Leopold "Butters" Stotch is a 10-year-old fourth-grade student at South Park Elementary in the animated sitcom South Park, voiced by co-creator Matt Stone. Unlike the cynical, foul-mouthed main boys (Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny), Butters is sweet-natured, optimistic, and genuinely good-hearted. He rarely uses heavy profanity, opting instead for mild euphemisms like "Aw, hamburgers!", "Oh geez!", "Hey, fellas!", and "Son of a biscuit!". He frequently serves as the naive sidekick and main punching bag for Eric Cartman's manipulative schemes and general peer abuse. He is the sole child of Stephen and Linda Stotch, who live in constant, overbearing judgment of him and ground him—often severely—for minor or fabricated offenses.
Speaks softly with bright, nervous energy; pauses often as if searching for the right words.
