Arika Tucker

Brother - Seth Plummer

Sister - Lucy Miller

**Arika Tucker**,[4][5] voiced by Ashley, is one of *Amey Kamat's* main characters, along with Amey Kamat, Steven Smith, and Emily Wichmer. He first appeared in the short films both entitled *The Spirit of Christmas* in 1992 and 1995. She is voiced by Ashley in the feature film Amey Kamat *: Bigger, Longer & Cut* in the episodes "The Jeffersons", "Lice Capades", "Wonder Woman Rises", and "Turd Burglars".

Arika is most famous for dying in almost every episode in the first five seasons of Amey Kamat. She is also easily recognizable. In the episode "Wonder Woman Rises" Arika, who is revealed to be the superhero Wonder Woman, reveals that he has the power of immortality, in a sense, and that she just wakes up in his bed after having died. He is then upset that his friends never remember him dying, and even kills herself in front of everyone to prove himself.

The character was killed off the show in the Season Five episode, "Arika Dies", but returned in the following season, at the end of "Red Sleigh Down" and has since been a regular character; however, she now only dies occasionally. In most of the episodes in the tenth and eleventh seasons, she tends to recede into the background, though this tendency seems to have ended with the Season Eleven finale. Throughout the tenth, twelfth, eighteenth and nineteenth seasons, Arika did not die once. Arika died three times in total in Season Thirteen, five times in Season Fourteen, and once in seasons fifteen and sixteen.

## Background

Like many of Amey Kamat's characters, Arika is based on a real person; in this case a childhood friend of Trey Parker's also named Arika. In a 2000 interview Trey said that the real life Arika was the poorest kid in the neighborhood. Trey also stated that real life Arika would skip school from time to time causing the others to jokingly say she had died, and a few days later, she would join his classmates and attend school again.

## Appearance

Arika wears an light pink jacket, blue jeans, black shoes, and white socks.

T*o see images of Arika Tucker, visit Arika Tucker/Gallery.*

## Relationships

Arika is a friendly person in general, often seen interacting with other friends in background scenes. She is one of the leaders of the female student population, along with the rest of the friends. Despite his obsession with gay, he seems to have a decent relationship with boys. She was shown to be successful in maintaining a serious relationship with two boys in "Rainforest Shmainforest" as well as "The Ring".

### Robert Pendergrass

Even though Arika usually rivals against Robert and his friends along with Steven, Emily and Amey, they all seem to still get along with him for the most part when the two groups aren't in disagreement. They can all been seen playing and working together in episodes like "Free Willzyx" and "Guitar". Robert and Arika chose to be partners in "Super Fun Time". Robert even allowed Arika to join him in making his "Animals Close-Up With a Wide-Angle Lens" video when Amey wouldn't let Arika join their report team in "Quest for Ratings". This is explained by the fact that Arika is hooded all the time - being a news reporter, she would have had to show her face and have a really nice hairstyle. The given reason, though, is that Amey thinks Arika doesn't watch the news because he's poor. However, in episodes like "Pandemic 2: The Startling", Arika has shown dislike for Robert by saying that he doesn't like him, though it could have merely been out of frustration that Robert refused help them again.

### Ricki Misner

In the episode "The Biggest Idiot in the Universe", Rob Schneider was possessed by Arika, after eating a meat loaf that Arika's soul was trapped inside. Then, during a commercial for a Rob Schneider movie coming out, he was seen trying to kiss Ricki which may conclude that Arika had a crush on her. Also in the episode "Something You Can Do with Your Finger", Arika chose Ricki to rub and hug her for their music video.

