Kenny McCormick has a Sad Life! (South Park Video Essay)

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[@wahoo8683]

*Press "F" Everytime Time You Feel Sorry For Kenny Each Time He Keeps Dying*

[@OrlaithSleepy]

F F F

[@4NeonFun]

Press "F" to pay respects

[@Echoline77]

f tbh

[@highshipper9222]

F

[@silvercrystlz]

F

[@Hack_Man_VII]

Kenny looking after his sister as Mysterion was genuinely one of my favorite moments from the show. That's great character growth.

[@BadFireDad_1978]

The immortal guardian. The hero who never can die

[@JasmineAmberSandbrook1923]

I ❤ Mysterion he is such a caring person to his sister called Karen

[@JasmineAmberSandbrook1923]

I wish Matt Stone and Trey Parker could make more episodes focusing on Stuart Mccormick and Carol Mccormick's children I want more Kenny and Karen episodes

[@dynamicender]

They even touched on this relationship in south park the fractured but whole in the dusk till casa Bonita DLC where it's the driving plot

[@JasmineAmberSandbrook1923]

@@dynamicender the part on the dlc where Mysterion says to Karen "Oh well uh I'll have a talk with him I'll make sure he spends more time with you I promise" oh my gosh he's so caring to her I love him

[@AhSatansART]

I remember when the coon and friends episodes came out and when he started yelling at his friends to "fucking remember" legit got me crying. Dying over and over feeling every bit of pain that come with each death and no one remembering it really made me think differently about his character, any episodes where he acts as Mysterion gives use a bigger insight to his character.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

All just to make fun of the viewer for growing emotionally attached to their characters lol

[@AhSatansART]

@@FumblsTheSniper yep gotta love that from matt and trey tho

[@silburrrrdurrr]

ngl that part was cool asf to me since he comes back

[@evanmak7837]

You gotta admit though, using his death to return to south park when they were transferred to Cthulhu's world was very cool. Also "Ow! that fucking hurts!!" after a heroic monotone badass speech is so darkly funny😅

[@AhSatansART]

@@evanmak7837 But funny and sad

[@alan62036]

The BFF necklace was from another episode. The one where Kenny is braindead and people are debating whether or not to pull the plug on him. Cartman finds out that Kenny left him in his will to get his PSP. So he plants the necklace to get the doctors to believe him that Kenny told him that he wanted the plug pulled if he was ever on life support

[@Hack_Man_VII]

Urog must use his power of invisibility to sneak by. The doctors will never know he was there.

[@galleryofrogues]

Yup. Constantine parody along with the Terry Schiavo thing in the news at the time.

[@theblarneystone1023]

I think Pip had the saddest life of all the kids because both of his biological parents died, his sister physically abused him, he was genuinely hated by everyone in school (not just a casual punching bag like Butters), and died without coming back like Kenny does.

[@mikaelllll]

And then everyone didn't even mention pip ever in the show

[@justsomerandomguy7539]

I felt so bad for pip

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Pip was crushed to death by MechaStreisand in the banned episode 201

[@_hihi_0.0]

I forgot about Pip

[@Young.neil_fr]

@@_hihi_0.0 yeah because they killed him in a banned episode. Mant people watched in the town INCLUDING THE KIDS and noone cared

[@3arthandsky]

Kenny is actually my favorite character in the entire series

[@BrettB.]

My too

[@Msanimefanatic25]

mine too

[@cristerosoul]

same

[@youzettasonsofdigits1639]

Mine three

[@silburrrrdurrr]

same

[@bunnychu15]

Poor Kenny definitely has the worst life out of the main boys (counting Butters). No, his mom isn't as scary as Sheila, his father isn't a pot head like Randy, and both his parents don't ground him as much as Butters. However, Kenny still has to deal with an alcoholic father, a (sometimes) verbally abusive mother, and an uncaring older brother, all while being the best big brother he can to Karen. No wonder Kenny wanted to be a Japanese princess in Stick of Truth and he took on the alter ego of Mysterion in The Coon!

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

You're forgetting 2 things about kennys parents. Here are they :) Stuart mccornmick, kennys dad is 42 while kennys mom carol is 26 and their oldest child is 13 meaning that stuart got carol pregnant when she was 12.

[@iheartgyatt]

@@youtubestudiosucks978 pretty sure thats a fan theory

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

@@iheartgyatt how dare you call what i made myself a theory. I even looked on the wiki before i mentioned it. You're rude

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

My parents were like Kenny’s while my foster parent was like Butters’ family. As a teen I think I would have been better off with Kenny’s family than with a family that would ground me for reading advanced math books.

