adrien beard did the voice of token on south park.
adrien beard did the voice of token on south park.
who does the voice of token on south park?
adrien beard
token black (previously williams), voiced by adrien beard, was the only black child in south park until the introduction of nichole daniels in "cartman finds love" in season 16. his name is a reference to tokenism. he was not only the only black child in south park, but also the wealthiest. he is not self-obsessed or spoiled, and desperately wants to fit in with his peers. the name has been interpreted as an example of the politically incorrect attitude of "south park" and as an implication that the tokenism phenomenon is outmoded enough to be a laughing matter. despite the role that his name implies, token will sometimes play a significant part in an episode, and has been a recurring character since his first major role in the season four (2000) episode "cartman's silly hate crime 2000". his next came in the season five (2001) episode "here comes the neighborhood", where he is picked on for being rich. he invites several other wealthy families to move to south park (who all happen to be black) including will smith and snoop dogg, leading the townspeople to refer to them as "richers" and feels rejected by his friends and goes to live with lions at the zoo. he also played bass guitar in "christian rock hard" (season seven, 2003), where he got annoyed when cartman's racist theories proved correct.
list of students at south park elementary
the blacks are token's family. they are, as their son's name references, the "token" black people on the show, and token black is the "token black kid" at school. as well as being the only african-american family in south park, they are also the town's richest family. in "here comes the neighborhood", it is revealed that token's mother is a chemist (although randy marsh is considered the only scientist in south park, despite the presence of other scientists in later episodes), and his father steve is a lawyer. they are sometimes called bob and linda from an ambiguous exchange in "proper condom use", but token's father is referred to as steve in "the return of the fellowship of the ring to the two towers".
list of south park families