Everything about Kenny Mccormick totally explained
Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick, voiced by
Matt Stone, is one of the fictional five (originally four) central characters of the
animated series South Park. He is notorious for dying and resurrecting again nearly every episode during the first five seasons of the show, with little to no explanation given. Since his reappearance after being "permanently dead," he dies much less often.
Appearance
Kenny wears a orange snow suit that incorporates a hood that's always tightly drawn. Due to wearing his hood, which covers most of his mouth, Kenny's lines are all muffled, and he's often used to get words, including "shit", past the censors. While residents of South Park understand him easily, newcomers often have problems understanding Kenny's speech requiring the others to translate for him. He only speaks unmuffled in,
The Jeffersons and in
Lice Capades. His voice is somewhat high-pitched, and seems to become somewhat deeper in
Lice Capades. In "
Good Times with Weapons" and "
Starvin' Marvin", he's been shown to have bright blue eyes.
Characterization
Kenny comes from a poor, violent, and alcoholized American family living on welfare. His friends, especially
Eric Cartman, often tease him for his poverty. Although Cartman often is cruel to Kenny, the two seem to consider each other to be best friends.
Kenny is the most knowledgeable of the group, at least when it comes to sexual matters, and the others will typically go to him if they don't know something. Kenny likes toilet humour and
pornography. In the episode "
Rainforest Schmainforest", Kenny gets a girlfriend named Kelly, and in
the following epsiode, it can be assumed that he's on his way to see her when he
spontaneously combusts.
In a running gag for the five first seasons of the show, Kenny dies in almost every episode. This was often followed by the catchphrase "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" "You bastards!", usually said by
Stan and
Kyle, or some variation of it. He "permanently" died in the episode "
Kenny Dies" (2001), and was taken off the show, with the creators confirming that they'd killed the character for good. Despite this claim, Kenny returned to the show less than one year later, first as a spirit possessing Cartman in "
A Ladder to Heaven", then as his old self in "
Red Sleigh Down". Kenny still dies in some episodes, most recently in the Season 11 finale, "
The List", but far less regularly than he did before "Kenny Dies".
In other media
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Besides the
South Park television show, Kenny has made appearances in other
South Park media, including the film (1999), and
South Park videogames. Early versions of the character appeared in the
Parker and Stone cartoons "
The Spirit of Christmas [Jesusvs. Frosty]" (1992) and "
The Spirit of Christmas [Jesusvs. Santa]" (1995).
In the book, there's an article about Kenny, by
Southern Illinois University philosophy professor Dr.
Randall Auxier, entitled "Killing Kenny: Our Daily Dose of Death."
Kenny's deaths and the "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!" catchphrase is well known in popular culture, and has appeared on various pieces of merchandise, from T-shirts to guitar straps (like the one used by
The Police guitarist
Andy Summers), and inspired the rap song "Kenny's Dead" by
Master P., Kevin, though they've not been seen together often. Kevin's few appearances and speaking lines portray his personality as similar to Kenny's (Shown when they both laugh hysterically as their parents engage in a fistfight). Some episodes show a younger sister as well.
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