Editing Dr. Alphonse Mephesto (section)

==Personality and Traits==
===Helpfulness===
Often expressing his pleasure in helping others around him and desire to create something useful to humanity, Mephesto is an empathic figure who is concerned about the problems of those around him. Many of his appearances have involved other characters requesting some form of assistance which he would be happy to provide, such as the boys looking for help understanding genetics, lending [[Stan Marsh|Stan]] pills for his father, or helping [[Eric Cartman]] make adult friends. Even his genetically-modified turkeys were originally conceived a solution to world hunger. While his genetic creations may not prove very useful, he is nonetheless concerned with helping others.

===Repentance===
Despite his pursuit of mad science despite logic to the contrary, Mephesto is not incapable of recognizing his mistakes and feels a great deal of remorse for both the harm his creations cause others as well as the deaths of his creations, even when he has had to perform the act himself for others' safety. He refers to his turkeys as a part of himself, and is saddened to see multi-assed cats taken down by [[King Douchebag|the New Kid]], and after these events of destruction often experiences self-doubt about his role as a genetic engineer and the ethics of whether or not he should perhaps be playing God after all. He also exhibits remorse for the conspiracy surrounding [[Eric Cartman]]'s paternity, bowing his head as he confirms his father's identity.

===Eccentricity===
Often described by the other townspeople as "crazy" or "insane", few characters in the South Park universe have as many inexplicable and often unrelated eccentricities as Mephesto, from his unusual obsession with multi-assed animals to his odd choices of words (such as 'lusciously') as well as his strange outfit and reclusive nature. He has also often been dismissed by others, particularly [[Mayor McDaniels]], for this outlandish behavior.