[@carna-9501]

Not even just in stick of truth, in the game thrones parody episodes too.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

15:38 You didn't even explain how the arc wrapped up. Kenny's soul ends up in a roast, which is lost and eventually eaten by Rob Schneider, who gets pocessed by Kenny just like Cartman was. This leads to a series of shenanigans ultimately resulting in Rob dying after being impaled on a flagpole, thus meaning Kenny technically suffered an unnatural death, thus allowing him to come back.

[@TFmoviesss]

I just assumed he died then Kenny's soul went into the body of a random kud

[@deadlightmutantdankballs2431]

My head cannon is that Kenny’s family was only poor bc they had to keep paying for funerals

[@seaniburg3778]

I support this 100%

[@iAteMyPillow131]

Thats pretty good actually

[@doubleflores8350]

Nah man, when his father is un-employed, and his mother only works as a dish washer at the Olive Garden, that’s the reason they’re so poor.

[@amouz6308]

The reason they poor is because other people wanted them to be poor.

[@liffiladCcrilngo]

Genius

[@shadowedcorners4448]

Cartman and Butters do have miserable lives but tbh I'd rather be them than Kenny. He remembers each death. That trauma must be immense.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

I'm glad the future episode showed Kenny being a self-made millionaire who invented time travel while Cartman becomes a homeless alcoholic

[@AoiUsagiOtoko]

i love kenny so damn much. i grew up a poor kid myself so i always empathized with him as far as that aspect of his character. and he's just a lovely, sweet kid despite his vulgar sense of humor and bad luck. not to mention the fact that he's so determined to keep his sister safe as mysterion, the scenes between the two of them made me cry a little the first time it's interesting how the characters in such a goofy show can be so multifaceted. south park is a really one-of-a-kind show in that regard and it's what keeps me coming back even if i haven't enjoyed the later seasons as much as the old ones. i just care so much about these weird-ass kids, man

[@vidzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

You a millionaire now? (GTA videos:did someone call me?) AaAAAA

[@DIZZY-VR.]

I LOVE YOU TOO🧡🧡🧡🧡 YOU MY BFFFFF NOW

[@Daphne70]

Why do I see you everywhere 💀

[@-P1NBALL-PARAK33T-]

Though I agree with the essay, the biggest problem I have with this video essay, Carol (I think that’s her name) is super supportive of Kenny helping him save up for singing lessons, going to Europe and even agreeing to stay there with him, and always grieving his death! She does care but I feel like this video painted her as someone much worse as if she doesn’t really care about Kenny. Even thou she does, yes she is verbally abusive, we have to remember they’re struggling and it doesn’t help to be in a terrible environment, being with an abusive alcoholic, and always constantly losing your son and always giving birth.

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

38:56 as much as I'd remembered the Pandemic Special and the Vaccine Specials of South Park I'd felt BAD for Kenny through out of all of it

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

They should’ve made Kenny die from the vaccine trial or something.

[@ShokieShoka]

Mysterion/Kenny also completely carry The Fractured But Whole, they’re awesome, honestly the only character I care about in South Park

[@break_the_galaxy]

God, I'd pay so much money for a spinoff game focusing mostly on the relationships between Kenny and Karen/Mysterion and Karen (even though they're the same person). Even if it was way shorter than the other two games I'd still love to see it. There's so much potential there

[@AlienoRBLX]

@@break_the_galaxy Karen isn’t Mysterion…

[@AlienoRBLX]

Oh I took what you said the wrong way

[@Spartz945]

​@@break_the_galaxy what about the dusk till casa bonita dlc?

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

If Gerald came from a rich family he must’ve been pretty stupid to end up in a community college.

[@im_niko]

16:54 I just love how Kenny starts dancing happily 😭😭

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

His father Stewart reminds me of my father who was also called Stewart. He wore a hat like that and was an alcoholic too. He was actually intelligent though, he just wasn’t interested in school and more interested in fixing cars, could’ve been a brilliant engineer if he worked harder in school (his mother was a scientist who experimented on pigs’ brains)

[@ragantate3995]

When Kenny comes back to life, he should relocate. Fa’sho. He’s the low key cool kid everyone knew in jr high that disappeared but not because he dies, yet because he saw what surrounded him & hauled ass. That’s why I loved the storyline they made for him in the Covid installments.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

My favorite Kenny deaths were when they wrap you up in the ridiculous plot line and then last moment kill Kenny. The Chinpokomon episode was one of these.

