Butters more of best friend to Kenny then Cartman. During the time when Butters snaps and called everyone out on their BS, he said the only person who have any sense is Kenny.
But that’s Butters feeling on the matter. It could be one sided as Kenny didn’t say anything on that matter. And the fact that both rarely spend time together I don’t think that’s the case. Cartman and Kenny spend more time together. But they can be either best friends or frenemies Edit: it is one sided because at 27:45 Kenny says he’s not Butters best friend.
@@moondivine2288 Cartman has considered both him and Kenny to be best friends on multiple occasions, both for selfish and selfless reasons. I never heard Kenny once saying Cartman was his best friend either since he seems more close to Kyle and Stan and stays friends with both of them in the fixed Pandemic future as adults but has cut ties with Cartman. He and Butters even become close friends as adults in the future.
@@indiigo14 I know that’s why I added frenemy. Cartman isn’t a great person and Kenny did say once that he hangs out with him because he feels bad. Though depending on the episode there are rare times they get along better like the restaurant episode. But compared to Kenny and Butters we at least see more of them together. Because the future isn’t set on stone and I’m more cautious on episodes based on the future I’m not sure Kenny and Butters being friends in the future should count. Cartman was a Rabbi in one homeless another one. And I think its best to judge them in their current timeline.
@@moondivine2288 Come to think of it, I don't think Kenny ever consider ANYBODY his best friend at all. They are his close friends, but he never said who is his best friend.
I've always felt that deep down, Cartman does care for Kenny more than he shows mainly because similar to Butters, Kenny is more tolerant of him than anyone else. And when you're someone that doesn't have a lot of friends like Cartman, it really means something.
Yes, and he also called Kenny his best friend to literally the entire nation. Whether or not they mean it, people say things, and that doesn't necessarily make it how they truly feel. It's especially hard to tell with characters like Cartman @@Lizzy-vv1pr
I mean if we are going off of history, Cartman does have a tendency of not showing how much he loves somebody or misses somebody. For example when Kyle moves to San Francisco, instead of Stan being the one to help him it was Cartman and at the end of the episode he admits that he missed Kyle and missed him ripping on him. I think Cartman loves Kenny more then what he shows.
Why can't we get our science Kenny episode? Because I was VERY surprised to see Kenny as a multi billion dollar scientist in the future and did not see any interest in the field
He’s super moral and smart he figured out this was the best path towards fixing things and so forced himself no matter the cost to do it. He’s done this on multiple occasions it was just never on this scale nor this complex of a solution.
@@alexvaughan1013 I wish there was an episode before the future series where we see the boys go there own ways and it’s a fake out ending to South Park as a whole.
Kenny is still probably the closest to a friend that Cartman has out of the main four. I'm still not convinced that Kenny feels closer to him than Butters.
I think Kenny definately values Cartman more as kids. He'll throw Butters under the bus to further something he and Cartman find funny. As adults Kenny and Butters are certainly best friends tho.
I kinda see Cartman/Kenny/Butters as it's own little trio especially in later seasons. Stan and Kyle, and even more recently Tolkien are more close to each other than any of them are to Cartman, Kenny, and Butters, who are all more interlinked to each other.
@@GothicPurple i’m basically just saying cartman should hang out with butters and kenny more often and stop hanging out with Stan and Kyle Because Kyle brought the worst aspect of cartman and vice versa Cartman Bring the worst aspects of Kyle ?
@@randomrhino7500 i haven't watched that future special but isn't that what essentially happened? their friendgroup broke apart, Cartman started hanging out with different kids and he eventually changed.
@@AoiFlame02Also while played more like a joke Cartman’s kids while generally well behaved started to show a darker side the moment they started being in contact with Kyle. This basically showed that Kyle brings out the worst side of Cartman on a biological level.
to be honest I would say Cartman cause they have more history together as friends and Kenny isn’t an exception to ripping on Butters. Don’t forget when Kenny threw the star at Butters. Yes he didn’t mean to do it, but he still let the other boys dress him up like a dog and suffer. In Dikinbaus Cartman and Kenny also don’t feel bad for Butters after they spend all his money. This looks bad for both of them but just felt like I needed to add that
Honestly Kenny acts so many times out of character it wouldn’t be surprising he considers Cartman to be his best friend. Kind of a random thought, but i wished we saw more of stan and kenny’s friendship, i love their duo (like in the passion of the jew episode). Heck even with Kyle.
I agree I wish we saw just Kenny Kyle and Stan together more. Everytime they were together before someone like cartman came running in yelling about whatever in the plot is going on lol they were just being kids and playing video games or toys and stuff and it was pretty wholesome even tho we saw it only a little bit
Butters would probably be the best candidate. Butters and Kenny were the “fourth” in the group, often the butt of the other guys’ schemes, both with terrible home lives, are often overlooked and they are taken for granted by the group. Heck, Butters sounds like Kenny when his face swells up after an almond allergy and it took Kenny to translate what Butters said to the guys.
Who doesn’t have a bad home life in South Park all of the parents abuse and hurt the children at one point or another or stand by and let them be hurt.
@@DownTrodded true, but it’s not just the bad parents of Kenny and Butters (though theirs are among the worst), it’s also the fact they both are the butt of the group’s schemes, are often overlooked and taken for granted by the group.
