

However, Stan comes to terms with his loss, flipping off both Tolkien and Wendy at the end of the episode. In " Raisins", Tolkien became Wendy's boyfriend, causing Stan to fall into a deep depression. Enraged, Cartman yells, "Fuck Jesus!", angering both the Christian crowd gathered at the ceremony and Tolkien, who beats Cartman up. Although initially skeptical and annoyed with Cartman's racial profiling, Tolkien finds that he is, in fact, fully capable of playing the bass to a high degree of proficiency.Īfter selling one million albums, Cartman is informed that he cannot achieve platinum certification in a Christian rock band, because Christian rock bands are awarded gold, frankincense, and myrrh as opposed to gold, platinum, and diamond. Cartman asserted that Tolkien being black automatically meant that he would own and be capable of playing the bass guitar. In " Christian Rock Hard", Tolkien joins Cartman's new Christian rock band, Faith + 1. Tolkien with Butters and Cartman, as Faith + 1. However, in the end, his friends told Tolkien they were just ripping on him, which is just what kids do to each other, and that he had always been part of the group from the beginning. However, after he fails to understand the lions' humor, he realizes that he still does not fit in with them. Tolkien then goes to the zoo and asks Aslan the Lion if he could try to fit in with the lions, who inexplicably happen to be really into practical jokes and physical comedy. Tolkien, downtrodden, says to himself, "I don't fit in anywhere." Instead, the rich kids make fun of him and go off to play polo. Tolkien tries to play with them, suggesting a snowball fight. Soon enough, other rich people, including Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Snoop Dogg, and their families arrive in South Park.

However, the people at the store gave him and his parents strange looks, upsetting Tolkien.Īfter failing to blend in with the rest of the town's kids, Tolkien sings a song asking God to send more rich people to his town. Tolkien, sick of constantly being teased, decides to try and blend in, going to buy clothes at the local J-Mart. For example, he was teased by the kids of South Park for having a DVD player, and not knowing what a VHS was, or for having clothes from Armani Exchange. Tolkien is being teased by his friends for being rich. Tolkien had another major role in " Here Comes the Neighborhood". Cartman returns home, arriving at the sled race just as they are about to begin, and helps the boys beat the girls. They argue that all forms of crime warrant some sort of hate, and the laws serve only to encourage discrimination further, impressing the governor and securing Cartman's release. The boys then put on a presentation before the governor, complete with visual aids, in which they detail their opposition to hate crime laws, declaring it as "savage hypocrisy". Cartman is tried in a federal court and convicted of a hate crime and was sentenced to juvenile prison.Īfter realizing that they had no chance against the girls without Cartman's fat ass, Stan and Kyle go to Tolkien's house and ask him to help them get Cartman out of prison. However, because Tolkien is an African American, the FBI assumes this was a racist act. Angered, Cartman throws a rock at him, giving him a black eye. Tolkien made fun of Cartman's weight by saying: "Yeah! And with Cartman's enormously fat ass, the boys are sure to win!". His first major role was in " Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", in which the boys were competing in a sled race against the girls. Tolkien after being beaten up by Cartman in " Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000". In early episodes, he was an unnamed character, however, in " Gnomes", his name was revealed by Mr.
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Tolkien made his first appearance in the series pilot episode, " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", where he appears as a background character. He is also known to be one of the smarter boys, being a straight-A student. His name refers to the phrase "token black guy", a black man placed into a television show for racial diversity. Tolkien Black is a regular member of Craig's gang and is most notable for being the only black child in South Park, other than guest characters and Nichole.

