Stan Marsh

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==Overview==
Stan is the leader of the boys and is usually seen as the protagonist of the episode (other than Andrew and Kyle and Kenny sometimes). He is the friendliest and most level-headed of the boys and seems to have more friends than the others. He was in a relationship with Wendy Testaburger and is now in one with Jenny. However, he will get back together with Wendy.
Stanley "Stan" Marsh	Stanley "Stan" Marsh
Gender 	Male
Hair 	Black
Birthday 	October 9th
Age 	10
Job 	student
Religion 	Roman Catholic
Origin 	American
Voiced by 	Trey Parker
Appearances 	Appearances
First Appearance 	Cartman Underground
==Biography==
===Season 1===
In "Cartman Underground" Stan was first seen playing basket ball with the boys until Cartman pushes him and tells them the news. Stan was the one that bought the supplies to go to the Earth's Core. When trying to get back up to the surface region, Stan was last behind because he told everybody to go as he was going to get Cartman. Stan also cheered everyone up when they returned with nothing by buying them ice cream. Stan was chosen to be Adam Conner's partner in fitness class. However, he and Adam did not really see eye to eye. Kyle kept on trying to cheer Stan up and give him suggestions. However, Stan kept on ignoring all of them. However, Stan eventually comes to his senses and talks to Adam and actually befriends him. They then get an A+ on fitness in "The Stan-Touchables."
In "A Dream is a Dream" Stan and the boys enters Butters mind to solve his icky problem in his head. Stan was shocked that the thing causing Butters' headache and whatnot was a bad dream he had. Stan kept on yelling for Butters to wake up. In "Loved Possess" Stan was starting to take his relationship with Wendy to the next level. However, Wendy is not ready to go all the way and starts acting all weird around him. He then feels like she thinks he is unappealing and becomes paranoid. Andrew and Kyle tries to support Stan but to no effect. Stan then breaks up with Wendy much to her surprise. She then reveals she was not going to break up with him and stomps on his toe and he is in pain. When Stan sees Wendy with Jordan, he becomes jealous. Stan then starts a relationship with Jenny. The end of the episode shows Stan and Jenny kissing. Stan went inside the crown to save both Kenny and Andrew but was surprised when Kenny was already dead. Then he tells Kyle the news from outside of the crown and the running gag happens. Stan and Andrew then travels to the edge of the Crown where they are challenged by a wizard in yahtzee to which Stan quickly beats him again as a new running gag. When Stan and Andrew get out of the Crown, Stan thanks Kyle and Cartman for getting him and Andrew out in "The Crown."
In "Cartman's Cheapskate Program" Stan was curious along with Kenny and Andrew about why Kyle is starting to act all dark and mean. The three then goes to consult Cartman. Stan argues with Cartman because he has hypnotized his best friend. Stan, Kenny and Andrew all then makes a plan to shut down his business. They all acted as terrorist to the building and Stan threw the grenade that was real and blew up the building. Stan then kick Cartman as he saves Kyle from falling to his death. Kyle then thanks Stan and then apologizes to him. In "Horror For Children" Stan and the boys were watching a horror film at Andrew's. They all then gets freaked out when everything and everybody (other then themselves and each other) looked like the monsters and aliens in the movie. Stan stated when the boys was on the bridge that they are runaway fugitives. When Andrew was about to fall off of the bridge, Stan yelled out "Jesus Christ!" and helped Kyle and Kenny save him. In the end of the episode, Stan went to his house and told his friends that he was going to "shave off that extra end."
===Season 2===
In "Enter the Deep Beyond" Stan stated that finding the student would have been an excellent way to show their appreciation (Stan initially was not doing this for the money). When they found Juan, Stan asked him why he came there. Juan then told him that he has always been isolated from people. Stan, Jenny and Kyle was trying to stop the busman from killing every 4th grader when coming to and back from the field trip. When Kyle saved Jenny Stan thanked him and Stan then stalled the busdriver while Jenny unlooses the screws in "Voyage to South Park!" Stan gasped at the sight of Kenny leaving his family in "Kenny Coolwhip."