@@princessmarlena1359 Kenny was never the butt of the jokes or schemes nowhere as much as Butters, sure he died in several different ways and he was always made fun of because of his poverty but mainly Cartman was the meanest one to Kenny with Stan and Kyle always caring about Kenny or trying to help him out in episodes such as Major Boobage, The Ring, Kenny Dies, and Best Friends Forever and plus the others except for Cartman mostly likes him Meanwhile, Butters has gone through way worse things such as repeatedly getting grounded by his parents for minor, petty reasons, getting bullied by his grandma, and getting manipulated by Cartman a bunch
@@chancedream1583 ehh theres plenty episodes where kyle and stan use kenny pretty heartlessly and brush him off or talk over him. Easiest episode being the one where they make him do worse and worse dares for pitiful amounts of money (cartman was off at fat camp so he wasn't involved, it was stan/kyle) or you'll get moments where Kenny screams at stan/kyle for them ignoring him or being jerks. And they just do not stand up for Kenny to stop Eric's nonsense. Kenny goes out of his way for ALL his friends, but its rare to see any stick up for him. Butters caving to give money to him for the hotdog venture is a great recent example. He only gave in to Eric to help Kenny. (ugh don't forget butters' mom trying to murder him -_- Though I do think its downplaying Kenny's shitty life to say "sure he died in several different ways" I think you mean hundreds of ways lol, not to mention we see how much it hurts him to not be believed, to be forgotten, to be in immense pain over and over while no one cares to even remember. I think Ken & Leo are both really optimistic for their shitty lives, but its been really sad to see Butters become a meninist creep. I just hope Bebe beating the shit out of him changes something like when Wendy obliterated Eric ;P
@@brigade7678 but those were way back in the earliest seasons where Stan and Kyle were major assholes, nowadays they are flawed but fairly compassionate kids that actually cares about Kenny, it's rare to see an episode nowadays where they're outright mean to Kenny and even back then they were never as mean to Kenny as Butters and plus Kenny ain't nowhere near an saint, he did shitty things like ditching Kyle during the metrosexual thing, throwing a ninja star at Butters's eye, helping Cartman to kill Sarah Jessica Parker and only getting on Whale Whores for getting attention on TV along with Cartman
Weirdly when I was younger, and watched the earlier seasons, I always thought Stan and Kenny were like the actual besties (even if it wasn’t like official and everyone was just like yeah Stan and Kyle in the class) BUT like whenever Stan and Kenny are together it is like an effortless, mutual connection which seems stronger than the Stan/Kyle relationship lol
@@DownTrodded you know what I didn’t even think of that - although I do think Kenny’s love for his sister is super deep, I don’t think they have like the best friend dynamic. I feel like he’s more of a caretaker almost?
Clearly, Kenny and Butters have the best relationship. I think WickedBinge ranked South Park friendships from purest to toxic, and Kenny and Butters' relationship was ranked as the most pure.
Butters and Kenny definitely need more episodes together or at least more moments where they interact. I love how it was implied Kenny was the one who invited Butters to Stan's board game night. I still have the feeling that Kenny is nice to Butters mostly out of pity and not genuine friendship but I'd love for the show to prove me wrong on that.
there are moments in the show despite kenny dosen´t like the way that cartman treats him, he enjoiys cartman schemes( when they don´t affect him), so, i consider then partners in crime.. While butters, i think it´s the most healthy friendship, because they support one another when think´s are ugly.
3 things I always thought about this episode is 1. How did Kenny afford a psp 2. How did his family afford a family trip to an amusement park and 3. Why did he make a will when he knows he'll be back in no time he has shown signs he knows he's immortal before hand.
Kenny probably saved money working his part-time jobs to be able to afford his PSP and the trip to the amusement park. He most likely wrote the will so he can die and come back faster, rather than spend more time in a vegetative state.
@NES5sama if I knew I was coming back i wouldn't bother writing one till mrs. Mccormick my mom in that situation wouldn't be able to give birth to my next body.
Id always assumed he doesn't know how many times he has to come back, esp after Heaven Vs Hell or when he's trapped in Cartman, so he probably filled out a will to take care of his friends and Karen just in case he didn't come back one time
I wanted to see Kenny interact with the side characters more often for a long time. But if I had to choose one I think Tolkien should’ve been his best friend since they’re both opposites one being rich and the other being poor. I would love to see that dynamic.
Yep both of them are great choices for best friends Cartman because he didn't mind the mental torment and sometimes enjoyed it Butters because he could qualify as a actual person's best friend not just in a cartoon person I actually feel like Cartman Butters and Kenny are representations of the fan base and Stan and Kyle are Matt and Trey more noticeable in season 2 and 3 when I started to notice that they are representations of fan base nerd, cheapo, and the asshole
Kenny and Butters is my personal favorite buddy pairing! Both characters are my favorite so seeing them together is precious! And yes, I have only seen “Going Native” here on TH-cam and no other episode yet! That might change someday…
It's weird that I wasn't really allowed to watch South Park as a kid and don't plan on watching the whole series. Yet, I still really enjoy these video essays about it. :)
I liked the relationship Stan and Kenny had i wish the had more adventurers like the mel Gibson one, i also wish David came back he could have been a good candidate for Kenny's best friend
38:28 fun fact, in this timeline he shares the same first name as the Marvel Supervillain Doctor Doom (whose full name is Dr. Victor Von Doom), which is the character his supervillain alter ego of Professor Chaos is meant to be a parody of.
