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The New Kid, also known as Butthole, Buttstuff, and Douchebag in South Park canon, is the main protagonist of South Park: The Stick of Truth, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, South Park: Phone Destroyer and South Park: Snow Day!. They are not a featured character on South Park, and are only shown in the games. Their only line in all games that the New Kid says at the end of South Park: The Stick of Truth is: "Screw you guys. I'm going home."

Their "real name" is revealed by the Big Bad Government Guy to be Dovahkiin, but the only time they are addressed to by that name is when the Big Bad Government Guy starts exposing information about the New Kid. It is also unknown whether this name is the real name or a simple code name.

Their appearance is entirely decided by the player; all images on the wiki featuring the New Kid are example appearances.

Background

Concept and Creation

Trey Parker has claimed to like silent heroes most, inspiring him to make The New Kid a voiceless/mute protagonist (until the end of the first game).

History

At first, not much is actually known about "The New Kid", except for the fact that their parents moved away with them from their previous home to South Park. It is hinted in the game that something may have happened in their previous home. The New Kid's parents say that it is good they do not remember. In the last part of The Stick of Truth, the Big Bad Government Guy tells Cartman and the others that the New Kid's real name is Dovahkiin, and he starts talking about a UFO which crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. His government agency was formed in order to investigate the paranormal, and have never lost a fight until four years ago, whilst investigating a child who had an unnatural power inside of them. The agency attempted to secure the child so that they could harness the powers, but the child slipped through their hands. Cartman and the rest of the group assume that the Big Bad Government Guy is talking about the New Kid's farts, but he is actually talking about their ability to make friends quickly on any social network. It is revealed that the New Kid had 3.2 billion friends on Facebook alone, before they turned 5.

Revealed in South Park: The Fractured But Whole, the New Kid's parents also possess the power to rapidly gain followers (though to a lesser degree, as it only really worked on Facebook and Instagram respectively), and the New Kid's friend-making powers are inherited from them. The origin of their farting powers is also revealed; since the New Kid's friend making abilities attracted much unnecessary attention, the couple decided to suppress the New Kid's powers through medicine. But the drugs proved inadequate in suppressing the New Kid's follower-attraction powers, the New Kid's very powerful and very smelly farts being merely a side effect.

Identity

The New Kid's identity is not revealed much in The Stick of Truth. In The Fractured But Whole, however, their identity is completely open to choose.

The identity content includes:

• Race and Ethnicity - Chosen with the help of PC Principal.
• Gender and Sexuality - Chosen with the help of Mr. Mackey.
• Alignment and Religion - Chosen with the help of Jesus Christ after helping Gay Fish's mother ascend to Heaven.
• Power Source - Assigned as Anal by The Coon. Later changed to Heart by the player.
• Kryptonite - Chosen with the help of Mosquito.
• Economic Level - Earned with the "help" of Benny.

Criminal Record

• Assault: The New Kid gets in numerous fights and can hit people of their own age, older and even Kindergartners on the streets in general.
• Breaking and entering: The New Kid can enter people's resident without permissions, and even find ways to circumvent security measures. When the New Kid receives the quest to bust Craig out of detention from Cartman, they enter the school's premises and gets into fights with the hall monitors in order to complete this task. In the end, they successfully bust Craig out from detention. Also, in order to deliver a message to Tolkien, the New Kid has to beat up a security guard and break through a security gate after getting pepper sprayed, by deciding to wear a gas mask in order to prevent the pepper spray's effects.
• Disturbing the peace: The goths easily persuade the New Kid to prove that they are a non-conformist by taping a sign to the table in the Community Center saying 'Fuck the Conformists', whilst a big PTA meeting is taking place, and then taking a picture of the sign taped to the table as a source of proof (though due to the actions of Randy Marsh, they do not actually show it during the PTA meeting).
• Espionage: The New Kid uses a Police Hacking Device on a phone in Tolkien's house to gain undue information which would later be used in prosecution of Tolkien's parents.
• Fake identity/Document forgery: In order to breach the Kingdom of the North (Canada) to decipher the abortion clinic records, The New Kid is told by Cartman to assume another identity, Larry Bobinski from Cleveland. This was mostly Cartman's fault, because he came up with the idea in the first place and gave The New Kid their new passport containing false information.
  

