History Characters / SouthParkKennyMcCormick

[[center: [- [[Characters/SouthPark Main Page]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheBoys The Boys]] ([[Characters/SouthParkStanMarsh Stan Marsh]], [[Characters/SouthParkKyleBroflovski Kyle Broflovski]], [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]], '''Kenny [=McCormick=]''') | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherStudents Other Students]] ([[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]], [[Characters/SouthParkWendyTestaburger Wendy Testaburger]], [[Characters/SouthParkHeidiTurner Heidi Turner]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsBigBads Big Bads]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsSecondaryAndMinor Secondary and Minor]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkFamilyMembers Family Members]] | [[Characters/SouthParkElementarySchoolStaff Elementary School Staff]] | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth The Stick of Truth]] ([[Characters/SouthParkTheNewKid The New Kid]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole The Fractured but Whole]] | [[Characters/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer Phone Destroyer]] -] ]]

[[center: [- [[Characters/SouthPark Main Page]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheBoys The Boys]] ([[Characters/SouthParkStanMarsh Stan Marsh]], [[Characters/SouthParkKyleBroflovski Kyle Broflovski]], [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]], '''Kenny [=McCormick=]''') | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherStudents Other Students]] ([[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]], [[Characters/SouthParkWendyTestaburger Wendy Testaburger]], [[Characters/SouthParkHeidiTurner Heidi Turner]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsBigBads Big Bads]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsSecondaryAndMinor Secondary and Minor]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkFamilyMembers Family Members]] ([[Characters/SouthParkRandyMarsh Randy Marsh]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkElementarySchoolStaff Elementary School Staff]] | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth The Stick of Truth]] ([[Characters/SouthParkTheNewKid The New Kid]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole The Fractured but Whole]] | [[Characters/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer Phone Destroyer]] -] ]]

[[center: [- [[Characters/SouthPark Main Page]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheBoys The Boys]] ([[Characters/SouthParkStanMarsh Stan Marsh]], [[Characters/SouthParkKyleBroflovski Kyle Broflovski]], [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]], '''Kenny [=McCormick=]''') | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherStudents Other Students]] ([[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]], [[Characters/SouthParkWendyTestaburger Wendy Testaburger]], [[Characters/SouthParkHeidiTurner Heidi Turner]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsBigBads Big Bads]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsSecondaryAndMinor Secondary and Minor]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkFamilyMembers Family Members]] ([[Characters/SouthParkRandyMarsh Randy Marsh]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkElementarySchoolStaff Elementary School Staff]] | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] ([[Characters/SouthParkHerbertGarrison Herbert Garrison]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth The Stick of Truth]] ([[Characters/SouthParkTheNewKid The New Kid]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole The Fractured but Whole]] | [[Characters/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer Phone Destroyer]] -] ]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: He's a DirtyKid of the highest calibre, but he doesn't seem to enjoy himself in Bebe's Stupid Spoiled Whore party in "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset", running away from Annie when she kept trying to kiss him. Considering he doesn't show the same restraint in other similar scenarios, his might be because he LikesOtherWomen and doesn't like watching girls his age acting like whores (his girlfriend Tammy Warner ''was'' 1-2 years older than him).

[[center: [- [[Characters/SouthPark Main Page]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheBoys The Boys]] ([[Characters/SouthParkStanMarsh Stan Marsh]], [[Characters/SouthParkKyleBroflovski Kyle Broflovski]], [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]], '''Kenny [=McCormick=]''') | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherStudents Other Students]] ([[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]], [[Characters/SouthParkWendyTestaburger Wendy Testaburger]], [[Characters/SouthParkHeidiTurner Heidi Turner]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsBigBads Big Bads]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsSecondaryAndMinor Secondary and Minor]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkFamilyMembers Family Members]] ([[Characters/SouthParkRandyMarsh Randy Marsh]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkElementarySchoolStaff Elementary School Staff]] | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth The Stick of Truth]] ([[Characters/SouthParkTheNewKid The New Kid]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole The Fractured but Whole]] | [[Characters/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer Phone Destroyer]] -] ]]

