Eric Cartman Character Analysis

Eric Cartman

Character Analysis

The target audience for Eric Cartman and "South Park" in general is mid-to-late teenagers due to his frequent use of vulgarity, racial and religious stereotyping, his worshiping of infamous people such as Hitler and Mel Gibson, and the way he casts out people who don't look or act like him, such as Ginger's, homeless people, hippies, gays, elders and his friend "Butters".

Disney Animation Era

In the era of Disney animation, they designed their characters in a way that was visually appealing, thus why characters such as Mickey Mouse, Bambi, Mini Mouse etc. have a "baby" like appearance (big eyes, always smiling, usually in the form of mice, deer, rabbits, and not aggressive animals such as tigers or lions). 

Pixar Animation Era

However, characters developed by Pixar have changed their approach to developing appealing characters. Whilst back in the era of Disney animation characters were primarily visually appealing, in modern Pixar movies one of the main focus' of animators is to create appeal through relationships between characters and the way character traits are exaggerated to make the characters appealing to the audience. An example is Woody from Toy Story, cowboys aren't generally appealing to it's target audience of children. However, his friendly nature and frequent antics with the other characters make him appealing to the target audience in a different way to how Disney characters were appealing in the early days of animation.