History Characters / SouthParkKyleBroflovski

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* AuthorAvatar: He's a stand-in for Matt Stone, being one of the few characters in the series who isn't stupid or corrupt.

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* HotBlooded: At least when Cartman's involved. Fittingly, Kyle dressed as Thor from ''The Avengers'' during Halloween in "A Nightmare on Facetime".

** In Post Covid, though not as poignant a change as [[FutureLoser Stan]], Kyle also grows to become more self-righteous and resentful in the BadFuture. Though understandable considering everything Cartman put him through as a kid, Kyle shrugs off or bites back at any of the latter's attempts at reconciliation, gets quite temperamental around him, and at one point attempts to expose him in front of the latter's wife. He becomes worse in this regard after convincing the others to go back in time and stop the pandemic from ever happening, not caring that it might ruin Cartman's happy ending. In the following special, even after witnessing how much Cartman is willing to sacrifice for his family's sake, Kyle still denies any wrongdoing and later attempts to convince his past self to reconcile with Stan saying that "[[ItsAllAboutMe Cartman gets a happy life but you don't]]".

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** It's all but stated that the main reason Cartman is so hostile towards him was Kyle and the other kids' constant bullying of him for being fat leading up to the first four seasons. Notably, Cartman's antisemitism started as a way to get under his skin (much like his constant insults towards Sheila), before it eventually became genuine. "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" shows [[HollywoodPudgy Clyde]] coming close to falling victim to this as well after Kyle and Stan start mocking him, with "Post Covid" ironically showing that he ''did'' become the new Cartman in the BadFuture, and even tried to go back in time and kill Kyle, albeit for a different reason.

* ExtremeDoormat: There have been times where he's briefly given up hope to this degree. usually during [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness particularly intense situations]]:

** He'll occasionally act like this towards Butters. Kyle recognizes that Butters doesn't exactly have a lot of role models in his life, so he's prone to acting as an improvisational streetwise mentor of sorts. In "Sexual Healing", he becomes determined to fight the "sexual disease" rather than take time to understand it, trying to convince Butters that they have no other choice if they want to survive and fighting him just to get him to stop looking at "bush", before crying with him. Similarly, in "The Worldwide Privacy Tour", when Butters' OOC phase eventually culminates in the latter getting beaten to a pulp by Bebe for spewing misogynistic disses at her as part of his "brand", he makes him return to the guilty party ([=CumHammer=]), even taking him by the hand the whole time.

** There's a definite pattern of Kyle acting as [[ChildrenAreInnocent Butters]]' conscience, even when [[TheBully Cartman]] is out of the picture. He practically pleads with him to just take detention over filtering celebrity comments in "Safe Space", vocally worries about [[ItMakesSenseInContext his pimping and kissing business]] in "Butters' Bottom Bitch" and tries to dissuade him from getting boys to pay for kisses, gives him advice about the [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave mummy following him]] in "Tegridy Farms Halloween Special" (along with Stan), and tries to protect him from experiencing danger as a leader of Mexico in "The Last of the Meheecans", even being the first and most openly worried when he goes missing, becoming outright ''distraught'' over the possibly of him having died in the cold temperatures. And then there's this exchange from "Sexual Healing":
---> '''Butters''': There! It was like that! It looked just like that! (points to a bush, then walks over to it) Just like this, buh, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything but smaller, and right in the place where her underwear should've been. If I trim it down, it'll look right]].. \\

'''Butters''': But this is what I keep seeing in my head! (gently shoves him off) \\

'''Butters''': (smacks him) No, if..if I can just see it again, uh, I'll be fine. \\
'''Kyle''': (slapping him) No, Butters, stop! \\

'''Kyle''': Stop it! Stop! (pulls him back down, before they fight for a few seconds, soon breaking into tears) Oh God! Oh God, help us!

** Don't say he's from New Jersey. Or be Eric Cartman and do pretty much anything. At this point in the series, it's more the fourth thing than the first three. He also apparently has a dislike of ninjas, as his Facebook profile mentions that he wants the world to stop talking about them.
** Don't challenge him in ''any'' way (ethically speaking, not in the [[CompetitionFreak other sense]]), whether it be questioning his ideals, accusing him of interference, or changing your mind and making him think that [[MakeAnExampleOfThem he should be used as an example,]] even if that wasn't implied.