  The New Kid's fake passport.
• Impersonating a doctor and unlicensed surgery: The New Kid must pretend to be a member of staff at the abortion clinic whilst dressing up as a girl. The girls' request them to find out who the 'two-faced bitch' is before they will join forces with the boys. Whilst at the abortion clinic, they have to perform an abortion to prove that they are an official member of staff, albeit on a man.
• Impersonating a police officer: The New Kid can wear SWAT gear pieces while going to places and fighting.
• Murder: The New Kid and the boys kill many Nazi zombies in the game, one of them being Chef, who was brought back to life by Clyde to kill Cartman and his gang (New Kid, Stan, Butters, Kyle, Jimmy, and Kenny). However, zombies may not technically be alive, and their Nazi zombie-hunting is furthermore officially endorsed by the South Park Police Department. They may also kill the bishop of Banff at the request of the Prince of Canada, however, whether or not they do is up to the player. Also, in South Park: The Fractured But Whole DLC "Bring the Crunch", New Kid can put dirt into a heavily injured counselor, killing him.
• Property damage: The New Kid causes a UFO to crash into South Park Mall, likely incurring millions of dollars, with UFO debris falling on other locations. This also forces the government to move in and cover up the site. Whether this also counts as property damage against aliens is unknown.
• Theft: The New Kid loots items from various locations and individuals. Including government properties.
• Treason: The New Kid enters the fenced-off UFO crash site, thefts the USB stick containing strictly classified government files, then delivers it to dissident adults, which likely threatened national security. They also defeated multiple Secret Service agents, Al Gore, as well as National Guard soldiers. It was possible that these crimes were overlooked by the government due to him helping to cure all Nazi zombies and that they are merely a child.
• Trespass: The New Kid have entered places off-limits, including the UFO crash site without government authorization.
• Underage smoking/drug abuse: In order to recruit the Goth Kids, the New Kid has to prove that they are a non-conformist. They establish this by dressing up like a goth, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee.
• Vandalism: The New Kid repeatedly break things like newspapers boxes, dispensers, and parking meters to get money or scrap.
• Vigilantism: In South Park: The Fractured But Whole, The New Kid becomes a superhero and puts the law into their own hands despite having no legal authority. Which has lead to many altercations throughout the story.

Grounded Moments

The New Kid is grounded only if they do not stop the Hallway Monitor boss from calling their parents, stay in the Lost Forest too long, or if they stay away from home after their parents tell them to come home. It only ever lasts briefly though.

Later in The Fractured But Whole, the New Kid develops the ability to defy parents' commands, and is no longer grounded in the game.

Classes

South Park: The Stick of Truth

In South Park: The Stick of Truth, four classes are available for the New Kid (the player) to play as. Each class has different abilities and a different default set of equipment, which upgrades as the New Kid gains rank.

Image	Name	Description
	Fighter	The Fighter focuses on being able to take damage as well as deal it out. When selected, Cartman says, "A fighter has courage, honor, and the ability to kick fucking ass."
	Mage	The Mage focuses on high-damaging PP moves and combos. When selected, Cartman says, "A mage is like a wizard only not as cool."
	Thief	The Thief focuses on dealing high damage and bleeding to individual targets. When selected, Cartman says, "You look sneaky enough to be a thief."
	Jew	The Jew focuses on debuffing status effects and gaining strength as they lose health. When selected, Cartman says, "Jew, huh? So I guess we'll never really be friends."

Additionally, the player's skin tone can provide extra dialogue based on the chosen class. For example, a New Kid with the lightest available skin tone can hear "A white fighter? Haven't seen a good one of those in a while..." when selecting Fighter or "A white thief? Never heard of one, but interesting." when selecting Thief.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

There are twelve classes available, each with three powers and an ultimate power, which can be freely combined as more classes are unlocked. The New Kid is restricted to only three classes at the start of the game, and any changes would require them to speak to The Coon. More classes would be available for selection in subsequent missions, and after becoming ally with Freedom Pals, Doctor Timothy will lift all such restrictions for the New Kid.