[@Hunni_Gummi]

I love Kenny cause no matter how hard life is even if he looses it/dies. he'll wake up the next day and do it over again just enjoying whatever he get a chance to do whether it getting high, playing games, getting a parklot quickie. He just gonna to take it in strides.With all that said Mysterion really shows what he capable of when he speaks up and I really hope we get him without the hood in the future making him really shine as a main character which we did in a newer season where he owns a restaurant such a good character and shows not everyone in south park is a " T# sandwich"

[@kevinsmoon3257]

To me he really shines when butters and him go to hawaii jaja thats a great haha episode

[@cactusadams7752]

Me too! I think he mostly lives in the moment, just taking everything one day at a time, focuses on enjoying life and helping people, and at least tries to have a positive outlook on stuff, and then he uses Mysterion to cope with his pain so it doesn’t seep into his regular life. Otherwise he would’ve gone completely insane years ago. Plus he just seems so genuinely happy when he’s doing stuff like dancing to Peruvian music or roleplaying a princess that his cheerfulness cant just be a coverup.

[@hotnessgaming1396]

Only cartman knows and remembers that Kenny keeps dying but he just doesn’t give a shit :D

[@bemasaberwyn55]

There is a theory because Cartman was a vessel for Kenny's soul for a while that is why Cartman retains a memory of Kenny dying

[@hotnessgaming1396]

@@bemasaberwyn55 that would make sense. I think cartman remembers Kenny’s deaths in episodes preceding the one where he drank him though. Like in the episode with the roller coaster. That’s definitely before season 6. Wonder if they’ll ever address it anymore or if they’re gonna keep it the way it is :d

[@alexafromihop2205]

Bro Kenny has always been my fav!! Wish they would involve him more😢

[@epicstyle160]

The spontaneous combustion moment always makes me lose it

[@RandomPerson-wo3zz]

Nahhh when Kyle told Stan the last thing Kenny said was “where’s Stan?” That made me wanna cry

[@MemedPixel]

22:54 the fact that he tipped over and fell just made me laugh a tad bit with some tears lol

[@giuliano_pp]

y’all ever noticed how blonde boys are always so genuinely nice but the most fucked up shit happens to them ? think about it : kenny, butters, tweek, pip, they all went through so much shit yet none of them are mean, none of them deserve what happened to them :((

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Holy SHIT

[@ceterfo]

Can we just appreciate that Matt Stone and Trey Parker like fully understood that children were the primary watchers of their show. I got my mom to buy me the movie like 2 years after it came out in a locked case at Walmart next to the "the lord of the rings"

[@underdoggamer1232]

Kennys life is like playing the souls games

[@Lastofthesigilites]

I'd imagine Kenny asking for funeral strippers.

[@Psychomilf342]

We all love him because he’s the best friend of all of them

[@stitchedbyiron]

A well financed healthy family is what we all wanted. Unfortunately Kenny's family is the family that too many of us got.

[@agsdragon5475]

Kenny has join my list of cartoon characters who deserve the right to be a anime protag along lincoln loud, spike the dragon, timmy turner, ko, and Danny phantom

[@agsdragon5475]

Feel free to add others

[@masked_undead539]

I want to know how this list came into existence, and why? Oh, also why did you choose all those characters

[@agsdragon5475]

@@masked_undead539 I’m a fan of anime and a lot of those characters are underdogs that fit the classic shouan anime hero archtype

[@masked_undead539]

@@agsdragon5475 Oh Okay

[@IofSheikah]

“You just kept on being poor” is crazy

[@mokodo813]

Kenny has it really hard: his parents aren’t worth a damn, he used to get die endlessly left and right, he gets taken advantage of, especially by Cartman and his living situation is bleak. Kenny, his brother and his little sister Karen deserve so much better and more. :(

[@Big_Susan]

Am i the only one who saw someone dressed up as the cuddle team leader?

[@myesarah4387]

Cartman: "Kenny dies all of the time!" Everybody: "how does he know 🤨"

[@colinbanning9416]

One of the five main characters? Do we universally recognize Butters now? Cause you could make a very strong argument that South Park becoming great and Butters becoming a recurring character happened at the exact same time.

[@abbeymotzer4060]

I love Kenny's voice sounded really cute!

[@The24thWight]

This is. Actually fucking amazing. I didn't expect this to be this good. I'll be back to this channel count on it.

[@SugarMasochist]

I...feel sad for Kenny...because I had similar childhood to his...

[@sadcrab69]

Hope you doing better

[@mohamedlamin2968]

I'm an idiot XD

[@sadcrab69]

@@mohamedlamin2968 same here I think I don't want to say to you

[@bobthebusbuilder2478]

You died over a hundred times

[@pissheater3k]

@@bobthebusbuilder2478 doesn’t everybody?

