
* KnightTemplar: He is gradually leaning towards this trope in his rivalry with Cartman; some of their conflicts have shown his willingness to outright kill him. In "Fatbeard" for example, he attempts to convince Cartman to travel to Somalia in his ill-defined plan to become a pirate, and he is later seen gloating about assisting in Cartman's supposed death, unfazed by the fact that Butters, Clyde and Kevin went along with him. Ike joining, however, is enough to change his mind.
* TheLancer: Often, to Stan's TheHero.
* MessianicArchetype: Blatantly so in ''Margaritaville''.
* MistakenForGay:
** With Cartman in "Tonsil Trouble", whenever he exclaims that he's the one who [[spoiler: gave him AIDS]].
** In "Cartman Finds Love" only perpetuated ''by'' Cartman.
* MyBelovedSmother: Kyle on frequent occasions is shown to be submissive if not outright terrified of his overbearing mother. He has been shown to betray every moral ethic he has in fear of provoking her wrath.
* MommyIssues: In earlier seasons, ''especially'' in TheMovie.
* MoralityChain: Tries to be this to Cartman.
* NiceGuy: Kyle is one of the nicest characters you'll ever meet. He becomes one of the nicest characters later on in the series.
* NiceHat: He even made a big deal out of it when getting his school picture taken:
-->'''Photographer:''' Take off your hat, please?\\
'''Kyle:''' But I never take off my hat.\\
'''Photographer:''' Come on now, I bet your parents want a picture of ''you'' lookin' natural.\\
'''Kyle:''' This ''is'' how I look natural.\\
'''Ms. Choksondik:''' Kyle, we're taking pictures without hats today!\\
'''Kyle:''' ''(taking off hat)'' Crap!
* NiceJewishBoy: Probably the best modern version of the stereotype. Although he borders on JerkWithAHeartOfGold at times due to his short temper, he is well known for being a moral and compassionate boy who tries to do the right thing.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Near the end of "Stunning and Brave", Cartman utilizes a plan for getting rid of PC Principal and his friends ([[PetTheDog and shockingly doing so for Kyle's benefit no less]]!), so what does Kyle do? He intervenes by saying he changed his mind about Caitlyn Jenner, which foiled the plan and allowed the PC Frats to be able to stay. {{Subverted}} when you realize that if Kyle ''hadn't'' done that, PC Principal would've never gone through a HeelFaceTurn.
* NotSoDifferent: Kyle on occasion can show similar moments of greed or callousness as Cartman. This is highlighted in "Crack Baby Athletic Association", where Kyle agrees to exploiting crack-addicted babies for profit, and spends the entire episode obsessively trying to justify himself, beginning to sound more and more like Cartman as Stan nonchalantly points out.
* NoRespectGuy: He usually gets this treatment from Cartman.
* OnlySaneMan: Often trades this role with Stan.
* OutOfCharacterMoment:
** In "Woodland Critter Christmas", he [[spoiler: willingly becomes the human host of the Antichrist, just so that the Jews could "take control of Christmas once and for all". He comes to his senses soon after when he feels his soul burning]]. Of course, [[spoiler:[[CrackFic it's only a story Cartman wrote]]]].
** In "South Park is Gay", he gets so upset about his classmates making fun of him for not being metrosexual that he takes a train to New York City with intent to ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution kill]]'' the cast of ''Series/QueerEyeForTheStraightGuy''. This is before it's revealed that [[spoiler:the show is actually a plot by the Crab People to destroy humanity]], so that does not excuse him.
* TheParagon: ...Or at least he tries to invoke it. He would succeed... [[SurroundedByIdiots if the town wasn't so stupid]].
* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: Considers wearing his hat to be how he "looks natural" rather than showing off his very large Jewfro.
* PragmaticHero: How he deals with Cartman's schemes most of the time. In some cases however, he is fueled more out of personal hatred for Cartman, making him more a case of HeWhoFightsMonsters.
* RedOniBlueOni: Weirdly enough both. He's the Red Oni to Stan's Blue and the Blue Oni to Cartman's Red.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Kyle would like you to know that he and Eric Cartman are not a gay couple, no matter what Cartman says.
* TheSmartGuy: The smartest of the group, at least academically.
* TheSnarkKnight: One of the most sarcastic characters this series has.
* StraightMan: When Stan is the designated holder of the IdiotBall. Has become a regular occurrence from Season 15 on.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: His Jersey self is treated as this. While it's not explicitly superpowered, it is the only way to take on people from Jersey on their own terms.
* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: Kyle's given many variations of this over the years, usually in response to something Cartman says.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Occasionally. Particularly in the episode "Tonsil Trouble" when he makes fun of Cartman when he contracts HIV. This happens in the later seasons a lot more frequently.
* TookALevelInKindness: More or less the same evolution as Stan. He still has occasional self-righteous moments, though they are much more rare. Subverted in Season 16 from time to time.
* TransNature: According to "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina", Kyle felt he was black all his life. However, this was never mentioned again. Kyle apparently accepted the way he was born.
-->'''Kyle:''' I've listened to HipHop, I watch {{UPN}}, and I love playing UsefulNotes/{{basketball}}.
* UnfortunateNames: You probably shouldn't name yourself "The Human Kite" [[AskingForIt when you're Jewish and Eric Cartman is around]].
* UnwittingPawn: Cartman's final revenge gambit in "Scott Tenorman Must Die" hinges on him and Stan backstabbing him.
* YouHaveToHaveJews: For Cartman to hate.