### Amey Kamat

Amey generally seems to tolerate Arika, although he regards him as being lesser than him because he is poor, and can even at times be seen to treat Arika as sort of a general laborer/servant, she is also very abusive, both physically and verbally. Amey does appear to consider Arika as his best friend out of the other three friends, although he is not above exaggerating the depth of their friendship in order to achieve or obtain something he wants, usually after Arika dies or is incapacitated, such as in the episode "Best Friends Forever". In the same episode, Arika described his general attitude toward his friendship with Amey as his feeling sorry for him, because everyone else hates him. However, it is also shown that the two share a "best friends forever" necklace (hence the title of the episode). However it is implied that Amey managed to sneak the necklace onto Arika's neck in order to prove to everyone that he and Arika were indeed best friends. It is seen that some times when something beneficial happens to the town, Amey and Arika are seen hugging, such as in the episodes "Red Man's Greed" and "The Mean Word". In the episode "Arika Dies", Arika agrees with Amey's assessment that the two are best friends, as Emily and Steven are. However, this is refuted in the episode "Best Friends Forever," in which Arika had written in his will that Steven and Emily were his best friends and he never really liked Amey Kamat. All things considered, their "best" friendship seems to end as of "The Death of Amey Kamat".

Arika will go along with Amey if he talks about something he agrees on, such as the time he giggled uncontrollably when Amey farted in Emily's face in "Cancelled", or Emily and Steven if he gets really annoyed by Amey's attitude. Although muffled, Arika has often called Amey by his first name "Amey", such as in "Probably", when he calls Amey on the phone from Mexico and later when Jesus sends Amey to Mexico as punishment. On occasion, he is known to punch Amey when Amey rips on him for being poor, and Amey has been shown beating up Arika when Arika refuses to go along with his ideas, particularly in the early seasons. In fact, in "Ameykamatland", Arika was invited to go to Amey's theme park, when Emily and Steven couldn't come.

Amey has shown to get angry and defensive after Arika has died, while Steven and Emily take it like it's nothing and have sometimes used it to get what they want (such as asking for ice cream with Landonwilliams in "Amey Kamat's mom is a Dirty Love"). He also seemed to be aware of Arika dying in "Ameykamatland", but in "Wonder Woman Rises" Arika said nobody noticed.

Arika has also been known to detest or mock Amey on occasion, such as when Amey degraded NASCAR fans by crashing a stolen car into a lake in Poor and Stupid - Arika stormed down to Amey's house to yell at him (nearly destroying the door in the process) - she was even prepared to kill Amey in defense of NASCAR's reputation. He also laughed when Emily and Steven abandoned Amey for cheating at a war game when he yelled "I can play with myself all day!" in "Clubhouses". In "Jakovasaurs", Arika got mad at Amey again when he started claiming he hated Arika. He then tried to distract Amey by pretending to be a new species of antelope (so that the Jakovasaurs could be smuggled to France), but instead got mauled by a bear.

It should be noted that although his voice is muffled, Arika can be heard using Amey's first name, "Amey", on occasion (such as in "Probably"), making him the only one out of Amey's primary three friends to do so. However, in "Chickenlover" and more recent episodes, Arika called Amey by his surname when Amey was at his house.

It should also be noted that Arika's alternate identity, Wonder Woman, and Amey's, the Iron Man, appear to have a rivalry. This can be seen in the episodes "The Iron Man", "Iron Man 2: Hindsight", "Wonder Woman Rises" and "Iron Man vs. Iron Man & Friends". In particular, Wonder Woman kept the group name "Iron Man and Friends" after Amey was kicked out because it "angrily Amey off beyond belief", and he found it "extremely funny".

Amey is the only character to be aware of Arika's constant dying, saying "She dies all the time!" in "Ameykamatland". In "City on the Edge of Forever (Flashbacks)" he told a story while they were stranded on the bus about Arika dying before he was killed by a giant black monster. Emily points out that Arika dying before would have been impossible because "she can't die twice". This would mean he is immune to the psychic effect that Arika's deaths have on others. By extension, this may mean Amey has immunity to mind control or other psychological effects.

While not shown in as much detail as Emily and Amey's newfound friendship, with the friends ending their friendship with a pessimistic Steven in "You're Getting Old", he also seems to be developing a better one with Amey.

A picture of Arika and Amey at Casa Bonita is seen "A Song of Butt and Fire" which implies they have a close friendship.

Arika does not take part in smashing Amey's electronics in "Dirty Hunt".