* 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.

* BigBrotherInstinct:

* EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster: Justified in earlier seasons as he was slow to catch up on trends with the rest of his peers and had to deal with his mother constantly hounding anyone she could find, but he does still show shades of this. He's generally much more bashful about how he acts around people of different cultures and simple bodily functions than the other boys, and doesn't always feel like he can be as sociable as possible with everyone he comes across/spends lots of time worrying about being lost when it comes to conversation.

* ExtremeDoormat: While normally very passionate and motivated, particularly where Cartman's involved, there have been times where he's briefly given up hope or succumbed to a more gentle side during what are generally the most tense and provocative situations he could be in, for one reason or another:

** "The Problem with a Poo" has him defend Mr. Hankey's increasingly psychotic actions even as he lashes out at Kyle and makes his life complete hell. When the town tries to get them both banished, Kyle doesn't yell at or immediately abandon him, instead tearfully asking if Mr. Hankey wants ''him'' to be erased as well.

** Family matters in general that the show [[TheChewToy pretty much designs to put excessive amounts of stress on Kyle]] will have him go along with things without complaint. He does everything he can to save his dad and the US at the end of season 20 even though Gerald [[NeverMyFault blames Kyle for not having a sense of humor]] and framed Ike, he begs Liane to not call [[TheDreaded his mother]] in ''Fractured But Whole'' after he and his friends stay up way past their bedtime, and in "Mexican Joker" after being separated from his family, lets the ICE guards come up with [[InsaneTrollLogic completely insane ideas]] and actively cause harm to the other children and each other because of how focused Kyle is on positive reinforcement for everyone there, before finally blowing up at them just as they're all about to be let free.

*** In "The Worldwide Privacy Tour", Kyle cautiously approaches [=CumHammer=] to work on his image, but he doesn't question whether it's really best for either him or Butters in the long run and doesn't realize that Butters' naviete might lead to his "out-of-character" phase repelling and angering other people if he takes it too far. Both of these things become readily apparent to him after Bebe beats the shit out of Butters over him repeatedly insulting her, though it's only then that he decides to take Butters to [=CumHammer=] and sort things out with the people working there.
*** As mentioned under NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished, "Ginger Cow" doesn't see him ask Stan for advice in how to handle the titular prophecy without Cartman constantly hovering over him (figuratively), and even after he's forced to put up with that literally, he doesn't realize that it would be beneficial for him in the long run to keep Stan at a distance or hint at what's going on until he's already in Israel and Stan's done enough research on his own to try and intervene.
*** His outburst in "Buddha Box" over Cartman using anxiety as a "get out of jail free" card only convinces Cartman to raise awareness for that tactic, since he all but outright says "I constantly have anxiety, but ''everyone'' might as well have it due to being in a DysfunctionJunction."

* FieryRedhead: Mixed with his HotBlooded tendencies whenever his ChronicHeroSyndrome [[CharacterizationMarchesOn personality kicks in]]. As of "The Worldwide Privacy Tour", this is becoming slowly subverted as he seems to have significantly toned these traits down, becoming less [[TheFinickyOne spiteful]], unresistant and [[HairTriggerTemper angry]] in general: he seems genuinely appalled (albeit sardonic) at Cartman somehow continuing to be in denial of his laziness in "[=DikinBaus=] Hot Dogs" rather than just contemptuous of his habits, and he doesn't worry at all about the unfocused/rigid mentality of the town in "Japanese Toilets", especially if it means he can support his best friend.

* 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. While he's TheConscience of the group, being challenged tends to make him lash out at people, even if they weren't directly involved (e.g. "Post-COVID", "It's a Jersey Thing") and he's generally not as patient as Wendy, Stan or Kenny.