In "The Bully" Stan was being bullied by a new girl named Vicky. He tried to ask his parents for help but they could not. He then asked Andrew for advice and Andrew told him to talk to her. Stan disapporves of the idea and during dodgeball, the principal calls her. Stan is relieved but Vicky remains having a crush on him. When Cartman told Andrew to join the Girl's Club Stan told Cartman that is worse than above anything he could make Andrew do. When the girls and Andrew asks Wendy if she still has feelings for Stan, she hesitates and then says no (despite the guilt on her face for lying). While Stan is playing football, Wendy watches him and goos over him in "The Girl Club." In "Switching The Perks or malfunctions" When the boys were having a pillow fight, Stan said that he was on Kenny's team and Kyle picked Andrew, leaving Cartman alone. When Ross was going to beat them up, Stan stalled him while the others escaped through the walls. After Stan got hurt a bit he manages to stall with the pillows and escape through the back door. He asked if everyone was okay before going to the movies.
In "Watch Out! Here Comes Cartman" When Stan and Andrew finds Cartman stuck to a pole, they laugh at him. Stan then asks Cartman why is he like that. Cartman tells him hoodlums does it and Stan and Andrew decides to untie him but the hoodlums throw them back and teleports them to a mountain for the rest of the episode. In "Visiting Hours" Stan tries to comfort his best friend Kyle. When Kyle gets scared he leaves Stan behind but then apologizes. When Kyle is about to get shot the first time, Stan takes the hit in the arm. When Stan wakes up, he finds Kyle taking his shot. When Cartman told Stan to join him Stan declined. Stan was about to be pushed off of the school by Cartman until Kyle saves him and asks if he is alright in "A Fistful of South Park." In "Quantity or Quality?" Stan got quarenteened when the doctor thought he was contageous. When his friends saw him they laughed until he told them he is losing oxygen. When he fell in the river he surprisingly bounced out. Kyle saved Stan at the last minute before he was about to die.
===Season 3===
In "Meet the Marsh's" Stan was being hurt by Shelly whenever he wanted to see her boyfriend and talk to him. However, Stan tricks Shelly with reverse psychology and Stan and er boyfriend ends up becoming friends, much to Shelly's dismay. Stan tries to contain Andrew's shadow but it hits him to a garbage can. When Andrew was all alone, Stan is the only one to comfort him however he states that they cannot hang out until that shadow is gone in "Andrew's Best Friend." In "Project Weenie" Stan and the boys worked on a project together. When Stan turned into a short mental state because of Cartman putting the hotdog on the wrong side, Kenny and Andrew stated that Stan is a freak of nature. Cartman then retorts this by saying atleast Stan did not have a shadow trying to control him. When Stan gets out of the state, he acciddentally insults Kyle to which the two then have an arugementative fight.
In "Chaos Returns" Stan and Kyle were talking about how Butters is the only person he can stop. When Cartman insults them, Stan tells Cartman to get a job. When Clyde was handing out invitations for a party he is having, the boys are determined to get one. Stan was the first of the boys to get one because he decided to skip class and pulled Clyde into the closet. When it was down to Kyle and Andrew, Stan did not want them to fight and so when they were going to the party, Stan gave his invitation to Kyle. Kyle thanked him and Kyle convinced Clyde to let Stan come anyway in "Clyde's Party." Stan mentioned about how cool and sharp the ganster were looking. Kyle and Kenny then agreed with him. When Andrew suggested they be gangsters, Stan like the others agreed. When wearing new clothes, Kenny compliments Stan. When the boys were going to get beat up, Stan told them to settle this in a game of wits in "Gangsta of the Middle East."
In "Mountain Pee" When Stan gets separated from Kyle and Andrew during their hike, he finds a cave and stays in there until morning. However, he is scared when there is a bear in there. When Stan runs all the way up to the top he is even more scared because he does not know how to get down. When the other two make it to the top, they all fall off of the mountain but alive. In "Snowland Mowtow" Stan discovers that it is snowing in the middle of July however, he is also noticing an alien trying to destroy South Park with snow. Stan then tries to stop him using a freeze, freeze ray. His plan work but the spaceship is about to crash and when it does, it kills Kenny. When Stan found out that Cartman had won the contest as well, he was hesitant to go with him. However, once on the ship they got along until they were caught in a vortex which caused thrm to argue over who's fault it was. They then began to fight on the ship but eventually stopped when they were lost at sea. They then help each other get back to South Park and they hug once making it back in "Stan & Eric." In "After the Afterlife" Stan and Kyle did the running gag when Kenny died. When Kenny was in heaven trying to get back to his hollow for a body, the angel look alike of Stan kept on supporting him and when Kenny got ticked off by the angels, he starts with killing the one similar to Stan.
