Ike Broflovski
Sir Ike Moisha Broflovski (born Peter Gintz)[1] is a character from the animated TV series South Park. He is the adopted baby brother of Kyle, and was born in Canada. He has appeared in the series since the very first episode. Ike has black hair, and, like all Canadians portrayed on the series, is depicted as having small beady eyes and an ovoid head which is completely divided in two, and separates completely from the lower half whenever he talks.
History
Ike's original birth name was Peter Gintz. He was put up for adoption by his Canadian parents, Harry and Elise, after Canada had been 'devastated by the cola wars'. Although Kyle initially rejected Ike upon finding out that he was adopted, Ike idolizes his brother and Kyle watches out for him. In a recurring gag during some earlier season episodes, Kyle would exclaim "Kick the Baby!" and proceed to punt Ike like a football.
It is revealed in season four that Ike is a genius and is sent to kindergarten a year early. At age 3, he composes sheet music, reads John Steinbeck novels, and watches The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer every night. On his first day at school, he ran for class president and won, and at Jewbilee camp, he recreates Leonardo da Vinci's the Last Supper using macaroni. He was knighted in "Royal Pudding" after saving the Canadian Princess and was involved in Barack Obama and John McCain's plans to steal the Hope Diamond in "About Last Night..."
Throughout the show's run, Ike's dialogue has consisted of sound bites provided by various small children of the show's production staff. Despite Ike being a genius, his dialogue mostly consists of toddler-like, nonsensical babble, such as "I pooped my pants" or "ring around a rosy". Later season episodes depict him as speaking more coherently. His body was temporarily taken over by the spirit of Michael Jackson in the episode "Dead Celebrities". In the episode "Canada on Strike" he stands out in the cold for days waiting for the strike to end. He embarked on a sexual relationship with his adult kindergarten teacher in the episode "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", which gives him admiration and envy from nearly every person in town who finds out about it other than Kyle.
In the seventeenth season episode "Taming Strange", Ike (voiced by Eric Bauza who was credited as True List), experiencing precocious puberty due to accidentally taking steroids intended for Tom Brady, becomes hostile towards Kyle, and has developed habits that include speaking of engaging in sex acts with child entertainment characters from television series such as Yo Gabba Gabba!, which Ike likes to refer to as "taming strange". The brothers eventually reconcile when Ike, after realizing that while rebellion is part of growing up, decides he would rather let it happen naturally instead of pushing it.
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