[[center: [- [[Characters/SouthPark Main Page]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheBoys The Boys]] ([[Characters/SouthParkStanMarsh Stan Marsh]], [[Characters/SouthParkKyleBroflovski Kyle Broflovski]], [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]], '''Kenny [=McCormick=]''') | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherStudents Other Students]] ([[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]], [[Characters/SouthParkWendyTestaburger Wendy Testaburger]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsBigBads Big Bads]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsSecondaryAndMinor Secondary and Minor]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkFamilyMembers Family Members]] | [[Characters/SouthParkElementarySchoolStaff Elementary School Staff]] | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth The Stick of Truth]] ([[Characters/SouthParkTheNewKid The New Kid]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole The Fractured but Whole]] -] ]]

[[center: [- [[Characters/SouthPark Main Page]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheBoys The Boys]] ([[Characters/SouthParkStanMarsh Stan Marsh]], [[Characters/SouthParkKyleBroflovski Kyle Broflovski]], [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]], '''Kenny [=McCormick=]''') | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherStudents Other Students]] ([[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonists Antagonists]] ([[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsBigBads Big Bads]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsSecondaryAndMinor Secondary and Minor]], [[Characters/SouthParkAntagonistsJerksAndBullies Jerks and Bullies]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkFamilyMembers Family Members]] | [[Characters/SouthParkElementarySchoolStaff Elementary School Staff]] | [[Characters/SouthParkOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth The Stick of Truth]] ([[Characters/SouthParkTheNewKid The New Kid]]) | [[Characters/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole The Fractured but Whole]] -] ]]

* MoralityPet: Kenny seems to be a student Mr. Garrison has a soft spot for, as he spoke a heartfelt eulogy for him in "Kenny Dies" and tried to feed him when he was off life-support in "Best Friends Forever".

* TheSmartGuy: The "Post Covid" special (taking place 40 years in the future) shows that Kenny is fully capable of growing up to be this, his future self being a [[spoiler:Nobel Prize-winning scientist who is perfecting time travel while investigating the origins of COVID]].

* HatesTheirParent: Kenny has no love for either of his alcoholic deadbeat parents, is often apathetic to their advice (as shown in TheMovie, "Best Friends Forever", and "Bike Parade") and has no reservations over manipulating them or hurting them if it suits his needs, especially as Mysterion. When trying to stop them from having another baby in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", he's quick to break Stuart's balls and force an abortion unto Carol with a plunger. Additionally, when they're both arrested for dealing meth in "The Poor Kid", Kenny seems to adapt quite easily to the new environment (at least until the forster parents start dousing the kids with ''Dr. Pepper''), and spends most of his time comforting his younger sister Karen (who did ''not'' adapt that easily). Notably, they are not even invited to his “final” funeral in “Post Covid”, possibly hinting at him [[DisownedParent disowning them in the future.]] However, "Quintuplets 4000" has his mom support his attempts at a singing career, and "Help, My Teenager Hates Me!" shows him bonding with his dad in airsoft.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Zig-zagged. Kenny isn't an innocent or weak child by any means and even serves the role as the leader as Mysterion. However, due to his generally quiet and often raunchy personality, sometimes the other boys from the group would boss him around (like trying to forcefully pull out his remaining baby teeth in "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000") or talk down to him, and Stan in particular seems to feel some BigBrotherInstinct towards him going as far as putting a coat on Kenny's back when they dressed him like Mr. Jefferson's son and go out of his way to save him on several instances. The straightest example of this role is in "The Vaccination Special," when the other three boys treat him like a son and try to placate him with animated movies and ice cream while they discuss their crumbling friendship. Additionally, while the rest of the boys are 10 years old, "Cock Magic" reveals that Kenny is only 9.

* TheSlacker: ZigZagged, as once he's invested in something, he can put all he can in his work, but he's this at school, and on several episodes where the stakes are high, he's content lounging around or playing in the background while the other boys solve the problem. While in prison in "Nobody Got Cereal?", he casually lays in the jail bed while the others bribe a cop to let them out.

