History Creator / TreyParkerAndMattStone

** They like reasons to include Mormonism in their works. This includes a Mormon missionary as the main character in ''Orgazmo'', a ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode ("All About Mormons") dedicated to the religion, and ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon''.

* HereWeGoAgain: They lost the Academy Award for Best Song to Music/PhilCollins at the 1999 Oscars (Collins won it for his songs in Creator/{{Disney}} Animation's newest [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classic]], ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}''), then had to go up against [[Music/{{U2}} Bono and The Edge]] in the 65th Tony Awards, with Trey especially despising the idea of losing to both Phil Collins and Bono in one lifetime. They didn't, and won '''nine''' Tonies.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: South Park features the voices of the two for every male character with very few, case-by-case exceptions. And they flat out admit their imitations of celebrities are done "poorly".
* NotSoAboveItAll: They HAVE actually been involved in celebrity causes (notably the [=WM3=]case involving three teenagers falsely convicted of murder); though in fairness it later turned out that the kids WERE innocent.
* ReclusiveArtist: Not to the extent of a Creator/StanleyKubrick nor a Creator/ThomasPynchon but after being in the press a lot and [[Film/{{BASEketball}} a film]] during the first 3 seasons of ''South Park'', they’ve noticeably done far less interviews and prefer to not be seen out in public too much, only going to the occasional event now and then. They still do commentaries for the show for the Blu-Rays/[=DVDs=], but even those are around 7 mins or less.

* ReclusiveArtist: Not to the extent of a Creator/StanleyKubrick nor a Creator/ThomasPynchon but after being in the press a lot and [[Film/{{BASEketball}} a film]] during the first 3 seasons of ''South Park'', they’ve noticeably done far less interviews and prefer to not be seen out in public too much, only going to the occasional event now and then. They still do commentaries for the show for the Blu-Rays/DVDs, but even those are around 7 mins or less.

* NotSoAboveItAll: They HAVE actually been involved in celebrity causes (notably the WM3 case involving three teenagers falsely convicted of murder); though in fairness it later turned out that the kids WERE innocent.
* ReclusiveArtist: Not to the extent of a Creator/StanleyKubrick nor a Creator/ThomasPynchon but after being in the press a lot and [[Film/{{BASEketball}} a film]] during the first 3 seasons of ''South Park'', they’ve noticeably done far less interviews and prefer to not be seen out in public too much, only going to the occasional event now and then.

* RefugeInAudacity: They are [[WordOfGod "Equal opportunity offenders"]] after all.

** EveryoneHasStandards: However, they ''do'' have their limits. For example, in the ''South Park'' episode, “With Apologies To Jesse Jackson”, they’ve made it ''very'' clear that the N word is off-limits, especially to white people. Noticeably, they’ve only used that word only in that episode and in the commentary, they only refer to it as “the N word”.

* {{Garfunkel}}: Parker is the chief creative force behind the duo, with Stone playing more of a supportive role. Stone seems to have made peace with his secondary role in group judging by his answers to interviewers. For his part, Parker says that he considers their work relationship to be a partnership and that their joint ventures would not be the same without Stone's input. He also says that Stone has a more forceful personality and will take charge in situations where Parker is more likely to bend to pressure.

* AuthorCatchphrase: "Derp" was apparently a nonsense word invented on the set of ''[=BASEketball=]'' to exemplify stupid humor. It has been carried over to WesternAnimation/SouthPark in several forms, with no in-show explanation or link between them. Once there was a substitute school chef named "Mr. Derp" who did stupid physical gags; another time there was a Creator/RobSchneider movie trailer (as part of a running gag of successively stupider movie trailers) whose narration consisted almost entirely of nonsensical permutations of the word "Derp". The movie title is ''Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb''.

** Being big fans of LiveAction/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus they have referenced the show and its style often in their work.

* BerserkButton: Don't mess with Colorado!

