Ike Broflovski

Ike Moisha Broflovski is a fictional character on the American animated series South Park. Ike is a toddler originally from Canada, and is the adopted younger brother of Kyle Broflovski. He currently resides with his family in the fictional town of South Park, Colorado. Ike has a small tuft of black hair, and, like most Canadians portrayed on the series, is depicted as having small beady eyes and a Pac-Man-like head which flaps up and down whenever he speaks. Throughout the show's run, Ike's dialogue has consisted of sound bites provided by various small children of the show's production staff.

Character

Ike was born Peter Gints in Canada to Harry and Elise Gints, who soon gave him up for adoption because they were unable to raise him after their country had been "devastated by the Cola Wars". He was adopted by Gerald and Sheila Broflovski, who have given Ike a Jewish upbringing, even providing him with a belated bris. Taking advantage of a new Canadian law, the Gints briefly reclaimed Ike and brought him back to his homeland before agreeing to let him be reunited with his adoptive parents. In earlier seasons, Ike's movements were often accompanied by cartoonish sound effects, and characters aside from his family frequently confused him for a small trashcan.

In the show's fourth season, Ike would be established as a child genius. At only three-years-old, he can read entire John Steinbeck novels, and began attending kindergarten. He is president of his class, and is the only student of Canadian descent at his elementary school. While typically wearing light blue footed pajamas, Ike will wear a suit and tie when attending class. Despite his extreme intelligence, Ike often replies to questions and commands with non sequitur, toddler-like responses such as "Cookie Monster!" and "I pooped my pants!", in addition to various nursery rhyme lyrics and nonsensical babble. On a few occasions, Ike has expressed sentences that are indeed relevant to the context of a situation.

Ike is more skilled at hockey than his Pee-wee league counterparts, and planned to run off to Milan after starting an affair with his teacher, Ms. Stephenson. Ike later showed a proficiency for computer hacking, joining presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama as part of a ring of professional thieves in an elaborate scheme to steal the Hope diamond. Ike is also a skilled harmonica player.

Relationship with Kyle

Ike's relationship with his older brother has been recurring theme throughout the show's entire run, even serving as an integral part to the plot of the first episode of the series. In earlier seasons, Kyle reveled in playfully kicking Ike as if he were a football, preparing Ike by exclaiming "Ready Ike? Kick the baby!". Ike typically responds, "Don't kick the baby!" before screaming joyously after being hit into the air. Ike's genuine affection for his older brother persuaded Kyle to love him in return, despite Kyle initially shunning Ike for not being his true biological brother. Kyle regards Ike as "true family", and is normally devoted to ensuring Ike's well-being, having gone to great lengths to rescue and/or protect Ike in numerous episodes.