Sheila Broflovski

**Sheila Broflovski** is a major recurring character in *South Park*.

## Origin

Sheila Broflovski is a recurring character in the animated television sitcom, *South Park*. She made her first appearance in the season one episode, "Death", where she was originally named Carol and started a campaign against Terreance and Philip, a fictional Canadian television show that Sheila holds a recurring grudge against. She exhibits many traits commonly associated with those of a stereotypical Jewish mother. She wears her hair in a beehive, is overweight, and typically wears a midnight blue suit jacket over a light gray blouse, with a dark red skirt and gray stockings. She speaks with a Brooklyn accent, and appears to be of less-than-average height relative to the other female adults on the show. In the episode "It's a Jersey Thing", it is revealed that Sheila was originally from New Jersey, where she was known as "S-Wow Tittybang", and that she and Gerald moved to South Park shortly after Kyle's birth. Apart from being briefly appointed to the fictional federal position of "Secretary of Offense" under the Clinton Administration, Sheila is a stay-at-home mother.

When she hears or witnesses a vulgar, displeasing, or inappropriate subject, she exclaims her characteristic phrase, "WHAT, WHAT, *WHAT*!?", saying each word in rapid succession and putting more emphasis on the last "what". In earlier seasons, Sheila often spearheaded public opposition to things she deemed harmful to children or to the Jewish community. She led a group to New York City to protest Terrance and Phillip, a Canadian comedy duo whose television show's toilet humor is what she believed to be a negative influence on Kyle.

Her outrage escalated in *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* when she further protested Terrance and Phillip by forming "Mothers Against Canada", which eventually instigated a war between Canada and the United States making her one of the main villains of the film. At the climax of the film, she takes her crusade against the duo to the extreme by fatally shooting Terrance and Phillip; despite her son's protests, which fulfills an apocalyptic prophecy allowing Satan, his minions, and his lover Saddam Hussein to invade the Earth. This aspect has been toned down in recent years, and is more or less completely absent from newer episodes. Upon seeing Kyle taking part in a school play which involved a nativity scene, Sheila pleads with the mayor to ban the use of any religious imagery within the town that could perceived as offensive to those of different beliefs. In addition to her ethnicity, Eric Cartman also despises Sheila's activism, which he perceives as an attempt to inhibit anyone's ability to have fun. Cartman has even expressed his hatred for Sheila by singing a song entitled "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch" in "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" and *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut*.

Her relationship with Gerald varies, in the episode "Spontaneous Combustion" it is shown that Gerald suffers from periodic sexual dysfunction and erectile dysfunction which put a strain on their relationship. In "Insecurity", she and her husband used sexual roleplay to have better sex. Sheila has a strong devotion to her Jewish faith, while expressing deep concern on the multiple occasions Kyle's faith in Judaism becomes enervated. However, in earlier episodes the couple has been portrayed attending the Catholic church in South Park. Although Sheila is inclined to be overprotective of her sons, she and Gerald tend to be caring and loving of both Kyle and Ike, with Sheila often referring to the boys with Yiddish terms of endearment.