That still like saying Cody from SML Is clearly staying with his abusers and the one who easily picks on and skategoats him, but clearly for Kenny should easily stick with Butters.
If I had to pick, Cartman's is the closer of the two, for no other reason than screentime and on some level, Kenny probably realized a long time ago that if not him, Cartman would grow to resent and pity himself even more then he already does, which normally wouldn't be too bad, but seeing how Cartman expresses that through his actions against others...yeah, Mysterion wouldn't want fat Joker unleashed.
Just 1 minor Mistake Asparame is (moastly) only found in diet soda as a replacement for shugar. If you are worried look for it in the ingridents on the back of the can or bottle as it should be listed.
Personally from the episodes that I've watched over the years I feel like Cartman looks at Kenny as his best friend but Kenny would probably looks at butters as his but I'm not particularly sure if butter and Cartman would ever get along because I feel like if they could all three of them would probably be the bestest friends to each other
You should make another video like this but with cartman My take on this is that Jimmy and Butters are Cartman's best friends, they are two of a few characters that call him Eric, they were the only ones to go to Cartman's HIV event, and in pee cartman sung that they were his best friends
Agreed, this should be a video but my take on cartman’s true best friend… Is the player character from S.o.T and F.B.W. regardless of the horrible things he does at the end of the games the MC is grateful for cartman’s invite to play and teachings. And the respect is mutual.
dude, be more chill is one (alongside south park of course) of my biggest special interests so the michael in the bathroom reference in a south park video makes me vibrate
Well, in my opinion, Kenny's best friend is Butters. Yes, Kenny and Cartman have a cool dynamic, but their friendship looks more like "met, did some unimaginable thing, laughed and went their separate ways." Their dynamic looks like "we're cool friends, we like each other's company," but Kenny and Butters' dynamic is more of a soul bond. They can spend time together, both doing something strange and talking calmly, sharing feelings, and so on. Well, in this case, their friendship looks more real to me. I tried my best to explain, I'm not a native speaker😭
@@jam9852 every play through i have ever had in SOT I just keep butters as my buddy. He’s a day one. Always chose cartman’s side because of butters as well
2:45 When Kenny was in the hospital he, said cartman was his best friend. It was literally one of the last things he said before he d*ed for a whole season
Comment for the algorithm but: Does anyone else notice how absolutely fantastic Kenny's flexibility has to be to get his legs into his sleeves and have his butt where his head should be?
I think Timmy is also aware of Kenny's many deaths bc of that one episode where Timmy tries to kill Jimmy by giving him an orange parka, in which a bunch of stuff that would have killed Kenny happened behind Jimmy but Timmy isn't surprised about it just laughs maniacally
Kenny does Standup Paddle boarding, very common in tropical coastal places, I live in queensland australia you can rent a paddle board for a whole day for like $5
Interesting fact that I didn’t even realize when watching the episode “Kenny Dies” is that the way that the boys say “f-f-f-friend” was in reference to Frosty the Snowman because they say it in the same way Karen did when being comforted by Santa towards the end after Frosty melts in a greenhouse. Seriously I never made that connection and only found out due to the trivia section of “Kenny Dies” on the South Park Wiki.
Cartman has considered both him and Kenny to be best friends on multiple occasions, both for selfish and selfless reasons. I never heard Kenny once saying Cartman was his best friend either since he seems more close to Kyle and Stan and stays friends with both of them in the fixed future, but not with Cartman. He and Butters even become close friends as adults.
I did not comment concerning Cartman. Only that Kenny himself made a statement concerning Butters. So directly from Kenny, he and Butters are not best friends. So, if he has one at all, it must be someone other than Butters.
@@denisejeffries2675 Come to think of it, I don't think Kenny ever consider ANYBODY his best friend at all. They are his close friends, but he never said who is his best friend.
@@indiigo14 in "kenny dies", kenny tells cartman he's his best friend. but then again I mean in "best friends forever", kenny's will said he liked stan and kyle best and he only pitied cartman lol but as pointed out in the vid it was never proven or disproven if cartman put the bff necklace on him so it could go either way. plus since u said kenny and butters were close friends as adults (in the original future and not the fixed one, since they're never shown to be close in the fixed one) then it's worth noting he was also debatably closer to cartman than he was to stan and kyle, as cartman was the only one he told abt his research before he died
About Cartman noticing Kenny's deaths , even through Stan and Kyle say the classic " They Killed Kenny" , " You Bastards" lines aside from the times where the plot demands it like Kenny's dies or PSA , They act rather indifferent towards the matter.With 3 big examples in the Rainforest Kenny's girlfriend tells them to help him which confuses Stan and Kyle as well as not knowing who the bastards are . When Kenny dies from the gnorms Stan and Kyle dont give a crap and just want to know about busines , and when Kyle was ill , Stan moans how he will lose a close friend in death and Kenny gets pissed that he dies all the time yet Stan doenst care for him
I mean if we are going based off who treats Kenny most like a best friend I’d say Butters however I’ve always personally considered it to Cartman. They just always seem to be partners in crime.