===Season 4===
In "The Bachelor Dinner Party Part I" Stan like Kyle, Kenny and Cartman were invited to Andrew's parents dinner party for adults and children. However, at the party Stan asked Andrew why is his parents trying to destroy the president. Andrew and Stan went to go warn the president about his parents bombing. When they got there Stan told the president that he should be warned and probably leae his building. However, when the president reveals his own plans to them, Stan asks "what?" and he told them he would have to kill them. Stan and Andrew were then chained to the wall but Andrew put his hand on Stan's crotch so Stan could escape. Stan then helped Andrew and they made a plan to get the president. They then took the elevator and when they got outside, Stan told Kyle to catch the president, When Andrew and Kyle slams into the president Stan told them that they did a good job. Once Cartman was talking to the angry parents Stan pointed out that he is not innocent either. When getting capture by the president (again) Stan was the first to take the plunge off of the building. However, Stan made a plan with Kyle and it seemed to have worked. The President then decided to blow the building up but Stan got them all out using the control panel to send the elevator to go faster in "The Bachelor Dinner Party Part II."
In "The Man with the One Eye Patch" Stan and Kenny were looking for Kenny's paper bomb until they stumble across a map. Ross then decides to help them find the culprit and the three goes along with it. When searching at the South Park Elementary, Stan decided that it could not be in there at any cost. Jenny then asks Stan what is he doing and Stan told her he was solving a murder mystery. When arriving at Andrew's house Stan greets Andrew and when the three finds out that Ross is the culprit, Stan and Kenny gets trucked to the floor. The two then grabs hammers and whacks him and then runs out of his house screaming. When they get back at the school, Stan told Kenny that he had his paper bomb in his pocket the whole time. In "Race Again?" Stan told Kyle that he could win. When Kyle fell into the oil, Stan got him right back up and got him inside. When Kyle won, Stan cheered. Stan was shocked to see the alien return and South Park below zero degrees. When the alien takes captive of Cartman, Kenny and Andrew, Stan and Kyle went to go save them. Inside the ship, Stan messes with the controls so the snow stops and evaporates. When choosing one to stay Stan picked Cartman (sarcastically) and yelled at Kyle for thinking he wanted to in "South Park...Frozen!"
In "Craig's Gang" Stan told Craig that he could not have a gang as they are the only gang. When Craig made fun of the boys for losing everything, Stan told Craig that he is not winning the home sport that makes the boys a gang, football. When the boys won, Craig apologized to Stan and Stan forgave him. Stan noticed that Wendy has been trying to make him jealous so he just ignores her and spends time with Jenny. Jenny and Stan kiss twice: one on the swings and one outside of school where every 4th grader saw it. Wendy then got jealous and asked Stan why has he been ignoring her flirtations. Stan then says that he has a girlfriend. Stan then leaves her and in the end of the episode, Stan got detention for something Cartman did and Cartman wanted to take his place in "Blow Torch Olympian." Stan told Jenny about his stalker and she acknowledged it. When Stan finds out it is Vicky, he tries his best to get her in trouble but it does not seem to work. He asks Kyle and Andrew for advice and tries it but it still doesn't work. Stan then makes a plan to fake him injured. When he does the principal sees Vicky in a fighting position and gets her in trouble. Vicky then says to Stan in a almost non-noticeable voice, "I'll wait for you." Which freaked Stan out in "Stalkers Make My Day."
