#SP Kenny Dies

[muttsterion]

Ha...just membered today's the 23rd anniversary of "Kenny Dies" airing. So 23yrs ago Kenny "died for good". Damn.

[nuttiebun]

these two are literally the raven and starfire of south park lmao

saw this meme going around and decided to give my take on it. not very proud of the end result admittedly 😅

[kennytheworkingclasshero]

Kenny finally cracking and telling his friends that he is immortal knowing they won’t believe him is nothing less than heartbreaking. This is a boy who has endured some of the most violent, gruesome deaths. Has experienced a wide array of pain and torture, mostly in front of his friends. He hears them in his last waking moments acknowledge that he has passed and yet when he wakes up the next day, he finds they have all forgotten the trauma and pain he went through, greeting him at the same bus stop as if nothing had happened.

So, when he is finally on the cusp of figuring out why this happens to him, why he is the only one who has to go through this torment again and again, his friend are treating it as nothing more than a game (because to them, as kids, it is nothing but a game of superheroes). He snaps, he tells them “I'm being serious! I really, really can't die!” with the knowledge that they’ll think he’s crazy. He tries to tell them that he dies all the time, and he tacks on “and you assholes never remember” as if that’s something important to him. Kenny wants them to remember, he wants to know that he is missed and people grief him and that his death isn’t something easily forgettable to the people who he cares about the most, and who are suppose to care about him. But they carry on being skeptical, even thinking they’re indulging him by suggesting that if it were true it would be pretty cool to be immortal.

No. It’s not cool to Kenny, it’s confusing and painful and he drives that point home by shooting himself in the head, urging them to “fucking remember.” He doesn’t get to see their shock and sadness at his death, he never does. Instead, he wakes up the next day and when he asks if they remember, he’s met with a chuckle and a “what?”

But no matter how painful it is to die, no matter how frustrated he gets that people can’t remember it happening, he is still willing to kill himself in order to save his friends because that’s just who Kenny is. He’s a selfless kid. He’ll throw himself off a cliff and onto some spikes, getting himself stabbed in the chest if it means getting his friends back, because no matter how much it annoys him that they can’t seem to remember one of the most important parts of him, he still loves that enough that he is literally willing to die for them.

[mirrorshards]

The Summer Kenny Died

an idea I suddenly had yesterday that wouldn't leave me alone! please read The Summer Hikaru Died if you haven't, it's great

[everythingwasnormalhere]

sptober day 2 >:3

yes kenny is my fav character YES KENNY DIES IS MY FAV EPISODE leave me alone 😭✨ (also that episode is like 90% of why i ship k2 tbh)

that drawing is a redraw of this OLD ASS PIECE OF SHIT btw :3 (which i drew as soon as i finished the episode for the first time while trying not to sob lmao)

...yeah i think i have improved tbh 💀

[mazojo]

Need.

[cringelordofchaos]

Kyle comforting Stan after loss of a loved one.

[fantuh]

HELP HIM

[fennecfiree]

I can't fucking draw on phone I want my drawing tablet to work 💔

[rainwater71]

i can’t be the only one who desperately wishes that Tammy (from the season 13 episode “The Ring”) had stayed Kenny’s girlfriend. They were so cute together and it’s about time that Kenny gets more plots or importance. Any sort of character development or status quo changes (like having a long term girlfriend) is needed for Kenny. They matched each others freak🙏

[ourselvers]

the new south park special is looking great

[muttsterion]

How did you feel when Kenny Dies first aired? And did you takeba break from South Park until he returned in season 6 or were you still in a fan in that gap?

Honestly when "Kenny Dies" originally aired I wasn't really aware yet that this was intended to be Kenny's "final" episode. It was still pretty emotional you know. I mean even to this day watching Stan finally gather up the courage to see his dying friend only to be met with an empty bed and Kyle there to tell him that Kenny was asking for him before he died still gets me. But back when it aired, even though a few older wiser fans had speculated that M&T were killing Kenny for good, I didn't think they were actually going through with that being his final episode. Ha of course a few month after season 6 first aired and it was confirmed of course I was a bit sad heartbroken even. Weird to say for a fictional character I know but he was and still is my favorite after all....I admit to being a bit attached to him. XD I actually did try to take a break from South Park then seeing as Kenny wasn't even there anymore but I would still end up watching some of the episodes to see maybe if M&T had changed their minds. Of course they didn't for a while and as the season progressed at one point I felt maybe I was ready to let the show go….but no joke that's when "Red Sleigh Down" aired and an online friend of mine way back(sadly who I lost contact with some years ago) told me she was sure that Kenny had returned…I didn't believe her so I watched myself and wouldn't you know it he was back! So I guess I was some what on and off a fan-ish....maybe? Season 6 was a trying time without Kenny though I admit there were some episodes I did manage to enjoy but I was still missing him. I do like both Butters and Tweek but no one can replace Kenny imo. XD

[wan975]

The Summer Kenny died

[milooo8096]

just a normal (ex-)lovers quarrel ( AU BY @thegiftedau )

[chvvy]

the summer kenny died

[o-okay-comfortable]

the shit my 12 am brain comes up with