If there's one "South Park" character fans can't help but love, it's Leopold "Butters" Stotch (Matt Stone). With his almost infallible optimism, friendly demeanor, and spiky yellow tuft of hair, Butters is the one soul in all of South Park that rarely seems to lose his heart. First appearing as an unnamed background character but eventually evolving into one of the show's central characters, not to mention a fan favorite, Butters is the cartoon version of real-world "South Park" animation director and co-producer Eric Stough, who has been with "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone since the show's beginning.

The infamous pair first met Stough back in the college film department at the University of Colorado in Boulder when they first noticed his animation talent. They originall

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