I think Eric actually thinks of him and Kenny as best friends. I think Kenny and Butters are a better ship however, and I think the best ships are of characters who could still be friends before and/or after things might not work out. Even if Kenny and Butters went through a rough patch in pursuing an intimate (not the same as sexual, (although if it's after they'd be 25, then it's none of your business)) relationship, I imagine they'd be able to be friends as though regardless of what their opinion was of their time together, they'd still like eachother as people generally, and want to keep that friendship. If one wanted more out of the relationship than the other, I imagine the other would be supportive, even if in either case it'd be for someone else's sake, which may not actually be that healthy for a relationship, but they'd still stick with and support eachother. Atleast, that's how I'd imagine it if they were together.
Nah Cartman is Kenny’s best friend they both said it on Kenny’s death bed unlike how Kenny said Butters isn’t his best friend at 27:44, and Cartman is one of the few people who notices Kenny dies like everyday. Also Cartman notices when Kenny is upset like in the vaccination special and the air soft episode. Honestly Cartman treats Kenny better than he treats everyone else in the show and it makes me sad that in the future Cartman and Kenny are no longer friends
I also would've brought up "the magic bush"; in that ep then butters agrees to let cartman fly his dad's drone for a bit as long as he doesn't tell anyone. cartman immediately told kenny and his excuse was "it's just kenny! like we're not gonna tell kenny we have a fucking drone" which ig was meant to be like "kenny's cool and won't tell anyone" but came off kinda condescending somehow lol. anyway they fly it and get the footage of mrs. tucker's bush. after that, cartman of course has to go sharing it and even tho kenny was annoyed, he still didn't tell on him. and later when kyle calls out kenny for posting private photos then cartman "defends" him too. just another instance where kenny goes along w/ cartman when he doesn't seem to see a big issue, even when butters was upset abt it (not unlike in "dikinbaus hot dogs") and ig just for more of cartman and kenny getting along, I would've brought up the vaccination special. all the boys rlly care abt kenny there but esp cartman
6:50 Aspertane is only in diet soda as it's an artifical sweetener, and tbh less carcinogenic than a lot of shit in other processed foods. It tastes awful tho IMO so none for me.
Butters more of best friend to Kenny then Cartman. During the time when Butters snaps and called everyone out on their BS, he said the only person who have any sense is Kenny.
But that’s Butters feeling on the matter. It could be one sided as Kenny didn’t say anything on that matter. And the fact that both rarely spend time together I don’t think that’s the case. Cartman and Kenny spend more time together. But they can be either best friends or frenemies
Edit: it is one sided because at 27:45 Kenny says he’s not Butters best friend.
@@moondivine2288 Cartman has considered both him and Kenny to be best friends on multiple occasions, both for selfish and selfless reasons. I never heard Kenny once saying Cartman was his best friend either since he seems more close to Kyle and Stan and stays friends with both of them in the fixed Pandemic future as adults but has cut ties with Cartman. He and Butters even become close friends as adults in the future.
@@indiigo14 I know that’s why I added frenemy. Cartman isn’t a great person and Kenny did say once that he hangs out with him because he feels bad. Though depending on the episode there are rare times they get along better like the restaurant episode. But compared to Kenny and Butters we at least see more of them together.
Because the future isn’t set on stone and I’m more cautious on episodes based on the future I’m not sure Kenny and Butters being friends in the future should count. Cartman was a Rabbi in one homeless another one. And I think its best to judge them in their current timeline.
@@moondivine2288 Come to think of it, I don't think Kenny ever consider ANYBODY his best friend at all. They are his close friends, but he never said who is his best friend.
@@mollyshine20brown65Kenny says cartman is in Kenny dies. That's also because cartman asked him tho
I've always felt that deep down, Cartman does care for Kenny more than he shows mainly because similar to Butters, Kenny is more tolerant of him than anyone else. And when you're someone that doesn't have a lot of friends like Cartman, it really means something.
Well in pee cartman sung that Stan, Kenny, Butters and Jimmy are his best friends on his mind
I remember in season 2 cartman says he doesn't care about kenny
@@omarvazquez4075 oh
well that was a whike ago so he couldve changed lol@@Lizzy-vv1pr
Yes, and he also called Kenny his best friend to literally the entire nation. Whether or not they mean it, people say things, and that doesn't necessarily make it how they truly feel. It's especially hard to tell with characters like Cartman @@Lizzy-vv1pr
I mean if we are going off of history, Cartman does have a tendency of not showing how much he loves somebody or misses somebody. For example when Kyle moves to San Francisco, instead of Stan being the one to help him it was Cartman and at the end of the episode he admits that he missed Kyle and missed him ripping on him. I think Cartman loves Kenny more then what he shows.
Cartman and Kyle hugging each other crying gets to me every single time
“You could kill a girl scout with that icy glare”
Especially if she was born with congenital heart disease and could be killed by a random sneeze!
Why can't we get our science Kenny episode?
Because I was VERY surprised to see Kenny as a multi billion dollar scientist in the future and did not see any interest in the field
He’s super moral and smart he figured out this was the best path towards fixing things and so forced himself no matter the cost to do it.
He’s done this on multiple occasions it was just never on this scale nor this complex of a solution.
@@DownTroddedIn college, I can see Kenny doing lots of all-nighters, chugging energy drinks and dying of heart attacks over and over.
@@alexvaughan1013 I wish there was an episode before the future series where we see the boys go there own ways and it’s a fake out ending to South Park as a whole.
It's Butters. Kenny and Cartman are frenemies at best.
