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Occupations. Television producer. animation director. Years active. 1995–present. Eric "Butters" Stough [1] (born July 31, 1972) is an American animator and producer. He is best known as the animation director and a producer on the television series South Park.
- Butters
- Evergreen High School
- 1995–present
Producer. Animation Department. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Eric Stough is known for South Park (1997), Team America: World Police (2004) and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list.
- Producer, Animation Department, Director
- Eric Stough
- Biography
- Voice Acting
- Butters Stotch
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Born in Evergreen, Colorado, Stough reportedly went to high school with Trey Parker, with whom he appeared on short films and school theater productions. He would later go on to attend the University of Colorado with both Parker and series co-creator Matt Stone, both of whom would make separate appearances in two of Stough's student films; Stone in The Diner and Parker in Revenge of the Roadkill Rabbit.
Stough later did internships with numerous companies, including the Walt Disney Company and Jim Henson Productions, before again taking up work with Stone and Parker. He was part of the animation team on Team America: World Police and played the minor part of "Arrestee" in Orgazmo. He also worked on the original traditionally animated pilot episode of South Park, The Unaired Pilot.
Eric Stough has provided Kenny McCormick's unmuffled voice on four occasions - in "The Jeffersons", "Lice Capades", "Mysterion Rises", and "Turd Burglars".
In interviews, Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed that the character of Leopold "Butters" Stotch was loosely based on Eric Stough. Stone would often tease him, affectionately calling him "buddy" or their "little buddy"; eventually giving him the nickname "Butters." Stough's cautious attitude towards the targets of the show's merciless humor inspired Butters' warm personality. An excerpt from the interview can be found here.
Eric Stough appears in the South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Blu-Ray commentary, where Trey Parker and Matt Stone refer to him as 'Butters' repeatedly and jokingly mock him, pretending to kick him out as he insists he has more stories to share from the film's production.
Eric Stough's hands can be seen constructing the boys and Timmy in the opening from Season Six through Season Eleven.
Sep 1, 2013 · Eric Stough has been the animation director for the hit series South Park since the beginning. When animation director and co-producer of South Park Eric Stough (Film’95) started work on the quirky adult sitcom show 16 years ago, he cut out the famous cartoon characters from construction paper.
Oct 27, 2023 · Much like Stan and Kyle are loosely based on Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Butters was based on South Park animation director, now producer, Eric Stough, who has known Parker since childhood and has worked with Parker and Stone since the second Spirit of Christmas short in 1995.
Dec 13, 2013 · Dec. 13, 2013. When animation director and co-producer of "South Park" Eric Stough (Film’95) started work on the quirky adult sitcom show 16 years ago, he cut out the famous cartoon characters from construction paper.
