Detective Murphey: Difference between revisions

Jvm (talk | contribs)
Temp page; not final
Jvm (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Line 7: Line 7:
|HairColor=Gray
|HairColor=Gray
|Occupation=Detective for Park County Police
|Occupation=Detective for Park County Police
|Grade=
|Religion=
|Religion=
|FirstAppearance=[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]]
|FirstAppearance=[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]]
}}
}}
==Description==
==Description==
Detective Murphey "Mitch" Harris is a member of the [[Park County Police]] Department and often works with [[Harrison Yates]].
Detective Murphey "Mitch" Harris is a member of the [[Park County Police]] Department and often works with lead detective [[Harrison Yates]] on big cases. The two are well-known for their efforts to frame numerous rich black people and to solve the infamous Left Hand Killer Case. He sometimes works as a police sketch artist, such as when [[Herbert Garrison]] came into the department hoping to locate his missing penis. Murphey was also notably traumatized by the film ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', and his witness of the film helped the case against [[George Lucas]] and [[Steven Spielberg]].


==What's in a Name?==
Although South Park's police are rather inept, Murphey is one of the more rational members of the force, and was was last seen in the field with Detective Yates on a prostitution sting, expressing concern for his boss.
There's been multiple Murphys on the [[Park County Police]], but this character is the only one called '''Detective Murphey''' by Trey. He's also been called "Mitch" and once, "Harris", the same name used for his friend. No full name has been given in the show.


==Featured Episodes==
==Featured Episodes==
*[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]] (s07e)
*[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]] (s07e06; debut/cameo)
*[[The Jeffersons]] (s8e07)
*[[The Jeffersons]] (s08e07; speaking debut)
*[[Cartman's Incredible Gift]] (s08e14)
*[[Cartman's Incredible Gift]] (s08e14)
*[[Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy]] (s10e10)
*[[Eek, A Penis!]] (s12e05)
*[[The China Probrem]] (s12e08)
*[[The China Probrem]] (s12e08)
*[[Butters' Bottom Bitch]] (s13e09)
*[[Butters' Bottom Bitch]] (s13e09)
*[[Insecurity]] (s16e10; cameo)
*[[The City Part of Town]] (s19e03; cameo)


==Close Friends==
==Close Friends==
Line 31: Line 33:


==Bonus Factoids==
==Bonus Factoids==
*Although he's never been seen today without his trusted comrade [[Harrison Yates]], Murphey was first seen in the background during "[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]]".
*Although he's never seen today without his trusted comrade [[Harrison Yates]], Murphey was first seen in the background during "[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]]".
 
==Myths & Legends==
===What's in a Name?===
There's been multiple similarly-named characters on the [[Park County Police]], but this character is the only one called '''Detective Murphey''' by Trey. He was known as "Harris" in "[[The Jeffersons]]", a name also used for Yates, but has since usually been "Mitch" or "Murphey", sometimes in the same episode. No full name has been given in the show, but fans often call him Murphey "Mitch" Harris.
 
Since the 17th season, two other cops played by Matt Stone have been referred to as "Mitch" by Sgt. Yates: [[Mitchell Adams]] and [[Officer Barkley]].

Revision as of 14:56, 11 November 2015

Murphey "Mitch" Harris

Gender Male
Age Unknown
Hair Color Gray
Occupation Detective for Park County Police
Voiced by Matt Stone
First Appearance Lil' Crime Stoppers

Description

Detective Murphey "Mitch" Harris is a member of the Park County Police Department and often works with lead detective Harrison Yates on big cases. The two are well-known for their efforts to frame numerous rich black people and to solve the infamous Left Hand Killer Case. He sometimes works as a police sketch artist, such as when Herbert Garrison came into the department hoping to locate his missing penis. Murphey was also notably traumatized by the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and his witness of the film helped the case against George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Although South Park's police are rather inept, Murphey is one of the more rational members of the force, and was was last seen in the field with Detective Yates on a prostitution sting, expressing concern for his boss.

Featured Episodes

Close Friends

Bonus Factoids

Myths & Legends

What's in a Name?

There's been multiple similarly-named characters on the Park County Police, but this character is the only one called Detective Murphey by Trey. He was known as "Harris" in "The Jeffersons", a name also used for Yates, but has since usually been "Mitch" or "Murphey", sometimes in the same episode. No full name has been given in the show, but fans often call him Murphey "Mitch" Harris.

Since the 17th season, two other cops played by Matt Stone have been referred to as "Mitch" by Sgt. Yates: Mitchell Adams and Officer Barkley.