• Speedster (Unlocked during Origins) - A Speedster bends space-time to achieve an amazing speed.
• Brutalist (Unlocked during Origins)
• Blaster (Unlocked during Origins)
• Elementalist (Unlocked during Origins 2: New Beginnings)
• Cyborg (Unlocked during Origins 2: New Beginnings)
• Psychic (Unlocked during Origins 2: New Beginnings)
• Assassin (Unlocked during Origins 3: The Visitor)
• Gadgeteer (Unlocked during Origins 3: The Visitor)
• Plantmancer (Unlocked during Origins 4: The Omega Prologue)
• Martial Artist (Unlocked during Origins 4: The Omega Prologue)
• Netherborn (Unlocked during From Dusk till Casa Bonita, available from the start on repeat playthroughs)
• Final Girl (Unlocked during Bring the Crunch; available from the start on repeat playthroughs)

Appearance

The New Kid's appearance is entirely decided by the player, and will vary greatly. The skin tone of their parents will match the skin tone picked by the player during the initial creation. If their skin tone changes, their parents' will change along with it. Besides the skin and hair tone, the player can choose the New Kid's clothing. However, In South Park: The Stick of Truth, when they choose the class or when they level up they will always have a blue jacket and brown pants on him (with some additional things). In South Park: The Fractured But Whole, as a canonical costume (if the player chooses to wear it) they will have a red balaclava with a yellow star and two metal antennae, a blue shirt, red gloves with yellow outlines and trousers red with orange anklets.

While going to bed, they wear blue formal pajamas with red Ts, blue Ps, the heads of Terrance and Phillip and lime green clouds (very similar to Kyle Broflovski's) or a pair of red footie pajamas with blue trimmings. At the beginning of South Park: Phone Destroyer, the New Kid can dress up as a cowboy or a Native American.

To see images of The New Kid, visit The New Kid/Gallery.

Personality

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Mute nature

The New Kid waking up.

The New Kid is mute and voiceless in South Park: The Stick of Truth, and displays little emotion. They usually have a blank expression on their face and have only ever spoken once, a single line at the end of the game. This broad portrayal of the character is meant to keep their personality indecisive, and unknown, in order to fit it under an umbrella of the possible personalities the player will want to come up with for them. Cartman and others occasionally note that the New Kid is quick to make friends on Facebook.

On a few occasions, the New Kid use facial expressions to get their feelings on a situation across, such as when Butters heals them during combat, or when they use the toilet. The New Kid has an amazing capability to make friends quickly. In fact, it is revealed near the end of the game that before the age of 5, the New Kid had 3.2 billion friends on Facebook alone. Their seemingly unsocial attitude is meant to be subjective and leaves the New Kid's true thoughts and feelings up to the player to decide.

The New Kid will sometimes take the role of Cartman's messenger; instead of speaking, they'll simply hand over a note that will contain the information the receiver needs. Most other characters find their blank expression and their resistance to speak to be a nuisance, but others would disagree. Bebe Stevens called it 'hot', and Randy viewed it as modesty.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

The New Kid has more expressions that leave the door open for more creativity and speculation on the personality the player chooses for them, making their character more rounded, but more indefinite.

The rate of their facial expressions has greatly increased. In battles where they take damage and are affected by status effects, they still react like before. They also show other emotions such as complacency, concentration or focus when carrying out attacks, and they now smile when targeted by a healing ability. However, these expressions in battle are the same for every character, making it possibly a simple in-game feature. Their mute nature has also been toned down since they grunt audibly on occasions when hit in battle.

In the main storyline, the New Kid looks appropriately shocked and afraid in many terrifying scenes, however, their feelings remain subjective all throughout the game, even when performing tasks, such as handing the "special drink" to DJ Hippo. The only major occasions where the New Kid has a clear, definitive moment of expression, is when they are eating dinner. As they listen to their parents screaming at each other, they sigh disconsolately, picking at their dinner disinterestedly to the tune of gloomy music. The New Kid can also Peek through the locked door to see their father gobbling pot brownies (later discovered to be spiked with cat urine).