ERIC CARTMAN DON'T BE BEST FRIEND NO MATTER WHAT,
Kenny is still probably the closest to a friend that Cartman has out of the main four. I'm still not convinced that Kenny feels closer to him than Butters.
I think Kenny definately values Cartman more as kids. He'll throw Butters under the bus to further something he and Cartman find funny. As adults Kenny and Butters are certainly best friends tho.
Kenny doesn't mind Cartman as much as the others. Cartman and Kenny were definitely bff's in the first like 6 seasons
I kinda see Cartman/Kenny/Butters as it's own little trio especially in later seasons. Stan and Kyle, and even more recently Tolkien are more close to each other than any of them are to Cartman, Kenny, and Butters, who are all more interlinked to each other.
The irony is if cartman hangs out with butters and Kenny more then stand and Kyle he will probably be a better person?
@@randomrhino7500 I don't think Kyle and Cartman being friends is good for Cartman lol
@@GothicPurple i’m basically just saying cartman should hang out with butters and kenny more often and stop hanging out with Stan and Kyle Because Kyle brought the worst aspect of cartman and vice versa Cartman Bring the worst aspects of Kyle ?
@@randomrhino7500 i haven't watched that future special but isn't that what essentially happened? their friendgroup broke apart, Cartman started hanging out with different kids and he eventually changed.
@@AoiFlame02Also while played more like a joke Cartman’s kids while generally well behaved started to show a darker side the moment they started being in contact with Kyle. This basically showed that Kyle brings out the worst side of Cartman on a biological level.
Butters probably has a higher kill count then any other character. But he's the most innocent 😂😂
Butters is a mike Nelson kind of mass killer.
A high kill count, swell guy, almost no intent of violence.
I’m pretty sure Kyle has the highest kill count because he literally boomed a hole country
In my opinion, Kenny is Butter's and Cartman's best friend; but neither of them is Kenny's best friend.
to be honest I would say Cartman cause they have more history together as friends and Kenny isn’t an exception to ripping on Butters. Don’t forget when Kenny threw the star at Butters. Yes he didn’t mean to do it, but he still let the other boys dress him up like a dog and suffer. In Dikinbaus Cartman and Kenny also don’t feel bad for Butters after they spend all his money. This looks bad for both of them but just felt like I needed to add that
Honestly Kenny acts so many times out of character it wouldn’t be surprising he considers Cartman to be his best friend.
Kind of a random thought, but i wished we saw more of stan and kenny’s friendship, i love their duo (like in the passion of the jew episode). Heck even with Kyle.
I’ve commented something similar, in the earlier eps I always think Stan and Kenny have a really strong friendship. Thought I was the only one 😂
dude same!! stan and kenny should appear together more, kinda like as opposed to kyle n cartmans rivalry
I agree I wish we saw just Kenny Kyle and Stan together more.
Everytime they were together before someone like cartman came running in yelling about whatever in the plot is going on lol they were just being kids and playing video games or toys and stuff and it was pretty wholesome even tho we saw it only a little bit
Butters would probably be the best candidate. Butters and Kenny were the “fourth” in the group, often the butt of the other guys’ schemes, both with terrible home lives, are often overlooked and they are taken for granted by the group. Heck, Butters sounds like Kenny when his face swells up after an almond allergy and it took Kenny to translate what Butters said to the guys.
Who doesn’t have a bad home life in South Park all of the parents abuse and hurt the children at one point or another or stand by and let them be hurt.
@@DownTrodded true, but it’s not just the bad parents of Kenny and Butters (though theirs are among the worst), it’s also the fact they both are the butt of the group’s schemes, are often overlooked and taken for granted by the group.
@@princessmarlena1359 Kenny was never the butt of the jokes or schemes nowhere as much as Butters, sure he died in several different ways and he was always made fun of because of his poverty but mainly Cartman was the meanest one to Kenny with Stan and Kyle always caring about Kenny or trying to help him out in episodes such as Major Boobage, The Ring, Kenny Dies, and Best Friends Forever and plus the others except for Cartman mostly likes him
Meanwhile, Butters has gone through way worse things such as repeatedly getting grounded by his parents for minor, petty reasons, getting bullied by his grandma, and getting manipulated by Cartman a bunch
@@chancedream1583 ehh theres plenty episodes where kyle and stan use kenny pretty heartlessly and brush him off or talk over him. Easiest episode being the one where they make him do worse and worse dares for pitiful amounts of money (cartman was off at fat camp so he wasn't involved, it was stan/kyle) or you'll get moments where Kenny screams at stan/kyle for them ignoring him or being jerks. And they just do not stand up for Kenny to stop Eric's nonsense.
Kenny goes out of his way for ALL his friends, but its rare to see any stick up for him. Butters caving to give money to him for the hotdog venture is a great recent example. He only gave in to Eric to help Kenny.