* HairTriggerTemper: He is frequently pissed off because of something Cartman says or does, though in general it won't take much to push him too far, even (or perhaps especially) when it's a barely coherent moral issue. "South Park Is Gay!" (where he tries to murder the ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' cast), "Mexican Joker" (where he becomes incensed at the guards' using unwritten, alleviating morals for the detainees instead of them just coming up with improper conclusions) and "It's a Jersey Thing" (where people seeing him with raw emotion that they dislike is enough for him to try and ''force'' them to dislike it or stop even the slightest chance of them imagining it) are some good examples.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Though as the seasons progressed he has mostly changed for the better, Kyle occasionally has moments where he shows a darker side
when under pressure . 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, or "The List", where he attempts to burn down the school after being supposedly voted the ugliest boy in the class.

** In PostCovid, though not as poignant a change as [[FutureLoser Stan]], Kyle also grows to become more self-riighteous and resentful in the BadFuture. Though understandable considering everything Cartman put him through as a kid, Kyle shruggs off or bites back at any of the latter's attempts at reconciliation, gets quite temperamental around him, and at one point attempts to expose him in front of the latter's wife. He becomes worse in this regard after convinicing the others to go back in time and stop the pandemic from ever happening, not caring that it might ruin Cartman's happy ending. In the following special, even after witnessing how much Cartman is willing to sacrifice for his family's sake, Kyle still denies any wrongdoing and later attempts to convince his past self to reconcile with Stan saying that "[[ItsAllAboutMe Cartman gets a happy life but you don't]]".

** The seasons following this change also show him being a lot more self-reflective and patient, and even agrees to pay for the surgery of
Cartman's mom (even if this [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished comes back to bite him later]]). "The Worldwide Privacy Tour" is a crowning example of Kyle dealing with being the episode's ButtMonkey in a mature and nuanced way, later even agreeing to play with the Prince of Canada despite the latter being an asshole to him for most of the episode.

* JerkassToOne: He's this towards Cartman. While Cartman is, of course, a JerkAss himself, there's times Kyle is one to him for no good reason, particularly in episodes like "Tonsil Trouble," where he openly laughs at Cartman for catching AIDS.

* ThirdWheel: Kyle serves as one for Stan and Wendy, especially during the earlier seasons. In the latter ones, however, he seems rather apathetic of the status of their relationship, even being baffled that Stan would have a HeroicBSOD over her dumping him in "Raisins". "Follow That Egg" also shows that Kyle would never think of going out with Wendy regardless of how close they get, out of loyalty for Stan.

** In PostCovid, though not as poignant a change as [[FutureLoser Stan]], Kyle also grows to become more self-riighteous and resentful in the BadFuture. Though understandable considering everything Cartman put him through as a kid, Kyle shruggs off or bites back at any of the latter's attempts at reconciliation, gets quite temperamental around him, and at one point attempts to expose him in front of the latter's wife. He becomes worse in this regard after convinicing the others to go back in time and stop the pandemic from ever happening, not caring that it might ruin Cartman's happy ending. In the following special, even after witnessing how much Cartman is willing to sacrifice for his family's sake, Kyle still denies any wrongdoing and later attempts to convince his past self to reconcile with Stan saying that "[[ItsAllAboutMe Cartman gets a happy life but you don't]]".

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Kyle tends to not deal well with [[TraumaCongaLine Trauma Conga Lines]].
** After being forbidden from going to a concert by his parents even after he brought peace to Cuba, Kyle decides to follow Cartman's idea and frame them for child molestation.

* 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.

** In the Post-COVID two-parter grown-up Kyle is still living in South Park and he's all alone. No family of his own, his parents are in a nursing home, Ike moved back to Canada and he's lost touch with all of his friends. When Cartman shows up with a wife and kids, Kyle can't or won't believe his arch-rival, whom he never personally saw change from his bigoted Jerkass self, got a better life than he did.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After all the shit he had to endure in South Park, it seems that Kyle finally reached his breaking point after Heidi breaks up with him for anti-Semitic reasons, goes back to Cartman and becomes a more extreme version of the latter, as well as the subsequent bullying that Kyle faced 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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* SaveTheVillain: Kyle has unhesitatingly rescued Cartman on several occasions, such as "[=ManBearPig=]" and "It's a Jersey Thing". In the latter episode, Cartman is ''thankful''.

* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: Kyle considers wearing his hat to be how he "looks natural" rather than showing off his very large Jewfro.