In "Ali's Remaining Boxers" Stan was seen happy when Andrew was going to stand up to Cartman. When Stan like the other 4th graders witnessed Cartman getting beat up, he told Kyle that this must be his and Andrew's happiest day. Stan found a skater girl named Molly and was pleased with her as she was something new to the park. However, Kyle, Kenny, Andrew and Cartman all disapproved of his friendship and Stan decided to not care about the bad luck that would strike him. Stan then was told by Kyle that they would cause the bad luck to cancel out the real one. Stan then got mad at Kyle but Kyle apologized. When Stan welcomed his friends to watch Molly, Cartman accidentally crushes Cartman. Stan then helps him up and pushes him out the way as Stan gets crushed. In the infirmary, Stan asked Kyle "Best Friends?" and Kyle replied with "The Best" in "Eww... Girl Love."
===Season 5===
In "Stan's Adventure" Stan wants to find out his origins and so when Token asks to join him, he accepts because Token was determined to help him. However, when they got mid way to Port Borough, Juan and Alana demanded they were to go with them or they would blackmail them. Stan then agrees and takes them with him. When they reached the Bucket of Knowledge, Stan asks about his origins and the bucket says that Stan is of American decent and that he was to be an Aethias until he was 7. In the end of the episode, Stan thanks his companions and meets up with Kyle, Kenny and Andrew. In "Kyle Me Back" Stan and Eric are seen to hang out a lot of the time.
When Stan, Kyle and Cartman ask Andrew what's up, he tells them that he is moving. Stan and Kyle both then gets shocked but Cartman just laughs. Stan then tells him that he has to have a going away party. When Stan was setting up the supplies with Token, Craig, Clyde and Adam, he notices that Jordan comes to help as well. Stan then hands him the screw. When Andrew was leaving and going into his car, Stan (like Kenny, Kyle and Cartman and Butters) told him that he thought of him as a great friend and will always treasure him. Andrew and Stan hugs each other in "Andrew's Last Day." In "Death known when Death Hears" Stan reminds the boys of Andrew's departure. Stan then cheers Kenny up when he starts to cry. When Death was going to take Kyle's soul, Stan gives him a speech about friendship and how Kyle's soul cannot be taken. Death then gets persuaded by Stan and Kyle thanks him. Stan was challenged by a local dancer in contest when he supposedly insulted him. Stan then gets trained by Kyle, Kenny, Clyde, Craig and Token. When it was time for the contest, Stan easily doubted himself but proved to be a powerful adversary to his opponent. In the end, Stan beat him and won a trophy in "Dance Dance South Park!"
In "Overrun Uncut" Stan and Jordan deals with their conflict and tries to heal it. However, they keep arguing but eventually makes it work out. They then high-fives each other. In "Holy Grail of Cheese and Butters" Stan asked Cartman if what he was doing was really necessary. When the boys and Butters was going to stop Cartman, Stan told Kyle that Cartman has gone off the deep end. Stan is supported by Kyle when he is at his last derby race. Randy and Sharon kept on encouraging Stan during his race. When Stan was put in the last heat for being incredibly fast, he was surprisingly in the fastes heat but in the 1st line up. When Stan won, Kyle cheered him and bought him an ice cream cone to celebrate. Stan made a reference to Andrew about eating ice cream in "NASCAR Stan Racing." Stan was not pleased when Cartman was telling lies about Kyle. Stan wanted to help Kyle but had to do a report on Moby Dick with Clyde, Craig and Juan. When they finished their project, Stan said "success" in "Trivial Pursuit." Stan explains to Juan how people fart at his house in "Bragfarts!" In "The Righteous Middled Aged Men" Stan was Kyle and Kenny's partner in the project. When they get zapped to the middle ages back then, Stan freaks out and asks Butters what had happened. When a man jipped Stan of his money, Stan gets it back by shooting him when the guy shoots Kenny and kills him and Kyle in the arm. This is one of the only times that the running gag got stopped. When getting back to their own time, Stan kisses Butters' basement and races home to see his parents.
