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{{Short description|Fictional character in the animated television series South Park}}

{{Infobox character

| name = Clyde Donovan

| series = [[South Park]]

| image = File:Clyde d.webp

| image_size = 170px

| first = "[[Cartman Gets an Anal Probe]]" (1997)

| creator = [[Trey Parker]]<br />[[Matt Stone]]

| designer = Trey Parker<br />Matt Stone

| voice = Trey Parker<br>Matt Stone (as Mosquito; 2010)

| aliases = [[Coon 2: Hindsight|Mosquito]]<br>[[Imaginationland Episode I|Hawk-Eyes]]

| gender = Male

| occupation = Elementary school student

| family = Roger Donovan (father)<br>Betsy Donovan (mother, deceased)<br>Unnamed sister<br>Rex (pet)<br>Janice Donovan (Step Mother)

| significant_other = [[Bebe Stevens]] ([[on-again, off-again relationship|on-again, off-again]] girlfriend

| lbl21 = Education

| data21 = South Park Elementary

| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]

'''Clyde Donovan''' (formerly known as '''Clyde Goodman''' and '''Clyde Harris''') is a fictional character in the [[adult animation|adult]] [[animated television series]] ''[[South Park]]''. He is voiced by series co-creator [[Trey Parker]]. Clyde is a student at South Park [[Elementary School]], and is a member of [[Craig Tucker]]'s Gang. He debuted as an unnamed background character in the series premiere "[[Cartman Gets an Anal Probe]]" on August 13, 1997, and first spoke in the next episode "[[Weight Gain 4000]]".

==Biography==

Clyde attends South Park Elementary School as a third, eventually fourth-grade student of [[Mr. Garrison]]'s class. The latter took the position of the 45th [[President of the United States]] and was replaced by [[List of South Park Elementary staff|Ms. Nelson]] in [[South Park (season 19)|season 19]]. Clyde resides in South Park, Colorado, and lives with his father, Roger, and an unnamed sister. His mother, Betsy, died in the events "[[Reverse Cowgirl (South Park)|Reverse Cowgirl]]" after Clyde left the toilet seat up{{Clarify|date=April 2023}}. Though his name was 'Clyde Goodman' in the merchandise of the first few seasons, it was never used on the show{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}. In "[[Quest for Ratings]]", he was named 'Clyde Donovan' during a news segment, but in "[[Lice Capades]]", he was referred to 'Clyde Harris' by the nurse. Eventually, his name later reverted back to 'Clyde Donovan' on his Facebook page in "[[You Have 0 Friends]]". He is a member of Craig's Gang, and consists of him, [[Craig Tucker]], [[Tolkien Black]], and [[Jimmy Valmer]]{{Dubious|date=April 2023}}{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}.

In ''[[South Park: Post Covid]]'' is shown to be assisting for [[Kenny McCormick]]'s death. However, he is also an anti-vaxxer, as "out of shellfishness", refuses to get the [[COVID-19 vaccine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/south-park-post-covid-reveals-stan-kyle-cartman-kenny-adults-3105566|title='South Park: Post COVID' reveals what happens to Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny as adults |last=Starkey |first=Adam |date=November 25, 2021 |magazine=NME |access-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref>

==Character==

===Creation and design===

In the series premiere, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", Clyde is composed with [[construction paper]] and is animated through [[stop motion animation|stop motion]]. In subsequent episodes, beginning with "Weight Gain 4000", he is animated via computer software, though his appearance is rendered to mimic the style of construction paper used in the first episode. Clyde is composed of primary colors and simple geometrical shapes but is not offered free range associated with hand-drawn characters; he is usually shown one angle and animated in an intentionally jerky fashion.<ref name="method">{{cite news | author = Matt Cheplic | title = 'As Crappy As Possible': The Method Behind the Madness of South Park | publisher = [[Penton Media]] | date = May 1, 1998 | url = http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/news-articles/crappy-possible-method-behind-madness-south-park/382927/ | access-date = 2009-04-28}}</ref><ref name="avr">{{cite news|author=Abbie Bernstein |title=South Park – Volume 2 |publisher=AVRev.com |date=October 27, 1998 |url=http://www.avrev.com/dvd-movie-disc-reviews/tv-shows/south-park-volume-2.html |access-date=April 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515045446/http://www.avrev.com/dvd-movie-disc-reviews/tv-shows/south-park-volume-2.html |archive-date=May 15, 2013 }}</ref>

Clyde has medium brown hair and wears a burgundy coat with blue trim and dark-gray pants. He occasionally wears blue mittens. He is also shown wearing a green t-shirt with a cow's face on it. On some occasions, Clyde can wear a red and white [[Letterman (sports)|varsity jacket]] resembling his coat. Trey Parker speaks in his normal vocal range, and is edited with [[ProTools]] as the pitch is altered to make the sound like that of a fourth grader.<ref name="sps40">{{cite web|title=40 Questions |url=http://treyparker.info/archives_spstudios.htm |date=October 4, 2001 |publisher=South Park Studios |access-date=January 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129004417/http://treyparker.info/archives_spstudios.htm |archive-date=2010-11-29 }}</ref> Matt Stone voiced Clyde in "[[Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride]]", but would not do so again until the Coon and Friends trilogy wherein he voiced Mosquito, Clyde's superhero alter-ego.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

===Personality and traits===

Clyde is shown to have low intelligence in some subjects, including math, such as in ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'', where, in solving five times two, he answers twelve, and Mr. Garrison refers to him as "a complete retard"{{Dubious|date=April 2023|reason=No other evidence given, and no secondary source}}. On most things upsetting, he would sob uncontrollably, like in the episodes "[[Fourth Grade (South Park)|Fourth Grade]]", "[[Fatbeard]]", and "[[It's Christmas in Canada]]". He also shows little to no interest when occasionally the show gets surreal.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In some episodes, such as "[[The List (South Park)|The List]]" and "[[Sarcastaball]]", Clyde is shown to be a jock who is interested in sports, and has a high opinion of himself.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In the South Park episodes "[[Post Covid (South Park)|Post Covid]]", and "[[South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid]]", a grown up Clyde is presented as a main character and antagonist of the four main characters, who [[COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy|refuses to be vaccinated]] against Covid and gets killed in the end.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==Reception==

Clyde was ranked at #22 by Looper on a list entitled "25 Popular South Park Characters Ranked Worst to Best".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/794549/25-popular-south-park-characters-ranked-worst-to-best/|title=25 Popular South Park Characters Ranked Worst to Best|last=Levitt |first=Barry |publisher=Looper |date=March 10, 2022 |website=looper.com |access-date=March 10, 2022}}</ref>

==In other media==

Clyde appears in numerous ''South Park''-related media, such as appearing in the 1999 musical comedy adaption ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', and video games like ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'', ''[[South Park: The Fractured but Whole]]'' and ''[[South Park Phone Destroyer]]''.

==See also==

{{portal|Television|Animation|Cartoon|Comedy}}

*[[South Park (Park County, Colorado)]]

*[[South Park City]]

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==References==

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==External links==

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