South Park
Summary
WhileSouth Parkalways obscured Kenny ’s face , the show made his entire existence more mysterious with season 6 ’s Christmas instalment . South Parkspent its first few season repeatedly killing Kenny McCormick , the faceless , wordless member of the show ’s central quartet . Before Butters became a veritable secureness in the series , Kenny was in effect a luckless one - joke character who be alone to suffer a violent destruction in every instalment . finally , South Parkcreators Trey Parker and Matt Stone got tired of this jape and kill off Kenny for good in season 5 , episode 13 , “ Kenny Dies . ”
Until this point , Kenny ’s many death onSouth Parkwere treat as present moment of gross - out comedy , but“Kenny Dies ” made it clear that the character was genuinely blend in . Kenny did n’t appear in the rest ofSouth Parkseason 5 and only became a substantial member of the central group thanks to fan pressure . Parker and Stone admit in a season 6 DVD commentary that viewers need Kenny ’s return key , thus accidentally facilitating one of the bestSouth ParkChristmas episodes .
Up until the sixth time of year of the hit comedy series , South Park , Kenny McCormick break down in every individual episode . Here are the most visceral deaths .
South Park’s Season 6 Christmas Episode Revived Kenny
According to Trey Parker , South Park ’s fans wanted Kenny back after his season 5 dying , so time of year 6 , instalment 17 , “ Red Sleigh Down , ” was written to facilitate this coming back . While some ofSouth Park ’s Christmas episodesfeature tearing , gruesome plots , few can best the cynicism of “ Red Sleigh Down . ” This boundary - pushing outing aired in 2002 and lampoon the U.S. encroachment of Iraq . In " Red Sleigh Down , " Cartman ’s attempts to be “ nice ” in the eyes of Santa Claus lead him to wreak Christmas to the castled nation . presently , Santa Claus and Jesus attempt to escape Iraq with Kyle , Cartman , and Stan in a spoof ofBlack Hawk Down .
Although Jesus dies at the end of the instalment , this does n’t sic up Kenny ’s seemingly wizard resurrection . rather , Kenny just come out at the end of “ Red Sleigh Down ” without explanation , and none of the other case involve one . The absurdity of this unbelievable occurrence is n’t without issue . Kenny ’s ability to resurrect himself and his Quaker failing to even notice that he ’s gone arrange up his best discharge . In the season that followed this Christmas instalment , South Parkfinally explain what was going on with Kenny ’s many Death .
South Park’s Kenny Return Set Up His Best Arc
South Park ’s hero were just enervate when their canonically drained friend reappeared , and this set up the later divine revelation that Kenny had on the Q.T. been an immortal being all along . In season 14 ’s " Coon and Friends ” trilogy of episode , South Parkrevealed thatKenny respawns every time he dies . His friends have no recollection of this occurrent , which retroactively explains why they seem so nonplused by his paying back in “ Red Sleigh Down . ” Thus , with that Christmas episode ’s best throwaway gag , South Parkset up Kenny ’s most surprising character reveal years in advance by depicting his friends not noticing the modish in Kenny ’s drawstring of temporary deaths .