The New Kid is shown having an even greater attachment to social life compared to the previous game, they spend more time on their phone as well. They also have greater trust for the companions, they help them with their problems and even create some abilities to save other kids. Later in the game, the New Kid is forced to sacrifice one of their parents to get the Freedom Pals out of the Genetics Lab. This decision is up to the player, which effectively, and morbidly, shows which parent the New Kid prefers.

As a possible result of social engagements, the New Kid developed a sense of rebellion against their parents, they started defying suggestions and disobeying commands, in specifics, they would leave their house at night despite the fact that their parents told them not to. They even cracked the locks that their parents put up to prevent them from going out. It is unknown whether the New Kid is going through a youth rebellion phase or they are just acting like a naughty little kid as they should be.

The New Kid also shows their ignorance of the people of South Park, and is still naïve about the people in the town, partly due to only recently moving in.

They also show acts of rebellion against their parents, while obeying their orders before, they now defy their commands and reject their advice. They even develop the ability to become "ungroundable", and the power to unground other kids.

While seemingly normal in most cases, the New Kid has an undeniably uncanny attraction to catastrophic situations. They witness the death, mutilation, and several other unfortunate fates of many of the characters, and do not deliver any help. They are even forced to murder one of their parents to get the Freedom Pals to safety.

The New Kid shows self-doubt in the mission "Farts of Future Past", they do not believe in themselves, therefore making their TimeFart leap forward through time instead of back.

South Park: Phone Destroyer

In Phone Destroyer, the New kid is addicted to, or at least forced into (by Cartman), spending countless hours on his phone, making him become really good at the game real fast. He is also shown to be naïve, following Cartman's manipulative orders into trying to gain more experience on his phone.

Talents

Making Friends

The New Kid's most notable talent is their capability to make friends super easy and fast on any social network, for example, Facebook. To their friends' surprise, they once had 3.2 billion friends on Facebook. The government wanted their amazing ability to make friends for themselves, but the New Kid and their parents moved away in order to start a new life, not wanting any unnecessary attention.

Combat

They also have quite a talent for fighting, as Scott Malkinson says, "Yeah, the New Kid may be a douchebag but he sure can fight!"

The New Kid has managed to defeat almost every enemy blocking their way, including but not limited to kids of their age, wild animals, armed adults, aliens, zombies, and even large monsters. The New Kid fought against all odds, attaining victories after another despite the number disadvantage, equipment inferiority, sickness and aliments, cheatings, or even multiple of such disadvantages at the same time.

The New Kid also possesses a wide range of weapon mastery. For melee weapons, they can either use one-handed or two-handed weapons with great effects. For ranged weapons, they can use also bow, guns, throwing darts or bouncing objects, each with their tricks to their desired potential. They can especially control the ricochet of their bouncing weapons to hit multiple enemies back and forth without any backfire. The weapon mastery even extends to cover alien tech.

The New Kid seems to also have a fondness for fighting when it comes to difficult situations, they often simply pick a fight and crush the enemy forces without any negotiation attempt. This might have something to do with their mute nature, which results in their lack in social skills (even when they can make friends rapidly online).

Magic

Another notable talent is their farts, learning one after another, and each time, taking on "the Gentleman's Oath" to never fart on someone's balls. Their Magic can be used to disrupt and damage enemies in combat, create pathway and explore, set fire on explosion and even chain reaction if possible, or combine it with their physical attacks. In addition, The New Kid can store their Magic as Mana and use it at will, as well as quickly refilling their Mana by consuming specific snacks. However they will brown themself if their Mana gets overloaded.

Icon	Name	Description
	Dragon Shout	A direct burst of Magic. Can clear obstacles, such as debris and rat swarms. Taught by Cartman.
	Cup-A-Spell	A ranged version. Can safely cause explosions from a further distance. Taught by Cartman.
	Sneaky Squeaker	Another ranged version which can be manipulated to pop as desired, emitting sound and catching attentions. Can be used to confuse and lure targets away. Taught by Randy Marsh.
	Nagasaki	The most powerful Magic. Causes a tremendous explosion to all enemies. Can be held on resonance to destroy specific obstacles. Taught by Terrance and Phillip.