(ugh don't forget butters' mom trying to murder him -_- Though I do think its downplaying Kenny's shitty life to say "sure he died in several different ways" I think you mean hundreds of ways lol, not to mention we see how much it hurts him to not be believed, to be forgotten, to be in immense pain over and over while no one cares to even remember. I think Ken & Leo are both really optimistic for their shitty lives, but its been really sad to see Butters become a meninist creep. I just hope Bebe beating the shit out of him changes something like when Wendy obliterated Eric ;P
@@brigade7678 but those were way back in the earliest seasons where Stan and Kyle were major assholes, nowadays they are flawed but fairly compassionate kids that actually cares about Kenny, it's rare to see an episode nowadays where they're outright mean to Kenny and even back then they were never as mean to Kenny as Butters
and plus Kenny ain't nowhere near an saint, he did shitty things like ditching Kyle during the metrosexual thing, throwing a ninja star at Butters's eye, helping Cartman to kill Sarah Jessica Parker and only getting on Whale Whores for getting attention on TV along with Cartman
Weirdly when I was younger, and watched the earlier seasons, I always thought Stan and Kenny were like the actual besties (even if it wasn’t like official and everyone was just like yeah Stan and Kyle in the class) BUT like whenever Stan and Kenny are together it is like an effortless, mutual connection which seems stronger than the Stan/Kyle relationship lol
What about his sister?
@@DownTrodded you know what I didn’t even think of that - although I do think Kenny’s love for his sister is super deep, I don’t think they have like the best friend dynamic. I feel like he’s more of a caretaker almost?
I swear, their friendship is a whole vibe, the type of friendship you see growing tighter over the years
Clearly, Kenny and Butters have the best relationship. I think WickedBinge ranked South Park friendships from purest to toxic, and Kenny and Butters' relationship was ranked as the most pure.
Butters and Kenny definitely need more episodes together or at least more moments where they interact. I love how it was implied Kenny was the one who invited Butters to Stan's board game night. I still have the feeling that Kenny is nice to Butters mostly out of pity and not genuine friendship but I'd love for the show to prove me wrong on that.
Bunny sucks
there are moments in the show despite kenny dosen´t like the way that cartman treats him, he enjoiys cartman schemes( when they don´t affect him), so, i consider then partners in crime.. While butters, i think it´s the most healthy friendship, because they support one another when think´s are ugly.
3 things I always thought about this episode is 1. How did Kenny afford a psp 2. How did his family afford a family trip to an amusement park and 3. Why did he make a will when he knows he'll be back in no time he has shown signs he knows he's immortal before hand.
Kenny probably saved money working his part-time jobs to be able to afford his PSP and the trip to the amusement park. He most likely wrote the will so he can die and come back faster, rather than spend more time in a vegetative state.
The Will might just be Kenny being prepared since he is rather aware of things
@NES5sama if I knew I was coming back i wouldn't bother writing one till mrs. Mccormick my mom in that situation wouldn't be able to give birth to my next body.
Id always assumed he doesn't know how many times he has to come back, esp after Heaven Vs Hell or when he's trapped in Cartman, so he probably filled out a will to take care of his friends and Karen just in case he didn't come back one time
I have a headcanon that Kenny has a bunch of will’s depending on what happening that week
I think in the earlier seasons it was for sure Cartman. Now, Kenny is probably the most popular kid. Everyone wants to be his best friend.
I wanted to see Kenny interact with the side characters more often for a long time. But if I had to choose one I think Tolkien should’ve been his best friend since they’re both opposites one being rich and the other being poor. I would love to see that dynamic.
Yeah, We’ve rally never seen him interact with any characters other than the other main boys and butters.
Its clearly that vigilante Mysterion
I mean you never do see kenny die when mysterion is around...
Clearly it’s Stan who else is telling Kenny all about, all the girls hot buttcracks. 👈
Lmao fr
I'd like to see a flashback to pre-school again - see how many of them met?
And finally, finally see - who started it:
Cartman, or Kyle...?
Yep both of them are great choices for best friends Cartman because he didn't mind the mental torment and sometimes enjoyed it Butters because he could qualify as a actual person's best friend not just in a cartoon person I actually feel like Cartman Butters and Kenny are representations of the fan base and Stan and Kyle are Matt and Trey more noticeable in season 2 and 3 when I started to notice that they are representations of fan base nerd, cheapo, and the asshole
It's Butters. If not Butters, his sister. His main friend group is pretty shitty lol.
Oh yeah his sister can be his best friend too.
@@marocat4749 yeah, at least that's my first thought because Kenny cares so much about his sister. But it may not count for this video idk.
@@deliriousmusicality8840 i guess
Kenny and Butters is my personal favorite buddy pairing! Both characters are my favorite so seeing them together is precious! And yes, I have only seen “Going Native” here on TH-cam and no other episode yet!
That might change someday…
It's weird that I wasn't really allowed to watch South Park as a kid and don't plan on watching the whole series. Yet, I still really enjoy these video essays about it. :)
I liked the relationship Stan and Kenny had i wish the had more adventurers like the mel Gibson one, i also wish David came back he could have been a good candidate for Kenny's best friend
I think Kenny’s best friend is Butters, but Cartman’s best friend is Kenny.
38:28 fun fact, in this timeline he shares the same first name as the Marvel Supervillain Doctor Doom (whose full name is Dr. Victor Von Doom), which is the character his supervillain alter ego of Professor Chaos is meant to be a parody of.
That still like saying Cody from SML Is clearly staying with his abusers and the one who easily picks on and skategoats him, but clearly for Kenny should easily stick with Butters.
20:45 This is a banker not a lawyer. He's the same guy from: "Aaaaaand it's GONE!"
Cartman is usually Kenny's Best Friend
Cartman will use you or use you as an example.
Butters genuinely appreciates your friendship.
I think the answers is obvious.
