David Rodriguez
- For other uses, see David (Disambiguation).
David Rodriguez is a male fourth grader at South Park Elementary. His first appearance in the episode "The Last of the Meheecans",
Background
David is a Latino-American from Boise, Idaho. His parents own the Nueva Familia Mexican restaurant in South Park. David pronounces his name with a Spanish accent "Dah-veed." He has a rivalry with Eric Cartman due to his bigotry and ignorance with the pronunciation of his name.
David made his first appearance in the episode "The Last of the Meheecans", where he is seen playing with other Mexicans with a piñata of mantequila. David made his first major appearance in the Season Nineteen episode, "You're Not Yelping". He is a busboy at his father's restaurant, Nueva Familia.
During a lot of Season Nineteen, David can be seen a lot with the other boys as part of their extended friend group. However, this is not the case as of Season Twenty, where he seems to have been demoted to a background character, though he sits next to Kyle at the assembly in "Member Berries".
Appearance
David has straight black hair. He wears a white shirt with short navy blue sleeves, gray pants, and black shoes.
A prototypical David seen in "Stunning and Brave".
Prominence
- "The Last of the Meheecans" - He can be seen breaking a piñata.
- "Stunning and Brave" - Seen during the attack on PC Delta.
- "The City Part of Town" - Can be seen at the end at Whole Foods.
- "You're Not Yelping" - David's first major role. His parents are the victim of Cartman's yelping and so is he. Cartman is treating David like a servant at school, making him give him Mexican food and threatening to write bad Yelp reviews about his parents' restaurant if he fails to obey his rules.
- "Safe Space" - He is seen in the background helping the boys chase Butters, who has gone insane from his job to delete negative social media comments.
- "Tweek x Craig" - He was seen with the other boys, while they discussed the Asian girls making Yaoi about Tweek and Craig in a relationship and fearing that they may start shipping them too.
- "Naughty Ninjas" - Helps create the Ninja fort along with Kenny, Tolkien, and Clyde. He is shot by Officer Barbrady, but survives. As a result, Officer Barbrady is fired from his position for a second time. In a deleted scene, he is shown with Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, and Tolkien in Stan's house.
- "Truth and Advertising" - Seen sitting in the classroom. Later seen in the cafeteria watching Stan and Kyle fighting.
- "PC Principal Final Justice" - Seen standing in the crowd of people in front of the Whole Foods Market.
- "Member Berries"- Seen at the school assembly.
- "Skank Hunt" - Seen in the school's library.
- "Douche and a Danish" - Seen at the school assembly.
- "Oh, Jeez" - Seen at the school assembly.
- "Put It Down" - Seen when Cartman sings "Give Life A Try" in the school foyer. A white version of him can also be seen at the auditorium.
- "Hummels & Heroin" - Rallies with Marcus Preston after witnessing his presentation in the school cafeteria.
- "Doubling Down" - Seen at Cartman and Kyle's fight.
- "SUPER HARD PCness" - Seen in the hallway evacuating to the gym.
- "The Problem with a Poo" - Seen in the school assembly.
- "The Scoots" - Trick or treats dressed as a ninja on an e-scooter.
- "Bike Parade" - Seen at the bike parade.
- "Let Them Eat Goo" - Seen in the cafeteria.
- "Tegridy Farms Halloween Special" - Seen at the school assembly.
- "Board Girls" - Seen at the school assembly.
- "The Big Fix" - Seen at the school assembly.
- "Back To The Cold War" - Evacuated into the South Park Elementary Gymnasium with the other children.
- "The Worldwide Privacy Tour" - Sees Bebe punching Butters while a group of kids watches.
- "Deep Learning" - Seen at the school foyer.
- "DikinBaus Hot Dogs" - Patronizes the DikinBaus Hot Dogs.
Movies
- South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid - Appears in a photo of Heather Williams farting in P.E. class.
- South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 - Seen playing with his friend in the park.
- South Park (Not Suitable For Children) - Seen at the school hallway with Cred while Butters and Tweek are hanging up a Cred Affinity Group poster. Also seen in the school playground.
Trivia
- In "Naughty Ninjas", a citizen reveals David's surname to be Rodriguez.
- However, on the official South Park Twitter, it was revealed that, in the original script for "You're Not Yelping", his last name was "Teelez".[1]
- He is the sixth non-white character to become a student at South Park Elementary, behind Kevin Stoley, Tolkien Black, Michael, an unnamed latino boy, and Nichole Daniels.
- David's voice heavily resembles Kyle's, as both characters are voiced by Matt Stone.
- David's character design was taken from a background character seen in "The Last of the Meheecans", when the kids were hitting the piñata. Additionally, a background character with the same design was seen in "Stunning and Brave" when the Syrian refugee children storm the PC Frat House.
- A white colored version of David is also seen in "Put It Down" in the auditorium.
- A boy resembling David is seen in "South ParQ Vaccination Special" as part of Cartman's new group after he breaks off his friendship with Stan and Kyle.
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