TimeFarts

The New Kid's farts reach another level in The Fractured But Whole, capable of manipulating space-time continuum.

Icon	Name	Description
	TimeFart Glitch	Restores the status of everything to its original status a few moment ago, including but not limited to living people's actions, destroyed objects, and even reviving dead people. Gained by eating an Enchirito.
	TimeFart Pause	Stops the time for a short moment to freely move around and interacts with objects, but The New Kid still returns to their original position where they used the TimeFart. Gained by eating the Cheesy Shrimparito.
	TimeFart Shift	Speeds up the day-night cycle. Acquired to get inside the gate of South Park Genetic Engineering Ranch, and must be powered with an AC fan. Cannot be used outside the story.
	TimeFart Leap	Travels through time. Acquired by consuming the "Seven Layer Quesarito Chipotle Beefy Nacho Supreme", but not usable outside of the story. It is not featured in any combat besides the battle against Mutant Alternate Human Kite.
	TimeFart Summon	Acquired by consuming the Chocolate Memberrito, outside of the main campaign and by the player's option. Cannot be used outside of combat.

Minor Powers

• Bitch Slap: The New Kid lays down their "strong hand" to show the girls of a rival pimp "what a good Daddy" they are in "The Big Beatdown".
• Music: During "The Samaritan Agenda", the New Kid is shown to play the mandolin very well, and even develops a new way to play flugelhorn.
• Finance/Gambling: The New Kid plays the "investment" game in "Always Bet on Chaos" and gains access to an $80,000 loan on behalf of Professor Chaos. Through further "investing" the New Kid is able to improve their own economic level, eventually becoming part of the "0.01%."
• Ungroundability: Despite being grounded by their parents if they stay out for too long in the forest or after dark, the New Kid does not seem to accept the authority of adults other than their parents to ground them, and can even "unground" other kids with their touch.
• Emotional Manipulation: The New Kid uses "puppy eyes" to convince The Coon to let them have a third and fourth class. However, this pitiful behavior is strongly implied to be imagined by The Coon, meaning that how much, if any, of this is a conscious act on the part of the New Kid is unknown. Some adults, however, do call the New Kid adorable.
• Disguise and Cosmetics: As seen in the games, the New Kid can customize their appearance however they like, and their disguise as a superhero can fool almost every person in town. Their disguise as a person with different racial identities are also transcendent, as they can change their skin tone in no time.

One of the New Kid's drawings seen in The Stick of Truth.

• Drawing: The New Kid has drawn a few paintings as seen in The Stick of Truth. Their drawings at a young age also reveal their talent and interest in art. Their macaroni pictures also demonstrates this.
• Crafting: As an in-game mechanic, the New Kid can craft many items with their hands.
• Swimming: The New Kid can swim very well, having amazing breath holding abilities from both ends, as shown in "From Dusk till Casa Bonita".
• Academics: As shown in the scanning process of the buddy abilities, various equations can be seen, including ones for Aerodynamics, Kinematics, even relativity. These equations from a 9-year-old child implies the New Kid's transcendence in academics.
• "Fishing": The New Kid can use strange ways to catch fish, shoving dynamites up their butt, firing them from their butt, into the water, and use the explosion to burst the intended object from the waters and onto the land.
• Sports: If The New Kid were to choose the Fighter class in the first game, he will have two abilities that are sports related, implying that they are pretty good at sports.
• Voice Acting: If The New Kid is female, then they/she would be able to change their/her voice, since they/she had a deep voice last game.

Family

The New Kid's parents as shown in the game. Their hair and skin colors change depending on which shade of skin the player selects for The New Kid.

Father

The New Kid's father, Chris, seems to be a good, concerned parent, though he often pressures The New Kid to go out, more so than The New Kid's mother, and make some friends, "like a normal kid." When The New Kid hangs around the house, it irritates their father and he practically kicks them out the house. He seems to be particularly irritated by his child's mute nature; on one occasion, he even tries to bribe them into speaking with $20, which does not come to fruition.