21:46 definitely based off Matt and Trey's struggles buying and renovating casa Bonita, that thing was a money pit before opening back up
If I had to pick, Cartman's is the closer of the two, for no other reason than screentime and on some level, Kenny probably realized a long time ago that if not him, Cartman would grow to resent and pity himself even more then he already does, which normally wouldn't be too bad, but seeing how Cartman expresses that through his actions against others...yeah, Mysterion wouldn't want fat Joker unleashed.
Just 1 minor Mistake Asparame is (moastly) only found in diet soda as a replacement for shugar. If you are worried look for it in the ingridents on the back of the can or bottle as it should be listed.
Personally from the episodes that I've watched over the years I feel like Cartman looks at Kenny as his best friend but Kenny would probably looks at butters as his but I'm not particularly sure if butter and Cartman would ever get along because I feel like if they could all three of them would probably be the bestest friends to each other
You should make another video like this but with cartman
My take on this is that Jimmy and Butters are Cartman's best friends, they are two of a few characters that call him Eric, they were the only ones to go to Cartman's HIV event, and in pee cartman sung that they were his best friends
Agreed, this should be a video but my take on cartman’s true best friend…
Is the player character from S.o.T and F.B.W. regardless of the horrible things he does at the end of the games the MC is grateful for cartman’s invite to play and teachings. And the respect is mutual.
Him and Butters are hello kitty buds :3
I hope it's Butters cause he's nice and Cartman is mean to Kenny.
Na guys rip on each other bbf do more
And ironically he's the only one who knows Kenny always dies
@@zeke7200 idk that
@@peteryanes3413I don't know. There's a bog difference between light teasing and making fun of your "best friend" for being poor.
kenny mccormick is best friends with everyone
“kenny doesnt have a best friend” karen has left the chat
That time cartman sang elvis in the ghetto on the way to kennys house lol
dude, be more chill is one (alongside south park of course) of my biggest special interests so the michael in the bathroom reference in a south park video makes me vibrate
I adore Butters as a friend for Kenny, and Going Native was SUCH a good episode.
6:57 - Ass-per-tame, and it's been found in the "potentially carcinogenic" category, same as canned tomatoes.
Well, in my opinion, Kenny's best friend is Butters. Yes, Kenny and Cartman have a cool dynamic, but their friendship looks more like "met, did some unimaginable thing, laughed and went their separate ways." Their dynamic looks like "we're cool friends, we like each other's company," but Kenny and Butters' dynamic is more of a soul bond. They can spend time together, both doing something strange and talking calmly, sharing feelings, and so on. Well, in this case, their friendship looks more real to me. I tried my best to explain, I'm not a native speaker😭
20:45 Not a lawyer, the "And it's gone guy"
Kennys best friends list goes in order
His Little Sister Karen
Butters
Stan
Kyle
Cartman
Or maybe it's the new kid that would be a plot twist.
I feel like the person closest to being the new kid’s best friend is likely Butters
@@JamesEmery6 same
@@jam9852 every play through i have ever had in SOT I just keep butters as my buddy. He’s a day one. Always chose cartman’s side because of butters as well
Kenny paddle boarded in the him and butters in Hawaii episode
It’s clearly me obviously!
*me
15:27 and timmy
Butters & Kenny's relationship really exemplifies the notion of opposites attract
31:52 I thought it was like dipping my tongue in plastic. 😄
Season 26 episode 5 is probably the episode we see Cartman and Kenny hangout the most
kenman nation rise up
YESS KENMAN
In all seriousness I want it to be butters
2:45 When Kenny was in the hospital he, said cartman was his best friend. It was literally one of the last things he said before he d*ed for a whole season
Comment for the algorithm but: Does anyone else notice how absolutely fantastic Kenny's flexibility has to be to get his legs into his sleeves and have his butt where his head should be?
I love your channel. I am hope you get to 100K subscribers in the near future.
The amount of Beetlejuice: The Musical references have me buzzing in my seat and bursting into song after each one
She almost said it right that time
the way you pronounce aspartame (ass-per-tame) is absolutely hilarious 😭
34:14 It’s called paddle boarding
Carmen has Kenny eyes
Stand up paddleboard or SUP
It's called paddle boarding (that thing Kenny was doing)
Everyone knows it’s butters!
Butters: That’s me!
It's Butters because he Butters And kenny only hangs with cartman because he can eat food and have fun
I think Timmy is also aware of Kenny's many deaths bc of that one episode where Timmy tries to kill Jimmy by giving him an orange parka, in which a bunch of stuff that would have killed Kenny happened behind Jimmy but Timmy isn't surprised about it just laughs maniacally
Kenny does Standup Paddle boarding, very common in tropical coastal places, I live in queensland australia you can rent a paddle board for a whole day for like $5
14:56 when something can truly horrify cartman it’s truly horrible then
15:55 Kenny dies? Rebel, rebel, rebel rebel rebel rebel
"Many people dislike Cartmans actions in this episode." That is one statement i can't believe for any episode of the show.
I feel like we could talk about south park for hours kitty monk
Interesting fact that I didn’t even realize when watching the episode “Kenny Dies” is that the way that the boys say “f-f-f-friend” was in reference to Frosty the Snowman because they say it in the same way Karen did when being comforted by Santa towards the end after Frosty melts in a greenhouse. Seriously I never made that connection and only found out due to the trivia section of “Kenny Dies” on the South Park Wiki.
