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| “ | I'm never gonna frame an innocent man again... unless I know he's black for sure! | „ |
| ~ Harrison Yates vowing to only frame black people of crimes and arrest them. |
| “ | Boys. We are back in business! | „ |
| ~ Harrison Yates to his men when they are ordered to contain the riots. |
| “ | Well kid, you made an entire town panic, you lost all your friends, and now, your'e going to juvenile hall for week. Ha, was it worth it? (Eric Cartman: Totally.) | „ |
| ~ Harrison arresting Cartman for Butters missing in Casa Bonita. |
| “ | JESUS CHRIST MONKEY BALLS!!! We could have made an innocent man go to jail who wasn't black! | „ |
| ~ Harrison Yates |
Sgt. Harrison Yates is a major character in the animated series South Park, and the secondary antagonist of its 2017 superhero video game South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
He is the extremely strict, mean, abusive, and racist chief of police of South Park who enjoys abusing his power to frame and arrest black people for crimes they didn't commit.
He is voiced by Trey Parker, who also voices Eric Cartman, Mickey Mouse, Clyde Donovan, PC Principal, Barack Obama, Scott Tenorman, Charles Manson, Nathan, Mimsy, Satan, Mr. Hat, Jared Fogle, and Mr. Garrison in the same series, as well as Kim Jong-il in Team America: World Police and Balthazar Bratt in the Despicable Me franchise.
Biography[]
Yates is the police chief of South Park. He runs an entire station full of corrupt cops, and apparently has some grudge against any black man wealthier than he is. So he (and the rest of the South Park police) organize them to be framed for bogus crimes by planting evidence. He doesn't seem to give a damn whenever there's any real crime in South Park. In "The Jeffersons" he even tried to have Michael Jefferson/Jackson arrested, and only decided not to when he found out Mr. Jackson was going to give away all his money.
He arrested Butters Stotch to send him to his house where his father, Stephen Stotch grounded him believing he is a culprit of the Asian Turf War. He arrested Butters again for jewel robbery but no need to send him to jail so as long as Stephen and Linda grounds their son which they are going to "ground the shit out of him".
Personality[]
Yates appears to be rather gullible and believes in the supernatural, and often wastes time by conducting extremely trivial investigations. He seems to enjoy letting other people solve crimes for him, be they supposed psychic mediums, the Hardly Boys, Butters Stotch, or Mysterion (Kenny). He is also stupid (possibly slightly more so than Officer Barbrady), racist and misogynistic, the last two of which he is perfectly willing to misuse the law to satisfy.
Like most other South Park citizens, however, he does not notice these negative traits or rather believes they are good. His microscopic intelligence is showcased when it took him (presumably) hours of extensive research to understand that a left-hand remains as such, regardless of the angle of which it's seen.
Yates is heavily implied to be bisexual. He has shown clear interest in women as he has a wife (with whom he has a son) and in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", when informed that Ike's attractive female kindergarten teacher, Ms. Stevenson, is having a sexual relationship with him, he refuses to arrest her as he doesn't consider her actions to be illegal and instead insists that Ike is the "luckiest boy in America"—indicating that he finds Ms. Stevenson very attractive.
However, he has also shown interest in men as well, as depicted in "Butters' Bottom Bitch", where he takes his prostitute role way too seriously by engaging in sexual contact with multiple male clients and marries his pimp in order to arrest him. However, it is possible that he was just taking his job too far without having any sexual feelings for the said men. In "Naughty Ninjas", he suggests he "might even kiss a dude" while hula dancing, further adding to the speculation.
Some of his most evil deeds include feeding numerous African-Americans to Shub-Niggurath and murdering multiple children.
The Fractured But Whole[]
Yates participated in Mitch Conner's conspiracy—being directly responsible for the drug epidemic. During the game, he initially makes the New Kid a "Junior Detective" and gives him/her missions to beat up black people so he can arrest them on fake charges of drug dealing, with Token's parents included among his victims.
It's later revealed that he was secretly the leader of a police cult that worships Shub-Niggurath, a being that could only be "appeased" by being fed "black meat" (i.e. African-Americans). Amusingly, he spends the most of the game increasingly insisting that the police aren't racists, even as it becomes increasingly clear that they are.
The New Kid, along with the combined forces of Coon and Friends and Freedom Pals, defeat him and his fellow officers.
The Pandemic Special[]
He serves as the main antagonist of The Pandemic Special. In this episode, he loses his job as a police man due to outrage over police brutality. He then becomes the abusive teacher of the students, alongside his fellow officers. Whilst teaching, he wrongfully shoots Tolkien and then lies that he had COVID and falsely quarantines in an abusive and authoritarian manner to save his own skin. When the children escape the school, the town panics, thinking they have COVID. Harrison Yates and his men then are allowed to contain the riots, and they do so brutally, murdering multiple children, including a boy building a snowman and Kenny McCormick, and attempting to kill Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Butters until Randy stops them.
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
| “ | Well, I suppose there's no need for jail, Mr. and Mrs. Stotch, so long as you ground your son. | „ |
| ~ Detective Yates to Stephen and Linda when Butters breaking into a jewelry store. |
Trivia[]
- His role as the main antagonist of The Pandemic Special is due to the mass protests against police brutality following George Floyds murder in 2020, as The Pandemic Special was a satire of 2020 in general.
- Like all police officers in South Park, Yates hates wealthy African-Americans which is a hate crime.
- He and Officer Barbrady never interacted onscreen until "The City Part of Town", after co-existing for over a decade. They seem to be on friendly terms.
- Despite being a supporting character, he serves a major or main antagonistic role in several big South Park events such as The Fractured But Whole and The Pandemic Special.
See Also[]
- Harrison Yates on the South Park Wiki