* AntiHero: Kenny has the most heroic personality of the four main kids, as evidenced by his {{heroic sacrifice}}s and general selflessness, though is also cynical to go with it, and he's not above acting childish or bratty when the stakes are low (or when they're high and he's not invested in the outcome). Before Butters, he was also the most prone to willingly helping in Cartman's schemes, though he's never malicious about it unless [[SeriousBusiness he's playing a role]] like Princess Kenny, and is often more honest and straightforward about his intentions than [[BitchInSheepsClothing Cartman]] is, as shown in "Whale Whores". He has a lot of vices too, but not to the extremes of the others, and he doesn't deny them. In "Return of Covid", it's revealed that as an adult, Kenny made the historical breakthrough to go back in time and try to stop the pandemic from happening by using illegal NFT money with the help of Butters (who's a con artist in the future), though nobody holds this against him.

* ExtremeDoormat: Though he's perfectly capable of being a leader, and tends to be the one to get the boys out of trouble when things go south, Kenny is mostly a follower for his friends, [[KidHero for better]] or [[KidsAreCruel for worse]], and rarely proposes a plan of action himself. Even when separated from them, he's still this to other characters like Craig in "Sponsored Content", Mr. Kim in "The City Part of Town", or Mr. Mackey in "The Scoots". The only times he's shown actively leading others are when under one of his alter-egos, such as Mysterion, Princess Kenny, or Cyborg Kenny in ''Phone Destroyer''.

* GagPenis: Downplayed, but when we see [[MaleFrontalNudity his naked corpse]] in ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovid'', 50 years old Kenny is shown to have a rather large penis.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: YouBastard! But seriously, there's a reason why he's the {{Trope Namer|s}}. He dies in nearly every episode during the first five seasons. Thereafter, he's only killed sporadically.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He's the most selfless of the boys, but he's coarse, unabashedly perverted, and a drug addict. As Princess Kenny he even parodies this trope by using a blonde wig for the outfit, with golden-haired princesses being the most significant examples.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: YouBastard But seriously, there's a reason why he's the {{Trope Namer|s}}. He dies in nearly every episode during the first five seasons. Thereafter, he's only killed sporadically.

* UndyingLoyalty: To his friends and his sister.

* HatesTheirParent: Kenny has no love for either of his alcoholic deadbeat parents, and is often apathetic to their advice (as shown in TheMovie, "Best Friends Forever", and "Bike Parade"). When trying to stop them from having another baby in "Cartman Joins NAMBLA", he's quick to break Stuart's balls and force an abortion unto Carol with a plunger. Additionally, when they're both arrested for dealing meth in "The Poor Kid", Kenny seems to adapt quite easily to the new environment (at least until the forster parents start dousing the kids with ''Dr. Pepper''), and spends most of his time comforting his younger sister Karen (who did ''not'' adapt that easily). However, "Quintuplets 4000" has his mom support his attempts at a singing career, and "Help, My Teenager Hates Me!" shows him bonding with his dad in airsoft.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Zig-zagged. Kenny isn't an innocent or weak child by any means and even serves the role as the leader as Mysterion. However, due
to his generally quiet and often raunchy personality, sometimes the other boys from the group would boss him around (like trying to forcefully pull out his remaining baby teeth in "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000") or talk down to him, and Stan in particular seems to feel some BigBrotherInstinct towards him going as far as putting a coat on Kenny's back when they dressed him like Mr. Jefferson's son and go out of his way to save him on several instances. The straightest example of this role is in "The Vaccination Special," when the other three boys treat him like a son and try to placate him with animated movies and ice cream while they discuss their crumbling friendship. Additionally, while the rest of the boys are 10 years old, "Cock Magic" reveals that Kenny is only 9.

* BrutallyHonest: He's extremely blunt and almost never minces his words. He's rather unabashed about being a pervert and will always say his opinion on people to their faces, especially if they puss him off.

** As an adult Kenny grew a large bushy beard and wears a hat and sunglasses at all times, including while in a ''spacesuit''.

