 Stone said he felt the episode solidified major characteristics embodied by the Chef character , particularly the fact that he is one of the only adults in South Park who always understands the truth of any given situation and believes the children almost all of the time . Stone said , " It 's like the parents are all nuts that live in the town . The boys are kind of the most sane and Chef is really the only one in town who believes the kids when they say ( something ) is happening , when the kids are actually right and it 's the town that 's crazy . " " Pinkeye " was also the first episode in which Liane Cartman , Eric Cartman 's mother , was portrayed as a promiscuous woman who was previously a crack whore and is willing to engage in pornographic sex for money ; during the episode , she is mentioned and actually featured on the cover of " Crack Whore Magazine " , much to Cartman 's shock and dismay . 