They also starred in ''Film/{{BASEketball}}'' ([[OldShame a fact that they are NOT proud of]]), but didn't write or direct. Trey has also played the villain in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'', [[PlayingAgainstType a very different turn from the duo's]] [[SoMyKidsCanWatch usual adult fare]].

They also starred in ''Film/{{BASEketball}}'' ([[OldShame a fact that they are NOT proud of]]), but didn't write or direct. Trey has also been cast as the villain in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'', [[PlayingAgainstType a very different turn from the duo's]] [[SoMyKidsCanWatch usual adult fare]].

* ''Your Studio and You'' (Their first Hollywood gig, an internal video for Creator/{{Universal}} after their buyout by the liquor company Seagram in the mid 90s; [[{{Homage}} modeled after a 50s educational short]], filled with famous cameos)

* HereWeGoAgain: They lost the Academy Award for Best Song to Music/PhilCollins at the 1999 Oscars (Collins won it for his songs in Creator/{{Disney}} Animation's newest [[DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classic]], ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}''), then had to go up against [[Music/{{U2}} Bono and The Edge]] in the 65th Tony Awards, with Trey especially despising the idea of losing to both Phil Collins and Bono in one lifetime. They didn't, and won '''nine''' Tonies.

* TheCastShowOff: Both of them are capable singers, as seen in ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' and ''Film/CannibalTheMusical''. Trey can speak fluent Japanese, and on occasion Matt and Trey will speak Spanish.

* HereWeGoAgain: They lost the Academy Award for Best Song to PhilCollins at the 1999 Oscars (Collins won it for his songs in Creator/{{Disney}} Animation's newest [[DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classic]], ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}''), then had to go up against [[Music/{{U2}} Bono and The Edge]] in the 65th Tony Awards, with Trey especially despising the idea of losing to both Phil Collins and Bono in one lifetime. They didn't, and won '''nine''' Tonies.

Trey Parker (born Randolph Severn Parker III, October 19, 1969-) and Matt Stone (born Matthew Richard Stone, May 26, 1971-) are creative partners in crime, best known for being the creators of Creator/ComedyCentral's [[LongRunner long-running]], brutally satirical, extremely vulgar animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. The two became friends in college and made their first short, ''The Spirit of Christmas'' (aka ''Jesus vs. Frosty''), that caught the eye of many and got ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' launched as the success it [[LongRunners still is.]]

* AuthorCatchphrase: "Derp" was apparently a nonsense word invented on the set of ''[=BASEketball=]'' to exemplify stupid humor. It has been carried over to WesternAnimation/SouthPark in several forms, with no in-show explanation or link between them. Once there was a substitute school chef named "Mr. Derp" who did stupid physical gags; another time there was a Rob Schneider movie trailer (as part of a running gag of successively stupider movie trailers) whose narration consisted almost entirely of nonsensical permutations of the word "Derp". The movie title is ''Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb''.

** They enjoy throwing in musical numbers into their works, due to their love of musical theater (similar to SethMacFarlane doing the same on his three animated sitcoms).

* BlackComedy

* StageNames: While Stone uses a shortened version of given name Matthew, Parker's name is actually Randolph Severn Parker III - and given "Three" is [[BilingualBonus "Tre" in Spanish...]]

'''Trey Parker''' (born Randolph Severn Parker III, October 19, 1969-) and '''Matt Stone''' (born Matthew Richard Stone, May 26, 1971-) are creative partners in crime, best known for being the creators of Creator/ComedyCentral's [[LongRunner long-running]], brutally satirical, extremely vulgar animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. The two became friends in college and made their first short, ''The Spirit of Christmas'' (aka ''Jesus vs. Frosty''), that caught the eye of many and got ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' launched as the success it [[LongRunners still is.]]

They also starred in ''Film/{{BASEketball}}'' ([[OldShame a fact that they are NOT proud of]]), but didn't write or direct. Trey has also been cast as the villain in ''[[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe Despicable Me 3]]'', [[PlayingAgainstType a very different turn from the duo's]] [[SoMyKidsCanWatch usual adult fare]].