Goth Kids

Goth Kids

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Gender	Male* Henrietta Female
Age	5 to 12
Hair Color	Black
Occupation	Student
Grade	4th Grade* 5th Grade* Kindergarten
Religion	Cthulhu cultists
Voiced by	Michael - Matt Stone, Pete - Trey Parker, Henrietta Biggle - Mona Marshall, Firkle - Nico Agnone, Sebastian Yu
First Appearance	Raisins

About

The last thing the Goth kids want to be is conformists; as a result, they all dress alike. They also hate douchey Vamp Kids, who they accuse of stealing their style. After Stan Marsh was dumped by girlfriend, he became a Goth kid for a while. They also have a band, as seen in "Erection Day".

They usually hang out behind South Park Elementary and smoke cigarettes or dance, hang out at Benny's or the Village Inn and drink coffee, or write poems in Henrietta's room. They never go to class, though they have been seen inside the school, and nothing pisses them off more than being referred to as 'Vampire' or 'Emo' kids, and often accuse the conformists of being 'wannabe' Justin Timberlakes or Britney Spears.

Despite claiming to be "nonconformist" they listen to the same music, dress the same, and act the same. They consider their only purpose in life to make life more miserable for the conformists. Despite their cynical attitudes, it is shown that they do care about each other, lying about how Henrietta changed cliques so easily in "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers".

Members

Michael, the tall Goth, is in the fifth grade, is likely half-Asian, and often the group's leader. His mother is of East Asian descent, and his father is an older man with a large nose and curly hair like him. He has stated "love didn't work" for them, which could mean they have a difficult relationship or that his father may have remarried. He considers himself the 'least conformist' of them all and has attended anger management therapy in "T.M.I.". He is the lead vocalist in the Goth Kids' band.

Pete, the Hair Flip Goth, lives in a trailer, and hates P. E. class, threatening to kill himself if he has to go again in "Mysterion Rises". He can be a little more insecure than Michael at times but also tends to be more overtly cynical. It's unknown if his natural hair color is red or black, but he has been accused of using red hair dye in "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers". He also has pockmarks on his face, as mentioned in "The Ungroundable". He plays bass guitar in the Goth Kids' band.

Henrietta Biggle, the female Goth, lives with her parents and her brother Bradley, all of whom she reviles. She often berates her mother to her friends, though her mother seems to think this is "just a phase". She is often smoking and appears to be the most knowledgable of the Goth subculture, owning a copy of the Necronomicon and knowing much of the book's background, as seen in "Coon vs. Coon and Friends". She is also capable of driving using her parents' car, shown in "The Ungroundable" and plays the keyboard in the Goth Kids' band.

Firkle, the little Goth, is a Kindergartener, and has also been referred to as "the midget". He carries around a knife, as shown in "Mysterion Rises" and is sometimes considered the most "hardcore goth" of the group. He thinks everyone else is a "conformist nazi cheerleader" but later turns out to secretly be working for the Emos. He plays the drums in the Goth Kids' band.

During the episode "Raisins", Stan becomes a goth kid at Kyle's suggestion after his breakup with Wendy, and is assigned the goth name Raven. He later leaves the group after hearing a speech from Butters Stotch, though they keep in contact, as seen in "Breast Cancer Show Ever"

An unknown Goth Girl has been seen with them in "Goobacks" and the ninth season intro, but she has never been seen otherwise.

Memorable Quotes

• "Life is pain. Life is only pain. We're all taught to believe in happy fairytale endings. But there's only blackness. Dark, depressing loneliness that eats at your soul." - Pete (Raisins)
• "They're all a bunch of Nazi conformists cheerleaders." - Firkle (Raisins)
• "If you wanna be one of the non-conformists, all you have to do is dress just like us and listen to the same music we do." - Michael (Raisins)
• "Oh no no nono no. I'll never be in your faggy talent show" (Erection Day)
• "Let's just face it: they bogarted our style! Everyone's gonna think we're trying to be butthole vampires now. " - Pete (The Ungroundable)
• "Fuck all of you." - Michael (The Ungroundable)
• "Nobody's stopping Cthulhu now! All will be sadness. Life will become death, and I will watch the crimson blood ooling from your neck." - Firkle (Mysterion Rises)
• "Pete... if they get me... if I get sent to that camp... and I come back Emo... kill me. Promise that you'll kill me." - Firkle (Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers)

Featured Episodes

• Raisins (s07e14; debut)
• You Got F'd in the A (s08e05)
• Goobacks (s08e06; cameo)
• Quest for Ratings (s08e11;cameo)
• Best Friends Forever (s09e04)
• Erection Day (s09e07)
• Breast Cancer Show Ever (s12e09)
• The Ungroundable (s12e14)
• Mysterion Rises (s14e12)
• Coon vs. Coon and Friends (s14e13)
• T.M.I. (s15e04; Michael only)
• Butterballs (s16e05; cameo)
• Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers (s17e04)
• Black Friday (s17e07)

Video Games

South Park: The Stick of Truth

A significant quest in the game involves courting the Goth Kids' allegiance and choosing whether to bring them to the Humans or the Elves. The player must find them behind the school, then learn to dress like them and dance like them to win their friendship. They then join the player's chosen race in the Battle at the School.