Timmy Burch

**Timothy "Timmy" Burch** is a male fourth-grader at South Park Elementary. He first appears in the Season Four episode, "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000", and is voiced by Trey Parker. He is handicapped, uses a wheelchair to get around, and has a limited vocabulary consisting only of his own name and a small handful of other words and phrases, he is rarely seen doing this, however.

After a decade of being known simply as "Timmy", his full name was revealed to be "Timmy Burch" in the episode "T.M.I." when his name was posted on the poster containing the kids' growth differentials.

## Background

### Vocabulary

One of Timmy's most notable traits, together with being the only child who uses a wheelchair in the fourth-grade class at South Park Elementary, is his limited vocabulary. He mostly says his name and the slurred phrase "livin' a lie." It was revealed on the official site that the second catchphrase originated when Trey Parker said "Livin' a lie!" while performing as Timmy, after which the catchphrase stuck.

In several episodes, Timmy has said other basic words and names. When addressing Jimmy Valmer, the other major handicapped *South Park* character, he is able to say "Jimmy", and in "Helen Keller! The Musical", he is able to say the name he had given his pet turkey, Gobbles. He says "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld!" (the latter being the name of his band) in "Timmy 2000". He also successfully yells "Please help me!" a few times as he rolls down the highway in "Fourth Grade". In "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000", when his wheelchair is hooked via a string to one of Kenny's teeth, he incorrectly interprets a casual use of the word "go", crying out, "Go, Timmy, go!" before riding off. He also says "shit" in "It Hits the Fan", "Bebe" in "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society", singing "Hula" in "Crippled Summer", "Gross!" in "Bass to Mouth", "Booooooo" in "Butterballs", "Octonauts!" in "Moss Piglets" and can say "Fast travel" in *South Park: The Stick of Truth*.

In the *South Park* opening theme song for Season Six, he sings "Timmy Timmy Timmy Timmy, Timmy Timmy livin' a lie Timmy!", continuing the tradition of incomprehensible lines, previously sung by Kenny McCormick.

## Trivia

* In the episode "Cripple Fight" it is revealed that Timmy's wheelchair is named "Lil' Run-About".
* In the episode "Die Hippie, Die" a joint-smoking man who eerily resembles Timmy rolls by in a wheelchair during Randy Marsh and Sharon Marsh's Woodstock flashback - perhaps Timmy's father, or another older male relative.
* Timmy's name, and the way he says it, maybe a play on the Japanese word "temē" (てめえ), a very rude way of saying "you" used chiefly by male speakers and when the speaker is angry. Trey Parker is fluent in the Japanese language, and is also a large fan of Japanese culture.
* Timmy played a Priest during "Make Love, Not Warcraft".
* Although Timmy has an askew face, he is not considered one of The Ugly Kids. The same is true for Jimmy Valmer.
* In "T.M.I." it was revealed his last name is "Burch".
* Timmy's Iron Maiden costume bears a slight resemblance to the historical torture device of the same name (which is now believed to be an entirely fictitious device.)
* Timmy is apparently aware of Kenny's constant deaths; he gives Jimmy a parka exactly like Kenny's in the hopes that he would die. He probably did not tell Kenny he was aware of his common deaths in "Coon vs. Coon & Friends" because he can only say his own name.
* Despite being in a wheelchair, Timmy is seen swimming in "Up the Down Steroid", where he glares at Jimmy winning the swimming competition while floating in the water.
* During the Season Six intro, as the animator designs the boys with construction paper while clips from episodes play, Timmy can be seen in construction paper form. This makes him the only character who was designed with construction paper after "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", which was the only episode to use the animation technique.
* Timmy's superhero alter-ego in *South Park: The Fractured But Whole*, Doctor Timothy, is a parody of Professor X from the *X-Men* franchise.
* In "The Scoots", he appears to be wearing his Mecha Timmy costume from *South Park: Phone Destroyer*
* Timmy was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) in "Timmy 2000."