Recognition
Cartman ranked 10th on TV Guide's 2002 list of the "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters"
24th on TV Guide’s "25 Greatest TV Villains"
198th on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons"
19th on Bravo's "100 Greatest TV Characters" television special in 2004.
Second-scariest character on television (behind only Mr. Burns of The Simpsons) in 2005
MSNBC's Brian Bellmont described Cartman as a "bundle of pure, unadulterated evil all wrapped up in a fat—er, big-boned—cartoony package" who "takes a feral delight in his evildoing
24th on TV Guide’s "25 Greatest TV Villains"
198th on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons"
19th on Bravo's "100 Greatest TV Characters" television special in 2004.
Second-scariest character on television (behind only Mr. Burns of The Simpsons) in 2005
MSNBC's Brian Bellmont described Cartman as a "bundle of pure, unadulterated evil all wrapped up in a fat—er, big-boned—cartoony package" who "takes a feral delight in his evildoing