Kenny is most famous for dying in nearly every episode, often followed by a cry of "Oh my God! They killed Kenny! You bastards!" from his friends Stan and Kyle.
He is also well-known for never appearing except under his orange hood (although he does remove it during the movie South Park Bigger, Longer, And Uncut). Due to his hood, all of his lines are mumbled, and are usually such that they'd be censored if they weren't. He has a colorful sense of humor and a perverted mind. Kenny's lines in the South Park theme song are:
In season 3, this changed to:
Kenny's family is extremely poor, with his father an alcoholic, and his friends (especially Cartman) often tease him about it.
Despite these problems, Kenny is often portrayed as the hero of the group; indeed, several of his deaths have been acts of heroic self-sacrifice. Matt & Trey tried to kill him off for a year and replaced him first with Butters and then Tweek. During the 2002 Christmas episode Kenny returned after being trapped in the depths of Cartman. In recent episodes he seemed to lost his bad luck and doesn't die anymore.
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