Eric Cartman from South Park was based on Archie Bunker from All In The Family. South Park co-creator Trey Parker once said in an interview: “In the early ’90s, we were sitting there going, a show like that couldn’t be on the air right now because things are so PC. You couldn’t have an Archie Bunker,” he said. “And we used to talk about how, if Archie Bunker was 8 years old, I bet you could do it.”