According to Derleth's scheme, "Great Cthulhu is one of the Water Elementals" and was engaged in an age-old arch-rivalry with a designated air elemental, Hastur the Unspeakable, described as Cthulhu's "half-brother". Lovecraft depicts it as a gigantic entity worshipped by cultists, in shape like an octopus, a dragon, and a caricature of human form. The penultimate track on the 2011 self-titled debut album by New Zealand sludge metal band Beastwars is titled "Cthulhu". [27][28] The faux campaigns usually satirize voters who claim to vote for the "lesser evil". [23], The massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft has numerous references to Cthulhu and the Mythos, with one of the game's "Old Gods" named N'Zoth resting in a sunken city.[24]. https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Cthulhu?oldid=410074, Cthulhu was first described in twentieth-century author H.P. August Derleth, a correspondent of Lovecraft, used the creature's name to identify the system of lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors: the Cthulhu Mythos. The song “Angel of Disease” by American death metal band Morbid Angel references The Ancient Ones, Cthulhu, and Shub-Niggurath. He enters the human realm and causes mass destruction. He also has two clawed back legs. Lovecraft Animated Film", "Just How Cosmic Is BIRD BOX's Cosmic Horror? Although Cthulhu takes enough time to listen (or at least observe) Cartman's rantings, he grows bored and attempts to leave, at which point Cartman manipulates Cthulhu by behaving overly cute. TSR, however, were unaware that Arkham House, which asserted copyright on almost all Lovecraft literature, had already licensed the Cthulhu property to the game company Chaosium. [5] According to Lovecraft, this is merely the closest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language. Another organisation, Cthulhu for America, ran during the 2016 American presidential election, drawing comparisons with other satirical presidential candidates like Vermin Supreme. Lovecraft's work "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in the, Many references to the Cthulhu Mythos are made throughout the. "Cthul-Who? Also, one of Cthulhu's Star Spawn, of similar hideous appearance, appears as a late-game enemy. He has two long, massive arms with sharp talons. Considered a Great Old One within the pantheon of Lovecraftian cosmic entities, the creature has since been featured in numerous popular culture references. Invented by Lovecraft in 1928, the name Cthulhu was probably chosen to echo the word chthonic (Classical Greek "of the earth"), as apparently suggested by Lovecraft himself at the end of his 1923 tale "The Rats in the Walls".[3]. Cthulhu sleeping with The Coon on his chest. He has two large bat-like wings on his back. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA-LV in the United States. Stream free episodes and clips, play games, create an avatar and go behind-the-scenes of … [citation needed], Cthulhu appears in season 2 episode 14 of Night Gallery, Professor Peabody's Last Lecture. Cthulhu himself does not appear, as the main antagonists of the game are the Deep Ones from The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and the sea god Dagon, but his presence is alluded to several times, and viewing a statue of him in one of the temples will undermine the player's sanity. He has a long tail, which seems to be used to direct himself through the air. In Scribblenauts (2009), Cthulhu is summonable. This new adaptation, Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu, is set in the Cthulhu Mythos and explorers race to save the world before Cthulhu returns.[26]. Cthulhu also made a short appearance at the beginning of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XXIX". 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Cthulhu is a gigantic, inter-dimensional demon, miles high. He appears as a very large green monster with glowing orange eyes, massive wings and long spindly arms. The u is about like that in full; and the first syllable is not unlike klul in sound, hence the h represents the guttural thickness. In addition, Cthulhu is referenced in Derleth‘s 1945 novel “The Lurker at the Threshold” published by Arkham House. [13] The short story "The Dunwich Horror" (1928)[14] refers to Cthulhu, while "The Whisperer in Darkness" (1930) hints that one of his characters knows the creature's origins ("I learned whence Cthulhu first came, and why half the great temporary stars of history had flared forth."). [35] Haraway has denied any indebtedness to Lovecraft's Cthulhu, claiming that her "chthulu" is derived from Greek khthonios, "of the earth". https://animesouthpark.fandom.com/wiki/Cthulhu?oldid=3940. Lovecraft. Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu",[2] published in the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. [citation needed], The character's influence also extended into gaming literature: games company TSR included an entire chapter on the Cthulhu mythos (including statistics for the character) in the first printing of Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Deities & Demigods (1980). His head has two massive yellow eyes, similar to that of a dinosaur's. As a result, Cthulhu grows fond of him and proceeds to do Cartman's bidding. Lovecraft in his story, The Call of Cthulhu. Others use the pronunciation Katulu/Kutulu /kəˈtuːluː/[9]. Lovecraft, and "Trail of Cthulhu" by August Dereleth, Cthulhu would regenerate from any wound, up to and including a nuclear bomb. Lovecraft depicts it as a gigantic entity worshipped by cultists, in shape like an octopus, a dragon, and a caricature of human form. [25], In 2016, Z-Man Games released an alternate version of the board game Pandemic. [10], Lovecraft conceived a detailed genealogy for Cthulhu (published as "Letter 617" in Selected Letters)[1] and made the character a central reference in his works. The fifth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer deadmau5 features the song "Cthulhu Sleeps". In 1937, Derleth wrote the short story "The Return of Hastur", and proposed two groups of opposed cosmic entities: the Old or Ancient Ones, the Elder Gods, of cosmic good, and those of cosmic evil, bearing many names, and themselves of different groups, as if associated with the elements and yet transcending them: for there are the Water Beings, hidden in the depths; those of Air that are the primal lurkers beyond time; those of Earth, horrible animate survivors of distant eons.[16]:256. Find gifts featuring Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kenny McCormick, Kyle Broflovski, Butters, Randy, and more at the South Park Store. Cartman and Cthulhu proceed to rampage across the world, attacking all the things that Cartman alone deems evil (The Jewish People, San Francisco, Whole Foods, and Hippies). Terraria (2011) refers to Cthulhu in three boss fights: the Eye of Cthulhu, Brain of Cthulhu, and the final boss Moon Lord, implied to be Cthulhu himself. He is tall enough to stand in an ocean and still tower over a DP oil rig. [17], In John Glasby's "A Shadow from the Aeons", Cthulhu is seen by the narrator roaming the riverbank near Dominic Waldron's castle, and roaring. The short story that first mentions Cthulhu, "The Call of Cthulhu", was published in Weird Tales in 1928 and established the character as a malevolent entity, hibernating within R'lyeh, an underwater city in the South Pacific. The script and songs were written by playwright Josh Gross,[58] and after a successful run in Ashland, Oregon, the production toured the west coast in 2018, including a sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. [6] Cthulhu has also been spelled in many other ways, including Tulu, Katulu and Kutulu. [citation needed] The god appears totally different from its depiction by other authors. The imprisoned Cthulhu is apparently the source of constant subconscious anxiety for all mankind, and is also the object of worship, both by a number of human cults (including in New Zealand, Greenland, Louisiana, and the Chinese mountains) and by other Lovecraftian monsters (called Deep Ones[11] and Mi-Go[12]). ", "A revision and cladistic analysis of the spider family Pimoidae (Araneoidea: Araneae)", "Cthulhu Macrofasciculumque n. g., n. sp. Cthulhu is a Great Old One (gods of inter-dimensional origins), originally created by author H.P. The Coon tries to convince Cthulhu to stop Coon and Friends. [34], In 2014, science and technology scholar Donna Haraway gave a talk entitled "Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene: Staying with the Trouble", in which she proposed the term "Chthulucene" as an alternative for the concept of the Anthropocene era, due to the entangling interconnectedness of all supposedly individual beings. Derleth's interpretations have been criticized by Lovecraft enthusiast Michel Houellebecq, among others. His powers include: Anime South Park Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. [citation needed], Cthulhu appears in the climax of the film Underwater, worshipped by a civilisation of underwater humanoids. Choose from Cartman tees, Stan mugs, Kyle tanks, Kenny blankets and more. In 1987 Chaosium published the co-operative adventure board game Arkham Horror, based on the same background, which has since been reissued by other publishers. He also teams up with Cartman and is revealed to be the reason for Kenny's immortality. This page was last edited on 20 September 2020, at 12:34. Cthulhu flying as drawn in a comic book-style introduction. [7] The name is often preceded by the epithet Great, Dead, or Dread. From Season 14 Episode 12, Mysterion Rises. The album "Stairway To Valhalla" by Nanowar of Steel features a song titled "The Call of Cthulhu". [46], Cthulhu is featured in Arcana Studio's Howard Lovecraft animated trilogy beginning with Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom, and ending with the upcoming Kingdom of Madness. After Cartman orders Cthulu to send Coon and Friends to a dark oblivion, Cthulhu is defeated by Mint-Berry Crunch (Coon vs. Coon and Friends), who had discovered his powers, and sent back to its world. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Cthulhu is one of two Lovecraftian deities to appear in South Park, the other is his grandmother. [42] In the popular adult animated science-fiction sitcom Rick and Morty, a depiction of Cthulhu can be seen in the opening sequence, immediately prior to the title card. Shop official South Park t-shirts, hoodies, drinkware, hats & more at the South Park Shop.