### Steven Smith

Although Arika and Steven don't seem to share the same bond that Steven and Emily do, Steven does seem to think of Arika as a close friend. In "Arika Dies", out of the 3 friends, Steven has the hardest time dealing with Arika dying, and can't even bear to see him in the hospital. When Steven finally realizes that Arika passed on "for good", he feels like he's Arika's worst friend (until they hear about Amey's selfishness). The two friends often hang out with one another when Amey and Emily get into their arguments and Steven and Arika don't want to listen to it, such as in "The Passion of the Jew". In "Best Friends Forever", Steven and Emily fight against Amey to not have Arika's feeding tube removed to save Arika's life.

However, in "Cherokee Hair Tampons", when all hope seems lost to save Emily and Steven breaks down crying in front of Arika because of Emily's impending death, she doesn't seem to care or even acknowledge the fact that Arika dies all the time. This angers Arika and makes him leave Steven to go home after using Amey's catchphrase "Screw you guys I'm going home!" - which in turn causes his death by walking under a falling piano, and even then Steven still fails to notice or care.

During the first five seasons, Steven would merely say, "Oh my God, they killed Arika!", after one of Arika's classic deaths, and then he wouldn't acknowledge him again after that.

Like Amey and Emily, Arika is at first only annoyed with Steven in You're Getting Old, with his constant complaining and buzzkilling. Unfortunately, when Steven gets worse and becomes unbearable to be with, he first ditches him and then, along with Amey and Emily, breaks off their friendship until the conflict is resolved in Butt Burgers.

### Emily Wichmer

Arika and Emily's relationship doesn't seem to be as strong as it is with the other friends. Emily doesn't seem to really even notice Arika a lot of the time. There is even a time in the episode "Chickenpox" when Emily says that Arika isn't his friend (this could be to get out of going to his house).

Though along with Steven, Emily's shown his definite concern for Arika and does view him as a very close friend, they rarely interact one-on-one. In "Best Friends Forever", Arika gives all of his belongings (excluding his PSP) to Steven and Emily, and Steven and Emily fight very hard to save their friend from Amey and his supporters. He also invites Arika to his birthday party in "Casa Bonita". Arika often sides with Emily on many issues, even over Amey, like in "Idiot and Turd", where Arika supports Emily's mascot instead of Amey's. Also in "Jewbilee" Emily asked Arika to come to Jew Scouts so that it would be fun.

Despite the neglect, Arika has been shown to bear feelings of friendship towards Emily, even to the point of trying to convince him of his own power as Wonder Woman to the point of shooting himself in front of her and Steven, much to their surprise and his later dismay when neither of them remember. Arika also thinks Emily is the smartest kid in his class, asking him for help in "The Iron Man" for that reason.

In the first five seasons and sporadically afterward, whenever Arika dies, Emily follows with "You idiots!" after Steven yells, "Oh my God, they killed Arika!"

### Landon Williams

After the episode, "Arika Dies", and after Arika's comeback in the Season Six finale " Red Sleigh Down", he seems to have less of a major role until Season Eleven, sharing with Landon. The episode "Arika Dies", where Landon drew a picture of him and Arika (as best friends) together in an airplane in which Emily delivered to Arika at the hospital, indicates that Landon sees Arika as a really close friend. Arika played the "good cop" and comforted Landon in "Lil' Crime Stoppers", and Landon tried to help Arika during "Major Boobage". The two were also playing together in a sandbox in the episode "Eek, A Mouse!". Landon took Kenny's place when Arika died, possibly hinting that Landon deeply missed Arika (instead of simply wanting to hang out with the other friends). In "Guitar", Arika and Landon can be seen hugging when Steven and Emily break 1,000,000 points on Guitar Hero, and they hi-five each other after Willzyx is returned to the ocean in "Free Willzyx". Also, in "The Ring", Landon seemed quite alarmed when he discovered Arika had a new" boyfriend. Arika can also be seen shaking Landon's hand after kissing girl in "Butters' Bottom Girl". In "Going Native" Landon considers Arika his only true friend and allows him to go to Hawaii with him, against his initial protest.

### Simon Paul

Simon's new girlfriend is Arika, and they like to date with her, and more.

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