[@vHindenburg]

On the topic of charackters not being used anymore , one of my favourites sherrif Barbrady which I havent seen in years. I liked his charackter arc of eventually learning to read in the end.

[@Takisan111]

You're lucky. Chicken Pox SUCKED!!! My mom took me and my siblings to a friends house when his sister caught it and I spent the next couple weeks itching. They always say "Don't scratch or pick the spots" but do you think that's easy for a child? No. It's not. It feels like hell. It's like if you got mosquito bites on every single corner of your body and each of them can be popped like a zit while still itching like hell. I only learned a few years ago that a vaccine exists for it now and I am so jealous of your generation for that.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I was like the last pox party generation before the vaccine came out. Hopefully it actually prevents you from getting the virus stuck in your body so that you get shingles as an elderly adult.

[@charlievalentino1484]

I was born in 2001 and was given chicken pox when I was like 10 I remeber it itching a lot but I also remeber being so happy getting time off school so didn't mind it really 😅

[@tinmanlover1994]

The fact that kenny dies every episode is already sad enough now with your deep dive its even more sadder

[@rebal180]

If you think about it Kenny just about wiped himself out of existence. Because it's been shown that upon dying Kenny will sometimes be reborn into the same family. His mom was essentially pregnant with one of his back ups.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

*in Mr Slave voice* oh Jesus Christ

[@krispyhoe2126]

LOVE that someone made a video on him! He’s my original favourite and is still one of my favourites

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

If someone's already done this I don't care it's a hard knock life for Kenny

[@garuelx8627]

Kenny is really the best of the four kids. I must be attracted to miserable souls cause also Butters and to a much lesser extent Cartman are the ones I care about.

[@nickster99]

Thanks for making a video on one of my favorite characters, ever. Great work

[@alexvaughan1013]

Gerald and Stuart's fishing trip is just Matt Stone talking to himself!

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

36:02 and yet I'd wondered at that point why Kenny and his siblings at a caring Foster home with caring parents

[@queen-Angel-3]

When she said "Possibly in love with" I laughed 😅

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

23:10 isn't that the irony all of what you look forward to for Thanksgiving dinner and all Kenny's Family gets is a can of Greenbeans that must have SUCKED

[@le_normi3045]

“When you’re so poor even death spends literally no time making sure you stay dead” is the usual vibe I get from his gags

[@corenasue]

Imagine Kenny and Butters hanging out as best friends.

[@cactusadams7752]

The official site actually lists Butters as one of his best friends! Along with Stan Kyle & Cartman

[@ampstamp]

I just tapped on the first recommended Southpark video on my home page, I did not expect a furry in a monk outfit to tell me about Kenny's tragic immortal life

[@Langle7187]

Happy Kenny is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen

[@Goofy-GooberYT]

I love in the intro while Stan is crying Kenny says, " SCREW YOU STAN, IM GOING HOME"

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

33:06 And yet from the Coon and Friends episodes I'd found it cool that Kenny was Mysterion

[@bigmacsama]

Way past cool! I can’t to see ya do the next one!

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

When wil the worst dad essay come out? Stuart mccornmick, kennys dad is 42 while kennyes mom carol is 26 and their oldest child is 13 meaning that stuart got carol pregnant when she was 12.

25:00 or thereabouts - the Chicken Pox episode aired before the chicken pox vaccine was really commonplace. That alone is why they weren't vaccinated, especially Kenny.

[@kelayambaya1894]

0:4 Kenny saying "Screw you guys I'm going home" is so funny 😂

[@sadcrab69]

Finally someone talking about kenny being a the youngest mom and sleeping with a grow man and yate no episode about teenage getting pregnant

[@Zeast_edits]

8:54 The way Stan goes that he doesn't want to see Kenny the way he is currently is a sad thing his own best friend but he still has his reasons but it's just sad Kenny's last words "Where's Stan" is depressing as hell

[@cityzengirl]

Another note. I was born in the generation where we had to contract it from other people so that we would not get it when we were older. Referring to chicken pox

[@charlievalentino1484]

I was born in 2001 and got all my other jabs but don't think chickenpox vaccine (despite being invented in the 80s) was common use or maybe just not in the UK cause for chickenpox I got my immunity the old fashioned way

[@IlikeTRAINSPinkiegacha]

I think one of the reason Kenny’s family is so poor is that they had to keep paying for Kenny to get burried But the most you can do is atleast acknowledge that Kenny is dead

[@YourEmrgncyStash]

Two saddest moments for me 1. When Cartman ate all the skins off the KFC chicken 2. When the boys tell Kenny he can't trick or treat with them because he cant afford to rent a scooter 🥲

[@keksidy]

This video really opened my eyes, I had no idea the child who dies everyday didn't have a good life

[@daddiedimples09]

25:25 “I’m Glad I Was Born In 99” I Was Born In 98! I Too Never Knew How Common Chicken Pox Party Was.

