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* ItsAllAboutMe: Cartman was upset Kenny left because he can't make fun of him for being poor anymore and is now the poor kid. And at the end Cartman only cares that he's not the poorest kid at South Park Elementary and after [[TheyKilledKenny Kenny's killed]] starts crying because he's the poor kid again until Kenny comes back to life.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Cartman was upset Kenny left because he can't make fun of him for being poor anymore and is now the poor kid. And at the end Cartman only cares that he's not the poorest kid at South Park Elementary and after [[TheyKilledKenny [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Kenny's killed]] starts crying because he's the poor kid again until Kenny comes back to life.

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* HypocriticalHumor: The entirety of Cartman's "Yo Mama So Poor" jokes. When it someone else who is the "poor kid", Cartman riffs on them to no end and calls it 'teasing'. When he himself is the "poor kid", he does it as some form of pity and thinks it's horrible for anyone to laugh at them.

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* HypocriticalHumor: The entirety of Cartman's "Yo Mama So Poor" jokes. When it it's someone else who is the "poor kid", Cartman riffs on them to no end and calls it 'teasing'. When he himself is the "poor kid", he does it as some form of pity and thinks it's horrible for anyone to laugh at them.him.



* InternalDeconstruction: The [=McCormick=] family's poverty, violence, and borderline criminality are often PlayedForLaughs. In this episode, it leads the [=McCormick=] parents to be arrested with Kenny and his siblings shipped off to a new foster home.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Cartman was upset Kenny left because he can't make fun of him for being poor anymore and is now the poor kid. And at the end Cartman only cares that he's not the poorest kid at South Park Elementary and after Kenny's killed starts crying because he's the poor kid again until Kenny comes back to life.

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* InternalDeconstruction: The [=McCormick=] family's poverty, violence, and borderline criminality are often PlayedForLaughs. In this episode, it leads to the [=McCormick=] parents to be being arrested with Kenny and his siblings shipped off to a new foster home.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Cartman was upset Kenny left because he can't make fun of him for being poor anymore and is now the poor kid. And at the end Cartman only cares that he's not the poorest kid at South Park Elementary and after [[TheyKilledKenny Kenny's killed killed]] starts crying because he's the poor kid again until Kenny comes back to life.



--> '''Greeley Elementary Principal''': [pounds both fists on the desk] What the hell does this have to do with anything?!

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--> '''Greeley Elementary Principal''': [pounds ''(pounds both fists on the desk] desk)'' What the hell does this have to do with anything?!



* {{Kaiju}}: Befitting its name, the giant reptilian bird that eats Kenny is enormous, with its neck long enough to reach in and grab him.

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* {{Kaiju}}: Befitting its name, the giant reptilian bird that eats Kenny is enormous, with its neck long enough to reach in into the school and grab him.



* MrExposition: Butters reveals to have some computer knowledge when he helps Cartman research who would be the poorest kid in school after Kenny.

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* MrExposition: Butters reveals to have some his computer knowledge when he helps Cartman research who would be the poorest kid in school after Kenny.


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** One that is a series wide joke, Greeley, Colorado is once again portrayed as an even worse place to live in than South Park.
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* OhCrap: The look on Kyle's and Stan's faces when Kenny dies. Instead of their CatchPhrase, Stan just says "What the fuck?"

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* OhCrap: The look on Kyle's and Stan's faces when Kenny dies. Instead of their CatchPhrase, [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]], Stan just says "What the fuck?"
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* WouldHitAGirl: Mysterion has no problem beating up Karen's bully, pulling her up by the hair, and warning her that Karen is off-limits.
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*** Likewise, Cartman gets his mom arrested so he could live in luxury,[[DidntThinkThisThrough only to get relocated to anything]] ''[[IronicHell but a luxury.]]''

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*** Likewise, Cartman gets his mom arrested so he could live in luxury,[[DidntThinkThisThrough luxury, ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough only to get relocated to anything]] anything]]'' ''[[IronicHell but a luxury.]]''
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*** Likewise, Cartman gets his mom arrested so he could live in luxury,[[DidntThinkThisThrough only to get relocated to anything]] [[IronicHell''but'' a luxury.]]

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*** Likewise, Cartman gets his mom arrested so he could live in luxury,[[DidntThinkThisThrough only to get relocated to anything]] [[IronicHell''but'' ''[[IronicHell but a luxury.]] ]]''
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*** Likewise, Cartman gets his mom arrested so he could live in ''luxury'',[[DidntThinkThisThrough only to get relocated to anything ''but'' a luxury.]]

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*** Likewise, Cartman gets his mom arrested so he could live in ''luxury'',[[DidntThinkThisThrough luxury,[[DidntThinkThisThrough only to get relocated to anything ''but'' anything]] [[IronicHell''but'' a luxury.]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: The entirety of Cartman's "Yo Mama So Poor" jokes. When it someone else who is the "poor kid", Cartman riffs on them to no end and call it 'teasing'. When he himself is the "poor kid", he does it as some form of pity and thinks it's horrible for anyone to laugh at them.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Despite ALL that happened to him, Cartman neither learns to be sympathetic to the less fortunate, nor having appreciation for what he has.

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* HypocriticalHumor: The entirety of Cartman's "Yo Mama So Poor" jokes. When it someone else who is the "poor kid", Cartman riffs on them to no end and call calls it 'teasing'. When he himself is the "poor kid", he does it as some form of pity and thinks it's horrible for anyone to laugh at them.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Despite ALL that happened to him, Cartman neither learns to be sympathetic to the less fortunate, nor having to have appreciation for what he has.
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* DiabolusExNihilo: Just as Kenny and Cartman are settling back into their original lives, a giant bird breaks through the roof and devours Kenny, putting Cartman back into the school's (relatively) poorest student.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Kenny has a little sister? Uh, okay. She had been briefly seen in "Best Friends Forever" and mentioned in early press releases for the show, but aside from that Kenny's family had always just consisted of him, his parents and his older brother.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: In-universe, the "Safe Room" is filled with images of clowns that are meant to be comforting to children. [[CreepyClown They instead]] leave the kids incredibly unnerved and confused (including Cartman).

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: In-universe, the "Safe Room" is filled with images of clowns that are meant to be comforting to children. [[CreepyClown They instead]] instead leave the kids incredibly unnerved and confused (including Cartman).

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