-> ''To wit, I have found nothing wrong with this remote place, and I must admit it will be with some melancholy I will leave this island and return home. I saw this chick in a bikini on the beach too. She had the nicest boobs ever.''\\

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite his hedonism and general lack of self-preservation instincts, Kenny is one of the most level headed characters in South Park when it comes to serious situations and is usually the one that the characters can trust with their life decisions. From the main boys he might have the most responsibilities of being an adult even when he is just a 9 year old boy.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Zig-zagged. Kenny isn't an innocent or weak child by any means and even serves the role as the leader as Mysterion. However, sometimes the other boys from the group would boss him around (like trying to forcefully pull out his remaining baby teeth in "The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000") and Stan in particular seems to feel some BigBrotherInstinct towards him going as far as putting a coat on Kenny's back when they dressed him like Mr. Jefferson's son. The straightest example of this role is in "The Vaccination Special," when the other three boys treat him like a son and try to placate him with animated movies and ice cream while they discuss their crumbling friendship. Additionally, while the rest of the boys are 10 years old, "Cock Magic" reveals that Kenny is only 9.

* HatesTheirParent: Kenny has no love for either of his alcoholic deadbeat parents.

* BigDamnHeroes: In TheMovie, when he convinced Satan to end his relationship with [[ToxicFriendInfluence Saddam]] and was granted a wish of his choice, which he used to undo the American-Canadian War that had been kickstarted by Sheila early in the film. Other examples with lesser stakes are "Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut", "Jewbilee", "Best Friends Forever", "The Coon", "The Poor Kid", and "The Scoots". Despite this, he's failed at saving the day just as many times, such as in The ''Coon & Friends'' Trilogy", "A Nightmare On Face Time", "Bike Parade", and most meaningfully in "Post Covid", when his attempts to go back in time and undo the Pandemic caused him to accidentally bring a new variant of COVID to the future.

* AntiHero: Kenny has the most heroic personality of the four main kids, as evidenced by his {{heroic sacrifice}}s and general selflessness, though is also cynical to go with it. He has a lot of vices too, but not to the extremes of the others, and he doesn't deny them.

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: Butters admits that Kenny is the only one of his classmates who he respects, since he's honest about his vices and makes no bones about who he is, unlike the rest of the boys' hypocrisy and self-righteousness.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: {{Downplayed}}. Despite being a charitable guy at heart, his kindness does not extend to animals: He's the most excited to hunt and fish with Jimbo in "Volcano", allegedly set Mr. Garrison's cat on fire sometime before "Do the Handicapped Go To Hell?", repeatedly squeezed cats for their urine in "Major Boobage", outright told Stan that he didn't care about whales and dolphins in "Whale Whores", and the card for Inuit Kenny in ''South Park: Phone Destroyer'' shows him ripping a tusk out of a dead walrus. The song "Hell isn't Good" from TheMovie also implies that one of Kenny's hobbies was throwing rocks at birds.
* BeautifulAllAlong: You'd never think he looked so adorable under his hood.

* BeatifulAllAlong: You'd never think he looked so adorable under his hood.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: ZigZagged, as due to Cthulhu's curse, their friends only forget about his death ''once'' he comes BackFromTheDead, making him a "Forgotten Revived Friend". However, several episodes show the boys completely forgetting or ignoring his existence after their TheyKilledKennyAgain line (if they say the line at all). Furthermore, while he has been given a few funerals, his corpse is almost always left behind to be eaten by rats. However, considering them being apathetic towards Kenny's deaths happened only in the first few seasons, it could be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness or the boys were influenced by the curse or something else. Nowadays the boys (besides Cartman sometimes) always react with shock and grief when Kenny dies.

** {{Downplayed}}, but present in Season 5 onward. Though he's the second biggest troublemaker of the team behind Cartman, he's usually the one who brings the four boys together, and usually brings out the BigBrotherInstinct in them, such as in "Kenny Dies", "Best Friends Forever", "Super Fun Time", and "The Ring". in Season 6, his semi-permanent death causes all three of them to [[TookALevelInJerkass take a level in jerkass]], treating their Replacement Goldfish Butters and Tweek like crap due to not being as good as Kenny.

* LovedByAll: As an adult, he's a renowned WealthyPhilantropist whom even NASA holds in high esteem. Because of this, there's huge turnout at his funeral. He apparently remains as this even in the revised future, as everyone cheers for him when he shows up at South Park alive.