Editing Eric Cartman (section)

===Recognition===
''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked Cartman at number 10 on their 2002 list of the "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters",<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |title=TV Guide's 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time |access-date=August 25, 2007 |date=July 30, 2002 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320230753/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/cartoon.characters.list/ |archive-date=March 20, 2007}}</ref> 24th on [[TV Guide]]'s "25 Greatest TV Villains", 198th on [[VH1]]'s "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons",<ref name="pop">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1ruwF6xYNIC&q=eric+cartman&pg=PA144 | title=From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th | location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]] | publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC]] | year=2005 | isbn=0-7407-5118-2 | oclc=57316726 | first=David|last=Mansour}}</ref> and 19th on [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]'s "100 Greatest TV Characters" television special in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravoprofiles.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters/index.shtml |title=The 100 Greatest TV Characters |publisher=[[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]] |access-date=August 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507184134/http://www.bravoprofiles.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters/index.shtml |archive-date=May 7, 2009}}</ref> When declaring him the second-scariest character on television (behind only [[Mr. Burns]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'') in 2005, [[MSNBC]]'s Brian Bellmont described Cartman as a "bundle of pure, unadulterated evil all wrapped up in a fat—er, big-boned—cartoony package" who "takes a feral delight in his evildoing".<ref name="msnbc">{{cite news| author = Brian Bellmont| title = TV's top 10 scariest characters| work = Today.com| date = November 1, 2005| url = https://www.today.com/popculture/tv-s-top-10-scariest-characters-wbna9699636| access-date = May 9, 2009| archive-date = March 19, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220319073834/https://www.today.com/popculture/tv-s-top-10-scariest-characters-wbna9699636| url-status = live}}</ref> In 2014, ''[[IGN]]'' ranked Cartman first place on their list of "The Top 25 South Park Characters", commenting that he was "the obvious choice" of number one and that "sometimes the obvious choice is also the right one". The website stated that despite Cartman being "one of the worst human beings in the history of fiction&nbsp;... he's the most loathsome character we've ever loved." ''IGN'' concluded by calling him "the biggest contribution to the world of animated characters that South Park has made – and that's saying something."<ref name="IGN top">{{cite web| author1 = Ramsey Isler| author2 = Jesse Schedeen| title = The Top 25 South Park Characters| page = 5| website = IGN| date = February 28, 2014| url = https://ign.com/articles/2014/03/01/top-25-south-park-characters?page=5| access-date = March 19, 2014| archive-date = March 6, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140306032237/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/01/top-25-south-park-characters?page=5| url-status = live}}</ref> In 2020, ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' ranked Cartman as #17 of their "The 50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-50-best-cartoon-characters-of-all-time/|title=The 50 Best Cartoon Characters of All Time|date=May 10, 2010|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=March 10, 2022|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404051515/https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/the-50-best-cartoon-characters-of-all-time/|url-status=dead}}</ref>