Creek

"I'm so sorry, Craig. You, you made me believe in myself in a way I never have before. I didn't think I had any of that in me, but... you were right. I can do more than I think. You... changed something in me and I just... I wanna fix whatever's hurting you now."

- Tweek to Craig in 'Tweek x Craig'

Creek is the slash ship between Craig Tucker and Tweek Tweak from the South Park fandom.

Canon
The first episode entirely focusing on the pair is in "Tweek vs. Craig", in which the boys orchestrate a fight between them. They both skip the initial fight. Tweek is very reluctant to fight Craig; Craig is less reluctant, but still does not particularly care about the fight until Cartman tells him that Tweek insulted his guinea pig. The fight is rescheduled, and this time they both show up, but neither understands the mechanics of how to fight, and neither seems angry. They half-heartedly smack each other, much to the audience's annoyance, and so the match is postponed once more. After being taught different fighting styles, they begin an actual fight, which lands both of them in the hospital. The rest of the class confesses at the end that they made them fight for a bet, and then continue to spread lies, causing Tweek and Craig to scuffle in the hospital room.

The next time the pair is given a spotlight is in "Tweek x Craig", which is considered the most influential episode for their relationship. The premise of the episode is that some students began drawing romantic fanart of Tweek and Craig (which is in fact fanart used from actual shippers.) This causes the entire town to believe that Tweek and Craig are dating, despite them both denying it. They are brought into the principal's office, where he teaches them about affirmative consent using graphic examples, much to their frustration. They get into a physical fight at school the next day, and when they are brought into the principal's office once again, he refers to it as a "lover's quarrel." They are sent home with money for being gay. Craig goes over to Tweek's house to talk to him, and Tweek's father tells them to "keep the door open." Though angry at the implication, Craig goes upstairs and proposes a plan to Tweek in which they go along with the idea that they are in a relationship so that they can publicly break up. Tweek is nervous about this idea, but Craig tells him he is more capable than he thinks. The next day, they get into their fake fight, but Tweek takes the acting further than necessary and makes up a story where Craig was cheating on him. This causes the other students to look down on Craig, and the news of their breakup seems to have a general depressing effect on the town's spirits. Realizing this, Tweek goes to visit Craig's house, and suggests that they say they are back together so that everything can be back to normal. Tweek apologizes for taking the acting too far, and says Craig made him believe in himself in a way he never had before. Craig tells him he'll have to "go be gay with someone else," though he looks conflicted when Tweek ends up leaving. Later, Craig is sitting in his bed looking upset. Craig's father walks in and apologizes for the way he reacted to he and Tweek's relationship, telling him that he will support him no matter what. As the scene switches, Tweek is walking on the sidewalk. Craig walks up in front of him and holds his hand out, looking straight ahead. Tweek stares for a moment before taking his hand, and they walk together. On the street and at school, everyone is surprised and happy that they are together again.

"Put It Down" is the final episode with Tweek and Craig as a major focus. In it, Tweek is terrified because of a current conflict between North Korea and the United States. During a concert in the theater, Tweek goes up and starts smashing the piano and screaming that North Korea is going to bomb and kill everyone. He leaves the stage screaming. Later in the cafeteria, the boys tell Craig that, since he's Tweek's boyfriend, he has to do something about Tweek's behavior. Craig asks what he's supposed to do, and tells them that Tweek never listens to him when he's emotional. Cartman attempts to give him relationship advice, but ends up being distracted by Heidi, leaving Craig stunned. Later in the school hallway, Tweek is still freaking out, scaring himself by slamming locker shut. Craig walks up and greets him, causing him to jump. Craig tells him that he needs to calm down and that he is overreacting.

In South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Tweek and Craig have a broken relationship, due to them being on different teams, the player, however, helps repair their relationship and for them to use their special attack. Their conversations during battles imply strong feelings, such as when Craig dies, Tweek will yell out 'Super Craig! No! I can't live without you!' followed by Craig stating.,'It's okay, you can just revive me.' As well as when Craig gets hit, Tweek will say 'Oh My God, They Hit Super Craig!' followed by Craig saying, 'Deep breaths, Wonder Tweek'

During the whole SOUTH PARK POST COVID special, Tweek and Craig are seen together from start to end. This implies that even forty years in the future, they're still together. When the future is changed for the other characters in Part 2 of the POST COVID special, Tweek and Craig are still seen together at the Christmas party.

Fanon
The ship had been popular for over a decade before becoming canon, likely originating from the episode 'Tweek vs Craig.' The episode where Creek becomes canon, 'Tweek x Craig', is also a perspective on the show's shipping culture and shipping culture in general. Fanart for the pairing was asked for by the creators and was featured in the episode. Following that episode, Creek's popularity soared, and became the most prevalent pairing in the fandom.

On AO3, Creek is the most written ship for both Craig and Tweek. It is also the most written ship within the South Park tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Craig/Tweek tag on FanFiction.net
 * Craig/Tweek tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * In the mobile game, South Park: Phone Destroyer, the Imp Tweek and Youth Pastor Craig cards were released within a week of each other. These cards became inspiration for a lot of fan content.