===Season 6===
In "A South Park Valentines" Stan keeps talking to Kyle about how he still likes Jenny but also still has feelings for Wendy. When the cupid causes Stan to fall in love with Rebecca, Rebecca shows a lot of interest in him. When Jenny was getting sad, Kyle told her that cupid did that. Wendy then gets jealous and tries to snap Stan out of it. Kyle, Kenny and Andrew all tries to cure Stan of his illness but he seems to either ignore them or explain that Rebecca is his one true love. When Stan and Rebecca are about to kiss, Cartman accidentally releases the hose and it snaps Stan back to normal. Stan then thanks Cartman for saving him and Cartman shrugs his thanks off. Stan and Jenny then kisses to see if Stan is back to normal to which he is. In "Die" Stan is walking home from school he finds Andrew coming out of it. The two talks and Stan shows Andrew to Kyle, Kenny and Cartman who are at the basket ball courts. When Andrew told them his story of "moving" Stan said that it was a touching story and that he is proud of Andrew before Cartman insults him.
In "Coon & Friends: The Ultimate Test" Stan as Toolshed controlled the power grid and hacked into the system. When the heroes (except the Coon and the Black One) was captured, Stan stated that they are not really superheroes and just 4th graders in costumes. The man told him to shut up but Mysterion backed him up. Stan finds out that Cartman caused the school to being blown up. They then gets in trouble and keeps arguing as they evacuate the school. When the people of South Park Elementary asks who is responsible, Stan unknowing of them listening gets mad at Cartman for making this happen. Stan was shown to be happy when Kyle was alright. Stan and Eric then argues as they are about to get detention in "Kyle's Gone!" In "Bulky, Bulky Bully Fever"
==Relationships==
This is a list of Stan's relationships with people. As he does have many friends, and some enemies, he is naturally a nice and gifted person.
===(Best) Friendship with Kyle Broflovski===
The two has been best friends since the original series. Their friendship carries on through a New Era and ends up here. When Kyle was unsure about which way to go Stan told him to go North or West beacuse East and South are where the hoodlums live. When Kyle was giving Stan advice about how to deal with Adam, Stan thought he was wrong until he saw that Kyle's options was the only one left. Stan then apologized to Kyle and thanked him for the advice. Stan seemed happy when Kyle figured out how to get out of Butters mind. Like Andrew and Kenny, Kyle was seen supporting Stan the most and even asked if he still liked Wendy. He said yes but Kyle talked to Wendy when she was already dating another boy. She then tells Kyle that she has no more feelings for Stan as Stan still does for her. Kyle then supported Stan dating Jenny. Stan told Kyle about Kenny dying and the running gag happened. Kyle also complimented Stan for beating somebody in yahtzee. Stan then thanks him for that and for rescuing them. Stan seemed to be concerned for Kyle as when he was on his mean streak unlike Kenny and Andrew who were more annoyed than worried. Stan then teams up with Kenny and Andrew to put an end to Cartman's cruelty. Stan saved Kyle from dying and Kyle thanks him. Stan agreed with Kyle that the horror movie was the best. When Kyle was running away from Butters (thinking he is a monster), Stan realizes that they are not monster but they thought that because they were still wearing the 4D glasses that still had its affect on.
===Friendship with Andrew Batchelor===
The two does not have as strong of a bond as Stan and Kyle but are still great friends. Stan's friendship with Kyle is as Andrew's friendship to Kenny. Stan and Andrew are shown to respect each other and seems to be great friends. Andrew has even stated that Stan would be Andrew's best friend if Kenny never existed. Andrew agreed with Stan when splitting up to find the treasure. Stan complimented Andrew for thinking of the idea to steal the pastries to give to the peacegiver. Andrew supporting Stan's struggle when he breaks up with Wendy. Andrew even stated that he never really liked Wendy anyway. Andrew fully supported Stan's relationship with Jenny. When Stan enter the Crown, Andrew was pleased to see him and the two travels to the edge of the Crown. Andrew was impressed with Stan's yahtzee skills. Andrew, Stan and Kenny all worked together to stop Cartman's business to save Kyle. Andrew told Stan that he was in charge of the explosion. Stan then agreed. Stan said "Jesus Christ!" when Andrew was about to fall off of the bridge.