* TragicHero: Kyle wants to do the right thing and convince others to do the same. However, his antagonism towards Cartman and obsession in beating him tends to override this and put his own morals into question. It reaches its climax in Season 21 when a girl he likes dumps him for his rival and becomes his DistaffCounterpart, so he goes on a moral crusade against Canada so no one else will become like Cartman, [[spoiler:only to get the country nuked.]]

* IdiotBall: Sometimes Kyle is deceived by Cartman's false claims of changing, oblivious to his ulterior motive. In "Casa Bonita", Kyle thinks that [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Cartman]] has made a HeelFaceTurn by accepting the fact that he isn't invited to his birthday party and moving on, so he allows him to take Butters' place if the latter is unable to attend. Little does Kyle know that he influenced Cartman to imprison Butters in a bomb shelter to sabotage his chances of showing up.
* 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). At best, the Broflovskis' religiousness or lack thereof largely depends on RuleOfFunny, though it can go either way with Kyle himself (in "Christmas Snow", there's a ''Christmas tree'' inside his house, but he mentions bringing a kosher lunch to school in "Ginger Kids").

* OnlySaneMan: Often trades this role with Stan or shares it with him at the same time.

* ThirdWheel: Kyle serves as one for Stan and Wendy, especially during the earlier seasons.

* AntiVillain: By "Super Hard [=PCness=]", Kyle becomes this of [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Type 2]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Type 3]]. He believes that all the bullying and meanness appearing in South Park were a result of the vulgarness of Terrence and Phillip and Canadian media in general and tries to put 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.]]]]

* 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]]]].
* TheParagon: Kyle ''tries'' to invoke it. He would succeed... [[SurroundedByIdiots if the town wasn't so stupid]].

** The second possibility is Yentl. While Kyle has only interacted with Yentl once in the BadFuture, given that Yentl is Jewish like Kyle, and Kyle's kids look similar to Yentl's in the previous timeline, does bring a different possibility that Kyle could have married Yentl instead of Heidi.

** Though in later seasons he's become increasingly frustrated with his inability to make an impact on the world around him, the time where he actually ''did'' change major events (bringing peace to Cuba) was done in the early seasons when he couldn't actually care less, and only did it to [[ItMakesSenseInContest win a bet against his parents]].

* PerpetualFrowner: Kyle, like Stan, hardly ever smiles, mainly due to his exasperation with how dysfunctional his environment is. Cartman's amoral and antagonistic tendencies don't help either.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: BadFuture Kyle expresses his disdain of Cartman in front of the latter's children, which leads to [[spoiler: the latter's youngest son Hackelm activating the time machine out of spite, sending the now-villainous Clyde back to the past and very nearly sealing everyone's fate.]]

* DisneyDeath: In "Imaginationland Part II", [[spoiler:during a scene parodying ''Film/TheAbyss'']].

* GirlsHaveCooties: Kyle screamed hysterically when Bebe gave him his first kiss. He outgrew it soon enough, falling for several girls over the years but never giving Bebe a second glance.
* 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. While he's TheConscience of the group, being challenged tends to make him lash out at people, even if they weren't directly involved (e.g. "Post-COVID", "It's a Jersey Thing") and he's generally not as patient as, say, Wendy, Stan or Kenny.

* 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.

** After reuniting with adult Cartman in "Post Covid", he attempts to defy this but ironically ends up playing it straight, (understandably) believing his FaithHeelTurn was just a long-lasting prank intended to spite him, and acting accordingly. As it turns out, it ''wasn't'' a prank, and Kyle's hostile demeanor and actions towards Cartman [[CreateYourOwnVillain only cause him to fall back into villainy]].

* {{Irony}}: Despite having the least success of obtaining a romantic relationship out of the four boys as a child, Kyle's the only one of them who ends up getting married and having children during his adulthood in the revised future.

* 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. He's also susceptible to KidsAreCruel, but he's about as friendly as you'd expect a 9-year-old boy to be. Despite his intense hatred and resentment towards Cartman, he's still a NiceJewishBoy, especially in later episodes.

* TheRival: Alternates between this and ArchEnemy with Cartman.

* TragicMistake: [[spoiler:Convincing President Garrison to nuke Canada.]]

* RedheadInGreen: He has green hair and his hat, collar, pants and mittens are green. Unlike most examples, his hair is rarely shown.