[@4NeonFun]

Chicken pox was so common in '99 that catching it was considered a rite of passage. It felt special since my best friend in preschool also had it at the same time. The pox party was over as soon as we shown the teacher and we both got sent home 😂 Seems like an entirely different world now that chickenpox is less common due to the vaccine.

[@wiktorrebacz4450]

When stan and kyle say "they" in they killed kenny, they adress matt stone and trey parker

[@ashy_inking1476]

37:01 I'm agnostic too as this is so funny

[@FreakFlag]

Kenny “dies” Stan: I’ll never see Kyle again

[@Official_Zero2]

5:38 kenny microphone

[@blu.blasters]

he doesn't have a sad life, he has sad lives

[@mrchapin94]

I hope everyone has a great holidays

[@Koi29357]

when Cartman drank that "chocolate milk" he drunk Kenny organs, and ALL of his other body parts.

[@derpoltergeist8265]

I read it as "sad wife" and thought to myself, which episode did I miss?!

[@norriejaymes9067]

i really think matt and trey need to make more episodes with Kevin, no one ever talks about him but i think that he could become a great brother like kenny. taking on the role of a parent sort of role

[@monkeycat48]

For Kenny going straight to hell, it had nothing to do with him skipping church. It’s just the fact that everybody goes to hell and it was revealed later after the movie that everybody goes to hell. Regardless of whether you’re a sinner or not the only people that get excepted into heaven are Mormons, their fate as what Trey, Parker and Matt stone state in a hilarious way was right. The whole mindfuck joke, which is what South Park is known for was that everybody goes to hell for hell is not as bad compared to being stuck in heaven, where you’re playing with the Mormons that do charade games.

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

Kitty monk"Kenny has the worse life in South park", starvin Marvin speck in his native tounge"(oh my heart bleeds)

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

16:20 I'd find it sweet when Kenny had a girlfriend from The Ring episode

[@Tom_TheDutchguy]

love the fact that you call yourself "old" in this video, considering the fact that I'm literally 10 years older then you.

[@hkycal]

The cool thing is that in portuguese you can accually hear and understand kenny's lines after S8 (the show didn't dub him before it), that's why I love Kenny so much! Hes lines are so fucking good and they fit in perfectly!!

[@averagefanenjoyer8696]

I'm a big furry and your fursona is *incredibly* cute. This is one of the only videos where I've spent most of it actually watching the video instead of using it as background noise. I love her and your voice!

[@GoldolorTheKartKid]

She isn't a furry

[@foxfur3340]

at this point i think the reason kenny's family is so poor is because of how many funerals they pay for

[@BigmanO2]

When I’m in an economic illiteracy competition and my opponent is kitty monk

[@rheyarue1649]

Top fav character! Hope to see some Rick and morty videos!

[@xandervampire195]

Hearing someone who only turns/turned 24 this year describe theirself as "old" is physically painful. You're not old, you're barely even an adult. You have at least another decade left of calling yourself young.

[@mevavideos5922]

Welcome to older Gen Z.

[@pancakeboi6797]

I do love Kenny. But season 6 has some of my favorite episodes. Personally my favorite era of South Park are seasons 5-7.

[@Eranull]

Kitty Monk made an SML reference? Would be nice to see an analysis on that.

[@Echoline77]

Yooo Kitty Monk uploaded! An awesome Friday just became an amazing Friday!

[@Cheburbur]

20:20 Why didn’t the boys just rent another one for Kenny? Could they not have done that?

[@Tilzway]

Imagine how hard this was for kennys little sister

[@funnyalert2236]

Loved the SML reference I really think an SML video would highly work

[@B4dr4bbit]

Is it wierd i always figured the onky reason why the episode Kenny Dies has his death be a bit more serious is because it isnt the usual quick death

[@_hihi_0.0]

“What are you doing, Kenny?” “>:”

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

5:27 to think I'd remembered that episode Cartmanland when he got the millions of dollars and bought a theme park just avoid the lines

[@thelaughingman6975]

In the Fractured but Whole game DLC, his sister becomes Vamp then Goth

[@KittyMonk]

At least she wasn’t emo

[@beardstash5648]

When Kenny went back to South Park after foster care who was he living with was it his parents or were they still in prison?