===Friendship/Conflict with Eric Cartman===
The two are only half friends and half enemies. However, other than Kenny on most occasions, Stan would be Cartman's favorable friend out of all the boys. However, Cartman is easily sickened by Stan's nice personality. Cartman pushed Stan to the ground to tell the boys the news. Stan glared at Cartman before he wanted to go find treasure. When running from the lava, Stan makes a joke about Cartman to which Cartman retaliates by saying that at least he is ahead of him stating that Stan will burn alive. Stan seemed confused when Cartman was going about thinking of some crazy plan to escape Butters mind. When Andrew stated that he did not really like Wendy, Cartman agreed and also told Stan that with Wendy out of his hair, he's "free." Cartman had no reaction to Stan and Jenny becoming a couple. Stan did not thank Cartman for saving him because Cartman did nothing to help. Stan was furious when he found out that Kyle has been transformed into a Super Cartman. The two easily got on one another's nerves and they kept on insulting each other. When Stan was blowing up the building, he said, "Take this Cartman and all of your business too!" When Cartman complimented the movie, Stan agreed.
===Friendship with Kenny McCormick===
Kenny and Stan do not interact as much as Stan does with the other boys. However, Stan considers Kenny as a great friend and is always watching his back. Kenny told Stan that Butters has a crazy imagination and Stan told Kenny that he could say that again. Kenny seemed upset that Wendy immediately found interest in a new guy after their break up. Kenny then tried to cheer Stan up and was happy Stan became Jenny's boyfriend. When hearing that Kenny died, Stan and Kyle did the running gag. Stan, Kenny and Andrew all decided to foil Cartman's plans for success to rescue Kyle from the darkness that is Cartman.
===Friendship with Adam Conners===
Originally the two were enemies and seemed to hate each other's guts. They could not figure a way out into getting their friendship to bloom. However, eventually when Kyle gave Stan advice Stan refused to use it. The two continued their conflict and even had a small scuffle in the gym room where Adam punched Stan and Stan punched him back and then tackles him to the ground where they are stopped by the teacher. When all seems hopeless and Stan and Adam are about to fail fitness, Stan finally uses Kyle's advice and the two actually becomes friends. They then work together and gets a solid A+. Stan and Adam seemed to not care if each other were on different gangs.
===Relationship with Wendy Testaburger===
The two has been in a relationship for so long now. Wendy was uncomfortable when Stan wanted to take it a step further with Wendy. Wendy then goes into a dull "no feeling" state. That starts to bug Stan and he becomes paranoid to the point where he breaks up with her. However, she seemed to get over it quickly as Stan wasn't. Stan then got jealous when she started to date Jordan already. Stan then went with Jenny and they become enemies. However, it is stated that they will get back together.
===Relationship with Jenny Grave===
Jenny has always had a crush on Stan and Stan seemed to never notice or didn't care because he was in a relationship with Wendy. When Stan and Wendy breaks up, Stan starts a relationship with Jenny Grave and the two has a kiss in the ending scene. The way these two break up is somebody forces them to who was revealed to be Wendy's father. The two then remains as good friends however they seem to get distant in season 5.
===Friendship/Conflict with Jordan Vexon===
Due to the fact that Jordan mocks Stan for being with Wendy, the two are fierce opponents and even hates each other's guts. They have their official first fight in "Blow Torch Olympian." However, the two gets along in Overrun Uncut.
===Conflict with Richard Wallyston===
When Stan got back together with Wendy, he tried his very best to steal her from him as he thought Wendy was hot and thought that Stan did not deserve her. The two has been enemies ever since. However, the other boys hates him as well.When Cartman pulls a prank on him doing something, he seeks revenge and now every kid but Butters hates him in Role Play.
===Friendship with Token Black===
Token and Stan have become great friends and in some episodes in season 6 they will interact a lot, sometimes more than the boys. Stan had no hard feelings to Token being in Craig's Gang.
===Friendship with Chris Broflovski===
The two do not interact much but Chris and Stan are shown to get along quite well. In the Season 12 episode 8, Ride Like the Cartman, Chris states that he likes Stan and Stan says that he is cool. When Cartman is ripping on both Kyle and Chris, Stan defends him and states that Chris is only being ripped on because Cartman is jealous of him.
==Trivia==
*Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Andrew are all viewed as protagonist in most episodes.
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