Getting better at saying "specifically" 😊
Simon whistler, from Today I Found Out, has trouble saying "effortlessly" 😄
34:14 its called "paddle-boarding"
For me, that first taste of alcohol made me think of iodine... of course it was scotch.
Well, Kenny said it for himself that he and Butters are not best friends. Case closed.
Cartman has considered both him and Kenny to be best friends on multiple occasions, both for selfish and selfless reasons. I never heard Kenny once saying Cartman was his best friend either since he seems more close to Kyle and Stan and stays friends with both of them in the fixed future, but not with Cartman. He and Butters even become close friends as adults.
I did not comment concerning Cartman. Only that Kenny himself made a statement concerning Butters. So directly from Kenny, he and Butters are not best friends. So, if he has one at all, it must be someone other than Butters.
@@denisejeffries2675 Come to think of it, I don't think Kenny ever consider ANYBODY his best friend at all. They are his close friends, but he never said who is his best friend.
I agree with you 😁
@@indiigo14 in "kenny dies", kenny tells cartman he's his best friend. but then again I mean in "best friends forever", kenny's will said he liked stan and kyle best and he only pitied cartman lol but as pointed out in the vid it was never proven or disproven if cartman put the bff necklace on him so it could go either way. plus since u said kenny and butters were close friends as adults (in the original future and not the fixed one, since they're never shown to be close in the fixed one) then it's worth noting he was also debatably closer to cartman than he was to stan and kyle, as cartman was the only one he told abt his research before he died
About Cartman noticing Kenny's deaths , even through Stan and Kyle say the classic " They Killed Kenny" , " You Bastards" lines aside from the times where the plot demands it like Kenny's dies or PSA , They act rather indifferent towards the matter.With 3 big examples in the Rainforest Kenny's girlfriend tells them to help him which confuses Stan and Kyle as well as not knowing who the bastards are . When Kenny dies from the gnorms Stan and Kyle dont give a crap and just want to know about busines , and when Kyle was ill , Stan moans how he will lose a close friend in death and Kenny gets pissed that he dies all the time yet Stan doenst care for him
I love watching Butters insult his parents 😂
I feel like Cartman's best friend is Kenny, but Kenny's best friend is Butters
Also, it's called a paddleboard
Going Native certainly cemented the friendship between Butters and Kenny for me.
I mean if we are going based off who treats Kenny most like a best friend I’d say Butters however I’ve always personally considered it to Cartman. They just always seem to be partners in crime.
9:33 HER EYE 💀
15:52 we love the beetle juice refrance
I think Eric actually thinks of him and Kenny as best friends. I think Kenny and Butters are a better ship however, and I think the best ships are of characters who could still be friends before and/or after things might not work out. Even if Kenny and Butters went through a rough patch in pursuing an intimate (not the same as sexual, (although if it's after they'd be 25, then it's none of your business)) relationship, I imagine they'd be able to be friends as though regardless of what their opinion was of their time together, they'd still like eachother as people generally, and want to keep that friendship. If one wanted more out of the relationship than the other, I imagine the other would be supportive, even if in either case it'd be for someone else's sake, which may not actually be that healthy for a relationship, but they'd still stick with and support eachother. Atleast, that's how I'd imagine it if they were together.
“What if you came by car a year ago? Would that give you jurisdiction too?” No… unfortunately you can’t drive a car across the pacific…
Rats :(
Before watching this to the end I am going to say either Cartman or Butters.
11:14 that silence was loud 💀
Nah Cartman is Kenny’s best friend they both said it on Kenny’s death bed unlike how Kenny said Butters isn’t his best friend at 27:44, and Cartman is one of the few people who notices Kenny dies like everyday. Also Cartman notices when Kenny is upset like in the vaccination special and the air soft episode. Honestly Cartman treats Kenny better than he treats everyone else in the show and it makes me sad that in the future Cartman and Kenny are no longer friends
I also would've brought up "the magic bush"; in that ep then butters agrees to let cartman fly his dad's drone for a bit as long as he doesn't tell anyone. cartman immediately told kenny and his excuse was "it's just kenny! like we're not gonna tell kenny we have a fucking drone" which ig was meant to be like "kenny's cool and won't tell anyone" but came off kinda condescending somehow lol. anyway they fly it and get the footage of mrs. tucker's bush. after that, cartman of course has to go sharing it and even tho kenny was annoyed, he still didn't tell on him. and later when kyle calls out kenny for posting private photos then cartman "defends" him too. just another instance where kenny goes along w/ cartman when he doesn't seem to see a big issue, even when butters was upset abt it (not unlike in "dikinbaus hot dogs")
and ig just for more of cartman and kenny getting along, I would've brought up the vaccination special. all the boys rlly care abt kenny there but esp cartman
Don’t disrespect my boy
Kenny’s parents were not arrested because of a meth lab. They were arrested because of Pabst Blue Ribbon
Kenny doesn't have a best friend. It would be nice if he'd get into a relationship with Henrietta though.
He does it’s just very close to not being and it’s flimsy.
Or if his sister is allowed to be counted it’s her.
6:50 Aspertane is only in diet soda as it's an artifical sweetener, and tbh less carcinogenic than a lot of shit in other processed foods. It tastes awful tho IMO so none for me.
Kenny and butters are the 2 most precius lil things that will ever exist in all of southpark
17:51 Stop it Kahl!
You will be coming to Nebraska!!!!!!! Nebraska is inevitable