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South Park character

Liane Cartman
Age:	Unknown (most likely early to mid thirties)
Gender:	Hermaphrodite (though female based on physical appearance)
Hair color:	Brunette
Job:	Secret Porn Star and Crack whore
Religion:	Roman Catholic
First appearance:	"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"
Voiced by:	April Stewart

Liane Cartman, originally voiced by Mary Kay Bergman and later by Eliza J. Schneider and April Stewart, is the single parent of Eric Cartman on the television program South Park. She is an intersexual, and in the early days of South Park, her promiscuity, often with total strangers was a running gag.

Ms. Cartman is about average height for a woman in 'South Park'. She has brown hair and wears a light blue top with red trousers. She shows great deference to her overweight son Eric, usually referred to as simply Cartman, and has been seen on numerous occasions bowing to his will. It is seen that they have a great bond with each other. However, since the episode "Tsst", she has begun to grow resistant to his whining and his demands — seen in a way in "Go God Go" and "Go God Go XII", where she is quite stern with him when he shows great impatience regarding the release date of the Wii console, although this may have been because she doesn't approve of modern day technology.

Liane is a good-natured individual but with a definite edge to her. Her voice is usually kind and soft, and her actions are usually to aid others, particularly her son. In the early seasons, she was very sexually active and regularly pursued this activity. She was reputedly a "crack whore", and has taken part in German scheiße movies. She also had no issue with commencing sexual relations with complete strangers, usually visitors to the home.

Although Liane used to constantly have sex, and ignore the presence of anyone around her to sexually persuade men into her bedroom, it is slightly unknown if Cartman knew the full extent to what his mom really did behind closed doors. Eric has come across various numbers of porn sites and "family videos" gone awry, but seems to either ignore the fact that his mom is a slut or looks as it to be just his sweet, loving mother conned out of her own environment. Cartman knows not to complain to his mother, probably already figuring out that if he makes her feel bad about hurting her son, she will eventually turn on him and no longer spoil him in the natural way. Even in the episode "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" and "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" where it is revealed to Eric that his mom has had sex with the entire town, he still has no conversations with his mom about her secret life.

In later seasons, her character seems to have changed. For instance, her working as a prostitute has only been occasionally referenced since the fourth season. She is now generally shown to be more responsible with Eric, especially in "Tsst".

Before the episode "The Passion of the Jew" Liane is usually seen driving a generic family sedan just like everyone else in South Park, but in that episode, the boys are seen playing 'ShuttleCraft' in her brand-new silver minivan, a 1st-generation Mazda MPV. She also appeared in "The Death of Eric Cartman" when Cartman mistakes his mom's screams of pleasure (she was having sex with a plumber) for cries of sadness.

Her major family link in the show is her son. She spoils and mothers him to a great degree, a major factor in his obesity and general attitude. The extended Cartman family is seen in "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!" and then later in "Cartmanland"; they seem to have many of Cartman's characteristics, including obesity, rudeness and even some of the same catchphrases, such as "Kickass!" and "Respect my authoritah!" Interestingly, Liane seems to be the only Cartman without these traits.

In terms of friends, she seems integrated into the circle of parents around the town. She is often seen with Stan's parents among the others when they congregate. However, the episode "Tsst!" seems to imply that Liane has few or no friends, and that her servitude to her son is a psychological attempt to make up for that.

• "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut" - In this episode it is revealed that she has slept with almost every adult in South Park (except Halfy who has no legs), including Chef, Mr. Garrison, Principal Victoria, Priest Maxi, Mephisto, Jimbo, Gerald Broflovski, Jesus, and the 1989/1991 Denver Broncos. She also explains sex to Cartman as "sometimes the man puts his hoo-hoo-dilly in the woman's cha-cha".

• "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut" - It is in this episode that it is learned that Ms. Cartman was her son's father: thus she is an intersexual; called a hermaphrodite in the show.

• "Tsst" - To help control her son's behavioral issues, she hires the help of Cesar Millan. He teaches her a method of curbing Cartman's temper and whining by a method he uses on dogs, that is snipping (with two fingers) the subject in the neck, making the onomatopoeic noise "Tsst!", but otherwise completely ignoring him unless he acts fully submissive. This approach works, and Liane is overjoyed. She tries to form a relationship (either romantic or platonic) with Cesar, but he turns her down as she is just a client, and she soon begins to spoil Cartman again.

• Ms. Cartman - Profile at SouthParkStudios.com