It is revealed in South Park: The Fractured But Whole that he has started eating pot brownies - which unfortunately make him violent. His attitude for the New Kid's social activity also changes drastically, hoping they would not go out to make friends or talk to other children. He was fully aware that the drugs they have been putting in New Kid's food cause side effects.

He is also shown to become furious about Kelly confirming personal information the New Kid reveals to people like Mr. Mackey and PC Principal, hoping the others would not acquire any knowledge about the family.

Mother

The New Kid's mother, Kelly, seems to be a lot softer than their father. Though she encourages The New Kid to go outside and socialize, she does leave them some money and warns them to come back before it gets dark. Unlike their father, The New Kid's mother does not seem to be particularly irritated by The New Kid's mute nature. In correspondence to her husband's drug abuse, she was revealed to be an alcoholic. Kelly has been putting drugs in the New Kid's food to try to lessen their rampant charisma, despite knowing there are side effects.

Quotes

• Eric Cartman: "Let's ask Douchebag! What do you wanna play next, dude?"
  The New Kid: "...Screw you guys. I'm going home."
  Eric Cartman: "Wow. What a dick."

• Kyle: "So... you're the new kid everyone is talking about. What's your name?"
  The New Kid: "..."
  Black-Haired Elf: "He doesn't talk, Elf King, he thinks he's hot shit or something."

• Wendy Testaburger: "What request do the boys ask of us?"
  The New Kid: "..."
  Annie Knitts: "He... doesn't really talk."
  Bebe Stevens: "...That's hot!"

• Mr Hankey: "And down here, everyday is Christmas. So when I say "Howdy-ho," you say "Howdy-ho, Mr. Hankey." Now give it a try. Howdy-ho!"
  The New Kid: "..."
  Mr Hankey: "Hm, guess they let anybody in the Sewers these days."

Trivia

• In South Park: Phone Destroyer, New Kid is referred to using he/him pronouns, even if customized as a female.
• Dovahkiin is a reference to the playable protagonist of the 2011 video game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. "Dovahkiin" translates to "Dragonborn". Skyrim was developed and published by Bethesda. A previous promotion for Skyrim had Bethesda offering free Bethesda games for life if someone named their child "Dovahkiin", and the New Kid's name is possibly a reference to this.
• In The Fractured But Whole, the hair choices for New Kid are reused hair from characters that have appeared in episodes of the series, such as; Mike Cooper, Nancy, Bridon Gueermo, and Nichole.
• According to the description in the "Tech" component, the New Kid sleeps through science classes. Though it could be because they already acquired the knowledge, as seen in the scanning process, they have much understanding in higher science.
• During The Stick of Truth, regardless of what the New Kid's hair actually looks like, residents in South Park (including the New Kid's parents) will often mock them of their haircut. While in The Fractured But Whole, the ridicule continued, but the target will be switched to their clothes.
  • In The Fractured But Whole, if the New Kid's head is bald, the section will have the title of "Unequipped", implying that the New Kid has removed all of their hair sometime between the two games.
• In The Stick Of Truth, when the Underpants Gnomes are taking the New Kid's underwear at night, if one looks closely, the New Kid appears to sneeze, which gets their attention.
• In The Fractured But Whole, a glitch often occurs when another person is hurt in combat, in this case, the lines will not be different, but the New Kid's lips will be moving accordingly and not the victim. The result is that the New Kid will be seemingly responding to the attack.
• In The Fractured But Whole, "Backstory You", along with other summoned allies, has a deep male adult voice when attacked. This was later patched in an update.
• The New Kid has been considered to be "adorable" by kids, adults and elderly people across town.

Note that this picture has been modified with more light, intended for viewer being able to see their face easily

• The Almighty King Douchebag is likely a white kid with brown hair by default, as shown in the "Ancient Myths" and the pre-combat picture of "Heavy Hitters". A scrapped title card intended for the battle versus the Almighty King Douchebag also agrees with this form.
• When using Fastpass' fast travel in South Park: The Fractured but Whole, the New Kid has a chance to vomit after reaching their destination.