Current Events > Something I just realised about Timmy and Jimmy from South Park

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One is probably one of the most progressive disabled characters in media and one is one of the most regressive.

It's pretty clever really

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How? Because Timmy can just say his name?
Timmy was pretty fucking progressive in that the other kids treated him just fine
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Welcome to almost two decades ago.

Which one is which? They've both had good and bad stories

"You try to leave me, and I'll kill ya bitch"

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South Park is the most intelligent show ever made. If it was on in the 1980s, Einstein would have watched it.

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Jimmy is treated like a normal human with flaws and stuff as well as being a funny and charming personality

And yes Timmy because he can only say his name in different tempos and tones

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haloiscoolisbak posted...

And yes Timmy because he can only say his name in different tempos and tones

But he's still treatesa a normal person
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I don't think Timmy is nearly as regressive as you might think on the surface. There are legitimately handicapped people with that level of disability and the show consistently treats Timmy with respect and all the other kids are friends with him and work around his disabilities.

And yes, him only being able to say his name is a bit silly, but they've also put him in legitimate storylines and given him hobbies and likes and dislikes and all of that comes through without him having to actually say anything. Plus outside of maybe his first appearance, his disability is never used as the butt of a joke.

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To be fair you have to have a very high IQ to understand South Park

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Handicar is my favorite Timmy episode I think

TheDreadedWave posted...

To be fair you have to have a very high IQ to understand South Park

Are all these weird posts because I said it was clever. Goddamn

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Dude it's because you're missing the entire point of Timmy.
He's meant to be disabled to the point you think he'd need 24/7 caring but he's both perfectly fine and treated as perfectly fine outside of only being able to say his name.
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Silver Bearings posted...

South Park is the most intelligent show ever made.

Big bang theory takes that crown, although it requires a certain intelligence level to appreciate it fully

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BlockAddition posted...

Big bang theory takes that crown, although it requires a certain intelligence level to appreciate it fully

What about wisdom tho? No way it has lessons on Southparks level.

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