Butters attends South Park Elementary as part of Mr. Garrison's 4th grade class. he says his birthday is on September 11. He lives in South Park as the only child of Stephen and Linda Stotch, from whom he perpetually faces the looming prospect of being grounded and abused. When the character of Kenny McCormick was temporarily written off the show near the end of Season 5, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman allow Butters into their group as the "fourth friend", a role he continued to fill until midway thro-